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手裏剣とプリーツ [Shuriken to Pleats] #1
Shuriken and Pleats, Vol. 1
When the master she has sworn to protect is killed, Mikage Kirio, a skilled ninja, travels to Japan to start a new, peaceful life for herself. But as soon as she arrives, she finds herself fighting to protect the life of Mahito Wakashimatsu, a man who is under attack by a band of ninja. From that time on, Mikage is drawn deeper into the machinations of his powerful family.
192 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2014
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About the author
Matsuri Hino
98 books1,702 followersName in Japanese: 樋野 まつり
Matsuri Hino was born on January 24 in Hokkaido. She was a bookshop keeper who one day decided to become a manga artist, and all of nine months later, in 1995, she published her first manga title, Kono Yume ga Sametara (When This Dream Is Over), in Japan's LaLa DX magazine.
Matsuri Hino was born on January 24 in Hokkaido. She was a bookshop keeper who one day decided to become a manga artist, and all of nine months later, in 1995, she published her first manga title, Kono Yume ga Sametara (When This Dream Is Over), in Japan's LaLa DX magazine.
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February 2, 2025
OMG THIS WAS TERRIBLE.
Hino somehow managed to make shinobi stupid, clumsy, and boring.
We start off with a SUPER SECRET NINJA COMPANY, oh, I'm sorry, that's actually "Shadow Village Company." Definitely no ninjas there! *wink* And honestly, that's probably the least awful part.
So Mikage, a shinobi, starts to fall for her master (who had a daughter her age) and so you think that's what this is going to be about. Oh no, that's not all! After an uncomfortable scene - her master pats her head and says her hair feels like his dead wife's, because they were both Japanese ...
(¬_¬)
... we find out his dream for her. Blah blah blah, then the rest of the story just goes FULL SPEED with
(ಠ_ಠ)
I put all of that behind a spoiler tag, but even I, who hate spoilers, would want to know all of the soap opera craziness stuffed into one volume. Holy convoluted plot, Batman!
This ends with volume 2 so I HAVE to read it and see how much is crammed into that book.
Should be fun!
(¬_¬)
Hino somehow managed to make shinobi stupid, clumsy, and boring.
We start off with a SUPER SECRET NINJA COMPANY, oh, I'm sorry, that's actually "Shadow Village Company." Definitely no ninjas there! *wink* And honestly, that's probably the least awful part.
So Mikage, a shinobi, starts to fall for her master (who had a daughter her age) and so you think that's what this is going to be about. Oh no, that's not all! After an uncomfortable scene - her master pats her head and says her hair feels like his dead wife's, because they were both Japanese ...
(¬_¬)
... we find out his dream for her. Blah blah blah, then the rest of the story just goes FULL SPEED with
(ಠ_ಠ)
I put all of that behind a spoiler tag, but even I, who hate spoilers, would want to know all of the soap opera craziness stuffed into one volume. Holy convoluted plot, Batman!
This ends with volume 2 so I HAVE to read it and see how much is crammed into that book.
Should be fun!
(¬_¬)
May 16, 2020
This series obviously isn’t going to have much depth because it is only 2 volumes long however I did really enjoy this one! The idea of a modern day ninja was really cool!
I enjoyed what plot there was and the art was lovely, reminded me so much of vampire knight so it felt really nostalgic.
I do wish the series was longer and more in depth and wasn’t so short but oh well it is what it is, on to volume 2!
I enjoyed what plot there was and the art was lovely, reminded me so much of vampire knight so it felt really nostalgic.
I do wish the series was longer and more in depth and wasn’t so short but oh well it is what it is, on to volume 2!
January 17, 2021
Esta historia esta plagada de intensidad, acción y giros inesperados. Una trama que engancha y nos lleva a querer tirar del hilo para saber a dónde nos va a llevar. Si habéis leído el Caballero Vampiro, este manga también os gustará.
October 15, 2021
VIDEO REVIEW HERE: https://youtu.be/vEpgMEB_fu4
I have wanted to read this manga for SUCH a long time and glad to have finally remedied that!
It is as good as I imagined it would be! I would even go to say it was better then I imagined!
The premise of a modern day ninja has always been fascinating to me since I read the blurb, but seeing it in action with epic art made it that much cooler! Mikage is a very strong young woman who is resilient and dedicated in many ways. Though I confess I "enjoyed" when she has a moment of her walls breaking down, and rightfully so! She is indeed human after all. (It really made my heart ache for her though when that moment came.)
