Ninja vs. Gokudo

Ninja vs. Gokudo
First tankōbon volume cover
忍者と極道
(Ninja to Gokudō)
Genre
Manga
Written byShinsuke Kondō
Published byKodansha
English publisher
ImprintMorning KC
MagazineComic Days
DemographicSeinen
Original runJanuary 20, 2020 – present
Volumes14 (List of volumes)

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.

Publication

Written and illustrated by Shinsuke Kondō, Ninja vs. Gokudo began serialization on Kodansha's Comic Days website on January 20, 2020.[3] Its chapters have been collected in fourteen tankōbon volumes as of November 2024.[4]

During their Anime Expo 2023 panel, Kodansha USA announced that they licensed the series, with the first volume releasing in Q2 2024.[5]

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

Reception

The series was ranked 9th at the 2020 Web Manga General Election poll.[27] It was also ranked 8th in Takarajimasha's Kono Manga ga Sugoi! guidebook list for best manga for male readers in 2021.[28] The series was ranked 13th in the Nationwide Bookstore Employees' Recommended Comics of 2021.[29] It was also nominated for the 7th Next Manga Awards in the digital category and ranked 10th out of 50 nominees.[30] The series was ranked 10th in AnimeJapan's 6th "Most Wanted Anime Adaptation" poll in 2023.[31]

References

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  2. ^ "Ninja Vs. Gokudo". Kodansha USA. Retrieved June 8, 2024.
  3. ^ 忍者と極道. Comic Days (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved September 19, 2023.
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  31. ^ Morissy, Kim (March 23, 2023). "Hyperinflation Tops AnimeJapan's 'Manga We Want To See Animated' Poll". Anime News Network. Retrieved September 19, 2023.