SEINEN MANGA/MOVIE RECOMMENDATION-AZUMI IS A GREAT NINJA MANGA
Azumi is a manga series that concerns a young woman brought up as part of a team of assassins, charged with killing three warlords that threaten Feudal Japan with an agenda of war and bloodshed. Azumi received an Excellence Prize at the 1997 Japan Media Arts Festival and the Shogakukan Manga Award in 1998
SURPRISINGLY THE LIVE ACTION MOVIE ADAPTATIONS ARE ALSO VERY GOOD
THIS SERIES IS FAR SUPERIOR TO NARUTO