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battle

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and

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left

to

right

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born

into

this

world

living

to

protect

it

to

the

end

so

is

the

way

of

the

ninja

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and

brave

pushing

our

bodies

to

their

limits

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blooms

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days

are

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and

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of

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Our

nights

filled

with

fear

and

uneasiness

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from

sight

in

the

shadows

to

prove

that

we

are

alive

we

rise

toward

a

vivid

light

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Kagura

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is

a

series

of

fanservicefilled

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em

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games

by

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The

premise

involves

different

schools

of

ninja

commonly

referred

to

as

shinobi

in

this

series

generally

split

into

two

factions

note

facing

off

against

each

other

as

well

as

against

entities

called

Yoma

as

they

deal

with

the

rigors

of

ninja

training

and

their

daily

lives

as

a

shinobi

The

ultimate

goal

of

most

of

these

schools

is

to

produce

the

best

shinobi

they

can

as

well

as

to

eventually

raise

the

ninja

who

will

become

a

kagura

a

highranking

shinobi

who

specializes

in

Demon

Slaying

The

focus

however

is

on

the

large

amounts

of

equally

large

breasts

on

the

majority

of

the

gals

so

much

so

that

the

series

prides

itself

on

this

facet

calling

its

genre

the

HyperBattle

of

Bursting

Breasts

emphasis

theirs

The

games

of

course

include

copious

amounts

of

bounciness

Clothing

Damage

and

Male

Gaze

among

other

relevant

fanservice

tropes

Yet

despite

of

all

the

attention

the

series

garners

for

its

wellrounded

bouncy

aspects

Senran

Kagura

also

blends

the

elements

of

school

life

comedy

cute

girls

doing

cute

things

and

the

drama

of

the

harsh

world

of

shinobi

sometimes

to

great

effect

Of

course

this

leads

to

the

series

having

somewhat

of

a

schizophrenic

presentation

as

the

director

likes

to

flaunt

the

fanservice

while

the

writer

is

known

for

writing

material

darker

than

what

one

would

expect

from

a

series

like

this

see

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more

information

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As

for

the

gameplay

most

games

in

the

series

have

a

focus

on

attaining

high

combos

while

mowing

down

groups

of

foes

Missions

set

up

the

stages

while

the

action

is

broken

up

by

the

occasional

Visual

Novel

styled

cutscenes

and

narration

which

provide

more

details

on

certain

parts

of

the

storyline

During

battle

characters

are

able

to

perform

a

shinobi

transformation

changing

them

from

their

regular

attire

to

their

shinobi

form

which

gives

them

more

varied

combos

and

the

ability

to

perform

devastating

special

moves

called

Secret

Ninja

Arts

Taking

too

many

hits

however

induces

Clothing

Damage

causing

costumes

to

lose

their

HP

and

defensive

bonuses

Costumes

can

eventually

be

completely

removed

by

taking

too

much

damage

leaving

a

character

in

her

swimsuit

and

with

no

defenses

However

players

can

choose

to

activate

Frantic

mode

which

discards

all

clothing

except

the

swimsuit

and

defenses

in

order

to

boost

offense

significantly

Be

warned

though

its

much

easier

to

die

while

in

Frantic

mode

The

early

titles

were

sidescrollers

but

the

Vita

game

Shinovi

Versus

branched

the

gameplay

out

into

a

fully

battlefield

akin

to

games

like

Dynasty

Warriors

The

sequel

to

the

games

carries

over

some

of

this

aspect

from

Shinovi

Versus

while

introducing

new

concepts

such

as

tag

teams

The

sequel

is

also

the

first

in

the

series

to

have

playable

male

characters

earlier

games

had

male

characters

as

NPCs

When

Marvelous

later

desired

for

the

series

to

be

brought

to

international

markets

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Kagura

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the

Playstation

Vita

being

their

next

title

to

work

on

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interestingly

the

Rhythm

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of

the

series

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Kagura

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every

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in

the

series

was

brought

over

internationally

except

for

the

mobile

game

Senran

Kagura

New

Wave

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official

Japanese

site

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visited

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the

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Kagura

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the

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for

Deep

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Aside

from

the

video

games

the

series

had

a

few

manga

adaptations

as

well

as

an

anime

that

aired

in

the

Winter

Anime

season

A

new

season

based

on

New

Link

titled

Senran

Kagura

Shinovi

Master

will

air

during

the

Fall

anime

season

The

director

of

the

series

Takaki

later

produced

a

sort

of

Spiritual

Successor

to

Senran

Kagura

going

by

the

name

of

Valkyrie

Drive

which

is

essentially

a

scififantasy

Senran

Kagura

with

even

more

explicit

fanservice

and

yuri

elements

Valkyrie

Drive

was

conceptualized

as

a

multimedia

project

and

includes

an

anime

which

is

primarily

focused

on

and

two

games

each

taking

place

in

the

same

world

but

within

different

settings

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Kagura

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Kagura

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Kagura

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presented

by

Senran

Kagura

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Bomb

Rat

Shinobi

in

SV

are

the

this

on

hard

difficulty

Estival

Versus

introduces

the

new

Puppet

Walker

enemies

that

will

enter

a

selfdestruct

sequence

once

they

take

enough

damage

The

resulting

blast

wave

can

take

away

a

large

chunk

of

your

health

if

you

dont

vacate

their

vicinity

in

time

so

once

you

see

them

go

up

in

flames

run

Adam

Smith

Hates

Your

Guts

The

Lingerie

Lottery

in

Shinovi

Versus

has

a

system

where

the

players

luck

decreases

the

more

lingerie

the

player

purchases

forcing

himher

to

pay

more

for

a

better

chance

It

doesnt

help

that

there

are

pairs

though

Adults

Are

Useless

In

the

first

game

Kiriya

initially

refused

to

involve

himself

in

his

students

conflict

with

Hebijo

as

shinobi

students

he

expects

them

to

be

able

to

fight

and

survive

by

themselves

if

they

want

to

become

fullfledged

shinobi

This

is

because

one

of

his

students

only

graduated

because

he

helped

at

the

last

minute

and

she

later

died

He

refuses

to

help

because

hes

afraid

of

it

ever

happening

again

Averted

in

the

anime

adaptation

though

it

makes

little

difference

because

he

arrives

late

to

the

final

showdown

Affectionate

Parody

You

have

some

of

the

most

serious

tropes

generally

associated

with

a

ninja

work

of

fiction

in

an

highschool

setting

and

with

a

lot

of

humor

cute

and

sexy

girls

hotbloodness

and

the

power

of

friendship

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also

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Candy

Theme

Park

stage

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Land

in

Estival

Versus

Overlaps

with

Level

Ate

And

Your

Reward

Is

Clothes

The

player

can

unlock

different

types

of

clothing

and

accessories

as

they

progress

through

the

game

Training

Events

in

New

Wave

G

Burst

will

give

out

additional

costumes

for

Ultra

Rare

cards

if

player

manages

to

fill

each

costumes

corresponding

meter

Animal

Jingoism

The

emblem

of

Hanzō

Academy

is

a

frog

Hebijo

and

Crimson

s

emblems

are

well

snakes

Gessens

emblem

is

a

spider

No

slugs

to

be

seen

though

Animation

Bump

The

opening

Headed

by

Pictures

but

outsourced

to

Toon

City

better

known

for

its

work

for

Disney

The

Anime

of

the

Game

Airing

in

Winter

It

was

simulcasted

by

Funimation

AntiFrustration

Features

In

Estival

Versus

there

are

these

special

finishers

called

Purupuru

Finishes

which

are

triggered

if

you

defeat

your

opponent

or

vice

versa

near

one

of

the

signs

on

the

map

and

theyre

critical

to

getting

one

of

the

trophies

However

this

includes

the

destructible

festival

platforms

as

well

which

are

needed

to

be

destroyed

to

unlock

the

Shinobi

Girls

Heart

stories

Luckily

if

you

happen

to

destroy

all

of

the

platforms

this

specific

Purupuru

Finish

will

be

unlocked

in

the

shop

anyway

saving

the

players

a

lot

of

trouble

of

having

to

worry

about

them

being

lost

Raid

Boss

Events

in

New

Wave

G

Burst

have

a

feature

where

the

player

can

send

out

a

cooperation

request

to

their

team

or

other

players

to

help

defeat

a

boss

thats

too

powerful

to

beat

alone

Arc

Words

A

couple

pop

up

across

entries

in

this

series

Shinobi

written

with

the

kanjis

meaning

The

Beauty

in

Death

Mainly

used

by

Daidoujisempai

Has

since

become

a

term

for

describing

the

girls

unyielding

fighting

spirit

The

word

dance

is

used

quite

a

bit

in

the

series

most

notably

to

refer

to

battles

Heck

kagura

itself

is

a

name

for

a

type

of

Shinto

theatrical

dancing

Artificial

Brilliance

In

Estival

Versus

potentially

crossing

over

into

Spiteful

AI

If

you

use

a

transformation

Ultimate

Ninja

Art

bosses

will

spam

their

own

Secret

Ninja

Arts

or

failing

that

any

moves

with

guard

frames

running

down

the

clock

and

giving

you

as

little

opportunity

to

hurt

them

as

they

can

Ass

Kicks

You

Hibari

has

a

prominent

hip

throw

as

the

finisher

to

her

aerial

combo

and

uses

her

butt

with

her

aerial

smash

Her

aerial

special

even

involves

her

using

ninja

magic

to

grow

giant

then

drop

buttfirst

onto

her

opponents

The

Crimson

Girls

opening

even

shows

Hibari

and

Haruka

trading

butt

blows

so

powerful

it

literally

shreds

their

clothing

Attack

of

the

Whatever

Hibari

sometimes

plays

into

this

Senran

Kagura

Deep

Crimsons

Hipster

DLC

not

that

kind

of

hipster

