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#REDIRECT [[Jubei-chan: The Ninja Girl]]
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|director=Akitaro Daichi
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|first_aired=[[7 January]] [[2004]]
|last_aired=[[31 March]] [[2004]]
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{{nihongo|'''''Jubei-chan 2: The Counter Attack of Siberian Yagyu'''''|十兵衛ちゃん2 ~シベリア柳生の逆襲~|Jubei-chan 2 ~Siberia Yagyuu no Gyakushuu~}} is a 13-episode [[anime]] series written and directed by [[Akitaro Daichi]], just like it's prequel [[Jubei-chan]]. It is also animated by the same company, [[Madhouse_(company)|Madhouse]] Production. Jubei-chan 2 aired in the year 2004 in Japan and has been licensed in the USA by [[Geneon Entertainment]].

The second season is more serious than the prequel, but still relies heavily on humour while maintaining drama. The story focuses on the same protagonist, Jiyu Nanohana, a teenager girl who transforms into [[Jubei Yagyu]] the second while wearing a heart-shaped eyepatch.

==Plot==

300 years ago, Northern Yagyu was driven by Edo Yagyu out from [[Japan]] and eventually they had to change their name to the [[Siberia|Siberian]] Yagyu. Jubei Yagyu from Edo was sent to assasinate the head of the Siberian clan. Jubei wished to disobey, but eventually the head of the opposing clad himself challanged him and the duel ended in Jubei's victory. In the heat of the battle, both Jubei's wife and daughter drowned, but Freasha survived for 300 years frozen inside ice.

This in turn makes Jiyu/Jubei II face two distinct enemies: The Siberian Yagyu who, fueled by 300 years old hatred, seek revenge and Freasha Yagyu who belives that as Jubei's only daughter, she has the right to inherit the Lovely Eyepatch instead of Jiyu.

A major theme of the series is [[power]] and how different people react to it. Jiyu doesn't want the responsibility and she's afraid to lose herself (Jiyu) for power (the form of Jubei) while Freasha doesn't understand anyone who isn't willing to have more power.

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Characters
(names are in western format - given name first.)

'''Jiyu Nanohana''' ([[Yui Horie]]): An optimistic 16-year-old girl on the last year of middleschool and is nicknamed [[Jubei]]. She hasn't changed much since the end of the first season and when she is offered the Lovely Eyepatch, her reaction is nearly same as before; she runs away.

'''Sai Nanohana''' ([[Keiji Fujiwara]]): Jiyu's father and has stopped being a ghost writer by the request of his daughter... at least for a time. Is in love with Mikage, who is married to another man.

'''Ayunosuke Odago''': Koinosuke's only child, Ayunosuke was to follow her father's footsteps if he failed. for 300 years Ayunosuke waited for her father to return home, but he never returned. Now Ayunosuke has to finish her father's mission once and for all. Unlike her father, Ayunosuke is a competent ninja and a healer. She seems to have just learned how to speak japanese and slurs in speech alot.

'''Freasha Yagyu''' ([[Erina Nakayama]]): Jubei Yagyu's daughter who has spent roughly three hundred years in [[suspended animation]] inside a block of ice. She seeks to kill Jiyu and seize the Lovely Eyepatch for herself. She has her own eyepatch called [[Fake]] which she uses to gain powers to her father. Jiyu is unaware that Freasha is the woman who is trying to kill her.

'''Mikage Tsumura''': A former enemy, Mikage has now returned to assist Jiyu/Jubei in new battles she thinks to have begun. Her cover story is that she acts as an editor for Sai, much to his delight.

'''Kitafuro Yagyu''': The most potential member of the Siberian Yagyu, Kitafuro is the son of the late leader of the clan, who was defeated by Jubei Yagyu. Kitafuro seeks for revenge and wishes to kill Jubei Yagyu the second.

==External links==

*[http://www.j2.bz/ The official Japanese Jubei-chan 2 home page]
*[http://j2dvd.com/ Geneon Entertainment's English website]

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[[Category:Magical girls]]

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