Nozomi Mino's Yakuza Lover Manga Gets Live-Action Series

The August issue of Shogakukan’s Cheese! magazine announced on Thursday that Nozomi Mino’s Yakuza Lover (Koi to Dangan) manga is inspiring a live-action series that will air within MBS’ “Drama Tokku” late Thursday night (effectively, early Friday morning) drama block.

The manga also runs in Shogakukan’s Premium Cheese! magazine under the title Koi to Dangan Special Bullet, and the manga will likewise end serialization in that magazine’s August issue on July 5.

Mino launched the manga in Shogakukan’s Premium Cheese! magazine in March 2018, before moving the series to the sister magazine Cheese! in April 2019.