Ninja Girl & Samurai Master

Nobunaga no Shinobi
Cover of Nobunaga no Shinobi volume 1 by Hakusensha
信長の忍び
Genre	Comedy
Manga
Written by	Naoki Shigeno
Published by	Hakusensha
Magazine	Young Animal
Demographic	Seinen
Original run	2008 – present
Volumes	9
Manga
Nobunaga no Shinobi: Owari Tōitsu-ki
Written by	Naoki Shigeno
Published by	Hakusensha
Magazine	Young Animal Arashi
Demographic	Seinen
Original run	2012 – 2017
Volumes	3
Manga
Gunshi Kuroda Kanbee Den
Written by	Naoki Shigeno
Published by	Hakusensha
Magazine	Young Animal Densi
Demographic	Seinen
Original run	2013 – present
Volumes	2
Manga
Masamune sama to Kagetsuna kun
Written by	Naoki Shigeno
Published by	Hakusensha
Magazine	Comic Ran Twins Sengoku Busho Retsuden
Demographic	Seinen
Original run	2013 – present
Volumes	1
Manga
Sanada Tamashii
Written by	Naoki Shigeno
Published by	Hakusensha
Magazine	Young Animal Densi
Demographic	Seinen
Original run	2015 – present
Anime television series
Directed by	Akitaro Daichi
Music by	Toshio Masuda
Studio	TMS/V1 Studio
Licensed by	Crunchyroll
Original network	Tokyo MX, TV Aichi
Original run	October 4, 2016 – September 29, 2017
Episodes	52
Anime television series
Nobunaga no Shinobi: Anegawa Ishiyama-hen
Directed by	Akitaro Daichi
Music by	Toshio Masuda
Studio	TMS/V1 Studio
Licensed by	Crunchyroll
Original run	April 6, 2018 – September 28, 2018
Episodes	26

Nobunaga no Shinobi (信長の忍び, lit. "Nobunaga's Ninja") is a Japanese four-panel manga series by Naoki Shigeno, serialized in Hakusensha's seinen manga magazine Young Animal since 2008. The series is about a fictional shinobi named Chidori who aids the real Japanese general Oda Nobunaga on his journey to the unification of Japan, so that he may bring peace to the land. It has been collected in nine tankōbon volumes. A spin-off manga titled Nobunaga no Shinobi: Owari Tōitsu-ki began serialization in Hakusensha's seinen manga magazine Young Animal Arashi in 2012, and has been collected in a single tankōbon volume. Other spin-off manga series include Gunshi Kuroda Kanbee Den, Masamune sama to Kagetsuna kun and Sanada Tamashii.

An anime television series adaptation directed by Akitaro Daichi and animated at TMS Entertainment aired between October 4, 2016 and March 28, 2017. A second season aired from April 8 to September 29, 2017. It was simulcast by Crunchyroll under the title Ninja Girl & Samurai Master. An "Episode 0" was screened at the AnimeJapan 2016 event between March 25 and 27. A third season aired between April 6 and September 28, 2018.

Characters

Chidori (千鳥)

Voiced by: Inori Minase (anime), Kana Hanazawa (Sengoku Taisen)

An extremely skilled shinobi that is also very clumsy. She was saved from drowning by Nobunaga as a young girl, and thus wants to serve him with all her strength. She is shown to be so skilled that she is able to easily take on one of the leading male ninjas from Koga who has had years of training (though is defeated through her own idiocy). She is also able to persuade many political leaders to Nobunaga's side.

Oda Nobunaga (織田信長)

Voiced by: Wataru Hatano (anime), Tsuguo Mogami (Sengoku Taisen)

The first leading unifier of Japan since the collapse of the old shogunate, who throughout the series works to defeat other daimyos to bring peace to the land. He saved Chidori from drowning when she was young, thus earning her loyalty. He is a very skilled commander, beating out many other daimyos and gaining the support of the Shogun. His three weaknesses, as listed by Chidori, are Oichi (his younger sister), alcohol, and sweets.

Sukezou (助蔵)

Voiced by: Ayumu Murase (anime)

Chidori's friend and fellow shinobi. He seems to have a crush on Chidori. His skill is currently unknown, but he is shown to be an inventor of sorts; Chidori uses a smoke bomb designed by him.

Kichou (帰蝶)

Voiced by: Chiaki Takahashi (anime), Maaya Uchida (Sengoku Taisen)

The wife of Nobunaga. She is very airheaded, and as such Nobunaga doesn't trust her with doing anything. However, he still loves her.

Kinoshita Hideyoshi (木下秀吉)

Voiced by: Kappei Yamaguchi (anime), Daisuke Ono (Sengoku Taisen)

One of Nobunaga's most trusted generals, though he started out as an errand boy. He seems to be unable to die (getting shot multiple times with arrows, among other things) and is extremely clumsy and dense.

Nene (ねね)

Voiced by: Rie Kugimiya (anime)

Hideyoshi's wife, who was friends with him from childhood. She has an extreme Tsundere personality and is terrible at cooking, but loves Hideyoshi very much.

Oichi no kata (お市の方)

Voiced by: Suzuko Mimori (anime)

The younger sister of Nobunaga. He loves her very much, listed by Chidori as one of his weaknesses. She is married to Azai Nagamasa, who finds her extremely cute and beautiful, essentially having love at first sight.

Mori Yoshinari (森可成)

Voiced by: Tomokazu Seki (anime)

Nobunaga's retainer, a gallant spear fighter.

Honganji Kennyo (本願寺顕如)

Voiced by: Ryotaro Okiayu (anime), Hisayoshi Suganuma (Sengoku Taisen)

The wealthy head of the Ikkō sect.

Nyoshunni (如春尼)

Voiced by: Ayane Sakura (anime)

Kennyo's irritable wife.

Mochizuki Chiyome (望月千代女)

Voiced by: Atsumi Tanezaki (anime), Yukari Tamura (Sengoku Taisen)

Ashikaga Yoshiaki (足利義昭)

Voiced by: Wataru Takagi (anime)

Hachisuka Koroku (蜂須賀小六)

Voiced by: Nobuyuki Hiyama (anime)

Akechi Mitsuhide (明智光秀)

Voiced by: Shinnosuke Tachibana (anime)

Matsudaira Motoyasu (松平元康)

Voiced by: Ryōtarō Okiayu (anime)

Matsunaga Hisahide (松永久秀)

Voiced by: Kazuhiko Inoue (anime)

External links

• Official anime website (in Japanese)
• Ninja Girl & Samurai Master (manga) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia