The previous volume ended with the throat of an opponent of the main character of Golden Guy. Discover in volume three how an alliance with a drug addict madman can quickly turn into a massacre?
A pure tale of action in the mafia 
With Golden Guy, the writer and cartoonist Jun Watanabe offers in manga a series of mafia as effective as a blockbuster. He never shies away from sacrificing characters because, even within the Osaragi clan, the losses are numerous. In a burning house, Yūma was seriously injured by Kurozuka, a mobster made unstable by his addiction. The latter now turns to Gai. The stakes are wider because the entire Kikaku family is in crisis. Having so far managed to hide his ambition, Kyôsuke Akane is close to power.
At first glance, Golden Guy's drawing is effective, but the layout is quite agreed. This shortcoming is compensated by bloody scenes. Jun Watanabe does not hide the consequences of the gang war. Yet, the killing that remains off-screen. To determine who will be the godfather, the reader attends duels with a pistol certainly, but not only. Golden Guy offers a wide variety of action scenes. You have to escape from a burning building. In addition, the killings are very original. This volume reveals that fish do not only eat fishermen's worms. The pen (or rather the pencil) is really more formidable than the sword. The warrior's rest may be the last.
A thirst for loyalty
Of course, conflicts are driven by the hope of becoming rich. For Kyôsuke Akanen, seizing the Osaragi clan would mean accessing the Tokugawa treasure… but not only.The main goal of the yakuza is power. Each clan leader is driven by a growing thirst for power. This spring raises the tension in Golden Guy until the final scene where the main perpetrators of the gang war find themselves in the same place.
The fight in Golden Guy is also moral. The godfather of the Kikaku family forces Kyōsuke Akane to make peace with Gai Sakurai or he is banished for life from the underworld. These vertical and authoritative relationships seem unthinkable in Europe or America. The division between the "good" criminals and the "bad" mafia is played out around the notion of loyalty. Enemies are betrayed by allies. They play a double game and therefore lie to get more money. Conversely, Gai is always honest with his family. Yet there have already been three deaths in his clan and he is mortified. He does not take up arms for power, but to avenge his people and protect the survivors.
We are only powerful in groups. Loneliness means madness as for Tesshû Kurozuka, Golden Guy's charismatic enemy. This crazy dog who respects nothing can remind the Joker. Wanting to sow chaos and desolation, he attacks everyone without asking permission. It does not respect any alliance and directly targets the head of the family. It seems unstoppable when it fits as easily into a restaurant as it does into the most secure homes.While many resort to indiscriminate violence, Gai is a manipulator using the (sometimes intimate) weaknesses of his opponents.
Edited by Mangetsu, the fifth volume of Golden Guy marks the end of the first cycle. The different groups often fare very badly, but there are also revelations about the Sakurai family. However, there is still the final confrontation to follow in February.
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