and she instead administers some of her family's secret medicine mouth-to-mouth thus allowing him to defeat her brother. Afterwards, she moves into the neighborhood and starts attending the same school. Kagemori family's bull terrier ninja dog. Despite his cute appearance and lazy nature, Bluemaru is actually a very skilled canine and is able to use various ninja weapons in his mouth. Sakurako is Mamoru's mother. She is a ninja and is in charge of protecting Yūna's mother. Kengo is Mamoru's father. He is a ninja and is in charge of protecting Yūna's father. Yamame's ninja rabbit companion. Media Light novels First series Mamoru the Shadow! Mamoru the Shadow!（2） 椿の初でいとの道 Mamoru the Shadow!（3） 忍の里から来た少女 Mamoru the Shadow!（4） 来襲!甲賀最強の忍 Mamoru the Shadow!（5） 小鐘井黄金伝説 Mamoru the Shadow!（6） ゆーなとユーナ王女様 Mamoru the Shadow!（7） ホタルの居候日記! Mamoru the Shadow!（8） ウエディング時代劇娘 Mamoru the Shadow!（9） 伊賀娘たちが来た! Mamoru the Shadow!（10）プリンセスアイリーン Mamoru the Shadow!（11）うらしまゆーな Mamoru the Shadow!（12）最後にマモル Second series More! Mamoru the Shadow! (July, 2009) Anime The light novels were adapted into a 12 episodes anime series by the Group TAC studio and produced by Aniplex. This anime series was broadcast on TV Tokyo between January 7, 2006 and March 25, 2006 with last two episodes aired the same day. The anime opening theme is sung by Mai Nakahara and the ending theme is "Rainy Beat" sung by Ryōko Shintani, Sachiko Kojima, Ai Shimizu, and Erina Furukawa. Episodes list Manga The five volumes of the manga adaption were released by the publisher Media Factory. The manga adaption was first serialized between November 2005 to April 2006 in the seinen magazine Monthly Comic Flapper and from August 2006 in Monthly Comic Alive. Between July 16, 2008 and January 21, 2009, DrMaster published the English translation of the first three volumes of this series under the name of Mamoru the Shadow Protector. In Indonesia, the manga has been licensed by Elex Media Komputindo, under the title The Bodyguard. Reception References External links Kage Kara Mamoru at Aniplex 2003 Japanese novels Anime and manga based on light novels Aniplex Group TAC Light novels Media Factory manga MF Bunko J Kadokawa Dwango franchises Ninja in anime and manga Ninja fiction School life in anime and manga Seinen manga Sentai Filmworks Television shows based on light novels TV Tokyo original programming