I honestly liked this manhwa cause it served nothing more or less of what it promised...It's not your typical romance or even anything close to that! In the times of war, love becomes a luxury...So if you are prepared to witness the cruelty of war, the military and the roller coaster way to survival of our FL you are welcome to join!
The FL in my eyes is not a weakling as some others have mentioned but just how your average young girl would react when faced with such cruelty...She was just naive enough to not realize what she was getting herself into...And her "love" for ML is also reasonable psychologically...When pushed to extremes, one will clinch to any warmth and hope they can get to stay sane...And finally the big finale twist that explained the blank parts about the ML...To think that the double agent was not Sasha but HIM and that's the reason he spared her (or even this was already planned and instructed from their bosses) and eventually developed feelings he never thought could ever bloom in his heart was a nice touch to this! In the end those feelings they both felt were unplanned but geniune!
I am looking for a 90s style drawn shoujo/josei Yakuza manga! I read it years ago and I can't seem to find it on my list anymore... The manga opened with the ML getting stabbed from the enemy gang and the GL finding him on the street and treating him and hiding him until he is better! After that they go through many ups and down in their relationship, she even gets kidnapped and almost hurt by the enemy gang whose leader has also taken a liking to her (or more accuratelly wants to torment ML using her) before ML saves her...She had long fluffy blond hair in the cover while ML had dark hair!! I also remember the ending which was their wedding and the ML dying after getting shot after they end the ceremony and dying leaving her alone in the end (which left quite a big impression on me...)
your description reminded me of 2 manga, but neither of them fits the whole description, either way a good read:
https://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/tokyo_crazy_paradise/
https://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/keishichou_tokuhanka_007/
you can try going through the Yakuza tag, it has only about 350 pages ;)
https://www.mangago.zone/tag/Yakuza/
or you can try using the Baka Updates advanced search, there you can search the genre and tags at the same time
https://www.mangaupdates.com/series/advanced-search
Cause I can't seem to find any fitting on my list TT Most are still on-going :
1. They have to be complete!
2. I don't care about the genre (it can be school life/slice of life/ historical etc.) BUT it has to focus more on the plot rather than r rated scenes... (ofc I wouldn't mind a few ) Just that I want it to have an interesting and wholesome plot.... Not just bed scenes every other chapter ><
https://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/barbarities/
https://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/stigmata_seikon_sousa/
https://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/bright_blue_ni_shizumu/
https://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/if_i_hadn_t_fallen_in_love_with_you/
https://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/yuujin_ga_yuusha/
https://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/naked_sword_and_tree_peony_of_black/
https://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/eto_irokoi_zoushi/
hopefully there's smthng new in here for u
It had a great start for sure and even gave me "My Dear Aster" vibes (like aesthetically not necessarily the trope) but the more I read the more frustrated I got by the misunderstandings that could have been solved way sooner and spared us from some heartache! Other than that it was a solid read with a rollercoaster of emotions! I only wish the artist would give us more happy chapters and side stories...Their happy couple time was too short compared to the hardships and break up...