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Kurosagi (クロサギ lit. The Black Swindler) is a Japanese manga written by Takeshi Natsuhara and illustrated by Kuromaru. The series is about a boy named Kurosaki who swindles only other professional swindlers known as shirosagi (シロサギ?). It won the 2008 Shogakukan Manga Award for seinen/general manga along with Tetsuji Sekiya's Bambino!. The manga ended on July 2008 and started again under the name Shin Kurosagi on September 2008. The series was adapted as an 11-episode TV drama that was aired on TBS from 14 April 2006 to 23 June 2006. On March 8, 2008, Kurosagi with Tomohisa Yamashita starring as the Black Swindler once again, was released. Plot : Kurosagi is about a young man seeking revenge on the "shirosagi" (or white swindlers who swindle by defrauding others) by swindling them out of most, if not all, of their money. Six years prior to the manga, Kurosaki's father was swindled out of his money. Because of this, his father killed Kurosaki's mother and sister, before committing suicide. Kurosaki then becomes a swindler himself, a kurosagi (The Black Swindler who swindles other swindlers). By doing this, he helps the innocent people who got swindled by the culprits and gets their money back. In this whole scheme, Kurosagi is met with a stubborn grad student, pursuing to be a prosecutor. Kurosagi The Black Swindler. Uhhh the other review is pretty harsh, Kurosagi isn't that bad. It's a shounen manga about, well, a swindler swindling swindlers. The manga follows a "swindler-of-the-week" format so there's no real overlying plot, just a new bad guy popping up every few chapters. I'll admit it's a little drawn out for 219 chapters but the protagonist is charming in his own boyish way and it's fun to see how he ends up saving the day in each arc. Having said that, Kurosagi is NOT a psychological manga. The methods the protagonist uses generally revolve around finding loopholes in the law, not using psychological tricks. It's a fun read if you're interested in big businesses or law, but if you're looking for something like Liar Game or Code Geass, this isn't the manga for you. Overall 3 Story 3 Art 4 Character 3 Enjoyment 1. Story:Ok, so you get this kid who had a bad past-common character background. He seeks retribution against all swindlers because his father was driven into debt by the swindlers and attempted to kill his family then himself. Of course the protagonist survives but the rest of his family was no so fortunate. He gets taken in or begs to be taken in by a notorious swindler who is currently an underground bartender that deals with selling information. So he goes around stealing from the rich and giving it to the poor metaphorically and becomes the ant-hero story to story. There IS NO climax; the plot is as plain as it is, the techniques he uses to swindle are horribly thought out and very unimpressive that leaves you in huge disappointment. His access to tricks in his bag makes it almost modern fantasy story with no interesting point that draws you in. You'll see the protagonist pull up methods that would never be likely in anything but the early 1900s where you'll wonder, "how dumb do you have to be to be scammed by these brainless scammers(literally)."Overall this was a VERY disappointing manga; if you're interested in something interesting avoid this. Art: The art isn't very current or "new" despite being published in 2004. The art style suits more of the late 80s and 90s manga art. Kurosaki-Character development was not very deep nor a highlight part of the manga. You get Kurosagi who is the anti-hero of the story with some dark past he gets angry when brought up and triesto play the cliche guy that tries not to get anyone involved because of the dangers and doesn't try to get close to anyone. You see his motives are pure but his methods aren't and the author tries too hard to get him seen as the cool wannabe genius swindler. Yoshikawa, Tsurara-Then you get the female neighbor although who doesn't play much of a part in the story you'll see it get squeezed in as L from death note. She basically attempts to be the one kurosaki can open up to-which he does not, and tries to be the true sign of justice. Because of her interest in becoming a lawyer kurosaki tries to push her away so she doesn't become tainted. Kashima, Masaru- And at long last you have the vigilante cop/detective who believes he is the true justice and above the law. He plays it tough using threats and blackmail to get to the truth or at least some tips on hunting down Kurosaki. Simply the menace of the story just so the manga isn't limited to only one and a half characters. Enjoyment- I thought I liked it at first but then I gave it some thought. Man did I waste a large amount of my time. Many readers often continue to read manga from a certain series because the story is actually interesting or something unique that draws interest, however this manga isn't either. This manga has little plan in where its actually going and it seems like things are just