They're swords, and they're boys! Touken Ranbu is a new, hugely popular otome-oriented Japanese gaming craze that reimagines famous, historically important Japanese swords as handsome anime-style men! Although this free-to-play sword-collecting game only opened less than a year ago, it's already one of the biggest otome properties in Japan with tons of prominent merchandise, figures and doujinshi events. Touken Ranbu even ranks among the most popular game fandoms on English-language Tumblr. Learn more about the game-- how to play it, who the characters are, what's going on with the fandom, some cool trivia, and even about the history of the actual swords.