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{{quote|''An RPG big enough for a man--but you get to play it as a [[Ms. Fanservice|hot chick!]]''|A line from a magazine ad for the game.}}
'''''Izuna: Legend of the Unemployed Ninja''''' is a [[Roguelike]] RPG for the [[Nintendo DS]] published by [[Atlus]]. A young [[Ninja]] named Izuna is looking for a place to find home after her clan's old master fired them, believing ninja no longer have a place in the modern world. They eventually settle on an out-of-the-way village, when Izuna's "grandboss", Gen-an, wanders into one of the local caves. In the process of rescuing him, she manages to make several gods ''very'' angry, and has to retrieve several magical orbs to help the now-cursed natives from various afflictions and bring them back to normal.
While the game has received middling reviews (praised for its quirky characters and storyline, but criticized for not utilizing the DS' features to their full potential), it gained a decent enough cult following to receive a sequel, entitled ''Izuna 2: The Unemployed Ninja Returns''.
Izuna and Shino have also made cameo appearances as [[Secret Character|Secret Characters]] in ''[[Rondo of Swords]]'' and ''[[Windy X Windam]]'', two other games developed by Success Corp.
* [[A-Cup Angst]]: Shino. She's not particularly happy about her chest, especially since her own little sister beats her out in bust size.
* [[Animal Motifs]]: Five of the gods in the first game. Shuuichi's a snake, Fuuka a bird, Kagen a bear, Suiren a fish. Utsuho's is hard to pin down, though it's been theorized that he's a frog.
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* [[Kill It with Water]]: Suiren.
* [[The Ladette]]: Ichika.
* [[Lampshade Hanging]]: One of the ''Izuna 2'' [https://web.archive.org/web/20130105064843/http://www.atlus.com/izuna2/comic.html comics] (One too many questions) is an hilarious lampshading of world map-related RPG clichés.
* [[Lethal Lava Land]]
* [[Light Is Not Good]]: In the second game, half of the Western gods are associated with light (Baldur with light in general, Alte with moonlight, Stella with starlight, and Corona with sunlight), and yet not a one of them is the kind of person you could say is particularly "good". Baldur is something of a [[The Brute|Brute]], Alte and Stella are a pair of [[Jerkass]] [[Tricksters]], and Corona has an overwhelming temper and is not likely to forgive a slight, especially if it involves her younger siblings.
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* [[Older Than They Look]]: Suiren, Goddess of Water.
* [[Playing with Fire]]: Kagen.
** Lampshaded in the online comics for the second game: see [https://web.archive.org/web/20130105064843/http://www.atlus.com/izuna2/comic.html here], click on Boredom, and just go through the comic. {{spoiler|Said comic also includes Mitsumoto *playing* ''Izuna: Legend of the Unemployed Ninja''. Despite being in it. Ow, my brain.}}
* [[Really Seven Hundred Years Old]]: All the gods.
* [[Red Eyes, Take Warning]]: Shino and Shizune, though they're both generally nice people.
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