Onmitsu! Ninjutsu Ondo!
An Ondo is a distinct folk song genre defined by a swing beat in a 2/2 tempo. They're typically used during Obon celebrations as a community dance activity (bon odori). As part of the Ultimate 9 Songs Collection, the Ninja Association gets to sing an ondo song together! Listen to it here
The chants in this song are meant to be chanted by everyone. If you want to get in the spirit with Mayoi and Shinobu, use the chants in (bold paranthesis)!
Shinobu | Mayoi
Onmitsu! Ninjutsu Ondo! | Secret Mission! Ninjustu Ondo!
"Now, let's get startedddd ♪ eheheh"
"Let's go! Nin nin!"
"Secret Mission! Ninjutsu Ondo!"
Shuriken whoosh whoosh (whoosh whoosh!)
Let's become ninjas! (Time to train!)
Rin-hyou-tou-sha-kai-jin-retsu-zai-zen! 1 (Ni-nin!)
The walls, the screen doors, the ceiling (Aa so~re!)
Always sticking to them in secret (Ah, yoi, yoi!)
"Chieeef~!"
Silently slipping in and out (Ah~! Ahh~! Ahhh~!)
Sneaking within the shadows (Yoyoi!)
If you can leap just a little higher each day, you're already a ninja! (Ah, so~re! Ah, so~re! Yoi! Yoi! Yoi!)
Now, let's train our ninjutsu and become ninjas! (Ni-nin! Ah, so~re!)
Lightly, nimbly, even on the surface of the water! (Swish swish! Swish swish!)
Turning around like a secret revolving door2 (Ni-nin! Ah, so~re!)
Let's spin 'round and 'round and dance (Yoyoi! Yoyoi!)
Secret writings!3 (Ara, doshita!)
Don't you want to look? (We do!)
All you have to do is become a ninja too!
(Ni-nin! Ni-nin! Ni-nin! Ah, yoi, yoi!)
A grand spectacle in both shadows and sunshine "Ahh~! How splendidd~!"
It's the product of training every day "Ah, truly a sight for sore eyes!" "Mayoi-dono?"
Let's take the time to teach it carefully (Training! Training! Training!)
Anyone who has the same aspirations is welcome~♪(Yoyoi!)
From the very first step, let's take the path of the ninja4 together! (Ah, so~re! Ah, so~re! Yoi! Yoi! Yoi!)
Look, if we use the ninja arts— Ah, what a profound mystery! (Ni-nin! Ah, so~re!)
We completely vanish in a screen of smoke! (Sneaking out! Sneaking out!)
After disappearing, we reappear out of thin air! (Ni-nin! Ah, so~re!)
Any kind of hesitation5 is instantly settled!
Appearing when you least expect it (Ara, doshita!)
Camouflaging just about everywhere (Yoyoi!)
Let's appear impeccably in all sorts of places! (Ni-nin!)
(Ah-so~re! Ah-yoisho! Ah-so~re! Ah-Yoisho, yoi, yoi! Ah-so~re! Ah-yoisho!)
A ninja dancing
A ninja watching clo~sely
Come stop by!!
Now, let's train our ninjutsu and become ninjas! (Ni-nin! Ah, so~re!)
If there's a wall, leap over it (Ni-nin! Ara-yotto!)
Turning around like a secret revolving door (Ni-nin! Ah, so~re!)
You'll miss out if you don't spin 'round and 'round and dance (Ni-nin! Sonson!)
We train! (Ara, doshita!)
Freely, unrestricted! (Yoyoi!)
All you have to do is become a ninja too!
Wooded Escape! Water Escape!
Earth Escape, and Blazing Escape! (Training!)
Let's master the art of the Metal Escape (The Five Escapes!)6
Shuriken whoosh whoosh (whoosh whoosh!)
Let's become ninjas! (Time to practice!)
Rin-hyou-tou-sha-kai-jin-retsu-zai-zen! (Ni-nin!)
Ninja Association! (Ni-nin!)
Translation Notes
- ↑ A nine-character kuji, or hand-sign meditation, with a wide range of uses like praying for the elimation of disasters or victory in battle. Shinobu says it in Motor Show.
- ↑ Donden gaeshi (どんでん返し) is a revolving door used in fictional ninja hideouts - basically a trick wall that has secrets behind it. It more commonly refers to a literary plot twist, or the turn-table used on Kabuki stages to changes seasons, settings, or other scenes
- ↑ Fun fact: In Chuunibyou, Shinobu finds what seems to be a ninja scroll labeled "secret writings"
- ↑ 忍び (shinobi, meaning ninja) is where Shinobu's name comes from
- ↑ The word 迷い (mayoi, meaning hesitation) is a pun on Mayoi's name (マヨイ, written in katakana)
- ↑ The Five Release (or Escape) Jutsu are jutsu that ninjas use to hide or escape from enemies. Kanata and Chiaki perform the Water Escape Technique and the Blazing Escape Technique for the Scroll of the Elements live show.