Yakuza Fiancé

Yakuza Fiancé: Raise wa Tanin ga Ii
Cover of the first volume
来世は他人がいい
(Raise wa Tanin ga Ii)
Genre
Manga
Written byAsuka Konishi [ja]
Published byKodansha
English publisher
ImprintAfternoon KC
MagazineMonthly Afternoon
DemographicSeinen
Original runAugust 25, 2017 – present
Volumes8
Anime television series
Directed byToshifumi Kawase [ja]
Written byRika Takasugi
Music by
StudioStudio Deen
Licensed by
Original networkTokyo MX, BS11, AT-X
English network
Original run October 7, 2024 – present
Episodes2
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Yakuza Fiancé: Raise wa Tanin ga Ii (Japanese: 来世は他人がいい, Hepburn: Raise wa Tanin ga Ii, lit. "An Outsider is Better in the Afterlife") is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Asuka Konishi [ja]. It has been serialized in Kodansha's Monthly Afternoon since August 2017. An anime television series adaptation produced by Studio Deen premiered in October 2024.

Plot

Yoshino Somei is a high school girl who was born and raised in a yakuza family. Although her family environment is unique, she has spent her days quietly and peacefully. This all changes when she finds out that her grandfather has arranged for her to be married to the heir of another yakuza family, Kirishima Miyama, whom she hates.

Characters

Yoshino Somei (染井 吉乃, Somei Yoshino)
Voiced by: Hitomi Ueda[2]
Kirishima Miyama (深山 霧島, Miyama Kirishima)
Voiced by: Akira Ishida[2]
Shoma Toriashi (鳥葦 翔真, Toriashi Shōma)
Voiced by: Kōji Yusa[3]
Azami Suo (周防 薊, Suō Azami)
Voiced by: Hiroshi Kamiya[3]
Renji Somei (染井 蓮二, Somei Renji)
Voiced by: Yōji Ueda[4]
Gaku Miyama (深山 萼, Miyama Gaku)
Voiced by: Kazuya Nakai[4]
Aoi Tachibana (橘 葵, Tachibana Aoi)
Voiced by: Ryōta Takeuchi[5]
Sota Inamori (稲森 颯太, Inamori Sōta)
Voiced by: Hiroshi Shimozaki[5]
Taketo Hotei (布袋 竹人, Hotei Taketo)
Voiced by: Katsuyuki Konishi[5]
Tsubaki Akashigata (明石潟 椿, Akashigata Tsubaki)
Voiced by: Reina Ueda[5]

Media

Manga

Written and illustrated by Asuka Konishi [ja], Yakuza Fiancé: Raise wa Tanin ga Ii started in Kodansha's Monthly Afternoon on August 25, 2017.[6] Kodansha has collected its chapters into individual tankōbon volumes. The first volume was released on November 22, 2017.[7] As of October 23, 2023, eight volumes have been released.[8]

In February 2022, Seven Seas Entertainment announced that they had licensed the manga for English release in North America and the first volume was released on November 22, 2022.[1][9][10]

Volumes

No. Original release date Original ISBN English release date English ISBN
1 November 22, 2017[7]978-4-06-510376-0November 22, 2022[10]978-1-68579-337-1
2 July 23, 2018[11][12]978-4-06-511660-9
978-4-06-512979-1 (SE)		January 31, 2023[13]978-1-68579-343-2
3 May 23, 2019[14]978-4-06-514835-8May 23, 2023[15]978-1-68579-545-0
4 June 23, 2020[16]978-4-06-519771-4August 1, 2023[17]978-1-68579-914-4
5 May 21, 2021[18]978-4-06-523330-6October 24, 2023[19]978-1-68579-936-6
6 March 23, 2022[20]978-4-06-526863-6January 16, 2024[21]978-1-68579-960-1
7 January 23, 2023[22]978-4-06-529919-7April 2, 2024[23]979-8-88843-404-8
8 October 23, 2023[8]978-4-06-533312-9September 3, 2024[24]979-8-89160-492-6

Anime

In October 2023, it was announced that the manga would receive an anime television series adaptation.[25] The series is produced by Studio Deen and directed by Toshifumi Kawase [ja], with Rika Takasugi handling series composition, Itsuko Takeda designing the characters, and Hiroaki Tsutsumi and Masato Suzuki composing the music. It premiered on October 7, 2024, on Tokyo MX and BS11;[2] a special "Kansai Prologue-hen" episode was streamed on Amazon Prime Video in Japan for a limited time on September 28 and 29.[26] The opening theme song, "Under and Over", is performed by The Oral Cigarettes,[5] while the ending theme song, "Nani Wararotonnen" (なに笑ろとんねん), is performed by Yoshino.[3]

