“Scarred Osaka father jailed for yakuza revenge returns after 15 years to reclaim his estranged children's trust.”
Oyaji
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Synopsis
Scarred Osaka father jailed for yakuza revenge returns after 15 years to reclaim his estranged children's trust.
Living in poor neighborhoods of Osaka, Kumada watch over his wife and two young children. He is huge and riddled with scars and he works hard, smokes and drinks of sake as if it were mere water, gruff and scary, he talks little. But Kumada deeply loves his family and will protect it at the peril of his life when members of a yakuza clan set on fire to his house to facilitate a real estate transaction. Jailed for the murder of those who failed to burn his people alive, Kumada was released fifteen years later and found his family. He will have to face the distrust of his children who know nothing of their father except that he had abandoned them. But he is determined to regain control of their education, starting with his son, an urchin abused by the tough guys of the district.
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 7 sampled reviews
What 7 readers settled on.
Mostly aligned
σ 1.48 · some divergence
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Not enough recommend signal yet
↓ 0.29
Running avg · Jan 2014 → Jan 2026
- 9 “One word:Epic. Not too much character development aside from Oyaji, but what did you expect, its only 25 chapters. Its a great short story, realistic, telling us about the real world, the filth,...”
- 10 “I expected a story of a strong man set in the '90s, where he'd fight against or along the yakuza. Instead, we are presented a tale of a father that realizes his infinite love for his family, that...”
- 10 “You don't even have to be a fan of manly series to enjoy this heart warming story. Oyaji covers the life of "Oyaji" whose returned to his family after several years only to find his children grown...”
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A Manga Publication
- Format 25 × 3 ch × vol
- Total read 3h 20m approx
- Published Jan 2000 – Jan 2001
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M9284 catalog