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Finally bite the bullet and created an account here, as I’ve enjoyed reading all your responses throughout the years. During my reread, I realized both Yashiro and Doumeki have accumulated scars to get the attention of their desires. Yashiro accumulated burns/scabs to get the attention of Kageyama. Doumeki accumulates scars which represent his deeper involvement in the criminal world = closer to Yashiro.
I just find Doumeki’s backstory so interesting, Yoneda Kou definitely has a gift of giving us enough to let our imaginations run wild! I am not sure if it’s a translation miscue or if was really said but his sister mentions his friend signing on as his guarantor when he was eligible for parole. I wonder who this person is? A childhood friend? Maybe someone he was close with during his job as a police officer.
"You becoming a yakuza is even more silly." Ah, if only past Yashiro could see Doumeki now! In volume 3, chapter 14, page 2, Yashiro lists off what he believes are qualities Yakuza’s should exhibit.
1.Making your boss money
2.Having a drive to make money
3.A respectable appearance
4.An ambition to power
Yashiro makes an important note though, that anyone can get used to being a Yakuza if you’re in this long enough. Alongside the fear of his death, maybe this is why Yashiro was persistent in pushing Doumeki further away from this world. If we look at Doumeki’s current path, will he match up with these?
“No matter how he cried and begged me not to cast him aside, I hardened my heart and kicked him to the curb", Interesting Yashiro admits this so openly when it contradicts the excuse, he used to push Doumeki away. It was because he didn’t “remember” him. But here he openly admits the grief it took him to actually kick Doumeki away, he “hardened (his) heart”.
I’m excited to see where the plot will take us in the new year, especially since we know Doumeki’s new group has a lot of enemies. I think that coupled with Doumeki’s new groups history (the clash of who should have the leadership, with half of their members leaving with Okuyama instead of serving under Tsunakawa) will lead to a lot more action packed moments!