Crunchyroll is streaming the series worldwide outside of Asia.[27] Plus Media Networks Asia has licensed the series in Southeast Asia and will broadcast it on Aniplus Asia.[28]

Episodes

No.Title [29][a]Directed by [b]Written by [b]Storyboarded by [b]Original air date [31]
1"Ain't no place for losers here"
Transliteration: "Makeinu ni Derumaku wa Nai" (Japanese: 負け犬に出る幕はない)		Kōsuke ShimatoriRika NakaseToshifumi KawaseOctober 7, 2024 (2024-10-07)
Normal girl Yoshino Somei is furious when her Yakuza grandfather Renji arranges her engagement to Kirishima Miyama, grandson of another Yakuza family. Yoshino has no interest in being Yakuza but agrees to meet Kirishima. Travelling to Tokyo she moves into Kirishima’s family home and transfers to his high school. There, the girls dislike her as they have crushes on Kirishima. Yoshino becomes suspicious when she sees Kirishima covered in blood. After an altercation with thugs Yoshino sees Kirishima’s Yakuza tattoos. Kirishima drops his “normal” act and reveals his disappointment that she turned out boring, as he was hoping she would be as twisted as he is and satisfy his masochistic fetish for chaos. He offers to employ her as a prostitute, implying her only value is her body. Yoshino becomes upset, then feels worse when the girls vandalise her belongings. Renji challenges her to make Kirishima fall in love with her, before breaking his heart. Yoshino disappears for two weeks then returns and informs Kirishima she did “sell her body”, by selling her kidney for ¥4 Million which she throws in his face before threatening the girls. Her contempt activates his masochism and he begs her to marry him and ruin his life, disturbing her greatly.
2"Let Me Express My Sincerity, and Maybe Earn Your Affection in the Process"
Transliteration: "Seii o Misetai. Awayokuba Sukoshi Suki ni Natte Hoshī" (Japanese: 誠意を見せたい。あわよくば少し好きになってほしい)		Shunji YoshidaRika NakaseToshifumi KawaseOctober 14, 2024 (2024-10-14)
Yoshino is informed Shiori, daughter of President Akaza, a Miyama business contact, is missing. Kirishima reveals the Miyama boss, his great-uncle Gaku, accepted him into the Yakuza at Kirishima’s own insistence. An Akaza employee is found dead and President Akaza suspiciously goes into hiding. Yoshino’s bodyguard Inamori reveals when he was 12 Kirishima put 20 classmates in hospital, so his parents asked Gaku to intervene, which is how Kirishima became Yakuza. By coincidence Yoshino spots Shiori in a club belonging to her grandfather’s business partner. It is revealed Shiori and the dead employee cheated the Filipino Mafia out of ¥500 million, so they murdered the employee, scared President Akaza into hiding and want Shiori dead. Kirishima insists Shiori take responsibility, which hopefully will avoid war between the Miyama and the Filipino’s. Filipino thugs burst in looking for Shiori and injure Yoshino. Furious, Kirishima savagely beats Shiori’s guards and the Filipino’s. Angry herself, Yoshino saves Kirishima by knocking a Filipino unconscious, thrilling Kirishima. President Akaza and Shiori are exiled from Japan. The Miyama and Filipino’s make peace and Yoshino is astounded to be awarded ¥10 million for finding Shiori. Refusing the absurd amount she settles for Kirishima replacing her hairdryer she hit the Filipino with. Kirishima spots a man watching him and Yoshino.

Reception

Yakuza Fiancé: Raise wa Tanin ga Ii won the fourth Next Manga Award in the print category in 2018.[32] Along with The Way of the Househusband, it ranked eighth on Takarajimasha's Kono Manga ga Sugoi! 2019 ranking of Top 20 manga series for male readers.[33] The series ranked eleventh on "Nationwide Bookstore Employees' Recommended Comics of 2018" by the Honya Club website.[34] The series ranked 48th on the 2020 "Book of the Year" list by Da Vinci magazine.[35] The manga was nominated for the 46th Kodansha Manga Award in the general category in 2022.[36]

Notes

  1. ^ All English titles are taken from Crunchyroll.[30]
  2. ^ a b c Production information is taken from the ending credits of each episode.

References

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