Every day, ninjas fall further from the light of god. Impressions: The characters and story continue to be pretty awful at best, but it's also still providing some unintentional comedy just from how idiotic everything is. Study for the test? No, we're ninjas, so we just need to kick in the teacher's office, while […]
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