Do you like Ninjas? Then this is for you
This one was a rather sudden watch on my end when I decided to pick this up in the fall 2023 season but it managed to pique my curiosity a bit, atleast the first episode did. This anime was a jumbled bag of sorts. While at one hand it portrays a sort of a modern Ninja group who are living day to day lives and are hiding in plain sight doing what needs to be done but the execution left much to be desired. The premise was interesting no doubt but the execution is where I have issues with this.
Let's start with the main issue I have with this anime, I really think this anime should not have opted for the piece by piece storytelling style. I don't know if this was in the manga or this is just the Director's personal flair but it definitely can get really confusing really fast. Things are shown from the past and present perspective, events shown out of order to later be assembled for the wow factor (Something like Baccano you can say). But this does not work in the favour of the anime at all. In fact, at one point I thought stuff was happening in the present but it was infact the last. I have no issue with the pacing or animation and think those were done really well. The only thing detracting from my enjoyment of this kind of weirdly unique anime was the out of order storytelling which Iam not a fan of. Don't get me wrong, it works in several other shows where mystery is the driving force or in supernatural shows but in a realism dipped show like this it actually doesn't work in my opinion. It's something done for the shock value and wow factor but it has no impact.
Now let's talk about the characters, The MC is one of the most bland characters I've had the displeasure of seeing lol. Like he seriously cannot be bothered to do something. His lack of enthusiasm or even remotely any interest in stuff really makes me not like his character at all. Character wise, I don't think there was even one standout character here. They are all wacky and do wacky stuff and that's about it. Nothing to write home about.
Now let's start with the positives of this show aswell
The animation and artstyle is oozing style, definitely think it's perfect for this sort of anime and atmosphere.

▶ ▶ The opening and ending are absolute bangers aswell. Soundtrack was good and nicely placed. The ending for this was generally one of the most out of nowhere stuff I've seen recently and that increased my overall thoughts about this anime. The ending is such a big plottwist.

All in all, definitely one of the most unheard of anime of the past season and it definitely was interesting and tried to do something different which is appreciated. It did some bold stuff and the author used really unconventional ideas. It definitely deserves another season since it was enjoyable and I would love to watch more of it.
I'll rate this an honest to goodness 7/10. Thanks for reading!