500https://i.ur.com/OPS5vOa.png Nobunaga no Shinobi was a really really enjoyable ride throughout the entire year I watched it. Every single week I still managed to come back and was overjoyed when the first season led into an immediate continuing second season. No third season but hey fifty two fifty three including the prequel onehttps://anilist.co/anime/97969/NobunaganoShinobiEpisode0 episodes is quite a bit even for a short. Admittedly I didnt think much of it prior to watching. As a matter of fact I think I only actually made the decision to watch it as it aired because it was a short and feudal Japan stuff is I guess a subject I have a tendency of likinghttps://anilist.co/anime/9996/HyougeMono. But the neat opening caught my attention and I really liked that there was an actual progression from episode to episode. The two other TV short series I really like Teekyuuhttps://anilist.co/anime/15125/Teekyuu and Tonari no Sekikunhttps://anilist.co/anime/18139/TheMasterofKillingTime are more or less complete random craziness or daily tomfoolery respectively. https://cdn.anilist.co//dir/anime/reg/15125.jpg 220https://cdn.anilist.co//dir/anime/reg/18139.jpg Nothing wrong with that at all in fact I love both series but an actual serious progression of events is nice in addition to the comedy. Like looking at this shows surface I really would have thought itd just be a typical run of the mill cutesy take on Nobunaga and feudal Japan. Lets make a series about a cute shinobi girl who tags along on Nobunagas quest to unify Japan 440https://1.bp.blogspot.com/A1SMpsvvso/WPkdSWjJqI/AAAAAAAAC50/Kuy9oIoic3egdnOLpB7wih1ywbvgQCLcB/s640/nobun2Bno2Bshinobi.gif But then the cute shinobi girl just outright kills people because she actually IS a shinobi and helps out in Nobunagas battles. Hell Chidori straight up gets at one point punched in the face and actually generally becomes wounded throughout all of the battles in the show. You dont expect a show that looks like this to actually have action scenes and not only action scenes but BLOODY action scenes. Not only are they acceptable for a short but I actually really like them Of course the comedy is still definitely the main focus of the series. Every episode is quick to the point and go down easy. Sometimes theres action and political happenings sometimes theres just funny interactions among all of the different characters. Though a part of me kind of still wonders how this series would handle the eventual because later on in the second season its made clear that this series actually wasnt gonna steer away from some of the serious events like 440https://thumbs.gfycat.com/RecklessQualifiedAquaticleechsmall.gif The character designs the art style the animation of the action scenes the comedy the openings... I honestly really enjoyed watching this short through and through. its really hard to pinpoint exactly why I loved it as much as I did. Because it really does seem like it should just be another generic feudal Japan thing. I mean nevermind the fact that the original mangahttps://anilist.co/manga/86954/NobunaganoShinobi by Naoki Shigenohttps://anilist.co/staff/119633/NaokiShigeno also really liked their mahjong mangahttps://anilist.co/manga/86895/JansounoSaekosan just saying is in the same magazine as Berserk and 3Gatsu... ...Its worth at least noting. Because as a part of the Berserk fandom I was kind of shocked to see an advertisement posted on the Berserk Reddit and my first reaction being oh hey wait woah whats Chidori doing there?? https://www..com/watch?v=atLzryZfk An easy 8.5 out of 10 or 85 out of 100 for me. I recommend at least giving it a try if youre not at the point of feudal Japan fatigue. At worst if you dont like the characters or the comedy the episodes are like three minutes long. Theres not much harm in trying a short. 500https://i.ur.com/BLsYi4d.png