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“Scout Tatsuhiko navigates Kabukicho's cutthroat talent wars amid yakuza threats and rival agencies.”
Shinjuku Swan
新宿スワン
7.21
6,473 rank · 4,012 readers · 32 favorites
Seinen
Organized Crime
Action
Drama
Ecchi
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Synopsis
Scout Tatsuhiko navigates Kabukicho's cutthroat talent wars amid yakuza threats and rival agencies.
Shiratori Tatsuhiko works as a scout for Burst, a talent agency in Kabukicho, Shinjuku's red light district. In a business where money means everything Tatsuhiko finds himself in a constant struggle between rival talent scouts and the yakuza. (Source: MU)
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Community consensus
Derived from 3 sampled reviews
8.0
/10
What 3 readers settled on.
100%
recommend
Score distribution
median 9
mode 5
σ 2.16
Agreement
Polarized
σ 2.16 · split reception
The polarity gap
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Not enough recommend signal yet
Score over time
↓ 1.00
Running avg · Sep 2019 → Mar 2026
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 10 “What an amazing manga series, the only shame is that the manga is still being translated to this day, and so far its only to like volume 25 (I read the rest of the volumes) but I can tell you that...”
- 9 “Shinjuku Swan is a gritty manga series about the nightlife business of Japan. This includes all the shady things involved from prositution, drugs, rape, brutal violence, and the yakuza who overlook...”
- 5 “Shiratori is a man who struggles financially, he seems to live on the street but still has dignity. After getting into a fight and getting beat by multiple people Shiratori doesn't back down, and...”
Verbosity
Short · 33%
Medium · 33%
Long · 33%
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A Manga Publication
- Format 392 × 38 ch × vol
- Total read 52h 16m approx
- Published Apr 2005 – Oct 2013
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M12480 catalog