The story is partly an examination of how Yashiro reacted to his trauma by becoming hypersexual, while Doumeki became impotent. There are fairly blunt, if not outright graphic, descriptions of sexual assault and a few suggestive illustrations in all three parts. 3) flashback to high school, when Yashiro became friends with Kageyama. 2) main story, where ex-cop Doumeki joins Yashiro's yakuza group and the two establish a strange relationship. 1) prequel of sorts introducing the main character Yashiro through a story about his only friend Kageyama. Maybe some things are more obvious to those who have a more nuanced understanding of the cultural norms and assumptions, but I have found more depth to the story with each reread.
She puts a lot of work into pauses and words unsaid, not to mention the emotion conveyed through her drawings and the use of screentone shadows.
There are a few BL comic tropes and clichés scattered about as expected, but for the most part I find that Yoneda's work is more subtle than most of the dark/edgy things out there. Yet I find myself caught up in the characters and story and have reread this first volume several times over the last few years, and was very happy to finally be able to buy a legal copy in a language I can read. The main themes are of sexual violence and reactions to that trauma, something that I don't usually respond well to. If there is any humor, it is a dark, twisted one. When it comes to gangster stories, I tend to prefer the comedies, and this certainly is not a comedy in any way. This is not a story I would expect myself to like.
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