Shinobi Life

Description

Energetic and strong-willed, Beni doesn't care if she lives or dies as long as her death will result in embarassing her arrogant father! But one day, she suddenly encounters Kagetora, a ninja who's fallen from the sky and swears complete loyalty to her -- as her bodyguard. Kagetora has time traveled from a long, long time ago, and has devoted his life to protecting Princess Beni. Little does Kagetora know that this Beni is not the real princess... Can true love and honor survive after a centuries-long time warp -- in a crazy modern world?

Official English Translation:
Comikey, Pocket Comics

Type

Manga

Related Series

N/A

Associated Names

Shinobi Raifu

พ่อหนุ่มนินจา ข้ามเวลามารักกัน (Thai)

シノビライフ

忍Life

忍者酷情人

Groups Scanlating

Esthétique

Konnichiwa

Shinobi's Life Fan Community

Latest Release(s)

v.13 c.64 (end) by Shinobi's Life Fan Community 12 years ago

v.13 c.63 by Shinobi's Life Fan Community 12 years ago

v.13 c.62 by Shinobi's Life Fan Community 13 years ago

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Status in Country of Origin

13 Volumes (Complete)

Completely Scanlated?

Yes

Anime Start/End Chapter

N/A

User Reviews

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Forum

3 topics, 5 posts

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User Rating

Average: 8.2 / 10.0 (1026 votes)

Bayesian Average: 8.15 / 10.0

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22%

13%

Last Updated

September 28th, 2024 11:02pm PDT - 7 months ago

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Genre

Action Drama Fantasy Historical Romance Shoujo Supernatural
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Author(s)

Artist(s)

Year

Original Publisher

Akita Shoten

Serialized In (magazine)

Princess (Akita Shoten)

Licensed (in English)

Yes

English Publisher

Comikey

Manga.Club (13 Vols - Complete; digital)

Pocket Comics

TokyoPop (Canceled / 7 Vols)

Activity Stats (vs. other series)

Weekly Pos #751

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Monthly Pos #1855 (No change)

3 Month Pos #3204

(-131)

6 Month Pos #4352

(-11)

Year Pos #5440

(+115)

List Stats

On 2649 reading lists

On 1382 wish lists

On 1509 completed lists

On 332 unfinished lists

On 636 custom lists

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Shinobi Life Ends in March

13 years ago

Story Line Help

14 years ago

finally!

17 years ago

User Comments [ Order by time added ]

Slow start, but really picks up

by timenchips
13 years ago

Rating: 9.5 / 10.0

First, the most important thing you need to understand is that Beni has no super powers. The romance is obvious from the beginning to everyone except our two main protagonists >.< While the beginning few chapters are a little cliched, once time travel is introduced, the story really picks up. The part I loved the most was when the true chronology of Kagetora's life and his meetings with certain characters are revealed cough cough. His history with Hitaki clears up a lot of previous questions from the beginning of the story, which was very clever of the mangaka. I definitely had a big aha! moment and applauded the wonderful uses of foreshadow before said moment of epiphany. I would highly recommend this to anyone who likes reading something with a little adventure and a fairly complex plot history. And let's not forget our hot male lead 😉

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I'm on the fence

by Mistress99
15 years ago

Rating: 7.0 / 10.0

I really like this story. But it just seems to be dragging and getting more and more complicated. (Not that complicated isn't a good thing) but I'm feeling like I'm loosing sight of what the real plot is.
As the story goes on I feel like Beni is more in her own little world with her new plot line and Kagetora is still trying to solve the one she left behind.

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great.

by jcie069
16 years ago

Rating: N/A

just like everyone else..i thought that this one is not so great but you'll get hooked to it. maybe because the flow is really flowing.. 🙂 i was a bit annoyed about the parent things but i guess there is a story why are they like that. the romance has a good feel to it too. i usually don't like fantasy based manga but this one blend with the plot so smoothly it was really all good.

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LOL

by Charis
16 years ago

Rating: N/A

i just read this manga today. The drawings good and has typical shoujo story plot. Its focuses on the romance a lot. The whole time travel thing is weird and confusing - its probably the only things that makes the story line interesting...
Not the best but its ok.

