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May 10, 11:51 AM
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@otakuweek this argument is honestly terrible. I feel like everybody forgets the mechsuits were called kamui. It being about ninjas and mechs was literally in the title from the beginning. I feel like people don't understand that. If you're gonna hate an anime for the literal 2nd word in the 2 word title maybe do some digging into the plot. The anime was great and the 3d/CGI was pretty damn good for an anime, especially when you bring up arifureta and the new misfit of demon king academy. It's a 9/10. And overheated.
@JackOfDeath i don't like to compare anime to judge one...


i stopped after one season arifureta but that's not the subject.

i rarely give 9/10 to an anime.

we don't have to agree but just listen to my point, i love mecha,i'm big fan so if you already saw a lot of mecha in your life, please, don't lie to yourself by pretending that it was amazing, i won't believe you.

the anime had a lot of fans in the beginning because it was amazing, we all love ninja fights and the job was well done.

the plot of vengeance was not original but at first, i was imagining the dude going berserk to revenge his family and kill them with cruelty...

at the end, i'm sorry but the ninja stuff disappeared and there was no surprised in the plot.

and I really give 7 and not 6 because the beginning was great...
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May 11, 11:00 AM

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Ninjas doing ninja stuff.

4/10.
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May 11, 3:50 PM

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This anime fell off so hard ngl, first like 3-4~ episodes had so good looking fights ect but it went downhill real fast.

Still a hella fun watch and a badass anime overall, to bad the animations got ruined by lazy CGI by the very end, and the final fight was kinda ... meh, some goku type power up shit.

May 14, 1:14 PM

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CGI and lore menagement ruined it imo....It had great potential ngl but is kinda fair in the end.
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May 17, 6:34 PM

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I didn't hate the mecha suits. I love mecha and this kinda of stuff. I was ok with the vibe they were going for, but the CGI of them was not appealing. The glow effects didn't work well with the rest of the 2D art in the scenes they were in. Severely harmed the visual aspect of the show, while the other aspects (mainly the writing) were just very mediocre.
May 17, 7:43 PM

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Finally completed. It was honestly below average, story was mediocre. Just from 1st episode I felt it will be typical revenge anime and it was just that. Whole yamaji's reasoning about being in absolute control was idiotic. Joseph got good beatdown. For such a powerful organisation Auza fall apart quickly. I didn't really hate animation that much, It was well done. English dub was really good. Emma was interesting character but she has to die because of "plot". Final thought are it was good for one time watch anime

4/10
May 18, 7:18 AM

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Terrible ending, his friend is stuck living with one arm and he even threw his armour away. Also geek blondie can get out of jail to ruin the world with fake green climate change propaganda again and again. Looks like evil won in the end.
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May 19, 9:38 AM
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Biggest rating drop I’ve ever seen, from 8.8 to 7.6, though idk why it was that high for just the first 2 episodes
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7.1 now. Will likely fall further to below 6.
May 19, 9:39 AM
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Oct 2018
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Glad this finally ended
May 19, 11:02 AM
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Mar 2024
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was good for like 2 eps then they introduced the mechs and it went dogshit
May 23, 5:39 AM
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Apr 2018
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Not bad for a final fight, and Mike making Joseph peeing himself was well deserved, now he knows Mike will always be here to track him right when he comes out of jail
May 23, 1:34 PM
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Dec 2014
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It was alright, dont’t have much more to say lol
May 24, 8:03 AM
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Welp, the show finally has a lower rating than God of High School now (as I'm typing this, GOHS has a rating of 7.07 and Ninja Kamui's rating is 7.06). Also noticed that there are more reviews NOT recommending Ninja Kamui than there are reviews recommending it.

Edit: Welp, the rating has fallen below 7 now. How low can it go? Remember when this was in the Top 100 once?
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May 25, 11:44 PM

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Is the era of ninjas over? great!
Thank you Ninja Kamui for reminding me that it's never good to have high expectations in Japanese cartoons haha.
May 26, 2:02 PM
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Nope...I'm am not satisfied with the ending...felt a little rushed and felt like the MC was given some last minute power boost to beat Joseph. Fight scenes for the first 3 episodes were the best of the series....even the finale. The introduction of mechs is where the show went downhill. But what I will say is that E&H Production does have the capabilities to produce good action scenes, so I hope they adapt more action manga in future. Overall, I'll give this a 7/10, cause I do love the concept of shinobi, and Higan has shown character growth throughout the series. (And I was fond of Emma) But other than that, It's not up there with one of the great action anime.
May 28, 6:18 AM
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He will carry on the doody...
May 30, 9:30 PM

