I've finished up to volume 3. All I can say is this is a nice read. At first, it reminded me of flame of recca... Ninja protecting the princess and stuff. ^_^ I'm looking forward for more volumes. Kagetora is just so cute!

I'll admit it. Shinobi Life is basically a hodgepodge of 8 different stories, characters and plot devices rolled into one. Basically, you won't see anything ground breaking here. Despite that, the author does a good job of making something old and played into something interesting (the good illustrative work doesn't hurt either). The characters are likable, the plot will keep your attention and the art will keep you visually intrigued. Read it if you have the time.

Just received book 4 from yesasia.com and after reading it i had to lower my rating of the series somewhat (just half a point). Vol 3 was the best so far, maybe that's why i'm disappointed (or depressed) with Vol 4. The events described just seemed contrived, and the heroine also appeared weaker/more helpless than before, which doesn't make sense. Don't want to tread into spoiler territory so i'll just agree with others that Kagetora is simply the HOTTEST !!!!!! Just seeing him on the pages is enough to keep me reading on ^_^

... Last updated on June 4th, 2008, 7:37am

This is such an addicting manga1 I haven't finished reading it all yet(because well... it is ongoing) but what I've read so far is amazing!
chapter after chapter is'll leav you wanting more & you'll want to find out what will happen next!
There needs to be more mangas like this, where the lead female is a strong one & doesn't cling on to guys if she knows they're not interested.
It's a really cute romance story & I just L♥VE it!!
Definetly recommended!!!

i love this one, but it was soooooooooo heartwrenching what kagetora did to beni when he found out that she was a "so called fake". what he said was sooooooooo hurting!! but it's soooooooooo cute, this series!!!!!!! five stars!!

It was good at first, but it went downhill after a few chapters, especially about the "engagement" thing... I felt it wasn't original anymore, and the heroine.... the heroine just kind of ticks me off.

Well, I kinda like the initial idea of the manga.. I mean, who wouldn't want super-HOT ninja as a bodyguard? Unfortunately, I feel that the plot turning rubbish after chapter 3, which is such a great disappointment to me cos the character design is so super NICE~!

Super hotness or cute characters isn't a reason I read a manga like some your comments seem to imply about yourselves...but this just seems like a typical martial arts comedy with overemphasized not very funny "comedy"..Im only going by the summary so far...I'll read the current 5 chapters and see if I was right...

-update- I wish the seriousness in chapter 1 could have remained....its slowly turning into what I thought it'd be...

... Last updated on March 3rd, 2008, 9:49am

normally I'm not really into shoujos but this manga completely changed my mind. The bishounen is a SUPER HOTT NINJA. What more can one ask for? This is a MUST read

meh... i've seen better wasn't that good the main character seems like the average stuck up rich girl overall it was so so