Tokyo Yakuza #7: The Cynic's Rhapsody

Jared Santos wants to join the yakuza. Being an American complicates matters. Leaving behind his country and his name, he becomes “Jiro Satani,” amateur pickpocket and notorious ladies’ man. Or so he’d like to believe. On the streets of Tokyo, Satani stands out like a speck of white rice in a sea of brown. Seeking a respite from the streets, he goes to a notorious foreigners’ bar, waiting for a member of the Yamaguchi-gumi crime family to step inside and give “Satani” the chance he has been waiting for. Satani thinks he has what it takes to gain favor among the yakuza, but the foreigners’ bar is just as violent a place as anywhere else. He’s about to see how rough the yakuza get, particularly with the girls. If he’s not careful, he just might develop a conscience …