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The novel starts with young [[TheHero Taro's]] sickly father's death at the hands of ninja. Another ninja immediately pays a visit and assassinates the other ninja. He then convinces Taro's mother to fake her death and flee, giving her a messenger pigeon. Taro's own escape isn't easy, though - a horde of the first ninja's allies come to take him by force, and even with the backup of his [[HeterosexualLifePartners best friend Hiro]], [[WHAMEpisode [[WhamEpisode Taro ends up dying in the fray]].
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* HonourBeforeReason: Taro holds this sort of mentality, but Shusaku repeatedly [[{{Deconstructed}} warns him of its impracticality]].
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* RevengeBeforeReason: Yukiko, in the sequel, tries to squeeze as much pain out of Taro as possible... which ultimately [[spoiler:blows up in her face]].
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* RescuedFromTheUnderworld: Taro pulls off a rescue in the second novel.
* RevengeBeforeReason: Yukiko, in the sequel, tries to squeeze as much pain out of Taro as possible... which ultimately [[spoiler:blows up in herface]]. face]].
* SomethingCompletelyDifferent: The third novel seems to be about the heroes chasing after a dragon?
* RescuedFromTheUnderworld: Taro pulls off a rescue in the second novel.
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* ChekhovsGun: The Buddha Ball
* CrazyPrepared - UsefulNotes/TokugawaIeyasu.
* DeadpanSnarker: Hiro, sometimes.
* DefeatEqualsFriendship: [[spoiler:Little Kawabata]].
* DemBones: [[spoiler:Looks like Kenji Kira got what he wanted]].
* CrazyPrepared - UsefulNotes/TokugawaIeyasu.
* DeadpanSnarker: Hiro, sometimes.
* DefeatEqualsFriendship: [[spoiler:Little Kawabata]].
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** BadassNormal: [[TheBigGuy Hiro]], [[ActionGirl Yukiko,]] [[LadyOfWar Heiko]].
** BadassPrincess: Hana.
** HandicappedBadass:[[spoiler:Shusaku]] in book two.
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** BadassPrincess: Hana.
** HandicappedBadass:[[spoiler:Shusaku]] in book two.
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* {{Badass}}: Shusaku. Oda. Namae.BadassNormal: [[TheBigGuy Hiro]], [[ActionGirl Yukiko,]] [[LadyOfWar Heiko]].
* BadassPrincess: Hana.
** BadassNormal: [[TheBigGuy Hiro]], [[ActionGirl Yukiko,]] [[LadyOfWar Heiko]].
** BadassPrincess: Hana.
*** HandicappedBadass:[[spoiler:Shusaku]] in book two.
* BadassPrincess: Hana.
** BadassPrincess: Hana.
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* {{Our Vampires Are Different}} - Well for starters, they're [[CaptainObvious ninjas]]. See the main article for details.
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* {{Acrofatic}}: Hiro.
* {{Acrofatic}}: Hiro.
* AndNowForSomethingCompletelyDifferent: The third novel seems to be about the heroes chasing after a dragon?
* BackFromTheDead: Taro, as outlined on the back of the novel. In the sequel, [[spoiler:Kenji Kira]].
* BackFromTheDead: Taro, as outlined on the back of the novel. In the sequel, [[spoiler:Kenji Kira]].
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* BerserkMode: Taro gets locked into this after [[spoiler:passing the DespairEventHorizon in a fight]].
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* BerserkMode: Taro gets locked into this after [[spoiler:passing the DespairEventHorizon in a fight]].fight]], and again after passing it halfway through the sequel. He snaps out of it both times.
* BlindWeaponmaster: [[spoiler:Shusaku]], after getting burned virtually everywhere.
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* BunnyEarsLawyer: Tokugawa is... rather odd, but extremely intelligent.
* ChekhovsGun: The Buddha Ball
* BunnyEarsLawyer: Tokugawa is... rather odd, but extremely intelligent.
* ChekhovsGun: The Buddha Ball
* DeadpanSnarker: Hiro, sometimes.
* DemBones: [[spoiler:Looks like Kenji Kira got what he wanted]].
* DualWielding: Yukiko, by book two.
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* HighPressureBlood: The ending of the second novel has someone literally explode into blood. Yes, that's right.
* HeroicSacrifice: Both [[spoiler:Shusaku and Heiko]],and we mourn.until [[spoiler:Shusaku comes back]].
* HeroicSacrifice: Both [[spoiler:Shusaku and Heiko]],
* IAmNotLeftHanded: Oda ruined his right arm in a former battle, but regained his sword-saint status by training his left arm, except that he found out that while his right arm is weak, it's still ''fast''...
