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Icon-ninningerThis article is about an episode in Shuriken Sentai Ninninger.

Shinobi 1: We're Ninja! (俺たちはニンジャだ! Ore-tachi wa Ninja da!)[1] is the first episode of Shuriken Sentai Ninninger.

Synopsis[]

With the passing of the Last Ninja, the Yokai Army is freed once again and it's time for the five descendants of Last Ninja, Takaharu, Fuuka, Yakumo, Nagi and Kasumi to become the Ninningers and protect the world from the Yokai Army. Takaharu returns to his hometown when a horde of ashigaru attack.

Plot[]

While Takaharu is on his way to his family dojo, an army of blue ashigaru storm the place and destroy it. Angered by their actions, he transforms into AkaNinger and destroys them. In the middle of a battle, an unknown yellowish figure takes a golden ornate hammer from the dojo's ruins.

After eliminating them, Takaharu de-transforms and greets his sister's arrival, only to be scolded after being blamed for destroying the dojo. Their father, Tsumuji, greets them and their three cousins later arrive as Tsumuji narrates the whole backstory. Long ago during the Sengoku era, ninjas of the Igasaki clans defeated Gengetsu Kibaoni and his armies to stop them from uniting Japan with terror, but vowed to eventually return upon his defeat. After 444 years, he returned as a Yokai and was sealed by Yoshitaka Igasaki, their grandfather, with 48 Sealing Shuriken. Fuuka and her cousins are granted Ninja Ichibantou as weapons for confrontation against the Kibaoni forces, but none of them are willing to take such a task for various reasons, with Fuuka even forcing Takaharu out of the possible fight.

After visiting Gengetsu's grave, the yellowish figure secretly destroys the grave's seal from within, releasing Gengetsu once again and releasing his armies to the human world. Numerous Hitokarages rise and attack the humans, with one of the Gengetsu's Sealing Shuriken affecting a chainsaw and bringing forth Yokai Kamaitachi, making the situation even worse. Deciding to follow in their grandfather's footsteps, they accept the mantle of ninja and transform into Ninningers, eliminating all of the Hitokarage and killing Kamaitachi.

The yellowish figure once again revives and enlarges Kamaitachi, allowing the Yokai to send the Ninningers flying. While the Ninningers are sent flying, a man in a bucket hat throws to the Igasaki ninjas five new Nin Shuriken that they then use to summon their OtomoNin. After a heated battle, they fuse their OtomoNins to form Shurikenjin. Once completed, Kamaitachi and Shurikenjin duke it out, ending with the destruction of Kamaitachi and the purification of the Sealing Shuriken that spawned him. After collecting the purified shuriken and having a few words spoken in-between the time, Takaharu vows to follow in his late grandfather's footsteps and try to honor his name but much to their shock, Yoshitaka Igasaki reveals himself to be very much alive and well, though he chides them for not fully utilizing their Ninja Companions to their true potential, as well as assuming he passed on, with the Ninningers still having a long way to go to defeat Gengetsu and his Yokai army via their dull Nintality, as well as bringing love and peace.

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Errors[]

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Notes[]

  • As part of Super Hero Time, this episode aired alongside Kamen Rider DriveIcon-crosswiki, episode 19, What Can Judge the Police?Icon-crosswiki.
  • Viewership: 4.8%
  • Sealing Shuriken Purified: 1 of 48.
    • In Ninningers' possession: 1
    • In Kyuemon's possession: 0
  • Most fireworks in closing credits for the Ninnin Game:
    • Blue: 3
    • Red: 7
    • Green: 3
    • Yellow: 3
  • The episode title was changed at some point between the magazine previews and the airing of the next episode preview for this episode. It was originally Shuriken Sentai, Depart! (手裏剣戦隊、始動! Shuriken Sentai, Shidō!).
Kamaitachi Kabe Don

Kamaitachi cornering Shinobimaru.

  • Yokai Kamaitachi's act of cornering Otomin Shinobimaru to a building is a reference to the Japanese meme "Kabe-Don" (壁ドン lit. Wall Block), where a man corners a woman in order to make advances, though now commonly called "Semi-Don" (蝉ドン lit. "Cicada Block")

DVD/Blu-ray releases[]

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Ninninger Volume 1, DVD cover

Shuriken Sentai Ninninger Volume 1 features episodes 1-4: Shinobi 1: We're Ninja!, Shinobi 2: Become the Last Ninja!, Shinobi 3: Formidable Enemy Gabi Appears! and Shinobi 4: It's Here! Paonmaru.

