The series is about a fictional shinobi named Chidori who aids the real Japanese general Oda Nobunaga on his journey to the unification of Japan, so that he may bring peace to the land.

[12] A second spin-off series, titled Gunshi Kuroda Kanbee-den [ja] (軍師 黒田官兵衛伝), was serialized in Young Animal Densi web magazine from April 26, 2013,[13] to June 30, 2017,[14] and was later transferred to the Manga Park website and app starting on October 3, 2017.

[23] A fourth spin-off, titled Sanada Tamashii [ja] (真田魂), was serialized in Young Animal Densi from January 30, 2015,[24] to June 16, 2017,[25] and was later transferred to the Manga Park website and app starting on August 23, 2017.

[3][32] A second twenty-six-episode season, titled Ninja Girl & Samurai Master 2nd, known in Japan as, Nobunaga no Shinobi: Ise Kanegasaki-hen (信長の忍び~伊勢・金ヶ崎篇~), aired from April 8 to September 30, 2017.

[33][34] A third twenty-six-episode season, titled Ninja Girl & Samurai Master 3rd, known in Japan as Nobunaga no Shinobi: Anegawa Ishiyama-hen (信長の忍び~姉川・石山篇~), aired from April 7 to September 29, 2018.