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* {{Invisibility}}: Shusaku is [[spoiler:BlessedWithSuck]] - he had the Heart Sutra tattooed over his body, rendering him inivsible to other ninja. However [[spoiler: this ultimately leads him to his death. [[note]]He has to remove his clothes for it to work...and ninja burn in sunlight.[[/note]]]]
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* {{Invisibility}}: Shusaku is [[spoiler:BlessedWithSuck]] - he had the Heart Sutra tattooed over his body, rendering him inivsible to other ninja. However [[spoiler: this ultimately leads him to his death. [[note]]He he has to remove his clothes for it to work...and ninja burn in sunlight.[[/note]]]]
* LifeDrinker: ''Gaki'', or hungry ghosts, maintain form and presence by feeding off the life of others. Taro can see them, humans can't.
* LikeABadassOutOfHell: Subverted with [[spoiler:Kenji Kira]], who ''does'' escape from hell, but by sneaking out through a door someone left open.
* LikeABadassOutOfHell: Subverted with [[spoiler:Kenji Kira]], who ''does'' escape from hell, but by sneaking out through a door someone left open.
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* NeverLearnedToRead: Both Taro and Hiro. They were peasants, after all.
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* NeverLearnedToRead: Both Taro and Hiro. They were peasants, after all. In the sequel, Hana teaches Taro to read.
* OrpheanRescue: Taro does this in the second novel.
* PurpleProse: The author gets pretty florid describing Hana's beauty.
* PutOnABus: Taro's mom for book one. She returns in book two.
* PutOnABus: Taro's mom for book one. She returns in book two.
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* The ObiWan: Shusaku.
* TheRival: "Little" Kawabata, to Taro.
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* RevengeBeforeReason: Yukiko, in the sequel, tries to squeeze as much pain out of Taro as possible... which ultimately [[spoiler:blows up in her face]].
* TechnicalPacifist: TheObiWan: Buddha Ball itself. Sure, it won't harm things directly, but...
* TheChessmaster: Tokugawa's said to be not just two steps ahead - he's playing a whole different game.
* TheObiWan: Shusaku.
* TheRival: "Little" Kawabata, to Taro. For a while, anyway.
* TheUndead: We've got vampires, ghosts that feed off your life force, and walking skeletons by the end of the second novel.
* ToHellAndBack: In the sequel.
* TechnicalPacifist: The
* TheChessmaster: Tokugawa's said to be not just two steps ahead - he's playing a whole different game.
* TheObiWan: Shusaku.
* TheRival: "Little" Kawabata, to Taro. For a while, anyway.
* TheUndead: We've got vampires, ghosts that feed off your life force, and walking skeletons by the end of the second novel.
* ToHellAndBack: In the sequel.
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* WarriorMonk: More than one sect of them, even, in book two.
* WeakenedByTheLight: The sun has this effect onvampires. vampires.
* WeatherControlMachine: The Buddha Ball can control nature.
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''Blood Ninja'' is a 2009 action-fantasy novel written by Nick Lake.
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Action-fantasy novel that really NeedsMoreLove.
A sequel, ''BloodNinja II: The Revenge of Lord Oda'', was released in 2010. A second sequel will be released in 2012.
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''Blood Ninja'' is a 2009 novel written by Nick Lake.
The novel starts with young [[TheHero Taro's]] sickly father's death at the hands of ninja. Another ninja immediately pays a visit and assassinates the other ninja. He then convinces Taro's mother to fake her death and flee, giving her a messenger pigeon. Taro's own escape isn't easy, though - a horde of the first ninja's allies come to take him by force, and even with the backup of his [[HeterosexualLifePartners best friend Hiro]], [[WHAMEpisode Taro ends up dying in the fray]].
Immediately the "good" ninja takes Taro and [[OurVampiresAreDifferent bites into his neck]], effectively bringing him BackFromTheDead, just in time to start the story. This ninja, named [[TheMentor Shusaku,]] proceeds to explain how all [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot ninja are vampires]] and, since Taro has been turned, he will also become a ninja. Together with Hiro, they will journey to the home base of Shusaku's ninja clan and later, find Taro's mother.
Action-fantasy novel that really NeedsMoreLove.
A sequel, ''BloodNinja II: The Revenge of Lord Oda'', was released in 2010. A second sequel will be released in 2012.
Do not confuse with [[RobeAndWizardHat bloodninja]].
!! The novel contains the following tropes
* ActionGirl: Yukiko and Hana, but especially Yukiko.
