narutolvr's manga / #Historical(7)

I see comments saying this manga was confusing or hard to grasp but it's a pretty simple story to grab hold of. It seems complicated because of all the names/backstories of each character they introduce (20+ in only a few volumes = tons of information) but don't let your attention be swayed by that. Just understand that at the start of the story the two clans Kouga and Iga that warred for 1000 years and were forced to form a truce are now given free reign to fight again. Now these clans seemed to be getting on fine and two ninjas (one from each clan) were in love and were scheduled to be married a few days after the truce ended up being dissolved. So the whole story is following how the relationship between the two clans (and by proxy, the lovers) dissolves over the course of a couple of days simply because of the war-mongering nature of the ninja. It's pretty interesting to read and the action scenes -of which there are many- are well drawn.

A very entertaining read! Somehow I feel like it painted a different picture of royalty/royal marriages than I'm used to seeing. Not as dramatic as reimei no arcana but still had some substance. Either way, it was a solid story, really likeable characters, well paced plot, and art that really did leave me wanting to quickly start the next chapter.

Somehow I really liked this series. I genuinely can't tell you why (the kids? the fact that she was really good at shogi? the double crossing?) but I did. And I liked the characters as well as the way the plot flowed. I'm not a big fan of this author's other works either, so this really made an impact on me :)

What can I say- I'm a sucker for historical mangas ^^. I really do prefer Japanese history, though, and the art was a bit...freakish

It was an interesting concept and great art, but I just couldn't get into the story somehow.