Shueisha’s Weekly Shounen Jump magazine confirmed this week that the TV anime Nigejouzu no Wakagimi (The Elusive Samurai) has been green-lit for a second season. The news was revealed in the magazine’s 45th issue of 2024, and Aniplex USA released a video confirming the news.
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-PYPzvpjgs]
Yamazaki Yuta (Love Kome -We Love Rice) directed the anime’s first season at CloverWorks studio, which premiered in July 2024. All 12 episodes of the anime can be streamed on Crunchyroll.
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6A5NHaXvvk&t=1s]
The anime is based on Matsui Yuusei’s Nigejouzu no Wakagimi ongoing manga. Matsui (Ansatsu Kyoushitsu, Majin Tantei Nougami Neuro) launched the manga in January 2021 in the Weekly Shounen Jump magazine, and the manga’s first tankoubon volume was published in July 2021. The latest volume, number 17, was released on September 4th, 2024. The manga’s new chapters are also released digitally in English via Viz Media and MANGA Plus.
After the massacre of his family by the traitor Ashikaga Takauji, Tokiyuki flees with the help of a handful of loyal retainers who have also survived the purge. One of them is Suwa Yorishige, an ally of the Hojo clan and lord of Suwa Province. The slightly odd Yorishige also claims to be clairvoyant and foretells that Tokiyuki will one day become the ruler of Japan. But for the moment, escaping from enemy territory is the priority.