thrown in together with no climatic discovery. Unlike other battle of the wits mangas this one tarnishes the genre; the techniques Kurosaki uses are extremely simple and utterly unlikely where there are no twists or turns that are planned out. The author simply makes things happen as they go. I would honestly not recommend reading this if you favor Death Note, Code Geass, or Liar Game. Overall 9 Story 10 Art 10 Character 10 Enjoyment 10. Are you a working professional? High school student interested in fraud? Like business ethics or accounting? This is for you. This manga series is called Kurosagi or "black swindler". It's essentially Mr.Robot, the white Hat Hacker, but it this case it's a police detective frauding fraudsters. It follows some 23 year old guy who's family is swindled and makes it his life mission to swindle swindlers or fight fraudsters. He fights multi-level marketing schemes, document fraud, accounting fraud, bankers, managers, and accountants. By all means, it's not very interesting. No fights. No goofy scenes like in ace attorney. It's people talking on the phone , meetings, presentations, hand shakes, and long expositions and conversation. For example, in chapter 90 something the case is about accounting fraud. A bank gives a 150 million yen loan to a company after reading the financial records. But, the company was lying on its prospective future income and went bankrupt. In coordination with a public accountant, they cooked the books through not processing bad checks, not recognizing bad debt on accounts receivable, and other stuff. gripping. Or, there is an intense scene as a fraudster in a boardroom tries to gain members for his pyramid scheme through a PRESENTATION. It was heart breaking to see the fools buy into his BS. I learned an interesting thing about Japanese Life Insurance. Anyway, the villains have interesting back stories: networks with college buddies, accolades and leadership experience at prior companies, intellect at creating financial schemes, past conviction records. Of all the anime and manga, these people are the probably the most realistic whose actions do harm society (like Enron or 2008 bankers). Unfortunately, if you don't know Japanese, the only English is scanlations( see link). So there is ethical considerations reading a manga series whose central theme is ethics. Therefore, you are a swindler reading about swindlers swindling swindlers. The financial crimes aspect, being a swindlers reading about swindlers swindling swindlers, and being essentially a comic book makes this manga series so unique. It was my first manga and I wish there was more like this. Story: 10. They seem to do research to actually write the story. You see them use a lot of business jargon and the 'avenge parents' tropes is twisted to financial crimes. Art: 10. For some reason despite the phone calls, it was captivating. The settings were perfect: an office, street, desk, bar. They did a good job of showing the building and documents to help illustrate the story. On explaining financial schemes they had flow charts with boxed labeling banks, investors, firms. Character: 10. The character does develop and you do learn about his past ( e.g. He is actually 23, but his birth certificate was frauded so he thinks he's 21). It's mainly just him and his senior. The villains aka fraudsters are the most interesting. Just seeing people at the peak of their careers have a lapse in ethics for greed is scary. Enjoyment:10. This is the perfect escape manga. It's not too intellectual that you won't understand it and it's not too dumb that it would not work in real life. Sure, cash in briefcases is outdated, but I don't want to read extra pages about admin passwords, routing numbers, databases, or however the heck you steal digital cash. Overall 8 Story 5 Art 8 Character 6 Enjoyment 10. "It's not wrong to deceive, it's wrong to deceive the wrong target." Kurosagi is a manga about con artists and its purpose is to educate readers on some of the possible ways a person can get scammed. The main character Kurosagi was a victim, losing his parents and complicating his past as a result. Filled with retribution (and a weird apathy at times), he works to undo other con artist's work. Now, the story is particularly lacking. It's not meant to be an epic narrative about the moral and ethical implications of swindling others (however sometimes it waxes so) but rather to educate the reader on the possibilities. And wow are they vast! Where the story lacks, I think the character interactions make up for it. It's a sort-of villain-of-the-week format so the characters are the most important. Some of them are particularly interesting like the palm reader or the woman who made away with a man's money through bridal scams. Their characters are pretty flat but still interesting enough to keep me reading. The art is good enough to convey its points so I believe the art is perfect. I can't imagine the manga being something super artsy. Overall, I recommend this manga. Don't listen to the other