Bamboo Blade
 Bamboo Blade (バンブーブレード Banbū Burēdo) is a Japanese manga series written by Masahiro Totsuka and illustrated by Aguri Igarashi. It was serialized in Square Enix's Young Gangan magazine from December 3 2004 to September 3 2010. The series tells the story of Toraji Ishida a luckless high school Kendo instructor who is challenged by his former upperclassman also a kendo instructor to a competition between their female students.