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Sabagebu...

Over the weekend, Sabagebu came home with me...
Momoko's family moves a lot, so she's always that new girl and the schools she's attended have all blurred together. Until her first day at Aogiri High, that is, where she's rescued by an armed vigilante, assaulted by a platypus, and coerced into joining a secret organization of gun-toting female commandos. Okay, maybe that last one is really just the school's survival club, but the platypus is real and so are the extremes that club president Miou is willing to execute to recruit Momoko. Can uber-jaded Momoko's body armor-clad heart resist the charms of a girl who's all too ready to whip out her twin Desert Eagles in defense of another girl's virtue? Especially when it turns out that Momoko has her own talent for air pistols and senseless violence?
Sabagebu seemed like something I might like, so, when it whispered "buy me", I did. I've seen the entire series and I'm quite pleased. I felt very sorry for Momoko when she comes across a couple of bullies. But, when Miou, president of the Survival Game Club, tries to intervene, events take an unexpected turn. Miou shames the bullies into apologizing to Momoko. Then, Momoko advises that they need not apologize as it makes things more difficult. Momoko then proceeds to bully the bullies even worse. Of course, Miou, not to be outdone, tricks Momoko into joining the club.

Sabagebu is a series of short stories that center around the exploits of the Survival Game Club, its members and associates. There is quite a bit of humor in the series, particularly when Momoko gets angry. Urara, another member of the Survival Game Club, is initially displeased with Momoko's membership in the Survival Game Club, but, later, after being on the receiving end of Momoko's anger, develops a masochistic fascination with Momoko.

Sabagebu is fast-paced and entertaining. There is some gun-play, but, any bloodshed or gore in the series is the result of the characters' over-active imaginations. Sadly, no anime characters were killed or permanently harmed during the course of the series. Overall, I was fairly pleased with Sabagebu and would give the series a 3 out of 5.