I LOVED the suspense and the fantastic internal dialogue! I feel internal dialogue is not hugely popular in manga (which is okay!), but this was a fun change into seeing more of our MC's "inner mind" (even if it wasn't super intensive).
I think the "master-slave relationship" was handled extremely well. I was sort of afraid that a man we meet a little bit later would have something similar, but he was a VERY good character. I agree with Mikage that he says things that are unexpected, though that is not a bad thing.
Oh my goodness, the high school parts were gold! The way that Mikage sees one of her classmates was SO funny! I absolutely loved that part and hope things will go well for her in the next volume!
Definitely enjoyed this manga and would highly recommend to those who are looking for a shorter shojo manga series, a non-crybaby or whiny heroine, and low-key girl power vibes.
I have wanted to read this manga for SUCH a long time and glad to have finally remedied that!
It is as good as I imagined it would be! I would even go to say it was better then I imagined!
The premise of a modern day ninja has always been fascinating to me since I read the blurb, but seeing it in action with epic art made it that much cooler! Mikage is a very strong young woman who is resilient and dedicated in many ways. Though I confess I "enjoyed" when she has a moment of her walls breaking down, and rightfully so! She is indeed human after all. (It really made my heart ache for her though when that moment came.)
I LOVED the suspense and the fantastic internal dialogue! I feel internal dialogue is not hugely popular in manga (which is okay!), but this was a fun change into seeing more of our MC's "inner mind" (even if it wasn't super intensive).
I think the "master-slave relationship" was handled extremely well. I was sort of afraid that a man we meet a little bit later would have something similar, but he was a VERY good character. I agree with Mikage that he says things that are unexpected, though that is not a bad thing.
Oh my goodness, the high school parts were gold! The way that Mikage sees one of her classmates was SO funny! I absolutely loved that part and hope things will go well for her in the next volume!
Definitely enjoyed this manga and would highly recommend to those who are looking for a shorter shojo manga series, a non-crybaby or whiny heroine, and low-key girl power vibes.
October 17, 2018
Hino is Hino. If you like her other work, you'll like this. And, if you don't, you won't. She's a solid 3 star read for me. Her characters never seem too deep, and the main love interest is usually at odds with itself. I'm never sure if I care if the characters get together, or feel like there is any chemistry between them. Usually the scenario is different enough from other series, and short enough that I'm relatively entertained and interested for the duration. Hino's main draw for me is her art. Overall, her work just seems to be getting more and more sophisticated.
This title is odd in that it features a relatively depressed and emotionless main character. I wouldn't call her tsundere -- just kind of void of personality. I expect that the intention of the story is that she'll change into a more "human" portrayal of a teenager. If you're looking for a series with "cool" and "tough" ninja... I don't think you'll be super impressed.
I liked this well enough, and will probably pick up the next volume.
This title is odd in that it features a relatively depressed and emotionless main character. I wouldn't call her tsundere -- just kind of void of personality. I expect that the intention of the story is that she'll change into a more "human" portrayal of a teenager. If you're looking for a series with "cool" and "tough" ninja... I don't think you'll be super impressed.
I liked this well enough, and will probably pick up the next volume.
March 5, 2017
Actual rating 3.5
Solidly good, and I'll be buying the next. This is the first manga I've ever read, so new experience for me! It was the first manga to INTEREST me enough to read it, so kudos there.
Coupla things: it was short. VERY short. Now, that's okay because yanno, DRAWING and all that. But I do object to the fairly high price-point for what was the equivalent of a long short story or a short novella, had it been all prose.
There was also a bit of confusion early on with the abrupt scene-changes and flashbacks: it was sometimes hard to tell what had just happened, and I do think it could have segued more seamlessly.
Despite both of those things, Shuiken to Pleats was still engaging enough to keep me reading it all at one go, and make me want to read the next. It also makes me want to check out the artist's other stuff, so there's that.
Solidly good, and I'll be buying the next. This is the first manga I've ever read, so new experience for me! It was the first manga to INTEREST me enough to read it, so kudos there.
Coupla things: it was short. VERY short. Now, that's okay because yanno, DRAWING and all that. But I do object to the fairly high price-point for what was the equivalent of a long short story or a short novella, had it been all prose.
There was also a bit of confusion early on with the abrupt scene-changes and flashbacks: it was sometimes hard to tell what had just happened, and I do think it could have segued more seamlessly.
Despite both of those things, Shuiken to Pleats was still engaging enough to keep me reading it all at one go, and make me want to read the next. It also makes me want to check out the artist's other stuff, so there's that.
