893 edition by Jack Hsu Literature Fiction eBooks
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Gritty graphic novel about the Japanese criminal underworld. A Yakuza assassin tries to leave his life of crime but is caught between his loyalty to the crime family he belongs to and his love for a dangerous woman. If you enjoy movies like "The Departed" and "Infernal Affairs" you will enjoy this tale about loyalty, friendship and betrayal in the criminal world.
The creator, Jack Hsu, is a storyboard artist and animated movie director. The style of this graphic novel is unique and reads like a movie.
893 edition by Jack Hsu Literature Fiction eBooks
"In 'Oicho Kabu,' a card game as old as Japan's underworld, 19 is the winning hand, and everything above it is a loser. The word 'Yakuza' literally translates to 8-9-3, which add up to 20. To be 'Yakuza' means to be...worthless."This quote, which begins and ends 8-9-3: What They Are Good For, is central and key to Jack Hsu's story of greed, sex, betrayal, loyalty and family amid the symbolic backdrop of Japanese culture. The plot is both relatively straightforward and convoluted. An elite yakuza hitman named Shin serves the Obayun of his clan--whose own father was once his best friend and fellow second in command--in eliminating his enemies and functioning as the bodyguard for his ambitious son and heir. This--along with the very elemental, thickly lined, black and white stark illustrations and fast-paced fighting and elaborate killing scenes--is where the simplicity ends.
Shin wants another life for himself away from the yakuza, once his boss steps down, but at the same time they are all the family and friendship he has ever known. In addition, Shin had an affair with his boss' son's girlfriend--the daughter of a Latin American crime family--and she has her own plans for everyone involved, In addition, there are some other truths about Shin and his own Clan of which he is completely unaware ... until all hands are revealed in the end in immense, bloody detail.
Hsu plays on a few themes in his graphic narrative. The noh play and story of Momijigari (or Maple-Viewing)--featuring a samurai needing to find a sword to kill a demon pretending to be a woman--has its own place and parallel in the narrative, while the reference to Oicho Kabu has its own very clear meaning: specifically the term 'yakuza.' It is a concept adopted from the Samurai period by the early yakuza clans symbolize them being part of and yet beyond societal norms--apparently to be subversive--but at the same time it represents a cycle of power and loss: something that even the most powerful individuals are subject to. In the end, 8-9-3 can be seen not only as the price one pays for power--for being a 20 instead of a 19--but it can also be seen as an acceptance of the transitory nature of one's own life and recognizing that one is merely just part of a whole: that reaching for more will only end in tragedy.
It is a shame that there aren't more reviews of Hsu's work. Indeed, even *finding* information on this book on Amazon or Goodreads was a difficult venture at best. But this comic was totally worth reading. If you want a story about treachery, loyalty and honour, modern crime and guns verses traditional Japanese culture and the importance of swords, a lot of fight scenes, and a surface of black and white illustration that can't quite subdue the shades of grey, then this is a comic that you might be interested in finding somewhere.
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893 edition by Jack Hsu Literature Fiction eBooks Reviews
What a great story!
Fantastically woven with a few unexpected surprises. The classic tale with great themes spun in a new style.
"In 'Oicho Kabu,' a card game as old as Japan's underworld, 19 is the winning hand, and everything above it is a loser. The word 'Yakuza' literally translates to 8-9-3, which add up to 20. To be 'Yakuza' means to be...worthless."
This quote, which begins and ends 8-9-3 What They Are Good For, is central and key to Jack Hsu's story of greed, sex, betrayal, loyalty and family amid the symbolic backdrop of Japanese culture. The plot is both relatively straightforward and convoluted. An elite yakuza hitman named Shin serves the Obayun of his clan--whose own father was once his best friend and fellow second in command--in eliminating his enemies and functioning as the bodyguard for his ambitious son and heir. This--along with the very elemental, thickly lined, black and white stark illustrations and fast-paced fighting and elaborate killing scenes--is where the simplicity ends.
Shin wants another life for himself away from the yakuza, once his boss steps down, but at the same time they are all the family and friendship he has ever known. In addition, Shin had an affair with his boss' son's girlfriend--the daughter of a Latin American crime family--and she has her own plans for everyone involved, In addition, there are some other truths about Shin and his own Clan of which he is completely unaware ... until all hands are revealed in the end in immense, bloody detail.
Hsu plays on a few themes in his graphic narrative. The noh play and story of Momijigari (or Maple-Viewing)--featuring a samurai needing to find a sword to kill a demon pretending to be a woman--has its own place and parallel in the narrative, while the reference to Oicho Kabu has its own very clear meaning specifically the term 'yakuza.' It is a concept adopted from the Samurai period by the early yakuza clans symbolize them being part of and yet beyond societal norms--apparently to be subversive--but at the same time it represents a cycle of power and loss something that even the most powerful individuals are subject to. In the end, 8-9-3 can be seen not only as the price one pays for power--for being a 20 instead of a 19--but it can also be seen as an acceptance of the transitory nature of one's own life and recognizing that one is merely just part of a whole that reaching for more will only end in tragedy.
It is a shame that there aren't more reviews of Hsu's work. Indeed, even *finding* information on this book on or Goodreads was a difficult venture at best. But this comic was totally worth reading. If you want a story about treachery, loyalty and honour, modern crime and guns verses traditional Japanese culture and the importance of swords, a lot of fight scenes, and a surface of black and white illustration that can't quite subdue the shades of grey, then this is a comic that you might be interested in finding somewhere.
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