is

a

Shoot

em

Up

noncanon

story

where

Hanzo

city

is

being

attacked

by

the

Hebijo

girls

using

the

bursting

boob

power

The

problem

The

power

makes

them

gigantic

Its

up

to

the

Hanzo

girls

to

defeat

the

Hebijo

girls

and

save

Hanzo

city

This

happens

to

Ryona

in

the

OVA

of

Estival

Versus

She

drinks

some

sort

of

poison

and

turns

into

a

giant

The

other

girls

get

her

back

to

normal

by

beating

the

poison

out

of

her

Happens

in

the

final

mission

of

the

Hebijo

story

arc

in

Peach

Beach

Splash

Once

again

Ryona

turns

gigantic

by

getting

into

contact

with

poison

This

promptly

turns

her

into

the

Final

Boss

of

the

arc

The

four

other

Hebijo

girls

have

to

turn

her

back

into

normal

by

spraying

the

poison

in

the

form

of

foam

of

her

body

with

their

water

pistols

Awesome

but

Impractical

Desperation

Attack

Ultimate

Secret

Ninja

Arts

in

Shinovi

Versus

Unlike

the

previous

ninja

arts

that

require

one

or

two

ninja

art

scrolls

the

Ultimate

art

can

only

be

performed

if

the

player

has

five

ninja

art

scrolls

The

catch

The

players

health

must

be

at

a

dangerous

low

Most

of

the

time

youll

only

have

one

or

two

shots

to

pull

this

off

because

you

can

only

hold

ten

ninja

art

scrolls

On

the

plus

side

they

do

look

pretty

kick

ass

and

your

opponent

gets

completely

stripped

if

theyre

KOd

by

it

However

its

better

off

being

used

as

a

last

Theyre

a

bit

more

practical

in

Estival

Versus

merely

requiring

five

scrolls

without

a

health

limit

Using

the

Super

Mode

ones

against

bosses

is

a

lost

cause

though

since

theyll

abuse

anything

that

gives

them

invincible

time

to

run

it

out

see

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Brilliance

BacktoBack

Badasses

Rin

and

Daidouji

in

Rins

ending

CG

in

Shinovi

Versus

Badass

Adorable

Most

of

the

series

main

characters

are

young

schoolgirls

That

doesnt

stop

them

from

turning

into

deadly

shinobi

when

they

engage

in

combat

though

Bathtub

Bonding

Katsuragi

is

very

big

on

it

Same

goes

for

Haruka

The

Battle

Didnt

Count

In

the

Hanzo

storyline

of

the

first

game

and

Burst

Hejibo

Academy

spends

the

first

few

chapters

pulling

this

out

of

their

asses

After

Homuras

first

fight

its

implied

shes

lying

and

Haruka

at

least

has

the

excuse

that

shes

body

surfing

into

a

lifelike

doll

of

herself

but

the

rest

of

the

girls

will

just

infuriatingly

run

off

claiming

that

you

didnt

deal

any

damage

neverminding

that

Clothing

Damage

in

this

series

is

practically

evidence

in

a

court

of

law

that

you

took

substantial

damage

Shinovi

Versus

does

this

again

in

the

Hanzo

story

this

time

courtesy

of

the

Gessen

girls

Katsuragi

even

lampshades

this

after

her

battle

with

Imu

Katsuragi

Let

me

guess

You

werent

really

trying

and

it

didnt

count

Battle

Strip

What

Frantic

mode

is

A

shinobi

will

discard

her

clothes

to

greatly

boost

her

offense

and

movement

speed

at

the

cost

of

defense

and

being

forced

into

her

underwear

Beach

Episode

Episode

of

the

anime

Estival

Versus

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this

as

its

whole

premise

new

custom

bikinis

and

all

BFS

Ikarugas

nodachi

a

twohanded

katana

whose

blade

is

between

and

long

Yomi

her

opposite

number

has

a

claymore

as

large

or

larger

than

she

is

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Bad

Orochi

And

Dougen

GreaterScope

Villain

Shin

Big

Boos

Haunt

The

Halloween

stage

in

Estival

Versus

Big

Fancy

Castle

Hebijo

and

Gessen

Academy

sure

count

as

this

The

former

is

a

traditional

Japanese

castle

with

pagodastyle

structures

while

the

latter

is

a

cross

between

a

westernstyle

manor

exterior

and

a

Japanese

shrinegarden

interior

complete

with

a

coliseum

on

the

roof

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Part

Bad

Guys

The

delinquents

from

early

in

the

original

game

and

the

Hanzo

story

of

Burst

Not

remotely

dangerous

and

more

or

less

disappear

entirely

once

Hebijo

becomes

an

issue

in

the

plot

theyre

there

both

to

ease

you

into

the

game

with

enemies

less

threatening

than

even

the

Mook

Hebijo

students

and

plotwise

as

an

example

of

what

the

Hanzo

students

had

actually

been

facing

prior

to

their

clash

with

Hebijo

Black

and

White

Morality

Good

Shinobi

vs

Evil

Shinobi

though

its

averted

as

ninjas

on

both

sides

are

sympathetic

Invoked

by

the

higher

ups

as

the

intentional

separation

is

there

to

draw

out

Shin

Bleached

Underpants

Yaegashi

the

artist

of

the

series

has

drawn

some

pretty

risqué

NSFW

artwork

before

he

helped

with

Senran

Kagura

In

fact

he

still

does

CG

artwork

for

eroge

Bloodless

Carnage

Despite

the

majority

of

the

cast

fighting

with

blades

hammers

kunai

etc

the

main

tell

that

theyre

doing

any

damage

comes

in

the

form

of

Clothing

Damage

Outside

of

the

third

manga

blood

is

rarely

shown

Subverted

however

in

that

the

ingame

novels

frequently

describe

characters

bleeding

most

notably

when

Yagyu

attempts

to

find

the

Hebijo

school

and

the

insides

of

Orochi

heavily

showcase

blood

dripping

everywhere

Bolivian

Army

Ending

The

Crimson

Squad

and

Rins

Story

endings

in

Shinovi

Versus

though

with

the

pretty

implication

that

theyll

live

to

fight

another

day

Bonus

Boss

For

the

Hanzō

storyline

we

have

Daidōji

and

for

the

Hebijo

storyline

we

have

Suzunesensei

aka

Rin

Both

of

them

need

to

be

defeated

with

all

characters

in

a

row

The

former

focuses

on

pure

power

at

the

expense

of

speed

Once

her

HP

is

in

the

red

if

she

catches

you

on

the

ground

she

will

use

an

unavoidable

unblockable

dragon

punch

that

kills

you

in

one

hit

As

for

the

latter

good

luck

even

catching

her

as

she

dashes

around

the

battlefield

at

lightspeed

slashing

you

up

and

throwing

Fuuma

Shurikens

Most

of

the

paths

you

can

take

in

Deep

Crimsons

Yoma

Nest

end

in

a

battle

against

a

stronger

version

of

a

boss

from

the

main

story

The

most

difficult

path

however

ends

in

a

battle

against

Ultimate

Asuka

and

Crimson

Homura

Boobs

of

Steel

Although

many

of

the

characters

have

large

breasts

the

best

example

of

this

trope

is

Daidouji

being

significantly

more

muscular

older

and

more

physical

than

other

characters

This

is

actually

a

fairly

accurate

measurement

of

a

characters

physical

strength

the

larger

a

characters

bust

is

the

more

likely

theyll

fight

with

slower

but

harderhitting

strikes

This

extends

in

the

other

direction

where

the

girl

with

the

smallest

bust

fights

almost

entirely

with

ranged

weapons

with

few

actual

physical

attacks

Boss

Game

Most

missions

throughout

the

franchise

are

finished

by

defeating

a

boss

which

is

usually

one

of

your

current

characters

rivals

Bound

and

Gagged

Hibari

when

shes

kidnapped

in

episode

of

the

anime

Breast

Expansion

The

third

Deep

Crimson

DLC

allows

players

to

invoke

this

to

jarring

proportions

It

can

also

be

inverted

and

give

the

girls

flat

chests

instead

Cast

from

Hit

Points

The

Limit

Break

which

creates

an

explosion

around

the

character

to

knockback

surrounding

enemies

a

la

the

Mega

Crash

from

Tatsunoko

vs

Capcom

It

costs

of

the

the

characters

health

to

use

CatchPhrase

Hanzō

students

before

battle

Lets

dance

and

Ill

show

you

a

dance

cloaked

in

shadows

Hebijo

students

before

battle

I

dance

for

the

honor

of

evil

Gessen

students

before

battle

Sink

into

the

dreams

of

sleeping

souls

Crimson

members

before

battle

I

sacrifice

myself

to

the

will

of

evilour

dance

Mikaruga

Sisters

Dance

in

the

Festival

of

Midsummer

Zodiac

members

before

battle

Follow

in

the

guidance

of

the

stars

Murasame

Im

gonna

do

my

shadow

dance

Charged

Attack

Breach

Arts

Child

Soldiers

Students

are

asked

to

throw

off

their

student

mentality

when

entering

a

ninja

school

from

now

on

they

are

expected

to

conduct

themselves

as

shinobi

Justified

Trope

The

harsh

rules

of

the

world

of

shinobi

exists

for

a

reason

to

prepare

shinobi

students

for

their

principal

duty

fighting

against

youmas

During

Rins

first

mission

her

group

of

including

a

kagura

were

slaughtered

by

youmas

in

a

few

minutes

City

of

Adventure

Asakusa

in

Burst

Versus

and

Kyoto

in

Deep

Crimson

Clothing

Damage

Taking

damage

regardless

of

how

much

health

a

character

actually

has

wears

down

a

girls

clothes

and

will

eventually

leave

her

in

a

defenseless

bikini

if

too

many

hits

are

accrued

Its

also

the

only

visual

way

to

tell

that

the

characters

are

actually

trying

to

kill

each

other

as

actual

bloodshed

is

rare

Code

Name

Every

shinobi

student

is

assigned

one

and

as

such

we

dont

know

their

real

names

Combat

Pragmatist

Shinobi

tend

to

be

As

Yumi

puts

it

in

SV

their

combat

is

not

for

sport

Shinobi

fight

to

kill

Same

can

be

said

when

Miyabi

scoffs

at

Asuka

for

complaining

about

Ryōbi

and

Ryōna

assisting

her

Common

Ranks

Shinobi

have

their

own

ranking

system

It

applies

for

shinobi

students

too

Lowerlevel

Shinobi

Hibari

Mirai

Minori

Middlelevel

Shinobi

Asuka

Yagyu

Yomi

Haruka

Ryōbi

Ryōna

Murasaki

Imu

Shiki

Yozakura

Higherlevel

Shinobi

Katsuragi

Ikaruga

Homura

Hikage

Miyabi

Yumi

Murakumo

Conservation

of

Ninjutsu

Interestingly

this

applies

to

both

Hanzo

and

Hebijo

When

there

are

tons

of

Hebijo

mooks

the

Hanzo

gals

defeat

them

easily

When

the

Hanzo

gals

try

to

gang

up

on

a

single

Hebijo

girl

the

Hanzo

gals

are

in

danger

of

losing

badly

The

five

Hebijo

snake

girls

are

far

from

being

on

the

level

of

your

ordinary

Hebijo

mook

though

Justified

Trope

It

is

explicitly

mentioned

that

the

light

faction

handpicks

the

alreadytalented

while

the

dark

faction

accepts

anyone

This

also

applies

to

the

Yoma

as

the

series

goes

on

In

the

Versus

continuity

In

Rins

backstory

a

single

Yoma

effortlessly

slaughtered

a

Kagura

and

her

entire

elite

squad

and

would

have

killed

Rin

as

well

if

not

for

Miyabis

father

By

contrast

the

combined

forces

of

all

four

teams

are

able

to

make

quick

work

of

an

entire

army

of

Yoma

in

the

Crimson

Squads

ending

Deep

Crimson

plays

with

the

trope

since

introduces

lower

classes

of

Yoma

to

be

used

as

regular

mooks

but

also

allows

the

girls

to

take

down

giant

Yoma

of

the

same

class

that

nearly

killed

Rin

in

the

past

on

their

own

And

that

is

without

counting

Daidouji

who

takes

on

a

massive

army

of

Yoma

by

herself

Continuity

Nod

In

Bon

Appetit

Hibari

is

Homuras

final

boss

and

she

asks

Homura

why

she

