[Review] Kizuna--Kazuma Kodaka
KIZUNA
Deluxe Edition Vol 1 & 2
Mangaka: Kazuma Kodaka
Publisher: June
Price: 18.89 each
Bookstore: Book depository
Genre: Yaoi (+17), yakuza, violence
My most favourite moment: Ranmaru rehabilitation session...a moment of love and courage
Rate (out of 5):
Plot: 4.5
Drawing: 2.5- 4
This is one of 2K classic series, featuring her most adept theme, yakuza. Some chapter might be a bit violent, dark and even including non-consensual sex but the story are one of the best you can found in yaoi land, with complex character building, twisted plot and even deep sense of humour
The first volume mainly focused on Ranmaru and Enjouji, and the last chapter with spot light on Masa and Sagano. Enjouji was not a yakuza but he's an illegitimate son of a yakuza boss His background continuously haunted the his relationship with Ramaru but only to made their love thrived and strengthened.
And then there is Sagano, Enjouji's little brother, the young-master of the yakuza, the heir and his ever devoted guardian, Masa. Masa treasured Sagano, too much that he restrain his feeling. Would the two can overcome all the violence and vengeance of the yakuza world, that question is for future to see
This is a long series so you can see sensei style developed over the time, from the more round, kind chubby style to the more refined, slender, sharper body style. Each books has nearly 400 pages, added with extra stories that was not in the original version (as least as far as I know).
These would be must-have in any yaoi fan's collection.
I'm currently awaiting for volume 3, which has just been published and has already put in pre-order for volume 4. I can't wait