Don’t get me wrong, I actually liked the cast here and the fact that there’s fewer of them than other brawlers means they had more time for them to develop. Unfortunately, the journey to uncovering these plot twists is a bit of a slog with far too much pointless dialogue between the characters along the way. What did surprise me is that underneath this all, there’s a fairly interesting story here – Bhikkhuni Island is protected by four ‘pillar gods’ who hide a dark secret at the centre of it, one I didn’t see coming and that mixes its yuri themes with more traditional peril in pretty impressive fashion. Obviously with a premise like this, there’s a huge amount of fanservice (of the yuri variety) and the girls kiss and fondle each other to transform into weapons and lose their clothes as they go through the process. I went in with no prior knowledge of the IP and was very quickly brought up to speed with the V-Virus and the idea of ‘liberators’ and ‘extars’ (fighters and weapons respectively), which I appreciated as it made getting engrossed in this world very easy. With ties to an anime series subtitled Mermaid and a mobile game subtitled Siren all of which share the premise of girls who transform into weapons, Bhikkhuni on Vita acts as both a continuation for fans as well as a solid starting point for newcomers. Sisters Rinka and Ranka travel to Bhikkhuni hoping to rid themselves of the virus but eventually become embroiled in uncovering the mystery behind this strange place. When a strange virus begins affecting young girls and turning them into weapons (called “Valkyries”), the island of Bhikkhuni appears as a treatment facility where infected girls battle each other to eventually become cured.
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