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“Delinquent Ken follows crush Yumi to Korea, accidentally becomes gang leader while hiding it from her.”
Sun-Ken Rock
サンケンロック
7.88
1,157 rank · 121,682 readers · 3,736 favorites
Seinen
Action
Comedy
Drama
Ecchi
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Synopsis
Delinquent Ken follows crush Yumi to Korea, accidentally becomes gang leader while hiding it from her.
The story revolves around Ken, a man from an upper-class family that was orphaned young due to his family's involvement with the Yakuza; he became a high school delinquent known for fighting. The only thing that motivates him to take action is through his romantic affections for a classmate, Yumi. After learning she decided to move to Korea to become a police officer, Ken leaves his life in Japan behind and tries to follow in Yumi's footsteps; due to unforeseen circumstances, he incidentally becomes the head of a local gang and tries to hide it from Yumi. As the leader, the gang is renamed the Sun-Ken Rock Group. (Source: Wikipedia) Included one-shot: Volume 12: Trigun: The Lost Plant
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 20 sampled reviews
8.3
/10
What 20 readers settled on.
89%
recommend
Score distribution
median 9
mode 9
σ 1.84
Agreement
Polarized
σ 1.84 · split reception
The polarity gap
5.4 pts
Recommenders 8.9 · others 3.5
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Score over time
↓ 0.75
Running avg · Nov 2009 → Mar 2023
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 8 “This manga is epic. Its harsh, its disgusting and its amazing. If you don't like violence and blood, dont watch it. Ther are some scenes who are over the top, but that's good. Its mind blowing....”
- 9 “This is my current favorite manga. I'm quite surprised an anime isn't already planned, this has all the workings of a great show - - Great plot and character development - An original storyline -...”
- 9 “I have to say this is potentially one of the best I have read. It blends comedy and mature seinen into one. On one hand it is a comedy but on the other it begins to deal with the mature and...”
Verbosity
Short · 55%
Medium · 25%
Long · 20%
Read Order & Related
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A Manga Publication
- Format 181 × 25 ch × vol
- Total read 24h 08m approx
- Published Apr 2006 – Feb 2016
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M6192 catalog