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“Post-WWII Japan secretly fields 20,000 ninja; loser teen Kudo must stop foreign assassins in Tokyo.”
Under Ninja
アンダーニンジャ
7.17
6,981 rank · 8,722 readers · 60 favorites
Seinen
Action
Comedy
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Synopsis
Post-WWII Japan secretly fields 20,000 ninja; loser teen Kudo must stop foreign assassins in Tokyo.
After World War II, Allied Command in Japan developed a new agency to help manage terrorism and violence within the Pacific region. The agency was staffed with ninja and they were initially tasked to handle domestic affairs. Eventually that program grew to its current form, managing 20,000 ninja across a range of domestic and international affairs. One of those ninja happens to be Kudo. The seventeen-year-old high school loser is now poised to be the next line of defense against a potential surge in foreign assassins invading Tokyo. (Source: Denpa)
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Community consensus
Derived from 3 sampled reviews
8.3
/10
What 3 readers settled on.
100%
recommend
Score distribution
median 9
mode 9
σ 0.94
Agreement
Strong agreement
σ 0.94 · scores cluster tight
The polarity gap
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Not enough recommend signal yet
Score over time
↓ 0.67
Running avg · Sep 2020 → Jun 2024
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 9 “(this review wrote by Japanese who don't speak English) My first MAL review. Almost Japanese think best Ninja comic is Naruto. I think, Naruto is very good until the Ninja test(Chuunin Shiken)....”
- 9 “I came into this manga expecting crazy and my expectations still got blown away. Under Ninja shows a very comedic wacky world that can instantly go from 0-100. The series provides a vibrant cast of...”
- 7 “I'd like to say few words about my reading of "Under Ninja." Currently ongoing with 120 chapters, serialized by Young Magazine, and published in Italy by JPOP. The plot is simple. It revolves...”
Verbosity
Short · 67%
Medium · 0%
Long · 33%
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A Manga Publication
- Published Jul 2018 – ongoing
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M48674 catalog