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Senran Kagura: Shojō-tachi no Shin'ei (Senran Kagura: Portrait of Girls) is a 3DS game by Marvelous Interactive.
According to the official information, it will be a side-scrolling brawler. The premise goes thus: Ninjas secretly exist even in this age, and there are those who employ them for nefarious purposes. To counter this, the government founded the Hanzō Academy in order to train female shinobi, or kunoichi.
But of course, most of the attention on the game comes from what it's really about: The gameplay trailer should fill you in on what it is. It's mild, but don't watch it at work. Another, longer trailer is also available focusing on gameplay and showing more of the antagonists. The NSFW disclaimer still applies.
The official site can be visited here; this one, on the other hand, is pretty safe aside from the intro sequence picture. A sequel has been confirmed to be in the works.
Marvelous Entertainment is currently working hard to bring this game to North America.
Tropes presented by Senran Kagura:[]
- Animal Jingoism: The emblem of Hanzō Academy is a frog; Hebi's emblem is... well, a snake.
- Animation Bump: The opening, Headed by A-1 Pictures but outsouced to Toon City (mostly known for Western Animation than it is Anime).
- Dual-Wielding: Asuka uses two Kōdachi.
- Homura hexuple weilds Katana! Like Wolverine Claws, no less!!
- Eyepatch of Power: Yagyū
- Fan Service: Let's get counting!
- Clothing Damage
- Erotic Eating, according to the trailer.
- Jiggle Physics
- Joshikousei
- Which is followed by, of course, Sailor Fuku.
- Panty Shot
- Five-Bad Band: Girls of Hebi.
- Five-Man Band: The five main girls, of course. They even resemble a Super Sentai team structure in a sense.
- Genki Girl: Hibari.
- Keigo: Ikaruga speaks in a very formal tone and style.
- Magic Skirt: Surprsingly no panties are found unlike it's equally ecchi game Ikki Tousen, the swimsuits are noted by being EXTREMELY durable.
- Spear Counterpart: As an April Fool's joke, we had Senran Kagura: Boys Edition
- Tomboy: Katsuragi seems like one. She goes around without buttoning her shirt or wearing anything underneath.
- Troperiffic: The game is seemingly intended to be a massive collection of Fan Service and Fetish Fuel tropes. A Cliché Storm is one thing, but a storm this big is... kinda hard to frown at.
- Virtual Paper Doll: There will be multiple costumes for characters. Clothing Damage will inevitably follow.
- Bread in mouth
- Meganekko
- Sailor Fuku
- Swimsuits. LOADS of them.
- Visual Novel: Will have segments of it, probably as the story-telling interface.
- Weapon of Choice
- Asuka: Two Kōdachi; short Japanese swords.
- Ikaruga: Nodachi; basically a really long two-handed Katana. And she uses it with only one hand.
- Katsuragi: A set of greaves.
- Yagyū: Her Japanese umbrella.
- Hibari: Ninja magic in the form of a cute lunar bunny.
- Homura: Hexuple-weilding Katana.
- Yomi: A really huge cleaver/knife.
- Hikage: Her beloved dagger.
- Mirai: A western umbrella, as opposed to Yagyū's Japanese one.
- Haruka: Chemicals.