never

did

any

of

her

funny

impressions

for

her

during

her

time

at

Hebijo

Said

impressions

were

introduced

in

Burst

when

the

girls

were

trying

to

make

Hikage

laugh

Cooking

Duel

The

entire

premise

of

Senran

Kagura

Bon

Appétit

Costume

Porn

The

costumes

are

not

only

very

well

created

but

all

are

unique

to

the

certain

character

For

specific

examples

check

out

Yomi

Mirai

Murasaki

Murakumo

Hisui

Tsubame

Leo

and

Yūyakis

outfits

Crapsaccharine

World

On

one

hand

death

walks

with

the

shinobi

Most

of

the

characters

have

lost

at

least

one

loved

one

Training

can

be

deadly

The

girls

perfectly

accept

that

the

fights

are

NoHoldsBarred

Contest

which

can

leave

them

dead

and

try

in

all

earnestness

to

kill

each

other

They

know

they

can

be

finished

by

the

winner

Failure

during

a

mission

can

mean

death

And

then

on

the

other

hand

not

only

are

the

generally

cheerful

girls

capable

of

simply

acting

like

normal

teenagers

most

of

the

time

but

when

all

is

said

and

done

the

level

of

violence

onscreen

is

equivalent

to

say

One

Piece

and

nobody

ever

dies

outside

of

backstories

or

otherwise

offscreen

deaths

which

can

sometimes

cause

ambiguity

as

to

whos

actually

dead

Overall

its

the

seriousness

with

which

the

girls

take

their

duty

as

shinobi

and

the

grim

backstories

that

most

of

them

have

which

paints

a

really

dark

outlook

on

the

franchise

Crate

Expectations

Each

game

has

crates

lying

around

that

can

be

broken

to

gain

useful

items

and

powerups

These

items

include

healing

onigiri

ninja

scrolls

futomaki

rolls

powerups

that

boost

your

attack

and

defense

and

make

you

temporarily

invincible

and

in

the

case

of

Estival

Verus

bombshells

Creepy

Cool

Crosses

If

you

look

at

the

Hejibo

Academys

logo

you

notice

its

an

upsidedown

cross

with

two

snakes

wrapped

around

it

Crossover

Through

Downloadable

Content

Estival

Versus

adds

Ayane

and

Hakufu

Kanu

and

Ryofu

as

bonus

playable

characters

For

Peach

Beach

Splash

all

of

the

above

return

and

they

are

joined

by

Ryomo

Shimei

Marie

Rose

and

Honoka

Super

Sonico

Renka

and

Rinka

Kagurazaka

and

most

recently

Neptune

CurbStomp

Battle

In

a

story

sequence

Ikaruga

ends

up

having

to

fight

her

resentful

brother

and

never

lays

a

finger

on

him

Because

she

doesnt

have

to

Hes

so

hopeless

at

ninjutsu

and

her

so

comparatively

skilled

that

she

defeats

him

easily

without

ever

having

to

attack

him

directly

Which

is

the

reason

she

was

adopted

and

made

a

shinobi

in

his

place

in

the

first

place

and

the

reason

for

his

resentment

of

her

Cute

Monster

Girl

Most

of

the

yoma

mooks

in

Deep

Crimson

are

humanoid

female

creatures

what

are

appealing

to

the

eye

in

sharp

contrast

to

their

larger

counterparts

Damn

You

Muscle

Memory

InUniverse

in

Peach

Beach

Splash

explaining

why

real

weapons

are

used

for

melee

attacks

pulling

blades

on

an

enemy

that

close

is

such

a

mindless

reflex

that

it

pretty

much

had

to

be

allowed

Dangerous

Forbidden

Technique

Anathematic

Ninja

Arts

are

ninja

arts

that

give

the

user

tremendous

power

with

huge

risk

So

much

that

there

are

forbidden

techniques

for

reversing

the

art

Dark

and

Troubled

Past

Each

character

in

the

cast

even

Hibari

later

on

though

Asuka

seems

to

be

the

exception

Being

a

shinobi

is

suffering

Check

the

character

page

for

individual

character

entries

Although

to

balance

things

out

she

goes

through

many

of

the

darkest

moments

in

the

actual

game

Darker

and

Edgier

Induced

in

the

third

manga

series

Guren

no

Hebi

Despite

having

some

of

the

lighter

moments

present

in

other

adaptations

of

the

series

the

tone

of

Guren

no

Hebi

is

very

bleak

and

grim

and

it

adverts

the

Bloodless

Carnage

the

rest

of

the

series

utilizes

making

all

the

fights

somewhat

disturbing

to

read

Additionally

the

storylines

of

the

games

are

much

more

serious

usually

with

more

at

stake

compared

the

ones

present

in

the

Vita

titles

Hebijos

story

in

Shinovi

Versus

is

by

far

the

darkest

plot

in

the

game

if

not

the

entire

series

There

are

little

to

no

jokes

or

lighthearted

banter

and

of

the

teams

quirks

are

played

for

laughs

compared

to

the

other

teams

Miyabis

ruthless

singleminded

obsession

with

restoring

Hebijos

honor

and

taking

vengeance

on

its

enemies

is

played

dead

seriously

Imu

blindly

and

unquestionably

follows

Miyabis

vengeful

agenda

out

of

lustful

obsession

Murasaki

possesses

a

nighuncontrollable

berserker

rage

capable

of

ripping

even

the

strongest

Shinobi

apart

limb

from

limb

Ryona

is

a

psychotic

masochist

who

takes

a

euphoric

delight

in

being

punished

Ryobi

while

quite

as

insane

as

her

sister

is

still

clearly

unhinged

and

is

secretly

a

traitor

plotting

to

murder

the

rest

of

the

team

for

their

roles

in

the

death

of

her

and

Ryonas

sister

Deadly

Training

Area

Haruka

develops

one

for

her

teams

use

in

Deep

Crimson

Death

Mountain

Mt

Orochi

where

the

Crimson

Squads

hideout

is

located

and

contains

a

small

village

It

is

considered

to

be

the

most

dangerous

place

for

shinobi

to

venture

to

as

the

mountain

is

seen

as

a

breeding

ground

for

Youma

Defeat

Equals

Explosion

Bosses

in

New

Wave

will

blow

up

after

being

defeated

Exactly

why

this

happens

is

pretty

much

a

mystery

Determinator

True

to

their

etymology

all

of

the

shinobi

But

especially

Asuka

and

Homura

Dirty

Old

Man

Averted

with

Kiriyasensei

who

does

his

job

professionally

and

doesnt

blink

when

the

fanservice

presents

itself

While

Hanzo

usually

acts

like

a

doting

grandpa

toward

Asuka

despite

her

many

shortcomings

he

still

has

shades

of

this

especially

in

the

anime

However

hes

very

lowkey

about

it

and

is

never

shown

to

be

completely

depraved

about

it

either

especially

when

compared

to

how

Dirty

Old

Men

are

usually

depicted

in

Japanese

works

Played

completely

straight

in

the

anime

however

While

the

games

have

him

strong

and

professional

enough

to

easily

thwart

his

girls

attempts

at

taking

revenge

on

him

the

anime

special

has

him

go

out

of

the

way

to

humiliate

Asuka

and

Homura

to

the

point

that

he

cant

save

himself

DiscOne

Nuke

In

New

Wave

free

Ultra

Rare

cards

in

with

high

stats

can

be

given

to

the

player

as

early

as

level

This

can

make

it

very

easy

for

earning

new

cards

and

sweeping

through

bosses

Does

This

Remind

You

of

Anything

Several

examples

throughout

the

franchise

The

most

obvious

is

the

constant

image

of

a

girl

with

something

inserted

between

her

breasts

be

it

scrolls

sushi

rolls

or

whatever

To

say

nothing

of

the

random

positions

some

characters

take

in

the

anime

and

the

manga

as

well

as

when

Clothing

Damage

occurs

in

the

games

Bon

Appetit

being

a

nonserious

Rhythm

Game

takes

it

Up

to

Eleven

due

to

it

being

a

cooking

game

as

well

Downer

Ending

The

ending

to

Hebijos

story

in

Shinovi

Versus

has

Hanzo

the

Crimson

Squad

and

Gessen

completely

destroyed

and

their

Elite

Shinobi

all

vanquished

leaving

left

to

oppose

Rin

and

Dogens

plans

Subverted

in

the

same

game

by

the

ending

to

the

Crimson

Squads

story

has

the

Crimson

Squad

surrounded

by

a

seemingly

infinite

horde

of

Youma

They

gear

up

for

a

fight

but

its

clear

that

they

have

little

to

no

hope

of

surviving

until

the

rest

of

teams

suddenly

show

up

to

lend

them

a

hand

Downloadable

Content

With

the

exception

of

Portait

of

Girls

and

Burst

the

games

offer

DLC

content

ranging

from

clothes

to

different

accessories

to

even

bonus

stories

and

characters

DropInDropOut

Multiplayer

Boss

events

in

New

Wave

have

a

system

where

players

can

assist

others

in

defeating

bosses

by

sending

requests

to

each

other

Drop

the

Hammer

Hijikata

Kanon

and

Hanabi

pretty

much

got

this

covered

Dual

Wielding

Used

by

several

characters

Asuka

uses

two

Wakizashi

Homura

hexuple

wields

Katana

Like

Wolverine

Claws

no

less

SuzuneRin

wields

two

Fuuma

Shuriken

Murakumo

wields

a

spear

in

one

hand

and

a

bloody

cleaver

in

the

other

Then

we

have

Ryōna

who

uses

two

unusual

pistols

with

the

butts

of

the

guns

bolted

on

both

ends

Ashiya

mostly

uses

two

chakrams

Kagari

wields

two

tambourine

shaped

knives

Aria

wields

a

pair

of

cymbals

Tsubame

uses

two

sabers

Kisaragi

uses

two

hachiwara

Yūyaki

dualwields

two

Nōdachi

Renka

uses

bachi

Kafuru

uses

two

water

guns

Ryōki

wields

a

shotgun

in

one

hand

and

a

shield

in

the

other

Dysfunction

Junction

All

the

girls

have

some

malfunction

see

Dark

and

Troubled

Past

above

Its

a

miracle

that

the

Hebijo

girls

arent

at

each

others

throat

if

only

because

their

anger

is

directed

at

someone

or

something

outside

the

group

While

that

can

be

said

for

Homuras

group

Miyabis

group

do

selfdestruct

near

the

end

of

their

story

They

get

better

though

Eldritch

Abomination

Yamata

no

Orochi

Where

to

start

It

seems

to

be

onethird

humanoid

giant

onethird

dragon

and

onethird

Humongous

Mecha

Four

of

its

five

necks

have

no

heads

on

them

instead

ending

in

great

masses

of

bloodstained

katanas

It

has

two

bizarre

mechanical

appendages

that

can

only

be

described

as

giant

tennis

rackets

covered

in

bloodstained

katanas

On

its

central

neck

is

the

head

of

a

mechadragon

covered

in

bloodstained

katanas

and

in

the

heads

mouth

is

a

human

face

contorted

with

rage

Oh

and

the

sound

of

its

roar

is

mixed

with

a

baby

crying

The

Yoma

in

general

follow

this

trope

to

a

tee

with

many

of

them

combining

human

anatomy

with

monstrous

designs

The

greatest

example

in

the

series

is

Shin

responsible

for

creating

all

the

yoma

and

in

fact

the

only

reason

theres

a

good

vs

evil

conflict

in

the

first

place

To

create

enough

bloodshed

to

draw

him

out

Eldritch

Location

The

inside

of

Yamata

no

Orochi

Its

a

weird

red

version

of

the

normal

world

with

odd

features

like

floating

interfaces

in

the

background

and

rotating

gears

on

the

floor

It

also

has

inexplicable

grassy

meadows

and

you

can

hear

Orochis

heartbeat

wherever

you

go

Elite

Mook

In

Crimson

Girls

there

is

a

tall

dummy

mook

with

the

highest

health

of

any

enemy

in

the

game

with

two

katanas

and

a

gun

that

shoots

shurikens

Unlike

the

other

Giant

Mooks

these

guys

are

so

tough

they

only

ever

appear

one

at

a

time

The

game

takes

off

the

kiddie

gloves

with

Hebijos

final

mission

where

you

have

to

face

Daidouji

backed

up

by

four

robodummies

Shinovi

Versus

