Kita ze Inbou! - キタぜ陰謀!

[ Episode 2: Raimei ]

Raimei is soooooooo cute.

Hmm. One of the things this episode has revealed is that Thobari knew Miharu ever since he was a child. They don’t appear to be actual brothers though even though Miharu called him “oni-chan” in the flashback. It’s interesting though that I didn’t pick up on that guy carrying Miharu in the first episode was Thobari. Then again he was pretty young and his character wasn’t introduced yet (and I couldn’t be bothered to look back since I was in a daze at how good the first episode was). This episode mainly introduces the highly exciting and energetic Raimei who I instantly fell for. She’s pretty cute and a fighter to boot. I’m glad she didn’t turn out to be a tsundere and I’m looking forward to seeing her in actual combat, especially since she expressed that she only uses her sword and not ninjutsu. I’m guessing that means she knows no ninjutsu (by choice) or can’t learn any.

The end of the episode was pretty surprising since there wasn’t any indication of any kind of antagonist being on the move throughout the entire episode. So seeing the Fuuma ninjas just fall out of no where took me off guard even after Raimu realized the village was not hidden for some unknown reason. From the preview it seems like we’ll be meeting one of the characters seen in the OP and at the end of the previous episode (the guy in the big hat). Is he friend or foe, I wonder? At the moment he seems to be the latter. Perhaps he’s just one of the few that want the secret art?