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Oct 21, 2025 10:52 AM
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Seems both sides have key players in their factions.

I do feel like the ninjas have a better, strategic planning than the yakuza though. Episode felt like a mini movie with the burning flames. Tanaka is a hell of a fighter. I respect it.
Oct 21, 2025 11:15 AM
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It's too early to make a climax episode when the audience still doesn't feel any attachment to any deceased characters. It's like this anime is trying to pass 3 episode rule at any cost.

I do fancy high male bonding though, but I still despise killing. Can't they just have a non-life-threatening fight like Wind Breaker?
Oct 21, 2025 11:23 AM
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Such a fantastic episode It felt epic with all the flames.
Oct 21, 2025 1:02 PM
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Pacing was god-awful. I re-read these scenes before watching the episode and this was handled so poorly it almost feels disrespectful to the mangaka. NONE of the emotion was there from the manga because viewers were given no time at all to learn who these characters are and why they should care. Shinoha's fight with Ikeda started and ended in the time it takes to get up and use the bathroom.
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Oct 21, 2025 2:05 PM
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Godzilla cameo!!!!!
Oct 21, 2025 3:57 PM
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Slow down and take the time for the players to breathe.
Oct 21, 2025 8:57 PM
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Yea have to agree with the pacing and also the singing at the end was kinda funny the way they did it
Oct 21, 2025 9:40 PM
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Yeah this is a Studio Deen cuz man the Animation looks so painfully cheap
And the Dub makes the experience worse
Oct 21, 2025 11:15 PM
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Finally some action that's what I've been waiting for!! Best episode so far and I'm excited for more!!
Oct 22, 2025 4:02 AM

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Bro, what are they doing with this anime? Is the manga going on the same pace as the anime? I feel like they are showing too much and too fast. Killing characters so soon that I can't even connect with them. And why are the Gokudo acting like ninja are bad for killing their family? Their whole generation have been doing the lowest of the scum ahh jobs. Human trafficking, organ transplantation and even child hostages. I don't even care of they die.
Oct 22, 2025 9:51 AM

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So close to seeing one another yet so far.

They are dying like flies in this. We didn't even get to have good development for them.

The proportions of the MC as a kid were hilarious, also the singing at the very end.
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Oct 22, 2025 10:01 AM

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What I hate about this is that it is black and white. There is no nuance to the Gokudo they are straight up pieces of trash the pond scum of society. They harvest the organs of orphans to sell on the black market and traffic women and young girls. In WWII they actually made the fire bombing of Tokyo somehow worst. Yet somehow we are supposed to root for this doomed yaoi between the two leads? Fuck. That. Shit.
This is just violent for violence sake and the plot is on par with the animation. Pretty average verging on trash. I'm done.
Oct 22, 2025 4:05 PM

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good episode

it could obviously be be better but it was not bad
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Oct 23, 2025 10:32 PM
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This season is so bad this is unironically my most anticipated show this season, I love the author's sheer dedication of making this pure bullshit. Although I agree the pacing is too fast
Oct 24, 2025 11:18 AM
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its so batshit crazy love it
Oct 24, 2025 6:55 PM

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I didn’t really like this anime. It’s kinda crazy and doesn’t make much sense — I don’t really get why ninjas would fight gokudous. But yeah, for now I’d give it a 6, mainly because the deaths hit way harder than I expected compared to everything else in the show.
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Oct 28, 2025 1:47 PM
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It's good to have stakes where characters can die, but it's also kind of disappointing how these supposedly powerful ninja seem to die fairly "easily" (in quotes, since I guess he was against a human pyramid of enemies).

Still caused a 🙄🙄🙄 disappointing feeling when seeing him get defeated though, and didn't feel sad really as didn't have any time develop the characters before they're killed off.

Also wished the MC beat the annoying kid enemy.
Oct 29, 2025 4:38 AM
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its so batshit crazy love it
@fofopy Same. I get why this isn't some people's cup of tea, but it's so insane I can't help but enjoy it. From the ridiculous over the top violence to the ridiculous "power of friendship" seeds that are being planted so that the two main characters will either settle the war between the tribes or will amp the drama to over 9000 when they have their final showdown. I don't care the animation is kinda choppy. I don't care the art design is terrible. I don't care the logic and pacing are terrible. It's hilarious and I am utterly entertained for the entirety of each episode lol
Oct 29, 2025 4:43 PM

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Animation is dogshit just like the direction and writing. Dropped
Oct 31, 2025 11:15 PM

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Several strong people have already died... How many are left now? Hmm...
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Nov 12, 2025 5:14 AM
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It was a piece of crap. It was not an art
Nov 22, 2025 11:06 PM

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The most unremarkable and weakest Gokudo of Destruction vs. the kindest and unbeaten Imperial Ninja, this is Kousei Yuzawa vs. Nodoka Matsumoto's fight for a start. Even when Shinoha comes to their battle expecting the worst to stop them, he unfortunately has the Takemoto's 2nd Gen bodyguard of Keisuke Ikeda to contend with, and Shinoha won it with some tough love. This, however, is not the same with Nodoka against Yuzawa, which the latter group has the support of his men to help defeat the ninja, though he did inflict a self-suicide on himself, and Nodoka, having been trained by Shinoha himself, though with a direct stab to the chest and a gunshot to finally put him down.

However, within the raging inferno, both Kiwami and Shinoha not recognizing each other, with the latter going against the dual-wielding pro killer Gamute on the haste to save Nodoka, and a ceasefire to recoup their losses. Still, it's "sad" to see Nodoka lose his life, after being trained from the kid himself to be capable, as well as passing on valuable information to the ninja, and Gamute being sacrificed after Yuzawa's loss as well to decimate the entire Kabukicho to the ground.

Lots of killing, and no time to rest...
Dec 26, 2025 6:09 AM
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censorship of a middle finger but shows decapitation...
Jan 7, 9:31 AM

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some villain , blew up his own pawn .. so 1 by 1 both sides will lose members and in end main duo will fight .. awesome .. never seen that before , right


tsk , am done .. toodles ninja

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