Oda Nobuna no Yabou

I love history. I love anime. Combining both of them is like winning a million dollars and the girl (or guy) of your dreams. In other words, it's heaven. Now, when I first started this show, I was a bit reluctant. There are two ways to go about making a historical anime, let alone one that has romance in there as well. The first is to make it as historically accurate as possible. The result of this of course is potentially boring your viewers to death. The second way is to make a parody of history, in which case you risk offending your viewers. The ... Ambition of Oda Nobuna (Oda Nobuna no Yabou) does neither of this. Oda Nobuna is historical romcom that shows what a matriarchal society would have looked like during the Sengoku or Warring period of Japan. Talking from a historical viewpoint, this period is filled with endless killing, long before Japan was unified and the city of Tokyo was named. Oda Nobuna is a a show that neatly incorporates the genres of romance, comedy, and history without boring the watcher to death with its superfluous amount of historical background/content. It tells a story of a world filled with war, and a hero who aspires to bring an end to the bloodshed. A hero whose dream is to bring world peace, even at the cost of her life.

Overall: 10/10
Story: 10/10
Enjoyment: 10/10
Characters: 10/10
Art: 10/10

Simply to put it alot more enjoyable then I fought.

The art and animation is well done, Voice acting is cute at times and can be serious. A fan of Nobunaga since he reminds me of Cao Cao, but a Japanese Version.

Nobuna is a interesting Character, but the interesting part is the story, as a fan of the Nobunaga games, I enjoyed reading and playing the battles, Kessen was definately fun.

But anyways, Guy who loves the games ends up in a paralell world, where Nobunaga is a girl, and he helps her conquer Japan, While using his knowledge to ensure the Demon Legend never occurs, while ... still ensuring she survives.

It has Echi harem bits, but it never strays from the story and tension.
Heart felt moments are there including the Manly feelings of brotherhood that can be found in one piece or FMA no matter how brief.

I am interested if this becomes a game though.

Short Review, its good, watch it and enjoy it.

One of the few anime, in which the protagonist uses the knowledge he has obtained in school to its fullest potential, at least more so than in other anime similar to it like


Sengoku Otome or Amatsuki.

A historical isekai that's actually pretty good. Oda Nobuna no Yabou is an anime about the journey of Oda Nobuna to unite all of Japan together with some dude who came from the future assisting "her" a little as she proceed.

I've always loved historical things and I don't particularly hate isekais. When these two combined together, it's pretty much a free get - meaning "why not just watch it?". Honestly, Oda Nobuna was a really good anime. I used to watch historical Japanese shows centered around the Sengoku period and they're really good. Let's just say that Oda Nobuna no Yabou is the Japanese ... cartoon version of those where it tells the story in different aspects.

It's cool to see how this anime slightly changes the history and bend it to their own story. Make the generals be all-girl, add a future dude, give him a harem ( technically ), let him help, etc.. Oh man Japan is great. They can certainly do whatever and even make fun of their own history.

10/10. Recommended to people even if they don't like the mix of romance ( technically harem ), comedy & historical. It's fun.

p.s. Also realized that the groping scene video from Youtube that I saw years ago came from this anime. Lmao. A bit surprised but I kind of expected it.

Ever heard of the Japanese champion Oda Nobunaga, who united Japan during a time of civil war long before the United States was even a country? No, I’m not referring to him, and neither is this TV series.

The Ambition of Oda Nobuna (Oda Nobuna no Yabou) is an anime inspired by the manga of the same title by Mikage Kasuga. Dare I say, it’s listed in the historical genre, but truly nothing is historical about it other than all the namesakes of the characters involved are real men who fought in the civil war. Did I say “men?” I’m sorry. I totally forgot this is ... Oda Nobuna we’re talking about.

