Sadly, as much as I was intrigued after the first few chapters, it pretty quickly began to spiral downwards for me.
If you're interested in yakuza, yaoi and the complex relationship between characters, I'd rather recoomend Saezuru Tori wa Habatakanai by Yoneda Kou.


It's a shame that, after the introduction to our main protagonist Yuki and Tetsu, as well as Hyodo - a yakuza member, the story relies heavily on the dramatic factor of Yukio being assaulted over and over.

The way Yuki's trauma is portrayed was very good and honest, because, unlike a lot of times, his trauma actually matters in terms of how he acts and reacts. That made me hopeful to have found a hidden gem.

Yet, the more I kept reading, the less the story managed to captivate me. Turf wars are nice and all, but it felt predictable sometimes, especially when it comes to the relationship a lot of characters share with Yuki.


Art:
The art is fine. Considering the year it started publishing, you'd find that style a lot. It still holds up to this day, not looking outdated even by today's standards. Which is quite rare for yaoi (imo)


Characters:
As mentioned above, Yuki and his traumatic experiences are implemeted a lot better than I expected from a yaoi. There was one instance Tetsu made me agry, but only because how he acted really hit the mark on teenager stupidity. Well done in that regard.
However, most of the other character fall a bit flat at the end of the day.

Story:
Hoo boy, did I want to like the story, I really did. Yet, after a few dropped bombs in the earlier chapters, it felt a bit forced on how so many characters orbited around Yuki because of who his relatives were. Also, I'm not a huge fan of putting in random assaults for dramatic purposess. But that's just a gripe I have with a lot of the genre's handling of it.
No plot will completely go above and beyond everything we've seen so far, yet the story felt midiocre after some time, unfortunately.


Overall, I'd like to say that if you are fond of the manga, I'm not here to discredit your enjoyment. All of us search for different things while reading manga, and the story might even get back in track for me.
I'll probably finish reading it when it'll be completed, but I won't reccomend it to friends.