I wouldn't hold my breath. Their battle cry is "the ninjas who don't hide," after all.

no. there's no time.

As I said, it's just a small detail, no big rant. I point it out because, correct me if I'm wrong, "nin~nin " is some kind of onomatopoeia for 'stealth' or 'furtive'. Fionne does this when she invades Laharl's lair in the beginning of Disgaea 1 (sorry, sole reference that comes to mind atm :D).

So, that's a show, where in the very first episode, the battle cry "the ninjas who don't hide" renders the title wrong/out of waters/lol/wtf (and they HIDE the mechs btw). But I understand the title is marketed waaaaayyyy before the writer(s) begins his work.

Well thats kinda the point :lol

They inherit the Ninja title but do things their own way regardless of the things they are expected to do.

Ninja's that don't hide becuase they don't got no time for that.

Sounds legit to me.

So far, so good. I did not even know that the mechs could swap seats.

I kind of loathed this episode for the first 10 minutes.

Two reasons...

1) I find Ninja Grandpa insufferable. I am not charmed in the slightest by that guy. He gives me Magiranger vibes, which, just, no-- please, no!

2) The actor who plays Takaharu/AkaNinger is objectively terrible. I know sentai actors usually get better after a few episodes, but this guy... he worries me. I kind of hate looking at his dumb face, and that might become problematic. But who knows? Maybe I'll come around.


That said, I got REALLY into the episode once it started being about Yakumo. That guy -- and the actor who plays him -- is awesome. A lot of Sentai series are scared of having their heroes come into conflict with each other, and I'm glad to see that Ninninger won't be one of those. The teams are always better when the members don't get along 100% of the time.

One last thing: Shurikenjin Drago is baller.