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Started out as a decent show, once the mech suits got introduced it went downhill, such a waste...
Jun 1, 6:18 PM
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Kind of a conflicting series, first two episodes really pulled me in. When it started and how it was originally advertised I was expecting some core, brutal ninja to ninja combat story, basically anime Ninja Assassin, but further down it involved into a high tech ninja mecha show which I actually wouldn't mind if the CGI animations was stronger. I totally would have been on board for an anime Metal Gear Rising but it fail to even keep that intensity once the mecha influence affected the show. The CGI visuals was just too clunky to take seriously. I was glad when the armors had shattered in the Higan vs. Zai fight (interesting POV angles during that fight btw) but Higan got another suit and Yamaji got his own suit for the final battle and I sighed.

Also story elements just went from ok, passable revenge story to kind of laughable in the end. I was waiting for some stronger narrative reason (besides "she was protecting her kid)" why Mari was top 3 but still got clapped so easily by low rank ninja grunt where as Higan and Zai could take down whole armies by themselves. Even the enemy boss fights was very weak, half the time when they died I was like "that's it?". Big D's death was incredibly underwhelming. Higan all of a sudden can copy other's Secret Arts. Enma had a false death early on only die in the dumbest way possible later. Yamaji had ninja Jedi abilities choking out some goons without touching them but that was dropped.

The ending episode was super rushed, Higan beats Yamaji and just leaves Zai, who seem desperately in need of a friend, off to his own and rides off into the sunset like he never gave a fuck about him, lol. There was some seeds for a potential sequel but not sure if I even care to see if it happens. Oh well at least coldrain's banger OP is something positive I can take away from this show.
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Apr 2022
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the ending did not portray the samurai but a tech method, kinda hated it
Jun 3, 9:52 PM

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The mecha suit crap ruined the show for me. Really liked the ninja type combat in the first few episodes and that was it.
Jun 4, 7:21 AM
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Feb 2023
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good start but middle and end part was abysmal
Jun 5, 5:15 AM
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the recency bias is now on the move considering the fact that it's 7.01 now
Jun 5, 7:22 PM
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the recency bias is now on the move considering the fact that it's 7.01 now
@egosumjohn 7.00 now so it's getting lower and it won't be long before it's in the 6/10 category like the rest of the other garbage animes.
Jun 5, 7:38 PM
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@egosumjohn 7.00 now so it's getting lower and it won't be long before it's in the 6/10 category like the rest of the other garbage animes.
@xZabuzax i already dropped it the only thing that is good in this anime is the fight scenes but the story is all over the place.
Jun 5, 7:47 PM
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@xZabuzax i already dropped it the only thing that is good in this anime is the fight scenes but the story is all over the place.
@egosumjkm I can see that you dropped Ninja Kamui in episode 2, at that time it wasn't that bad and the action scenes were indeed good but the action scenes, the story, the characters, and everything else degrades even further in the middle once they implement the Mecha crap and it gets even worse from there.

In the middle this is not even a Ninja anime anymore, it's a Mecha anime with crappy CGI animation in the action scenes so Ninja Kamui is definitely a bait and switch, I came for the Ninjas and I ended up with some cringe Power Ranger type of crap.

If an anime reaches 6/10 on this website then the anime clearly fucked up with something and Ninja Kamui indeed fucked up, it's good you didn't get to witness the part where this anime fucked up.
Jul 6, 6:45 AM

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I completely forgot there was a 13th episode to this series. Not really surprising, like damn, why did the action scenes have to fall off so bad?




Jul 7, 10:12 AM
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Had a lot of potential starting off but quickly became another rushed one cour ambitious show. Wasn’t necessarily bad and somewhat recovered in the middle episodes after the introduction of Emma-san as the helping ninja all along but then the pacing shot up again in preparation for the conclusion.

Banger Op though!

Going to be a little strict and go with a 5/10 for this.
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Jul 15, 12:08 AM
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Bro why cgi robots fight this was a shit
Jul 16, 4:23 PM
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The fight itself wasn't bad, but the crappy cgi really made it feel worse.
Jul 20, 1:05 PM
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Jul 2021
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Not a killer ending per se, but good enough.
Jul 20, 1:19 PM
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Will humanity find itself on the endangered species list, thanks to the ninjas? Or will Higan rise as the hero humanity desperately needs?

