“Desperate teen Yuki strikes weekly deal with yakuza boss Hyodo to fund sick brother's care amid gang war.”
Acid Town
ACID TOWN
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Synopsis
Desperate teen Yuki strikes weekly deal with yakuza boss Hyodo to fund sick brother's care amid gang war.
In a bleak city where gangs hold more authority than the law, Yukio "Yuki" Kousei and his close friend Tetsushi "Tetsu" deal fake drugs in the back alleys to earn some cash. However, with a chronically ill little brother in need of hospitalization, Yuki and Tetsu set their sights on a vault located in the office of the Seidoukai—a well-known yakuza group—in hopes of acquiring a large sum of untraceable money. Their plan does not pan out, but Yuki catches the interest of the young boss, Kazutaka Hyodo, who promises to take care of his brother's hospital bills and let them go unpunished. But as all deals come with a price, Hyodo tells him to come to his office alone once a week—without fail. With his brother's health as his first priority, Yuki accepts without hesitation and begins to keep his end of the bargain, all while tension brews between Seidoukai and a rising gang thirsty for power.
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 9 sampled reviews
What 9 readers settled on.
Mostly aligned
σ 1.59 · some divergence
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Not enough recommend signal yet
↑ 0.11
Running avg · Mar 2014 → Jan 2022
- 8 “if you like seinen and yaoi, this manga is for you. The story is not focus on the relationship between two main characters which fall in love but contains a very interesting plot about Yakuzas and...”
- 10 “Acid town is nothing short of a twisted, dark tale with the themes of karma, love,revenge,sexual assault,trauma and much more. It follows the motivations of different characters connected to one...”
- 8 “I'm a very fond of acid town. I couldn't put it down. My very first review: When I first read Acid town I had thought in my mind that it's going to be boring and I'll end up forcing myself to read...”
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A Manga Publication
- Published Mar 2008 – ongoing
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M9494 catalog