Chapter 1

Genin Sucks (下忍はつらいよ, Genin wa tsurai yo) is the 1st chapter of the Under Ninja manga series.

Characters

 * Kato
 * Kuro Kumogakure

Summary
American soldiers break into terrorist hideout to find out the terrorist had his head and finger cut, before he managed to press the detonate dial on his phone. They realize it was done by ninja with one of them wanting to see the ninja, but others find him crazy as that would mean he would die.

With the end of World War 2, the ninjas were to turn themselves in and disband, but in the present they still exist in the shadows, totaling 200,000 hidden as normal citizens.

Kuro is a ninja who can't get a job and is staying bored in his room, shooting toothpicks. Kato then enters with a package surprising Kuro as he didn't sense him at all. Kato tells him about recent cases of genin ninja's going fugitive, but even thought Kuro assures him he wasn't going to run, Kato explains that even if he did, it won't be a problem for them, yet still reminds him he will be erased if he did ran. Kato then gives him a package telling Kuro that this is his next job. Moment later a toothpick starts falling from the ceiling and Kuro tries to capture it, but Kato stops his hand wondering if he was going for his eyes, but Kuro quickly explains about the toothpick. Kato then takes down his hat and shows that the toothpick hit the beanie on top.

When Kato leaves, Kuro relaxes and decides to open the package. Inside he finds out a school uniform and guesses he needs to infiltrate a school. As he tries the uniform, he sees it has a hoodie and that it zips until his nose, covering him face like a ninja.