ĐHN SASUKE Ninja vs. Ninja 2023: Race for Glory

ĐHN SASUKE Ninja vs. Ninja 2023: Race for Glory (stylized as ĐHN SASUKE Nv.N 2023: Race for Glory) was the second season of the ĐHN SASUKE's spin-off series: Ninja vs. Ninja. This season saw the return of this spin-off ĐHN SASUKE: Ninja vs. Ninja after three year hitatus since 2020.

Hence the name, the show changed to a new format based of Ninja Warrior UK: Race for Glory, including for the first time ever, the competition would crown both male, female and team champions.

Development

 * In 2021, host nam7ccaothang announced that he decided to replace it by an new spin-off series: Beastmaster. However, for an unknown reason, the host was cancelled the Beastmaster idea and the announced that the Ninja vs. Ninja series will be returned.


 * Previously, the title was ĐHN SASUKE 2022: Ninja vs. Ninja and decided to premiere in 2022. However, the show was post hitatus one again until the host announced the return of the second Ninja vs. Ninja season in 2023.
 * In 2022, the host announced all 8 teams, each teams had 3 competitors. The host also announced that the show changed to a new format. Previously, the host announced that the show will be used the original format of ANW: Ninja vs. Ninja, but in 2023, the host announced the show changed to Ninja Warrior UK: Race for Glory format, this was the reason why the name of the show was changed as ĐHN SASUKE Ninja vs. Ninja 2023: Race for Glory

Competition Format
On this season, the competition have 4 rounds: Green Stage, Black Stage, Red Stage and Hashigo. Unlike the previous season, all 4 rounds have time limit insted of only the final round. The competitor who win the match will be advanced to the next round and receive scores for his/her respective team, while the competitor who lost the match will be eliminated. The team will be eliminated if all 3 competitors from their team were eliminated. The team who got the highest points would be the champion of the tournament. If there were at least 2 teams who got the same highest points, those teams would send one member each to scale the Tie-break round.

Green Stage

 * Green Stage is the qualification round. There are 8 male matches and 4 female matches. The host draw competior from his/her team versus with competitor from his/her another team.
 * Competitors will face 6 obstacles with time limit. In each match, the competitor who completed the course (or made the furthest, in case of no competitor could complete the course) in the fastest time would receive 1 point for his/her respective team and also advanced to the Black Stage, while the competitor who lost the match will be eliminated.

Black Stage

 * Black Stage is the semi-final round. There are 4 male matches and 2 female matches. The host draw competior from his/her team versus with competitor from his/her another team.
 * Competitors will face 8 obstacles with time limit. In each match, the competitor who completed the course (or made the furthest, in case of no competitor could complete the course) in the fastest time would receive 2 points for his/her respective team and also advanced to the Red Stage (male) or Hashigo (female), while the competitor who lost the match will be eliminated.

Red Stage

 * Red Stage is the male semi-final category only round. There are 2 matches. The host draw competior from his team versus with competitor from his another team.
 * Competitors will face 8 obstacles with time limit. In each match, the competitor who completed the course (or made the furthest, in case of no competitor could complete the course) in the fastest time would receive 2 points for his respective team and also advanced to the Hashigo, while the competitor who lost the match will be eliminated.

Hashigo

 * Hashigo is the final round. There is one male match and one female match. Competior from his/her team versus with competitor from his/her another team.
 * Competitors will face 15m rope climb in Hashigo tower with 30 seconds time limit, which itself as the first version of the Final Stage tower on ĐHN SASUKE and Sofia the First - Road to SASUKE. In each match, the competitor who completed the tower (or made the furthest, in case of no competitor could complete the course) in the fastest time would receive 3 points for his respective team and also as the champion (ĐHN Warrior) of the male/female category, while the competitor who lost the match will be eliminated.
 * The team who got the highest points would be the champion of the tournament. If there were at least 2 teams who got the same highest points, those teams would send one member each to scale the Tie-break round.
 * In Tie-break round, if the competitor who completed the tower (or made the furthest, in case of no competitor could complete the course) in the fastest time would receive their champion title for their team.

Draw and aired date
On January 14, 2023, host nam7ccaothang draw all 12 matches (8 male matches and 4 female matches). After the draw event, the show start taping all 12 Green Stage matches on same time, and all 12 matches were aired in the episode 2 at 9:30 a.m (GMT+7) on February 24, 2023.

Obstacles
① ^Quintuple Steps ② ^Flying Birds ③ ^Odama ④ ^Jump Hang ⑤ *Warped Wall ⑥ ^Rope Climb

Time limit: 77 seconds

^ - Denotes New Obstacle (Compared to the previous Ninja vs. Ninja season)

* - Denotes Modified Obstacle (Compared to the previous Ninja vs. Ninja season)

Draw and aired date
On February 23, 2023, host nam7ccaothang draw all 6 matches (4 male matches and 2 female matches). After the draw event, the show start taping all 6 Black Stage matches on same time, and all 6 matches were aired in the episode 3 at 8 a.m (GMT+7) on February 25, 2023.

Obstacles
① ^Rokudantobi

② ^Maruta Zaka

③ ^Sandan Flying Birds

④ ^Broken Bridge

⑤ ^Circle Slider

⑥ ^Jump Hang

⑦ *Warped Wall

⑧ ^Rope Climb

Time Limit: 85 seconds

^ - Denotes New Obstacle (Compared to the previous Ninja vs. Ninja season)

* - Denotes Modified Obstacle (Compared to the previous Ninja vs. Ninja season)

Draw and aired date
On February 23, 2023 (same time after the Black Stage aired), host nam7ccaothang draw all 2 male matches. After the draw event, the show start taping all 2 Red Stage matches on same time, and all 2 matches were aired in the episode 4 at 8 a.m (GMT+7) on February 26, 2023.

Obstacles
① ^Rolling Hill

② ^Log Grip

③ ^Orugoru

④ ^Jump Hang Kai

⑤ ^Tackle

⑥ *Warped Wall

⑦ ^Tarzan Rope

⑧ ^Lumberjack Climb

Time Limit: 120 seconds

^ - Denotes New Obstacle (Compared to the previous Ninja vs. Ninja season)

* - Denotes Modified Obstacle (Compared to the previous Ninja vs. Ninja season)

Hashigo
Official aired date: February 27, 2023

Obstacles
① Final Rope Climb (Leo Dây Về Đích: 15m)

Total Height: 15 m

Time limit: 30 seconds

Videos

 * Episode 1 (January 14, 2023)
 * Episode 2 (February 24, 2023)
 * Episode 3 (February 25, 2023)
 * Episode 4 (February 26, 2023)
 * Final episode (February 27, 2023)

Error



 * In the third episode (which was the Black Stage episode), the host forget give Team Sofia the First 2 points after Inazuma Sofia's Tie-break match won, making Team Sofia the First, Team Naruto and Team fLip standing in the wrong place (5th and 6th instead of 3rd and 5th). The host later apologized all teams and fixed the standing board after the Red Stage.
 * Also due to this error, in Red Stage, Team Sofia the First and Team Ngo Quyen were affected after the error (4th and 5th instead of 3rd and 4th), although Team Ngo Quyen was eliminated in this competition.