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the Ambition of Oda Nobuna (織田信奈の野望, Oda Nobuna no Yabō) is a Japanese light novel series written by Mikage Kasuga and illustrated by Miyama-Zero. It was adapted into an anime television series that aired from July 9, 2012 to September 24, 2012.

The Ambition of Oda Nobuna
Cover of the first light novel
織田信奈の野望 (Oda Nobuna no Yabō)
Genre	Harem, Romantic comedy, Action, Historical
Light novel
Written by	Mikage Kasuga
Illustrated by	Miyama-Zero
Published by	SoftBank Creative
Demographic	Male
Imprint	GA Bunko
Original run	August 15, 2009 – ongoing
Volumes	10
Manga
Published by	Kadokawa Shoten
Demographic	Seinen
Magazine	Comp Ace
Original run	July 2011 – ongoing
Manga
Oda Nobuna no Yabō - Himesama to Issho Shutchōban
Written by	Mikage Kasuga
Illustrated by	Futago Minazuki
Published by	Fujimi Shobo
Magazine	Age Premium, Monthly Dragon Age
Original run	2011 – ongoing
Volumes	2
Anime television series
Directed by	Yūji Kumazawa
Produced by	Masami Suzuki
Music by	Yasuharu Takanashi
Studio	Studio Gokumi Madhouse
Network	TV Tokyo, AT-X, TVA, TVO
Original run	July 9, 2012 –September 24, 2012
Episodes	12 (List of episodes)
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Plot

[edit]Characters

[edit]Oda Faction

Yoshiharu Sagara (相良 良晴 Sagara Yoshiharu)

Voiced by: Takuya Eguchi

The main male protagonist. A modern-day teenager who finds himself in an alternative version of the Sengoku period where some of the famous warlords of the era are female. Replacing the role of Hideyoshi Toyotomi, who had died from saving Yoshiharu's life, Yoshiharu swears to fulfill the dead man's dream of becoming a feudal lord and becoming popular with the ladies by using his knowledge from the videogame, Nobunaga's Ambition to foresee future events and help Nobuna in her quest to unite and conquer Japan. Also goes by the nickname "Monkey" much to his chagrin.

Nobuna Oda (織田 信奈 Oda Nobuna)

Voiced by: Kanae Itō

The main female protagonist and the Daimyo of Owari. She has a tsundere attitude. Known by her enemies as the "Fool of Owari", she is a brilliant and ambitious teenage girl who plans to conquer and unite Japan to strengthen the nation and allow it to stand on equal ground with advanced European nations. An admirer of foreign culture and items, their influences inspire Nobuna's ambition. Throughout the series she is troubled by her position of leadership. As a person who is kind at heart, she seeks to rule with benevolence. Unfortunately, however, she often finds herself in a position where she must make decisions that compromise the integrity of her idealistic ruling etiquette.

Katsuie Shibata (柴田 勝家 Shibata Katsuie)

Voiced by: Hitomi Nabatame

Nicknamed Riku, she is a general serving under Nobuna. Originally, she was an aide to Nobuna's younger brother, Nobukatsu, but her true loyalty lied with Nobuna. Due to an agreement that was made after one of Nobukatsu's failed rebellions, she offically became one of Nobuna's retainers. She wears a steel breastplate that accentuates the shape of her bosom and is easily angered by those who stare at it.

Nagahide Niwa (丹羽 長秀 Niwa Nagahide)

Voiced by: Rei Matsuzaki

Nicknamed Manchiyo, she serves as the Oda faction tactician. She enjoys teasing others, and has a habit of assigning "points" to indicate her approval or disapproval of anything from battle strategies to bad jokes.

Mitsuhide Akechi (明智 光秀 Akechi Mitsuhide)

Voiced by: Sayuri Yahagi

Also known as Jubei, she is a brilliant tactician and strategist - although her strategies are renowned for their ruthlessness and cruelty. Originally a loyal and dutiful general of the Saitō clan, she later becomes one of Nobuna's most important generals after Dōsan Saitō, leader of the Saitō clan, allies himself with Nobuna. Due to her pride and ambition, Jubei wants nothing more than to be acknowledged by others, especially by Nobuna - who she admires very much.

