Let's meet with our blond hero Bouya Harumichi and his adventures at Suzuran All-boys High School. I say adventures, but most of them are life and death battles with all the rascals around the town that want a piece of Bouya, one of the strongest delinquents in town.
Suzuran isn't a typical high-school, because there are gathered only delinquents who fight for supremacy and the tittle of the strongest. That's why is called and the school of Crowns ( and maybe because of their black uniforms). With so many factions and bastards who fight for the TOP, who will be no. 1?
Bouya make a mark on Crows school from his first day, beating down Hiromi from the Ebi-trio and Akutsu and other 4 guys, from the Bando faction, all 6 sy the same time. Bando is the leader of the biggest faction in school and the being the closest to the no.1 spot. In his way are only 3 men, the Ebi-trio: Hiromi( the same that Bouya did with one hit), Pon and Mako.
From here on the fights for Bouya starts. The fact that he beat Hiromi, made Pon and Mako to try a 1-on-1 with him, Mako win the draw and fight with Bouya only to lose( again with one hit). Soon after this fight Bando returns to school with two things in his mind: two destroy the Ebi-Trio and to make Bouya join his faction. What Bando didn't consider was the fact that Bouya would refuse his offer, moreover start to destroy his faction on his own.
Bouya would eventually win the fight with Bando and leave him with a piece of wisdom: "The kind of guys that gather at the place called Crows High, they hate studying and find sports too much of a hassle. Guys that don't know what to do to themselves. That kind of guys. They hate having nothing to do and just want some place to release all they build-up tension. What you said was actually that, was you outlet. But in reality there are more important stuff than that. Instead of worrying about stuff that doesn't matter, make some friends. Not like the hundred soldiers that deserted you, just ONE. One friend that would be willing to spill blood with you", said Bouya and left with Hiromi, Pon and Mako, leaving a bloody Bando enjoying the coldness of asphalt.
This fight had an unsuspected witness: Rindaman. The one guy that no-one managed to beat yet. And neither Bouya did it because their fight would end in a draw, with each guy in the fight thinking that he lost.
From here on out the fight goes outside Suzuran, Bouya fighting the notorious gang The front of Armament. After that he became friend with the big boss of Takiya High School, Furukawa Osamu aka Buldog and many more adventures.
My favorite adventure( so to speak) is when Bouya, with Ryuushin from TFOA and Bitou Tatsuya form Housen leave for the next town to help their friends against the Snake gang that was hunting for them, forming Parko and the Dangerers. Three of the Big 4 ( the last one being Buldog) in the same fight, on the same side, was the masterpiece arc of an amazing story.
Crows is one of my favorite manga because of the great story that includes with great fights, enough comedy to spice up the story, sometimes drama but just because the characters are stupid. I've read and re-read Crows many times and I still love it, just like the first time i've set my eyes on in.
Crows is a manga about friendship first of all, a manga about delinquents and their way to live.
Have you read Crows? What did you like most, or hate the most in this manga? Leave me your thoughts in the comments below.
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