Overview:
Utterly average middle school student Ittoki Sakuraba is fed up with having to take daily lessons and being monitored by childhood friend Kousetsu. Then one day, a beautiful girl named Tsubaki confesses feelings for him.
Our Take:
This one could be fantastic. It is done by TROYCA studios and is directed by Shu Watanabe and both were responsible for Re: CREATORS which was an amazing show. This is an anime original so I am excited about what we could get here. Modern-day ninjas using all sorts of cool technology looks like it couldn’t go wrong so we will see.
Ittoki is an interesting protagonist who is clearly being groomed for something but somehow never figures it out. Plus the girl that just so happens to be in the same class as him and follows him everywhere is totally wearing a ninja mask all the time. I know in a post-COVID world that isn’t as odd as it used to be but c’mon you can tell there is something off about her.
It is going to take some time to see how the voice cast plays out but everyone sounded great so far. But once again I have to shout out Ian Sinclair as Tokisada Kaga. He was super badass and definitely the highlight of the episode.
Ittoki managed to avoid Truck-kun but who knows maybe he missed out on an interesting isekai adventure? That could have been fun but hi-tech ninjas could be a pretty good trade-off. A solid first episode, the animation was good for the fight scenes and I want to see where it goes.