Hisahide Matsunaga (松永 久秀 Matsunaga Hisahide)

Voiced by: Masumi Asano

Also known as "Danjyou", she is a Daimyo, but also one of Nobuna's retainers. A practitioner of witchcraft, she is also called "The Witch of Civil Wars" and can change her smoking pipe into a spear or a sword and can use teleportation and illusion magic. She is despised by most of Japan's daimyos due to her mysterious witchcraft. As a result of being hated, she allied with the only group of people who would have her - the Miyoshi Three - and sought to burn the country to the ground. During the Battle at Kiyomizu Temple, however, Danjyou recognized that many of Nobuna's allies were people like her, hated and with no place in the country. Finally finding people who would accept her, she surrendered and joined the Oda faction as a strategist. Danyyou believes that Nobuna will have to become a "demon" to unite Japan and temporarily attempted to steer her in that direction, much to the disapproval of Nobuna's other retainers. However, she is genuinely loyal to the "Fool of Owari" and respects her rather naive and hopeful dreams.

Goemon Hachisuka (蜂須賀 五右衛門 Hachisuka Goemon)

Voiced by: Tomoko Kaneda

A ninja who stutters and bites her tongue when she is required to speak extensively. She serves under Yoshiharu, having sworn fealty to her former master Kinoshita Toukichirou in which they had both pledged to find a lord and get promoted together. She is also the leader of a task force of militiamen, brigands, and hunters who adore her and are willing to lay their lives on the line for her.

Inuchiyo Maeda (前田 犬千代 Maeda Inuchiyo)

Voiced by: Misato Fukuen

Nicknamed Inuchiyo, she is a young girl who is one of the best spear wielders of the Oda faction. She is also part of Yoshiharu's loyal followers and serves as his personal bodyguard.

Hanbē Takenaka (竹中 半兵衛 Takenaka Hanbee)

Voiced by: Yui Ogura

A highly intelligent strategist who serves Yoshiharu directly and, through serving him, serves Nobuna. Initially a general of the Saitō clan, she remained loyal to the clan even after Yoshitatsu overthrew his father. She hates meaningless bloodshed and prefers using strategies that cause the least number of casualties possible. Hanbē, being a timid girl, is afraid of the overbearing Yoshitatsu and tries to perform her duties as a Saitō clan strategist without having to enter into physical proximity of him. Yoshitatsu, however, sees this as treason and has her uncle arrested to threaten her into appearing before him. Hanbē later defects to the Oda clan after Yoshiharu and his allies rescue her and her uncle from Yoshitatsu. Due to how kind Yoshiharu is to her, she swears her loyalty to him rather than Nobuna, but is willing to help him achieve Nobuna's ambition. As an Onmyōji, she can summon powerful Shikigami familiars.

Zenki (前鬼^?)

Voiced by: Shinya Takahashi

Hanbē's double and familiar. He is protective of his master against those who threaten her. As a Kitsune, he is a powerful and intelligent spirit.

Nene (ねね^?)

Voiced by: Natsuki Kitakata

A childish girl and Yoshiharu's neighbor. She treats Yoshiharu as her older brother. She was arranged to become Yoshiharu's younger sister due to Nobuna's promise to Yoshiharu to give him the 'most beautiful girl in the land' as a joke, and method of fulfilling her promise.

Tsuneoki Ikeda (池田 恒興 Ikeda Tsuneoki^?)

Voiced by: Natsumi Hioka

A female samurai and scout of the Oda clan.

Narimasa Sassa (佐々 成政 Sassa Narimasa^?)

Voiced by: Erina Ogino

Another female samurai and scout of the Oda clan.

[edit]Saitō Faction

Dōsan Saitō (斎藤 道三 Saitou Dousan^?)

Voiced by: Mugihito

The Daimyo of Mino. Known as the Viper of Mino, he is a politically ambitious man. Originally, he wanted to start a war with Nobuna but after hearing her dreams and Yoshiharu explanation of what he will be known in the future, he allies with Oda faction by making Nobuna his heir. Unfortunately, this angered his son Yoshitatsu who launches rebellion against him, forcing Dōsan, his daughter Kichō and Mitsuhide to exile to Owari. After the defeat of his son, however, he was able to retake his position as Daimyo of Mino. As a father figure to her, Nobuna cares about Dōsan who she considers her stepfather.

Kichō (帰蝶 Kichou^?)

Dōsan's daughter.

[edit]Mikawa Faction

Motoyasu Matsudaira (松平 元康 Matsudaira Motoyasu^?)

Voiced by: Suzuko Mimori

Daimyo of Mikawa and the future Ieyasu Tokugawa. She was a meek servant of the Imagawa until the Battle of Okehazama. After the Imagawa were defeated at Okehazama, she gained independence and formed an alliance with Nobuna.

Hanzō Hattori (服部 半蔵 Hattori Hanzou)

Voiced by: Takahiro Sakurai

A ninja serving under Motoyasu. As his master served Yoshimoto, he also served under the Imagawas. However he is more loyal to his master when he allows Yoshiharu to report the location of Yoshimoto's army to Nobuna so that his master will no longer be a vassal of the Imagawas.

