Nekome and Azami (Ninja Scroll: The Series)

Tsubura may be a tough act to follow, but there are certainly other hot, barefoot kunoichi to enjoy in anime. Here are a couple of the more unusual ninja girls, from the Ninja Scroll TV anime. Though obviously inferior to the original motion picture, the series one-ups the more high-profile Ninja Scroll feature by having barefoot ninja girls (whereas there was hardly any barefoot babes in the movie). Here are the two best ninja babes available in the show- the rest are either not worth looking at or don't show up enough to have good footage.

The first is Nekome, a lithe and lethal cat girl who takes on Jubei Kibagami. Unfortunately for her, Jubei's blade is far faster than her feline skills, and she ends up a cold corpse (but gets to strike back in a dream/illusion sequence). While a bit fierce and feral-looking, she's definitely quite sexy and her feet are pretty talented and pretty, period... though the fur and claws may be more for furry fans. Still, I wouldn't mind this hottie curling up in my lap and letting me rub her feet a bit... have to be careful of hairballs though, heheh...

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The other ninja hottie in the TV series and certainly the hotter one is Azami, a girl with plant powers. Aside from being a totally gorgeous, green-haired vision, she's barefoot all the time (whether fully dressed in her ninja outfit or just her lingerie) and shows off her sexy soles and toes (and quite a bit more) a lot in the course of the two episodes she appears in. She acts a bit in the role of Kagero from the movie in that she's the requisite ninja girl who gets assaulted sexually but saved by Jubei. Sadly, she never gets to repay his kindness but at least her end isn't messy like Nekome. You can just imagine that as a plant babe (kinda like Poison Ivy, another barefoot hottie), Azami must smell of flowers. She's totally devoted to her master, to the death. If I was Azami's master, I'd reward her courage with loving foot rubs and massages after she's back from a dangerous mission. Those strong and beautiful feet of hers definitely deserve to be appreciated and pampered by loving foot fans. Anyway, enjoy the following vid, which has pretty much all of Azami's barefoot scenes.

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Two gorgeous and dangerous barefoot ninja babes to enjoy. Will there be more? Thankfully games and anime love ninja girls, so there should be some more soon. For now, enjoy these two ladies and have a nice weekend.

Natsuki Kisumi and Rina Takaoka (Natsuki Crisis)

Now here's a pretty hot one. I've seen a lot of awesome fights in anime, but really kick-ass girl-on-girl battles are few and far between. Even rarer are ones where the hotties engaging in combat are barefoot, showing off their sexy fighting feet to the fullest. Well, this is certainly one of those gold moments in anime- a full-on martial arts duel between two incredibly hot and sexy barefoot schoolgirls from the Madhouse-produced, 2-episode OVA, Natsuki Crisis. On one side is Natsuki Kisumi, a skilled karate student and titular heroine of the show. On the other is Rina Takaoka, a motorcycle enthusiast and wrestler.

Not only is this fierce and sexy battle incredibly well-animated with wonderfully beautiful character designs and animation (even for an older anime), the views we see of the girls' beautiful, strong feet are pretty amazing, with nicely-drawn toes and soles from various angles. My one and only gripe with the fight is that it doesn't actually end in a knockout, but still with a nice bit of editing at least the vid ends with a bit of a conclusion. I'm sure after watching this, any barefoot fan will be wanting to give their favored girl a much-deserved foot rub or massage for their tired feet. So watch and enjoy the show... clips like this don't come every day!

Wrestling vs. Karate... which barefoot babe will prevail?

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Tsubura (Shura No Toki)

Here's another barefoot ninja girl on offer. Her name is Tsubura, an irresistibly cute tomboy heroine from the Feudal Era action anime, Shura No Toki. Though at first seemingly a female member of a much-feared Mutsu martial arts school, she is eventually revealed to be a cunning kunoichi with revenge on her mind. Appearing in the second arc of the series, this hot-headed lass teams up with the real Mutsu in order to further her goal of assassinating the Shogun. Tsubura is barefoot the whole time, and the camera lovingly cuts to wonderful closeups of her beautiful and skilled bare feet numerous times throughout the episodes... she communicates a lot through those lovely toes and soles, digging into the soil or floor as she prepares and tenses for combat. Awesome.

Though she's at odds with the main hero and is quite a handful with her tough-as-nails attitude and single-minded drive to carry out her mission, it is quite apparent that there is indeed a delicate, lovely princess beneath the rough and ready fighting babe. Her quest may end in tears and tragedy, but at least she comes through alive and perhaps a better person. I'm sure foot fans will love to fantasize about this gorgeous ninja babe- surely we'd all love to comfort her in her time of grief with loving foot massages and kisses on her beautiful toes and soles. Surely one of my favorite and all-time best barefoot anime babes, Tsubura is one ninja babe and fighter standing heads and shoulders over the rest. So check out the following video which brings together most, if not all of Tsubura's best scenes in the anime.

