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89. In the Heart of Kunoichi Tsubaki
https://myanimelist.net/anime/50338/Kunoichi_Tsubaki_no_Mune_no_Uchi
Spring 2022 (13 episodes)
My Score: 7/10, MAL Score: 7.18/10
Best Character: Tsubaki

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vGjof0118M

Premise: In a remote mountain village, Tsubaki is one of many young girls training to become ninjas. They arent allowed any contact with men, but Tsubaki is starting to get strange feelings.

The Good: In the Heart of Kunoichi Tsubaki is a cute girls comedy about a clan of ninja trainees. There are twenty or so different characters, and only a few of them get any real characterization. This is mostly a gag anime, though, so having a bunch of different archetypes is fun for all the jokes that come with them. Tsubaki is curious about men and often gets flustered whenever the topic comes up, but nobody has any real information so her attempts to learn more always end in hilarious misunderstandings. Otherwise, shes one of the most competent ninjas, which helps her keep track of the quirky characters who get in all sorts of trouble. The animation is surprisingly good. I wouldnt call this an action anime, but some of the mock battles look damn impressive. My favorite parts were all the jokes from the ninja training and their powers, like shapeshifting, weapons, traps, and the ability to jump super high. It was a fun setting full of fun characters.

The Bad: This anime doesnt do anything terrible. Its mostly held back by the basic characters. This is a gag anime, so character development and dramatic story arcs shouldnt be the focus. I still felt that there were too many characters for me to get attached to any of them. Even in other gag anime I can care about the cast and learn more about their relationships with each other. Aside from Tsubaki, no one in this really stood out beyond a good joke or two involving them.

Overall: In the Heart of Kunoichi Tsubaki was a lot of fun for the ninja training antics. I also liked Tsubakis misadventures in trying to learn more about men. It was cute and innocent, and it gave her a nice driving goal without ever dominating things. A lot of the gags had nothing to do with men, after all, and she was the voice of reason in those. Then she could be funny too if the topic of men came up. There were a lot of nice character dynamics. Id have preferred it if some of them had more development, but overall this was a nice comedy anime about ninjas.

COMING UP TOMORROW:
88: This anime cant seem to get where its going.
C85: This character stayed up all night playing video games.
87: This anime is willingly turning itself into a servant.