Nobunaga no Shinobi - Recommendations

• Vol: 9; Ch: 35
• 2008 - 2010

• Vol: 25; Ch: 273
• 2005 - 2017

It was the Sengoku Era, a time when warring Daimyō usurped each other constantly. There was a man whose soul was overtaken by the ways of tea and material greed as he worked his way up toward greater power and status. His name was Furuta Sasuke, a vassal of Oda Nobunaga. With his world broadened by the genius Nobunaga and his spiritual insight learned from Senno Sōeki, Master of Tea, Sasuke travels the road of the Hyouge Mono, or comical fellow. To live or not to live. For power or the arts. That is the question!

• Vol: 2; Ch: 11
• 2002 - 2003

In the 16th century, the evil Nobunaga rampages across the land in pursuit of the "Tenka Musou." Owner of the Scroll of the Heavens, Nobunaga must only locate the Scroll of the Earth to unleash the Tenka Musou's limitless power. When his vicious troops arrive at simple village, caught in the middle is Han, teen slacker and assistant to the village baker. Han soon reveals herself as Hattori Hanzo; a sexy skilled 18 year old ninja trapped in a 13 year old's body and sole protector of the Scroll of the Earth. Infuriated at Nobunaga's brutality, Han vows to take the fight to its source, seize the Scroll of the Heavens and send Nobunaga where he belongs!

• Vol: 3
• 1989 - 1991

Those who know their ninjas know Ayame, daughter of Hattori Hanzo of the Iga ninja clan. Even though she is a woman, she has exceptional talent as a ninja. With Oda Nobunaga in the lead, the war consuming Japan is winding down to an end, and Hanzo was planning to have her lead a normal life. That is when a chance for Ayame to become the mistress to Nobuyasu, Tokugawa's heir, arose. Ayame and Nobuyasu had feelings for each other, but that dream never came true. Hanzo dies a sudden death, Ayame succeeds Hattori Hanzo's name, and vows to live as a man!

• Vol: 4; Ch: 22
• 2009 - 2011

Warlord Nobunaga Oda is rapidly vanquishing his foes on a quest to unify Japan under his rule, but there is one region that even Nobunaga fears: The Iga Province, home to the Iga ninja. Mumon is Iga's strongest ninja, renowned as a deadly assassin with unmatched battle strength, but he is equally lazy and only seeks to please his wife, Okuni. At the same time, a ninja named Heibee Shimoyama has become disillusioned with his people's way of living. One day, Mumon kills a ninja from a different family, unaware that his actions will ultimately lead to a deadly battle between Nobunaga's army and the ninja of the Iga Province.

• Vol: 10; Ch: 80
• 2015 - 2020

The life of daimyo Uesugi Kenshin commanded authority and fear during the Sengoku period of Japanese history. In this retelling, the powerful lord is reimagined as a woman.

• Vol: 1; Ch: 8
• 2004

• Vol: 15; Ch: 105
• 2003 - 2007

In the year 1580 in feudal Japan, Fifteen-year-old Usagi is a klutz of a ninja who can't seem to complete her training. As she's unfit to be a ninja her great grandfather sends Usagi to Segachi on a very special mission: to marry the skilled ninja Hanzo Hattori and bear his child! However, there's a problem: Hanzo has no desire to be married. Usagi is allowed to stay with Hanzo for one year in order to complete her training, during which she tries her hardest to catch his eye. But lovely rivals such as Yuri and the Princess Sara, and love triangles with childhood friends and others stand in the way of true romance. Will Usagi ever end up with her beloved Hanzo?

• Vol: 11
• 2005 - 2017

• Vol: 1
• 2011

The Life of Akechi Mitsuhide — The trials and aspirations of a man who serves in the shadow of a great leader, Oda Nobunaga, like a moon that mirrors a blazing sun. But what happens when an incident at Hongan-ji leads to a change of heart in Mitsuhide? A long-running historical drama portrayed in fine detail.