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Nabari no Ō (隠の王, Nabari no Ō? lit. Ruler of Nabari) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by manga author Yuhki Kamatani. The manga started serialization in the Japanese shōnen manga magazine Monthly GFantasy in 2004. Square Enix has so far published seven tankōbon, and is scheduled to release the eighth volume on March 27, 2008.

An anime adaptation directed by Kunihisa Sugishima, and animated by J.C.Staff, will begin to air on Japan's terrestrial television network TV Tokyo on April 6, 2008. It will also air on other Japanese networks such as TV Aichi and TV Osaka, though it will air first on TV Tokyo.


Plot
Rokujo Miharu is a boy who has a hijutsu, or 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, Nabari. Rokujo's classmate, Kouichi Aizawa, started a Nindō (忍道, Nindō? lit. "Way of the Ninja") Club at school with Kumohira, his English teacher. Both Kouichi and Kumohira are secretly ninjas. They try to persuade Rokujo to join the Ninjutsu Club, and though he was reluctant at first, he joins after being attacked by a group of ninjas trying to get his hijutsu. Now, he must become the "Ruler of Nabari" in order to survive.

Characters

Miharu Rokujo (六条 壬晴, Rokujō Miharu?)
Voiced by: Rie Kugimiya
The protagonist of series, Rokujo is a 14-year-old middle school student. He holds Nabari's hijutsu, the Shinrabanshō (森羅万象, Shinrabanshō? "all things in nature"), in his body. Miharu acts indifferently to everything.

Thobari Kumohira Durandal (雲平・帷・デュランダル, Kumohira Thobari Durandaru?)
Voiced by: Daisuke Namikawa
Rokujo's and Kouichi's 25-year-old teacher in the "front world". He is actually a ninja of the Banten village in the world of Nabari. He was born in Ireland.

Raimei Shimizu (清水 雷鳴, Shimizu Raimei?)
Voiced by: Ayumi Fujimura
She is a 14-year-old guard in the world of Nabari, and the head of the Shimizu clan. She is also a Fūma-nin (風魔の忍, Fūma no nin?, "Wind Magic/Demon Ninja") who prefers fighting with a sword over using ninjutsu.

Kouichi Aizawa (相澤 虹一, Aizawa Kōichi?)
Voiced by: Satoshi Hino
Miharu's 14-year-old classmate. He studies nindō under Kumohira.

Yoite (宵風, Yoite?)
Voiced by: Mitsuki Saiga
A 16-year-old ninja who uses the forbidden technique "kira". Yoite's real name is not known.

The Gentlemen Alliance cross known in Japan as Shinshi Doumei Cross, is a shōjo manga by Arina Tanemura, and is currently running in Ribon. The name was taken from a Japanese song of the same title.

The atmosphere of the series is very different from Tanemura's previous manga series, as it is a school comedy rather than a fantasy series. Tanemura has said that it is that kind of manga that she has most wanted to write. There are 44 chapters so far, and 9 volumes out in Japan, with more on the way.



Haine Otomiya, a 15-year-old high school girl student at the elite private Imperial Academy (帝国学園 Teikoku Gakuen), was apparently sold to foster parents for fifty million yen. A one-time gang member, Haine reformed when she met Shizumasa Tōgū, who told her to live life how she wanted to. She fell in love with Shizumasa and entered the Imperial Academy to try and win his love.

Now, Shizumasa is the Koutei (皇帝, Kōtei, lit. emperor) of the school. Being the president of the student council and the only member of the gold class, he is the one who everyone looks up to. Through various circumstances Haine is tricked by Maora, a student council member, into becoming his bodyguard and joining the student council. However, Shizumasa claims not to know her and is unexpectedly cold towards her.