Kagetora 1
by Akira Segami
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Author: Akira SegamiEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2006-03-28
ISBN: 0345491416
Number of pages: 208
Publisher: Del Rey
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Book Review: A NINJA MUST TRAIN A DITZ
Summary: 4 Stars
When Kagetora Kazama, a young ninja from the hidden village of Hoorai is summoned by the head of the Toudou family, he believes it is to fulfill his clan's traditional role to secretly protect the head of the Toudous. He's taken a bit aback when Saya Toudou, the current head, tells him he's there to teach her daughter Yuki martial arts. Even though Yuki is next in line to be master of her family, she has a big problem. That problem is that she is a ditzy klutz! This girl has problems with WALKING, much less becoming master of multiple deadly arts. Even though she's in high school she probably has trouble spelling her own name, so you can see why her mother is a bit worried about her taking over. Kagetora even enrolls in her school so he can watch over her in secret but imagine his shock when Yuki announces to the whole school that he's a ninja! And then there's Yuki's childhood friend, Kiritani, who has some lesbianish feelings for Yuki and can't stand the thought of Kagetora's presence, and almost has a heart attack when she finds out he is living with Yuki. It's a good thing she doesn't have to worry about anything funny going on.....or does she? Kagetora finds that his feelings towards Yuki are increasingly taking a romantic turn which is against the guardian/lord tradition.
As I read Kage Tora I was constantly reminded of the manga/anime Full Metal Panic, which had pretty much the same plot devices as this, except in that series you had guns and soldiers instead of swords and ninjas. You still have the same nonchalant acceptance of Kagetora as a ninja as Sosuke's packing a gun at school. Kagetora too, crashes into situations at school, thinking that Yuki's life is threatened, destroying school property and hurting people before realizing there is no threat. While this manga is derivative of other similar stories, it really trips up with the character of Yuki. She's so weak and dumb that she's almost a non-character. If I wanted a book about a girl that has trouble even tying her own shoes without falling over, I would read Yotsuba. A girl like Yuki would have been hit by a car by now. Someone this stupid couldn't survive in the real world and would have fallen victim to the laws of natural selection. This first volume was entertaining, charming, and funny, but also cliched and shallow. If Yuki doesn't become stronger and never evolves, I don't think the series will keep my attention.
I would suggest the manga Full Metal Panic over this series.
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