In view of the fact that many others have said a lot about this series already (just trying googling “2×2=Shinobuden”, I had to add “official” to the search terms to find the official site), this post will concentrate on *surprise surprise* some of the great moments of yuri goodness in the series – Shinobu develops a fairly big crush on Kaede and it’s quite adorable to see how awkward she is about it (Please move cursor over pics to see my comments):

“Argh! What’s going on here!? You girls must take off your clothes when you slip under the covers together! Gently… oh so softly…” The wisest words uttered in the whole series. (^_^)

Yeah, I know the most lewd one from Ep4 isn’t inside but it’s from Onsokumaru’s imagination only so it doesn’t count.

Well, one supposes gratitude is the order of the day for not having to conform to the romance mods the Japanese have added to the various holidays. In addition to Valentine’s Day, you also have White Day (when guys return chocolates to girls who monopolise the giving on V-Day) and Christmas to add to stress and worship for Mammon / conspicious consumption (for the attached) and ostracism and rubbing in of singlehood (for the unattached).

The yuri factor in the series isn’t all that strong, just one gag out of many more outrageous jokes (usually from Onsokumaru and the ninjas) but was a nice touch in a fun and funny series. Probably wasn’t even serious – nowhere near Chikane/Himeko of KannaMiko, Hatsuki/Hatsumi of YamiBou or Sei/Shiori of MariMite but it was fun to see their friendship grow. Think may be because Shinobu has not had a real female friend before, being surrounded by all that testosterone in the ninja village.

Would have liked to see more of Izumi who is also proof that Onsokumaru isn’t always full of bullshit! Onsokumaru is Dah Man!

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