[edit]Imagawa Shogunate

Yoshimoto Imagawa (今川 義元 Imagawa Yoshimoto)

Voiced by: Mamiko Noto

Former Daimyo of Suruga and current Shogun of Japan. Yoshimoto was considered the most likely one to conquer Japan due to possessing the larger force and being related to the Ashikaga clan, the ruling Shoguns during that era. However, due to her arrogance, her main army was defeated at Okehazama when the Oda clan launched a surprise attack. Yoshimoto was spared from being killed thanks to Yoshiharu. Later, Nobuna made Yoshimoto the new Shogun as her figurehead to legitimatize her claim for Kyoto after the Ashikagas went into exile. She is quite attracted to Yoshiharu, though he shows no particular care for this, despite being uncommonly hormonal otherwise.

[edit]Asai Faction

Nagamasa Asai (浅井 長政 Asai Nagamasa)

Voiced by: Mitsuki Saiga

The Daimyo of Ōmi. A manipulative young woman, she is forced to hide her gender because her father Hisamasa refuses to accept a woman as a Daimyo. She offered Nobuna an alliance with her clan by marriage so she can take credit for Nobuna's victories as her "husband" or the Asai clan would ally with Nobuna's enemies. However, her various attempts to gain leverage against the Oda faction failed due to Yoshiharu and his allies. After her father told Nagamasa that she would not be allowed back at home until she got married, the desperate Daimyo agreed to an alliance with no strings attached with Nobuna. In exchange, the Oda gave away her younger sister Oichi as her bride, leaving Nagamasa unaware that it was truly Nobuna's younger brother Nobusumi disguised as a girl. However, after Nobusumi and Nagamasa discovered the true gender of each other, they fell in love honestly and deeply. This changed her position towards Nobuna Oda greatly. Previously an enemy and rival of the Oda, she refused to fight Nobuna at Kanegasaki after the Oda had attacked the Asakura clan, an ally of the Asai. but, Hisamasa imprisoned Nagamasa to take over the clan and joined Yoshikage Asakura against Nobuna.

Nobukatsu Oda (織田 信勝 Oda Nobukatsu)/Nobusumi Tsuda (津田 信澄 Tsuda Nobusumi)/Oichi (お市)

Voiced by: Emiri Katō

Nobuna's younger brother. Convinced by his advisers that his older sister is not fit to be the leader of their clan, he attempted a rebellion only for his sister to peacefully crush it. As a show of gratitude for having his life spared thanks to Yoshiharu, he changed his name to Nobusumi Tsuda and officially renounced the position of the Daiymo of Owari. He was protected by a group of female bodyguards, all of whom were in love with him. He later unwillingly becomes a part of his sister's plot when she sent him to be married to Nagamasa Asai, disguised as a girl and using the name Oichi. Later they fell in love with one another.

[edit]Christian Faction

Bontenmaru (梵天丸)

Voiced by: Rumi Ōkubo

The Daimyo of Oushu and the future Masamune Date (伊達政宗 Date Masamune^?). She is a companion and bodyguard of Louise Frois and an ally of the Oda Faction. Possessing heterochromia, she also has a case of chuunibyou (8th grader adolescent delusions), believing her red eye has special powers which is hidden under an eyepatch.

Louise Frois (ルイズ・フロイス Ruizu Furoisu)

Voiced by: Rina Satō

A Portuguese nun and missionary. She has come to Japan to help the sick and defenseless. Noted for extremely large breasts which she believes are sinful due to how others react to them, though Sagura tells her a little of the future he comes from to convince her that she is not a sinner.

Dom Justo Takayama (高山 ドン・ジュスト Takayama Don Jusuto)

Voiced by: Seiro Ogino

A Christian Daiymo and lord of Takatsuki, Osaka who aided the Oda Faction during the Battle at Kiyomizu Temple.

Joaqim Konishi (小西 ジョウチン Konishi Jouchin)

Voiced by: Tomoaki Maeno

A Christian merchant and samurai who aided the Oda Faction during the Battle at Kiyomizu Temple. He is also father of Augustine Konishi.

[edit]Miyoshi Three Faction

Sakihisa Konoe (近衛 前久 Konoe Sakihisa)

Voiced by: Seiro Ogino

An imperial adviser and one of the leaders of the Miyoshi Three. He was a manipulative politician who planned to take control of Japan. However, after losing his sanity during the Burning of Hiei Mountain and betraying all his allies, he was defeated by Nobuna Oda in a duel and crushed by the collapsing Enryaku-ji temple.

