Shall We Date?: Ninja Love, Saizo Kirigakure Review

****SPOILERS AHEAD****

Saizo starts out as a bit of a bully, treating you like a child and a burden once Hanzo isn't around to keep him in check, but even while he's being mean and calling you an idiot, monkey, and dumbass, he still takes care of you and is actually super sweet. Except again with the headbutting!! Why are theses ninjas so keen to headbutt others??

Any way, Saizo was interesting in that he would go from being completely cold to completely adorable in a split second and my heart almost couldn't handle it.

From the very beginning he also decides that you make a great body pillow, which was fine by me.

Yes, like I would be able to wake up calmly if he was holding me like that.

He's such a badass, which in itself is a pretty attractive attribute, and even though at first I wasn't sure I liked the looks of his character, his hotness definitely grew on me. I mean, his nakedness is enough to make you fangirl nosebleed and pass out at one point!!

I don't know that I would secretly peek so much as obviously ogle.

Saizo is definitely a bit tsundere, but he has a good reason for that. His backstory is pretty sad and he doesn't believe he deserves happiness, so he pushes you away and seems to have accepted the fact that he will just marry whoever someone else chooses for him.

No Saizo, that shit is not going down on my watch.

I really liked the MC in this route, you are way more active in the actual fighting than you were in Goemon's route. I mean, you totally kill somebody with a freaking dagger at one point!

I became very attached to Saizo pretty quickly, so you can imagine my lack of enthusiasm when this bitch showed up.

So MILF is a term that's been around for centuries apparently?

I got so jealous and completely heartbroken when Saizo eluded to how he would sleep with Oriku if he needed to that I had to literally put the game down and walk away for a minute to regain my composure.

It's just a game, it's just a game, it's just a game........

So, very much like how I would react in the same situation, you follow Saizo and Oriku when they go out together. This just ends up in you both getting captured by the enemy, Saizo getting tortured and poisoned, and him FINALLY declaring his love for you.

I will never tire of seeing those words.

After you both are saved, two of my most favorite things ever happened.

YES.

And at the end, after overhearing you and Kuma talking about how the reason there have not been sexy good times between you and Saizo yet is because Saizo may have a problem, he approaches you and then walks away saying...

*FANS SELF VIGOROUSLY*

Even though he was standoffish in the beginning, I seriously couldn't stop smiling through his entire route. I love the cold ones that turn out to actually be the sweetest. Like when he knows your clumsy ass is going to get hurt during training, so he skips lunch to get you medicinal herbs. Awww....

Or at the end, where he is SO DANG GENTLE THAT I COULDN'T STOP BLUSHING AND FELT LIKE I WAS GOING TO SWOON UNTIL I DIED. Unlike Goemon's ending, which was pretty dang hot and dirty, Saizo's ending is so incredibly sweet...while still being pretty hot of course.

It only hurts my heart because you're not real and in my bed right now.

And of course, no review is complete without a blushing picture.

You bet your ass I did.

Wendy's Otome Rating Scale

7 fangirl screams out of 10.

Preferred snacks for Saizo's route;

Dango. My favorite type is hanami dango, because it's cute and tasty, just like Saizo (◕‿-)

Licorice whips, to be consumed anytime WHIPSHAW appears on your screen. You may not be able to save Saizo from being whipped by Oriku, but it's sort of like you're devouring the weapon causing your beloved pain. Plus, licorice is damn delicious.

Black coffee. No frou frou drinks here, you need the buzz to keep you in fighting mode and the bitter taste to match the bitterness you feel towards Oriku's stupid face.