I got a thing for Shizune. Don't ask me why, something about the quiet ones with glasses, you know? This game, Shinobi Forged Bonds, it's like someone took a Naruto fanfic from 2007 and said "yes, let's make this but with less polish than a rock." The art is... there. Sometimes Tsunade looks like Tsunade, other times she looks like someone described her over a bad phone connection. But the boobs are big. They got that right.

Woke up in the village, classic amnesia start. Lady Tsunade found me, and suddenly I'm doing quests and talking to kunoichi. The dialogue is weird, like someone ran it through google translate twice and then just shrugged. Ino says something about flowers and then five seconds later we're... you know. The transitions are so sudden I laughed. Not complaining though. The scenes with Sakura, she's got this expression that's supposed to be shy but looks more like she's calculating tax returns. Still hot somehow? I don't understand my own brain.

Wish there was more Hinata content. She's barely there and when she is, it's over so fast. Like ordering a pizza and getting one slice. The quest system is whatever, click here, go there, but honestly I'm just clicking to get to the next scene. Shizune has a moment with some medical tools that I won't forget. Tsunade's scenes are what you'd expect, lots of authority and then not so much authority. The whole "something happened while you were unconscious" plot thread gets dropped harder than my motivation on a Monday. But I keep playing. Send help. Or don't. I need to see if Tenten gets more screen time later.