Shinobi: Ninja Princess 2

After successfully completing her first mission, Shianndrea is allowed to accompany Kim on reconnaissance to New Tokyo in order to spy on the Azumi Ninja Clan. Things can't be better! However, just when things are getting cozy between the two ninja, Ai joins the mission, making these three ninja a crowd.

The initial selling point of a new ninja story was enough for me to be interested in the first issue.  Moving on to the sophomore effort with Shinobi: Ninja Princess 2, I was curious to see where they would go next.  The teen side of things really comes into play here, which if you read issue one should come to no surprise.  Still no sign of turtles either, but I’m not really expecting them.

Following the events of the first book, the adolescent shinobi team moves into recon mode against the rival clan.  With the appearance of an unexpected third team member, Shianndrea is up against a new foe – jealousy.  Before that can go far though, the trio has to face off together against a dark, magic creature.  Behind the scenes, a potential betrayal is also brewing that stemmed from the first mission.  Also melded into this issue, we also get a flashback sequence from Shi’s past.

Martheus continues to take on the role of both writer and artist for the title.  With some new characters and the fight with the evil beast, we do get to see some new design work which is nice.  We also get to see a couple of character bios that highlight their specific designs.

While the story is moving along, this issue felt a little broken up with the way it was presented.  I honestly had to go back a couple times to figure out where I was with the story.  Past that though, it’s still a decent title so far.  If you can get past the blatant teen drama, this is not a bad book to pick up for a quick read.

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Geek-o-Rama received a copy of this book for the purpose of this review. All thoughts, comments and opinions are those of the individual reviewer.