History VisualNovel / ShallWeDateNinjaShadow

* MightyWhitey: Averted, the Dutch Eduard is just another member of the vigilantes (plus their link with the Dutch trading houses) and is often looked down by people outside the group. Suetsugu, in exanple, refers to him as "Hairy Barbarian" [[spoiler: and when he's believed to be the SerialKiller, some locals begin badmouthing ''all'' the few foreigners in Nagasaki.]]

Kaname Shishido, a young ninja chieftain from the mountains near Nagasaki, is a potential recruit for the Vigilantes and must go to the city to properly join them... but in his way there, he's messily killed off when he stops by to help a village being burned down. His bodyguard and younger sister Saori survives the incident and swears revenge, but she cannot do it on her own. Fortunately, she was Kaname's ''twin'' sister [[HalfIdenticalTwins and they look alike enough]], so [[ImportantHaircut with a little work]] she can make herself [[DeadPersonImpersonation pass as her dead big brother]]. Unfortunately, while the vigilante group takes her in with open arms without knowing about her gender... they all turn out to be very handsome guys, and Saori will have to choose her ninja instructor among them: the redhead NiceGuy Ukyo, the quiet DarkSkinnedBlond Eduard, the stand-offish SexyPriest Asagi, TheLeader Makoto, the [[EyepatchOfPower eyepatch-wielding]] Kagura, etc. So not only she'll have to [[SweetPollyOliver keep her female identity hidden]], she'll have to sort her potential feelings towards one of her soon-to-be companions. Or maybe, just maybe, even find love ''outside'' the group... But at the same time, she must never forget her two biggest goals: to make sure that the Vigilantes will help her village, and to kill the man behind Kaname's murder.

* DarkSkinnedBlond: Eduard. Justified, he's Dutch rather than Japanese.

** In Hijikata's route, [[spoiler: when Tsubaki tries [[WeCanRuleTogether to sway Hijikata to his side]], he uses a certain medicine that was developed by the Dutch as a bargaining tool. While Hijikata is smart and uncorruptible enough to ''not'' take the deal, it's clear that he '''really''' needs to have it (and at the end, [[GracefulLoser Tsubaki gives it to him anyway]]).]] Later in the path, [[spoiler: Hijikata's partner and best friend Okita is seen [[IncurableCoughOfDeath coughing]] and tries to pass it as DefinitelyJustACold...]] [[spoiler: Okita's path explains that [[IllBoy he]] is gravely sick and [[YourDaysAreNumbered pretty much in the last days of his life]]; in that particular route, Hijikata ''also'' mentions said medicine and plans to get it from Tsubaki without defecting...]]

* AdultFear: A case at almost the end of [[spoiler: Ritsu]]'s path involves the kidnapping of young children. [[spoiler: It's because the wife of a rich samurai went crazy after [[OutlivingOnesOffspring her son's death]], so she had some local kiddos abducted [[ReplacementGoldfish to choose one of them to raise]]. Saori and Ritsu, who had just joined the Vigilantes, rescue them before the woman hurts any of them and return them to their families.]]

** Series 3, ''The Hidden Story of Nagasaki'': it has [[BenevolentBoss Makoto]], [[AdorKable Shintaro]] and [[AntiVillain Toru]]

* {{Yandere}}: In Makoto's route, a RichBitch who had been turned down by a handsome man from the country became this and started killing any girls who got close to him. Yuzuki and Saori are sent to deal with her [[spoiler: and when she attacks Saori, ''she straight up kills her'', much to Yuzuki's approval.]]

** There are some paths that play it completely straight, though: [[spoiler:Tsubaki]]'s, [[spoiler: Sakamoto]]'s and [[spoiler:Shintaro's SpinOff]]. Again, it's very justified: in the first case [[spoiler: Tsubaki specifically aims to kill the Shogun]], [[spoiler: Zeyo wants to personally speak to the Shogun ''and'' stop [[BigBadDuumvirate Tsubaki and Toru]]]] from killing him, and the SpinOff is centered on [[spoiler: Makoto sending Shintaro and Saori to Tokyo as a part of a plan for their WeddingDay.]]

* BiTheWay: Implied for Makoto, fully confirmed for [[spoiler: Ukyo and Yuzuki]] (in story) and for [[spoiler: Sakamoto]] (in his ''True Feelings'').

