Swords with girls

Wouldn't you know, I actually had some original content to post on here last Saturday, but shit happened and I never got the chance. Luckily, I seem to be ahead of the curve, so I don't think Kotaku got wind of this yet. Over the years I've watched Queen's Blade go from quirky little "battle book" series to multimedia mega franchise. Unfortunately, like most properties, something has been lost in the transition. Queen's Blade is so passé. It's all about Samurai Girls now.

Hyakka Ryoran or Samurai Girls, takes a page from Ikkitousen's book (which itself has also been ripped off by Sengoku Hime since), and reinterprets Japan's Warring States period with anime chicks in varying degrees of fetishy and impractical outfits. The biggest hack job was probably Hattori Hanzo, the bad ass ninja, turned into a gohtic maid with razor bladed skirt... On second though, that's not a half bad design. The star of the "series" is the red-headed, pink-shirt, no-pants wearing Yagyuu Jubei. She carries two swords, so it makes sense, you see. To date, this franchise seems to be made primarily to base figures off of, which is haw I actually learned of this (and Queen's Blade initially). There also seem to be some sort of manga and/or books based off around these characters. This, like QB seems to be an original Hobby Japan property, so chances of this one getting a PSP game from Namco Bandai are pretty good at some point. That reminds, I still need to pick up Spiral Chaos. Where's that The Best reprint, Bamco?