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Oh shoot I forgot to leave a review here but ok.

by Zahr P.
5 years ago

Rating: 6.0 / 10.0

The title I wrote, summed it all. But in general, I remember the plotline went pretty clear, good starter and ending point. Typical 2000s aesthetic and characters, yes, they were funny but sometimes as other commenters have pointed out, it felt slightly unrealistic. I don't remember I liking those characters that much anyway. So-so, I think.

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Just Like Any Shoujo, But Way Too Liked and Way Too Long

by gloriousmangalover
6 years ago

Rating: 3.0 / 10.0

First, the good. The art is actually really clean and pretty, and I liked how sweet the love interest was. You don't see that too often in shoujo (yes, it's a cliche, but it's not the most used one), and it was a nice break from all the oh-so-cool guys.

Next, the bad. FMC was such a Mary Sue that I had to look away from the manga several times before re-reading scenes. I could not stand her, and, for me, that's a breaking point for shoujo. Strong characters are my favorite, which is why her love interest was so much better than her. She was whiny, annoying, and listed as "strong" so many times that I constantly had to close my eyes. I just didn't like her, especially with how much the mangaka was clearly trying to make her seem "different".

Also, sorry, but the father's an a-hat. Hated him, and hated how the mangaka tried to redeem him with a "backstory". Romantic development was fine, and some scenes were cute, some were not. It's shoujo, so it's bound to have a million unrealistic cliches, and it's also a time-traveling isekai in some parts, so it has bad world-building (I guess, I mean it's sort of a "magical" retelling of the past). Plot development was actually probably the better parts of the manga, but the mangaka dragged it on too long, so the character development was barely there.

TL;DR: Development was way too average and way too long, annoying cliches, but pretty art and actually really awesome love interest. Honestly I hated the FMC so much more than a stereotypical shoujo hero, mostly because she kept on being written off as a "strong" one. It was annoying. Therefore, 3/10.

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Horrible start but eventually gets better

by AndelMartina
7 years ago

Rating: 6.0 / 10.0

Seriuosly, this was one of the worst 1st issues I've ever read. Beni is a brat, horrible and you'll want to kill her for how spoiled she is... But then her character suddenly does 180 and and she turns into a typical weak lovestruck shoujo heroine... Ugh. So yeah, horrible start, but then it gets better and the story turns into a midly confusing time travel story... Is it worth reading? Only if you have the patience to get through the first two volumes or so.

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Not Bad

by RS456
10 years ago

Rating: N/A

Not bad. It was nicely ended but the time jumping arc could of been done better. I am not sure but I think writer also intended to make another time paradox. Beni's mother is Beni and Kagetora's daughter from the future as their daughter looks almost identical to Beni's mother. If your worried about smut you have no worries as this manga is pretty clean cut except a few instances where she had to kiss the other guy under duress.

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It was okay.

by Starkick
12 years ago

Rating: 6.0 / 10.0

Not a great manga, but an okay one. Beni is kind of an annoying character - but she IS a shoujo heroine, so you kind of have to accept that going in. The plot also dragged in the middle, and there were several periods where I just couldn't bring myself to read the new releases because previous chapters were so unmemorable that I didn't have any idea of what was going on, and didn't want to re-read to remind myself BECAUSE the chapters were so boring.

But, that said, it WAS a good manga when it wasn't dragging. The time travel was interesting, and there were one or two twists that I didn't see coming, which was fun. Definitely not one my favorite manga list, but a nice enough read that I will probably come back and read it all in one go at some point in the future. Maybe it won't seem so uninteresting in the middle if I can get through all of the "blah" chapters quickly, without having to go back to figure out what was happening.

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by born2shop
13 years ago

Rating: 8.5 / 10.0

I LOVE Shinobi Life! I thought the story was really good the first time i started reading it.. I also loved the art and the characters. I loved seeing how they evolved and grew. So glad though that the story has ended.. was wondering when it would. But I still think that the drama was too much in the middle.

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