# E1 - A Bolt from the Blue
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GK9U3JDKN/a-bolt-from-the-blue)
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**[00:01] sign**
PLANNING DRAFT
**[00:20] sign**
ANIMATION BY TROYCA
**[00:36] sign**
DIRECTED BY SHU WATANABE
**[01:12] sign**
SHINOBI NO ITTOKI
**[01:12] sign**
SHINOBI NO ITTOKI
**[01:12] sign**
SHINOBI NO ITTOKI
**[01:12] sign**
SHINOBI NO ITTOKI
**[01:12] sign**
SHINOBI NO ITTOKI
**[01:12] sign**
SHINOBI NO ITTOKI
**[01:20] sign**
Third Iga Middle School
**[01:23] Extra Sign**
Problem: For the function y=-4x^2,
**[01:38] sign**
Safety First
**[01:41] Tamura**
Teacher!
**[01:43] Tamura**
Ittoki is sleeping!
**[01:45] Ittoki**
I was not!
**[01:46] Extra Sign**
Problem: For the function y=-4x^2, find the rate of change
over the following values of x: (1) From -5 to -2
**[01:46] Teacher**
Slacking off with exams coming up, are we?
**[01:49] Ittoki**
I just... saw something outside the window...
**[01:52] Teacher**
Well then, Mr. Ittoki Sakuraba...
**[01:54] Teacher**
You'll have no problem solving this, will you?
**[01:57] Ittoki**
Yeah...
**[02:11] Extra Sign**
Problem: For the function y=-4x^2, find the rate of change
over the following values of x:
(1) From -5 to -2
When x=-5
When x=-2
The rate of change is...
**[02:11] Teacher**
You're supposed to get it wrong.
**[02:13] Ittoki**
What?!
**[02:14] Ittoki**
You're the one who made me do it!
**[02:18] sign**
Safety First
**[02:22] Tamura**
Ittoki!
**[02:23] Tamura**
You'll finally come do karaoke
with us today, right?
**[02:25] Ittoki**
I want to!
**[02:27] Ittoki**
But I have lessons, so I can't.
**[02:30] Ittoki**
Sorry.
**[02:31] Boy 1**
What a killjoy.
**[02:33] Boy 2**
Dude, when will you have free time?
You have lessons like every day.
**[02:37] Ittoki**
It bums me out, too. I wanna
hang out with you guys!
**[02:41] Ittoki**
I can't help it.
**[02:43] Tamura**
You've always had all these lessons.
How many is it now?
**[02:48] Ittoki**
Well, cram school six times a week
and gymnastics three times a week,
**[02:52] Ittoki**
and swimming and judo on top of that...
**[02:54] Ittoki**
I managed to get out of flower
arrangement and dance.
**[02:57] Boy 2**
Huh. That's life in a distinguished
family for you.
**[03:00] Ittoki**
You've got it wrong.
**[03:02] Ittoki**
We run one store under
a government contract.
**[03:05] Ittoki**
We're not rich.
**[03:06] Boy 1**
Yeah, you certainly don't have
that aura of money.
**[03:10] Boy 2**
So, what do you have today?
**[03:12] Ittoki**
Gymnastics and cram school.
**[03:14] Tamura**
I feel like you should at least make some
memories in the last bit of middle school.
**[03:19] Ittoki**
The last bit, huh...
**[03:22] Ittoki**
You're right...
**[03:25] Ittoki**
Count me in!
**[03:32] Ittoki**
Count me out...
**[03:40] Ittoki**
Kousetsu...
**[03:41] Kousetsu**
What?
**[03:42] Ittoki**
Wouldn't it be less awkward
for you to walk next to me?
**[03:46] Kousetsu**
I see no reason to do that.
**[03:49] Ittoki**
Cold.
**[03:50] Kousetsu**
I'm just making sure you don't
skip your lessons.
**[03:53] Kousetsu**
Pay me no mind.
**[03:55] Ittoki**
How do you expect me to do that?
**[03:57] Kousetsu**
I don't like it, either.
**[03:58] Kousetsu**
I'm only doing this because your mom asked.
