Shuriken School



Shuriken School is an action-comedy cartoon that aired in the US in 2006 on Nickelodeon. It's about kids who attend a school to learn how to be ninjas. The show primarily follows the antics of Eizan Kaburagi, Jimmy B and Okuni Dohan.


 * Action Girl: Okuni and Kita. Ami fits to a much lesser extent.
 * Animesque: Very much so.
 * Armor-Piercing Slap: Ami delivers one to Daisuke in the opening sequence.
 * Berserk Button: Do not EVER mess up anything Michiyo has been cleaning.
 * As demonstrated in "The Big Illusion", the concept of being in love makes Okuni yell loud enough to make entire mountains tremble. Which is partly the reason why she has trouble admitting her feelings for Eizan.
 * Big Bad: Katana's principal appears to be this, but he doesn't do enough things to qualify for this trope.
 * Black Best Friend: Jimmy B.
 * Boarding School of Horrors: Played with in regards to Shuriken. Shuriken's infrastructure is crumbling, and the school perpetually suffers from financial woes. However, the environment is quite positive, and the main cast have a very friendly and family-like relationship.
 * On the other hand, Katana plays this very straight, as it resembles a Military School, complete with a scary headmaster who doles out borderline abusive punishments for menial failures.
 * Cannot Spit It Out: The main point in "The Saber and its Shadow".
 * Cat Fight: Okuni and Ami stage one in "Kubo's Mystery".
 * Charlie Adler: Vlad, Tetsuo, Principal of Shuriken, Principal of Katana and Michiyo the Cleaning Lady.
 * Chivalrous Pervert: Vlad.
 * Color Coded for Your Convenience / Red Oni, Blue Oni: The uniforms of Katana and Shuriken Schools.
 * Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass: Everyone at Shuriken is this. No matter how weird and eccentric they are, at some point they show how capable they are in ninjutsu.
 * Darker and Edgier: The Movie is more serious and emotional than the series, although it retains its sense of humor.
 * Genki Girl: Ami, the local Lovable Alpha Bitch.
 * Gentle Giant: Nobunaga. A Mighty Glacier who is very sweet and loves food and his friends. And they adore him in return.
 * Getting Crap Past the Radar: Nobunaga in a wetsuit.
 * Grand Finale: The Movie
 * Group Hug: The main trio do a tearful one in The Movie.
 * Improbable Weapon User: Eizan wields a green ruler.
 * Knight of Cerebus: The ninja antagonists of The Movie. While not exactly "villains"; they take The Movie to a darker path.
 * Living Emotional Crutch: If there's something Okuni and Jimmy have in common, is their love and affection for Eizan. If he's not with them, they will break down in tears very easily.
 * Ninja School: Shuriken School is basically this. Katana school, too.
 * No Good Deed Goes Unpunished: Eizan is a frequent victim of this, often dragging his friends into it.
 * The Power of Friendship: A main theme in the show.
 * The Power of Love: Invoked by Jimmy in "The Saber and its Shadow", regarding Eizan and Okuni's love for each other that defeated the enemy of the episode. Okuni is not amused.
 * Rival Dojos: Katana school vs Shuriken school.
 * Rousseau Was Right: Everyone in the show had shown some sympathetic qualities. The "villains" are mostly jerks but nowhere near as evil. Even the Big Bad Wannabe, despite being the closest thing to a "villain", had Pet the Dog moments and doesn't do much anything to be considered as a threat.
 * Sailor Fuku: Ami always wears one, though no one else ever does.
 * Slapstick Knows No Gender
 * Stern Teacher: Kita and Vlad, although the latter can cross the line into Evil Teacher sometimes.
 * Tomboy and Girly Girl: Okuni and Ami, respectively.
 * True Companions: Shuriken School's main cast (Except Tetsuo and Youta, of course). When someone has a problem, the others will go ahead and help him without doubt. Also, they fight together when the plot calls for it.
 * Inside the group, there's the titular trio: Eizan, Okuni and Jimmy B. Even if they fight sometimes, it's clear they mean the world to each other.
 * Not to mention, the Shuriken's principal even said they're a family in "Eizan's Shadow".
 * Tsundere: Okuni is a Type A, since she's an Expy of Sakura Haruno. In contrast, Ami is a Type B, only reacting angrily when Daisuke pins on her.
 * You're Cute When You're Angry: Daisuke tells this to Okuni in "Okuni for President", and since she gets angry a lot, he says he may get his vote. Okuni tells him to shut the hell up.