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Under Ninja

“Post-war Japan overrun by 200k ninjas; lazy teen Kurou sent to infiltrate high school, hiding deadly skills.”

Under Ninja

6.88
5,337 rank · 78,526 viewers · 343 favorites
Action Seinen
12 episodes · 24 min per ep min · Fall 2023 · Tezuka Productions · R - 17+ (violence & profanity)
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Synopsis

Post-war Japan overrun by 200k ninjas; lazy teen Kurou sent to infiltrate high school, hiding deadly skills.

Once believed to be extinct, ninjas have reappeared in contemporary Japan following the Pacific War. With a headcount rumored to be two hundred thousand, these deadly assassins are now tasked with covert operations, infiltrating a significant portion of the nation's public and private institutions in the process. Among these ninjas is Kurou Kumogakure, who often spends his days in a run-down apartment with no motivation to do much of anything. Some might consider him a useless vagrant who does nothing but steal beer from his neighbor. Nevertheless, the 17-year-old loser might actually be more dangerous than his demeanor suggests. Kurou's hidden potential is put to the test when he is given a new mission to infiltrate a local high school, but there is more to this assignment than he could ever predict.

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Community consensus

Derived from 25 sampled reviews

7.2 /10

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83% recommend
Score distribution
median 7 mode 7 σ 1.75
1510
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σ 1.75 · some divergence

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The polarity gap

4.0 pts

Recommenders 8.3 · others 4.3

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↑ 0.24

Running avg · Dec 2023 → May 2025

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A Tv Production · Fall 2023

Tezuka Productions.
in association with

Pony Canyon · TBS

  • Format 12 × 24′ eps × min
  • Total runtime 4h 48m all episodes
  • Aired Oct 2023 – Dec 2023 Fall 2023
  • Source Tv media type
  • Rated R 17+ (violence & profanity)
  • Ref. BS-21076 catalog

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