reviewers. Give it a shot and make sure not to burn yourself out on it! Overall 7 Story 7 Art 7 Character 6 Enjoyment 7. Having read the whole manga 2 years ago (not an MAL member by then), and recently going through ts sequel, I wish to share an opinion of this manga after 2 years of condensing: this is an informative collection on operation and prevention of fraud techniques, but not a great story. The plot is simple: Kurosaki, a young swindler vowed only to cheat money out of fellow swindlers, investigate them through victims of the swindlers or his boss Katsuragi (operating his own "Katsura bar" as a disguise), then approaches the swindlers and cheats money out of them by no less than the amount the victims are cheated of. The 20-volume story is pretty independent between arcs, illustrating a wide variety of fraud methods, from domestic ones like prepaid beauty service contracts and sure-win lottery, to commercial ones like defrauding lending banks and insurance agencies. While the plot is fruitful to learn to beware of different loopholes in daily and commercial transactions that may bring in fraud, and demonstrating how some "proof" documents are easily forgible, the story pattern is admittedly repetitive. This is a major reason why I had to take a long break after the 20 volumes. Kurosaki's performance is also understandably limited to a simplified description of "phishing" and outwitting other swindlers. It would be outrageous to expect a published manga detailing step-by-step guidance on how to commit fraud (especially on professional fraudsters). The focus of the story, rather than intense battles of wits, tends towards educating the public to beware of the fraud techniques and how cruel the reality can be. Although the arcs are largely independent and episodic, an overarching plot line does exist between Kurosaki and Katsuragi, but has not been resolved in this story (resolved in the finale of the series). Characters in this manga largely serve as device to show readers the plot. Kurosaki is almost the only common point between all the fraud arcs. He is practical, but also challenges other characters (law executors) as arrogant, which is quite a realistic opinion from the underworld (as the author also proclaimed to have worked as a swindler). Yoshikawa (female lead(?), a univeresity student studying law and aspiring to become a prosecutor) and Kashima (a young police officer, serving as a complete opposite of Kurosaki's values), while serving as the conventional main cast group (but appearance being less than often), tries to bring in the point of view of lawful citizens and executors of law. The only highlight is a debate between Kurosagi and Kashima on why they had chosen such different paths despite having similar back stories, but, unfortunately, Kurosagi failed to justify the merits of his chosen path, not to mention convincing readers of his choice. Certainly, such justification would unlikely be published on a manga. Typical 90s to 00s manga art-style, the regular cast and characters (victims, swindlers etc.) in the same arc are largely differentiable. Although the same cannot be said for one-off characters across different arcs, there is not any need for readers to do so. Enjoyment/ Overall: 7. Kurosagi only succeeds in being a fruitful casebook of fraud techniques, no matter in domestic or commercial contexts, by an author with proclaimed first-hand relevant underworld experience. Although published over 10 years ago, some fraud techniques are still prevalent nowadays, especially in Asian countries. An example is the re-emergence of "Ore Ore Sagi" (phoning victims and impersonating their acquaintences, and later claiming they have got into trouble and request victims to bail them out with a handsome sum of money). For shortcomings, it fails as a captivating story with persuasive characters, or any deep or inspiring discussions into the relation between lawfulness and righteousness. Kurosagi is a good read for readers interested in understanding operation and prevention of fraud, and perhaps even some operations of finance in real life. However, this niche market is likely the only group Kurosagi can capture and appeal to. New Mutants Vol 1 53. We zoom out from a microchip magnified 100x to find that it is in the right eye of Cypher as he's taking a shower. He yells, "My eye!" and runs out of the shower screaming about his eye. The rest of the team gathers around the bathroom and Cannonball flies over to find out what is wrong. As Cypher touches him he uses the transmode virus to transmode Cannonball's body into a techno-organic being. The rest of the team tries to stop him and one by one they also succumb to the virus upon his touching them. He jumps out the window and finds Warlock waiting. Cypher begins to talk in Warlock's voice and asks what is happening. Warlock responds in Magus' voice that Warlock is now the Magus and Cypher has become Warlock and that according to Technarch society, the son must destroy the father. Cypher suddenly wakes up in the