introduces

different

flavors

Bear

mooks

that

dont

flinch

with

normal

attacks

Samurai

that

do

the

same

but

with

lower

defense

added

speed

and

strength

Badgers

and

Foxes

that

attack

with

claws

and

Rats

that

ferry

supplies

EqualOpportunity

Evil

According

to

Homura

this

is

the

virtue

of

the

Dark

Ninjas

Of

course

just

because

they

accept

everyone

doesnt

mean

that

everyone

have

what

it

takes

to

be

one

As

for

Homura

personally

she

quickly

accepts

people

who

wants

to

be

her

friend

Such

as

Hibari

Even

Evil

Has

Loved

Ones

Evil

Is

One

Big

Happy

Family

The

opening

of

the

Hebijo

storyline

is

about

how

those

girls

met

and

formed

into

their

own

little

group

Evil

vs

Evil

In

Shinovi

Versus

the

former

elites

of

Hebijo

Academy

now

dubbed

the

Homura

Crimson

Squad

are

being

hunted

down

by

the

new

Team

Hebijo

elites

because

they

are

renegades

inevitably

causing

them

to

clash

Downplayed

because

the

Crimson

Squad

are

essentially

an

AntiHero

Team

Excuse

Plot

Rampant

Ninjarelated

crimes

these

days

Are

you

bad

enough

gals

to

save

Japan

Although

this

diminishes

as

the

series

goes

on

particularly

as

the

characters

deal

with

their

trials

and

the

Yoma

become

more

of

a

prominent

threat

The

director

split

the

franchise

into

two

The

Vita

games

will

be

more

focused

on

the

fanservice

Though

they

have

serious

plots

of

their

own

while

the

DS

games

focus

more

on

the

darker

story

Played

very

straight

in

the

Shinobi

Girls

Heart

missions

in

Estival

Versus

featuring

a

lot

of

deep

characterdriven

soulsearching

plots

such

as

Homura

trying

to

cure

her

laryngitis

or

Hikage

looking

for

a

place

to

take

a

nap

This

is

to

balance

a

main

plot

that

deals

with

themes

of

grief

dying

with

unfinished

business

and

the

psychological

toll

of

having

signed

up

to

die

young

Again

played

straight

with

Peach

Beach

Splash

Theres

something

about

using

shinobi

energy

to

keep

Shin

sealed

but

when

asked

Mr

K

and

Ms

R

say

that

really

they

thought

that

having

a

giant

watergun

fight

for

all

the

girls

would

be

fun

Eyepatch

of

Power

Yagyū

and

Mirai

And

theres

also

an

unlockable

eyepatch

that

can

be

worn

by

any

girl

including

the

two

girls

who

already

have

them

Its

especially

funny

when

Yagyu

equips

two

eye

patches

and

says

sardonically

I

dont

need

this

Extranormal

Institute

Hanzo

apparently

a

regular

highschool

with

regular

students

save

for

five

of

them

and

the

special

lessons

they

take

Hebijo

is

a

much

more

regular

Ninja

School

FaceHeel

Turn

Hibari

transfering

to

Hebijo

school

It

was

part

of

a

plot

to

infiltrate

the

academy

and

recover

an

important

item

stolen

by

the

snake

girls

Hibari

may

seem

weak

and

childish

most

of

the

time

but

this

girl

has

wits

and

guts

when

it

counts

the

most

Doesnt

apply

in

the

Hebijo

storyline

as

Hibari

is

revealed

to

be

brainwashed

by

Dougen

Rin

when

it

is

revealed

that

she

is

Suzunesensei

FactionSpecific

Endings

Shinovi

Versus

has

each

factions

stories

Hanzo

Crimson

Squad

New

Hebijo

Gessen

ending

differently

from

each

other

Fake

Longevity

Completion

in

Burst

requires

clearing

every

mission

on

each

story

with

the

initial

characters

getting

every

character

including

the

secret

ones

to

level

clearing

every

mission

at

least

once

with

an

A

Rank

and

once

in

Frantic

Mode

thankfully

not

with

every

character

and

will

take

upwards

of

hours

Beating

the

main

story

for

both

sides

combined

only

takes

around

Bon

Appetit

has

this

for

its

Platinum

trophy

The

most

gratuitous

being

clearing

songs

when

most

of

the

others

require

a

minimum

of

if

aiming

for

them

and

playing

optimaly

Famous

Ancestor

Hattori

Hanzo

is

the

founder

of

the

Hanzo

Academy

Asuka

is

his

granddaughter

and

yet

she

leaves

a

lot

to

be

desired

Fan

Disservice

The

largescale

youma

featured

in

the

series

usually

have

a

feminine

figure

but

instead

of

making

them

look

appealing

the

series

produces

the

opposite

effect

by

heaping

on

Body

Horror

Mind

Screw

and

the

Uncanny

Valley

For

example

one

of

the

Youma

from

is

actually

an

unfought

giantess

whose

breasts

tear

themselves

free

of

her

body

crash

into

the

ground

and

start

rolling

around

like

demonic

bowling

balls

the

size

of

trucks

The

boss

fight

begins

here

you

have

to

do

enough

damage

to

the

wrecking

boobs

to

shatter

them

like

eggs

only

to

discover

the

giant

faces

inside

leering

out

at

you

Fanservice

Lets

get

counting

BoobsandButt

Pose

Some

cards

in

New

Wave

have

someone

do

this

Though

its

unsurprising

given

the

amount

of

fanservice

in

the

game

Clothing

Damage

Taken

Up

to

Eleven

in

VS

it

extends

to

even

the

underwear

or

in

the

case

of

EV

and

PBS

swimsuits

leaving

only

some

censoring

Erotic

Eating

according

to

the

trailer

Its

also

in

the

manga

and

happens

in

the

anime

where

Kiriyasensei

of

all

people

gets

in

on

it

Taken

Up

to

Eleven

with

Bon

Appetit

being

the

main

focus

of

the

game

Jiggle

Physics

They

put

the

computing

capability

to

great

use

Although

to

be

fair

the

jiggles

are

canned

animations

and

arent

calculated

in

real

time

Joshikousei

Panty

Shot

for

SV

only

EV

and

PBS

are

beach

themed

and

as

such

actual

panty

shots

are

averted

Which

is

followed

by

of

course

Sailor

Fuku

Although

the

focus

of

the

franchise

seems

to

be

bigbreasted

pretty

girls

it

may

be

interesting

to

note

that

the

protagonists

are

equally

as

sexually

objectified

with

the

signature

blending

of

clothes

ripped

and

breast

jiggling

of

the

franchise

as

they

are

depicted

as

physically

strong

courageous

bordering

on

reckless

but

its

expected

of

ninjas

and

without

the

need

of

being

protected

by

a

male

character

Fond

Memories

That

Could

Have

Been

In

the

first

game

Homura

and

Asuka

passing

some

time

as

friends

dining

at

Hanzos

restaurant

before

the

final

assault

on

Hebijo

academy

and

knowing

that

they

will

then

have

to

fight

Asuka

asking

Homura

her

reason

to

follow

the

way

of

the

ninja

may

qualify

as

a

stealth

Tear

Jerker

You

Cant

Fight

Fate

Not

that

Asuka

as

a

ninja

isnt

ready

to

put

down

Homura

if

she

is

ordered

to

but

now

that

she

knows

a

little

more

about

the

snake

girls

and

putting

aside

the

good

and

bad

labels

the

fact

that

Hebijo

and

Hanzo

students

are

basically

the

same

she

cant

help

but

ponder

about

the

absurdity

of

the

situation

Food

Fight

This

was

one

of

the

recent

events

in

New

Wave

Food

Porn

Senran

Kagura

Bon

Appétit

takes

this

Up

to

Eleven

Forever

War

Between

the

goodlight

shinobi

and

the

evildark

shinobi

It

seems

pointless

and

in

a

way

its

purposefully

so

Shinovi

Versus

reveals

the

war

is

there

to

lure

out

the

progenitor

of

all

disasters

and

Yoma

Shin

who

only

comes

out

once

enough

blood

has

been

shed

Flanderization

All

the

cast

is

hit

by

it

on

Shinovi

Versus

especially

in

the

Shinobi

Girls

Heart

side

stories

for

each

character

Also

present

on

Bon

Appetit

but

its

done

intentionally

to

drive

the

games

humor

Funbag

Airbag

Happens

to

Hibari

in

the

episode

Gainaxing

Jiggle

Physics

Comes

with

the

territory

The

original

game

seemed

to

have

been

made

just

to

show

off

this

effect

in

The

Switch

titles

make

use

of

the

proffered

HD

Rumble

system

in

the

Joycon

controllers

as

well

as

the

motion

controls

to

make

the

jiggle

physics

even

more

realistic

the

developers

explicitly

showed

off

a

plate

of

wobbling

flan

pudding

as

a

way

to

indicate

how

they

planned

to

exploit

the

HD

rumble

technology

GameBreaking

Bug

Estival

has

a

few

The

turtle

mooks

can

get

stuck

in

a

loop

where

they

will

never

stop

spinning

making

impossible

to

the

player

to

defeat

them

and

progress

the

mission

forcing

the

player

to

repeat

the

stage

Sometimes

the

game

will

spawn

mooks

outside

the

reach

of

the

player

and

while

some

characters

will

be

able

to

take

them

downusing

long

range

attacks

most

of

the

time

is

necessary

to

retry

the

stage

Gender

Flip

As

an

April

Fools

joke

we

had

Senran

Kagura

Boys

Edition

Theres

only

one

person

who

could

be

responsible

for

something

like

this

Kaede

Genki

Girl

Hibari

and

Minori

fit

this

trope

to

a

T

Geodesic

Cast

The

franchise

tends

to

introduce

girls

in

fiveman

squads

The

original

game

introduced

the

Hanzo

Academy

and

Hebijo

Academy

teams

and

each

side

had

a

Secret

Character

in

Daidojisempai

and

Suzunesensei

Shinovi

Versus

introduced

the

Gessen

Girls

academy

and

the

New

Hebijo

girls

of

course

with

five

each

Though

lacking

a

Secret

Character

The

Japanonly

phonebased

New

Wave

introduced

a

total

of

ten

new

teams

note

Estival

Versus

introduced

a

festivalthemed

group

consisting

of

Asukas

grandmother

Sayuri

her

three

apprentices

and

a

halfghost

Sayuri

brought

partially

back

to

life

Deep

Crimson

subverts

the

normal

pattern

by

introducing

only

three

characters

Kagura

Naraku

and

Ikarugas

brother

Murasame

but

introduces

a

new

one

by

grouping

the

girls

in

pairs

Asuka

and

Homura

Ikaruga

and

Yomi

etc

Since

Kagura

and

Naraku

are

introduced

as

a

pair

unto

themselves

the

only

real

deviation

is

Murasame

who

is

unlocked

either

through

an

Old

Save

Bonus

or

as

Downloadable

Content

Giant

Mook

There

are

large

and

overweight

female

delinquents

that

are

prominent

in

Skirting

Shadows

Crimson

Girls

introduces

even

more

with

huge

muscular

girls

in

Seifukus

and

large

round

dummies

with

Torpedo

Tits

Shinovi

and

Estival

Versus

has

the

bear

shinobi

Theyre

large

overweight

female

ninja

with

the

ability

to

mow

you

down

by

performing

rolling

attacks

It

also

isnt

helped

by

the

fact

that

they

can

deal

fire

damage

as

well

or

that

they

need

strong

attacks

to

flinch

Deep

Crimson

features

massive

versions

of

the

standard

dummies

Estival

Versus

has

rambased

shinobi

who

have

their

standard

gargantuan

appearance

not

unlike

the

bear

shinobi

but

when

these

fall

they

will

return

to

being

to

normal

shinobi

who

start

Dual

Wielding

the

rams

horns

Graffiti

Town

The

Downtown

at

Night

stage

in

Estival

Versus

GraphicsInduced

SuperDeformed

The

sprites

in

New

Wave

appear

as

chibified

versions

of

the

characters

during

the

story

and

event

missions

Girls

with

Guns

Mirai

Ryōna

Ryōbi

Seimei

Chitose

Ukyō

Sakyō

and

Kurōdo

fit

this

trope

Green

Hill

Zone

The

Training

Grounds

stage

in

Shinovi

Versus

and

Estival

Versus

and

the

Training

Field

in

