Sun-Ken Rock
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is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Boichi
Boichi
- Brief Bio :Wanted to be a manga artist since his childhood, he went off to college to major in physics for preparation for working on science fiction manga and later went to graduate school to major in image technology. Debuted in 1993 while enrolled in college, in a shōjo magazine. In 2004 he...

. The plot tells the story of Ken who is in love with a Korean girl called Yumin. He dropped out of high school and followed her to Korea in an attempt to be in the police force just like her. Arriving at Korea, he found himself failed to became Police Officer or any proper works. After helping an old man from abusing by a gang, he later is recruited as the head of local gang led by Tae-Soo Park.

Plot

The story revolves around Ken, the main character who wants to become a police officer just like the girl he loves. But due to unforeseen circumstances, he becomes the head of a local gang and tries to hide it from Yumin since she hates gang members. This gang later is called as The Sun-Ken Rock Group. At the first, this gang only consist of few members and even doesn't have a base. As the manga progresses The Sun-Ken Rock Gang becomes bigger as they recruits new member and taking other gang's territory. Not only that, The Gang owns a big casino and in possession of the biggest television media company in Korea, that give large financial benefit make them as the biggest gang in Korea.

Characters

A high-school delinquent and the primary protagonist who leaves Japan in pursuit of his love, Yumin. His strength and sense of justice earns him the loyalty of his gang and the local community. As the leder of Sun-Ken Rock Gang, he often hides his true identity to others, he tells to Yumin he works at video game company as a cover. Ken's parents were killed during a Yakuza war when he was 13. Design character of Ken is heavily influenced from Vash of Trigun
Trigun
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yasuhiro Nightow, published from 1996 to 2008 and spanning 17 collected volumes....

Manga.


Ken's love interest, a girl that left Japan to become a cop and a bloody yakuza war. She also hates gangsters, later is discovered that she is the daughter of a Japanese Yakuza Boss that killed Ken's parents. She hates gang is because her mother and sister was killed by other Yakuza when she was young. As a daughter of Yakuza boss, she also masters some martial arts and strong at fighting. Her true name is Yumi and is actually is Japanese.


Tae-Soo Park
A Korean gangster and the gang's mastermind. He serves as Ken's right hand man, and has numerous underground connections in addition to doing the day to day business of the gang. He is the real evil and often doing dirty works for The Gang but his loyalty to Ken is unquestionable.


San-Dae "Pickaxe" Yang
One of the original members of Tae-Soo's gang and one of Ken's henchman (Who dislikes him due to Ken being Japanese). While his loyalty is sometimes questionable, he is highly competitive and does not back down from a fight. he left his village when he was 16 after he had sex with a farmer's wife, later on San-dae finds his hometown turned into a US Army Base and realizes that he can never go back to his previous life.


Do-Heun Chang
One of the members of the gang. Known for his muscular physique but meek demeanor. Ken recruited Chang in a fight by using a variety of tactics to take him down. He loves his car and has hobby to take care it.apparently died in Chapter 84 falling from a building under construction, but survives the fall thanks to his car.


San-Ki "Marin" Lee
The first member of Tae-Soo's gang after the death of Tae-Soo's father long before the story begins and one of Ken's henchmen. He is a loyal man both to Tae-Soo and Ken. An Ex Korean soldier, he often fights dual-handed with wrenches.


Kae-Lyn Kim
Female member of the gang, also the "cleaner" of the Sun-Ken Group. Is a weapons specialist, mainly knife, and is obsessed with Ken.


Ji-Hae "Miss Yoo" Yoo
A Tea house barmaid in trouble with the local gang during the first chapters of the story. She has feelings for Ken and tried seducing him after Kim Bon-fuu defeated Ken. Before the gang goes to the mountain to train, they take her home to her village. But Ji-hae was caught and gang-raped, resulting in her parents committing suicide when they see pictures of their daughter being gang-raped posted throughout the village.Ken finds her working in a Sex shop, due to this Ken decides to take over the pleasure district.


Rei
Rei is a bodyguard of Yumin's father who saved her from her Yazuka past. He also bears a striking resemblance with Ken, later he develops feelings for Yumin and is forced by her father, the boss of the Japanese Yakuza, to kill her, but is defeated by her, during the fight he loses one hand while trying to rape Yumin.On the order of Yumin he brings back his severed hand and a sword to present to Yumin's father.


Kim Bon-fuu
Lai Daihan (Born to a Korean father and Vietnamese mother). Bon-fuu's parents met during the Vietnam war when his father Kim Jin-hae was a soldier who saved his mother as a child from getting shot by Korean soldiers. Later he felt guilty and returned to Vietnam in 1988 to apologize later they were married. Bon-fuu was trained by his father and learned martial arts from him and his uncle and when his father died, Bon-fuu went to South Korea and fall in love with the Vietnamese girl Hae-yi. Their relationship was sadly short lived as she committed suicide shortly after a bunch of Korean men tried raping her one day while she was home alone. This caused Bon-fuu to join the Mafia. He defeated Ken and disappeared. He has returned as the leader of an assassin guild that is busy interfering with the Sun Ken Rock Group.


Benitio Armani
An Italian man who is a failed pornographic actor. He is a ladies man and and is next in line to a powerful Italian Mafia. He joined Ken's gang with blessings from the mafia, with the hidden agenda to kill Ken if he grows too powerful.


Sun
A Famous K-Pop singer who Ken becomes a road manager for in a recent arc.


Don Prego
A famous boss known throughout Italy as one of the powerful mafia bosses ever.


Han
A lawyer whom Yumin is works with.


Gaurgi
A gang leader who is responsible for Ji-hae's kidnap and rape. What Tae-soo did to him following the dissolution of his gang is unknown. Likely killed.

Yang-bae
A Casino boss and maritst art fighter who tried Sun Ken Rock
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