Kit Review

Straight build

Size comparison with a cigarette pack

Frame Arms Girl Magatsuki - Detail shots (1/4)

Frame Arms Girl Magatsuki - Detail shots (2/4)

Detail shots

Separate parts are included for the Kunoichi Mode, which is the base body form.

With the armed mode parts removed

Kunoichi Mode.
"Kunoichi" is a word meaning female ninja.

The head antenna can be swapped out for a simple rounded shape.

Frame Arms Girl Magatsuki - You can swap in the legs from Frame Arms Girl Innocentia and add a joint part in the middle of th

You can swap in the legs from Frame Arms Girl Innocentia and add a joint part in the middle of the thigh.

Kunoichi Mode with the optional waist parts added

Frame Arms Girl Magatsuki - In standard armed mode, you can also remove the scabbards from the rear and apply the same waist

In standard armed mode, you can also remove the scabbards from the rear and apply the same waist option as Kunoichi Mode.

The face can be swapped between 3 different expressions.

The weapons include two large swords "Tenkai" and two small blades "Satsuga".

A basic stand is included in the box.

There are 5 types of hands in total.

You can add a joint part to the sole of the foot and mount the Tenkai there.

Leftover parts

Limb articulation. The hip joints feel a bit restrictive.

Frame Arms Girl Magatsuki - There's a gimmick where the torso interior extends upward and both hip joints can each slide out

There's a gimmick where the torso interior extends upward and both hip joints can each slide out independently.

Frame Arms Girl Magatsuki - As shown above, you can extend the hips and waist outward to create clearance and increase the ra

As shown above, you can extend the hips and waist outward to create clearance and increase the range of motion.
The waist ball joint is weak, so the entire upper body tends to pop right off when you try to extend it.
The hip joints are the same — pull just a little too hard and the joint itself comes right out.
It's a neat gimmick in theory, but not very practical to actually use.

The articulated section at the back of the head

Frame Arms Girl Magatsuki - Kunoichi Mode poses (1/6)

Frame Arms Girl Magatsuki - Kunoichi Mode poses (2/6)

Frame Arms Girl Magatsuki - Kunoichi Mode poses (3/6)

Frame Arms Girl Magatsuki - Kunoichi Mode poses (4/6)

Kunoichi Mode poses

Frame Arms Girl Magatsuki - Armed Mode action poses (1/4)

Frame Arms Girl Magatsuki - Armed Mode action poses (2/4)

Armed Mode action poses

Armed Mode – attacking pose with Tenkai mounted on the foot soles

Together with Frame Arms Magatsuki.

Together with the previous release, Frame Arms Girl Stylet XF-3 Low Visibility Ver.

This kit is the Magatsuki released as part of the Frame Arms Girl series. Like many of its predecessors, it's a girlpla wearing the armor from Frame Arms Magatsuki. The overall format is pretty much the same as before — it feels more like a design change than anything else.

The weapons are the same as the Frame Arms Magatsuki, with four blades included (two Tenkai, two Satsuga) that can be stored on the back. A new gimmick lets you add separate joint parts to mount the Tenkai on the foot soles. Following Frame Arms tradition, you can also remove the armor to get the base body form — here it's called Kunoichi (female ninja) Mode, and you can add optional waist parts to taste. These optional parts can also be used in Armed Mode after removing the scabbards. In Kunoichi Mode, if you swap in the legs from Frame Arms Girl Innocentia and add joint parts to the thighs, you can set it up to carry the scabbards along the sides of the legs.

The body features a new waist extension gimmick, where you pull the torso upward to extend the waist joint and increase the range of motion. The problem is that the waist ball joint is weaker than the extension gimmick itself — if you grab the upper body and pull to extend the waist, there's a good chance the entire upper body will just pop off instead. The hip joints also have the same individual downward extension gimmick as previous kits to increase range of motion, but again, if you pull on the legs to extend them, the torso and legs tend to separate first. So there are gimmicks here meant to help with articulation, but the balance between mobility and holding strength is off, making them awkward to actually use in practice. On the bright side, the joint strength itself is solid, so once you get a pose set, it holds well — though with so much stuff hanging off the kit, it does take a fair bit of fiddling to get everything posed.

The new articulation gimmicks are a bit of a mixed bag and tricky to use, but overall the kit feels solid and the exterior design is very well executed, giving it a high-quality feel. In particular, you can really sense the joint strength improving with each release — I really appreciate how firmly it holds both standing poses and action poses. If the design style is your thing, this is a great girlpla that's well worth recommending. :-)

Frame Arms Girl Magatsuki | 2021.2 | ¥6,200

AIThis page was translated by Claude Sonnet.