The series takes place when a teenage boy from the present day gets stuck in an alternate (and past) universe when Japan was in a civil war during what we know of as the 16th century; only this time, both men AND women were allowed to rule as feudal lords and military personnel. In this mess of literally gender-bending history, the boy known only to his fellow comrades as Saru (literally “monkey”) meets a rather promiscuous Oda Nobuna(ga?), a lower Japanese noble who desires to unite Japan and extend its diplomacy to the coming European nations. Together with her clansmen and retainers, Oda Nobuna and Saru plan to conquer Japan with the least amount of bloodshed while having a typical anime romance sequence.

Overall, nothing is terribly wrong with the series, considering it obviously plays to an audience of the typical male otaku who enjoy seeing women playing sexual warrior roles. However, I can’t help but wonder why anyone would decide to write about a gender-bending of a truly historical figure like Oda Nobunaga. That has the same effect as if an American novelist decided to say Abraham Lincoln doubled as a vampire hunter as well as President of the United States (oh wait, that’s already been done). I just hope that fans of this show appreciate that this is totally FICTION and not actually real; and therefore has nothing to do with historical fact.

My god, Oda Nobuna no Yabou, what can i say about this anime ?

I feel so ashamed that i judged this show by its cover. I thought it was just another ecchi-harem anime with lots of girls while it wasn't.

Well it actually is one of the most exciting history lesson i've ever taken in my life. I always love history and very interested in Japan history. While you may say it's not very accurate because every characters are girls for some reasons (moe?), it makes this show much easier to watch and we can learn exact what happened in history through the progress of the ... show.

The story is creative, the artstyle is amazing. However, the characters of this show are very emotional, and that's the main problem i had, i didnt think this fits the war affair. Beside that, i think this anime is worth your time and it sure help you to kill off the boredom.

Wtf? How is the average of this only 7.6? I finished this just now so still might be post-anime high, but that was so enjoyable it's ridiculous! All the feels and everything just arrrgh.

This started kinda meh imo, it was immediately gripping for me at least, always a fan of instant immersion (thrown into action straight away), but the characters seemed shallow and unrelatable. Oh boi oh boi oh boi! That does not stay that way at all. This has some of the best characters from anything ever, almost everyone changes themselves on a fundamental level, becoming better, learning to trust in one another. All ... the character and relationship arcs are so impressively executed!

Why's the art a 9 instead of a 10? B/c I couldn't get over how stupid the MC's haircut looked, not a fan of that character design. Looked too pathetic. I wonder if it would have been more effective to one-punch-man-style it and give him a palette of faces, some rugged, some round, etc. so that when he means business HE MEANS BUSINESS.

But art is of minimal importance to me, what matters most is story and how that affects the characters involved. And they nailed that part. The story is gripping and, especially towards the end as they expertly construct this alright climax, edge-of-seat tension.

The romance in here is also perfect for me, it felt very natural, developing over time, and it's also an expression of freedom in a restrictive historical world. Just works for me dude, but I expect it's something everyone will love.

Everything's an upside, everything is flawless apart from: some asides aren't explored fully/enough (e.g. a couple of the key characters have been influenced by parental figures in their childhood but I don't think it's explored enough how much that really affected them), Sagara isn't given some opportunities to be a badass, which is a bit detrimental to the audience's image of him near the start, but I feel he's redeemed himself near the end, there's not enough foreshadowing/hinting at some "twists" that happen. When they do happen, it feels kind of like the writers got to that point and thought "why not?"

But my "disadvantages" are really really weak, this honestly was amazing and I feel is very underrated.

Oda Nobuna no Yabou (Quick Review)
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Historial: Shows key battles of the Sengoku period, and characters who have been changed, but still hold true historical facts

Romance: Its a "Key" sub plot of this series, The romance between Oda and Sagara "Monkey" And the romance is done well, Better than i expected, Felt like a proper "Romantic" series.

Comedy: Changing all key characters to be Cute female girls is an interesting twist, It never took it self too seriously, but also it didn't put a lot of Comedy, There is a few moments, but it is more an underlining feature.

Unique blend of genres, which for me sets this ... apart from other series, the way they executed each genre, was very good as well, Nicely balanced.

