This story is definitely not straight forward. Most people may not like that, I agree, but I find that Kyuugou has written this story extremely well and in a captivating way.

At the very beginning, you believe that your main character is the first character introduced--Yukio, with his best friend Tetsushi who he'll get into trouble with, since the city is obviously not as clean as it should be. They do get in trouble, with the Yakuza, and it ends up in what I hope is his favour. As soon as the basics are pounded out, you get more in depth with Yukio, who is a secretive sort. Yukio is the classic character who acts strong and has "set morals" (that are later challenged or revealed faulty) but has the classic horrible past to back them up, and the antagonist from that past.

Afterwards, the story skips around. Quite a bit--not just to different characters, but many different times and places, to people you never expected to hear of or learn about. You learn about all of the characters in depth, not just Yukio. You find out how people are related, and in this, every single character is related to one another and everything is going absolutely horrible. With Yakuza's, the usual happens, gang wars and the like, large and little difficulties and casualties. Something that I constantly worry about while I read this is, "are they going to die?" because Kyuugou properly writes it to keep you on the edge of your seat, wondering how things will happen, what has affected this character and how that action will turn out in the long run of the story. There's always questions at the end of a chapter, and with every answer, more questions!

I like this story a lot because of how much it's about all of the characters, not just about Yukio. It's about how all of these characters are related to Yukio, not just about who Yukio may end up having sex with or falling in love with (but you're constantly wondering who it's going to be as well!) I suggest it to anyone who is interested in stories that run deep and have little unanswered and a lot of surprises.

Kyuugou's art is absolutely fantastic! It's shown off in this manga very well, including both people and backgrounds. There are large, detailed buildings and cities, well-drawn homes and details to different props (like game boards and paintings). The drawing of injuries, blood, garbage, and the like are all fantastic.

Although I suggest this story wholeheartedly, I must also say that you should not read it if you're looking for something simple, cute, sweet, quick, or to the point. This manga is more-so meant for those who wish to see something that tears their heart out of their chest, exclaim very negative words, and causes them to not want to press the next button but also has them do it anyways, since the torture is so well placed.