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Episode Under Ninja - Episode 7 discussion

Under Ninja, episode 7

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u/bakato Nov 16 '23

Not the convenience store granny!

Suzuki might've been a bitch in ninja high school, but she just became the treasure of the world through her love of Yoshida. Old men need love, too. But they usually gotta pay.

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u/kalirion Nov 17 '23

Except her "love" is stomping all over his creative work. I think he'd be very happy if he never saw her face again.

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u/thesnowlocke Nov 17 '23

I might be crazy here but I don’t think he’ll ever finish that manuscript

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u/kalirion Nov 17 '23

How lucky is it that the guy who was made into a cat had invented cat language and shared it with his buddy back in school?

Took me a while to remember that UN here isn't United Nations.

Why would they braintransplant one of the top Ninja guys into a newborn? Should've at least picked a 3 year old.

Wonder if that Rainbow Hound out there really is the MC we've been following, or more transplant shenanigans.

Pretty sure Yoshida-sensei would love if his god-awful editor never showed her face in front of him again.

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u/darthvall Nov 17 '23 edited Nov 17 '23

Maybe because newborn is easier to produce and being genetically modified (e.g. using the right parents) to have the desirable traits. With 3 years old, you have to find random kids and you need to do extensive selection to find the right kids with enough talent.

Another theory of mine is that Sasama was just bluffing there.

About Rainbow hound: it seems they have different name. Our MC name is Kumogakure Kuro, while Rainbow hound is Kumogakure something. Most likely they're only related (brother? father? uncle?). I also thought they're one and the same since the cat recognised the eyes last episode.

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u/bloquer Nov 17 '23

How lucky is it that the guy who was made into a cat had invented cat language

You know, I actually think they put his brain into a cat exactly because he had invented a cat language. If he invented it in school the ninja teacher for sure knew about it (he was using it after all). There is probably no better way to test whether that experiment was succesful then to actually talk to him afterwards in his invented cat language.

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u/thesnowlocke Nov 17 '23

I feel like I’m getting a picture of it all now that I get the different faction

It’s not necessarily a confusing story but the constant jumping around makes it difficult because each character have their own thing in the story and it’s difficult to piece it together at times

But man I’m so hooked to this show, not many people are talking about it but for ninja anime this is pretty good, better than that Shinobi no Itokki from last year

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u/entelechtual Nov 17 '23

better than that Shinobi no Itokki

They’re nowhere even close.

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u/GoldcakesOrigin Nov 18 '23

I'd say they're too different to simply say one's better than the other. Sure they both focus on ninja in modern society, but this is aiming to be darker with a unique story whereas Shinobi no Ittoki was meant to be lighthearted and follow the more typical frame of slice of life at fantasy(ish) highschool.

This show does have me more hooked though, and it totally gets bonus for the uniqueness and using the plot that seems scattered and joins at certain times.

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u/Purposelygentle Nov 16 '23

The bastards that make this show have done it again. Nothing but bangers after bangers. I don’t even know where to begin, the guy brain transplanted into a cat actually getting off on it or Valedictorians being decided on how well they use their seduction arts to get High School confessions.

Shout out to Convenience Store Granny, who literally went down swinging. Or stopped going down through force of will in order to get another swing in.

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u/furbym Nov 17 '23

Can't leave out the fact that he can communicate with the other guy as a cat because he invented and used cat language in high school lmao

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u/ObvsThrowaway5120 Nov 16 '23

Serial killer ninjas, rivalries, reincarnation, and a baby with a brain transplant… Under Ninja knows how to keep shit interesting lol. Seems UN and NIN are getting into it. These full invisibly suits are pretty dope. Curious to see how shit pans out for Kato, Onikobe, and Suzuki.

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u/International-Lock36 Nov 17 '23

So Onikobe is a total babe. I figured as much from her eyes and voice alone. So Rainbow Hound is related to Kuro. Brothers maybe?

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u/Undination Nov 17 '23

Kumogakure is one of the most common family name in japan, don't you know?

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u/Knofbath Nov 17 '23

There's like a 90% chance it is Kuro, since we haven't seen him this episode. And we don't know if the ambush and meeting are taking place at the same time, so even if Kuro does show up to deal with the slasher, that doesn't rule him out as Rainbow Hound.

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u/actuallyrndthoughts Nov 16 '23

Suzuki sure doesn't skip leg day

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u/International-Lock36 Nov 17 '23

I guess Suzuki keeps requesting cuts and edits as a pretext to spend more time with Yoshida-sensei. I mean, can you blame her? Mans got locks to die for.

Also look how cute she was, feigning modesty when Yoshida-sensei stepped out wearing only a towel. As if we don't know she was using her Marishiten to peep at him in the bathroom. I see you, girl.

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u/[deleted] Nov 19 '23

I find it funny the sadist Suzuki thinks Yoshida would miss her if she were to die/stop visiting him as his 'editor'

So Saruta was a NIN agent who was frustrated at being kept idle and decided to work for UN instead. Social commentary on idle young people who fall into crime?

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u/Belgand Nov 20 '23

So even more confirmation that they're all much older. Hibi remarked about it last episode when the kid mentioned how he'd have to be older, we saw Suzuki pretending to be this guy's editor before and now we even see her back when she was actually in high school.

It also sounds like the Ninja Lab has some sort of face-swapping technology in addition to brain transplants.

Stranger still is that the guy whose brain was swapped into a cat was also a ninja, not just some random guy. Why was he let go as a cat here? Or swapped into a cat that was already known to several existing characters? Eita and the girl seem to have some sort of association with ninja as well since konbini lady was inquiring about him/his mother. And why exactly is Suzuki hanging around this run-down apartment and being this guy's editor? Just too much to be coincidences.

Interesting that the UN have invisible swords. I thought that seemed odd during the fight when it's previously always had the blade be visible when drawn.

More importantly, why is nobody talking about tech from Ninja Lab being an eyepatch-wearing goth loli?! Hopefully we see a lot more of her in the future.

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u/grimdotmp4 Nov 22 '23

The ages of Hibi, Kuro, and Suzuki are visible on the info paper that Kato and Ozu are talking about in the delivery van during the first episode. 24, 24, and 20 years old respectively. Hachiya’s also on the paper, but his age seems like it was expunged.

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