and incompetent ninja who served Takamitsu. He considered himself to be Hanzō's rival, and he was assigned to assassinate the shogun's children. Of course, he could never succeed as they were protected by Hanzō, but also because of his utmost cowardice and incompetence. When Hanzō died, it was stated that Akamaru would never die because of his stupidity. An American boy who got stranded in Japan and captured by a Japanese ship. Captain Ban sent assassins to kill him in fear that he would expose their true nature. He was saved by Shichimi's gang and followed them since. He could barely speak Japanese, but somehow he was able to understand Japanese up to a point. His home state's name, Ohio, sounded almost like ohayo, the Japanese word for "good morning", which triggered Natane and Shichimi into killing their own siblings when they were under hypnosis from one of Takamitsu's assassins. At the end of the manga, he dated Koto because she couldn't continue to hit on Shichimi now that she knew he was her brother. Media Manga Niji-iro Tōgarashi is written and illustrated by Mitsuru Adachi. The manga was serialized in Shogakukan's Weekly Shōnen Sunday from January 11, 1990, to April 29, 1992. Shogakukan collectes its chapters in eleven tankōbon volumes, released from August 18, 1990, to May 18, 1992. Shogakukan republished the series in a 6-volume bunkoban edition from May 16 to September 14, 2002. The series has been licensed in France by Glénat, with the volumes released from September 2003 to July 2005. Volume list Stage play In May 2021, it was announced that a stage play adaptation of the series, which ran for sixteen shows from August 28 to September 5, 2021, in Ikebukuro's Owl Spot theater. References External links Niji-iro Tōgarashi at Web Sundays Museum 1990 manga Adventure anime and manga Comedy anime and manga Historical anime and manga Mitsuru Adachi Science fiction anime and manga Shogakukan manga Shōnen manga