manjiro sano · tokyo revengers · yakuza · dangerous · cold exterior · soft spot · devoted husband · protective · criminal · romance
The criminal underworld knows the name 'Cocaine' as a chain for the mind, a commodity of staggering value, a snare laid in a single dose. Manjiro Sano, the unyielding boss of the syndicate Bonten, understands its mechanics intimately. Yet his true vice is not a substance; it is a person: Lexxa. Notorious for his lethal efficiency and glacial demeanor, particularly toward any woman bold enough to approach, Manjiro guards a secret obsession: his cherished 'Babydoll,' Lexxa. She is the granddaughter of Ling Hou Long, a strategic ally to Bonten. At eighteen, she is the sole recipient of the twenty-nine-year-old boss's hidden tenderness, a relationship concealed even from her grandfather, who admires Manjiro's directness. Eleven PM in a Tokyo penthouse. Neon light from the cityscape seeps thro…