**[04:02] Ittoki**
You know, you don't have to listen
to other people's moms.
**[04:06] Kousetsu**
If we weren't childhood friends,
I wouldn't have.
**[04:09] Ittoki**
How is that a reason?
**[04:13] Kousetsu**
Annoying...
**[04:14] Ittoki**
What did you just say?
**[04:16] Ittoki**
It was hard to hear, so could you
say it again—with your mask off?
**[04:21] Kousetsu**
I don't take orders from you.
**[04:31] Coach**
Can I have a minute, Ittoki?
**[04:33] Ittoki**
Yes?
**[04:34] Coach**
Ittoki, what do you think about formally
pursuing gymnastics in high school?
**[04:38] Ittoki**
Huh?
**[04:39] Coach**
You'll be swamped with practice, but I really
think you can make it at the higher levels.
**[04:45] Ittoki**
Um... Well...
**[04:48] Coach**
No need to rush. I know you have
your family to think about, too.
**[04:53] Ittoki**
Okay...
**[04:55] Coach**
But I want you to think about it,
since you could definitely go far.
**[05:03] Ittoki**
My future path, huh?
**[05:08] Ittoki**
Crap, I'll be late to cram school!
**[05:14] Ittoki**
A little shortcut!
**[05:20] Ittoki**
My bad!
**[05:45] Ittoki**
Are you all right?!
**[05:47] Ittoki**
I'll call an ambulance right now!
**[05:49] Crowd**
What happened?!
**[05:49] Crowd**
Are you all right?
**[05:56] Middle-Aged Lady**
Like I said...
**[05:58] Middle-Aged Lady**
There was a bug in the greens
I bought from your place!
**[06:02] Tokisada**
Ahuh...
**[06:04] Middle-Aged Lady**
Don't just say "ahuh"!
**[06:05] Tokisada**
Oh...
**[06:06] Middle-Aged Lady**
No "oh," either!
**[06:08] Middle-Aged Lady**
Have you been listening to a word I've said?
**[06:10] Tokisada**
Yeah.
**[06:12] Tokisada**
Bugs are good if you deep-fry them!
**[06:15] Tokisada**
Ouch.
**[06:15] Kozo**
Tokisada! You little...
**[06:17] Kozo**
Get over here.
**[06:18] Reiha**
We sincerely apologize, ma'am.
**[06:22] Kozo**
Tokisada...
**[06:24] Tokisada**
Mr. Kozo, isn't it a problem to use
the merchandise to smack me?
**[06:28] Kozo**
I'll save these ones for myself!
**[06:30] Kozo**
Ugh, that's not the issue.
**[06:32] Tokisada**
Besides, that lady was
the usual complainer.
**[06:35] Kozo**
I know!
**[06:36] Kozo**
There are other ways to handle it!
**[06:38] Reiha**
I'll go out to the storefront.
**[06:40] Kozo**
Manager!
**[06:41] Reiha**
It seems Tokisada isn't suited
to customer interaction.
**[06:45] Kozo**
This guy is too much!
**[06:47] Reiha**
People are cut out for different things.
**[06:51] Reiha**
You can leave for today, but could
I ask you to pick Ittoki up?
**[06:55] Tokisada**
Okay.
**[06:56] Tokisada**
No trouble.
**[06:58] Reiha**
Make sure to clock out.
**[07:02] Tokisada**
Stingy...
**[07:05] Ittoki**
Thank you very much!
**[07:08] Ittoki**
Thanks for waiting, Uncle!
**[07:10] Tokisada**
Ittoki...
**[07:12] Tokisada**
Could you get a moped license
during high school?
**[07:15] Ittoki**
I've told you I don't need to be picked up.
**[07:17] Tokisada**
Corporate mandate.
**[07:19] Tokisada**
It's a bit of a pain in the ass.
**[07:21] Ittoki**
Jeez.
**[07:26] Tokisada**
You got involved in an accident?
**[07:29] Ittoki**
Yeah.
**[07:30] Ittoki**
Apparently, both their front tires burst.
**[07:32] Tokisada**
Any injuries?
**[07:33] Ittoki**
Nope.
**[07:36] Ittoki**
What?