Deep

Crimson

Grey

and

Gray

Morality

Probably

the

point

of

the

plot

of

the

first

game

and

its

deconstruction

of

the

good

ninjas

vs

evil

ninjas

trope

as

both

groups

are

shown

to

have

similar

circumstances

and

ultimately

whatever

his

or

her

affiliation

a

shinobi

is

someone

who

has

to

kill

or

be

killed

As

Hanzo

puts

it

Light

needs

darkness

to

exist

Good

Is

Not

Soft

A

ninja

has

to

be

ready

to

do

anything

it

takes

to

defeat

an

enemy

and

could

expect

nothing

else

in

return

from

an

enemy

Its

a

form

of

courtesy

toward

an

enemy

to

give

everything

you

have

to

bring

him

down

Golden

Super

Mode

In

Burst

the

Life

or

Death

Frantic

in

the

localization

mode

gives

the

user

a

surging

golden

aura

the

longer

they

fight

When

Katsuragi

uses

it

the

aura

combined

with

her

golden

hair

and

green

eyes

makes

her

look

very

much

like

a

Super

Saiyan

Good

Versus

Good

Gessen

figthing

Hanzo

in

a

Shinobi

Battle

Royale

where

Anyone

Can

Die

The

Goomba

Varies

depending

on

the

game

but

the

most

common

themes

they

share

is

that

theyll

usually

be

training

dummies

delinquents

and

lowerrank

shinobi

Easily

disposable

and

are

less

of

a

threat

even

in

large

numbers

Guest

Fighter

Estival

Versus

features

a

guest

appearance

from

Ayane

Sonsaku

Hakufu

Kanu

Uncho

and

Ryofu

Housen

as

Downloadable

Content

Guide

Dang

It

For

people

aiming

for

Completion

certain

hidden

trophies

in

Shinovi

Versus

and

Estival

Versus

can

invoke

this

to

a

certain

degree

While

most

hidden

trophies

can

be

easily

obtained

simply

by

playing

through

the

game

and

experimenting

on

some

things

some

require

an

online

guide

just

to

even

see

how

to

get

them

note

The

three

most

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examples

come

from

Shinovi

Versus

There

are

three

hidden

trophies

named

Dont

Worry

About

It

Please

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More

and

You

Were

Never

Heard

From

Again

which

have

no

ingame

indication

of

how

to

even

get

them

For

the

first

two

it

requires

the

usage

of

the

Ultimate

Hidden

Ninpo

Keep

in

mind

that

the

Ultimate

Ninpos

in

Shinovi

Versus

can

only

be

activated

when

youre

low

on

health

so

unlike

Estival

Versus

you

rarely

get

the

chance

to

even

use

them

For

the

former

you

need

to

defeat

a

boss

with

one

while

shes

in

her

underwear

For

the

latter

you

need

to

let

a

boss

defeat

you

with

one

while

your

girl

is

in

her

underwear

The

last

trophy

requires

you

to

be

a

perv

in

the

dressing

room

in

so

many

ways

From

simply

groping

to

outright

stripping

the

girls

clothes

This

one

can

be

rather

tricky

to

get

without

some

proper

steps

of

how

to

do

it

In

Estival

Versus

while

most

Purupuru

Finishes

are

triggered

by

defeating

your

opponent

or

vice

versa

near

an

sign

there

are

a

couple

that

dont

follow

this

rule

and

are

only

triggered

under

special

conditions

Three

of

them

are

tied

to

certain

costumes

which

are

the

Hawaiian

Shirt

Summer

Swimsuit

and

the

Bath

Towel

These

are

required

for

getting

one

of

the

trophies

in

Estival

Versus

All

you

have

to

do

is

dress

a

girl

in

one

of

these

and

then

fight

her

in

a

mission

or

online

mode

These

finishes

will

trigger

regardless

of

whether

or

not

youre

near

a

sign

But

the

most

infamous

example

is

the

Puppet

Kaboom

finish

Because

unlike

the

three

mentioned

above

the

game

gives

no

indication

whatsoever

that

this

one

actually

exists

To

get

this

finish

you

need

to

be

on

a

Puppet

Walker

while

its

about

to

selfdestruct

But

its

very

unlikely

that

you

wouldve

even

considered

trying

it

on

your

first

playthrough

because

a

you

wouldnt

had

known

about

it

and

b

you

wouldve

abandoned

the

Puppet

Walker

out

of

instinct

Hard

Levels

Easy

Bosses

Going

Frantic

turns

most

of

the

game

into

this

with

levels

populated

with

Mooks

that

can

easily

gang

up

on

you

and

deplete

your

health

in

seconds

due

to

your

halved

Defense

only

to

end

with

a

Boss

fight

that

can

be

won

neareffortlessly

by

performing

a

few

Secret

Ninja

Arts

due

to

your

doubled

Attack

power

The

Heartless

Orochi

in

the

first

game

and

Burst

the

final

boss

born

from

the

pain

and

suffering

of

the

dead

snake

girls

Has

become

a

major

plot

point

in

Shinovi

Versus

such

monsters

are

knowns

as

youma

and

only

shinobi

can

fight

against

them

The

catch

being

conflict

between

shinobi

and

blood

spilled

in

shinobi

kekkais

are

precisely

what

such

entities

feed

on

Hence

the

need

for

the

kagura

aka

the

highest

rank

a

shinobi

can

hope

to

attain

a

warrior

specialized

in

hunting

youma

Miyabi

and

later

Homura

and

Asuka

aim

to

reach

this

rank

Harder

Than

Hard

Expert

routes

in

New

Wave

G

Bursts

Raid

Boss

Events

feature

bosses

that

are

so

powerful

that

they

make

the

ones

on

Hard

route

look

like

childs

play

Henshin

Hero

While

just

about

everyone

is

sufficient

with

combat

in

most

normal

circumstances

they

can

all

undergo

Shinobi

Transformation

which

will

boost

their

stats

give

them

access

to

their

Ninja

Arts

and

also

fully

restore

their

health

so

it

behooves

you

to

learn

timing

to

maximize

its

effectiveness

You

can

also

invert

this

by

stripping

down

to

your

skivvies

Which

STILL

powers

you

up

Highly

Visible

Ninja

Everyone

Honor

Before

Reason

For

a

ninja

the

success

of

the

mission

take

precedence

over

everything

even

ones

life

HotBlooded

Katsuragi

who

gets

extremely

firedup

during

combat

Other

girls

exhibit

this

behavior

as

well

but

not

everyone

Daidoujis

another

good

example

but

hers

is

mixed

with

an

element

of

battlelust

Hotter

and

Sexier

The

anime

adaptation

threw

some

of

the

original

plot

and

the

melodrama

through

the

window

and

turned

the

fanservice

Up

to

Eleven

Purposely

invoked

with

Shinovi

Versus

and

Bon

Appetit

as

the

director

stated

that

the

Playstation

games

are

purposely

intended

to

have

more

fanservice

than

the

titles

Hypocrite

Harukas

Freudian

Excuse

is

that

her

father

abandoned

her

to

her

unnaturally

close

mom

whos

implied

to

have

done

more

than

had

her

be

a

dress

up

doll

In

the

present

Haruka

proves

You

Are

What

You

Hate

when

she

goes

after

Hibari

with

the

same

abnormal

obsession

I

Let

You

Win

If

youre

fighting

the

Hanzo

team

your

wins

always

count

for

real

If

youre

playing

as

the

Hanzo

team

well

tough

cookies

In

the

Hanzo

story

every

defeat

of

the

Hebijou

girls

until

the

final

confrontation

ends

with

a

cutscene

revealing

the

other

girl

was

holding

back

in

some

way

Haruka

is

the

most

blatant

about

this

with

every

fight

against

her

revealing

that

she

was

either

using

a

puppet

in

her

stead

or

that

she

deliberately

threw

the

fight

to

acquire

a

second

lessobvious

goal

This

continues

into

Shinovi

Versus

Where

TWO

new

schools

attack

Hanzo

and

when

playing

through

the

Hanzou

storyline

they

never

truly

win

the

first

round

against

either

team

Also

in

Shinovi

Versus

you

can

finally

be

on

the

giving

end

even

though

you

won

anyway

After

Hikages

fight

with

Imu

Imu

is

doubled

over

questioning

why

Hikage

never

agreed

to

her

challenges

if

she

was

able

to

take

her

down

while

Hikage

says

nothing

Imu

Dont

tell

me

You

were

holding

back

Hikage

smirks

Improbably

Female

Cast

Technically

its

not

as

if

men

couldnt

be

shinobi

too

Its

just

that

the

whole

cast

happens

to

be

female

There

are

now

more

than

eighty

named

female

shinobi

in

the

cast

across

the

franchise

not

counting

Guest

Fighters

and

family

members

and

exactly

four

men

Hanzo

Kiriya

Murasame

and

Dogen

Interface

Spoiler

In

Deep

Crimson

if

you

read

the

description

of

the

music

track

Shinobi

Clones

which

unlocks

after

you

first

fight

them

youll

discover

that

the

Ten

Yoma

Generals

are

Yoma

clones

of

the

Hanzo

Girls

and

the

Crimson

Squad

born

from

the

blood

shed

by

them

during

the

events

depicted

during

the

finale

of

the

first

game

and

the

beginning

of

Deep

Crimson

long

before

this

it

is

revealed

in

the

story

Interclass

Friendship

After

the

two

group

stopped

trying

to

kill

each

other

and

got

to

know

each

other

Asukas

Hanzo

Academy

a

elite

ninja

school

ends

up

being

friends

with

Homuras

Crimson

Squad

who

end

up

being

runaway

ninjas

Though

the

two

who

fit

this

the

most

are

Ikaruga

who

was

adopted

into

a

rich

ninja

family

and

Yomi

who

was

born

in

the

poorest

slums

Ikarugas

first

true

friend

in

Hanzo

Academy

was

with

the

orphaned

Katsuragi

InstantWin

Condition

For

the

fights

that

require

you

to

obtain

an

item

or

defeat

a

certain

number

of

enemies

Instrument

of

Murder

Every

member

of

the

ARC

Angels

has

a

musical

instrument

fit

for

combat

The

same

goes

for

the

Municipal

Blossoming

Arts

shinobi

as

well

Invisible

to

Normals

One

ninja

technique

is

invoking

a

barrier

to

allow

fighting

while

invisible

to

all

but

other

ninjas

This

is

how

the

girls

can

fight

in

the

open

in

areas

like

shops

without

drawing

attention

It

has

the

side

effect

of

attracting

Yoma

though

Interplay

of

Sex

and

Violence

US

localization

website

A

little

violent

a

little

sexy

and

a

ton

of

fun

Joshikousei

Invoked

The

shinobi

schools

are

all

located

alongside

regular

schools

so

the

shinobi

have

to

wear

their

schools

uniform

in

order

to

blend

in

and

prevent

the

normal

school

populace

from

suspecting

them

of

being

anything

other

than

regular

students

Kaizo

Trap

A

minor

one

in

Shinovi

Versus

In

the

final

battle

against

AsukaHomura

depleting

your

opponents

health

to

zero

will

not

end

the

battle

right

there

on

the

spot

Instead

it

will

trigger

an

automatic

Aerial

Rave

for

which

you

must

succeed

in

order

win

the

fight

Fail

the

Aerial

Rave

and

your

opponent

regains

of

her

health

and

the

opportunity

to

activate

her

Ultimate

Hidden

Ninpo

dragging

the

fight

even

longer

and

wearing

you

down

with

each

failure

Katanas

Are

Just

Better

The

number

of

girls

who

favor

katana

is

disproportionate

looking

at

you

Homura

even

though

shorter

blades

would

be

easily

concealed

Keigo

Ikaruga

and

Leo

speak

in

a

very

formal

tone

and

style

Kiai

Every

girl

shouts

CHESTO

a

lot

when

finishing

combos

even

the

quieter

and

more

reserved

ones

Possibly

referring

to

a

certain

other

chest

Killed

Offscreen

How

the

franchise

handles

when

secondary

characters

kick

the

bucket

as

the

plot

is

told

in

a

Visual

Novel