bathroom and realizes it was just a dream. As we zoom in on his left eye and see a circuit board at 100x magnification we cannot be so certain it was only a dream. In Central Park, two cars parked next to each other and the passengers exchange briefcases out the window. Silver Samurai sits in one vehicle and is passed a case of money. In the other car is a man who presents himself as Van Ostamgen. He is given a statue and he believes that this will allow him onto the Hellfire Club roster and possibly even allow him to become a Lords Cardinal. Meanwhile, Magneto and the rest of the team show up at the front entrance to the Hellfire Club. They are told by Magneto to be on their best behavior at their gala and that he has just accepted membership with them as the White King. The team is shocked but listens to their headmaster's orders. Upon entering, they see Magneto go off and talk with Sebastian Shaw and the other members. On the balcony, they find the Hellions and tell each other to keep an eye on one another. Later, Cypher is on the dance floor alone and Tarot comes up to him and asks him to dance. He refuses and says he believes that Emma Frost put her up to this to seduce him. She goes off crying and Empath watches on. Magik grabs Empath and begins to dance with him. She tells him that she hopes he did not cause the scene between Cypher and Tarot because she would have to take him to Limbo again if he did. Empath goes white as a ghost. Thunderbird and Mirage both talk about the teams and the others. Elsewhere, Wolfsbane runs into Catseye who asks if she wants to "play" and transforms into a cat. Wolfsbane hesitates but also transforms. They chase each other around the club. Mirage senses Wolfsbane's transformation and her and Thunderbird start to look for her. Cannonball talks to Jetstream and Magma in the main ballroom and then Gerhard Van Ostamgen walks in and announces he has a present for Selene. It is a likeness of the goddess Selene and it looks like her. Magma says it is a forgery and tells everyone that that statue has been in her family's possession for generations since it is a likeness of her grandmother. Selene grabs the statue and says they both are correct. It is a likeness of Selene and Magma's grandmother because they are one in the same. She then tells Magma that their lives and destiny are more bound than she can think of and then smashes the statue on the floor and says it is a forgery. In another room, Cypher finds Roulette and they decide to try their hand at poker. Mirage and Thunderbird accidentally set off the club's silent alarms and are told to leave the area by guards and they do. Cypher bets a large amount of money against a hand of four nines and he wins big with a hand of a straight flush of hearts. Roulette kisses him and they grab a bottle of champagne and go running off. Later, Wolfsbane is still chasing after Catseye and picks up on a familiar scent. She peeks in a residential room's keyhole and screams. Mirage senses her distress and tells Magik to transport her and the team to Wolfsbane. They eventually do and find Cypher in the room with three women. He is very drunk and the teams begin to bicker. Cypher realizes that Roulette used her power to allow him to win and he slaps her. Thunderbird tells him to apologize and the team continues to argue. Cannonball steps in and says they should use their energy to help find Ostamgen's swindler. Jetstream agrees and they decide to have a contest. New Mutants versus Hellions and the best team wins. Kurosagi (Black Swindler) Saat ini aku sedang tergila-gila pada serial yang satu ini. Kurosagi ini dibuat manganya oleh mangaka bernama Kuromaru dan bekerja sama dalam hal cerita dengan Takeshi Natsuhara. Serial ini menang Shogakukan Award 2008 dalam bidang general manga, lho! Di Indonesia, serial ini diterbitkan oleh LEVEL COMICS, anak cabang Elex Media Komputindo, dan baru sampai jilid 1 doang! Lama betttul keluarnya, hehehe… Kurosagi bercerita mengenai seorang pemuda bernama Kurosaki (nama kecilnya tidak disebutkan, sepertinya si tokoh sendiri ingin menghilangkannya..), yang berprofesi sebagai penipu dari penipu. Lho?? Maksudnya, ia menipu para penipu yang telah menipu orang awam. Alasan ia melakukan hal itu adalah karena ayahnya pernah terkena penipuan dan akhirnya terbelit hutang yang sangat besar. Putus asa, Kurosaki Senior memutuskan untuk bunuh diri, setelah sebelumnya membunuh istri dan anak perempuannya. Kurosaki sendiri juga hampir terbunuh oleh ayahnya, tetapi ia berhasil selamat dari kondisi kritis. Jadiii, untuk membalas dendam pada penipu yang telah menipu ayahnya, ia pun terjun langsung ke dalam dunia hitam ini sebagai Kurosagi, penipu para penipu. Istilah Kurosagi sendiri berarti bangau hitam, secara harafiah, dalam bahasa Jepang. Bangau dalam budaya Jepang sering dikonotasikan sebagai penipu. Sedangkan para penipu di sini dikategorikan sebagai shirosagi atau bangau putih, yaitu penipu yang menipu dari orang awam, dan akasagi atau bangau merah, yaitu penipu yang menipu lawan jenis kelamin mereka