** FauxActionGirl: Heiko.
* {{Badass}}: Shusaku. Oda. Namae.
* BadassNormal: [[TheBigGuy Hiro]], [[ActionGirl Yukiko,]] [[LadyOfWar Heiko]].
* BadassPrincess: [[CanonSue Hana.]]
* BadBoss: Oda Nobunaga kills and maims those in his employ for the most insignificant reasons.
* BerserkMode: Taro gets locked into this after [[spoiler:passing the DespairEventHorizon in a fight]].
* BigBad: UsefulNotes/OdaNobunaga gets this again.
* {{Bishonen}}: Taro has "delicate" features.
* BloodlessCarnage - Averted. For a young adult novel, BloodNinja can be quite bloody and gory at times.
* BowAndSwordInAccord: Taro.
* BoisterousBruiser: Hiro.
* BookEnds: Literally. The prologue and epilogue both describe [[spoiler:Yukiko's FaceHeelTurn]], from two different points of view.
* CrazyPrepared - UsefulNotes/TokugawaIeyasu.
* DefeatEqualsFriendship: [[spoiler:Little Kawabata]].
* DrivenByEnvy: The male Kawabatas. Kawabata-''tousan'' [[spoiler:killed Shusaku's love because he wanted her]] and the son has burning desire to beat and kill Taro.
* FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler:Yukiko.]]
* FamousLastWords: ..."''Shogun...''".
* HealingFactor: Vampires heal really quickly.
* HeroicSacrifice: Both [[spoiler:Shusaku and Heiko]], and we mourn.
* HonourBeforeReason: Taro holds this sort of mentality, but Shusaku repeatedly [[{{Deconstructed}} warns him of its impracticality]].
* InstantExpert: ''Everyone'' - or at least, all the ninja students - are said to "progress to the sword ... naturally, as if they hand spent their early childhoods wielding katana".
* {{Invisibility}}: Shusaku is [[spoiler:BlessedWithSuck]] - he had the Heart Sutra tattooed over his body, rendering him inivsible to other ninja. However [[spoiler: this ultimately leads him to his death. [[note]]He has to remove his clothes for it to work...and ninja burn in sunlight.[[/note]]]]
* IronicEcho: "''You told me there was no honor in this [[spoiler: .... Do you believe it still?]]''"
* JidaiGeki
* JapaneseHonorifics: Counts as GratuitousJapanese here because the novel is written in English.
* KingIncognito: [[spoiler: Taro is Tokugawa's son, hidden in the village he grew up in.]] And [[spoiler: Endo Shusaku was a former lord of Tokugawa's]].
* MasterOfUnlocking: Taro takes Heiko on a mission with him specifically because she is this.
* NeverLearnedToRead: Both Taro and Hiro. They were peasants, after all.
* NinjaPirateZombieRobot: All you really need to know about the novel is that it features vampire ninjas.
* {{Orochi}}: Taro draws inspiration from this for a particular revenge scheme.
* PeriodPiece
* {{Rebellious Princess}} - Oda no Hana.
* The ObiWan: Shusaku.
* TheRival: "Little" Kawabata, to Taro.
* TomboyPrincess: Hana, said to have "the soul of a man".
* [[spoiler:TwistEnding]]: A MASSIVE ONE.
* {{Our Vampires Are Different}} - Well for starters, they're [[CaptainObvious ninjas]]. See the main article for details.
* WeakenedByTheLight: The sun has this effect on vampires.
* WellDoneSonGuy: Little Kawabata, very, very much.
* WhamLine:
** "The truth is, Taro...[[spoiler:you are Lord Tokugawa's son.]]" closely followed by "[[spoiler:Lord]] Endo Shusaku at your service."
* WholesomeCrossdresser: Heiko briefly [[spoiler:pretends to be Taro so they kill her instead of him.]]
* YouKilledMyFather: Oda sent the ninjas who killed Taro's dad. [[spoiler:Well, not his ''biological'' father, but still...]]
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The novel starts with young [[TheHero Taro's]] sickly father's death at the hands of ninja. Another ninja immediately pays a visit and assassinates the other ninja. He then convinces Taro's mother to fake her death and flee, giving her a messenger pigeon. Taro's own escape isn't easy, though - a horde of the first ninja's allies come to take him by force, and even with the backup of his [[HeterosexualLifePartners best friend Hiro]], [[WHAMEpisode Taro ends up dying in the fray]].