** In Yuzuki's path, [[spoiler: she willingly reveals it to Yuzuki when he, believing him to be a guy, gives her a LoveConfession. By doing so she presses ''both'' of Yuzuki's {{berserk button}}s ([[HeManWomanHater being a woman close to him]] and [[EtTuBrute betraying his trust]]), but after he gives her a huge WhatTheHellHero for lying to him, he lets her explain her reasons and agrees to be her SecretKeeper, ultimately going through enough CharacterDevelopment to forgive her (and say [[BiTheWay that he loves her for her person and not her gender]]). They later reveal it together to Makoto ([[SecretSecretKeeper who already knew]]), the other Vigilantes, and the Edo Vigilantes Aoi and Souji.]]
** In Ukyo's path, [[spoiler: Ukyo doesn't know Saori is a SweetPollyOliver [[BiTheWay but falls for "Kaname" anyway]], and confesses his feelings in front of everyone as he explains a huge BatmanGambit he's brewed to take down Suetsugu. Then Saori reveals that she's a woman right there, and everyone takes it more or less fine.]]

* WhatBeautifulEyes: If the player chooses Eduard as Saori's instructor and love interest, one of the first things she does is notice how ''beautiful'' his PurpleEyes are.

-->--From the [[http://shallwedate.jp/en/free/free_007.html official site]]


''Shall We Date: Ninja Shadow'' is an installment of the VisualNovel/ShallWeDate Otome dating sim series, developed by Solware. It's actually a SpinOff of their game ''[[VisualNovel/ShallWeDateNinjaAssassin Shall We Date?: Ninja Assassin]]'', and some characters from it also show up here.

-->From the [[http://shallwedate.jp/en/free/free_007.html official site]]

** [[spoiler: Yoshinobu Tokugawa]] is also portrayed as this, as the closest to a BigGood in the cast and a ReasonableAuthorityFigure who never loses his cool. [[spoiler: It's next to no wonder that he and Sakamoto [[BirdsOfAFeather become fast friends]] in the latter's route.]]

** As of November 2017, a route following the rebel samurai leader [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryoma_Sakamoto "Zeyo" Sakamoto]] has been released. The last one left will feature a YoungerAndHipper version of the fifteenth and last Tokugawa Shogun, [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokugawa_Yoshinobu Yoshinobu Tokugawa]].

** Series 4, ''Coming of the New Age'': it has [[ManipulativeBastard Tsubaki]], [[HotBlooded Hijikata]], [[DudeLooksLikeALady Okita]] and [[SunglassesAtNight Sakamoto]], as of November 2017. [[BenevolentBoss Nobuyoshi]] [[spoiler: aka the ''Shogun'']] is the last one still unreleased.

** In several routes, [[spoiler: Makoto finds out on his own very soon, but keeps it to himself for reasonns that differ each time.]]

* TokyoIsTheCenterOfTheUniverse: Averted! The action doesn't take place in Edo (the old Tokyo) or in Kyoto (the capital of the Shogunate) but in Nagasaki, located in the island of Kyushu. Justified, considering the time it takes place into, the very important role that the Dutch merchants have in the plot, and how the ''Ninja Assassin'' games '''already''' take place in Edo.
** There's one path that plays it completely straight, though: [[spoiler: Sakamoto]]. Again, it's very justified: [[spoiler: he wants to personally speak to the Shogun.]]

* ArmorPiercingQuestion: It's through this trope that [[spoiler: Makoto unmasks Saori as a SweetPollyOliver ''at the start of his route''. Replying to him truthfully is the correct option.]]

Kaname Shishido, a young ninja chieftain from the mountains near Nagasaki, is a potential recruit for the Vigilantes and must go to the city to properly join them... but in his way there, he's messily killed off when he stops by to help a village being burned down. His bodyguard and younger sister Saori survives the incident and swears revenge, but she cannot do it on her own. Fortunately, she was Kaname's ''twin'' sister [[HalfIdenticalTwins and they look alike enough]], so [[ImportantHaircut with a little work]] she can make herself [[DeadPersonImpersonation pass as her dead big brother]]. Unfortunately, while the vigilante group takes her in with open arms without knowing about her gender... they all turn out to be very handsome guys, and Saori will have to choose her ninja instructor among them: the redhead NiceGuy Ukyo, the quiet DarkSkinnedBlond Eduard, the stand-offish SexyPriest Asagi, TheLeader Makoto, the [[EyepatchOfPower eyepatch-wielding]] Kagura, etc. So not only she'll have to [[SweetPollyOliver keep her female identity hidden]], she'll have to sort her potential feelings towards one of her soon-to-be companions. Or maybe, just maybe, even find love ''outside'' the group... But at the same time, she must never forget her two biggest gopals: to make sure that the Vigilantes will help her village, and to kill the man behind Kaname's murder.