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Ninninger Collection 1, Blu-ray cover

Blu-ray Collection 1 comes with 12 episodes.

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Icon-ninninger List of Shuriken Sentai Ninninger Episodes
Episodes 1-10
Shinobi 1: We're Ninja!Shinobi 2: Become the Last Ninja!Shinobi 3: Formidable Enemy Gabi Appears!Shinobi 4: It's Here! PaonmaruShinobi 5: The Space Ninja UFOmaru!Shinobi 6: Tengu's Spiriting AwayShinobi 7: Spring Ninja Festival!Shinobi 8: The Nekomata Who Leapt Through Time!Shinobi 9: Ninjutsu vs. Magic, the Great Battle!Shinobi 10: Yee-haw! The Gold StarNinger
Episodes 11-20
Shinobi 11: Shinobimaru, Come Back!Shinobi 12: Ultimate Battle! Miracle CombinationShinobi 13: Burning! Ninja Sports DayShinobi 14: Beware of the 'Help-Me' Scam!Shinobi 15: Youkai, I Never FailedShinobi 16: The Father Tsumuji Is a Super Ninja!?Shinobi 17: Good Bye, StarNinger!Shinobi 18: The Youkai That Yakumo LovedShinobi 19: Search For It! The OtomoNin of the SkyShinobi 20: The Chozetsu! Lion Ha-Oh
Episodes 21-30
Shinobi 21: Burn! Ninja Baseball of DreamsShinobi 22: Super Combination! Ha-Oh ShurikenjinShinobi 23: It's Summer! Ninja Courage TestShinobi 24: It's Summer! The Chilling Arrival of Western Yokai!Shinobi 25: It's Summer! Beware of DraculaShinobi 26: It's Summer! Last Ninja Race Intermediate Announcement!Shinobi 27: It's Summer! Chozetsu Star is Born!Shinobi 28: Race to It! The Kibaoni Ninja SquadShinobi 29: Definitive Edition Ninja Sugoroku!Shinobi 30: Targeted Ninja School!
Episodes 31-40
Shinobi 31: The Runaway Ninja!Shinobi 32: Extremely Hot Ninja! Acha!Shinobi 33: The Kunoichi That Loved YakumoShinobi 34: Enter Jiraiya, Legendary World Ninja!Shinobi 35: Kinji Enters the Yokai Labyrinth!Shinobi 36: Kinji, the Glorious Super Star!Shinobi 37: Shuriken Legend ~The Road to Last Ninja~Shinobi 38: The Witch Girl Loves Yakumo?Shinobi 39: Kibaoni's Son, Mangetsu Appears!Shinobi 40: Look Out For Santa Claus!
Episodes 41-47
Shinobi 41: The Five Games of the Kibaoni Party!Shinobi 42: OtomoNin Wars! Nekomata Strikes BackShinobi 43: The Legendary Ninja! Yokai Karuta TacticsShinobi 44: The Final Battle! The Ordeals of the Last NinjaShinobi 45: Three Generations of Fathers and Sons! All Ninjas GatheredShinobi 46: The Last Shuriken Appears!Shinobi Final Chapter: To a Future Without Hiding, Wasshoi!
Movies & Specials
Movies: Super Hero Taisen GP: Kamen Rider 3Icon-crosswikiShuriken Sentai Ninninger The Movie: The Dinosaur Lord's Splendid Ninja Scroll!Shuriken Sentai Ninninger vs. ToQger The Movie: Ninjas in WonderlandCome Back! Shuriken Sentai Ninninger: Ninnin Girls vs. Boys FINAL WARSDoubutsu Sentai Zyuohger vs. Ninninger: Message from the Future from Super Sentai
Specials: Shuriken Sentai Ninninger Vs. Kamen Rider Drive Spring Vacation One-Hour Combining SpecialIcon-crosswikiShuriken Sentai Ninninger: AkaNinger vs. StarNinger Hundred Nin Battle!
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