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Mar 23, 9:28 PM
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The little creep didn't even last 5 minutes. Anyway, goodbye, you sick creep.

During the clash between Higan and Lil, Higan achieves complete harmony with his Gusoku Gear, Kamui. Consequently, he ultimately triumphs over and eliminates Lil, rescuing Emma. Subsequently, Higan sends Lil's head to Yamaji and his companions. In response, Yamaji orders Zai to decisively deal with Higan. Later, in the hideout, Higan inquires about her relationship with Mari. She begins to reveal how she saved her and the connection they shared and how she became a Ninja.

Thankfully, Emma is alive, all thanks to Higan. Lil didn't make it, which is a relief. I couldn't help but laugh at how silly his rotten head looked. Unexpectedly, Emma turns out to be a ninja, but I'm glad she's getting a bigger role. She's interesting to watch. Mari's impact on not only Higan but also Emma is clear. Learning about her helps us understand why Higan survived, as Emma learned from Mari. It's nice to see Higan smiling again. As for Yamaji, he's a terrible leader for betraying the clan. Breaking the ninja code? Forget it.

Yamaji's plan is underway... How will Higan put a stop to it?


Mar 24, 5:30 AM
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We got some background on the ninja organization and what lead to Higan and the others becoming exiled, as well as the relationship between Mari and Emma. I was a little surprised that Emma didn't actually die last episode. I'm not a fan of the action with the robot suits, which is a detriment because the action was the main draw for this anime. Despite fleshing the story and characters out a bit more, I found this episode to be rather boring.
Mar 24, 5:41 AM
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backstory episode of emma and mari

but nice that emma survive
Mar 24, 6:03 AM
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some more info on ninja background. i hope that's enough mech fights and back to the kinda fights we saw at the start of this series now.
Mar 24, 6:10 AM
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She seemed dead to me in the previous episode; how did she survive? Maybe some strong plot-armor.
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Mar 24, 6:17 AM
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Ah so that's what happened. Poor Emma..
Mar 24, 6:27 AM
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How dod Emma survive? Thought she died last ep lol
Mar 24, 8:03 AM
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I mean we never saw Emma actually die so I don’t see any issue here. Nice backstory and added context to the whole plot. Nothing groundbreaking but it did the job.

The « fight » was disappointing though. The cgi wasn’t bad but it’s still cgi and I didn’t expect that in this show. Glad that sick fuck is out of the picture tho.
Mar 24, 8:45 AM
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About time Higan took out that sick little bastard in the ninja suit. Thankfully Emma is still alive for now as we get more backstory about her being in the organization and her relationship with Mari. It looks like the organization started to change around the time that Mari got pregnant and now Yamaji has given the green light for Zai to take out Higan.
Mar 24, 9:21 AM

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That midget is finally gone
Good riddance
Mar 24, 10:18 AM

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Glad that little pervert is dead. Good riddance, and I'm glad he seemed to have a brutal death.

I guess we never got a confirmation that Emma died last episode, but it did seem heavily implied. Whatever, I like her and I'm glad she survived to provide some backstory regarding her relationship with Mari and how the organization became corrupted.

I don't mind the fighting with the mech suits but once we get to the inevitable Higan vs. Zai fight, I hope it's more like the fights in the first half of the show instead of a full mech suit fight. I'd even settle for a half and half type of fight.
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Mar 24, 10:22 AM
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That midget is finally gone
Good riddance
@Szn08 Yup. He was absolutely insufferable
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Mar 24, 10:28 AM
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Very Good ANIME. Probably the best Shinobi Anime I have ever seen.
Mar 24, 11:43 AM

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Don't skip the ED credits guys they show the night of Mari death with Emma there crying.

Also i am starting to think Higan son might be alive? Idk i think Mari ninja power and the way they show the scene in episode 1 might be a flag.

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Mar 24, 12:07 PM
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Don't skip the ED credits guys they show the night of Mari death with Emma there crying.

