Kokuho 1 (Big Comics)

[Machine Translation] The overwhelming youth of a man living in Kabuki. Kikuo Tachibana was born into a family of a mobster, and since childhood he has charmed everyone around him with his good looks. Eventually, he was supposed to become a master of the mob. ...... However, the turbulent times in the 30s of the Showa Era (1930s) in Nagasaki, Japan, did not spoil Kikuo's life. His parents were killed in front of his eyes, and Kikuo, who could no longer live in the small town of Nagasaki, was picked up by Hanai Hanjiro, a rare onnagata (female impersonator) and kabuki actor. Hanai had a son, Shunsuke, who, coincidentally, was the same age as Kikuo. Is the path they take the same as the bright and shining Hanamichi? Or is it a thorny path that leads to the abyss? The lives of these two young men are intertwined to such an extent that we wonder if it is possible to go on like this, and their lives shine blue!

歌舞伎に生きる男の圧倒的青春。極道の家に生まれた立花喜久雄は、幼き頃からその美貌で周りを魅了してきた。ゆくゆくは極道の親分になるはずだったのだが……昭和30年代、激動の日本・長崎は喜久雄を甘やかしてはくれなかった。親が目の前で殺され、長崎という狭い街で暮らせなくなった喜久雄を拾ったのは稀代の女形・歌舞伎役者、花井半二郎だった。花井にはひとり息子・俊介がおり、奇しくも喜久雄と同い年。二人が歩み道は光り輝く花道か。奈落へ繋がるイバラの道か。これでもかと思う程に絡み合う二人の青年の人生は蒼く輝いていく！