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Donketsu Review  (Rating: 4/5) Overview Donketsu is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Tashi, serialized in Young King magazine from 2011. Set in the gritty streets of Kyushu, it dives deep into Japan’s underworld, depicting the hierarchy, loyalty, and decay of modern yakuza organizations. The series later continued with Donketsu: Second Chapter and a few spin-offs. Although there is no English Wikipedia entry at the moment, readers can refer to the Japanese Wikipedia page for detailed information. Synopsis The story follows Masatoshi Sawada , better known as Rokemasa , a legendary thug once infamous for firing a rocket launcher at a rival gang’s office twenty years ago. Now, he’s just another small-time member in the Kogetsu-gumi , a branch of the powerful Gachirin-kai syndicate. In yakuza slang, a “donketsu” means someone at the very bottom of the hierarchy—a man with no future and no promotion ahead. Rokemasa lives from one fight to another, scrap...