untuk memeras habis harta atau memanfaatkan ehm, tubuh mereka. Kurosaki bekerja sama dengan Katsuragi, yang dijuluki Fixer, orang yang berperan sebagai penjual informasi kepada para penipu, untuk memperoleh segala info mengenai para shirosagi. Sesungguhnya sang Fixer inilah otak di balik strategi penipuan yang melibatkan ayah Kurosaki, jadi secara tidak langsung, ialah yang bertanggung jawab atas kematian keluarga Kurosaki. Meskipun begitu, Kurosaki, yang telah mengetahui hal itu, memutuskan untuk bersikap kooperatif dengannya, karena itu merupakan jalan termudah untuk mengetahui shirosagi yang telah secara langsung menipu ayahnya, bernama Mikimoto. Seiring dengan berjalannya cerita ini, Kurosaki berjumpa dengan Yoshikawa Tsurara, seorang mahasiswi jurusan hukum yang menjadi penghuni apartemen yang sama dengannya (Kurosaki punya usaha menyewakan apartemen yang salah satu kamarnya ditinggalinya sendiri), terlebih lagi, gadis itu menjadi tetangga kamarnya. Sebelumnya mereka pernah bertemu ketika Kurosaki menangani kasus penipuan penjualan kosmetik oleh perusahaan Beauty Serena yang melibatkan kawan Tsurara. Tsurara tidak menyukai Kurosaki sejak awal dan sering mengatainya “penipu” atau “penjahat”. Meskpiun begitu, sikap ketus Tsurara berubah ketika ia secara tidak sengaja mengetahui masa lalu Kurosaki yang kelam. Ia menyesali kata-kata kasar yang pernah dilontarkannya pada Kurosaki, dan mencoba untuk memperbaiki hubungannya dengan pemuda itu (meskipun tidak terlalu ditanggapi oleh Kurosaki ^ ^). Semakin lama terlibat dengan Kurosaki, Tsurara akhirnya menyadari bahwa ia jatuh cinta padanya. Nah lho! Kasus-kasus penipuan yang ditangani oleh Kurosaki di tiap kapter cerita ini dibuat atas dasar kasus yang benar-benar terjadi lho. Di bagian belakang komik ini, diulas mengenai kasus-kasus tersebut secara lebih mendalam. Manga ini juga telah diangkat sebagai dorama dengan judul yang sama, dengan jumlah episode 11 eps, serta sebuah film layar lebar berjudul sama. Pemeran Kurosaki adalah aktor muda Jepang bernama Yamashita Tomohisa, dan pemeran Tsurara adalah Horikita Maki. Btw, aku benar-benar penasaran tentang dorama ini! Aku nyari DVDnya tapi gak ada, hiks… Nah sekian saja ulasanku. Aku cuma salah satu dari sekian ribu fans serial ini, jadi ini hanya ulasan fans saja yah. Kurosagi The Black Swindler. White swindlers (shirosagi) are those that cheat people to take their money, red swindlers (akasagi) are those that swindle the opposite sex, and black swindlers (kurosagi) are those that cheat the white and red swindlers. After his family is swindled by white swindlers, Kurosagi sets out to avenge them by becoming a black swindler. More reviews Reviews. Overall 3 Story 3 Art 4 Character 3 Enjoyment 1. Story:Ok, so you get this kid who had a bad past-common character background. He seeks retribution against all swindlers because his father was driven into debt by the swindlers and attempted to kill his family then himself. Of course the protagonist survives but the rest of his family was no so fortunate. He gets taken in or begs to be taken in by a notorious swindler who is currently an underground bartender that deals with selling information. So he goes around stealing from the rich and giving it to the poor metaphorically and becomes the ant-hero story to story. There IS NO climax; the plot is as plain as it is, the techniques he uses to swindle are horribly thought out and very unimpressive that leaves you in huge disappointment. His access to tricks in his bag makes it almost modern fantasy story with no interesting point that draws you in. You'll see the protagonist pull up methods that would never be likely in anything but the early 1900s where you'll wonder, "how dumb do you have to be to be scammed by these brainless scammers(literally)."Overall this was a VERY disappointing manga; if you're interested in something interesting avoid this. Art: The art isn't very current or "new" despite being published in 2004. The art style suits more of the late 80s and 90s manga art. Kurosaki-Character development was not very deep nor a highlight part of the manga. You get Kurosagi who is the anti-hero of the story with some dark past he gets angry when brought up and triesto play the cliche guy that tries not to get anyone involved because of the dangers and doesn't try to get close to anyone. You see his motives are pure but his methods aren't and the author tries too hard to get him seen as the cool wannabe genius swindler. Yoshikawa, Tsurara-Then you get the female neighbor although who doesn't play much of a part in the story you'll see it get squeezed in as L from death note. She basically attempts to be the one kurosaki can open up to-which he does not, and tries to be the true sign of justice. Because of her interest in becoming a lawyer kurosaki tries to push her away so she doesn't become tainted. Kashima, Masaru- And at long last you have the vigilante cop/detective who believes he is the true justice and above the law. He plays it tough using threats and blackmail to get to the