Anatawa Hitorijanai

### Writer

Russ Carney, Ron Corcillo, Tony Gama-Lobo, Dale Malinowski, Josh Riley Brown & Ian Busch

### Director

Jake Castorena

"**Anatawa Hitorijanai**" is the twenty-third episode (Episode 13A) of the second season of Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and is the sixty-ninth episode overall in the series. It first aired on August 7, 2020.

## Characters

* April O'Neil (Kat Graham)
* Baron Draxum (Roger Craig Smith)
* Donatello (Josh Brener)
* Foot Recruit (Zelda Williams)
* Hamato Karai (Gwendoline Yeo)
* Leonardo (Ben Schwartz)
* Michelangelo (Brandon Mychal Smith)
* Raphael (Omar Benson Miller)
* Shredder (Hoon Lee)
* Splinter (Eric Bauza)
* Todd Capybara (Thurop Van Orman)
* Foot Lieutenant (Rob Paulsen)
* Foot Brute (Maurice LaMarche)

## Plot

The third part starts off with the turtle tank, where the Mad Dogs escaped from Shredder's wrath from the last episode. Leo is furious with Raph for leaving them behind and asked why. Raph explains that he has to because if they stayed at the lair, they would be crushed by Shredder. He promsied them that he is the oldest and he have a plan to defeat Shredder. Donnie angrily asks how, because they don't have their weapons, their lair, Splinter or Karai. With their weapons destroyed, they won't be able to fight the Shredder. To cheer them up, Todd takes them to Cuddle Cakes Puppy Rescue in the forest out on Long Island.

At the ruined lair, Shredder was certain that draining Karai's life source would make him stronger. Lieutenant explains that they need a element called Empyrean to order to drain a Hamato life source. Draxum says that he has some in his old lab, much to Splinter's shock.

At the forest, the Mad Dogs should try out the Ninpō thing and unlock their power. Todd says that can make the weapons for them, although theirs are destroyed, But he made gardening tools, much to the Mad Dogs' annoyance and confusion. Todd says that the tools are the first weapons in Japan to use, which causes dismayed Raph to slam his head on the table in annoyance.

Meanwhile, April came upon the damaged lair all abandoned and broken. When she hears weak moans April knew someone was alive, and finds an injured and dying Karai. April tries to help her but Karai said that she would be able to do it but she tells April to teach them the Hamato Ninpō. April said that she's not one of them but Karai said that she always have, and she slowly dies. April becomes teary eyed, but then Karai's spirit transfers into April's body and her clothes change into her Kunoich form.

April returns to the Mad Dogs and explains what has happened. Mikey thought that Karai was alive but April would tell him to let go. Leo asks if the people are safe in the orb, April says that it's safe..

Above the waterfall, April tells them to access their inner power, have to stay calm and feel connected to one not another. However the Mad Dogs didn't know how to and started to argue over it. Raph finally snaps saying that everything was depending on him. April asks him what was going on and Raph said that it's up to him and his brothers to save their father but he doesn't know how Karai's spirit spoke in Japanese again. Karai appears in Raph's vision, much to his joy. Raph wonders what that word means which Karai said 'you are not alone'. She then tells him that he can trust his family the way they trust him. Like when Leo fell off the building in the last episode where Raph unleashed his power.

Raph then peacefully lets out a trust fall off a tree and Leo Mikey and Donnie jump to save him, screaming out his name at the top of their lungs. Before they were about die from the hands of the Hamato, something happened. They unlocked their Ninpō warrior form and saved Raph transforming him also into his warrior form. Now that their true powers and true selves are unlocked, they can now go back to New York.

From the Hidden City, Shedder tells Draxum to fetch the Empyrean to harness the energy. Draxum knew that day that Shredder was the real threat of the prophecy, not humanity.

Meanwhile the Mad Dogs new they have to find a way to find them. Someone like Big Mama, much to Donnie's annoyance, ending the third part.

## Trivia

* "Anata wa hitori ja nai" 「あなたは一人じゃない」 is Japanese for "you are not alone." (See the associated article for more of its uses in other episodes.) But this episode's title spaces the words unusually as "Anatawa Hitorijanai." Though Japanese writing tends not to write spaces between words at all (as if "anatahahitorijanai"), "anata wa hitori ja nai" is actually a five-word phrase.
* This episode marks the final appearance of Todd Capybara.
* This episode reveals that Baron Draxum use Empyrean as the final ingredient for his mutagen.

## Videos

"Anatawa Hitorijanai" 🐢 Animatic - Rise of the TMNT