Audience reviews
20 · Sample from the first available page, separate from the total number of ratings.
R0W3
TLDR: The story is on my taste, very enjoyable nice ending and great start.
I liked the artstyle. The story is not too bad not neither a masterpiece but it's consistent enough to sway me to think positive about it. The ending didn't seemed a forced like a constipation, a thing that i saw in other mangas/anime, so it felt good, it made sense and it wasnt too hasteful like a constipated diarrhea. The protagonist is built in the genre and it's shown his strengths and weaknesses without spoiling and keeping enough secrets to keep you watching without getting bored, overall the situations aren't being felt unreasonable or unrealistic because they have a meaning, every characters has it's own deep meaning behind their reason.
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Let’s get to the basics:
Animation: 5/10
Characters: 6/10
Comedy: 6/10
Plot: 6/10
Soundtrack: 5/10
Alright, let’s start with what didn’t sit well with me.
The best way to define Shinobi no Ittoki is wasted potential. We’re introduced to a protagonist who’s completely disposable. He’s inconsistent in everything—just a chicken ready for the slaughter. At first, we see him as this great athlete, jumping over walls and rooftops, dodging a speeding car. They show us that he’s been trained since childhood in both physical and intellectual areas… only for him to act like he forgot all of that as the anime goes on, becoming just another generic, useless "good guy" protagonist like so many others out there.
Then we have a really promising plot—ninjas in modern times—which ends up being tossed i…
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Is it a bit cheesy? Yes... Does it lack a lot of originality? Yeah...
But is it entertaining?
Absolutely.
I think Ninjas outside of Naruto are a bit cringe, but I actually enjoyed this. It has a lot of drawbacks, but the animation was good, special effects and explosions were very satisfying, and the background music was good. I definitely got goosebumps more than once. I liked the characters and the story was good. It's not a masterpiece, but it's worth a watch. Younger audiences might enjoy it more since they haven't been jaded by society and might still believe in the moral message, but I think it's worth a watch if you've got the time and you want something that isn't too heavy and is mostly just ninja awesomeness.
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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.
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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…
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It really is just fine. I watched this when I was in the mood for a "normal" anime, and it did not disappoint in that regard. Shinobi no Ittoki started out much stronger than it ended. I initially had a good time watching them balance the ninja school and underworld plots, but it kind of fell apart halfway though to rush to the end. It probably should have been longer - it often felt rushed, and several ideas and characters would have been more impactful if they had been more thoroughly developed.
It does nothing extraordinary, but does nothing poorly. It would be a nice break in between watching "heavier" or longer anime
Read at the sourcekakakid11
I kinda hate animes that hint romance but never go through with it. They even created a ending song just for KOUSETSU. She had such a nice allure to her. The anime even hinted towards KOUSETSU being a tsundere from when she kicked the mc after he was staring at another girls breasts, but the never even showed a bit of dere side for KOUSETSU. KOUSETSU remained cold towards the bitter end. With kirei, she got princess carried, was hoping she would show some interest in mc too, but nope. The ending was so rushed. I can see why people gave it such a low rating, because "unsatisfied" pretty much sums up the whole anime, even though it had a bit of plot, you feel blue balled after watching it.
Read at the sourceWarriorZeus
This show starts out decent like any other show, but like in the last episodes around after episode 5 this gets extremely boring. I actually forced myself to finish this. The story is decent but dragged out. Please don't watch this. This show is too bad and predictable. The characters had no depth in them. I guarantee that you will hate this show. The only reason I watched this was that it was a ninja story like naruto but this doesn't even come close to it and it is not a ninja show. The only good part about this show is its fighting, it is decent.
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This anime come in league with "Happy Sugar Life". The Character developments of the character is none. The MC is a pussy and a true believer of talk-no-jutsu. Basically there no background story for any character just a minute of introduction. there are many anime which have outdone themselves in 12 episodes but this anime is a piece of shit not a piece but whole anime.
The plot could have been great with the side character like his uncle. the maker choose not to such a shame
Antagonist : 10/10
MC : -10/10
Animation : 8/10
Story : -10/10
Side character: 2/10
Not at all recommended. Go ahead if you want to waste your time.
Recommended for masochistic.
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Shinobi no Ittoki is a decent anime, undeserving of the current baseline 6 rating.
Animation is surprisingly apt and developed, music is okay and characters are not tropey. Story starts small and ends up being interesting enough.
Not once have I cringed while watching (except for the goofy OP song that does not fit with the show vibe at all). The rhythm of dialogues and events is not trite at all, but pleasantly thought out, a nice quality of original animes.
There's a conspicuous amount of drama and emotional moments, I almost shed a tear in the final.
Yet, I can't help but feel like something is lacking. Maybe the story would have needed more time to develop properly? Maybe the characters had to show their dark side inner thoughts more often (especially Tokisada)? Maybe the graphics coul…
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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…
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I'll leave just a short review...
