Ninja of New Light City

**Ninja of New Light City** is the first episode of *Kamen Rider Kunai*. It reveals how Ren Minoru became Kunai, having earlier appeared in *Kamen Rider Mystic's season finale* .

## Plot

Centuries ago, ninjas and samurai have protected Asia from the evil of the Shadow Clan. After the Shadow Clan was defeated, the elders of the Ninja and Samurai Clans make a decision on who will protect the Sword of Darkness from any other evil forces. The Samurai leader was chosen; however, he was then corrupted by the power of the sword and revived the Shadow Clan by turning his clan members into Disciples of the Shadows. The leader of the ninja clan fought the new leader of the Shadow Clan and defeated him, sealing him inside the Sword of Darkness. He then kept the shadow buried in an unknown location. The only ones who will know the location are the elders, the descendants of the Ninja Clan leader and the leader himself. In present day, the remaining members of the Samurai Clan have long disbanded and only the Ninja Clan remains. Children in the Shadow Clan are trained in the art of the ninja in case the Shadow Clan or any other evil returns to the land.

Two people in Kunai Ninja Attire face off in a ninja battle in the woods. The two fight and one of them uses a vanishing trick to defeat the other. The defeated ninja is Ren Minoru and the other ninja is his young sister Yumi. An older man, who turns out to be their grandfather Aki, applauds Yumi for beating Ren again. Ren says that he would be able to defeat if she didn’t learn that vanishing trick. Yumi says that he’s upset that she learned it before he did. Aki tells him not to be ashamed and then gives him a cupcake since it’s his 18th Birthday. Aki tells Yumi to continue training while he takes Ren to the Hall of Warriors. Ren and Aki go into the hall and Aki explains that now that Ren is 18, he can now become the next great warrior of the Kunai Clan. Just like his father. Aki gifts Ren the Kunai Bottle. Aki tells Ren that when the land needs defending, he now has the power to protect it. Ren says that why was he chosen and not Yumi. Aki says that Yumi doesn’t have the maturity to be Kunai and she too young. Ren is older and Aki knows that Ren is ready for the challenge. And Ren has time to learn how to use the powers. Meanwhile, Yumi is still training in the woods and a dark figure is watching her. The figure attacks and Yumi dodges him. Yumi tells the figure to quit playing around and the figure turns out to be her friend Kira. Kira tells Yumi that he’ll surprise her one day. The two are then surrounded by a bunch of ninjas. Yumi thinks that her grandfather sent them to train her. However, when she punches one of their masks off, the ninja has no physical body. It’s only a shadow. Yumi and Kira run as Kira goes to ring the warning bell while Yumi goes to find her grandfather. Ren and Aki hear the bell sound and Aki says that the bell hasn’t been sounded in centuries. Yumi finds her grandfather and says that she saw shadow warriors. Aki tells Ren to take Yumi to the academy while he goes to check something. Aki goes to a secret cave to see if the sword of darkness is gone. He finds that it has been replaced with a fake. Aki tries to figure out how anyone knew where the sword was but is then stabbed a someone. Elsewhere, Ren and Yumi make it to the academy where Shadow warriors are attacking. Yumi and Ren help the students fight off the shadows. They then go search for the grandfather and then come across Aki stumbling in the woods. Aki tells them they need to go to America to find the Sword of Darkness. Aki tells them to find their cousin Koda Iwani in New Light City. Aki says that he’ll use what’s left of his power to create a shield big enough to surround Asia so Shadows can’t get in. Ren tells him not to since it will kill him. Aki tells them that they can preserve his soul in Yumi’s necklace crystal. Aki creates the barrier and his soul goes into Yumi’s necklace. Later, Yumi and Ren arrive in New Light City and searches for the Kunai Light Dojo in search of Koda. They encounter Koda who putting out a dojo student refusing to pay him. Ren and Yumi meet Koda and Yumi says that he’s bigger than she expected. Ren tells Koda about the possible return of the shadow clan and Koda tells Ren to be ready to use the Kunai Bottle. Koda says that he can train Ren to fight as Kunai. Koda gets an alert on his phone from his drone. Koda says that he’s a tech guru and has a drone around the city to track crime. The alert tells him that a group of shadow warriors are entering the city. They go to where the Shadow Warriors are, and they try to fight them. Koda encourages Ren to turn into Kunai. Ren tries to open the Kunai Bottle but can’t for some reason. His uncle telepathically through Yumi’s necklace tells Ren that he can do it. Ren is able to open the Bottle and transforms into Kamen Rider Kunai. Kunai defeats the Shadow Warriors. Elsewhere, a man is looking out of a window of his office. The man says that soon his empire will grow. It is revealed that the man has possession of the Sword of Darkness.

## Cast

* Ren Minoru: Jo Sawao
* Yumi Minoru: Rise Rina
* Koda Iwani: Qian Yin
* Kojima Tessai: Charlie Juichi

## See Also

* First NinPow! Volume: Hattari's Love is Unrequited - Counterpart in *Rider Time: Kamen Rider Shinobi*