Also i am starting to think Higan son might be alive? Idk i think Mari ninja power and the way they show the scene in episode 1 might be a flag.

@ScarRufus good catch, i tend to skip ED
Mar 24, 1:16 PM
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The voice acting was terrible. Like comically bad.
Mar 24, 1:45 PM
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Ok I'm really glad we got to see more of his wife, Mari.
Mar 24, 3:16 PM
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1st episode we got godtier 2d animation and now we get ugly cgi what a fallof i feel baited
Mar 24, 3:43 PM

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i gotta say kinda couldn't concentrate on this ep. I was a bit distracted by emma being still alive. I mean it really seemed like she died last ep. It seemed very weird to me lol


coming soon
Mar 24, 6:16 PM
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Early on in this show, it was mid with good fights. Now, we seem to have lost those in favor of CGI. I'm dropping.
Mar 24, 7:52 PM
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so nice.
This ep was really so best than the ep 6, with al thesse things of mecha fight. So aleatory, the history plot in this anime is the motive to get excited every 1/7 for a new ep
Mar 24, 8:57 PM

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man i am so glad that fight was not bloated with cgi
emotional backstory kino
Mar 24, 9:03 PM

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must say the plot have improved a bit but... I didn't get everything they were sayin on this ep 🤣 plz someone make a post here telling what happened, oof... that was a lot of dialog! even in between the fight scenes 😕 3/5.

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Mar 24, 10:14 PM

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Neat backstory building. The "Master Plan" ha..?
Mar 27, 2:17 PM

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Nice backstory episode, Emma and Mari were a great duo.

We also get to see more of the organization's shadowy actions. Guess it's about time for everything to come to light.
Mar 28, 2:35 AM
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ragingly mid characters
Mar 29, 3:41 AM
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Higan decimated his opponent very easily & also got backstory of Emma's past, also it's near time we learn what Yamaji is up to.
Mar 30, 5:29 AM

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Ninjas doing ninja stuff.
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Mar 30, 8:18 AM
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Uma maravilhosa obra prima
Mar 31, 4:13 AM

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The fights are so good that it made the story lame lol, I just wanna watch the sick animation. Overall the episode was good.
Mar 31, 4:23 AM
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ScarRufus said:
Don't skip the ED credits guys they show the night of Mari death with Emma there crying.

Also i am starting to think Higan son might be alive? Idk i think Mari ninja power and the way they show the scene in episode 1 might be a flag.


protecting his son + fighting the ninjas
it's too difficult brother,even for a topmost ninja
Hope you understand her situation
Apr 3, 2:23 PM
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Feb 2019
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How did Mari died so easily in the first ep ?
Apr 4, 12:04 PM
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The organisation has a master plan and it´s working!
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Apr 5, 5:58 AM
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Nice plot-twist and backstory
Apr 17, 2:24 PM
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BEESTT anime ever
Apr 27, 4:11 AM

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Emma cried for Mari after the operation, just so sad
May 4, 1:25 PM
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The show was amazing up to this point, the inclusion of robot samurai things was a inevitability that the involvement of the tech guru was bound to have but man... when the show became more robot ninja's than ninja's, that's where it lost me.
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May 18, 2:20 PM
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Was definitely interesting to get Mari and Emma's backstory in the organization and what exactly happened between them
May 20, 11:28 AM
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This has to be one of my favourite episodes. It may have been a bit slow paced, and lacked some action, but getting to know more about the past and what led to the present is always a good episode in my books. It also gives us more information on the type of people the characters are/were. Amazing episode!
Aug 7, 1:35 AM
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Wait, i thought Emma was dead? Bruhh

Finally that pervert old man is dead dead.
But damn the Ninja Suit CGI fight scene was not good.

What an interesting backstory for Emma and Mari.
Aug 30, 9:18 AM

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Emma's past is sad, she met Sara.

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