Nabri no Ou

[Chinen]

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Nabari no Ou (Japanese)
Ruler of Nabari (English)

Genres: action, comedy, drama, supernatural

Themes: modern ninjas

Plot Summary: Rokujou Miharu is a boy who has a hijutsu (hidden technique) living inside of him. This hijutsu is the power of creation. Many ninja clans are seeking it as the one who possesses it becomes the ruler of the ninja world. Rokujou's classmate Kouichi started a nindou ("Way of the Ninja") club at school with Kumohira, his English teacher. Both Kouichi and Kumohira are secretly ninjas. They tried to persuade Rokujou to join the ninjutsu club. At first, he was reluctant, but after being attacked by group of ninjas trying to get his hijutsu, he joins. He must become the Ruler of Nabari in order to survive.

Source: Nabari no Ou

[Kara_KATAD]

Yay Nabari no Ou! *shouts into silence*
*echo comes back*
does anyone else watch this?... srsly? Aizawa! <3

[garuda666]

i've watched this but found it confusing to keep track of especially with its already muddled plot line regarding the origin of the shinrabanshō in miharu.
plus, the fact that i still find it disturbing that a yaoi relationship may in fact exist between miharu and yoite... but then again, i may be just imagining things.
hope this series gets some rejuvenating chapters in it.

[johnnski]

currently watching... quite cool

[Chinen]

i've watched this but found it confusing to keep track of especially with its already muddled plot line regarding the origin of the shinrabanshō in miharu.
plus, the fact that i still find it disturbing that a yaoi relationship may in fact exist between miharu and yoite... but then again, i may be just imagining things.
hope this series gets some rejuvenating chapters in it.

LOLMUCH.

It isnt confusing, IMO. :3 It's fun. :3 XD

I actually cried watching this series. Lol. The fanservice is yum too~ :3

[garuda666]

LOLMUCH.

It isnt confusing, IMO. :3 It's fun. :3 XD

I actually cried watching this series. Lol. The fanservice is yum too~ :3

Well, it is a bit confusing when you start comparing the manga and the anime. Some details about the plot are best understood in reading the manga. I've always gauged how good an anime is by also considering how well it was adapted from its manga origins.
I'm even afraid that it'll come to the point where filler chapters are made and subsequently 'inserted' into the anime (Rurouni Kenshin and Naruto had this annoying dilemma). The redeeming factor here is the pure and simple joy of watching how each manga panel unfolds into the anime frame by frame. Fanservice notwithstanding.

Miharu's character development is so slow and sucky at times that he's too meek and indecisive at the first few episodes.
The Shimizu sibling feud (and love) was what really hooked me effectively into reading the anime seeing as it is a rarity in manga plotlines - a feud story told from a female POV.
And yes, Aizawa-kun still rocks in my list of fictional ninjas. It's just that the series' release had to be ill-timed with Bleach (about swords and samurai-like characters) and Naruto (about ninjas) already earning whopping viewer percentages. Nabari no Ou simply pales in comparison. It would have been better if they had done the anime adaptation a bit later.

The series will get better and should garner a decent viewer percentage by late next year.
I hope that the studio that produced the anime, J.C. Staff, doesn't screw this up.

P.S. Ga-Rei: Zero had this problem too but it still rocked anyway since the action scenes were breathtaking.

[HzTStOXA]

Alternative title:
Nabari no Ō (Japanese)
Владыка скрытого мира (Russian)
ملك الناباري (Arabic)
隠の王 (Japanese)
Genres: action, comedy, drama, supernatural
Themes: bishounen, modern ninjas, shounen-ai
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Plot Summary: Rokujou Miharu is a boy who has a hijutsu (hidden technique) living inside of him. This hijutsu is the power of creation. Many ninja clans are seeking it as the one who possesses it becomes the ruler of the ninja world. Rokujou's classmate Kouichi started a nindou ("Way of the Ninja") club at school with Kumohira, his English teacher. Both Kouichi and Kumohira are secretly ninjas. They tried to persuade Rokujou to join the ninjutsu club. At first, he was reluctant, but after being attacked by group of ninjas trying to get his hijutsu, he joins. He must become the Ruler of Nabari in order to survive.

Link - Nabari (TV) - Anime News Network



Related anime:
Nabari (TV) (adaptation)

Alternative title:
隠の王 (Japanese)
隱王 (Chinese (Taiwan))
Genres: action, supernatural
Themes: ninja
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Plot Summary: Rokujou Miharu, the Master of Apathy was just a normal boy living a normal life planning to own a normal restaurant. After being pestered by his classmate Aizawa Kouichi and his english teacher Kumohira to join the ninja club time and again, Miharu is attacked by a group of ninjas and learns of the Book of Knowledge a.k.a. hijutsu dwelling within him and that Kouichi and Kumohira are actually ninjas. With the strongest power of Nabari(ninja world) inside him and dangerous ninjas out to kidnap him, can Miharu's life of indifference remain, or will he be forced out of his days of

LINK - Nabari No Ou (manga) - Anime News Network