

Lycoris Recoil keeps its woke score at a low 3/10 by driving the story with classic action, espionage missions, and café slice-of-life beats instead of identity politics or activist themes. The all-girl Lycoris setup stems from in-universe lore, leaving focus on character chemistry and plot.
Lycoris Recoil centers on teenage agents Chisato Nishikigi and Takina Inoue, who balance espionage missions, hacker protection, and clashes with threats like Majima while operating from Café LycoReco.
The all-girl Lycoris organization arises from in-universe lore rather than identity politics, with the narrative propelled by classic action beats such as artificial-heart constraints, reinstatement pursuits, and operations including the Walnut escape and Enkuboku climax, alongside light slice-of-life elements. Yuri subtext and fan-service moments remain non-explicit and secondary to the plot, with no race or gender swaps, activist messaging, or social-justice themes present.
Audience focus stays on character chemistry and action sequences instead of ideology. This results in the show's overall woke score of 3/10.
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We've run a full content analysis on Lycoris Recoil and scored it 3/10 on the woke scale. Read our detailed breakdown above to see exactly what we found.
Our analysis checks for themes like identity politics, race-swapping, gender ideology, environmental activism, anti-religious messaging, and other progressive agenda elements. The score breakdown above shows which specific categories were flagged and how heavily they factor into Lycoris Recoil's overall score.
Wokeometer focuses on ideological content rather than traditional ratings (violence, language, etc.). Lycoris Recoil is rated TV-14. For a full picture, combine our woke analysis with the age ratingto decide if it's right for your family.
We evaluate media across multiple ideological categories on a 0–10 scale. Scores of 0–3 mean story-first, 4–6 have moderate elements, and 7–10 flag heavily agenda-driven content. Learn more about our methodology →
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