500http://i.ur.com/iczOJmC.jpg Okay imagine this. One day you wake up and aliens start attacking the Earth. Huh thats weird you exclaim. You couldnt have imagined aliens actually existed and even if they did you could never have imagined that one day theyd invade Earth in your lifetime. But theres a twist to this story. You are the descendant of Nobunaga Oda legendary historical figure. Huh thats weird you exclaim a second time. But as you are the descendant of Nobunaga Oda this enables you the ability to summon a gigantic fucking gun and you are suddenly overwhelmed nay ABSOLUTELY CONSUMED by the desire to murder these invading alien scum. Also the descendants of Jack the Ripper Isaac Newton and Mahatma Gandhi are also around and they are also murdering aliens and you decide to team up with them to FULLY satiate the blood lust by putting a bullet in little ETs brain. Thats Nobunagun. Thats the entire show. 10/10 show go watch it now. Right now. REVISE ALL OF THIS Introduction...? ...I dont even know what that was. Everything just went blank for a couple of minutes. But okay this is an adaptation of the mangahttps://anilist.co/manga/81415/Nobunagun by Masato Hisahttps://anilist.co/staff/117261/MasatoHisa brought to us by the studio Bridgehttps://anilist.co/studio/397/Bridge. Nobunagun was for me a show I expected absolutely very little from but ended up being very surprised by. Not necessarily positively so. Then for some reason after watching the first episode I watched the other twelve in one day. I dont really know why or how it happened. I really cant explain it. Just like how I cant explain why or how this came into existence at all. Thanks Masato Hisa who also did another series about a bipolar prostitute that kills undead having gained power from the semen of the men she sleeps with on a day to day basishttps://anilist.co/manga/86870/GratefulDead. 440http://i.ur.com/wyKiWfc.gif ...What? Descendants of Nobunaga Oda Jack the Ripper Isaac Newton and Mahatma Gandhi fighting aliens. Thats the show. I just cant get over that thats the whole premise. It just feels like its so unabashed. Like you cant make that into a serious show and I honestly think they didnt even try. Which is great because it would have been even worse if they had. I mean just what is up with those choices? Of all of the historical figures that could have been chosen to be thrown together as a team to fight aliens Jack the Ripper??? With Gandhi??? Whwhy? I mean theres actually more characters who are descendants of more historical figures who are a part of this organization that their entire purpose is to battle these aliens that seem hellbent on destroying Earth. But really the ideal team we truly need if we wish to stop the alien menace is Nobunaga Oda Isaac Newton Gandhi and Jack the Ripper. 440http://i.ur.com/jnM7Cfi.png But not all aliens are bad. See theres this one other alien guy who can actually talk and basically he went around collecting the DNA of famed historical figures and then proceeded to go around implanting them in random family lines all over the world ?. This good alien did all of this because he knew in advance that one day the bad aliens would come to Earth for crazy fun murder times. Look its perfectly logical and sensible. If an alien just wandered into a dark alley where Jack the Ripper was doing his thing Jack the Ripper would then proceed to stab the ever living shit out of that alien for interrupting his murdering. Therefore get his descendant on an alien fighting team and have them go murder aliens. Oh by the way. Jack the Rippers true identity is Theyre perfectly fine representations of historical figures The show has some leeway to work with because its mostly the descendants of these historical figures rather the historical figures themselves but its essentially implied theyre supposed to be actual reincarnations. Like our main character literally has dreams of Nobunagas life before everything gets kicked off. But Nobunaga is basically shown to be this violent and murderous guy and when his descendant awakens she summons this gigantic gun out of nowhere and starts murdering aliens despite previously being an ordinary though somewhat odd high school girl. 440http://i.ur.com/Zlm5spu.jpg Behold The descendant of Galileo Galilei I GUESS The Isaac Newton girl is a bit too... promiscuous? Theres a weird vibe coming from Gandhi in almost all nonaction scenes ESPECIALLY when its just him and Nobunagun. As for Jack the Ripper hes nowhere as near violent or muderous as one expect but as previously stated in that spoiler theres a reason for it. Conclusion Beyond the absolute ridiculous premise and the very questionable takes on/representations of these historical figures I dont think theres much more to say about this show. Like... plot? They eventually beat the aliens. Thats it. SPOILERS Yet I still watched this show in the span of a day. Because a decent portion of it is enjoyably bad. Really the true groan worthy stuff mainly and unsurprisingly comes from the nonaction scenes. I honestly would recommend to watch Nobunagun as I think its the worst show Ive watched that I simultaneously still really enjoyed. It probably is second to only Ranpo Kitanhttps://anilist.co/anime/21189/RanpoKitanGameofLaplace but that was more of a matter of wondering what they were going to throw at me nexthttps://www..com/watch?v=q81i3ZpAe6s. Bad shows can still provide entertainment although maybe not always the sort the creators intended and somehttps://anilist.co/anime/20645/Glasslip just donthttps://anilist.co/anime/20712/LanceNMasques. Id argue Nobunagun falls into the category of one that does. A 4.5 out of 10 or 45 out of 100 while acknowledging an even lower score would be justifiable though Ive watched worse shows that have also provided less entertainment. 500http://i.ur.com/CUiaGcB.jpg