[Vettezuki]

[Chuck]

I like it. Do you know her?

[Shaolin Crane]

I'm not into tats on chicks, looks like good work though

[blackax]

Originally Posted by Shaolin Crane

I'm not into tats on chicks, looks like good work though

Why not?



That looks awesome!

[Vettezuki]

She's a genuine Yakuza princess. All the pieces of the work have meaning. She wrote a book about growing up in the Japanese mob I'd like to read someday.

[Shaolin Crane]

Originally Posted by Vettezuki

She's a genuine Yakuza princess. All the pieces of the work have meaning. She wrote a book about growing up in the Japanese mob I'd like to read someday.

Ok now that peaks my interest. Not so much the tats but the book and history sounds pretty cool.

Whats her name/book name?

[Shaolin Crane]

Originally Posted by blackax

Why not?



That looks awesome!

Huge turn off for me. Its great artwork, just dont want it on a body.

[Vettezuki]

Originally Posted by Shaolin Crane

Ok now that peaks my interest. Not so much the tats but the book and history sounds pretty cool.

Whats her name/book name?

Shoko Tendo

Yakuza Moon: Memoirs of a Gangster's Daughter

It's not a pretty story, or glamorous and romantic portrayal of gangster life. It's really more about her struggles, but it appears to cover some fascinating and crazy complex stuff about Japanese society. I'd like to read it in its original Japanese, but I gotta bump my level up first.

Born to a wealthy and powerful yakuza boss, Shoko Tendo lived the early years of her life in luxury. However, when she was six, everything changed: her father was jailed, and the family fell into debt. Bullied by her classmates because of her father's activities, and terrorized at home by her father, who became a drunken, violent monster after his release from prison, Tendo rebelled. As a teenager she became a drug addict and a member of a girl gang. At the age of 15 she spent eight months in a juvenile detention center after getting into a fight with another gang. During Japan's bubble economy of the eighties, Tendo worked as a bar hostess, attracting many rich and loyal customers, and earning money to help her family out of debt. But there were also abusive clients, one of whom beat her so badly that her face was left permanently scarred. Her mother died, plunging Tendo into a depression so deep that she tried to commit suicide. Somehow, Tendo overcame these tough times. A turning point was getting a full-body tattoo with a design centered on a geisha with a dagger in her mouth, an act that empowered her to change her life. She quit her job as a hostess. On her last day at work, she looked up at the full moon, which became a symbol of her struggle to become whole, and the title of the book she wrote as an epitaph for herself and her family.

[Shaolin Crane]

It would be cool to read in original japanese but i'm still in the hiraghana katakana stages. Its also been a few years since I even glanced at my school books for it.

[fiveohwblow]

Originally Posted by Vettezuki

OMG FAPPING!!!!

Gimme a minute


Ok now what about a book?