Karakuri Ninja Girl: Book 2 Review

Running Time: 28 min.

Production Date: 1996

Director: Sabage Sukizo

Cast: Animated and featuring the voices of Alexa Rae and Trisha Uptown

Initial Expectations: NuTech’s job on their anime DVDs have normally been lacking, but every now and then I’ve found one that was a nice surprise. Karakuri Ninja Girl Book 1 was kinda fun, so I’m looking forward to this one.

Initial Reaction: It lacks a bit, but is one of the most fun anime features I’ve seen.

Who Should Watch It : Anybody who’s looking for their first anime feature.

Who Should Avoid It: Anybody who wants an anime feature that feels completely uncensored

Audio /Video Quality: The English dubbing is very clear and well balanced. The video is also nicely clear. The animation isn’t very developed, and is very similar to most of the Japanese cartoons, like Pokemon that you can find on television currently. The only real problem is that there’s a red tint that appears through some of the scenes that doesn’t seem natural.

Music: The music is cartoonish, and nicely balanced with the rest of the audio.

Disc Complaints / Possible False Advertising: The movie appears to be censored despite the “Totally Uncensored” Claim at the bottom of the front cover. You never see a true penis in the movie, with some of them being blurred out in the standard ways and some being covered up with what looks to be traditional Japanese images. There are a few penile images, but they’re all explained to be magical.

Menus: The main menu has a nice bit of animation that gives a decent first impression. The chapter menu lets you choose a scene based on a small clip of each scene and a title for the chapter.

The Feature: Ninjas Fawn Bell and Moon Shadow have left the ninja life, and want to live in the big city. Fawn’s former lover Morning Mist, however, hasn’t come to terms with Fawn’s leaving, let alone leaving for a man. Things get closer between the three of them this time as Morning Mist becomes an escaped ninja also. She has her sights set on Moon Shadow as he’s the only man who’s made her feel like a woman. After learning that they’re not right for each other, she still sticks around as they’re some of the only friends she has.

After putting Moon Shadow under her spell, Morning Mist casts a spell on Fawn Bell so that Fawn will feel everything she does to Moon. She sucks and strokes Moon Shadow’s unseen cock, but can’t get Moon to pop. Fawn Bell breaks the spell first, and then Moon Shadow before preaching at Morning Mist about how nothing can compare with their love. It’s a pretty pitiful ending to the scene, which also wasn’t that good due to the style of the animation.

After Fawn and Moon get sick, Morning Mist slips them a little special medicine. It makes them hornier than heck, and they do it in multiple positions many times. There’s a few semi-pop shots here, which helps things, but the scene moves by so quick that I barely even consider it a sex scene.

Karakuri Ninja Girl Book 2 nicely sticks with the story that began in Karakuri Ninja Girl Book 1. The plot is still nice and light, and the sex mixes things up a little. Sadly, the sex also lacks quite a bit here. Moon Shadow, the only male character in the feature, is built with the same attention to anatomical correctness as a Ken doll. This interfered with my enjoyment of every scene, and made both of the scenes downright laughable rather than erotic.

Once again, my biggest complaint is the length of the feature. It isn’t even a half hour long. Since there’s only two parts to Karakuri Nina Girl series, this made releasing the two parts separately make it seem like NuTech wants to nickle and dime anybody interested in their product as much as possible. I have no doubts that almost all of NuTech’s competition on this type of feature would have released both episodes on one DVD. To not do so makes them seem extremely cheap, as well as very wasteful. Karakuri Nina Girl 2 lacks a bit, but is still fun.

Extras: The extras on this DVD are the same as on Karakuri Ninja Girl Book 1. Three photo galleries are included on the movie side of the DVD. There’s a movie gallery that lasts just over a minute, a gallery for Alexa Rae that lasts two minutes, and a gallery for Trisha Uptown that lasts two minutes. In each case, you get about six seconds per nice looking full screen photo. The B-side of the DVD contains roughly forty trailers for other NuTech anime DVDs.

Themes: Anime, straight, non-consensual, and masturbation

Raincoat Factor: Medium high

Condom Usage: None. The animators were too lazy to draw a cock, let alone a rubber on a cock.

Overall: Most of NuTech’s anime DVDs can be found online for between $11 and $22 with most stores offering them for around $15. Rent this one before you buy it. I can’t justify that kind of money for a half hour DVD. It is a fun movie with a decent transfer, but it also appears censored and doesn’t have any worthwhile extras.

Note to NuTech: Pay attention to what your competition is doing and copy them. Right now you look cheap and like you want to bilk every cent you can from people interested in your products.

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