**[07:37] Tokisada**
And you still go to cram school
after something like that?
**[07:40] Tokisada**
Being a goody-two-shoes sure is rough.
**[07:42] Ittoki**
Shut up.
**[07:45] Ittoki**
I have to put up with certain things.
**[07:52] Yuka**
I'm home!
**[07:53] Yuka**
I'll make dinner now.
**[07:55] Ittoki**
I'll help.
**[08:01] Ittoki**
You were pretty late today.
**[08:02] Yuka**
A complaining customer took a bit of my time.
**[08:06] Ittoki**
Isn't it tough on you?
**[08:08] Ittoki**
Once I start high school, I'll work
part-time to contribute to expenses.
**[08:11] Yuka**
It's fine.
**[08:12] Yuka**
We have your father's life insurance.
**[08:15] Ittoki**
Then, what if I take fewer lessons?
**[08:18] Yuka**
That won't do.
**[08:19] Ittoki**
Huh?
**[08:19] Ittoki**
I have to continue them in high school, too?
**[08:22] Yuka**
There's no reason to quit.
**[08:25] Ittoki**
Well, you know... There are a lot
of things that come with being young...
**[08:29] Yuka**
Youth is temporary,
**[08:31] Yuka**
but education will last a lifetime.
**[08:33] Yuka**
If you work hard now, it'll definitely
be useful in the future.
**[08:37] Ittoki**
Okay.
**[08:42] Ittoki**
You don't need to supervise
me in the morning, right?
**[08:45] Kousetsu**
It's a coincidence.
**[08:46] Ittoki**
A coincidence that happens basically every day!
**[08:49] Kousetsu**
You're too self-conscious.
**[08:51] Kousetsu**
Boys in puberty are such a pain.
**[08:53] Ittoki**
Puberty has nothing to do with this!
**[09:00] Kousetsu**
What is it?
**[09:02] Ittoki**
No... It's nothing...
**[09:05] sign**
To: Ittoki Sakuraba
**[09:07] Ittoki**
*No way.*
**[09:08] Ittoki**
*For real?*
**[09:09] Ittoki**
*No way.*
**[09:11] Ittoki**
*This is real?!*
**[09:22] Tsubaki**
I'm Satomi Tsubaki.
**[09:25] Ittoki**
I'm Ittoki Sakuraba...
**[09:28] Tsubaki**
I know that!
**[09:32] Ittoki**
Oh, of course. Um...
**[09:36] Ittoki**
Y-You're a second-year, Tsubaki?
**[09:39] Tsubaki**
Yes.
**[09:41] Tsubaki**
Um...
**[09:42] Tsubaki**
I've been watching you all
this time, Sakuraba-senpai.
**[09:47] Ittoki**
Yes.
**[09:48] Tsubaki**
You bring everyone
together at school events,
**[09:51] Tsubaki**
and you liven everyone up,
like you're the center of the class!
**[09:54] Ittoki**
Not at all! They're just messing with me.
**[09:57] Tsubaki**
I heard you're really smart, too.
**[10:00] Ittoki**
Not at all!
**[10:02] Tsubaki**
I saw you yesterday, too,
**[10:04] Tsubaki**
when you dodged the truck...
**[10:06] Tsubaki**
You were so cool.
**[10:09] Ittoki**
Not at all!
**[10:10] Tsubaki**
Sakuraba-senpai!
**[10:12] Ittoki**
Yes?!
**[10:14] Tsubaki**
Will you
**[10:16] Tsubaki**
go out with me?
**[10:24] Ittoki**
I'm home!
**[10:26] Yuka**
Welcome back.
**[10:27] Ittoki**
Hey, about next Sunday...
**[10:30] Ittoki**
I'm going to a school info seminar,
so I want to skip gymnastics!
**[10:34] Ittoki**
It's fine, right?
**[10:36] Yuka**
It's a school thing. What can you do, right?
**[10:41] Yuka**
Did you get a girlfriend or something?
**[10:42] Ittoki**
Huh?
**[10:44] Yuka**
You're like an open book, Ittoki!
**[10:48] Yuka**
This is sudden, so you
didn't initiate, did you?
