Sun-Ken Rock
Manga | |
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title | Sun-Ken Rock |
Original title | サ ン ケ ン ロ ッ ク |
country | Japan |
author | Boichi |
publishing company | Shōnen Gahōsha |
magazine | Young King |
First publication | 2006 - February 22, 2016 |
expenditure | 25th |
Sun-Ken Rock ( Japanese サ ン ケ ン ロ ッ ク ) is a manga series by Boichi that was released in Japan between 2006 and 2016. It falls into the genres of comedy , romance, action and his own and has been translated into several languages.
content
The student Ken Kitano ( 北野 堅 ) lost his parents early - they were killed in a gang war between yakuza . Known as a thug at school, he's no more than a good fighter. When his classmate Yumi "Yumin" Yoshizawa ( 吉 沢 祐 美 ), with whom he is in love, moves to South Korea, he follows her. She wants to be a police officer there and Ken wants to follow her example. He does not know that Yumin's family belong to the yakuza who killed his parents and they have now left to get out of their criminal environment. When he arrives in Korea, Ken cannot gain a foothold and because of his martial arts he becomes the leader of a street gang. This becomes more and more powerful under his leadership, renamed Sun-Ken Rock Gang. But he hides this identity from Yumin, not only because she is a police officer, but also because she hates gangs.
publication
The series was released in Japan from 2006 to 2016 in the magazine Young King of the publishing house Shonen Gahōsha . He published the chapters in 25 anthologies so far.
Tokyopop published the manga between May 2015 and May 2017 in 13 double volumes completely in German. An English translation was made available by the JManga platforms , later by Crunchyroll . A French version is published by Doki-Doki and a Chinese version is published by Tong Li Publishing in Taiwan.
There is an art book for the series , which was also published in German in August 2016.
Web links
- Information from Tokyopop on the German translation with reading sample
- Manga on Anime News Network (English)