Kindergarten Wars

• Ja Kanji — 幼稚園WARS • Ja Romaji — Yōchien Wars • Genre — * Action • Romantic comedy

• Type — manga • Author — You Chiba • Publisher — Shueisha • Imprint — Jump Comics+ • Magazine — Shōnen Jump+ • First — September 15, 2022 • Volumes — 18

• Type — tv series • Director — Shinsuke Gomi • Studio — * Sunrise • Felix Film • First — April 2027 • Last — scheduled

• Portal — yes Kindergarten Wars is a Japanese web manga series written and illustrated by You Chiba. It began serialization on Shueisha's Shōnen Jump+ app and website in September 2022. Its chapters have been collected in 18 tankōbon volumes as of August 2026. An anime television series adaptation produced by Sunrise and Felix Film is set to premiere in April 2027.

The story takes place in Kindergarten Noir, known as "the world's safest kindergarten". Hosting the children of politicians, celebrities, businessmen, and other VIPs, Kindergarten Noir protects them from would-be assassins and kidnappers by employing former criminals as teachers in exchange for reduced sentences. Rita, also known as Convict #999, is a former assassin who finds herself working at Kindergarten Noir—both to get a reduced sentence by acting as a bodyguard and to find a hot guy along the way.

• Rita • Atsumi Tanezaki • A 20-year old Dutch assassin known as "The Witch" who takes on a new identity as a kindergarten teacher to protect the children of world leaders at a school called Kindergarten Noir. Rita has a running gag where she falls in love at first sight with an assassin trying to harm the children, and asks them a series of questions, and if they answer them with a response Rita doesn't like they would get shot. • Doug • Kentarō Kumagai • A 23-year old womanizing American swindler from Nevada who accepted the job of working in the kindergarten. He develops feelings for Rita early on. • Hana Buraddorī • Hitomi Ōwada • Rūku Sumisu • Satoshi Hino • Shirubia Sukotto • Mariya Ise • Erina Winkler • Gōdon Zetto Sukai • Tetsu Inada • Makku Furīman • Mirei Kumagai • Una Mauri • Sumire Morohoshi • Natsuki Inomoto • Yoshiteru Ikeda • Louis Fiore • Raira

• Henri de Lusé • Leo • Ashley • Aoba Niwa • Anita Buraddorī • Van Burakkūddo • Supinacchi Petteruson • Lulu

• Shō Buraddorī • Harī Buraddorī • Natasha • Haruo Inomoto • Elza Auger • Oliver Austin • Tina Roberts • Choran Wan • Hiromi Maruko • Raira Kurāku • Kei • Eddie Fiore • Maria Kurōche • Tapio Mäkinen • Jukka Mäkinen

Written and illustrated by You Chiba, the series began serialization on Shueisha's Shōnen Jump+ app and website on September 15, 2022. Initially starting publication in Jump+'s Rookies program as an "independent manga", in March 2023 Shueisha announced that it would become a full-fledged series. The series reached its final arc after a two-month break on March 27, 2025. As of August 2026, the series' 129 individual chapters have been collected in 18 tankōbon volumes. Shueisha's Manga Plus platform is publishing the series in English. At New York Comic Con 2024, Yen Press announced that they licensed the series for English print publication.

These chapters have yet to be published in a tankōbon volume. They were serialized on Shōnen Jump+.

An anime television series adaptation was announced by Bandai Namco Filmworks on October 2, 2025. It will be produced by Sunrise and Felix Film and directed by Shinsuke Gomi, with characters designed by Junko Yamanaka. The series is set to premiere in Q2 2027.