“Overprotected Kyosuke enters yakuza world after mother's crime, navigating gangland loyalties and family shadows.”
Otokogi
男樹
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Overprotected Kyosuke enters yakuza world after mother's crime, navigating gangland loyalties and family shadows.
After his father leaves when he is very young, Kyosuke Murata grows up under the thumb of his overprotective mother, Shizuko. When he reaches adulthood, he is thrown into the harsh, violent world of Japanese gangland when his mother becomes involved in a gang-related crime. As Kyosuke navigates this dangerous new reality, he finds himself drawn deeper into the complex web of the yakuza underworld, where family loyalties and criminal ambitions collide. The story follows his journey through the ranks of organized crime as he attempts to forge his own path while confronting the shadows of his family's past. (Source: The Anime Encyclopedia)
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A Manga Publication
- Format 69 × 6 ch × vol
- Total read 9h 12m approx
- Published Dec 1978 – Apr 1980
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M87075 catalog