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Yoshino Hide, the heroine of Battle Girls: Time Paradox (2011), is a self-proclaimed normal middle school girl, interested only in fashion, snacks, and texting her friends. When she visits a nearby shrine, hoping to obtain some luck to help her in class, she sees a mysterious light and falls into a weird version of the Warring States period of Japanese history. In this alternate reality, all the characters are female, except for a talking dog named Shiro. Oda Nobunaga--an overendowed redhead with a Victoria's Secret costume--is seeking the scattered pieces of the legendary Crimson Armor, which she thinks will give her the power to conquer Japan. Nobunaga decides Hide is cute and makes her a trusted retainer; Hide addresses her as "My Lord," despite the obvious contradiction. Hide doesn't understand what's going on but somehow manages to come out on top of any situation she stumbles into. Ieyasu Tokugawa (also a girl) captures the Crimson Armor and threatens to wreak havoc on Japan until Nobunaga and her allies defeat her amid a welter of pedestrian effects. Battle Girls: Time Paradox is based on a historical pachinko game, which may account for the shallowness of the story. Most of the show plays like an episode of Sengoku Basara reenacted by the cast of Slayers. Many anime series center on klutzy, not overly bright schoolgirls who insist they'll never give up, but Hide comes across as a whiny, vapid twit. However, viewers in search of fan service scenes will enjoy seeing Nobunaga all but falling out of her skimpy top. (Rated TV 14: nudity, risqué humor, violence, violence against women, tobacco use) --Charles Solomon (1. Transfer Maiden, 2. Confused Maiden, 3. Sky Maiden, 4. Confrontation Maiden, 5. Ghost Story Maiden, 6. Memory Maiden, 7. Drama Maiden, 8. Fever Maiden, 9. Saigoku Maiden, 10. Double Suicide Maiden, 11. Pillaging Maiden, 12. Warring Maiden, 13. Sunshine Maiden)
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