The plot turned more towards yakuza business, their inner fights and such, and I sadly must say that I feel like it's becoming a bit fuzzy. What with all new characters being introduced in the mid of action. Maybe it's because I'm reading a chapter after chapter, often separated by months of non-reading, that it's becoming a bit hard to follow. But my point still stands. Yoshino, Kirishima and Shouma are fascinating characters, this supposed love triangle is the strangest one I've ever encountered and it somehow works. The whole world of the story is so messed up, but it's somehow easy to swallow. It's not like all those modern works that are disturbing just for disturbance sake. And this manga has quite a bit of disturbing stuff. It just seems like it works in their world which is different from our everyday one. It's like there is invisible curtain between the life that we know and that they know. Worlds are clashing from time to time, but they mostly stay in their own borders. And more and more I realise why the title is "The outsider is good in the afterlife". Yakuza can only be with yakuza, yakuza's life can't mingle with the non-yakuza. It's almost like they are the other beings, not human, and like they have different way of thinking and acting. This author is master of this, of making the story of completely different worlds with different perspectives, while still managing to make them understandable.
J’ai dévoré ce nouveau tome ! Et, je l’ai adoré, cela va sans dire. Ce sixième volume s’ouvre sur une baston épique entre Kirishima et Shôma, bien vite remis à leur place par la badass Yoshino. Décidément, j’apprécie beaucoup ce personnage. Même faible, elle reste forte et bien dans ses baskets, quoi qu’il lui arrive.
J’ai aimé la façon dont elle va faire marcher Kirishima au pas, mais… Oui, j’ai toujours un problème avec notre jeune yakuza que je ne cerne toujours pas. Fait-il semblant avec elle ou est-il sincère ? C’est vraiment compliqué de savoir. Du coup, pour l’instant, j’ai une préférence pour Shôma, l’ami d’enfance de Yoshino très mystérieux, mais moins confus que Kirishima.
Cette suite reste très plaisante avec les conflits entre clans de Yakuzas et on voit clairement que le grand-père de Yoshino est impliqué et même surveillé de près par le clan auquel appartient Kirishima. Quelques rebondissements m’ont bien plu comme la rencontre avec la maman de Yoshino et puis on voit également l’homme à la cicatrice. Lui, je le kiffe et j’espère qu’on en apprendra plus sur lui, ses intentions et tout le reste.
De retour d’Osaka, nos héros retournent également au lycée… Ah ! J’admets avoir eu un choc énorme en me souvenant qu’ils n’avaient que dix-sept ans. Avec tout ce qui leur arrive on peut bien rajouter cinq ans de plus, minimum.
Enfin bref. Ce tome était addictif à souhait et je sais que je vais me répéter, mais j’aime tellement le style graphique d’Asuka Konishi ! Ces personnages sont tellement expressifs et charismatiques. Ça va être dur d’attendre la suite.
“You think? Winning and Losing don’t even come into it. She was never mine and she’s not yours now either, fool."
“A guy who could kill me.”
“Being ignored was painful, but the time I couldn’t see you made you so much more beautiful. I could stare at you forever.”
This volume really said: “Miscommunication? Let’s crank that to emotionally repressed yakuza levels.” And somehow? It works.
Let’s talk about Kirishima trying to pick a fight with Shouma just to hide the fact that he got beat up by Yoshino’s gramps. Like… sir??? That’s noble, I guess?? But also—everyone already knew. Shouma knew. Yoshino knew. You’re not slick, king. This was one of those “everyone’s aware but no one’s speaking on it” moments that circle back to the core issue with Kirishima: he’ll do so much for Yoshino in silence, but God forbid he actually uses his words. What kind of sick and twisted miscommunication trope is this??? Romantic? Maybe. Unhinged? Absolutely.
Also, the fact that Kirishima now calls Tsubaki for relationship advice??Hilarious. Every time Tsubaki picks up the phone it’s like: “Are you calling to threaten me or cry about your situationship again?” I love that for both of them.
Meanwhile, Yoshino and Shouma’s platonic dynamic is so refreshing. No weird tension, no love triangle—just two people caught in the same mess, riding it out, and actually being supportive. I live for it.
Now —Yoshino hitting Kirishima with the silent treatment? That was chef’s kiss. It’s the only thing that gets under his skin, and it was so deserved. She’s mad because he dragged Shouma into their drama, and she’s right. Next time, they need to clean up their own mess. If she had calmly told him how she felt, he would’ve hit her with one of those fake-sincere, fast-forward apologies without actually understanding the why. So instead, she made him sweat. Honestly? Slay.
And the bonus chapter?? Soft, adorable, and such a nice breather after all the blood, bruises, and emotional warfare. 10/10.
Konishi really balances absurd violence, toxic romance, and moments of surprisingly grounded emotional truth, and Volume 6 just nails all of that. I’m fully strapped in for whatever chaos Volume 7 brings!?
It starts off with a killer scene of Kirishima & Shouma fighting. Because of that, Yoshino gives Kirishima the cold shoulder treat for 3 days, during which he tries his best to win her back. The scene when they finally make up was chef's kiss. Kirishima only had contact with her hand and that was enough. Hope to learn more about Kirishima's background, especially with regards to Yoshino.
Then we finish off with Yoshino's mother meeting Kirishima and seem to be giving him her blessings.
Now, the whole chapter where he compares her to a sun goddess after she gave him the silent treatment and he was pining for her has to be studied in school, that is what I mean when I say I want a man begging and pathetic for his love hehe
First i watched the anime then start reading the manga and loved both but as usual there's much details in manga not mentioned in anime. Also it would be much much much better if the Manga was colored not black and white.