Nobunaga no Shinobi

1555, First Year of the Koji Era

1555, the first year of the Koji Era.

The Sengoku Period was rife

with generals fighting to expand their domains.

The Land of Owari

Hm?

How rare... A young child practicing to swim on their own.

I'm actually drowning!

I haven't seen you around here before.

What village are you from, peasant?

Oh, I'm not a peasant.

I'm a shinobi.

Ninja Girl & Samurai Master

A shinobi?

How rare...

I get that a lot.

Since I'm a girl shinobi and all...

No, I meant a shinobi that declares herself as a shinobi.

That means you must have come to spy on Owari.

Tell me. Where did you come from?

I can't!

A shinobi protects their secrets with their life!

That is the law of Iga!

Oh, so you're from Iga.

Um, since you're a samurai,

are you a subordinate of Oda Nobunaga-sama, the ruler of Owari?

I am not a subordinate.

Oh, so you're just a ronin.

I thought you worked for that big blockhead, Nobunaga-sama.

I am Nobunaga himself.

Please don't kill me!

Oh? Are you going to kill me?

I wasn't ordered to, so I'd rather not,

but if you try to kill me, Nobunaga-sama...

I'll kill you with these fifteen shuriken!

Don't you think those might have been what made you drown?

Don't worry, I won't kill you.

No change will come from killing one shinobi.

Owari's borders have been abolished, so anyone can get in right now.

Why did you abolish the borders?

It's a secret.

I see! You must be lonely—

To make the towns livelier and to gain information about other lands!

Livelier? Gain information?

This guy might be amazing.

Is it your goal to make your land bigger, too?

Make my land bigger?

It's because such small men are fighting without considering the people

that these troubled times have lasted a hundred years.