Ninja vs. Gokudo

Ninja vs. Gokudo (忍者と極道, Ninja to Gokudō) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Shinsuke Kondō. It began serialization on Kodansha's Comic Days website in January 2020. An anime television series adaptation produced by Studio Deen is set to premiere in October 2025.

Ninja vs. Gokudo
First tankōbon volume cover
忍者と極道 (Ninja to Gokudō)
Genre	Action[1] Comedy[2]
Manga
Written by	Shinsuke Kondō
Published by	Kodansha
English publisher	NA: Kodansha USA
Imprint	Morning KC
Magazine	Comic Days
Original run	January 20, 2020 – present
Volumes	15
Anime television series
Directed by	Toshinori Watabe
Written by	Keiichirō Ōchi
Studio	Studio Deen
Original network	Nippon TV
Original run	October 2025 – scheduled

Characters

Shinoha Tanaka (多仲忍者（たなかしのは）, Tanaka Shinoha)

Voiced by: Chiaki Kobayashi^[3]

Kiwami Kimura (輝村極道（きむらきわみ）, Kimura Kiwami)

Voiced by: Katsuyuki Konishi^[3]

Gamute (ガムテ)

Voiced by: Sumire Uesaka^[3]

Media

Manga

Written and illustrated by Shinsuke Kondō, Ninja vs. Gokudo began serialization on Kodansha's Comic Days website on January 20, 2020.^[4] Its chapters have been collected in fifteen tankōbon volumes as of May 2025.^[5]

During their Anime Expo 2023 panel, Kodansha USA announced that they licensed the series, with the first volume releasing in Q2 2024.^[6]

No.	Original release date	Original ISBN	English release date	English ISBN
1	April 8, 2020[7]	978-4-06-519365-5	June 11, 2024[8]	979-8-88-877164-8
2	July 8, 2020[9]	978-4-06-520098-8	July 16, 2024[10]	979-8-88-877165-5
3	October 14, 2020[11]	978-4-06-520852-6	October 15, 2024[12]	979-8-88-877166-2
4	January 13, 2021[13]	978-4-06-521835-8	November 26, 2024[14]	979-8-88-877167-9
5	February 10, 2021[15]	978-4-06-522201-0	January 21, 2025[16]	979-8-88-877168-6
6	July 14, 2021[17]	978-4-06-523455-6	March 18, 2025[18]	979-8-88-877169-3
7	October 13, 2021[19]	978-4-06-524976-5	May 13, 2025[20]	979-8-88-877170-9
8	January 12, 2022[21]	978-4-06-526450-8	July 15, 2025[22]	979-8-88-877171-6
9	April 13, 2022[23]	978-4-06-527483-5	September 16, 2025[24]	979-8-88-877172-3
10	September 14, 2022[25]	978-4-06-529056-9	November 18, 2025[26]	979-8-88-877173-0
11	January 11, 2023[27]	978-4-06-530297-2	—	—
12	October 11, 2023[28]	978-4-06-533107-1	—	—
13	June 12, 2024[29]	978-4-06-535861-0	—	—
14	November 13, 2024[30]	978-4-06-537366-8	—	—
15	May 14, 2025[5]	978-4-06-539489-2	—	—

Anime

An anime television series adaptation was announced on February 24, 2025.^[31] The series will be produced by Studio Deen and directed by Toshinori Watanabe, with Keiichirō Ōchi handling series composition and Toshiyuki Matsutake designing the characters. It is set to premiere on Nippon TV in October 2025.^[3]

Reception

The series was ranked 9th at the 2020 Web Manga General Election poll.^[32] It was also ranked 8th in Takarajimasha's Kono Manga ga Sugoi! guidebook list for best manga for male readers in 2021.^[33] The series was ranked 13th in the Nationwide Bookstore Employees' Recommended Comics of 2021.^[34] It was also nominated for the 7th Next Manga Awards in the digital category and ranked 10th out of 50 nominees.^[35] The series was ranked 10th in AnimeJapan's 6th "Most Wanted Anime Adaptation" poll in 2023.^[36]