The universe of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Last Ronin is one of the darkest the four turtles have ever met. The Foot Clan has taken control of a penniless and polluted New York and ordinary citizens have been evicted. The Splinter clan itself no longer exists: only one brother is still alive.
In the first two editions of the new Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird story, readers discovered Ninja Turtles were wiped out by Oroku Hiroto, the nephew of the evil Shredder. In this dark timeline, only Michelangelo, left alone and turned into an avenger, survived, as did the definitive Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
Of the family that Master Splinter created alongside Mikey himself, only April O’Neil remains, who healed her old ally from some fatal injuries on a suicide mission. When the turtle wakes up, he’s in his old house in the city sewers and after talking to the spirits of his three brotherswho now lives in his head is greeted with great warmth by his friend.
But when April calls Casey to the table, Michelangelo is shocked to find out the name it doesn’t belong to the person he was thinking of. At this point, the journalist introduces her daughter Casey Marie Jones to the readers and the turtle.
The original Casey Jones was Leonardo, Raphael, Donatello, and Michelangelo’s best ally. Armed with his hockey stickhelped the four brothers fight the Foot Clan. Although he has long since passed away, his legacy lives on through the little girl he had with April, who grew up listening to stories about the adventures of her father and his mutated friends.
The girl is ready to embrace the ideals of Michelangelo and his late father, but the ronin refuses any help in his very personal mission of vengeance. Will she finally be convinced of April and Casey’s influence? Meanwhile, here is the tragic end of one of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