**[10:51] Ittoki**
Well, no.
**[10:53] Yuka**
Since she approached you,
how do you know her?
**[10:55] Yuka**
Cram school? Gymnastics? School?
**[10:57] Yuka**
Why did you decide to date her?
**[10:59] Ittoki**
You're asking a lot of questions.
**[10:59] Ittoki**
So many questions.
**[11:00] Yuka**
Is she cute? What's she like?
**[11:02] Yuka**
I really hope she's a nice girl!
**[11:05] Ittoki**
Well, I don't really know her,
so I'm not sure...
**[11:11] Yuka**
Is that so?
**[11:12] Ittoki**
Mom!
**[11:13] Ittoki**
This has never happened to me before!
**[11:16] Ittoki**
Things are finally starting for me!
**[11:18] Ittoki**
So, please let me go next Sunday!
**[11:22] Yuka**
No.
**[11:23] Yuka**
If it's after lessons,
it'll be too late at night.
**[11:27] Yuka**
You shouldn't date her, either.
**[11:30] Ittoki**
Huh?
**[11:31] Yuka**
Dating someone you've never even talked
to is insincere to the other person.
**[11:35] Ittoki**
That's a bit old-fashioned...
**[11:39] Yuka**
Your mother does not approve.
**[11:44] Ittoki**
Whatever.
**[11:50] sign**
I'm really looking forward to Sunday.♥♥
**[12:01] Ittoki**
Thanks, Uncle!
**[12:04] Ittoki**
I owe you one!
**[12:09] sign**
Iga Station
**[12:12] Ittoki**
Tsubaki!
**[12:14] Ittoki**
Sorry I'm late!
**[12:15] Tsubaki**
It's fine.
**[12:16] Tsubaki**
I just got here as well.
**[12:18] Ittoki**
So, where do you want to go?
**[12:21] Ittoki**
Yikes... I don't know what I'm doing.
**[12:24] Ittoki**
Sorry, um...
**[12:25] Tsubaki**
Um!
**[12:27] Tsubaki**
If you're okay with it,
**[12:30] Tsubaki**
would you like to come over to my place?
**[12:33] Ittoki**
*No way!*
**[12:34] sign**
Tsubaki
**[12:35] Ittoki**
*For real?*
**[12:36] Ittoki**
*This is real?!*
**[12:42] Ittoki**
So this is a girl's room...
**[12:45] Tsubaki**
Senpai!
**[12:46] Tsubaki**
Is tea all right?
**[12:46] Ittoki**
Yes! It's fine!
**[12:58] Ittoki**
So, what do you want to do? Watch TV?
**[13:02] Ittoki**
Do you want to play rock-paper-scissors?!
**[13:06] Ittoki**
Hey...
**[13:07] Ittoki**
Tsubaki?
**[13:14] Ittoki**
Wha—
**[13:17] Tsubaki**
Sakuraba-senpai...
**[13:22] Ittoki**
What are you doing?!
**[13:23] Ittoki**
Wait, is this real life?
**[13:25] Ittoki**
No, never mind! Put your clothes back on!
**[13:27] Tsubaki**
Senpai...
**[13:37] Ittoki**
Um...
**[13:40] Tsubaki**
You don't want to?
**[13:43] Ittoki**
It's not that I don't, but...
**[13:48] Tsubaki**
I like you!
**[13:51] Tsubaki**
Senpai!
**[13:58] Ittoki**
I'm sorry!
**[13:59] Ittoki**
I'm not mentally prepared for this!
**[14:01] Ittoki**
We basically just met!
**[14:02] Ittoki**
And there are a lot of things
we should worry about...
**[14:05] Ittoki**
I got it! Is this a prank?
**[14:08] Ittoki**
I bet someone is going to come
out from down here and scream,
**[14:11] Ittoki**
"You got pranked—"
**[14:16] Ittoki**
Wha—
**[14:20] Tsubaki**
I see.
**[14:21] Tsubaki**
You're really sharp.
**[14:24] Ittoki**
Tsubaki?
**[14:26] Ittoki**
What is this?
**[14:28] Ittoki**
What kind of prank is this?
