Shikamaru Hiden: A Cloud Drifting in Silent Darkness

Shikamaru Hiden: A Cloud Drifting in Silent Darkness
(シカマル秘伝 闇の黙に浮ぶ雲, Shikamaru Hiden — Yami no Shijima ni Ukabu Kumo)
Book Data
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Next	Sakura Hiden: Thoughts of Love, Riding Upon a Spring Breeze
Pages	226
Release Date
Japanese	March 4, 2015 (ISBN 978-4-08-703347-2)

Shikamaru Hiden: A Cloud Drifting in Silent Darkness (シカマル秘伝 闇の黙に浮ぶ雲, Shikamaru Hiden — Yami no Shijima ni Ukabu Kumo) is an original story written by Takashi Yano and illustrated by Masashi Kishimoto. It is the second book of the Naruto Hiden series.

Synopsis

Wondering since when did he not say "It's troublesome"…? Two years since the Great Shinobi World War, as a key figure Konoha, Shikamaru spent everyday being busy. One day, he received a report that everywhere, a large number of shinobi disappeared. Sai also has disappeared. The destination of the shinobi who have disappeared is the enigmatic Land of Silence (黙の国, Shijima no Kuni). Who is lurking there…? As a shinobi, as an adult, and in defence of something that he is burdened with. It will be a battle of Shikamaru with the shadow of a new era.

Table of Contents

• Ch. 1: Konoha (木の葉)
• Ch. 2: The Land of Silence (黙の国, Shijima no Kuni)
• Ch. 3: Shikamaru (シカマル)
• Ch. 4: End (仕舞, Shimai)

Main Cast

• Shikamaru Nara
• Chōji Akimichi
• Ino Yamanaka
• Kakashi Hatake
• Naruto Uzumaki
• Temari
• Sai
• Rō (朧), a 40-year old Anbu shinobi from Konohagakure
• Soku (鏃), a 14-year old Anbu kunoichi from Konoha whose real name is Hinoko
• Gengo (ゲンゴ), the head of the Land of Silence who leads a revolutionary force of brainwashed shinobi called "The Enlightened Ones" and uses his powerful voice to place people into a mind controlling genjutsu

Minor Cast

• Kurenai Yūhi
• Mirai Sarutobi
• Sakura Haruno
• Gaara
• Shikadai Nara
• Minochi, an Anbu from Konohagakure who went to the Land of Silence