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| Name: Kizuna |
| Status: Completed |
| Author: Kodaka Kazuma 1992 released. |
| Genre(s): Action / Comedy / Drama / Martial Arts / Yaoi |
| Alternative: Kizuna: Bonds of Love;絆 |
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〚 The Sagano brothers side of story focusing on Ran x Kei (older brother)'s college life〛
main couple: enjouji kei(22), seme - the elder sagano brother. x samejima ranmaru(22), uke.
minor couple: masanori araki (37), seme. - sagano group wakagashira x sagano kai(20), uke - the younger brother and young master of the yakuza sagano group.
other couple: roy (toshiro) x j.b the kickass assassin pain. #oyaji seme x handsome uke. #age gap.
Vol. 1: The arrival of the younger step brother whose infatuated with his bf. Turns out kei's estranged father is a yakuza. I was actually mad at the rape part it almost spoiled the rest of the story for me. Fortunately, younger step bro had a character growth.
Vol. 2a: kei x ran backstory in high school. #car accident #childhood friends #school life #kendo
Vol. 2b: masa x kai backstory. bodyguard seme x spoiled yakuza young master uke. #kidnapping/rape #saved by seme.
Vol. 3a: continuation of recent story. kei x ran lover's quarrel. seme's #host life.
Vol. 3b: kai x masa. violent school life of a yakuza bocchama. masa got hurt again from saving kai.
Vol. 4-6: this gotta be my fave vol. yakuza politics brewing, kai in danger and the main couple got involved in the ugly situation.
Vol. 6, page 49-96: tashiro x j.b. the hired assasin pair's back story. How they met and fell inlove. 8 yrs ago, #bi-racial japanese, 20-year old tashiro is still an innocent orphan in a foreign land. met this guy who kills people for living still fell inlove with him regardless.
Vol. 7: we finally get to meet the two's father. lol moments. i thought he'd be some stiff strong aura guy. after the previous heart-stopping action, but he actually looks like a nice old man when he's not in yakuza mode. it's vacation time for the two couples. kai x masa had a long serious talk, figuring out their feelings. AND. till the end they never get to resolve it. even the readers would shrivel up from their super slow progression. they even only reached the first base and haven't done anything since the last. FOUR. VOLUMES. c'mon masa, you old coward. #yukata #fireworks festival.
Vol. 8: #kendo. the white masked demon rises again. Ahh, touching to see ranmaru picking up his shinai after the terrible accident. everbody believed it's impossible for hiim to take up a sword once more. national-level kendo fight bet. kai x ran.
Vol. 9: masa x kai #omiai. The super slow paced couple strikes again.
Vol. 9, chap 4-5: roy x j.b. tashiro's real name is actually roy. matured pairing. #oyaji seme #age gap. since he's stuck to stay outside japan and he and j.b. were now going out, he went with him and his assassination jobs. he gets to see some unsightly view like ex-lovers in this latest project tho.
Vol. 9, chap 6: two couple's valentines special.
Vol. 10: masa x kai finally started getting progress lol. kei x ran - #samejima family issues. kizuna's essence.
Vol. 11, chap 1-3: kei x ran #. #samejima family issues. #inheritance #reunion
Vol. 11, chap 4-6: masa x kai FINALLY consummated their relationship. phew. btw, i love how masa started getting more handsome since vol. 10. this manga started in the 90s but by half of the story, the art is getting better and better.
I've actually watched the OVA but it was so long ago I needed a revisit of the whole story. Ended up reading the entire family of spin-offs haha.