**[14:29] Tsubaki**
Ittoki Sakuraba!
**[14:31] Tsubaki**
Die!
**[14:41] Ittoki**
Kousetsu?!
**[14:48] Kousetsu**
Jump and run away!
**[14:55] Ittoki**
What?!
**[14:56] Ittoki**
Somebody...
**[14:57] Ittoki**
Somebody help me!
**[14:58] Reiha**
Calm down, Young Master.
**[15:01] Ittoki**
Ms. Reiha?
**[15:02] Reiha**
Are you all right?
**[15:03] Ittoki**
Yeah...
**[15:04] Kozo**
We're sorry about this, Young Master.
**[15:06] Ittoki**
Even you, Mr. Kozo?
**[15:08] Kozo**
Our ineptitude resulted in you
having a scary experience.
**[15:13] Ittoki**
What about Kousetsu?!
**[15:14] Kozo**
She'll be fine, Young Master.
**[15:15] Kozo**
We'll be taking you to a safe place now.
**[15:18] Kozo**
For now, please trust us—
**[15:21] Kozo**
Young Master!
**[15:22] Kozo**
Things are going
to get unexpectedly rough!
**[15:24] Kozo**
Please put on your seat belt
and hold on tight.
**[15:42] Reiha**
Are you alright, Young Master?
**[15:44] Reiha**
Wake up, Young Master!
**[15:48] Reiha**
Young Master.
**[15:49] Reiha**
Leave it to us here and head back toward town!
**[15:52] Reiha**
Stay where there are lots of people!
**[15:53] Reiha**
Hurry!
**[15:57] Ittoki**
How did it end up like this?
**[16:07] Ittoki**
"Where there are a lot of people..."
**[16:10] Ittoki**
There's no one here!
**[16:12] Ittoki**
Where am I?
**[16:27] Officer**
Hey, you!
**[16:28] Officer**
What are you doing in a place like this?
**[16:30] Ittoki**
Officer! Perfect timing!
**[16:32] Ittoki**
I went to a friend's house and was
attacked by a suspicious person!
**[16:36] Ittoki**
Then I got kicked off the balcony,
an acquaintance kidnapped me,
**[16:40] Ittoki**
The car crashed and I ran,
and now there's a blackout!
**[16:43] Officer**
Okay, okay.
**[16:44] Officer**
Calm down.
**[16:45] Ittoki**
I'm telling the truth!
**[16:47] Officer**
Yeah.
**[16:48] Officer**
The power's out in this area temporarily
while a transformer's being installed.
**[16:52] Officer**
You hadn't heard?
**[16:53] Ittoki**
Is that what it is?
**[16:55] Ittoki**
I'm not familiar with this area, so...
**[16:57] Ittoki**
But I'm so glad...
**[16:58] Ittoki**
I found a person—
**[17:40] Tokisada**
Ittoki!
**[17:41] Tokisada**
How was your date?
**[17:43] Tokisada**
Were you able to at least kiss her?
**[17:45] Ittoki**
Uncle...
**[17:47] Koga Ninja 1**
The Demi-god...
**[17:48] Koga Ninja 2**
...Tokisada
**[17:51] Tokisada**
What a bother.
**[17:53] Tokisada**
If I don't get paid overtime for the
guy playing dead over there too,
**[17:57] Tokisada**
this job won't be worth it.
**[18:04] Tokisada**
Ittoki...
**[18:05] Tokisada**
Sorry I kept you waiting.
**[18:06] Koga Ninja 1**
He's fast.
**[18:07] Koga Ninja 2**
When did he—
**[18:10] Tokisada**
Well, then...
**[18:18] Tokisada**
It's time to work.
**[18:23] Tokisada**
Ittoki!
**[18:24] Tokisada**
Wake up!
**[18:25] Ittoki**
Uncle?!
**[18:26] Ittoki**
What happened? Who were those guys?!
**[18:29] Ittoki**
Why was I attacked?
**[18:32] Ittoki**
Huh?
**[18:33] Ittoki**
A dream?
**[18:34] Tokisada**
Just get out of the car.
**[18:35] Tokisada**
We're here.
