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Yakuza Fiancé: Raise wa Tanin ga Ii
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Yakuza Fiancé: Raise wa Tanin ga Ii – Episode 1
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Yakuza Fiancé: Raise wa Tanin ga Ii GN 1
The squeamish will want to pass on this dark romantic comedy. You'll need a tolerance for Do-S style male leads to stomach it.


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Raise wa Tanin ga Ii (Yakuza Fiancé) – 05
This episode was pretty different tonally than the first four, and in some ways probably the most interesting.


Raise wa Tanin ga Ii (Yakuza Fiancé) – 06
On some level this Osaka-Tokyo culture clash is at the heart of the premise.


First Impression: Yakuza Fiancé: Raise wa Tanin ga Ii
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First Impressions – Raise wa Tanin ga Ii (Yakuza Fiancé)
Having Ishida Akira play a teenaged yakuza S&M freak is an interesting choice.


Second Impressions – Raise wa Tanin ga Ii (Yakuza Fiancé)
I'll give Raise wa Tanin credit for this much, it's not romanticizing the mob.


Third Impressions – Raise wa Tanin ga Ii (Yakuza Fiancé)
The three-episode rule is (as usual) out the window in this case.
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Yakuza Fiancé: Raise wa Tanin ga Ii and the Dark Romance That Never Was
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Plot: After years of animosity, the leaders of Osaka’s Somei and Tokyo’s Miyama yakuza groups have called a truce—by arranging an engagement between their respective grandchildren, Some…
Raise wa Tanin ga Ii - Episode 1 - Yoshino Goddamn
Yoshino learned about her arranged marriage to a Tokyo yakuza heir from the newspaper. Old man, why? Raise wa Tanin ga Ii - Episode 1
Raise wa Tanin ga Ii - Episode 4 - Yoshino Flashes Temper
Yoshino supposedly isn't a yakuza, but she can summon the rage aura of a boss when she gets angry. Raise wa Tanin ga Ii - Episode 4
Raise wa Tanin ga Ii - Episode 5 - Yoshino Eats Ramen at Beach
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Raise wa Tanin ga Ii - Episode 11 - Yoshino Swings Bat at Kirishima Shouma
Kirishima and Shouma provoked the other, but Yoshino brought an aluminum bat to show them who the boss was. Raise wa Tanin ga Ii - Episode 11


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