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Umm, Taku calls Kin his "aniki" all the time, which is a word for big brother, used in yakuza circles. And Taku did mention that he was Kin's underling, didn't he. I believe there was no blood relation between those two.
As for the baby, well, all native Japanese would have dark hair when they're born (I bet Taku's hair is bleached), and didn't Kin claim that all newborn babies look like monkeys - yet he thought the baby looked like him when he saw him at last. The irony fist of fate...


Kaneko wasn't his boss who would (or at least could) have been satisfied with just that. Kaneko was the one he failed to assasinate - twice - so it was a bit more serious... (Kin said to Aya that Shuei group would take care of her while he'd be in prison, and later on Kaneko thought Kin was an assassin from Shuei group.)

I wasn't surprised by the ending at all, but that's just because I always watch/read everything wishing for this kind of endings but, alas, usually they end up staying alive. So for me everything seemed to lead to a suicide. I was like, "I wish he had a gun" when the other yakuza came from behind.

The pacing, the angles and the art looked somewhat perfect to me. I felt like I could feel everything Kin was feeling. Well, apart from the love for his dearest, but I could figure it out quite well of his expressions and actions. Mm, despair was all that was left in the end... ahh.

"Loved it!"

Well at the end I think it really was his kid cuz it did look like him and his skanky girlfriend Aya was banging both guys so she probably wasnt sure whos kid it was but I think she loved Taka more at the time so told him it was his kid, but it was Kin's kid all along!! So ironic cuz he knew at the end!!

Fucked up story, really. But it was nice - something cliched told in a surprising kind of way. I'm thinking that it's Kin's child since that would make the ending more ironic, and since it does look like him. I agree with anime978, actually. =_=

...the hell.

I was not expecting the suicide. I'm thinking that the baby was Kin's since apparently it looks nothing like Taku.

But the girl was saying Taku's name.

I kind of don't like the girl since she may have been with both of the guys at some point.

Gah, I'd hope that they'd expand on this one-shot.

Actually, I hope they don't. xD It's already good enough as is. ♥

As for the baby, I thought he was Kin's at first but now after reading the responses on this forum, I think he would actually be the brother's child because it does make sense anyway -- the brother's hair would have been bleached. 'Sides, he and Kin are not related by blood. It's probably some yakuza tradition. :p

I really liked this one-shot! :D I thought it was by the creator of Death Note actually (Bakuman is so not his forte) but the one-shot is really good anyway. :) I especially like Obata's art~ So different from the weird art of Bakuman.

WOW I wasn't expecting a suicide still this one-shot was pretty good. As for the child I think it was the brothers too seeing as Aya was calling his name though I suppose it would be kind of ironic if it was Kin's.

I think the "brothers" thing was yakuza-talk, and Kin and Taku were unrelated.

My interpretation: Aya thought Taku was the baby's father, which is why she was calling out his name. She must have been lonely when Kin was doing undercover work and formed an attachment to Taku which lead to their relationship. But, ironically, the baby was actually Kin's at the end.

The suicide came out of nowhere for me, wow!

5, great one shot, cool drowing but end T____T i was cryin,