
Tropes found in this anime:
- Amazon Brigade: The kunoichi in red ninja clothes.
- Escaped Animal Rampage: The show begins with a giant tiger escaping from its cage and slaughtering a large number of the Shogun's men before being cut down in one stroke by protagonist Shuranosuke Sakaki.
- Establishing Character Moment: Shuranosuke. This guy kills a tiger with one blow in his introduction scene.
- Iaijutsu Practitioner: Shuranosuke specializes in this.
- Made of Iron: The Leader of the Seki ninja is this trope.
- Master Swordsman: Shuranosuke.
- MacGuffin: The Izayoi sword.
- Meaningful Name: Shura means carnage. No guesses for what Shuranosuke is the master of.
- Ninja: The Seki Ninja.
- Ronin: Shuranosuke.
- The Four Gods: The white tiger in the beginning is said to be Byakko's incarnation.