June 15, 2017
Tardé bastante en terminarlo ¡pero lo logré! Mi primera lectura completamente en japonés. Cumplí un reto que me había propuesto para año nuevo.
Definitivamente mis clases de japonés han servido, aunque no puedo decir que le haya entendido a todo, digamos que le entendí a la historia como 70% jajajaja todavía sigo sin entender el verdadero problema de la familia de Mahito.
Yendo a la reseña, puedo decir que es una historia tranquila y muy contemporánea, muy diferente a Vampire Knight o Merupuri, que son otros mangas de Hino Matsuri. El arte es hermoso, como se puede esperar de la mangaka, las viñetas y los díalogos son dinámicos, lo cual me encanta. Mahito es hermoso y me enamora su sonrisa, Mikage es muy diferente de Yuuki Cross (lo cual le agradezco a Hino Matsuri ya que no la soporto) y me encantaba lo estoica y cool que era. Sin embargo no puedo darle más de tres estrellas porque no le vi como que un punto al cual dirigirse en concreto, la trama no tiene algo destacable, se me hizo una historia común y corriente.
Pero en fin, apenas es el primer tomo, así que todavía tengo que el segundo para darle una valoración total. A pesar de todo fue un reto interesante y leeré todo lo que la mangaka haga, sin importa la trama o género.
Definitivamente mis clases de japonés han servido, aunque no puedo decir que le haya entendido a todo, digamos que le entendí a la historia como 70% jajajaja todavía sigo sin entender el verdadero problema de la familia de Mahito.
Yendo a la reseña, puedo decir que es una historia tranquila y muy contemporánea, muy diferente a Vampire Knight o Merupuri, que son otros mangas de Hino Matsuri. El arte es hermoso, como se puede esperar de la mangaka, las viñetas y los díalogos son dinámicos, lo cual me encanta. Mahito es hermoso y me enamora su sonrisa, Mikage es muy diferente de Yuuki Cross (lo cual le agradezco a Hino Matsuri ya que no la soporto) y me encantaba lo estoica y cool que era. Sin embargo no puedo darle más de tres estrellas porque no le vi como que un punto al cual dirigirse en concreto, la trama no tiene algo destacable, se me hizo una historia común y corriente.
Pero en fin, apenas es el primer tomo, así que todavía tengo que el segundo para darle una valoración total. A pesar de todo fue un reto interesante y leeré todo lo que la mangaka haga, sin importa la trama o género.
June 25, 2017
The concept for this is a bit silly, and it's hard to take it too seriously. But the main character's emotional reactions to being cared for and being allowed to cry struck home for me, and it hits on some found family notes as well. It's pretty neat - I'd probably read more.
September 9, 2018
Actual rating 3.25
March 10, 2023
I have high hopes of happiness for Mikage ❤️
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
January 30, 2020
I'll do a review for later... As if late I'm very busy.....
February 12, 2020
The art is very reminiscent of the Vampire Knight series art. The story wasn't as enjoyable or complex. There is a second volume even though the first volume seemed to conclude the story arc. I'll have to read it with the hope that there will be a deeper story line eventually.
December 29, 2020
Shuriken and Pleats is a manga that is a mish-mash of genres with somewhat clumsy of an execution. Yet the mangaka pulls off the story quite well, despite these problems.
Matsuri Hino, famous among manga fans for her best-selling Vampire Knight series returns with the adventures of a badass, but still vulnerable for her fish out of water tendencies, heroine. Mikage Kirio is a ninja bodyguard. Throughout the years, since the continuing modernization and other laws made them obsolete beginning with the Meiji era, the ninjas and samurais have gone underground, and serve other functions. For Mikage's clan, it is as a bodyguard.
She is used as a tool by her father and employer, who it is questionable even loves her or not. But her employer, Mr. Rod, through a combination of factors, comes to care for her well-being. It seems clear this was in a familial, NOT a romantic, way. When Mr. Rod is murdered, she feels she has failed him and, while dealing with her grief and guilt, is shocked to learn that her former master secured her freedom for life from the clan. Now, she goes to Japan to start a peaceful, ordinary life, just as her beloved master would have wanted for her.
Once there, well, the "call knows where you live" as tv tropes puts it. She is embroiled in a fight to save a man from a rival ninja clan, and the situation is more complicated and connected to her than she initially realized...
This was a cool and fun book. Not just for the intricate artwork, which Hino is so superb at, but also because the heroine is so relatable. Not for her mad ninja skills - I wish I could fight that well - but for her vulnerability, her uncertainty over what course is the right one to take, and her overall teenage (though greatly repressed by years of training/abuse) angstiness. The action scenes were also quite cool.
