A Ninja and an Assassin Under One Roof

Crime / Martial Arts / SuperpowerTV12 EP/10 Apr 2025

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Synopsis

Konoha Koga seems like a regular high school girl living alone, except she moonlights as a professional assassin. Her tidy little routine gets disrupted when she crosses paths with Satoko Kusagakure, a sheltered ninja on the run from her own village after accidentally breaking their secrecy code. When Konoha takes out one of Satoko's pursuers, the ninja girl calmly cleans up the evidence with terrifying efficiency. So naturally, Konoha offers her a roommate deal: free housing in exchange for body disposal services. Just normal roommate stuff. This 12-episode TV series leans hard into the comedy of two people with wildly dangerous skill sets trying to navigate domestic life together. Satoko is naive about the modern world, Konoha is emotionally detached in that professional killer way, and their dynamic is the kind of odd-couple energy that carries an entire show. Studio SHAFT brings their signature visual flair to it, so expect the compositions and comedic timing to hit different from your average shounen comedy. If you liked the found-family warmth hiding behind the espionage in Spy x Family, or the way Assassination Classroom made you care about characters in absurd life-or-death setups, this scratches a similar itch. There's also a thread of something like The Executioner and Her Way of Life in how it pairs two girls whose professions should make them enemies rather than housemates. It's light, it's funny, and the contrast between casual cohabitation and casual violence never stops being entertaining.

Episode Guide

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Characters

Konoha Koga

Hanazawa Kana

Satoko Kusagakure

Satoko Kusagakure: A mysterious ninja, her past and skills remain largely unknown.

Mikawa Haruna

MANGA BRIDGE

This season covers Chapters 1-25 of the manga. Continue reading from Chapter 26.

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Community Feed

arzh_vic's avatararzh_vicVerifiedEP 3

And just like that, in the blink of an eye, boom—you end up turned into leaves, my god. There's one thing I completely agree with Satoko-chan on: 8-hour shifts are absolutely horrible, haha. If I were paid the amount Konoha gets for each job, not even in my dreams would I be looking for a part-time job, no matter how bored I got. We have the introduction of a new character in this episode, Leader-san's partner. I'm a bit surprised by how little the ninjas actually know each other; it seems like there wasn't much time to hang out in that ninja village.

arzh_vic's avatararzh_vicVerifiedEP 2

In this episode, we get to see Konoha's super mega skills once again. That moment while drinking the coffee? Damn, it actually impressed me a bit, I totally thought she was dead, lol. It surprises me how this anime treats deaths like it's no big deal—there isn't really much emotional impact with each death, but I guess that's normal if the protagonist is a hitwoman. And you can tell from a mile away just how impressionable Satoko is. It feels like she has no goals of her own; her mindset must be like that of a 12-year-old or something.

uorseucs's avataruorseucsAnime

This is such a sleeper series! To be honest, I had very little expectation at first. I was just looking for something funny to watch, but the story and plot turned out to be genuinely enjoyable. It was random like your typical comedy series, but during the more critical moments, it had a surprising amount of depth. Craftsmanship-wise, it's top-tier. While the art style may not be the best, it has its own charm and is actually super cute. I've got to say, it has a very classy style of its own. That said, the animation is definitely this series' strongest quality. I can't emphasize enough how amazed I was by the quality of the animation throughout the entire series. Be it the major scenes or the minor details, everything was smooth and fluid. On a side note, though, perhaps the only nitpick I have with this series is how detached the characters are. I mean, I'm not saying it's bad. In fact, it's a very funny gag that works really well. It's just that the way certain episodes developed left me feeling a little sad. Overall, I'd rate this series a 10/10. It's a total banger that's cute, kinda wholesome (at times, LOL!), and absolutely hilarious.

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