Shura no Mon
Ja kanji修羅の門
Ja romajiShura no Mon
GenreMartial arts
Shura no Mon
manga
AuthorMasatoshi Kawahara
PublisherKodansha
MagazineMonthly Shōnen Magazine
FirstApril 1987
LastNovember 1996
Volumes31
Mutsu Enmei-ryū Gaiden: Shura no Toki
manga
AuthorMasatoshi Kawahara
PublisherKodansha
MagazineMonthly Shōnen Magazine
FirstJuly 1989
LastOctober 2025
Volumes26
Shura no Toki – Age of Chaos
tv series
DirectorShin Misawa
WriterJunki Takegami
Music
StudioMedia Factory, Studio Comet
NetworkTXN (TV Tokyo)
FirstApril 6, 2004
LastSeptember 28, 2004
Episodes26
Shura no Mon: Daini Mon
manga
AuthorMasatoshi Kawahara
PublisherKodansha
MagazineMonthly Shōnen Magazine
FirstOctober 2010
LastJune 2015
Volumes18
Shura no Mon: Fudekage
manga
AuthorMasatoshi Kawahara
PublisherKodansha
MagazineMonthly Shōnen Magazine
FirstDecember 2010
LastDecember 2014
Volumes8

Shura no Mon (修羅の門, lit. 'Asura's Gate') is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Masatoshi Kawahara. The story follows a young Karate practitioner named Tsukumo Mutsu, 40th master of the deadly Mutsu Enmei Ryu style. It was serialized in Kodansha's Monthly Shōnen Magazine from April 1987 to November 1996. The individual chapters were collected and published in 31 tankōbon volumes published between October 1987 and May 1997.

A prequel series, Mutsu Enmei-ryū Gaiden: Shura no Toki also ran in Monthly Shōnen Magazine, premiering in July 1989 and running on an irregular base until October 2025. Its chapters were published in 26 tankōbon volumes by Kodansha as of October 2025. It was adapted into a 26-episode anime series by Media Factory and Studio Comet that aired from April 6, 2004, until September 28, 2004, and is licensed for release in North America by Media Blasters.

Shura no Mon received the 1990 Kodansha Manga Award for the shōnen category, and has sold over 30 million copies. Two other spin-off series, Shura no Mon: Daini Mon and Shura no Mon: Fudekage, were published from 2010 to 2015 and 2010 to 2014, respectively.

Media

Manga

Written and illustrated by Masatoshi Kawahara, Shura no Mon was serialized in Monthly Shōnen Magazine from April 1987 to November 1996. The individual chapters were collected and published in Japan in 31 tankōbon volumes by Kodansha between October 8, 1987, and May 16, 1997.[1][2]

A prequel series, Mutsu Enmei-ryū Gaiden: Shura no Toki (陸奥圓明流外伝 修羅の刻), began serialization in the same magazine in July 1989 where it ran on an irregular base until October 2025. It was collected and published in 24 tankōbon volumes between February 13, 1990, and August 12, 2025.[3][4] Five aizōban volumes of the series were also released between March 19, 2004, and July 21, 2004.[5][6]

In 2010, a sequel and a spin-off series started in Monthly Shōnen Magazine: Shura no Mon: Daini Mon (修羅の門 第弐門) and Shura no Mon: Fudekage (修羅の門異伝 ふでかげ). The first was serialized from November 2010 to January 2015, and compiled into 16 volumes published from March 19, 2011, and April 17, 2015.[7][8] The second one transformed Shura no Mon's into a soccer manga. It was published from December 2010 to December 2014, and its eight volumes were released from June 17, 2011, to January 16, 2015.[9][10]

Anime

Three of the story arcs from the prequel series were adapted into a 26-episode anime series by Media Factory and Studio Comet. It premiered on TV Tokyo on April 6, 2004, and ran until September 28, 2004. Media Blasters licensed the series for distribution in North America.

Video games

TitleSystemRelease date
Shura no Mon (Sega)Mega DriveAugust 7, 1992[11]
Shura no Mon (Kodansha)PlayStationApril 2, 1998

Reception

Shura no Mon received the 1990 Kodansha Manga Award for the shōnen category.[12]

As of April 2015, the complete series had sold over 30 million copies in Japan.[13]

References

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  2. ^ "ja:修羅の門 (31)" (in Japanese). Kodansha. Archived 2011-03-24 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2015-04-20.
  3. ^ "ja:修羅の刻（1）" (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved 2025-09-12.
  4. ^ "ja:修羅の刻（24）" (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved 2025-09-12.
  5. ^ "ja:愛蔵版 修羅の刻 宮本武蔵編" (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved 2025-09-12.
  6. ^ "ja:愛蔵版 修羅の刻 風雲幕末編（弐）" (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved 2025-09-12.
  7. ^ "修羅の門 第弐門（1）". Kodansha. Retrieved 2015-04-20.
  8. ^ "修羅の門 第弐門（16）". Kodansha. Archived September 24, 2024 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2015-04-20.
  9. ^ "修羅の門異伝 ふでかげ（1）". Kodansha. Archived April 28, 2016 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2015-04-20.
  10. ^ "修羅の門異伝 ふでかげ（8）". Kodansha. Archived August 27, 2016 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2015-04-20.
  11. ^ "Software List (Sega Release)" (in Japanese). Sega Hardware Encyclopedia. Sega Corporation. Retrieved May 15, 2023.
  12. ^ Joel Hahn. "Kodansha Manga Awards". Comic Book Awards Almanac. Archived June 30, 2012 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2009-04-04.
  13. ^ "ja:修羅の門 ： 人気格闘マンガの続編「第弐門」が完結へ". Mainichi Shimbun Digital. 2015-04-06. Archived from the original on April 8, 2015. Retrieved 2015-04-20.