The bad part is that some of the story is clumsy in execution, and that the story couldn't decide which genre it is. Is it action, comedy, romance, romantic adventure, action comedy, what? Yet somehow none of this matters, as the overall story was compelling enough, along with the gorgeous artwork, to keep one's interest.
I look forward to volume two and Highly Recommend this manga.
Matsuri Hino, famous among manga fans for her best-selling Vampire Knight series returns with the adventures of a badass, but still vulnerable for her fish out of water tendencies, heroine. Mikage Kirio is a ninja bodyguard. Throughout the years, since the continuing modernization and other laws made them obsolete beginning with the Meiji era, the ninjas and samurais have gone underground, and serve other functions. For Mikage's clan, it is as a bodyguard.
She is used as a tool by her father and employer, who it is questionable even loves her or not. But her employer, Mr. Rod, through a combination of factors, comes to care for her well-being. It seems clear this was in a familial, NOT a romantic, way. When Mr. Rod is murdered, she feels she has failed him and, while dealing with her grief and guilt, is shocked to learn that her former master secured her freedom for life from the clan. Now, she goes to Japan to start a peaceful, ordinary life, just as her beloved master would have wanted for her.
Once there, well, the "call knows where you live" as tv tropes puts it. She is embroiled in a fight to save a man from a rival ninja clan, and the situation is more complicated and connected to her than she initially realized...
This was a cool and fun book. Not just for the intricate artwork, which Hino is so superb at, but also because the heroine is so relatable. Not for her mad ninja skills - I wish I could fight that well - but for her vulnerability, her uncertainty over what course is the right one to take, and her overall teenage (though greatly repressed by years of training/abuse) angstiness. The action scenes were also quite cool.
The bad part is that some of the story is clumsy in execution, and that the story couldn't decide which genre it is. Is it action, comedy, romance, romantic adventure, action comedy, what? Yet somehow none of this matters, as the overall story was compelling enough, along with the gorgeous artwork, to keep one's interest.
I look forward to volume two and Highly Recommend this manga.
February 23, 2017
Mmmm, 2.5, but I'll be generous and say 3 Stars.
I quite like Matsuri Hino's work (especially Wanted and Merupuri). Her art is extremely pretty, but sometimes her stories aren't as strong. I had low expectations for this series and I actually have to say - it was cute. Like, lots of info-dump, the heroine looks a lot, A LOT, like Yuki (it is super clear that Hino did not want to stop Vampire Knight, as evidenced by the fact that she is starting a new series about the 1000 years between Yuki and Zero that was skipped over during the end of VK), and it felt like a clash of moods - super depressing whilst also super light-hearted. I would say that Hino is really good at the lighter stuff, and when she tries to be serious, it just doesn't come across. I didn't mind this volume, and as I said before, found it very cute. I'll definitely be reading the second and final volume. On a side note, I really wanted Hino to return to the Wanted series - such an awesome story, with so much potential and she could be as silly as she wanted to be!
Reread 1:
Rereading this volume because I didn't really remember what had happened before I dive into volume 2. Even cuter the second time around and I enjoyed it as a quick read. Still going to keep my rating the same though, because I feel the same way about the series overall.
I quite like Matsuri Hino's work (especially Wanted and Merupuri). Her art is extremely pretty, but sometimes her stories aren't as strong. I had low expectations for this series and I actually have to say - it was cute. Like, lots of info-dump, the heroine looks a lot, A LOT, like Yuki (it is super clear that Hino did not want to stop Vampire Knight, as evidenced by the fact that she is starting a new series about the 1000 years between Yuki and Zero that was skipped over during the end of VK), and it felt like a clash of moods - super depressing whilst also super light-hearted. I would say that Hino is really good at the lighter stuff, and when she tries to be serious, it just doesn't come across. I didn't mind this volume, and as I said before, found it very cute. I'll definitely be reading the second and final volume. On a side note, I really wanted Hino to return to the Wanted series - such an awesome story, with so much potential and she could be as silly as she wanted to be!
Reread 1:
Rereading this volume because I didn't really remember what had happened before I dive into volume 2. Even cuter the second time around and I enjoyed it as a quick read. Still going to keep my rating the same though, because I feel the same way about the series overall.
May 1, 2016
I enjoyed it, but from reading Hino's series before- I feel that I was expecting more than this. The characters felt somewhat "undeveloped" to me, although the story was solid. No denying that the illustrations are always beautiful. Nevertheless, this is only the first volume so I hope Matsuri will keep up the good work.
