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Warning ! Major spoilers for TMNT : The Last Ronin II forrader !
The sequel toThe Last Ronin , the proclaim miniseries that revitalized theTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtlesfranchise , has just close with a shocking dying , asthe Maker behind the al-Qur’an refused to pull punches with the climax of the news report , instead turn in the traumatic demise of enfranchisement keystone April O’Neil , in a conniption devotedTMNTfans wo n’t get out of their head anytime soon .
In an interview with IGN , TMNT : The Last Ronin II : Re - organic evolution # 5authors Kevin Eastman and Tom Waltz spoke about the decision to wipe out off the quondam , future version of April , who served a very different role in the mythos ofThe Last Ronin , compare to her traditional place in franchise lore .
accord to the creators , April ’s death serve as the official closing of one chapter of Turtles account , and the beginning of another , suggest that this is far from the final story left to be told in this version ofNinja Turtlescontinuity .
TMNT: The Last Ronin II: Re-Evolution #5;Written By Kevin Eastman And Tom Waltz; Art By Ben Bishop, And Esau And Isac Escorza
As explain byNinja Turtlesco - creator , andLast Roninco - generator Kevin Eastman , April ’s decease was the logical extension phone of what began with the wildly successful originalLast Roninminiseries , published between 2020 and 2022 . Eastman told IGN :
What happens in The Last Ronin II is , of course , the unfortunate , but very critical , story concept of April take place . It really is pass on the torch to a new generation that we want to make very specific . So she ’s kind of the last of the original series , last of Casey , last of Turtles , last of Splinter , last of everything . So that is officially handing the torch to the new Turtles , much like we did with Last Ronin I , which was deliver each of the Turtles have a specific , and very substantial , and very important death in that series , that transitions into a much big picture .
The Last Roninwas centered around Michelangelo as the last surviving Turtle , push against all odds in a succeeding New York City ruled by the Foot Clan . The series ended with Michelangelo ’s heroic dying , but not before a novel multiplication of Turtles had been introduce , under the guidance of April O’Neil and her daughter .
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In other language , The Last Roninserved as a sorting of stealth reboot forTMNT ; while theoriginal four Turtles go on to have ongoing adventuresin their primary comic book persistence , Last Roninhas now maneuvered into position to state stories featuring an updated reading of the account book ’s core assumption : Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and their human allies fightingto protect New York City . so as to finally , full break from the past , however , it was time for April O’Neil to make her exit .
What April O’Neil’s Death Means For The TMNT Franchise Moving Forward
Kevin Eastman And Tom Waltz Tease MoreLast Ronin
Last Ronin II : Re - Evolutionco - author Tom Waltz elaborated further on the destruction of April O’Neil in the miniseries ' last issue , stating :
This moment became even big than I guess it would be , before we got to it , because all the bit were there , and it came together , and it was just a subject of putting news in their mouths and actions in their hands . And I had a hard fourth dimension writing it . It was hard to publish that with April . I like April , as a fictitious character across all loop , very much . She ’s one of my best-loved role . But like Kevin aver , it was time . All this piece of work she ’s done , and the Turtles before , now what is the payoff ? Will these kids be capable to continue forward successfully ? Was it worth it or was n’t it ? And that ’s the story that ’s yet to be tell .
April ’s dying has all the hallmark of a classical noble sacrifice ; it is a mo that the story pull in on its own virtue , but one that is given even more weight , as alluded to by Waltz , by the fictitious character ’s central grandness to theTMNTfranchise since its formative days in the 1980s . More than just an emotional gutpunch to end the serial on , April O’Neil ’s dying was a fitting and necessary story beat for theLast Ronincontinuity .
The query now is whether April ’s ritual killing … was " worth it , " render subsequent installing in theLast Ronin - verse a powerful narrative driving to affirm that it was .
It will weigh on fans precisely because it was designed to , but as both ofLast Ronin’sauthors concluded , " it was time . " It is precisely the form of dramatic turning head thatThe Last Roninneeded in club for the story to be propel forward in an organic and significant mode . As Tom Waltz asked , the question now is whether April ’s sacrifice , and beyond that , her decades of devotion tothe Turtles , old and new , was " worth it , " giving subsequent instalment in theLast Ronin - verse a stiff narrative parkway to affirm that it was .
April’s Tragic Ending Confirms “Last Ronin II” As A Worthy Sequel, And The Start Of Something More
A Heroic Sacrifice Inaugurates A New Era For The Turtles
The Last Roninwas a groundbreaking reinterpretationofTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtles , and it typeset an imposingly in high spirits saloon for follow - ups set in the same universe ; withRe - Evolution , the franchise has match that standard of quality , and the decease of April O’Neil in the last issue solidifies its property alongside the first series asessential reading forTMNTfans . Further , while it might have been the end for an iconic lineament , it confirm that this is trulyonly the beginning for theTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtlesin theLast Ronintimeline .
Source : IGN , Kevin Eastman and Tom Waltz Interview
TMNT : The Last Ronin II : Re - Evolution#5is available now from IDW Publishing .
Summary
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles ( TMNT ) is a multi - media dealership that begin with Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird ’s comics in the 1980s . Throughout the geezerhood , their comic books expanded to picture show , TV show , video games , and toy . Most notably , the animated Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles run for nearly a decade and has become a nostalgic staple fiber of the ‘ 80s and ‘ ninety . Several other movies have featured the four anthropomorphic turtleneck pal ( Leonardo , Michelangelo , Donatello , and Raphael ) , admit the trilogy of live - action film in the ‘ 90 and the more recent moving-picture show Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and its sequel Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles : Out of the Shadows .
