SHURIKEN SCHOOL

As the School prepares to celebrate the anniversary of the town's foundation, a mysterious Ninja from Katana School makes off with Tokiro's (the city's father) famous flip-flops. According to tradition, Shuriken presents these flip-flops to the public during the commemorative parade. If Shuriken School cannot produce them, the school's entire assets will be handed over to Katana School!

Eizan, Jimmy and Okuni see a mysterious Ninja tell Vlad that he's failed Evasion Techniques for Experienced Ninjas, final Exam for the correspondence course he's been following. When still a student, Vlad didn't have time to finish his exams, and the truth is he doesn't have the required teaching diploma. To his despair, all he can do now is resign! No way will Eizan and his friends let their favourite teacher quit! Kubo's subject right now happens to be 'escape tactics'... Vlad can take the course, pass the exam, and he'll be qualified to teach! But how can they help...

Vlad tells students that they'd better revise for the traditional class photo. Revise for a class picture???? Eizan learns that the 'photo' is in fact a test. As the camera clicks, every student has to vanish. A Ninja's first quality is secrecy, and it's out of the question for them to be 'captured' on film. Nobunaga, unfortunately, is unable to disappear. The entire class joins forces to teach him vanishing techniques in record time. Meanwhile, Daisuke can't resist showing off in front of two young girls, and brags that he can turn into a dragon. Naginata and his gang overhear, and sneeringly announce that they'll be at Shuriken soon, to 'defy the dragon'. Now our heroes have two problems to deal with!

Laura and Sam, two private detectives who seem to have come straight out of a detective novel, want to follow a training course at Shuriken with the aim of improving their skills. They need to be able to arrest a gang of audacious thieves. The Principal lets them convince him with a thick bunch of bank notes that Laura offers him. However, it is out of the question that they be taught any secret ninja techniques, that must, as their name suggests, remain secret! Vlad immediately falls under the charm of the young detective. As for the students, they're captivated by Sam's stories!

Jacques cheats to get the better of Okuni in an exercise, with an unfortunate result - Kubo gets lost inside a labyrinth! He was there to prepare the ground for a practical exam scheduled for the Academic Inspector, a grim character with a daunting reputation. While Eizan, Jimmy and Okuni set off in search of Kubo, the rest of the class tries to convince the Inspector and the Principal that Kubo is busy teaching them...

The Principal is happy. A wealthy man is considering placing his son, Kazumi, in Shuriken School, along with a huge cheque, which would put an end to the school's financial dilemma. But first, the boy will spend a day at the School, to see if he likes it. Kazumi seems to appreciate Eizan, so the Principal puts him in charge of looking after the boy. But Kazumi is so spoiled rotten, that soon everyone avoids them (even Eizan's friends avoid him). The teachers themselves threaten to resign. Eizan feels miserable. When the Katana kids jump in and kidnap the boy, Eizan is faced with a choice. What if they just keep him? Well...perhaps not.

Jimmy and Pig are so busy playing a videogame they forget about homework. They make up a story about being attacked to explain the missing assignment...a mysterious masked gang attacked them, stealing Jimmy's satchel with the papers... Marcos jumps to the conclusion that the infamous Three Saints Gang is on his trail, and panics. His fears are compounded with Daisuke's claim that he too was attacked, (just to get Ami's attention). Jimmy and Pig's lie is getting them into deep water, and they don't know how to keep their heads above it all.

Kubo has been so terribly boring lately that no one can listen to his classes. If this continues, the kids will end up a year behind. Our three heroes decide to intervene. They want to find out WHY Kubo is so deadly boring. They follow him, and learn that Kubo not only has a very boring life, but that he mutters the same name in his sleep every night - 'Torofi'. They set off to discover the identity of this mysterious Torofi, travelling back into Kubo's past. They learn about an old feud between Kubo and his sister.

A mysterious demon creates havoc in the school, spreading rubbish throughout the corridors and classrooms. Not only are students terrified by this mystery phantom, but also they get punished by the teachers, who blame them for the mess. Our three heroes try to understand what is going on here, and find out who the demon really is. They are in for a few surprises!

In the perspective of an exchange program with an American school, Shuriken welcomes three students from a... Cheerleading Academy! The only school prepared to take on all the costs for the exchange. At first, our Ninja students aren't too enthralled with the new kids. Cheerleading has nothing to do with Ninjitsu skills! Worse, their program is readjusted to suit the new girls - they study the Arts of the Yugei in other words, the Tea Ceremony, Calligraphy, Traditional Music and Flower Arrangements! A few of the boys are subjugated by the three pretty visitors... which means Ami has to cope with competition! Jimmy has a crush on Torrance, who soon becomes Okuni's friend. In short, life at Shuriken School is turned upside down and Eizan - the only one who stays level-headed- has a lot to cope with.

One night, the Principal comes across a Mysterious Ninja in the school corridors. The Ninja gets away from the Principal, but drops his backpack. The Principal finds all sorts of trophies from Katana School inside. He is just getting over the shock of his discovery when the Mysterious Ninja reappears, snatches the bag away from him and vanishes yet again. The next day, the Principal calls an assembly and asks the guilty student to confess. But no one responds. The Principal now threatens to expel whoever did this as soon as he finds out.