Absolutely obsessed.

This was such a delightful and fun read. I love how it intermixes fandom and a yakuza boss being a human.

Ken Kanashiro is one of the most feared yakuza lieutenants. One night, he accompanies his boss's daughter to a K-pop concert and very quickly becomes a hardcore fan. It's really funny to see a grizzled yakuza member stanning a boy band member! I enjoyed this a lot and will be sure to look for future volumes. Note that, at least as of this volume, this does not appear to be a boy's love manga.

Thank you to Kodansha and NetGalley for the reader's copy that I received in exchange for an honest review.

This was a super fun gag manga!! Reading about a member of the Yakuza becoming a super obsessed with a Kpop idol was hilarious and I def want to read other manga in this series!

3.5/5

This manga follows a fearsome yakuza member who becomes a k-pop stan after going to a concert. It was very cute and hilarious, with the contrast between the criminal word elements and the cutesy k-pop fandom making me laugh several times. I do think that if you know a bit about fandoms and k-pop you will enjoy this more than someone completely unaware of this world. While I enjoyed the whole thing it can get very repetitive, but it's nice for a quick fun low stakes read.

Had me laughing out loud several times while reading! This is "Way of the Househusband' meets K-Pop. I am now impatienlty waiting for the rest to come out.

*Recevied a copy of this from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.

Thank you NetGalley and Kodansha Comics for an ARC of this book.

‘The Yakuza’s Bias’ is a comedic manga where the second in command of a Yakuza clan is drawn into the idol world by the daughter of the clan. Needless to say, the contrast from these two worlds is what brings in the comedic aspect of this story. With very nicely fleshed out characters, Yatsuda’s interpretation of the Yakuza and the idol world is an interesting one, drawing parallels between the two.

Even though the story is appealing, the art-style was not my favourite but it did not make the reading experience bad. If anything, the art-style, with its harsh lines and contrasting light, made it feel more like a shounen manga than a shoujo manga this way driving the theme of Yakuza forward.

I would recommend ‘The Yakuza’s Bias’ to anyone who is looking for a change of pace, in what regards manga.

Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for this ARC in exchange for an honest review.

That was so fun to read. To sum up, it is about the lieutenant of a really feared Yakuza clan who became the greatest fan of a Kpop band's member.

First, I would like to thank Netgalley for providing me the opportunity to read this manga before it was released.
This manga has such an interesting concept: a gangster who finds himself suddenly stannning a k-pop group. It's as quirky as you would guess, and that's the charm of this manga. If still has quite a lot of violence, as crime Mangas do, but it also has the comedic parts about Ken's antics as a k-pop stan. As a K-pop stan myself, I relate to Ken. Ken suddenly finds himself in total admiration for an idol. Ken goes through the process of buying his first albums, trading photo cards, and trying to win lotteries to get into fan signings. All of these things are totally relatable to a K-pop fan. It's strange to see a hard-core gangster into a hobby that is mostly populated by teen girls. As he gets deeper into being a fan, the rest of the guys in the gang assume he's lost it. It's a fun dynamic. The ending was a cliff-hanger, of course. I will be reading the next volume when it becomes available. If you like comedic crime manga, pick it up. It's great for a laugh.

Really funny and definitely an especially fun read if you're into kpop and are familiar with fandom culture. The art style isn't my favourite but it is really nice. I'm not sure if I'm invested enough to continue, but I had a good time with this and definitely think it's worth a try!

Loved it! So funny and wacky. Ken gets taken to a kpop concert by his boss's daughter and gets blown away by the group and by Jun specifically. He becomes their fan in a big way. Goes to events and does other things involving his favorite group. I was giggling constantly. I had so much fun with it. Can't wait for more!.

The title is so on point with this one! I had no expectations to be honest, but this manga exceeded my expectations. It was so funny and absurd to imagine Yakuza members obsessed with a kpop group. Also the whole processes of getting into a group was so relatable and the Yakuza members with the posters at concerts so funny!!!

Would 100% recommend for a fun time!