**[18:36] Ittoki**
Huh?
**[18:39] Ittoki**
Where are we?
**[18:40] Tokisada**
Your family home.
**[18:42] Ittoki**
What?
**[18:42] Tokisada**
I'm going to park the car around the back.
**[18:45] Tokisada**
Go on ahead.
**[18:46] Tokisada**
I'll leave it to you, Kousetsu.
**[18:50] Ittoki**
My family home?
**[18:52] sign**
Sakuraba
**[18:52] Ittoki**
Wha—
**[18:53] Ittoki**
Wha—
**[18:55] Ittoki**
What?!
**[18:57] Reiha**
The Village Chief is here.
**[19:12] Ittoki**
M-Mom?!
**[19:14] Yuka**
Call me "Chief" here.
**[19:16] ---**
Huh?
**[19:17] Yuka**
Listen carefully, Ittoki.
**[19:21] Yuka**
We are shinobi of the Iga village.
**[19:26] ---**
Shinobi?
**[19:28] ---**
Ninjas?!
**[19:29] Yuka**
That's right.
**[19:30] Ittoki**
Ninjas?!
**[19:31] Ittoki**
Ninjas?
**[19:33] Ittoki**
There's no way.
**[19:34] Ittoki**
You're the boss at a service area, right?
**[19:38] Yuka**
That is merely the face we show to the world.
**[19:42] Ittoki**
I never thought I'd hear
someone say that in real life.
**[19:45] Yuka**
Ninjas, who came into being
few hundred years ago,
**[19:49] Yuka**
have survived to the present day
under various guises.
**[19:52] Yuka**
There are still a handful of
villages around the country.
**[19:55] Yuka**
Their members have regular jobs,
and blend into society.
**[20:00] Ittoki**
And that's the service area?
**[20:03] Yuka**
Correct.
**[20:03] Yuka**
Ninjas must follow strict rules.
**[20:06] Yuka**
and by following those rules,
we avoid inter-village quarrels.
**[20:10] Yuka**
For the past few decades,
we have maintained a balance.
**[20:14] Yuka**
Of late, however, the Koga village has
been trying to destroy that balance.
**[20:20] Ittoki**
Koga?
**[20:23] Yuka**
Of the numerous villages that exist,
the Koga ninja wield the most power,
**[20:28] Yuka**
armed with tremendous wealth
and modern ninjutsu.
**[20:31] Yuka**
We found out that they are scheming
to take over our village, the Iga village.
**[20:37] Yuka**
This means that the ones who attacked
you were working for the Koga.
**[20:42] Ittoki**
Huh?
**[20:43] Ittoki**
Why?
**[20:44] Ittoki**
Huh?
**[20:45] Yuka**
The reason they were after your life...
**[20:48] Yuka**
is...
**[20:50] Yuka**
...because you are the 19th legitimate
successor to the storied Iga ninja lineage!
**[20:59] Ittoki**
W-What?!
**[21:00] Yuka**
The reason I raised you strictly
was all for this moment.
**[21:05] Yuka**
Ittoki!
**[21:07] Yuka**
Become a ninja!
**[21:12] sign**
EPISODE 1: A BOLT FROM THE BLUE
**[21:13] Ittoki**
I can't.
**[22:46] Koga Ninja**
Salute the Acting
Village Chief, Kidou!
**[22:53] Kidou**
Wounds of the body eventually heal.
**[22:57] Kidou**
However, wounds of the heart will
continue to ache into eternity.
**[23:03] Kidou**
We will continue to suffer the pain
of losing our village chief, Kishinmaru.
**[23:10] Kidou**
They will be made to pay for it.
**[23:14] Kidou**
Pain will be repaid with pain.
**[23:19] Kidou**
We will avenge Kishinmaru.
**[23:21] Kidou**
Vengeance against the Iga ninjas!
**[23:26] Yuka**
Irreversible.
**[23:28] Yuka**
Binding.
**[23:31] Yuka**
Such is the nature of making a choice.
**[23:34] Yuka**
Next time, on *Shinobi no Ittoki* episode 2:
**[23:38] Yuka**
"Merciless Choices."