In 16th century Japan they had a Shogun, and leader of Japan young and weak with 6 Shogunate that had equal power and served the shogun although they all secretly wanted to be him. Eventually four were killed or downgraded until there was only two Shogunate and a shogun. The story stays true since this is exactly what happens in the book. There are also some parts that cannot stay true to the story like vampires and ghosts.
In the book Blood Ninja by Nick Lake a young boy who’s destined to be the Shogun one day is attacked by ninja. In ancient China they called ninja kyuuketsuki which is what they call it in the book. (pg 7)”The ronin said that a kyuuketsuki had killed a peasant near here”. This shows how they based their book of ancient China history.
Although the book stays on track with the ninja it changes greatly when they start talking about spirits like gaki(ghosts), Ninja Vampire and a Buddha ball which can control the earth. Since all these things are true in the book they obviously wouldn’t have been real in ancient China. They did believe in these things but it never actually could happen which makes the book differ from the real 16th century China.
Furthermore the book stays on topic as best as it can considering there is ninja vampires and a ball that can control the world. One way it does is it’s weapons. In both the book and real life the main weapon for the ninja was a katana, which was carried on their back and could be used for more than one reason. Other weapons included darts, spikes, knives, bows, a chain and sickle and sharp star shaped metal called shurikens. This was how the ninja fought.
A lot of things stayed on track of the book but also a lot of things were different which makes the book easy to get hooked on and a really good read. The way the book stays with the weaponary and tools of a ninja but at the same time makes ancient Chineese folklore true makes a great mix and changes and keeps the idea of how life was back in the 16th century.
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