Shinobi: Ninja Warrior Princess #6 delivers the action and more

I had a 9 year old reviewer that does some work for us look at Shinobi: Ninja Warrior Princess #1 when it first came out in the late summer.  She was underwhelmed, said that it needed more action and then mumbled something about not liking ninjas.  Our reviewer needs to take a look at the final issue in this limited series because it’s loaded with action, has lots of female heroes, a monster or two and some ninjas.  She’ll just have to deal with the ninjas.

Shianndrea is our Ninja Warrior Princess in question.  She’s been captured by her father and is being held prisoner.  Her friends have mounted a rescue mission against the castle where she’s being held by the monster and dozens upon dozens of gun-carrying ninja foot soldiers.   It’s an uphill battle, but Kim, Turra and Ai manage to get inside the castle where Kim momentarily frees Shianndrea.

He gets stunned in the process by her father, which triggers a super-ninja reaction from Shianndrea.  She bulks up, has super speed and looks more alien, but can defeat anybody she comes in contact with.  Unfortunately Ai and Turra also meet an advanced ninja while this battle is happening inside.

There is lots of action in Shinobi: Ninja Warrior Princess #6.  It’s also a great all ages comic.  Parents can relax is their child wants to read this and know that there is nothing inappropriate in it at all.

Take note of the art in the comic.  All the characters are drawn realistically, with the guys and girls being attractive, but not too attractive to give young boys or girls the wrong impression of how people should look.  This is a big issue in young readers going to the comic book store.  I read an article on it last week and while that article has lots wrong with it, the sexualization of the characters aren’t a good thing.

Ai, Turra and Shianndrea are all girls and great examples of how they should look.  Their physiques are normal, don’t look like stick figure Barbies, but are athletic, leaders and in control of things.

It’s  not that I liked this because of the positive role models that the girl heroes have in the comic.  It’s a good all ages comic book; it just so happens that the lead characters are girls.

This is the last issue in this mini-series, but it ends with a dangling story line so it’ll be back in some form.  You can also order issues 1-6 in this series as a trade paperback from you local comic book store.