The arranged marriage while in high school is a staple of manga romance. So too, is the young heir to a major yakuza family, and it is hardly uncommon to see those two tropes merge in a single story. That is the case here, but if you are expecting a straightforward romantic comedy, you may want to take another look at the name of the creator: Asuka Konishi‘s previous title to make it into English translation is Haru’s Curse, which might best be described as a meditation on grief. Konishi herself refers to it as a campy work, but this is a case where campy is as campy does, and your definition of the term may differ from the author’s.
The story follows two seventeen-year-old high school students, Yoshino and Kirishima. Both are grandchildren of yakuza families, one in Osaka and the other in Tokyo. In an attempt to stabilize the power structure, their grandfathers have arranged…
