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“Ninja Kagetora must train clumsy heiress Yuki while battling forbidden love for his future master.”
Kagetora
カゲトラ
7.59
2,805 rank · 5,070 readers · 72 favorites
Shounen
Harem
Martial Arts
Action
Comedy
Romance
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Synopsis
Ninja Kagetora must train clumsy heiress Yuki while battling forbidden love for his future master.
The young ninja Kagetora has been given a great honor—to serve a renowned family of skilled martial artists. But on arrival, he's handed a challenging assignment: teach the heir to the dynasty, the charming but clumsy Yuki, the deft moves of self-defense and combat. And yet, Yuki's inability to master the martial arts is not what makes this job so difficult for Kagetora. No, it's Yuki herself. Someday she will inherit her family dojo, and for a ninja like Kagetora, to fall in love with his master is a betrayal of his duty, the ultimate dishonor, and strictly forbidden. Can Kagetora help Yuki overcome her ungainly nature . . . or will he be overcome by his growing feelings? (Source: Del Rey)
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 4 sampled reviews
7.0
/10
What 4 readers settled on.
75%
recommend
Score distribution
median 8.5
mode 1
σ 3.54
Agreement
Polarized
σ 3.54 · split reception
The polarity gap
8.0 pts
Recommenders 9.0 · others 1.0
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Score over time
↓ 3.00
Running avg · Jun 2009 → Dec 2018
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 9 “I think, this story is very good... When I read the first volume, I don't like it... But, when I read Until finish all of volume 1,,, I turn to very like it... Funny n dramatic... This is a good...”
- 10 “It's cool. On the first chapters, i was very bored... But When i saw the upcoming issues, it's getting more better. I didn't realized the friend who recommended this to me, this is great! Story :...”
- 8 “This was a decent enough romcom. The aspects to being a ninja and the duty based relationship resulted in a pretty interesting relationship between the two. However, it also resulted in one that...”
Verbosity
Short · 100%
Medium · 0%
Long · 0%
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A Manga Publication
- Format 56 × 11 ch × vol
- Total read 7h 28m approx
- Published Nov 2001 – Sep 2006
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M0398 catalog