Final Thoughts
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I liked this series, More than i probably should have or expected to do, One aspect wasn't too overpowering and the episodes flowed nicely, 12 episodes is a good length for this series.

Sound/Art is very nice, Has a feel of a "classic" anime style to it but with a modern twist, which somewhat sums up this unique series.

This series knew when to be a comedy and then something informative or serious (Romance Parts) Also enjoyed the array of characters, each one bringing something to the table.

And the ending was satisfying, Not many Negatives to say, For some this may be a little silly, or for the most part predicable, its Clan vs Clan time after time and doesn't stray much for this predicable formula, but i really enjoyed this series, for its Uniqueness alone, i would recommend you to check this out.




Ending (Kind of a Spoiler)
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Ending left me satisfied, but one key part of the story was not solved, The part about "Monkey" How did he get to that period? Is he immersed in a Video Game, Or is this something more, I know its a "Comedy" and maybe this wasn't something to take too serious, which i respect. Just wonder with that teaser at the end, will their be another series to show this?

Oh, where do I begin.
I don´t know how I didn´t knew this anime existed before yesterday.

At first I thought this would be a strange rom-harem thing with historical in it, ant turned out to be more less that but more like a historiacal with rom/harem in it, but no so much harem taking into account that the MC made more less a desition.

There are some things that I found rather enjoyable from this series:

1)The characters. I think the MC was spot on: not too much of a pervert, not too overconfident or doubtfull, and not a simple plot device that spoiled the whole war ... thing telling the end all the time. Nobuna was a good heroine too, and the tsun traits makes her even better. All the generals, the other female leads or important characters where good too, but at some point there where too many lolis for me.
2) The plot. Even if this was a historical anime, kind of telling real facts and some people might find it boring I found it appealing, I´m interested on the actual history of that era right now. It had a lot of names, but the anime allowed me to remember all the important ones when I needed them.
3) It´s not finished. At the end they basically give a glipse at the next "boss" and thell you *I wish* "we´re making a second season, probably". I know many animes end up like this, with the posibility of a second season open just in case it turn out to be viable, but I really want this one to get a S2, just like 6-7 other animes out there that really deserve one.

Now some of the flaws/things that I would have liked but where not there. *A little spoiler tag because I´m going to say some specific stuff* The girl that gave points to every desition. At first I thouhgt that she had something to do with the fact that the MC is basically playing a game, but at the end of S1 nothing changed, and I got used to it, so I´m not intrigued.
Two things I want to point out is that, even though all the historical characters are sex inverted might be kinda offensive for some people, I found it entretaining, imagining how´s the real story with the right sexes was kinda fun. I found this part greatly executed, because the characters still had their strong will, most of it at least.
I was rather unaffected by the continous exposure to Nobuna´s bra, mainly because many ecchi animes made me invulnerable and because it felt in-character, the free spirit and carelessness of having the robe undone when people of her trust where there.

Overall an enjoyable anime, not the best but better that many of them.

I had a good time enjoying this. Me being someone that know's little of Japanese history besides who Oda was, I was surprisingly not lost or confused about events and the history of what was happening.

I still find it kind of weird that these old gruff men have have been turned into attractive young females. Only thing that could make it weirder is if they changed gender while formally being males.

I like the romance and that it ends on a good note for the show.

Don't really like how overly much it kind of became like Final Fantasy in the last two episodes ... with people with overly gigantic swords.

I kind of want to see Nobuna experience modern day times and just see what the world is like.

Overall i really enjoyed this and wish we get another season sometime in the future.

I like the story and the overall all concept of this anime, it is not your typical harem. But i do have to say that the main male character annoys me to death! I don't get why so many people like this guy, the way he acts ruined the whole dang thing for me! Other than then the imbecilic character that makes me want to reach through the screen and STRANGLE him.....This anime was pretty good and i would recommend it to people who can stand guys like the guy your about to see.