Immediately the "good" ninja takes Taro and [[OurVampiresAreDifferent bites into his neck]], effectively bringing him BackFromTheDead, just in time to start the story. This ninja, named [[TheMentor Shusaku,]] proceeds to explain how all [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot ninja are vampires]] and, since Taro has been turned, he will also become a ninja. Together with Hiro, they will journey to the home base of Shusaku's ninja clan and later, find Taro's mother.
Action-fantasy novel that really NeedsMoreLove.
A sequel, ''BloodNinja II: The Revenge of Lord Oda'', was released in 2010. A second sequel will be released in 2012.
Do not confuse with [[RobeAndWizardHat bloodninja]].
!! The novel contains the following tropes
* ActionGirl: Yukiko and Hana, but especially Yukiko.
** FauxActionGirl: Heiko.
* {{Badass}}: Shusaku. Oda. Namae.
* BadassNormal: [[TheBigGuy Hiro]], [[ActionGirl Yukiko,]] [[LadyOfWar Heiko]].
* BadassPrincess: [[CanonSue Hana.]]
* BadBoss: Oda Nobunaga kills and maims those in his employ for the most insignificant reasons.
* BerserkMode: Taro gets locked into this after [[spoiler:passing the DespairEventHorizon in a fight]].
* BigBad: UsefulNotes/OdaNobunaga gets this again.
* {{Bishonen}}: Taro has "delicate" features.
* BloodlessCarnage - Averted. For a young adult novel, BloodNinja can be quite bloody and gory at times.
* BowAndSwordInAccord: Taro.
* BoisterousBruiser: Hiro.
* BookEnds: Literally. The prologue and epilogue both describe [[spoiler:Yukiko's FaceHeelTurn]], from two different points of view.
* CrazyPrepared - UsefulNotes/TokugawaIeyasu.
* DefeatEqualsFriendship: [[spoiler:Little Kawabata]].
* DrivenByEnvy: The male Kawabatas. Kawabata-''tousan'' [[spoiler:killed Shusaku's love because he wanted her]] and the son has burning desire to beat and kill Taro.
* FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler:Yukiko.]]
* FamousLastWords: ..."''Shogun...''".
* HealingFactor: Vampires heal really quickly.
* HeroicSacrifice: Both [[spoiler:Shusaku and Heiko]], and we mourn.
* HonourBeforeReason: Taro holds this sort of mentality, but Shusaku repeatedly [[{{Deconstructed}} warns him of its impracticality]].
* InstantExpert: ''Everyone'' - or at least, all the ninja students - are said to "progress to the sword ... naturally, as if they hand spent their early childhoods wielding katana".
* {{Invisibility}}: Shusaku is [[spoiler:BlessedWithSuck]] - he had the Heart Sutra tattooed over his body, rendering him inivsible to other ninja. However [[spoiler: this ultimately leads him to his death. [[note]]He has to remove his clothes for it to work...and ninja burn in sunlight.[[/note]]]]
* IronicEcho: "''You told me there was no honor in this [[spoiler: .... Do you believe it still?]]''"
* JidaiGeki
* JapaneseHonorifics: Counts as GratuitousJapanese here because the novel is written in English.
* KingIncognito: [[spoiler: Taro is Tokugawa's son, hidden in the village he grew up in.]] And [[spoiler: Endo Shusaku was a former lord of Tokugawa's]].
* MasterOfUnlocking: Taro takes Heiko on a mission with him specifically because she is this.
* NeverLearnedToRead: Both Taro and Hiro. They were peasants, after all.
* NinjaPirateZombieRobot: All you really need to know about the novel is that it features vampire ninjas.
* {{Orochi}}: Taro draws inspiration from this for a particular revenge scheme.
* PeriodPiece
* {{Rebellious Princess}} - Oda no Hana.
* The ObiWan: Shusaku.
* TheRival: "Little" Kawabata, to Taro.
* TomboyPrincess: Hana, said to have "the soul of a man".
* [[spoiler:TwistEnding]]: A MASSIVE ONE.
* {{Our Vampires Are Different}} - Well for starters, they're [[CaptainObvious ninjas]]. See the main article for details.
* WeakenedByTheLight: The sun has this effect on vampires.
* WellDoneSonGuy: Little Kawabata, very, very much.
* WhamLine:
** "The truth is, Taro...[[spoiler:you are Lord Tokugawa's son.]]" closely followed by "[[spoiler:Lord]] Endo Shusaku at your service."
* WholesomeCrossdresser: Heiko briefly [[spoiler:pretends to be Taro so they kill her instead of him.]]
* YouKilledMyFather: Oda sent the ninjas who killed Taro's dad. [[spoiler:Well, not his ''biological'' father, but still...]]
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