Sōkyū Tsuda (津田 宗及 Tsuda Sougyuu)

Voiced by: Kanehira Yamamoto

A rich merchant from Sakai and a former leader of the Miyoshi Three. He joined Sakihisa's conspiracy hoping to gain a profit from it. After being betrayed by Konoe, however, he made peace with the Oda Faction.

Gōsei Shōkakuin (正覚院 豪盛 Shoukakuin Gousei)

Voiced by: Eiji Miyashita

The Buddhist Head monk of Hiei mountain temple and one of former leaders of the Miyoshi Three. He hated foreigners and joined Sakihisa's conspiracy to expel them from Japan for spreading Christianity. As Konoe lit Hiei mountain, sacred center of Buddhism in Japan, to kill Nobuna, Shoukakuin finally recognized the madness of the imperial adviser. The desperate monk fled the mountain but was captured by Oda forces. Nevertheless, he was released since the Oda tried to save the mountain temple with magic and his prayers would be helpful in doing so. Shortly afterwards Louise Frois joined Gōsei in praying, much to his surprise. Recognizing the benevolent nature of the missionary, the Head monk hesitantly accepted that Christianity was not generally evil and made peace with the Oda and the Christians.

Masayasu Miyoshi (三好 政康 Miyoshi Masayasu)

Voiced by: Kanehira Yamamoto

A general formerly working for the Miyoshi Three. He was one of the figurehead leaders of the alliance, but after being defeated at Kyoto, he and his brothers deserted and fled to Shikoku.

Nagayasu Miyoshi (三好 長逸 Miyoshi Nagayasu)

Voiced by: Shuuhei Iwase

Another former general of the Miyoshi Three and Masayasu's brother.

[edit]Asakura Faction

Yoshikage Asakura (朝倉 義景 Asakura Yoshikage)

Voiced by: Ryōhei Kimura

The Daimyo of Echizen and a former ally of the Miyoshi Three. Yoshikage desires the most beautiful women in Japan, especially Nobuna. After Konoe betrayed his allies at Hiei mountain, Yoshikage canceled his alliance with the Miyoshi Three. Nevertheless, he is still at war with the Oda Faction.

Naotaka and Naozumi Magara (真柄 直隆・直澄 Magara Naotaka, Naozumi)

Voiced by: Mikako Komatsu (Naotaka) Natsumi Takamori(Naozumi)

Twin sister generals who serve under the Asakura clan. Beautiful but blood thirsty warriors, the Magara twins wields giant Zanbatō swords. Even though famous for their martial arts, they were defeated by Katsuie Shibata during the Burning of Hiei Mountain, but spared from being killed.

[edit]Other characters

Himiko (姫巫女)

Voiced by: Sumire Morohoshi

The current Empress of Japan. She possesses psychic powers. As she is still a child, her regent, Sakihisa Konoe, uses this to his advantage to gain power for himself.

Soukyuu Imai

Voiced by: Tomoaki Maeno

A merchant from Sakai and leader of the leader of the Egoushuu, the merchants who control Sakai. A old friend of Nobuna's father, he is willing to help Nobuna anything involving finance. He also owns a monopoly in the takoyaki market.

Shingen Takeda (武田 信玄 Takeda Shingen)

The Daimyo of Kai.

Yoshitatsu Saitō (斎藤 義龍 Saitou Yoshitatsu)

Voiced by: Kiyoyuki Yanada

Dōsan's son. Angered that his father chose to ally with Nobuna rather than attack her, he led a rebellion against his father to take over the clan. However, due to how badly he mistreated them, his servants defected and joined the Oda which led to his defeat. Nobuna spared his life by exiling him, allowing him to later joined the Miyoshi Three while hiding his identity under a mask. He is a splendid warrior, using swords, naginatas and even hand-cannons in combat, and is capable of fighting Nagahide, Katsuie, and Danjyou at the same time. After Konoe's death at Hiei mountain, he peacefully left the battlefield, promising he would defeat Nobuna one day.

Yoshiaki Ashikaga (足利 義昭 Ashikaga Yoshiaki)

The 14th Ashikaga Shogun and Yoshimoto's rival. Yoshiaki was the younger sister of Yoshiteru Ashikaga, the 13th Ashikaga Shogun before the Miyoshi Three launches a coup d'état against her brother. Fearing for their safety, Yoshiteru and his sister fled to China in exile and relinquishes his title. Upon learning that her cousin Yoshimoto became the new Shogun and the Miyoshi Three were defeated by Nobuna Oda, Yoshiaki, angered that Yoshimoto "stole" the Shogunate, returns to the Japan to claim back what is rightfully hers. Declaring herself as the 14th Ashikaga Shogun after having her brother give up the title, Yoshiaki returns to Japan with the help of the Mori clan and seeks help from the Oda faction's rivals to regain the Shogunate.

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