Yep. It's no surprise that the CEO of AUZA would hide or escape to a place created by his own company, AUZA. That should be obvious, right? Then there's Yamaji, claiming he wants to bring peace to the world through force, like a terrorist. Thankfully, Mike didn't try to sympathize with Joseph and just pulled the trigger. At least that's one positive from this finale. Everything else that followed was just... sigh.

For a show called NINJA Kamui, I expected the entire fight to involve, you know, ninjas, not some mechs that nobody asked for. All they did was throw in some secret arts and called it a day. They might as well have called it Mecha Kamui at that point. And of course, it's no surprise that all it took was a flashback with Mari and the opening theme to start playing for him to get an "impossible" power-up.

The final attack was impressive, I'll give them that, and only that. Oh, and for goodness' sake, the only good thing about this finale was Joseph's demise, but the dude didn't even die... he just pissed his pants... literally. I'll take what I can get, I guess. And of course everything has to come full circle, because obviously this won't get a second season, thankfully.

This anime was the biggest fumble I've seen. I had high hopes, not just because Park was involved, but because that first episode was so good. But unfortunately, the quality dropped soon after.

For a Toonami show, it's probably their best one yet. Even so, to put it simply, it's still not good.
@IzanaSolos Pretty spot-on criticisms. For me though, I did not expect the show's finale to blow me away story-wise. From EP1 on, I kinda got it that this is "Ninja Slayer From Animation" but serious and straight-faced.

There were a few twists along the story that I found interesting. E.g. Higan did not kill Zai (unlike 100 other ninja shows where the frenemy-nemesis must die 100%); Emma's backstory and demise; Joseph's complexity and his unexpected bond with the bodyguard ninja. I can see that the writers tried to nuance it as much as possible while the show's essence remains a 12-yr-old's ninja fantasy. But just like you, not all elements of the show satisfied me equally. I'd give the final duel a 7/10.
Jul 29, 7:41 PM

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Story was decent.

Let's hope they won't make a sequel.
Aug 1, 3:10 PM
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Dec 2013
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No longer in the Top 5000 lol.
Aug 4, 6:34 AM
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Mar 2024
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Hmmmm too pushy... not reccommended for those who searching for stories
Aug 9, 8:26 AM
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Oct 2019
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I'm sorry what, that's the ending? LMAO

It's crazy how we go from Epic 2D hand to hand combat Sakuga from the first episode into this garbage CGI Mecha Ninja suit lame ass fight scene.

I would say one thing that i really enjoyed from this Anime was Emma and Mike storyline.
That says a lot when your Anime biggest selling point is supposed to be the Ninja battle fight scene LOL

Ninja Kamui has to be one of the biggest fumble Anime i have ever seen in my life.
Usually when they played the OP during the final battle i get Hyped up but not this time.
4/10 absolutely wasted of my time
I rather watch some Trashy Isekai that will definitely more entertaining than this.
Aug 19, 10:21 PM
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Emma 😭😭😭
Aug 27, 11:48 AM
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Nov 2021
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It's a job well done too good anime and the art style with the music man it's just great the concept is also good and even though it's for a game promotion it's really good.
Sep 9, 9:05 PM
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The animation is very good
Sep 22, 8:56 AM

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It's finally over -_- the show was a disappointment ngl, it would've been better if it could upkeep the quality of the first 3 episodes for the entire series

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Oct 14, 4:49 AM
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Jan 2021
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The fall off needs to be studied. Watch only first 3 or so.
Oct 14, 11:46 PM
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The fall off needs to be studied. Watch only first 3 or so.
@Drykewolf The fall-off in this anime definitely needs to be studied, they may find the cure for Cancer, HIV, and world hunger altogether.
Oct 16, 9:32 AM
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Oct 2024
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Oct 25, 5:12 AM
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Apr 2024
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The animation was really good but I kinda felt that the story could have been much better
Oct 29, 2:18 PM

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Apr 2021
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I really liked this anime at the beginning, but it seems like in the end they relaxed to produce this last episode, disappointing. The story is good but I've seen similar ones. 5/10
Oct 31, 4:55 AM
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Aug 2024
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not great, not terrible
Dec 2, 12:17 AM
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Dec 2021
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évolution de mes reactions devant l'anime :
ep 1-4 🥰🥰🤯
ep 4-8 😐🙁
ep9-12 😡🤮🤡
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