October 18, 2018
Droopy and stumbling.
Hopefully the second volume leaves more to be desired.
Hopefully the second volume leaves more to be desired.
March 13, 2016
Wow. A slow start, but built well.
April 4, 2016
I loved it so much!!!!! Cant wait for the next vol to come out in November!!
Just sad this is going to be a short series :/
Just sad this is going to be a short series :/
August 6, 2016
It's not awful, but it is certainly dull and lifeless.
September 5, 2017
Picked up (and read) both volumes today when I realized that was the entire series.
Overall pretty cute. Simple enough premise, good-looking guys, action and some cuter scenes.
Hino-sensei really does create some beautiful art, but her characters are all very similar across her series. I first read MeruPuri in early high school, and collected Vampire Knight over the years (which I still haven't finished reading and will need to restart--not because it's terrible or anything), and I think I read most of Captive Hearts some years ago. And...Mikage looks exactly like Yuki from Vampire Knight. If you put uncolored pictures of Yuki and Mikage next to each other, you probably wouldn't be able to tell them apart. It's not exactly a bad thing that Hino-sensei's art is recognizable, as her style is quite nice in a lot of ways, but her characters definitely run together. Something I've noticed in Tanemura Arina's series, as well.
That aside, this two-volume series was a quick read. I read them in practically one sitting, which I can't really do often with shoujo much anymore because sometimes they're exhausting to read. All of the backgrounds and things to look at make it so it takes me a while to get through them sometimes (which is part of why I still haven't finished VK). This is still shoujo, for sure, but the volumes were a little shorter than most, and they're less complicated visually.
Mikage is kind of a flat protagonist. Not a whole lot of personality, but she grows a little. The whole ninja thing is shoujo-ified for sure. Mikage is good at what she does, but she could have just been a prodigy bodyguard, as (ir)relevant as the ninja aspect is in this.
I guess if you're a Hino fan, check it out, since it's short. If you know you don't like Hino's work, probably skip it.
Overall pretty cute. Simple enough premise, good-looking guys, action and some cuter scenes.
Hino-sensei really does create some beautiful art, but her characters are all very similar across her series. I first read MeruPuri in early high school, and collected Vampire Knight over the years (which I still haven't finished reading and will need to restart--not because it's terrible or anything), and I think I read most of Captive Hearts some years ago. And...Mikage looks exactly like Yuki from Vampire Knight. If you put uncolored pictures of Yuki and Mikage next to each other, you probably wouldn't be able to tell them apart. It's not exactly a bad thing that Hino-sensei's art is recognizable, as her style is quite nice in a lot of ways, but her characters definitely run together. Something I've noticed in Tanemura Arina's series, as well.
That aside, this two-volume series was a quick read. I read them in practically one sitting, which I can't really do often with shoujo much anymore because sometimes they're exhausting to read. All of the backgrounds and things to look at make it so it takes me a while to get through them sometimes (which is part of why I still haven't finished VK). This is still shoujo, for sure, but the volumes were a little shorter than most, and they're less complicated visually.
Mikage is kind of a flat protagonist. Not a whole lot of personality, but she grows a little. The whole ninja thing is shoujo-ified for sure. Mikage is good at what she does, but she could have just been a prodigy bodyguard, as (ir)relevant as the ninja aspect is in this.
I guess if you're a Hino fan, check it out, since it's short. If you know you don't like Hino's work, probably skip it.
September 16, 2018
🌸SYNOPSIS
Mikage Kirio is a skilled ninja who has sworn to protect her master at all costs, that is until he loses his life and left her with one final mission; to live a peaceful life.
With that, she travels to Japan at her deceased masters request and starts to leave a peaceful life where she tries to leave the ninja behind. Fate has other plans as she finds herself fighting to protect someone else, a Mahito Wakashimatsu. The people she ends up fighting are a band of ninjas seemingly sent from his own family! What is happening to cause such fighting? What will Mikage do? Read part one of two of this series from the creator of Vampire Knight, Matsuri Hino.
🌸OPINION
I honestly thought it sounded like a good series with ninjas and a relatively small series too. It was a bonus when it’s from the same creator as Vampire Knight, which is also a very interesting series, that I have yet to finish. The art style still feels the same and it’s reassuring to me.
I really like the characters and how they seem really interesting and unique but knowing it’s a short series, it be a pity to only know them for so long. Sort of wish to be able to experience it all for a while longer but I cannot say more until I have read the final volume.
