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“Rich heiress must marry her first kiss; ninja bodyguard romance ensues in comedic high-school setting.”
A Springtime with Ninjas
花と忍び
6.63
16,028 rank · 3,825 readers · 9 favorites
Shoujo
Martial Arts
Comedy
Romance
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Synopsis
Rich heiress must marry her first kiss; ninja bodyguard romance ensues in comedic high-school setting.
Benio is the heiress of the richest family in Japan, and tradition holds that she must marry the first person to kiss her. So that she can attend high school, Benio is assigned the ninja Tamaki as a bodyguard, but he turns out to be quite the player. It's not always easy for a strong-willed rich girl and a smart-alecky ninja to get along in this romantic comedy about a pure young lady and her smoking-hot knight. (Source: Kodansha Comics USA) Included one-shot: Volume 1: Ninkoi (pilot)
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Community consensus
Derived from 3 sampled reviews
7.7
/10
What 3 readers settled on.
100%
recommend
Score distribution
median 7
mode 6
σ 1.70
Agreement
Mostly aligned
σ 1.70 · some divergence
The polarity gap
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Not enough recommend signal yet
Score over time
↑ 1.67
Running avg · May 2018 → Nov 2023
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 10 “I 10/10 recommend this manga to anyone looking for a quick shojo that's completed to pick up. Some people might find parts a bit over the top but i think that's the fun in it. It had a really nice...”
- 7 “It is very hard to say. I been more exited at the beginning to read. All story is actually really interesting, but that later on was too many unfair ends, of course I understand that many...”
- 6 “Hana to Shinobi. Or A springtime with Ninjas. This story started off good. It was engaging. AT FIRST. It really engaged me, until the relationship between Benio and Tamaki. Story (6/10): Not the...”
Verbosity
Short · 67%
Medium · 33%
Long · 0%
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A Manga Publication
- Format 18 × 4 ch × vol
- Total read 2h 24m approx
- Published Aug 2015 – Feb 2017
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M39649 catalog