truth or at least some tips on hunting down Kurosaki. Simply the menace of the story just so the manga isn't limited to only one and a half characters. Enjoyment- I thought I liked it at first but then I gave it some thought. Man did I waste a large amount of my time. Many readers often continue to read manga from a certain series because the story is actually interesting or something unique that draws interest, however this manga isn't either. This manga has little plan in where its actually going and it seems like things are just thrown in together with no climatic discovery. Unlike other battle of the wits mangas this one tarnishes the genre; the techniques Kurosaki uses are extremely simple and utterly unlikely where there are no twists or turns that are planned out. The author simply makes things happen as they go. I would honestly not recommend reading this if you favor Death Note, Code Geass, or Liar Game. Overall 7 Story 7 Art 7 Character 6 Enjoyment 7. Having read the whole manga 2 years ago (not an MAL member by then), and recently going through ts sequel, I wish to share an opinion of this manga after 2 years of condensing: this is an informative collection on operation and prevention of fraud techniques, but not a great story. The plot is simple: Kurosaki, a young swindler vowed only to cheat money out of fellow swindlers, investigate them through victims of the swindlers or his boss Katsuragi (operating his own "Katsura bar" as a disguise), then approaches the swindlers and cheats money out of them by no less than the amount the victims are cheated of. The 20-volume story is pretty independent between arcs, illustrating a wide variety of fraud methods, from domestic ones like prepaid beauty service contracts and sure-win lottery, to commercial ones like defrauding lending banks and insurance agencies. While the plot is fruitful to learn to beware of different loopholes in daily and commercial transactions that may bring in fraud, and demonstrating how some "proof" documents are easily forgible, the story pattern is admittedly repetitive. This is a major reason why I had to take a long break after the 20 volumes. Kurosaki's performance is also understandably limited to a simplified description of "phishing" and outwitting other swindlers. It would be outrageous to expect a published manga detailing step-by-step guidance on how to commit fraud (especially on professional fraudsters). The focus of the story, rather than intense battles of wits, tends towards educating the public to beware of the fraud techniques and how cruel the reality can be. Although the arcs are largely independent and episodic, an overarching plot line does exist between Kurosaki and Katsuragi, but has not been resolved in this story (resolved in the finale of the series). Characters in this manga largely serve as device to show readers the plot. Kurosaki is almost the only common point between all the fraud arcs. He is practical, but also challenges other characters (law executors) as arrogant, which is quite a realistic opinion from the underworld (as the author also proclaimed to have worked as a swindler). Yoshikawa (female lead(?), a univeresity student studying law and aspiring to become a prosecutor) and Kashima (a young police officer, serving as a complete opposite of Kurosaki's values), while serving as the conventional main cast group (but appearance being less than often), tries to bring in the point of view of lawful citizens and executors of law. The only highlight is a debate between Kurosagi and Kashima on why they had chosen such different paths despite having similar back stories, but, unfortunately, Kurosagi failed to justify the merits of his chosen path, not to mention convincing readers of his choice. Certainly, such justification would unlikely be published on a manga. Typical 90s to 00s manga art-style, the regular cast and characters (victims, swindlers etc.) in the same arc are largely differentiable. Although the same cannot be said for one-off characters across different arcs, there is not any need for readers to do so. Enjoyment/ Overall: 7. Kurosagi only succeeds in being a fruitful casebook of fraud techniques, no matter in domestic or commercial contexts, by an author with proclaimed first-hand relevant underworld experience. Although published over 10 years ago, some fraud techniques are still prevalent nowadays, especially in Asian countries. An example is the re-emergence of "Ore Ore Sagi" (phoning victims and impersonating their acquaintences, and later claiming they have got into trouble and request victims to bail them out with a handsome sum of money). For shortcomings, it fails as a captivating story with persuasive characters, or any deep or inspiring discussions into the relation between lawfulness and righteousness. Kurosagi is a good read for readers interested in understanding operation and prevention of fraud, and perhaps even some operations of finance in real life. However, this niche market is likely the only group Kurosagi can capture and appeal to.