🌸PRO
Interesting story
Mikage is kind of adorable for being a rather stoic character
🌸CON
This is also a pro but being a short series means it may not have much besides this single arc
🌸FINAL SAY
“It’s peaceful there”
Being a ninja, it seems like it’s a stressful life full of rules and sacrifice, reading about Mikage and her journey from having a life dedicated to a master to having known at all seems really interesting. I cannot wait to continue with the series once I get the second book.
Mikage Kirio is a skilled ninja who has sworn to protect her master at all costs, that is until he loses his life and left her with one final mission; to live a peaceful life.
With that, she travels to Japan at her deceased masters request and starts to leave a peaceful life where she tries to leave the ninja behind. Fate has other plans as she finds herself fighting to protect someone else, a Mahito Wakashimatsu. The people she ends up fighting are a band of ninjas seemingly sent from his own family! What is happening to cause such fighting? What will Mikage do? Read part one of two of this series from the creator of Vampire Knight, Matsuri Hino.
🌸OPINION
I honestly thought it sounded like a good series with ninjas and a relatively small series too. It was a bonus when it’s from the same creator as Vampire Knight, which is also a very interesting series, that I have yet to finish. The art style still feels the same and it’s reassuring to me.
I really like the characters and how they seem really interesting and unique but knowing it’s a short series, it be a pity to only know them for so long. Sort of wish to be able to experience it all for a while longer but I cannot say more until I have read the final volume.
🌸PRO
Interesting story
Mikage is kind of adorable for being a rather stoic character
🌸CON
This is also a pro but being a short series means it may not have much besides this single arc
🌸FINAL SAY
“It’s peaceful there”
Being a ninja, it seems like it’s a stressful life full of rules and sacrifice, reading about Mikage and her journey from having a life dedicated to a master to having known at all seems really interesting. I cannot wait to continue with the series once I get the second book.
February 24, 2021
“Mikage Kirio, the descendant of a long line of ninjas, currently lives in Europe with her master, Mr. Rod.🍡 She loves him more than her own father and, since she was a child, she has a mission to protect him. As Mr. Rod prepares to make her his adopted daughter, fate plays a terrible toll on them ... " 🌼
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Mikage will follow her former master's dream and become a nice high school student in Japan.🌾 Caught in a dramatic whirlwind, she returns to service and embarks on a final mission that will call her life into question.🍙
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This manga in two volumes is rather pleasant to read. The heroine looks a lot like Yuki from Vampire Knight written by the same author. The only one lacking is that a third volume is missing. The story goes too fast and the end seems unfinished.🌱
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"Mikage Kirio, la descendante d'une longue lignée de ninjas, vit actuellement en Europe avec son maître, Monsieur Rod. 🏯Elle l'aime plus que son propre père et, depuis l'enfance, elle a pour mission de le protéger. Mais alors que Monsieur Rod se prépare à faire d'elle sa fille adoptive, le destin leur joue un terrible cours..."
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Mikage va suivre le rêve de son ancien maître et devenir une gentille lycéenne au Japon. Prise dans un tourbillon dramatique, elle reprend du service et se lance dans une dernière mission qui remettra sa vie en question. 🗻
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Ce manga en deux tomes est plutôt agréable à lire.🌷 L'héroïne ressemble beaucoup à Yuki de Vampire Knight écrit par la même auteure. Le seul défaut est qu'il manque un troisième tome. L'histoire va trop vite et la fin semble inachevée.🇯🇵
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Mikage will follow her former master's dream and become a nice high school student in Japan.🌾 Caught in a dramatic whirlwind, she returns to service and embarks on a final mission that will call her life into question.🍙
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This manga in two volumes is rather pleasant to read. The heroine looks a lot like Yuki from Vampire Knight written by the same author. The only one lacking is that a third volume is missing. The story goes too fast and the end seems unfinished.🌱
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"Mikage Kirio, la descendante d'une longue lignée de ninjas, vit actuellement en Europe avec son maître, Monsieur Rod. 🏯Elle l'aime plus que son propre père et, depuis l'enfance, elle a pour mission de le protéger. Mais alors que Monsieur Rod se prépare à faire d'elle sa fille adoptive, le destin leur joue un terrible cours..."
