Tsurara Yoshikawa is a law student who disapproves of Kurosagi's swindling ways but falls in love with him.
He also possesses hatred to banks as banks gave his father final push to his despair. He tried to kill Katsuragi, who was connected to conman who led his family's misfortunes, but failed and recruited to be "pest control" for conmen who broke the "code" instead. This misfortune drove his father to kill his wife and daughter and, finally, himself. His hatred against swindler started because his father was conned out of his wealth and left him with debts.
CharactersĪ 21-year-old famed swindler known as the Kurosagi (or Black Swindler) because he only targets professional swindlers, conning them out of their own money, leaving them in ruins, and then using that money to pay back his client who are con victims. However, he is frequently met with opposition by a stubborn grad student, who seeks to become a prosecutor. Since then, Kurosaki has devoted himself to becoming a "kurosagi" ("black swindler"), who swindles other swindlers, as a means of revenge.Īs a "kurosagi," Kurosaki's acts have helped innocent victims of swindling schemes get their money back. As a result, his father killed Kurosaki's mother and sister before committing suicide. Six years ago, Kurosaki's family was destroyed when a "shirosagi" (a "white swindler", who focuses on defrauding others) swindled Kurosaki's father of their family's life savings. On March 8, 2008, Kurosagi with Tomohisa Yamashita starring as the Black Swindler once again, was released. The series was adapted as an 11-episode TV drama that was aired on TBS from 14 April 2006 to 23 June 2006. It won the 2008 Shogakukan Manga Award for seinen/general manga along with Tetsuji Sekiya's Bambino!. The series is about a boy named Kurosaki who swindles only other professional swindlers known as shirosagi ( シロサギ). "The Black Swindler") is a Japanese manga written by Takeshi Natsuhara and illustrated by Kuromaru.