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''[[Blood Ninja]]'' is a 2009 novel written by Nick Lake. All you really need to know about the novel is that it features vampire ninjas.
The novel starts with young [[The Hero|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 [[Heterosexual Life Partners|best friend Hiro]], [[Wham! Episode|Taro ends up dying in the fray]].
Immediately the "good" ninja takes Taro and [[Our Vampires Are Different|bites into his neck]], effectively bringing him [[Back
Action-fantasy novel that really [[Needs More Love]].
A sequel, ''[[Blood Ninja]] II: The Revenge of Lord Oda'', was released in 2010. A second sequel will be released in 2012.{{when}}
Do not confuse with [[Robe and Wizard Hat|bloodninja]].
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* [[Action Girl]]: Yukiko and Hana, but especially Yukiko.
** [[Faux Action Girl]]: Heiko.
* [[Badass]]: Shusaku. Oda. Namae.
* [[Badass Normal]]: [[The Big Guy|Hiro]], [[Action Girl|Yukiko,]] [[Lady of War|Heiko]].
* [[Badass Princess]]: [[Canon Sue|Hana.]]
* [[Berserk Mode]]: Taro gets locked into this after {{spoiler|passing the [[Despair Event Horizon]] in a fight}}.
* [[Big Bad]]: [[Oda Nobunaga]] gets this again.
* [[Bishonen]]: Taro has "delicate" features.
* [[Bloodless Carnage]] - Averted. For a young adult novel, [[Blood Ninja]] can be quite bloody and gory at times.
* [[Bow and Sword
* [[Boisterous Bruiser]]: Hiro.
* [[Book Ends]]: Literally. The prologue and epilogue both describe {{spoiler|Yukiko's [[Face Heel Turn]]}}, from two different points of view.
* [[Crazy Prepared]] - [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]].
* [[Complete Monster]]: Oda, sorta. He does kill a swordmaker because the swordmaker couldn't think of a price for Oda's weapon soon enough.
* [[Defeat Equals Friendship]]: {{spoiler|Little Kawabata}}.
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* [[Face Heel Turn]]: {{spoiler|Yukiko.}}
* [[Famous Last Words]]: ..."''Shogun...''".
* [[Healing Factor]]: Vampires heal really quickly.
* [[Heroic Sacrifice]]: Both {{spoiler|Shusaku and Heiko}}, and we mourn.
* [[Ho Yay]]: Taro and Hiro hold hands because they're both afraid of the dark - ''in their teenage years''.
* [[Honour Before Reason]]: Taro holds this sort of mentality, but Shusaku repeatedly [[Deconstructed|warns him of its impracticality]].
* [[Instant Expert]]: ''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|[[Blessed with Suck]]}} - he had the Heart Sutra tattooed over his body, rendering him inivsible to other ninja. However {{spoiler|this ultimately leads him to his death. <ref>He has to remove his clothes for it to work...and ninja burn in sunlight.</ref>}}
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* [[Period Piece]]
* [[Rebellious Princess]] - Oda no Hana.
* [[Shallow Love Interest]]: Hana for Taro.
* [[The Archer]]: Taro 's quite skilled with the bow.
* The [[Obi Wan]]: Shusaku.
* [[The Rival]]: "Little" Kawabata, to Taro.
* [[Tomboy Princess]]: Hana, said to have "the soul of a man".
* {{spoiler|[[Twist Ending]]}}: A MASSIVE ONE.
* [[Our Vampires Are Different]] - Well for starters, they're [[Captain Obvious|ninjas]]. See the main article for details.
* [[Weakened by the Light]]: The sun has this effect on vampires.
* [["Well Done, Son" Guy]]: Little Kawabata, very, very much.
* [[Wham! Line]]:
** "The truth is, Taro...{{spoiler|you are Lord Tokugawa's son.}}" closely followed by "{{spoiler|Lord}} Endo Shusaku at your service."
* [[Wholesome Crossdresser]]: Heiko briefly {{spoiler|pretends to be Taro so they kill her instead of him.}}
* [[You Killed My Father]]: Oda sent the ninjas who killed Taro's dad. {{spoiler|Well, not his ''biological'' father, but still...}}
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