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Mikage va suivre le rêve de son ancien maître et devenir une gentille lycéenne au Japon. Prise dans un tourbillon dramatique, elle reprend du service et se lance dans une dernière mission qui remettra sa vie en question. 🗻
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Ce manga en deux tomes est plutôt agréable à lire.🌷 L'héroïne ressemble beaucoup à Yuki de Vampire Knight écrit par la même auteure. Le seul défaut est qu'il manque un troisième tome. L'histoire va trop vite et la fin semble inachevée.🇯🇵
January 23, 2018
Series Review: 4/5
I was excited about a new series from Matsuri Hino, after reading several of her other series. This one, in my opinion, is nice, but too short and jam-packed into 2 volumes. Overall, I liked it. Mikage is a cool lead, especially because she's athletic and can do crazy cool things. She's a bit dense, but likable. However, as some people have already complained, she looks too much like Yuki from Vampire Knight. It didn't really bother me, but it might have been nice to have a bit of a change. As for the romance ...
I was excited about a new series from Matsuri Hino, after reading several of her other series. This one, in my opinion, is nice, but too short and jam-packed into 2 volumes. Overall, I liked it. Mikage is a cool lead, especially because she's athletic and can do crazy cool things. She's a bit dense, but likable. However, as some people have already complained, she looks too much like Yuki from Vampire Knight. It didn't really bother me, but it might have been nice to have a bit of a change. As for the romance ...
September 24, 2019
Review for Volumes 1 & 2
It's sweet, really, that Hino so loved Vampire Knight, Vol. 1 that she could not give up Yuki Cross. (But, then again, who am I to complain, I loved Yuki.) 手裏剣とプリーツ 1 Shuriken to Pleats 1 & 手裏剣とプリーツ 2 Shuriken to Pleats 2 , while enjoyable, were doomed to wither in the shadow of "Vampire Knight" with only two volumes written. What little character and plot development "Shuriken to Pleats" had to offer is nipped in the bud too early to flourish on its own.
It's sweet, really, that Hino so loved Vampire Knight, Vol. 1 that she could not give up Yuki Cross. (But, then again, who am I to complain, I loved Yuki.) 手裏剣とプリーツ 1 Shuriken to Pleats 1 & 手裏剣とプリーツ 2 Shuriken to Pleats 2 , while enjoyable, were doomed to wither in the shadow of "Vampire Knight" with only two volumes written. What little character and plot development "Shuriken to Pleats" had to offer is nipped in the bud too early to flourish on its own.
May 27, 2020
This one was good.
Includes;
• ninja girl who loves her master (more on this later)
• poisoned guy who is pretty cool
• super cute little girl
• action scenes
• cute little scenes
• girl who perpetually rescues boys (more on this later, too)
• so many bittersweet moments
You’ve read countless books where the guy is always rescuing the girl. It’s the other way around with this series. She is always rescuing the guys and charms a couple of them too. It’s nice.
Faculty room guy (he doesn’t ever get a name so thus, this nickname) is super sweet and I want more of this kid!!
She’s in love with her master who is old enough to be her father. It’s cringy but it’s pretty ignorable.
The art style is okay. I don’t really like the way they draw the main character’s hair. It makes it seem flat or cut weird. Regardless, it’s pretty cool.
Fans of the author’s other series “Vampire Knight” will probably love this one.
Includes;
• ninja girl who loves her master (more on this later)
• poisoned guy who is pretty cool
• super cute little girl
• action scenes
• cute little scenes
• girl who perpetually rescues boys (more on this later, too)
• so many bittersweet moments
You’ve read countless books where the guy is always rescuing the girl. It’s the other way around with this series. She is always rescuing the guys and charms a couple of them too. It’s nice.
Faculty room guy (he doesn’t ever get a name so thus, this nickname) is super sweet and I want more of this kid!!
She’s in love with her master who is old enough to be her father. It’s cringy but it’s pretty ignorable.
The art style is okay. I don’t really like the way they draw the main character’s hair. It makes it seem flat or cut weird. Regardless, it’s pretty cool.
Fans of the author’s other series “Vampire Knight” will probably love this one.
August 8, 2017
The beginning of what is apparently my summer of hate-reading. I didn't particularly like this series but read it anyway because it was only two volumes.
Mikage is a ninja - apparently a good one - but when her master is murdered she vows to keep her last promise to him (or something) to become a normal school girl and live a normal life. But she also wants to avenge him and figure out the mystery of why he was murdered in the first place!
There is a pretty large amount of story crammed into only two volumes. Consequently, none of it is very good. The characters are either lightly characterized or just tropes, and their purposes are awkward as well. Meh. I wouldn't recommend it even though it was short, unless you already love the author and want more of their work or want to read every ninja story that exists.