It was okay, but certainly had more potential that was not lived up to. If the story was paced differently and executed differently, the idea would've made for a good show. Unfortunately, it did not execute properly and had a rushed and lackluster finale to say the least.
The story itself was decent, just poorly executed.
The characters were likable, but like the story, fell flat due to execution and pacing. Things were too rushed to really get much out of the characters, especially given how little they were developed in such a time span.
Wouldn't watch again nor recommend unless you're very bored.
Starts off good so you don't realize you've wasted your time until the last two episodes or so...So, you may enjoy it for the first half, and even well into…
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They should call this 'plot-holes the anime'
The story is so full of holes it's like swiss cheese, it barely holds together, it is nonsensical, full of contrivances, clichés, plot armour, it is just really bad writing.
Yet even though this is a bad anime, I'm going to give it a 5/10 because it is dumb fun,
This anime is so idiotic that it curves right back around from being bad, to being entertaining trash.
Animation is average, sound is average,
Story/writing is bad
characters: mediocre, bad guys are cliched ne dimensional bad guys, good guys are dumb, and the kids are just cliched character types
Yet I found this oddly entertaining
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I will keep it short and straightforward. It starts off with a pretty standard and ok premise which made me actually go on to continue to watch this show. BUT, later on, it becomes an absolute clusterf*ck. What I think is the biggest problem is that the show tries to make some game of thrones intrigue plays which doesn't work at all. The characters make some overcomplicated plots just for the sake of the "aha I knew it all" moment which doesn't make any sense whatsoever.
Additionally, I have to say that worldbuilding is not only purely lacking but not present at all.
Maybe if the show had more episodes and had more time to develop the plot, world and characters it would've been worth a peak. But like this... I can't really recommend it.
Read at the sourceElSensei
TLDR: started with a premise full of potential, ended with a whimper.
I really tried with this one. I did. By the last 3 episodes I was just waiting for it to be over. The writing was terrible. I watched the dub so depending on how the dialogue was adapted the sub experience may be different, but I doubt it will make it a much better show. If you are considering watching this anime, give it the 3 episode test and if you are unsure about proceeding, stop there. It will not get better, only worse.
The show has possible art and animation. Do not expect the sound to be much better, though it was also barely adequate. The dub was pretty good, I felt like most of the voices matched the characters, though I felt some were phoning it in a few times here and there.
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maaan. Feels like this could have been a 7 rated series. Almost rated it a 5 but the end pulled through a little
The pacing is waaay off, the build up to the climax was insane, with bigger reveals being so rushed that it was made so obvious early on.
With how good certain things felt even though they were forced into wrapping it up in 1 season, if they were given 2 cours I'm sure this would have been a pretty decent anime. Unfortunate
Premise nor story is anything great, so unless you like to suffer through terrible pacing and writing just to obtain a mediocre anime experience, I wouldn't recommend this
The ED is pretty fire tho
Read at the sourceSaiyanSkai
Shinobi no ittoki is a show..that starts off slowly and eventually gets better at the second half..I mean wouldn't deny that at a point I got really tired of the show..I honestly don't even know why I kept on watching,but I was getting this feeling that I should continue that it would get better and trust me it actually did. From episode 6, I mean this show became intense and I immediately didn't regret hanging on.Would definitely recommend this to anyone and then obviously tell them they should have patience till episode 6,maybe watch the First 5 episode is 2.03x speed😭❤️.
Read at the sourcetealikethedrink
The beginning was a little lackluster and it felt like things were moving too fast with not enough depth… However it really picks up in the second half. Pacing was miles better and plot actually had substance and feeling. There were even a few dramatic twists!
Admittedly, I would’ve liked the first half to be as good as the second half… but I don’t regret watching it so it still gets a thumbs up from me. I wouldn’t mind a second season, but being that this is original content and the reviews have been fairly mixed, I don’t plan on getting my hopes up.
Read at the sourceWestfox
A warning to those who hate when characters make stupid decisions. All the characters, although some are likable, have one major flaw. They are dumb. The plot only moves forward due to the characters making dumb choices and/or following dumb rules that this world has.
The world could have been interesting but those elements are skipped over in one or two episodes.
Should you watch the show or not? It really depends on your patience level, as I said, before the worst part of the show is the character stupidity, and the rules that the world is based on that are terrible and make no sense. Characters continually lie to each other, and no one suspects.
Also, I do not forgive the last episode that pulls the - there was a secret stuff happening all this time behind the scenes - trope.
Read at the sourceEDOSHINRATENSEI
First of all, I did enjoy this anime. The plot at the beginning is pretty slow and basic, but became better once there’s a war started. The last two episodes got significantly better and had the much better fight animation that the other episodes.
Now it does have a good amount of problems. The first half was slow and basic. The side characters I don’t think I cared that much for. The main character had okay development, but there’s need to be more dedicated time. His actions in the last episodes were pretty drastic and the previous episodes didn’t do enough to justify how he thought of the final plan.
Overall, I still enjoyed it although I’m sure I won’t remember it after like 2 weeks. 6.5-7/10
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