fashion

a

wall

of

text

allow

for

more

ambiguity

than

a

gory

CG

See

Miyabis

group

or

Tsumuji

for

examples

It

allows

for

some

neat

Never

Found

the

Body

tricks

too

The

Hebijo

girls

in

the

first

game

are

exhibit

but

Dougen

must

be

pretty

glad

for

it

Well

or

for

all

the

good

it

did

him

at

least

as

Homura

didnt

miss

him

in

SV

Or

we

can

only

hope

Know

When

to

Fold

Em

Ikarugas

big

brother

Murasame

eventually

gives

up

on

taking

the

mantle

of

the

ninja

clan

instead

focusing

on

what

hes

good

at

being

a

shrewd

businessman

This

is

after

Ikaruga

makes

it

clear

that

hes

outclassed

and

Hanzo

gives

him

some

sobering

small

talks

The

fact

that

Hanzo

himself

said

that

Murasames

father

praises

his

sons

business

skills

helped

Lecherous

Licking

Haruka

does

this

to

Hibari

in

the

episode

of

the

anime

Whether

it

stops

with

just

licking

is

up

for

debates

Lethal

Lava

Land

The

Shinobi

Festival

stage

in

Estival

Versus

is

an

interesting

subversion

Its

a

shinobi

festival

located

on

an

active

volcanic

slope

where

molten

lava

is

seen

flowing

in

the

background

The

main

stadium

itself

is

located

right

in

the

middle

of

the

volcanic

crater

where

the

audience

is

cheering

in

the

background

despite

not

being

burned

to

a

crisp

by

the

intense

heat

from

the

lava

a

few

feat

away

The

lava

however

doesnt

really

serve

as

a

major

obstacle

Justified

as

Sayuri

mentions

the

battlefields

are

at

least

in

part

created

by

her

Shinobi

Barriers

and

she

has

a

flair

for

the

dramatic

Level

Up

Fill

Up

Completely

restores

HP

and

the

ninja

art

count

and

is

often

a

necessity

for

surviving

endgame

battles

Wont

fix

clothing

damage

though

Licking

the

Blade

Hikage

licks

her

dagger

a

lot

doing

it

every

time

she

uses

a

Secret

Ninjutsu

as

well

as

as

part

of

her

postlevel

victory

pose

Lighter

and

Softer

Both

the

anime

and

the

first

two

manga

adaptations

as

well

as

the

Vita

titles

especially

Bon

Appetit

compared

to

the

titles

which

have

more

of

a

Tournament

Arc

feel

to

them

compared

to

the

more

dramatic

Yomarelated

arcs

in

the

games

The

games

have

a

taste

for

the

dramatic

for

a

fanservice

game

to

convey

the

point

that

even

if

the

girls

are

highschool

girls

trying

to

live

a

normal

and

happy

school

life

the

ninja

world

they

have

chosen

to

inhabit

can

be

terribly

dark

and

violent

Applies

especially

to

Estival

Versus

Despite

dealing

with

themes

of

grief

and

early

thankless

death

the

stakes

are

explicitly

nonlethal

and

the

competition

is

treated

as

a

friendly

challenge

by

the

characters

Limit

Break

The

Hidden

NinposSecret

Ninja

Arts

Theyre

special

attacks

that

consume

your

Ninja

Scrolls

but

can

clear

out

multiple

enemies

at

once

and

deal

massive

damage

to

bosses

with

the

added

bonus

of

instantly

stripping

the

bosses

of

their

clothing

Each

girl

has

three

different

Ninpos

a

Level

Ninpo

scroll

strips

leg

clothing

a

Level

Ninpo

scrolls

strips

upper

clothes

and

a

Level

Ninpo

or

more

scrolls

with

a

special

condition

depending

on

the

game

strips

both

top

and

bottom

In

Burst

and

Deep

Crimson

theres

even

an

additional

aerial

Ninpo

that

can

be

performed

in

midair

Also

in

Deep

Crimson

there

are

the

special

Secret

Fusion

Ninja

Arts

for

characters

who

fight

in

pairs

Unlike

the

other

Ninpos

these

are

stagewide

and

can

target

all

enemies

on

the

stage

at

once

but

require

both

characters

to

have

three

Ninja

Scrolls

at

the

same

time

Only

certain

pairs

will

have

specific

fusion

Ninpos

like

Asukas

and

Homuras

Flying

Wild

Dance

while

the

rest

have

generic

ones

regardless

of

the

pairup

In

Burst

and

the

Versus

games

theres

even

a

technique

aptly

named

Limit

Break

But

it

isnt

so

much

a

special

attack

as

it

is

just

a

burst

of

energy

that

can

knock

enemies

away

at

the

expense

of

a

bit

of

your

health

regardless

if

youre

already

trapped

in

an

enemy

combo

or

not

Deep

Crimson

removes

this

feature

entirely

Loads

and

Loads

of

Characters

The

Geodesic

Cast

teams

from

the

main

series

already

bumps

up

the

numbers

but

New

Wave

being

a

card

game

introduces

several

new

girls

and

schools

to

the

world

of

Senran

Kagura

fortyfour

new

girls

in

total

bloating

out

the

cast

list

significantly

and

with

New

Wave

G

Burst

Deep

Crimson

and

Estival

Versus

combined

introducing

eighteen

new

characters

the

roster

has

significantly

jumped

from

sixtysix

to

eightyfive

Locomotive

Level

Some

missions

in

Deep

Crimson

take

place

on

the

roof

of

a

speeding

bullet

train

because

Homura

misplaced

her

teams

train

tickets

MacGuffin

The

Light

and

Dark

SuperSecret

Ninja

Scroll

sic

Magical

Girl

Warrior

The

shinobi

are

pretty

girls

with

transformation

sequences

and

magic

costumes

Magic

Skirt

Present

on

the

anime

where

the

skirt

never

moves

even

when

the

girls

are

hanging

from

the

ceiling

Heavily

averted

in

the

games

where

upskirt

shots

are

easy

to

see

and

often

unintentional

Marry

Them

All

Katsuragi

aims

for

this

in

Bon

Appétit

Her

story

mode

aims

for

her

to

succeed

at

this

while

Ikarugas

is

aimed

to

stop

her

MechaMooks

Estival

Versus

has

the

new

Puppet

Walkers

which

are

armed

with

claws

and

longrange

cannons

and

are

pretty

durable

able

to

take

a

lot

of

punishment

without

flinching

Defeating

them

however

causes

them

to

enter

a

selfdestruct

sequence

so

you

better

run

away

when

that

happens

Fortunately

they

drop

special

bombshells

that

allow

you

to

summon

one

into

battle

becoming

a

handy

Power

Up

Mount

for

a

limited

time

Men

Use

Violence

Women

Use

Communication

Played

With

As

shinobi

the

girls

use

violence

as

a

mean

of

communication

with

an

energy

one

would

expect

from

a

Shōnen

manga

On

the

other

hand

communication

is

pivotal

in

the

anime

adaptation

finale

in

order

to

avoid

Total

Party

Kill

of

both

sides

Hibaris

true

power

is

explicitly

a

form

of

communication

Melodrama

Tons

of

it

in

the

games

See

the

Crapsaccharine

World

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between

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game

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fact

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the

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the

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the

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hands

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the

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the

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games

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Beach

Splash

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games

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themed

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girls

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underwear

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swimsuits

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serious

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of

the

series

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shinobi

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to

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to

kill

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Harukas

mission

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school

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by

the

power

of

the

ninja

scroll

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Haruka

has

to

order

Mirai

to

be

ready

to

kill

any

of

their

former

allies

who

would

pose

an

obstacle

to

the

success

of

the

mission

Mirai

is

distressed

by

having

to

kill

her

comrades

and

even

Haruka

is

far

from

being

comfortable

with

the

situation

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they

end

up

doing

it

anyway

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Shin

Hebijo

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Shinovi

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the

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characters

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least

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survived

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fight

with

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and

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the

opportunity

to

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Yomi

their

fate

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ultimately

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Power

of

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main

theme

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Hebijo

school

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student

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by

a

past

grudge

she

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in

Burst

as

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The

Power

of

Friendship

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Homura

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save

the

others

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girls

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Private

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Shinobi

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you

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between

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evil

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that

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subsumed

as

a

division

of

the

Japanese

military

and

has

more

restrictions

imposed

on

its

conduct

while

Evil

still

accepts

business

contracts

from

private

interests

The

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Rangers

The

Yoma

Generals

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Deep

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entire

team

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of

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counterparts

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the

main

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course

Asuka

and

Homuraclones

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Smirk

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by

Suzune

for

example

when

Haruka

seems

confident

they

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defeat

the

Hanzo

girls

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when

Miyabi

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her

her

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restore

Hebijos