Mikage is a ninja - apparently a good one - but when her master is murdered she vows to keep her last promise to him (or something) to become a normal school girl and live a normal life. But she also wants to avenge him and figure out the mystery of why he was murdered in the first place!
There is a pretty large amount of story crammed into only two volumes. Consequently, none of it is very good. The characters are either lightly characterized or just tropes, and their purposes are awkward as well. Meh. I wouldn't recommend it even though it was short, unless you already love the author and want more of their work or want to read every ninja story that exists.
September 24, 2017
From the creator of Vampire Knight comes a new series about a ninja who just wants to find her place after her master is killed. Her loyalty to him fills her even after his death, and she aims to go to school as per her previous master's wish. Like a father to her, Mikage's master was everything she cared about in life, even though ninja are trained to show no emotions. When she travels to Japan, the homeland of her ancestors, Mikage finds herself defending a young man named Mahito, who is being targeted by none other than a few ninja. Now Mikage must get down to the bottom of the reason why ninja would be targeting this man, and defend him in the process. When she begins to feel something more for him, she questions her loyalties to her previous master and to her life as a ninja.
I believe there are only two volumes in this series, but the end of the first book seems to solve the problem with the bad guy, but wants the reader to learn more about the romance in the next novel. While this volume was decent, there was nothing driving me to move on to the next one. Of course the art is great, but the story just seems to fall short, like some of Matsuri Hino's shorter series often do.
I believe there are only two volumes in this series, but the end of the first book seems to solve the problem with the bad guy, but wants the reader to learn more about the romance in the next novel. While this volume was decent, there was nothing driving me to move on to the next one. Of course the art is great, but the story just seems to fall short, like some of Matsuri Hino's shorter series often do.
August 10, 2019
Mikage is a masterful ninja in a secret organization, primarily tasked with guarding the life of a well-to-do widower who has gotten on the wrong side of some very bad people. Through tragedy, Mikage finds herself with the chance to recast her lot in life, but her previous life proves hard to escape. Thumbs up from me for the art and the ninja and intrigue bits, thumbs down on the unsettling relationship dynamics and the characterizations. It's just the first volume, but Mikage feels like a shell of a character, waiting to be imprinted on/molded by the next male to come into her life. She's all alone in the world, so maybe this is kind of the point, but it's a little cringeworthy at times. Add to this her weirdly loaded relationship with her much older unofficial ward(?)/client and it's hard to know how to feel. It's a pity, because the case that both her former and new client end up entangled in is pretty interesting and exciting, but personally, I'd prefer it stick to that.
December 27, 2016
Puh... ich hatte mich eigentlich ziemlich auf diesen neuen Manga von Matsuri Hino gefreut, weil ich Vampire Knight eigentlich richtig mochte... Naja, das hier war dann doch eher ein Reinfall.
Die Handlung verläuft einfach viel zu schnell, sodass man gar keine Gefühle zu den Charakteren entwickeln kann und einen die ganzen Geschehnisse im Endeffekt kalt lassen. Es passiert also viel, aber man langweilt sich trotzdem...
Ich finde Hinos Zeichenstil immer noch sehr schön und dafür gab es dann auch noch 2 Sterne. Ich werde mir auch noch den 2. Band holen, aber auch nur, weil es gleichzeitig der letzte Band ist. Dem kann man ja nochmal eine Chance geben.
Sehr schade, weil ich schon mal wieder Lust auf einen guten Ninjamanga hätte...
Die Handlung verläuft einfach viel zu schnell, sodass man gar keine Gefühle zu den Charakteren entwickeln kann und einen die ganzen Geschehnisse im Endeffekt kalt lassen. Es passiert also viel, aber man langweilt sich trotzdem...
Ich finde Hinos Zeichenstil immer noch sehr schön und dafür gab es dann auch noch 2 Sterne. Ich werde mir auch noch den 2. Band holen, aber auch nur, weil es gleichzeitig der letzte Band ist. Dem kann man ja nochmal eine Chance geben.
Sehr schade, weil ich schon mal wieder Lust auf einen guten Ninjamanga hätte...
August 10, 2018
I think this particular mangaka tends to confuse me. This is a relatively short series so I’ll be reading the next book soon but I think it’s her style or perhaps something gets lost in translation but I’m remembering my confusion/frustration with Vampire Knight.
That said I do like Milage and all the potential there was with her being a female ninja but I guess with this being so short there really wouldn’t be a chance to get too deep.
That said I do like Milage and all the potential there was with her being a female ninja but I guess with this being so short there really wouldn’t be a chance to get too deep.
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