Oda Nobuna was set in the Shogun period. This alone doesn't make a series good. What does is how the series used this period. The main characters are generals, leaders, people of importance. They are not citizens who kneel down to a figurehead that is never shown, nor do they need to obey any rules set by another man. The viewers follow the main characters' attempt to conquer and unite Japan. A huge dream shared by many. There are those who want to achieve it together, and those who want to achieve it alone. There are hindrances, eureka moments, betrayals, doubts, trickery and surprises, interesting ... allies and enemies. Heroes are born and villains arise. The goal is a grand one but the scheme is a simple one. To conquer quickly and coercively through ruthless decisions, or conquer by sharing, love and unite the people; driven by vengeance or friendship?

We see the generals lead the armies in both bird-eye and close-up views. The viewers are given seats in strategy meetings. We see the map, the route armies take and the obstacles they might face. We also see individual deaths and small victories here and there in front row seats.

None of the generals are invincible. They fall into traps, they make wrong tactical advances and they let their men die. They regret, they fear for the worst and they sometimes think negatively.

This time period wasn't chosen randomly out of a hat. The age sits between old Japan and the beginning of Westernisation. Should Japan learn about the rest of the world? Should Japan shield themselves from the West? Or should the generals set out to sea with a pirate flag and conquer shinsekai?

The premise alone sounds plenty interesting. What makes this series more different is majority of these generals are women and lolis. There are good fanservice but few excessive ones. The women fight like men. They lay their honour on the battlefield and they aren't afraid of death. The action is solid. Supernatural elements and magic, check, but they don't overpower the good old fashioned cavalry with swords, bow men or rifle men.

Our protagonist is from the future. He doesn't bring the internet with him nor anything fancy that would faze every other character in the show. No one is particularly impressed by his arrival and none feel threatened. He didn't make his impact through technology or his pair of trainers. He made his impact through people management and making good use of history lessons. He doesn't follow what was already written in the history books from his time, he allows discretion and take into consideration of people's feelings, what's the right thing to do at the right time. He doesn't dictate, nor throw solutions around in strategy meetings, and his predictions sometimes go wrong.

In terms of personality, he is a determined lad. He is also a pervert. This is a harem show, and this guy gets boners. He has fantasies of his colleagues he works with and he falls in love, unlike school based series where the protagonist has no clue what's going on or doesn't have a penis. Our MC has desires and attempts to fulfil them.

This series is nothing short of entertaining. The animation quality is Madhouse stunning. The women are sexual and the seiyuu super. It's one of the rare few anime that makes me guilty for awarding a low score. So guilty that I later changed it. Although, the setting and animation is fantastic, there are lots of typical moments in this series. Any said I would personally consider as spoilers. In addition, there are plot holes. First episode is confusing, one of the worst start to any series. But ignore it. To enjoy Oda Nobuna, you must not try to tick boxes or review it episode by episode. Do not emphasise on this time travelling, world transferring protagonist to overshadow the other characters and what the series is truly good at. The fact he is from a different time isn't the highlight of the series at all and the director made sure he isn't overpowered. It is sometimes best to forget he's from the future altogether.

Oda Nobuna isn't a mindless, shut down your brain and watch series. It has emotions and you can get lost in the many names of people, castles, territories that do not come with much references. Although most characters have appeared in many other anime personality-wise, to have them in this age period and not act like scared little brats needing samurai to protect them 24/7 is a breath of fresh air. To really enjoy this series, you should aim to marathon it in 2 days. Any slower with underscore its plot holes. Don't watch it to punish the director or yourself, watch it in a forgiving attitude and you'll have a whale of a time!

After watching Oda Nobuna , at first glance it look like it was going be another harem anime and very boring to watch . However i was definitely wrong , not only does anime have a good story ,it makes you want for more . Those who want learn little more about Sengoku period are in for a treat . Though music and art are pretty average . The story and characters make up for it . Especially for those who live outside japan , you can learn something from watching this . On top that the dub of this anime ... is not bad either . Although this anime may not be for all. Those that do like historical periods will get enjoyment out of it . Over all this was pretty entertaining anime . And I pray that there a season 2 .

