Ninja Girl &amp; Samurai MasterNinja Girl &amp; Samurai Master Ninja Girl & Samurai Master Ninja Girl & Samurai Master, known in Japan as , is a Japanese four-panel manga series written and illustrated by Naoki Shigeno. It has been serialized in Hakusensha's "seinen" manga magazine "Young Animal" since June 2008, with its chapters collected in eighteen "tankōbon" volumes as of July 2021. 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. The series has spawned various spin-off manga series. A anime television series adaptation  directed by Akitaro Daichi and animated at TMS Entertainment was broadcast for three seasons between October 2016 and September 2018, totalling seventy-eight episodes. The series has been streamed by Crunchyroll. Media. Manga. Written and illustrated by Naoki Shigeno, "Nobunaga no Shinobi" began its serialization in Hakusensha's "seinen" manga magazine "Young Animal" on June 13, 2008. Hakusensha has collected its chapters into individual "tankōbon" volumes. The first volume was released on June 29, 2009. As of July 29, 2021, eighteen volumes have been released. Spin-offs. A spin-off series, titled was serialized in "Young Animal Arashi" from November  2, 2012, to May 2, 2017. Hakusensha collected its chapters in three "tankōbon", released from August 29, 2014, to July 28, 2017. A second spin-off series, titled , was serialized in "Young Animal Densi" web magazine from April 26, 2013, to June 30, 2017, and was later transferred to the "Manga Park" website and app starting on October 3, 2017. The first volume was published on January 29, 2014. As of July 29, 2021, five volumes have been released. A third spin-off series, titled , was published in Leed Publishing's "Comic Ran Twins Sengoku Busho Retsuden" from October 26 , 2013, to June 27, 2016. and later in "Comic Ran Twins" from October 13, 2016, to July 14, 2020. Its chapters were collected in four volumes, released from July 29, 2015, to September 29, 2020. A fourth spin-off, titled , was serialized in "Young Animal Densi" from January 30, 2015, to June 16, 2017, and was later transferred to the "Manga Park" website and app starting on August 23, 2017. The first volume was released on April 28, 2016. As of July 29, 2021, three volumes have been released. Anime. Preceded by an "Episode 0" screened at the AnimeJapan 2016  event between March 25 and 27, an anime television series adaptation, directed by Akitaro Daichi and animated at TMS Entertainment, aired for twenty-six episodes on TV Aichi and Tokyo MX between October 4, 2016, and March 28, 2017. A second twenty-six-episode season, titled "Ninja Girl & Samurai Master 2nd", known in Japan as, , aired from April 8 to September 30, 2017. A third twenty-six-episode season, titled "Ninja Girl & Samurai Master 3rd", known in Japan as , aired from April 7 to September 29, 2018. The series has been streamed by Crunchyroll. Ninja Girl & Samurai Master Ninja Girl