Synopsis: Kaede is a normal schoolgirl who is studying for her exams for school when she suddenly is interrupted by a ninja named Shinobu! Shinobu is a ninja-in-training who is also attempting to complete her exam! The problem is, in order for her to successfully complete her ninja exam, she must steal one of Kaede's panties!
In Kaede's attempt to stop Shinobu from stealing her panties, an unexpected friendship is formed between the two girls. Kaede soon becomes engrossed in Shinobu's world, surrounded by partying ninjas and a perverted yellow pac-man like creature by the name of Onsokumaru, who claims to be the master of all ninjas!
My Thoughts: I decided to watch a bit of an older anime series and this one was made by ufotable. It's one of my favorite anime studios. This one dates back to 2004! It's basically a mid 00s anime. This anime has a total of 12 episodes with 2 episodes, each with 2 segments. I've had this one on my backlog for quite some time. I saw it was available to watch on Crunchyroll so I gave it a go.
First thing I wanna mention is, this is definitely not safe for a younger audience! The series is rated R (17+) on Myanimelist for a reason. Mostly due to the perverted/sexual humor and some hints of girls love (though very minuscule). The synopsis alone hopefully should make that obvious that it was not intended for a young audience so If you don't want your child exposed to that, then I don't recommend this for you!
I watched this series in Japanese
with subs. My favorite character is probably Shinobu. She's
adorable and I love her character design. Her character is very likable. She is
kind, hardworking, and dedicated to becoming a ninja though she is a bit naïve
at times. Kaede is cool too though a bit of a rough young girl. She constantly abuses Onsokumaru for his pervyness lol.
Sadly though, I wouldn't say this series is a favorite of mine. It took me 3 weeks to finish watching this and to be honest, I wasn’t expecting a lot from this series considering it was only 12 episodes. Usually when I take a while to finish a series it's because I'm not that into it (Not always the case though!). However, it was definitely worth at least one watch I think!
I'm
quite shocked that nearly 200 people favorited Onsokumaru as a character on MAL.
He's so pervy and annoying at times and his voice is kind of annoying too but I
guess that's the entire point of his character lol. So if that doesn't bother
you, then definitely give this at least one watch! I thought the group of
ninjas were fun and silly though.
I really enjoyed the Christmas episode the most. It actually made me feel a bit bad for Onsokumaru because nobody wanted to give him a gift (which I can't say I don't blame anyone lol) but he was still my least favorite character, simply for how annoying he is. It would have been great if they did a new years episode segment following that in my opinion. It's a shame they didn't. The ending at least didn't feel too rushed and I actually liked it! It felt complete. Though I would have liked to see a bit more of Shinobu's exam. I liked that there was an end credit scene on the final episode. Be sure to remember to watch til the end on ep 12!
The real question is, will I have any
desire to watch this again 10+ years from now? I dunno. Likely not though but
we’ll see! That's all for this spoiler free review. Hope you enjoyed it and will consider checking this anime out for yourself! Let me know in the comments if you've seen it and what your thoughts are on this series!
My Ratings:
Art/Animation: B
Story: C+
Sub Translations: A
Music:
D
Overall
rating: 5.5/10
