Manga Check-in: "Karaoke Iko!"

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"Karaoke Iko!"

Wayama Yama, 2020

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Summary: Nothing worries Satomi Oka more than the upcoming final choir competition of his middle school career – right up until he is accosted by a stranger from the shadows who demands, "Let's go karaoke!" As a yakuza, Kyouji Narita doesn't scare easily, but a terrifying prospect has driven him to seek Satomi's help. The boss is holding a karaoke contest, with the loser forced to get a tattoo to be selected and torturously applied by the boss himself! Oka has been to many vocal rehearsals over the years, but never one-on-one karaoke sessions with a gangster!!

My comments: I don't know what I was expecting but I was still surprised.

Narita Kyouji is a yakuza who needs to figure out a song to sing at a karaoke contest because his boss will badly tattoo the loser.

Oka Satomi is a middle-schooler who is losing his soprano voice to puberty and will have the solo part one last time, it's putting a lot of strain on him.

There were some really funny moments in this, I kept wanting to screenshot them all. 😂 All that stuff towards the end was really something!!! Can't believe they didn't talk for three years, Satomi's already graduating HS!!

Really excited to read Famiresu Iko. I wonder what job Satomi will get?

Story: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ | Characters: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ | Humor Level: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ | Humor Enjoyment: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

 

Art: ⭐️⭐️ | Rereadable: 🇾, why not

Content warnings: Uh yakuza (there's a severed finger, some violence)

My rating: 9/10

Comments

[vriddy]

Glad you enjoyed :D The anime is 5 episodes long (on Crunchyroll, if you have access to that) and super fun too, including some bits that aren't in the manga :D And the JFF Theatre is showing the (also very fun!) live adaptation until June 3rd :D