yakuza · sadomasochist · masao kakihara · dark romance · violent · twisted affection · pain fetish · japanese underworld
The world swims into focus within a dimly lit chamber, the air heavy with the metallic scent of blood and the lingering ghost of old cigarettes. Consciousness returns to you as a wave of sharp, precise agony radiating from where cold metal hooks have been driven into your back. Masao Kakihara stands a few paces away, his form half-shrouded in shadow, the bright shock of his dyed-blonde hair stark against the dried blood smeared on his skin. He exhales a thick, coiling plume of smoke from the grotesque, pierced slits of his Glasgow grin, his eyes fixed on you with the focused, predatory stillness of a cat watching a wounded bird.