A mid-air grab from Renji's skatepark debut as the Notorious Ninja, cut from the aerial sequence where he soars over the crowd at Skatearama, board clutched tight, red sash whipping behind him, moments before the crowd starts chanting his name.
Cut from the bottom-left corner of Issue 7's Cover A by Kate Windels: the "GARY VAYNERCHUK" credit lettering over the skate ramp and fence railing at the skatepark's edge. Issue 7's first confirmed Cover A cut, joining the David Mack Cover B cut — watch for companion credit-block cuts from the same cover.
From the midnight home-invasion fight: Renji hurls one of Lou's ninjas backward through his apartment window in an explosion of glass shards, punctuated by the giant red "KRA--" sound effect. A kinetic sound-effect cut in the tradition of "Harpik's Laugh" and "HRGGHH!" — and the very window Lou later pays for.
Cut from the sepia Polaroid memory page: Renji's father, focused and gentle, screwdriver in hand as he tunes up a skateboard while young Renji watches over his shoulder. Sits beside the caption "There's no way he was a cold blooded assassin...", the quiet, human portrait of the Notorious Ninja. Companion cut to "Taught Me to Ollie" from the same page.
Renji, bandaged and furious in his trashed apartment, points at the door: "You and your cosplay dojo can leave. Or I'm calling the cops. FOR REAL." One of three cuts from the apartment-aftermath page.
From the final story page: Renji's kids skate the crosswalk in silhouette, asking "How'd you get so fast at skating, Dad?" Companion cut to "The Watcher Above" — both come from this same closing panel.
Renji, still in his RXD tee with a fresh bruise, marches into the dealership flanked by two sunglassed suits. From the scene where he's summoned to hear about his "father's legacy."
The midnight home-invasion scene: one of Lou's "sort of trained" ninjas raises a katana with the command "Defend yourself, Shinoda!" against a blazing yellow background.
Uncle Lou, unmasked in ninja garb and dusting off his shoulder, delivers the deadpan "That was... a tactical miscalculation" after Renji single-handedly wrecks his four-ninja test.
Renji's bandaged, defiant smirk: "Yeah? Well, I was born in the wrong generation. NOW GET OUT." His final rejection of the mantle — right before Lou leaves the briefcase anyway.
Extreme close-up of a golden shuriken resting in an open palm, engraved with the word "Sacrifice." From the moment Renji falters, "I can't--" just before the green ninja crashes in. A near-textless, all-iconography cut.
Cut from the sepia Polaroid memory page, where Renji flips through photos of his late father after learning the truth. Captures the snapshot of young Renji in his baseball getup beside his dad's beaming, clapping face, with the caption "Taught me to ollie before I could walk."
Uncle Lou's hard sell: "Renji, this is why we need you. You're a natural. You handled four trained-- uh, sort of trained-- ninjas by INSTINCT." Third cut from the apartment-aftermath page.
The gloved hand lifting the case: "This belonged to your father. Now it belongs to you." The handoff of the Notorious Ninja mantle — arguably the emotional pivot of the whole issue.
The green Yamori ninja crouched on the rooftop in the issue's final scene, watching Renji's kids skate below. Companion cut to "How'd You Get So Fast, Dad?" — the two cards are cut from opposite ends of the same closing panel.
Renji jolted from sleep mid-air — "WHA--" — as shuriken thunk into his headboard. The kinetic opening beat of the night-attack sequence.
Cut from the 1987 Chiba earthquake prologue: Riku Yamori's snarling, unmasked face between Haruki Shinoda's plea that their children "deserve peace, not this curse" and the offer of a truce. The origin of the whole clan feud in one cut.
The defeated Yamori ninja slumped at Skatearama, muttering "This isn't over, Shinoda" — with pink "VEE" graffiti visible on the wall behind him.
Renji in his father's ninja gear, seen from behind with his skateboard slung across his back, facing down the mysterious green ninja who just crashed through his window. From the first Shinoda–Yamori face-off of the new generation.
Cut from the 2025 epilogue sequence: two young skaters glide past the Shinoda storefront in cool teal tones as adult Renji reflects, "Maybe legacy's not what they say it is." A quiet, cinematic cut from the issue's time-jump finale.
The establishing shot of Shinoda Motors, Costa Mesa, CA — pink sunset sky, streetlamp, and a lot full of late-80s sedans. The dealership where Uncle Lou reveals the family secret. A rare all-scenery cut with the location sign fully intact.
Cut from Issue 7's Cover B by guest artist David Mack (limited to 2,000 copies), his signature watercolor style showing the Notorious Ninja with katana drawn and shuriken in hand. The first Cover B cut confirmed in the catalog.