Sabage-bu! is a popular comedy manga and anime series that features a group of girls who are members of the Survival Game Club at their high school. The club president, Momoka Sonokawa, is obsessed with military weapons and survival games. She and the other club members are often seen carrying around realistic-looking airsoft guns and engaging in mock battles. This has led some fans to wonder – are the guns in Sabage-bu! real?
The Survival Game Club
In order to understand the guns within the series, it is vital to start from the crux of the plot, the Survival Game Club. The main storyline follows Momoka and the daily activities of the Survival Game Club. Momoka forms the club so she can play out her military fantasies and shoot airsoft guns all the time under the guise of “survival training.”
Momoka recruits other eccentric students like Urara, Miou, and Maya to join her in the club. Together, the club members engage in mock battles, survival games, and target practice competitions. Momoka is always coming up with wild new challenges and missions for the club, like getting through a jungle obstacle course or infiltrating a rival club’s headquarters.
Are the guns real?
The short answer is no, the guns are not real firearms. They are highly detailed airsoft guns and props made to look exactly like real weapons.
- In Japan, it is illegal for civilians to own real firearms like pistols, rifles, and machine guns.
- Airsoft guns offer a safe and legal way for hobbyists to replicate the experience of shooting real guns.
- Each episode focuses on the girls getting embroiled in Momoka’s exaggerated survival games and military-style training and the guns are often central to this plot point.
- A lot of the humor comes from the absurd situations and dangers Momoka forces everyone into.
- The lighthearted comedy contrasts the ‘life-or-death’ attitude Momoka has towards her war games.
Gun Design and Detailing
- The guns are made with precision replicas of real gun components like magazines, charging handles, safeties, and even empty shells that eject from ejection ports.
- This level of detail fools viewers into thinking the Sabage-bu! girls are running around with actual firearms.
- However, if you look closely you can see subtle signs these are replicas: the guns don’t recoil much when fired and don’t seem to be loaded with real bullets.
- The creators seem to have intentionally straddled the line between fantasy and reality for comedic effect.
- The girls engage in exciting gun battles using their airsoft weapons but don’t seem to actually get hurt or cause any actual damage.
Conclusion
While Sabage-bu!’s guns certainly look real, they are just highly realistic prop guns and airsoft replicas. This allows the show to present exciting gun action while avoiding some of the controversy that comes with portraying minors using actual firearms. The playful war games and survival challenges faced by the characters are imaginary fun rather than dangerous criminal behavior.
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