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Domain

Soundtrack

In

Shinovi

Versus

The

Death

Cram

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all

arrangements

of

classical

music

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are

references

to

their

name

design

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character

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translates

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seasons

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by

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continues

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Estival

Versus

with

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girl

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song

thats

festival

themed

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portion

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the

song

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of

the

Animals

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Camille

SaintSaëns

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the

Finale

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ranked

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performance

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mission

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Frantic

mode

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bumped

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to

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star

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the

Hebijo

and

Hanzo

storylines

in

Burst

claim

to

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different

angles

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the

same

story

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are

clear

contradictions

in

the

narrative

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most

blatant

is

with

Hibaris

defection

to

the

Hebijo

side

in

the

Hanzo

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arc

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in

in

shameful

selfexile

after

losing

the

Hanzo

secret

scroll

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Hebijo

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the

same

sequence

of

events

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though

she

was

simply

brainwashed

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anime

tries

to

combine

these

by

having

her

be

brainwashed

into

giving

over

the

scroll

then

willingly

join

Hebijo

to

reclaim

it

Deep

Crimson

deals

with

this

by

retelling

the

entire

final

chapter

of

Burst

streamlining

the

story

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changing

things

as

necessary

to

better

fit

the

Yōma

into

the

narrative

Red

Oni

Blue

Oni

Shinovi

Versus

deliberately

contrasts

Yumi

and

Miyabi

who

are

Good

and

Evil

Blue

Oni

against

Asuka

and

Homura

who

are

Good

and

Evil

Red

Oni

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and

Sakyou

the

twin

guitarists

from

ARC

Angels

are

a

deliberate

inversion

Due

to

mutual

admiration

each

sister

decided

to

copy

the

other

so

Ukyou

a

natural

Blue

Oni

dyed

her

hair

red

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like

an

aggressive

Genki

Girl

while

Sakyou

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her

hair

blue

and

plays

it

calm

and

sweet

Red

Sky

Take

Warning

Yoma

are

preceded

by

this

Real

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Background

The

series

is

mainly

set

in

the

Asakusa

district

in

Tokyo

while

Deep

Crimson

is

set

in

Kyoto

and

thus

you

visit

many

of

their

turistic

spots

through

the

games

Rivals

Team

Up

At

the

end

of

Homuras

storyline

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Versus

RocketTag

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New

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system

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Going

Frantic

Life

or

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the

Japanese

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makes

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main

games

this

due

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the

massive

offense

boost

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even

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defense

penalty

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Sexy

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distinguishing

features

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the

franchise

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the

other

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features

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the

franchise

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the

fact

that

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everyone

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large

breasts

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little

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School

Festival

In

Shinovi

Versus

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shinobi

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a

school

festival

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fierce

martial

arts

tournament

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the

losers

school

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burned

to

the

ground

by

the

winner

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Estival

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the

Festival

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independent

entity

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Lesbians

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see

YMMV

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Senran

Kagura

rivalries

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to

lead

to

the

creation

of

very

strong

emotional

bonds

and

maybe

more

than

this

Those

girls

are

strong

and

yet

they

live

in

a

world

different

from

the

average

people

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great

wonder

that

they

bond

with

each

others

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Katsuragi

is

the

most

notable

example

of

this

trope

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delightfully

engages

in

skinship

with

other

girls

and

her

Shinobi

Girls

Heart

stories

in

both

Shinovi

Versus

and

Estival

Versus

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something

to

do

with

enjoying

the

female

body

Secret

Identity

In

Shinovi

Versus

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must

have

been

delighted

to

play

the

role

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the

girlsonly

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of

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was

asked

to

do

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by

his

friendrival

Kurokage

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remorseful

to

have

forced

his

beliefs

about

a

pure

and

good

shinobi

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where

evil

has

been

extinguished

on

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group

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want

them

to

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their

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that

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Estival

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with

a

special

summon

bombshell

The

mook

you

summon

is

random

but

will

help

you

out

in

battle

by

attacking

enemies

and

diverting

their

attention

You

can

only

use

one

summon

bombshell

at

a

time

as

using

another

one

will

immediately

replace

your

summoned

mooks

with

new

ones

Sequel

Escalation

While

the

original

game

involved

a

lot

of

deconstructing

Black

and

White

Morality

Shinovi

Versus

introduces

the

Gessen

and

New

Hebijo

teams

who

are

even

more

hardline

philosophically

ShoutOut

Murakumos

manga

is

about

a

muscular

shinobi

warrior

in

a

postapocalyptic

future

saving

people

from

the

clutches

of

evil

ninja

thieves

HmmmWhen

you

think

about

it

it

sound

suspiciously

similar

to

a

certain

Fist

of

the

North

Star

I

am

YozakuraBzzzYozakura

Showtime

In

Deep

Crimson

Hikages

aerial

Ninja

Art

has

her

throwing

a

bunch

of

knives

at

her

target

and

shouting

MUDA

MUDA

MUDA

MUDA

Mirais

renegade

uniform

has

her

wearing

a

pink

tank

top

that

has

a

star

symbol

with

Star

Platinum

written

around

it

Daidoujis

Shinobi

outfit

pretty

much

makes

her

into

a

female

Jotaro

Kujo

In

the

US

version

of

Estival

Versus

on

of

the

missions

is

called

You

know

for

kids

In

Peach

Beach

Splash

a

boss

fight

pits

you

Mr

K

and

Ms

R

who

are

fighting

on

mechs

As

they

are

defeated

the

mechs

will

explode

turn

them

into

A

Twinkle

in

the

Sky

and

they

shout

lines

such

as

See

you

next

week

and

Im

blasting

off

again

Sliding

Scale

of

Idealism

vs

Cynicism

Despite

the

dark

worldview

Senran

Kagura

tends

to

fall

toward

the

idealist

side

with

The

Power

of

Friendship

and

all

the

characters

being

badass

having

prevented

any

major

death

so

far

Initially

Asuka

is

The

Idealist

Homura

The

Cynic

One

of

the

the

points

of

the

first

two

games

is

to

see

their

beliefs

and

the

two

characters

drawing

closer

Skewed

Priorities

Inverted

In

the

Versus

games

the

Crimson

Squad

is

repeatedly

mocked

for

worrying

about

keeping

their

mundane

jobs

ahead

of

their

Shinobi

duties

Except

its

repeatedly

shown

theyre

barely

making

rent

and

often

dont

have

enough

to

eat

and

its

not

like

they

have

families

or

a

school

to

back

them

up

making

their

concerns

completely

valid

to

the

audience

This

is

already

a

delicate

matter

for

Yomi

and

this

attitude

makes

her

lose

her

shit

at

least

once

Skinship

Grope

Dur

You

dont

see

anything

but

it

happens

between

Yomi

and

Mirai

early

on

Not

to

mention

all

the

times

that

Katsuragi

invokes

this

on

purpose

SlippySlidey

Ice

World

The

Snow

Mountain

stage

in

Shinovi

Versus

and

the

Snow

Festival

Grounds

stage

in

Estival

Versus

Stage

Fatality

Estival

Versus

introduces

humorous

fanservice

versions

of

these

called

Purupuru

finishes

Stone

Wall

The

turtle

ninja

in

Shinovi

Versus

have

the

highest

defense

out

of

all

the

other

mooks

Yes

even

more

than

the

giant

bear

shinobi

Luckily

their

attacks

dont

do

that

much

damage

Storming

the

Castle

The

Hanzo

girls

assault

on

Hebijo

and

Gessen

castle

Stupid

Good

Unexpectedly

the

evil

shinobi

of

Hebijo

have

shades

of

this

trope

As

mentioned

under

Equal

Opportunity

Evil

they

pride

themselves

on

accepting

everyone

while