Story (6/10): The story, a boy who magically flies through time and lands in the Sengoku period where every male historical character is turned into a girl, pretty solid, and had a good follow up. The story was introduced well, and I found it to be interesting, with the history added with the fact that every general/soldier was girl. However, the story as a whole, pretty much is like every other harem "plot" just that it is in a different setting with different characters.

Art (8/10): Splendid very good, not many flaws I can think of at all. Just spectacular :D!

Sound (6/10): Soundtrack was amazing, ... OP/EDs were okay. Balances the rating :D!!!

Character (9/10): Okay here is where we get down to business. The characters were what made this anime unique and fantastic. The supplied every single type of character, loli, busty, you name it. Also, the characters progressed very well throughout the story, good job!

Enjoyment (9/10): I really liked this anime a lot! It had a solid plot, great characters, great sound, worth watching!

Pros:
+Included pretty much every type of character
+Sound was great
+Art was amazing
+Characters are likable

Cons:
-Left you hanging, needs a second season
-Story was bland, solid, but it was just like every other harem (boy meets girls, all girls like him, boy pretty much a pervert, tsundere, etc) but just with a different setting and characters
-Some plot holes

I loved the extremely fast pacing of the story. It's easy to just fly through the episodes forgetting about how much time passed. That in itself makes this excellent. What's fun about it is that it's all made according to actual historical events, so you also learn history while watching it... that is, if you don't care about genders of people or any inconsistencies with the actual history, introduced here by our protagonist from the future. It's interesting how protagonist's original life or the way he came to the past is never addressed, because it's not point of the story. This kind of fast pacing ... and moving the story forward doesn't allow for it, and it totally works.

I wouldn't think that alternate harem-ish history in which most famous people are gender swapped into anime girls, would actually be good. Only thing I knew going into this was that it was historical romance. And it really delivers in both of those areas. It's not overly-haremish, but few complaints can be made in the area of fanservice. Often it crosses into the area of what I like to call blunt fanservice. Luckily, fast pacing doesn't allow it to eat up too much time. Other than that, sometimes the fast pacing results in introduction of so many characters that it's nearly impossible to keep track of their names. Same applies to the story, though it's mostly clear enough, sometimes I'd get a bit lost in what's going on. It's fun though to wiki a bit after an episode, to see what the differences are between anime and real history. Oh yeah, introduction of magic into an actual history is something you'll just have to accept I guess. But it does make the story more interesting so it's kinda justified. I'd usually be against the idea but again, it works here.

It's interesting how much Nobuna resembles Sena from Haganai. They even have the same voice actress, and it's like she's trying to sounds the same. Well I definitely don't mind considering I love Sena. But there are a couple of things about Sena I'd prefer changed (breasts reduction for one), and funnily enough, doing that would result in Nobuna. Well,... hell yeah! What's even better, protagonist is totally cool. So even though setting seems harem-ish with all those girls around, it's plays out nothing like a regular harem anime. So it doesn't really resemble one. Oh, and make sure you're okay with litle girls being ninjas and generals and such... yeah it sounds weird in context of near-actual history, but the anime stylisation of history really ends up making it more fun.

Character design, animation and production quality are spectacular and make this worth watching for the action sequences alone. Just look at OP and you'll know what I mean. Speaking of OP, it's really awesome, along with ED, and music is awesome as well. Oh, and don't expect too much closure, as anime only covers the first four volumes out of 10, but the good news is that volumes 5,6, and 7 are already translated by baka-tsuki.

I really loved this story. I am a big history buff and lived in Japan for 10 years. Seeing an alternate history was interesting. I have only 2 complaints. The beginning doesn't really explain how he ended up there in the first place. I assume they were looking to fill people in with later seasons. The other is that he did not get his reward from Nobuna at the end of this season. Everything he went through and she couldn't even give him something so simple. Other than those two issues I found the anime to be fantastic and I really want a second season. ... But as this anime is from 2012, I doubt it will happen.

