is a Japanese shōnen

Shonen

The term refers to manga marketed to a male audience aged roughly 10 and up. The Kanji characters literally mean "few" and "year", respectively, where the characters generally mean "comic"...

 manga

Manga

Manga is the Japanese word for "comics" and consists of comics and print cartoons . In the West, the term "manga" has been appropriated to refer specifically to comics created in Japan, or by Japanese authors, in the Japanese language and conforming to the style developed in Japan in the late 19th...

 series by written and illustrated by Shingo Nanami

Shingo Nanami

is a Japanese manga artist. Her debut work was a one volume manga titled Tennen Yuuryouji. Many of her works are serialized in Enix magazines, with collected volumes published by Square Enix. Her series KAMUI has been translated and published in English by Broccoli Books beginning in 2005...

. The manga is currently being serialized in the Monthly Gangan Wing magazine, and published in Japan by Square Enix

Square Enix

is a Japanese video game and publishing company best known for its console role-playing game franchises, which include the Final Fantasy series, the Dragon Quest series, and the action-RPG Kingdom Hearts series...

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Plot

Kasane is an average kendo-obsessed girl, when a brush with a mysterious sword sends her back in time to the Sengoku Era. Stuck in an unfamiliar time and place, Kasane also has the poor luck of winding up right in the middle of the turmoil that surrounded Oda Nobunaga's rise to power.

Characters

The main character of the story. She is a first year high school girl who was trained by her grandfather in the art of Kendo. Despite being the youngest member in her club, she quickly became their "general" due to her skills. She cares very much for her twin brothers, Masamune and Kotetsu. Since their parents are dead, she wants them to grow up to become strong.

During the first chapter, while she attempted to save her younger brother's life, a strange sword sends her back to the Sengoku period. While she initially believes it is a dream, she soon realizes that everything is real. Her sword fighting skills catch the eye of Oda Kazusanosuke Nabunaga, who decides to take her into his mansion to perform chores and participate in missions for him.

Kasane believes it would be best to continue working for Oda until she can finally figure out a way to return to her time. Throughout the story, returning to her brothers has remained her primary objective. She has told a number of people that she comes from the future, however, most people have either shown disbelief, shock, and/or suspicion. The only people to believe her claim have been Oda and Toukichirou.

Manga

The Sengoku Strays manga series was first serialized in the Japanese shōnen manga magazine Gangan Wing, published by Square Enix

Square Enix

is a Japanese video game and publishing company best known for its console role-playing game franchises, which include the Final Fantasy series, the Dragon Quest series, and the action-RPG Kingdom Hearts series...

. Later, the individual chapters were collected into bound volumes, and seven volumes have been released in Japan.