I LOVED this volume so much!! I was on the fence about buying this series, but this definitely solidified it for me. If you enjoy the comedy in the Yakuza game series and/or know anything about idol culture, this will be up your alley. The character designs and overall artwork are great, and the clash between sparkly idol pretty boys and scarred yakuza men is both hilarious and fun. I also liked that we got to see a "behind the scenes" look at the group's reaction to having these terrifying-looking gangsters as their fans--they were actually way more funny than I thought they would be!

I'm also glad it didn't go down the route of having them secretly be horrible people who are completely different than their on stage selves like some series do. That's fine in most media, but I'd have felt awful for Ken if the guys he looked up to were actually terrible in a gag manga like this. I hope he actually gets to interact with Jun in a future volume, because that would be so fun to see. I loved that Jun was also a big noir and mafia film fan, so he was actually excited to see Ken as his fan.

Overall, a very light-hearted and enjoyable comedy manga. Of course, this is a gag series, so don't expect a ton of plot. Read it for the laughs and brilliant expressions.

Honestly this manga makes me want to get into K-Pop idols.

As someone who's never been into K-Pop or had a bias, this was actually really fun and entertaining. The mix between tough-guy yakuza and k-pop fan culture was actually hilarious, I definitely want to read more of this in the future!

ARC courtesy of NetGalley.

Was a blast to read this.
There are a vast cast of characters and we see the perspective of each one, and that brings a lot to the manga and the story.
With it, come a lot of misunderstandings and panic from the members of the clan that are so fun and delightful to read.
The plot was really amazing, he going deeper and deeper on the fan and stan mode, and, is really embarrassing, but I can relate to the characters...

And the art was just explendid. Is perfect for this tipe of story, is so well drawn with so much expressiveness. It shows the dark and more serious aspects of the Yakuza on the page, but still manages to bring a comical aspect by the drawings.

I really enjoyed the manga, and I want to know more about the characters because I'm really in to them now! And I want to see where the story is going.

I laughed so much while reading this! Much like The Way of the Househusband, The Yakuza's Bias introduces an ultimate tough guy character and puts him in unlikely, hilarious situations - in this case stanning K-pop idol, Jun. I know very little about K-pop (enough to get by and understand the context of the story), but that didn't stop me from absolutely howling as Ken gets even deeper into his new obsession. I loved watching more and more yakuza characters get roped in, and I especially liked the mini chapters featuring the K-pop boys. The art style perfectly captures the gritty yakuza vibes as well as the angelic, too pretty for this world idol vibes. I'm looking forward to reading more in this series!

This book was something I didn't know I needed to read until I read it. I loved the mix of mafia with K-pop. It shows that the mafia has some of the same values as K-pop groups, like brotherhood. I found it funny how Ken becomes a big fanboy for Jun. The graphics were decent, but still grabbed my attention.

This manga was hilarious and so relatable!! I got into K-pop about a year ago, I started by wanting to learn their names and here I am waiting for a tour and meeting others alike! It shows how fans are, very accurate (and I have been a fan of other groups since I was a teenager so I know what I am talking about). I would love to read the other mangas in this series!

Not my cup of tea but the art was very cool! The story didn't do anything for me and that's just because I didn't connect with whole music aspect. Totally a me thing than a issue with the story.

So funny. A yakuza number two falls heads over heels for a k-pop singer and becomes completely obsessed with him, much to the bemusement of the rest of the tough guys. A lot of the story is explaining the fan culture, but even that manages to be funny when seen through Ken’s eyes. And then he inadvertently manages to make a member of a rivaling crime organisation a fan too, and the men bond over their obsession.

Illustrations were good, and the story is suitable for all ages. I’m not entirely sure about the translation though, especially the word bias when it comes to the object of one’s obsession. Even if it’s a direct translation of the original, there are better words for it in English.

Thank you to the publisher and Netgalley for the advance reader copy!

This manga is absolutely hilarious! As someone who is a fan of K-Pop myself I completely understand each person having their own draw in to certain groups and biases so it was refreshing to see a manga encompass that in a positive light. To watch a Yakuza man like Ken find such a strong sense of connection to his bias and fall so quickly in to fandom culture while maintaining such a wild gangster job was watching two opposing worlds come together.

It was the right blend of funny and charming with a fantastic art style. Very enjoyable!