Not really expecting anything at all, I watched this show in a neutral manner:

Oda Nobuna no Yabou is interesting because, people expect an perverted mess and get surprised once they watch the show giving it a lot of praise. To be honest, Oda Nobuna no Yabou is really nothing that special in most parts.

The story follows the "romantic comedy" formula and is extremely easy to follow. Add a few character development elements and you get Oda Nobuna no Yabou. It's OKAY, the characters are well done and the story fits well with the show. But like I said before it's ... really "by the letter" romantic comedy with action.

The art is also typical in some aspects. And what I mean by that is that there's not much innovation, which is due to the setting of the story (they kinda had a guideline no time for free roaming). To it's credit they did a great job in showing off the time period since it's loosely based on historical events. Despite it being typical, the use of some vibrant colors was executed perfectly and character design was not only true to it's time but showed originality as well.

The best part about this show has to be the animation, it's top notch. One of the better animations i have seen.

The OP is alright, to be honest I don't care about it much. As for the sound it's great well done!

In the end Oda Nobuna no Yabou is a fun watch. But in the end it's a typical romantic comedy with action and realistic (not clinging to the protagonist) characters. In other words slightly above average.

This anime is exactly my type of anime
Good plot
Smokin hot babes
A good hero


Story:10
I gave it a 10.The story flows well and makes sure we all understand what is going on in their world.Every detail of it.The story is interesting as well.

Art:8
... It has great art.The characters are drawn nicely and with plenty of detail.Animation flows smoothly and the background fits.

Sound:8
All the appropriate music were cued at the right moments and battle scenes sounds very realistic.Opening and Ending music fits the anime.

Character:9
Well,there are cliche characters around.And looking at the cover you might think its a Harem,but its not really a harem. The only girls I saw falling for Yoshiharu is Nobuna and Mitsuhide. The rest,they pretty much have a regular relationship with Yoshiharu.

Enjoyment:9
Well,this one was very enjoyable to the point I watched it twice in a row(which doesn't happen often).Everything about this anime is perfect for me to the point I cannot describe it in words. The story was great,sounds are great,art is beautiful the characters are well introduced and most importantly,the anime makes effort to help you understand the series.I was never confused with whats going on.

Overall: 9
Its just great.Watch it now or I kill you.

This actually is one well put together anmie.When I first saw the title ,I was afraid it was another generic historic Oda Nobuna type story , with a twist or two and to be honest it is. whats surprising, is just how good it is and how well it blends the different genres and themes into a satisfying whole.
There is a lot of comedy, action, drama and yes romance as well.I was not for one moment bored and ,the story flows forward with every episode , with very little filler.There ... are a few plot holes , but having only seen 8 episodes , it would be unfair of me to judge until its completion.depending oin how it ends , i could well up the 9 to a 10

Ah, another entry in the "kids at war" genre mixed with never before seen fetish of getting stomped on by little girls with political power, highly varying breast size and amount of garment.

What is most annoying is them being so adamant that anime is historically accurate since it's the whole premise where main character, otherwise known as doormat-kun, has rich knowledge of history. Except it's not the history he knows... I don't know it makes my head hurt trying to rationalize the whole premise... Supposedly his knowledge is what keeps him alive and interesting but at the same time every character he knows from history ... is replaced by a kindergarten reject. Somehow all of them, and I mean ALL OF THEM, are girls in their preteen years with breasts that make 18 year olds steaming with envy. What makes our main character think history will develop as he knows it is beyond me.

Characters are so painfully stupid and simple that I feel sorry for myself having to force through whole 3 episodes of this waste of money before I could write this review. I need not say anything more than point out how younger brother of Oda Nobuna wants to make advertising campaign for rice jelly and make everyone eat it as well as bring in cute girls and he is suppose to have some saying in future of the country.

For all those that would claim this show gets better, no it doesn't. Yes, I didn't watch more than three episodes and I am 100% sure it doesn't get better. There's literally nothing this show can do to redeem itself.

If you have pubic hair growing you are too old for this show. There's nothing to be seen here, move along.