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Ninnin Rewatch! 13 + 14

Episode 13 has a lot more development for Starninger but what makes it cool is that secretly, it's all about Kininger. Nagi wasn't the most interesting character at the start of the show (the most exciting part of his first focus episode was a truck), but this is where he starts to become genuinely cool, with the show letting him be the "heart" of the team, in this case getting Kinji to accept that he likes everybody else while also trying to kill them. Or so he says? Yoshitaka only said to defeat them and nobody treats it very seriously. I'd say it's just Kinji being overly dramatic, which makes enough sense for his personality (cowboys are all about sweet one-liners), but in his second episode he was totally about to stab Takaharu in his sleep so I really have no clue. Maybe he just knows that isn't going to work? Usually his "assassination attempts" only amount to light swordplay too so I guess that instance is just an outlier. ANYWAY, there's also some more of that great world-building (which isn't usually something I care about but Ninninger impresses me) with some other ninja who show up. The show never explicitly gives an info-dump but it paints a pretty clear picture that all the fantastical stuff you see is considered completely ordinary and even a bit mundane, which I find interesting.

Episode 14 has some more waffling on about family, this time focusing on Takaharu and Fuuka's relationship. This is another really good one, though I can imagine some people being frustrated with how easily Takaharu falls for the MotW's plan (which, to an extent, is the point). I love how it emphasizes what makes Fuuka cool (she's klutzy but surprisingly clever), Kinji plays a nice role in it (both this and 13 make it a point he hasn't had a family most of his life, giving him a nice contrasting perspective), and the very last scene with Fuuka indirectly stating she's proud to be Takaharu's sister is really touching in my opinion.