The Shinobi Village

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**The Shinobi Village** is the fourth episode of the Ninjala 2D Cartoon Anime, with Kappei as the main character. It was released on October 19, 2020.

## Overview

After watching a quick play during the Requiem Festival in Oedo, Kappei returns home from running a few errands as his grandfather Gen'unsai scolds out a pair of men who tried to convince him to turn his kendo dojo into a ninjustu dojo. Later that day, they are visited by a group of ninjas, who ambush and attempt to kill them. Gen'unsai escapes with Kappei and takes him to a secret shrine housing Gumchi, an extraterrestrial lifeform who landed on Earth several centuries ago. The ninja return and attempt to kidnap it, but are unsuccessful as Kappei defeats them with Gumchi's help. Gen'unsai sends Kappei and Gumchi to his twin brother in Komerika for training, and the two set off on their journey.

## Synopsis

The episode opens with a play of two ninjas fighting on a rooftop. As one ninja strikes a pose, the other jumps down as flames emerge and go forward. Kappei, who is attending the play, cheers with the rest of the audience, exclaiming about how cool ninja are and wishing his grandfather Gen'unsai would teach him Ninjutsu. Kappei heads back to his dojo home, with four suspicious men in suits following him, and passes under a tree, upon which a monkey holding the bell is perching. When he arrives back at the dojo, he sees Gen'unsai bickering with two men about Ninjutsu, who want him to turn the place from a kendo dojo to a Ninjutsu dojo, and Gen'unsai kicks them out. He asks Kappei what took him so long to get the shopping done, then tells him to do a thousand practice runs before cooking the rice.While Kappei practices his swordsmanship, the four suspicious men from earlier appear, presumably WNA agents, and attack Gen'unsai.

He blocks the kunai slash with his cup but the assaulter overpowers and injures him. Kappei tries to join the fight with his wooden training sword, but his sword is cut in half. The ninja attacks with the ninpo "Flame Strike," but Gen'unsai counters with the ninpo "Wind Blade," extinguishing the flames and pushing the ninjas back, and he and Kappei escape.In a backyard of sorts, Gen'unsai and Kappei talk, with Genunsai being a bit hurt from the slash across his chest. Gen'unsai reveals to his grandson that they were both descended from ninja, and Gen'unsai had been trained as one. They come across a secret shrine, and a mysterious yellow creature, Gumchi, pops out of the shrine, jumping on Kappei's face.

Gen'unsai explains that it was taken in by their ancestors hundreds of years ago after it came with a comet, and that many foreigners have since tried to take it, possibly because it could hold the secret of Shinobi power.The ninjas appear again to take Gumchi; Gen'unsai is unable to fight due to his previous injury, so Kappei picks up a tree branch and tries to protect Gen'unsai and the Gumchi himself. Gumchi, impressed with the boy's determination, knocks away the branch, and transforms into a weapon resembling an IPPON Katana. Kappei engages the ninja with Gumchi's aid. They throw kunai at him, but Kappei knocks them away with Gumchi, and then takes out the first ninja by hitting him in the head.

He takes out the second and third next, but the final one uses "Flame Strike" again. Gumchi begins to spin around quickly, replicating the effects of "Wind Blade" enough to put out the flames. He then takes out the final ninja. After the fight, Genu'nsai sends Kappei off to Komerika, revealing that he has a twin brother named Genryusai who has left Iga to cross the sea. Gen'unsai convinces Kappei to enter Ninjala with Gumchi, while Gen'unsai will stay behind to defend their home. Kappei goes to Komerika.

## Characters in order of appearance

1. Kappei
2. Gen'unsai
3. Gumchi
4. Genyrusai (flashback only)

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## Trivia

* Similar events are retold in the anime episode Kappei of the Shinobi Village.