good

shinobi

only

accept

a

select

few

This

even

applies

to

people

whom

they

have

reason

to

suspect

are

joining

specifically

to

betray

the

school

or

people

who

are

explicitly

joining

to

kill

one

of

the

other

students

Stylistic

Suck

The

crudelooking

fighting

animations

in

New

Wave

as

this

video

demonstrates

Summon

Magic

Several

high

level

ninpo

actually

call

forth

special

animals

to

help

their

summoner

attack

The

most

commonlyoccurring

example

is

Hibaris

cartoony

magic

rabbit

who

rides

around

on

a

thunder

cloud

he

can

be

seen

in

just

about

every

game

she

can

use

ninpo

in

Asuka

and

Yumi

have

powerful

summons

in

Shinovi

Versus

a

giant

frog

and

giant

icespider

respectively

but

neither

of

these

appears

in

Estival

Versus

The

girls

ultimate

ninpos

instead

become

brief

access

to

their

Super

Modes

SuperDeformed

The

Waist

Deep

DLC

chapter

of

Senran

Kagura

features

the

Hanzo

Academy

and

Crimson

Squad

girls

who

become

pintsized

chibis

one

night

at

Kyotos

hot

springs

inn

It

was

due

Mirai

who

after

finding

out

the

hard

way

that

stealing

and

consuming

one

of

Kaguras

orbs

didnt

make

her

any

bustier

laced

her

friends

food

with

the

leftover

orbs

to

avoid

being

made

fun

of

Completing

said

chapter

unlocks

the

ability

to

play

as

the

girls

chibi

version

Super

Mode

Started

by

Homura

and

her

Crimson

Mode

but

now

each

team

leader

has

access

to

one

as

of

Estival

Versus

Super

Move

Portrait

Attack

Happens

sometimes

in

New

Wave

when

the

player

is

about

to

finish

off

an

enemy

Also

occurs

in

Versus

games

where

a

closeup

animation

will

occur

before

every

Ninja

Art

Technicolor

Ninjas

Very

few

of

the

characters

have

outfits

that

resemble

something

a

ninja

would

actually

wear

and

yet

they

are

just

as

effective

at

their

craft

as

any

traditionally

garbed

ninja

This

is

given

a

Hand

Wave

with

the

ninjas

able

to

seal

small

battlegrounds

in

what

amounts

to

a

pocket

dimension

depending

on

the

translation

it

either

takes

advantage

of

Weirdness

Censor

or

is

an

actual

cutofffromEarth

pocket

dimension

The

Lost

Woods

The

Forest

of

Requiem

stage

in

Estival

Versus

The

Thing

That

Goes

Doink

Gessen

Academy

has

one

of

these

in

their

ninja

room

The

old

training

facility

the

Hanzo

girls

visit

in

the

anime

has

one

as

well

ThirdOption

Adaptation

According

to

Estival

the

canon

ending

to

Shinovi

was

primarily

the

Gessen

ending

with

several

elements

from

the

other

three

paths

added

in

including

Ryobi

and

Ryonas

assassination

plot

The

Reveal

about

Kagura

and

Shin

Rin

leaving

Hebijo

and

becoming

an

independent

Shinobi

Dogens

return

and

brainwashing

plot

and

the

four

teams

genuinely

befriending

one

another

To

Be

a

Master

In

the

beginning

it

was

only

Asuka

who

was

completely

devoted

to

the

concept

but

ever

since

Shinovi

Versus

introduced

the

concept

of

the

Kagura

well

everyones

wanted

to

be

one

Tomboy

Katsuragi

seems

like

one

She

goes

around

without

buttoning

her

shirt

or

wearing

anything

underneath

Theres

also

Kanzaki

who

backs

this

up

with

her

masculine

personality

and

appearance

Training

from

Hell

The

daily

regiment

at

any

Ninja

School

but

Hebijo

takes

it

to

an

extreme

degree

even

by

ninja

standards

It

helps

to

compensate

the

fact

that

contrary

to

Hanzo

few

of

Hebijos

students

come

from

a

family

with

a

ninja

background

the

main

recruitment

point

has

much

more

to

do

with

anger

and

revenge

Took

a

Level

in

Badass

Asuka

barely

competent

at

first

grows

into

becoming

one

of

the

finest

shinobi

of

her

school

and

a

worthy

rival

for

Homura

Too

Kinky

to

Torture

Haruka

very

blatantly

enjoys

being

beaten

to

the

point

of

having

her

clothing

shredded

Ryōna

on

the

other

hand

takes

this

Up

to

Eleven

Toku

Yomi

and

Ikaruga

do

a

semiregular

tokusatsu

show

for

the

children

of

the

slums

complete

with

masked

superheroes

and

ninjapowered

special

effects

Swapped

Roles

Ikaruga

plays

the

villain

Transformation

Sequence

Shinobi

Transformation

Troperiffic

The

game

is

seemingly

intended

to

be

a

massive

collection

of

Fanservice

and

Fetish

tropes

A

Cliché

Storm

is

one

thing

but

a

storm

this

big

is

kinda

hard

to

frown

at

True

Companions

Explicitly

used

within

each

school

Including

the

bad

ones

One

chapter

of

the

manga

lifted

straight

from

the

first

game

has

Asuka

drawing

up

a

little

family

tree

made

up

of

her

classmates

Unexpected

Shmup

Level

Senran

Kagura

Hipster

DLC

features

this

Unreliable

Narrator

We

have

the

Funimation

dub

of

the

anime

to

thank

for

that

Updated

Rerelease

Senran

Kagura

Burst

Crimson

Girls

which

is

an

updated

version

of

the

first

game

Senran

Kagura

Portrait

of

Girls

Its

biggest

update

is

a

story

mode

that

follows

the

antagonists

of

the

game

the

Hebijo

schoolgirls

Vague

Age

The

English

localization

of

the

SK

games

which

lists

birthday

blood

type

height

and

the

three

measurements

leaves

out

their

age

The

Japanese

games

having

different

standards

averts

this

Video

Game

Perversity

Potential

As

expected

of

a

fanservice

franchise

In

each

games

dressing

rooms

you

can

do

questionable

things

to

any

of

the

girls

such

as

flipping

their

skirts

or

jiggling

their

breasts

However

all

of

them

will

tell

you

to

stop

it

or

outright

scold

or

reprimand

you

for

it

except

for

Ryona

of

course

Victorias

Secret

Compartment

The

franchise

puts

much

emphasis

on

the

fact

the

girls

use

their

ample

cleavage

to

hide

their

secret

ninja

scroll

Victory

Pose

After

clearing

each

stage

Villains

Out

Shopping

As

part

of

the

Grey

and

Gray

Morality

every

character

has

hobbies

and

talks

about

things

they

plan

to

do

in

their

downtime

and

most

of

the

girls

are

downright

cordial

to

each

other

if

they

happen

to

meet

in

public

Its

at

its

most

visible

in

Bon

Appetit

which

shows

how

the

Hebijo

Elites

might

react

to

the

other

characters

if

they

didnt

have

a

brainwashinginduced

pathological

hatred

of

the

other

teams

Virtual

Paper

Doll

Customizing

the

girls

appearances

is

a

staple

feature

in

the

games

that

gets

more

and

more

advanced

with

every

installment

In

Burst

you

can

assign

each

one

a

Uniform

seen

pretransformation

a

Shinobi

Outfit

seen

posttransformation

a

swimsuit

for

frantic

mode

and

also

seen

during

transformations

and

an

extra

item

or

two

accessories

and

generic

wigs

There

were

also

a

few

restrictions

in

terms

of

what

girls

could

wear

what

costumes

In

Shinovi

Versus

any

girl

can

wear

any

costume

extra

is

divided

into

the

hair

slot

and

several

accessory

slots

wigs

now

include

designs

based

off

the

hairstyles

of

the

various

characters

you

can

adjust

the

size

and

placement

of

accessories

and

the

swimsuit

slot

was

replaced

with

the

lingerie

slot

the

designs

of

which

consist

strictly

of

skimpy

underwear

rather

than

some

of

the

lessrevealing

offerings

from

Burst

In

Deep

Crimson

any

costume

in

the

Uniform

or

Shinobi

Outfit

slots

can

be

applied

to

either

one

of

those

slots

even

if

they

were

intended

for

the

opposite

slot

wigs

come

in

any

combination

of

style

and

color

IE

character

can

wear

a

wig

based

on

character

hairstyle

that

has

character

hair

color

accessories

can

be

assigned

to

appear

in

either

or

both

of

a

girls

transformed

and

untransformed

states

lingerie

are

called

swimsuits

again

but

are

otherwise

the

same

as

in

SV

transformed

and

untransformed

states

can

each

be

assigned

an

individual

swimsuit

and

you

can

also

give

the

girls

different

weapons

which

are

purely

cosmetic

Visual

Novel

Some

parts

of

the

story

are

delivered

in

this

fashion

complete

with

artwork

Vocal

Dissonance

Look

at

Shikis

face

Those

sharp

eyes

the

Beauty

Mark

even

her

transformation

showcasing

a

Grim

Reaper

theme

her

ninja

costume

which

seems

to

be

made

of

garterbelts

only

of

this

would

prepare

you

for

the

voice

she

has

it

sounds

younger

than

most

of

the

other

characters

like

that

of

a

small

child

Water

Guns

and

Balloons

The

theme

of

Peach

Beach

Splash

Weapon

of

Choice

Every

character

has

one

See

the

character

list

for

examples

Wham

Episode

The

Crimson

Squads

story

in

Shinovi

Versus

reveals

that

not

only

did

Dogen

survive

the

events

of

Burst

but

the

reason

the

New

Hebijo

girls

are

such

massive

assholes

is

because

he

brainwashed

them

to

go

into

homicidal

rage

whenever

they

see

someone

from

the

other

teams

Except

Miyabi

Hes

blackmailing

her

Womb

Level

The

final

level

of

the

Hebijo

campaign

in

Burst

is

the

inside

of

Yamata

no

Orochi

Being

an

Eldritch

Abomination

its

an

Eldritch

Location

The

Worf

Effect

This

happens

to

all

of

Hanzo

They

never

have

a

clean

victory

in

their

own

stories

until

the

final

set

of

fights

and

in

the

other

stories

they

lose

clean

every

time

they

fight

The

one

exception

is

Yagyu

who

beats

Mirai

in

there

first

encounter

in

both

storylines

of

burst

World

of

Action

Girls

Falls

in

line

with

the

premise

Although

male

shinobi

exist

Kiriya

and

Hanzo

are

two

retired

shinobi

for

example

its

implied

that

there

arent

any

that

are

active

in

the

schools

depicted

so

far

Senran

Kagura

actually

adds

in

a

playable

male

character

in

the

form

of

Ikarugas

brother

Murasame

who

gets

the

same

Rule

of

Sexy

treatment

as

the

girls

World

of

Buxom

Almost

the

entire

cast

is

busty

as

hell

and

you

can

count

the

exceptions

on

one

hand

Mirai

used

to

be

the

only

flatchested

character

but

Shinovi

Versus

introduced

Ryoubi

whos

just

as

flat

but

compensates

with

the

illusion

of

her

shinobi

form

Then

New

Wave

introduced

Muramasa

and

Ranmaru

whos

actually

modestlysized

instead

of

being

huge

or

flat

note

Estival

Versus

then

added

Kafuru

who

also

sports

a

modest

endowment

Wutai

This

is

a

game

series

about

female

shinobi

that

takes

place

in

Japan

so

of

course

there

will

be

stages

placed

in

Japanese

schools

cities

towns

shrines

temples

castles

and

even

public

hot

springs

You

All

Look

Familiar

The

models

for

the

most

of

the

mooks

pretty

much

have

the

same

skin

Younger

Than

They

Look

Despite

their

appearances

the

majority

of

the

characters

are

below

age

with

few

exceptions

Characters

like

Ikaruga

Haruka

and

Nachi

who

are

while

characters

like

Miyabi

Imu

and

Daidōji

are

in

their

for

example

Troper

dance

in

the

shadows

for

justice

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