Cute Girls Doing Cruel Things

My Review of "A Ninja and an Assassin Under One Roof"!

Name: Cute Girls Doing Cruel Things
Item: A Ninja and an Assassin Under One Roof
Rating: 86
Author: HeartbreakRebel

I didn’t expect to like this anime THAT much…..Story After running away from her village, ex-ninja Satoko Kusagakure is chased by ninja pursuers to claim her bounty. After an assassin named Konoha Koga saves her from one of her pursuers. Satoko chooses to stay with her and help Konoha with her job by hiding the bodies with her ability to turn things into leaves. This cycle continues as Konoha and Satoko continuously deal with ninja pursuers and try to adjust to this new life of living together.

Characters Satoko Kusagakure is an energetic, friendly, and somewhat airheaded ninja. Despite being trained as a ninja, she’s quite inexperienced with combat. However, she’s great with house skills, providing food and keeping Konoha’s house clean. Konoha Koga is a reserved assassin who doesn’t show emotion much. She’s merciless killer who keeps her distance from Satoko while still caring for her as she helps Konoha’s assassin ratings go up.

The Good This anime balances a bunch of elements that wouldn’t usually go well together. You obviously have the “Cute Girls Doing Cute Things” vibe they portray plus the quick, yet cruel acts of murder that repeatedly go on with little to no mercy towards the victims, and then you have those sad scenes with backstories or depressed outcomes. Surprisingly, this anime was able to balance all three of these features and equally portray each of them in a way that doesn’t have one overtake the other. Speaking of cute girls, I really loved the artstyle and animation of this anime. For a show like this, I wouldn’t have expected this to be that well animated. The character designs feel like something out of Magilumiere Magical Girls Inc. and I love it. The comedy was pretty great as well and made this anime more enjoyable. I liked the small detail in the ED where all the ninjas that are leaves become leaves in the ED as well. It’s a small change, but it helps due to its humorous nature.

The Bad To be honest, I wasn’t really a fan of episodes 5 and 6 as much as the others. Episode 5 just felt meh to me and really made me dislike Konoha. The robot bit got old really quickly for me. Episode 6 was completely fanservice. FYI, I’m not a fan of fan-service focused episodes, so EP6 just wasn’t enjoyable for me and I thought that it wasn’t needed. Another small complaint I have is focused on the action scenes. Although it was pretty funny to see the fights go by so quickly, I really wished we had a couple more fights where there was some trouble so the skills of the ninja and assassin could show off more.

The Downright Ugly Despite the cruel acts of the cute girls, I don’t think there was anything downright ugly here.

Is It Worth The Watch? Despite my complaints list looking like a lot, I really enjoyed this anime way more than I thought I would. It’s silly, it’s depressing, it’s twisted? It’s all of the above! So yes, this is absolutely worth the watch for an emotional rollercoaster.

Thank you for taking the time to read my review. I hope this helped you with your decision on whether to watch this anime or not! If you already have watched it, I hope that you can agree with me with some of the points I made. If you enjoyed this review, I would greatly appreciate a follow too! ^^