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Silly, Sexy Fun with Soulcalibur IV

Soulcalibur IV is an awesome fighting game... and one of the hottest barefoot babe titles you can get. Super-detailed, High-Definition graphics and the ability to customize characters so you can create the shoeless warrior babes of your dreams as well as a very versatile camera for enjoying them means a Definite Must Buy for any Foot Fan's game library. Anyway, here's just a little bit of fun with the CAS (Create-a-Soul) mode. Make yourself a hottie (in this case, a Ninja Schoolgirl named Keiko) and give her Maxi's moveset. Then go into the pose mode (press triangle) and enjoy the views. Heheh.

I see Paris, I see France...

Sung (Tenth Degree)

Sung from Atari's Cancelled Tenth Degree.

In the late 90s, Atari attempted to break into the 3D fighting arena with their own original beat 'em up. The game was Tenth Degree or Juko Threat, and it was worked on by James Goddard, who did work on Streetfighter and Namco's Weaponlord. Unfortunately, at the time the competition was particularly fierce- Namco had Tekken 3, while Sega had Virtua Fighter 3 and Fighting Vipers 2... all of which totally eclipsed Tenth Degree in pretty much every aspect. Since there seemed to be nothing new or exceptional about the title (it also failed to garner much attention during testing), the game was eventually dropped and never released.



Which is really too bad- if only for the reason that one of the fighters in Tenth Degree's roster is the lovely Sung (pictured above), a sexy taekwondo fighter whose design was surely made to capture barefoot fans' hearts. Unfortunately it was just not to be- I've scoured the web for footage of this Korean cutie in action, but to no avail (I even tried finding the MAME version of the game). Only the artwork above (but what a lovely artwork it is) and a few screenshots give us a taste of this babe's barefooted greatness, and hint at what could have been. Anyway, perhaps there was a reason why Tenth Degree was never released- maybe it sucked. Games have progressed since the late 90s, and other hot martial arts babes have taken the spotlight. But still, everytime I see Sung's artwork and gaze at those strong, sexy soles and toes... sigh. What could have been. Oh well.

Since I couldn't find a good video of Sung anywhere, I decided to recreate this hot TKD babe using Soulcalibur IV's Character Creation mode! I think she's a reasonably close representation of the original, and certainly she's hotter in HD graphics than any 90s arcade game could ever render her. So, check her out and enjoy a barefoot videogame babe brought back from the brink of obscurity, back into our foot-loving hearts. Enjoy!

Kasuga (Sengoku Basara)

Lovely and lethal... you gotta love a barefoot kunoichi like Kasuga.

From the popular Sengoku Basara games (Devil Kings in the U.S.) comes this lovely kunoichi. Kasuga (or Venus) is a blonde-haired assassin who serves the frosty Lord Kenshin (Frost). Though she originally was sent in to assassinate Kenshin, she fell in love with him on sight, and has since been serving him as his personal kunoichi.
Now this lithe and lovely ninja girl is certainly a babe worth any otaku's fancy, though her default outfit, while sexy, isn't the most attuned to barefoot fans' tastes- it's more for stocking enthusiasts. But thankfully she does have an alternate outfit (pictured above) that not only shows off more skin but the skin we foot fans appreciate the most. Check out the following vid of her wearing her sexy alternate costume in action.

Kasuga does some killing in her barefoot alternate outfit.

Kasuga is surely a barefoot babe worth fantasizing about, and to have this hottie at your beck and call, and simply melting in your arms at your touch (and perhaps fainting in pleasure when you kiss her feet) makes me really wish I was an ice-powered daimyo named Kenshin. Anyway, enjoy the vid!

Rally Vincent (Gunsmith Cats)

I've been an anime and manga otaku for a long time... and certainly, one of the first and best big-eyed babes in my book is the formidable, firepower-obsessed bounty hunter Rally Vincent from Kenichi Sonoda's Chicago-based action thriller, Gunsmith Cats. From a sidekick to Bean Bandit in Riding Bean to the main star in her own title (after a nice design change from blonde to dark-haired, tanned Indian beauty), I've watched Rally's adventures on the printed page to the eventual anime OAV series. Now, as hot as she is, Miss Vincent rarely, if ever, showed off her sexy feet in the manga... but thankfully that changes in the anime. Episode one has perhaps one of the best barefoot action sequences in animation, showcasing Rally taking on a trio of burglars in just her underwear and bare feet. Just for that cool sequence and the aftermath makes Gunsmith Cats OAV part one an all-time favorite in my library.

Here's the whole kit and caboodle. Rally is under-dressed and barefoot throughout, but the high point for me of course is the awesome closeup of Rally's perfectly-drawn, beautiful bare foot as she's creeping down the stairs... now that's a foot worthy of worship and up-close appreciation. Enjoy!

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