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By Mark Rodriguez Our favorite ninja schoolgirl Ibuki balances life between...well... being a ninja and a schoolgirl. Her latest mission was to challenge Oro, and even though she lost the match, just being brave enough to challenge the master Street Fighter was enough to pass her test. As they head back, Ibuki, Sarai, Makoto and Elena are all captured by the Geki ninja clan!!! How will this story end? The issue opens with Elena complaining about their dishonorable attack. The ninjas plan to take Ibuki to their boss and kill the rest. Makoto gets pissed and punches her way through the net. Ibuki tries to cut it further and then her ninja friend comes in with a bunch of Tanuki that help cut the net up completely. With the Street Fighter girls free, they all start kicking ass. The ninjas are quickly defeated, but Ibuki notices that her village is on fire and under attack and she leads the girls in for the rescue. Ibuki and the gang arrive to help take down the ninja clan. However, one of ...

By Mark Rodriguez Ibuki, the teenage female ninja Street Fighter balances both her life as a school girl and a ninja. She's also dealing with her new martial arts buddies Makoto and Elena, and a mysterious ninja that attacked her recently. Now her next mission is to challenge the legendary World Warrior, Oro! The issue opens with Ibuki sparring with Elena as Makoto and Sarai watch. Ibuki thinks of all the things her masters told her about Oro and loses her focus. Later that night she stresses over the fact that she couldn't even beat Elena and is expected to fight Oro. The next day Elena tries to cheer her up with coffee while Makoto tells her that Oro once defeated her father and some of his best pupils without any of them ever laying a hand on them. As Ibuki trains with her ninjas as her sensei tells her to keep her focus. Ibuki finally breaks down, overcome by all the pressure she faces both at school and her ninja clan and she runs off. Ibuki cries as she texts Sarai about ...

By Mark Rodriguez Ibuki has quite an interesting life, juggling her life as a schoolgirl and a ninja. Not only was she openly challenged to a fight by the fight-obsessed Makoto, she also got got attacked by a member of the Geki Ninja Clan. To complicate matters, Elena got accepted to study in Japan, and will soon enroll in the same school as Ibuki and Makoto. Will her appearance complicate things? Let's see. Makoto trains in her dojo, while admiring her list of dojos she's challenged. Ibuki is spying on her and reveals herself to the Rindoukan Master. Makoto strikes her down and mentions the fight she skipped out on. Ibuki says she doesn't want to fight because she doesn't want the kids at school to know she's a ninja. She just wants to be a normal girl. Ibuki mentions she made a promise to keep the fact that she's a ninja secret, which is why she's allowed to study in a normal school. Makoto respects that since she has her own oath, to show her father that ...

By Mark Rodriguez We've already seen Sakura's first 4-part story which dealt with a lot of characters from the Alpha games and Rival Schools. Now we're going to look at Ibuki, the adorable ninja girl from the Street Fighter III series. She's also appeared in Street Fighter 4, Street Fighter X Tekken and Street Fighter 5.  She's also a schoolgirl, so like Sakura, she has to mix in her ninjitsu training with classes. The issue starts with a Geki ninja reporting that they are close to finding the Enjo village, but the clan doesn't care until they get results. Then they move on to kill one of their enemies. Meanwhile Yuta goes to wake up Ibuki, and finds her sleeping pet raccoon instead. Ibuki is clinging to the ceiling and waiting to strike. Yuta manages to avoid her strike, and they both go to report to their sensei. Ibuki and Yuta train by balancing themselves on bamboo poles... when the schoolgirl ninja's cellphone goes off. Their master catches Ibuki before...