Karin the Kunoichi Pirate: The Pianist Princess of Paris

It is a action-adventure romantic-music-comedy sidestory in The Critique Universe, featuring characters from Fena: Pirate Princess, B: The Beginning, Moriarty the Patriot and Forest of Piano, with thematic references to the Sonic the Hedgehog (2006) game. A standalone installment of a planned Karin the Kunoichi Pirate spinoff story series as a follow-up to the first two installments and as a predecessor to the third installment. Also acts as the first installment of a subpar Karin quadrilogy outside of the mainline stories, which would be followed by Karin the Kunoichi Pirate: The A.I. Sisters of NiaLand, Karin the Kunoichi Pirate: The Chronicle of the Valkyries and Karin the Kunoichi Pirate: The Agency of the Werewolves as the next three entries.
Originally known as Karin the Kunoichi Pirate 2.5.
== Summary ==
After the events of the first two Karin the Kunoichi Pirate installments, Karin, Yuna, Izanami, Fena, Lily, Keith, Yukimaru, Shitan and James Bonde (Irene Adler) travel to Paris for a getaway trip. While exploring the city with her friends, Karin finds herself saving a European girl's life from falling to her death after witnessing a hostile commotion at the top of the Eiffel Tower. After discovering that the girl is one of the most prestigious and famous pianists in the world named Sophie Ormesson, Karin slowly starts to bond with her which creates some intimate tensions between her and her girlfriend Fena, all while she and her friends meet two familiar individuals of James (Irene)'s, who are both now protecting Paris from terrorism as part of their new basis.
== Characters ==
* Karin
*Sophie Ormesson
* James Bonde (Yuumori)
* Yuna
* Izanami
*Lily Hoshina
* Fena Houtman
*Keith Kazama Flick
* Sebastian Moran
* Fred Porlock
*Yukimaru Sanada
*Shitan
== Soundtrack ==
* Passionate Squall
*Scream and Shout
* So Real
* The Time (Dirty Bit)
* Meet Me Halfway
* Just Can't Get Enough
* Rock That Body
* Imma Be
*Living in the City
*Diamond in the Sky
*You're My Number One
== Trivia/Plot Spoilers ==
* The only story in the Karin the Kunoichi Pirate series to feature Black Eyed Peas music.
*There will be a relationship between Karin and Sophie Ormesson, and possibly spark a love triangle in this story between the two and Fena Houtman, Karin's established significant other.
*The Passionate Squall song would be imagined in a sequence featuring the male characters Yukimaru Sanada, Keith Kazama Flick, Shitan, Sebastian Moran and Fred Porlock.
*Takes place during the second season story arc of the Critique Universe miniseries Kaede & Enju: The Ninja Twins.