Sometimes gripping and just so damn exciting. Gang King is the kind of story where you really feel like you’re watching the everyday life and development of the characters as they grow up. I also probably have this thing for stories of ‘delinquents that aren’t bad’, but hey, they’re cool and you can’t deny it. It really isn’t some straightforward story about a delinquent trying to become the ‘King of gangs’ and a fight to be the best or anything like that… If I had to describe Gang King in one sentence, it’d probably be, “A daily-life telling of ‘somewhat-delinquent’ Jimmy, his group of friends, and the shit they get into everyday” Thus the slice-of-life genre.Ĭrap, I’m definitely not doing the series justice describing it like that, HAHA. Some fanservice and sexual implications, but usually pretty SFW… If you ignore the one guy constantly waving a dildo around… y e a h h h h ……įirst, I guess I’d like to tell you not to be fooled by the cheesy-sounding title. This manga is not the typical highschool-slice-of-life story it’s got a rougher edge! This manga depicts some high school delinquents trying to get through high school life and gang fights. As the story progresses, Jimmy and Banko meet new people, form a gang of their own, and bump heads with gangs from other schools/districts. Banko, his partner-in-crime, runs his own business by selling information on popular girls in the area. Now in high school, Jimmy is considered a delinquent and skips class to run his own inking business on fellow school-mates for 30,00Y a tattoo. From that day, Jimmy vowed to become a tattoo artist just like the hero that saved him. While being carried by the man who saved him from death, young Jimmy was captivated by the tattoo that spanned across that back. Unfortunately, the series has only been scanlated up to Chapter 48 (Volume 7). It started publishing in 2005 and is currently ongoing with 27 volumes. Gang King is Seinen, school-life, action, comedy written and illustrated by Yanauchi Daiju. I’m so darn happy to have found someone who can introduce me to more Seinen stuff. I thought it was pretty darn cool how we clicked so fast and could sit side-by-side for 30 minutes (would’ve been longer if we didn’t have to leave) chatting nonstop about manga with comparatively mature themes and content. This manga was recommended by a friend I made really recently who shares a pretty similar bias towards the Seinen manga genre. One thing I love about having a hobby like cosplay is that it’s really easy to make new friends.

Gang King 1 by Daiju Yanauchi