Sun Ken Rock starts out like most romance manga with the main character, Kitano Ken, falling heads over heels in love with a girl named Yumin, but rather after three chapters I was able to tell that this was going to be nothing like your typical romance manga where he gets the girl in the end... No, Sun Ken Rock is nothing like that that. It's a story about a man named Kitano Ken, who by chance, discovered the brutality of how the gangs treat the simple folk. Ken then decides that enough is enough and with time, and a little "exchange" with one of the many gangs, he forms his own gang called the "Sun Ken Rock team" whose goal is to become the strongest gang in Korea.

While the cast of characters may be filled with ripped as fuck men who just love to take off their shirts when they fight, it isn't something that is boring and repetitive. It offers more than just your usual fist fights with some fights being won by just outwitting your opponent. Another great thing is that the fights that do happen don't span over 20 chapters and are straight to the point. It gives you more room to find out more about the personalities of the characters which is by far the biggest treat because no two characters are alike, and as time goes on you began to pick up on their little quirks that just bring a dumb ass grin to your face.

The art in this manga is gorgeous. I love the detail that the mangaka puts into it and it's just so different from what I'm used to seeing. The faces are a lot more realistic when compared to your typical manga. This gives it that realistic feeling that a story like this really needs since Sun Ken Rock is a serious manga it needs art that shows that it isn't playing around. Not only did the mangaka accomplish that he also managed to make it beautiful. The scenery drawn in this manga is from pictures that he and his assistant took with their camera. To me, this shows dedication and it shows in every chapter where I can never make out a single flaw or a point where he, (the author), got lazy and just rashly finished.

The overall enjoyment of this manga should be directed at people that can enjoy a mature manga that is very emphasized on nudity and themes like prostitution, violence, and rape. If you are someone who doesn't like seeing a lot of nudity or is disgusted by rape, then you should definitely not pick this manga up because there is a lot of it. If you're okay with seeing these themes then you're in for a ride of a lifetime because although the nudity is emphasized it has never once gotten in the way of its true plot: Becoming the biggest gang in Korea. With everything you would expect to come out of a gang manga, Sun Ken Rock brings it. Bribery, amazing fights, political influence, theft, murder, and sex are just some of what you can expect from a "gangsta" manga such as this.