“Manmaru attends Nenga ninja school, caught in rivalries between foxes, raccoons, monkeys, dogs, and dropout Dobe temptations.”
Ninpen Manmaru
忍ペンまん丸
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Manmaru attends Nenga ninja school, caught in rivalries between foxes, raccoons, monkeys, dogs, and dropout Dobe temptations.
Manmaru goes to ninja school at Nenga, where foxes and raccoons study the art of assassination under a bear ninja master. He is soon thrown in to local rivalry between the Nenga school, the Koga (monkeys), and the Iga (dogs), as well as facing temptations from the Dobe, a group of dropouts from the Nenga. (Source: The Anime Encyclopedia)
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A Manga Publication
- Format 75 × 11 ch × vol
- Total read 10h 00m approx
- Published Mar 1995 – Mar 1999
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M72795 catalog