Shinobi no Ittoki

Ittoki Sakuraba fails to understand why his mother, his uncle, and his childhood friend, Kousetsu, seem to take his security so seriously. Kousetsu constantly follows and observes him with no regard for his privacy, focusing only on keeping him safe every waking moment. But the consistent hounding starts making sense when an adorable second-year student at his high school, Satomi Tsubaki, asks Ittoki out on a date. Though initially innocent, Tsubaki's true intentions soon become apparent when Ittoki visits her house; she plans to assassinate him, and she is not alone. Surprisingly, the ones who come to his aid are his uncle and Kousetsu—donning their dark and deadly ninja attire.

After Ittoki is escorted to safety, his mother reveals the truth: he is the 19th heir to a noble clan of ninjas known as the Iga, and the target of assassination by their rival clan, the Koga. In order to protect himself against this new threat, Ittoki must hone his skills at the only ninja academy remaining in Japan: the Kokuten Ninja Academy.

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Kousetsu Main

Shiraishi, Haruka Japanese

Sakuraba, Ittoki Main

Oosaka, Ryouta Japanese

Kaga, Tokisada Main

Konishi, Katsuyuki Japanese

Sakuraba, Yumika Main

Inoue, Kikuko Japanese

Suzunone, Ryouko Supporting

Sekine, Hitomi Japanese

Minobe, Kidou Supporting

Tsuda, Kenjirou Japanese

Tsuge, Raiha Supporting

Shindo, Naomi Japanese

Kisegawa, Kirei Supporting

Yuuki, Aoi Japanese

Enya Supporting

Nogawa, Masashi Japanese

Iboro Supporting

Okitsu, Kazuyuki Japanese

Cao, Cong Producer

Oohigashi, Ayumi Producer

Takashino, Shuuichi Producer

Kimoto, Takashi Producer

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Feb 20, 2023

cile_m

Recommended

Kousetsu’s face reveal was the best thing that happened to this anime… kidding!

But honestly though, I believe it’s pretty decent original anime. The first half of the season had some moments too although the pace really started to pick up on episode 7. Noticed people started talking crap about this because they expected it to be like THAT certain fabled ninja anime, while some- talking about the high seas cool kids- hated it just for the sake of it and yet, they actually stay tuned until the very end because they secretly liked it (you don’t stay until episode 12 for an anime with a ... “so bland” mc and “so boring” episodes lol). Too bad for them because our heir ninja here is simply a pacifist, and just wants to have a regular peaceful life. You’re weak and boring if you have these traits apparently.

I recommend Shinobi No Ittoki to anyone who just simply wants to check out a chill short 12-episode action anime with a decent storyline and pretty character design. I didn’t expect this be one of those high stakes or psychological anime so I was content and entertained after watching it.

“I don’t want to be part of a world where being kind is a weakness.” -Keanu

Reviewer’s Rating: 8

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Jun 8, 2024

takadabaka

Mixed Feelings

Main character can be developed better but first 9 eps he is actually a trash, can't be develop, sketchy logic and characters structure, build a large and potential system but not exploiting it all, spending time on lengthy scenes. Specifically, they made the series seem to be spread throughout Japan, but in the end all the details only revolve around a few people, the main character and friends, which is a waste..
However last 3 episodes are an advancement in character storylines. If they had done a better job of that in the first 9 episodes, the show would have been much better.
What a ... shame for the potential film.

Reviewer’s Rating: 4

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Nov 16, 2023

bookish_weeb

Not Recommended

The anime revolves around a boy named Ittoki Sakuraba, who is the next leader of his ninja village; he has mixed feelings about taking such a responsibility as his family hid this information from him until their hand was forced by an opposing village.
The anime starts off slow, which I don't mind as the action also fills in that gap later on in the first episode. However, I felt that the writer tried to make the MC appear clumsy but cool, which did not work out well cause I viewed him to be annoying and a burden especially to the villagers that were trying ... to be empathetic/kind to him about his 'sudden' role as their chief.
This anime kind felt like it was trying to be modern day 'Naruto' which gave me the cringes throughout the entire series. The animation quality is amazing alongside the fight scenes but at the same time, it just felt underwhelming in general.

Reviewer’s Rating: 7

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