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“Ex-yakuza "Bare-Knuckles Jinsei" seeks redemption after saving police chief's daughter, battling his violent past for a new family.”
Kizudarake no Jinsei
傷だらけの仁清
7.55
2,880 rank · 2,185 readers · 22 favorites
Seinen
Organized Crime
Action
Drama
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Synopsis
Ex-yakuza "Bare-Knuckles Jinsei" seeks redemption after saving police chief's daughter, battling his violent past for a new family.
Jinsei Nagai, aka "Bare-Knuckles Jinsei." Born in a dumpster, raised in an orphanage, living as a yakuza, he is tough enough that he fights all his fights bare-handed, and is covered with countless knife and bullet scars from his battles. But his life changes when he saves the five-year-old Ayumi, daughter of the new police chief, Masayoshi Enjouji, and befriends their family. For the first time in his life, Jinsei feels like he's found a family of his own, and decides to start his life over, but his past and his ties to the yakuza keep getting in the way. (Source: MU)
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mode 8
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- 8 “Scarred Jensei has been an intense and emotional ride so far. The mix of action and emotions really makes you connect with his struggle to move forward while his past keeps pulling him back. For...”
- 9 “Somehow a spinoff of a spinoff of a spinoff ends up being one of the best and most consistent entries in a series. Kizudarake no Jinsei is a spinoff of the Tough franchise, specifically the spinoff...”
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A Manga Publication
- Format 117 × 15 ch × vol
- Total read 15h 36m approx
- Published Aug 2006 – Oct 2011
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M53947 catalog