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7.4/10 IMDb Illustrated by Kuromaru Number of episodes 11 Genre Suspense | 7.5/10 MyAnimeList Written by Takeshi Natsuhara First episode date 14 April 2006 Number of seasons 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Magazine Weekly Young SundayBig Comic Spirits Original run November 2003 – July 2008 Network Tokyo Broadcasting System Holdings Cast Similar Nobuta wo Produce, Operation Love, Code Blue, Buzzer Beat, For You in Full Blossom |
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!.
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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

Six years ago, Kurosaki's family was destroyed when a "shirosagi" (a "white swindler", who focuses on defrauding others) swindled Kurosaki's father of their family's life savings. As a result, his father killed Kurosaki's mother and sister before committing suicide. Since then, Kurosaki has devoted himself to becoming a "kurosagi" ("black swindler"), who swindles other swindlers, as a means of revenge.
As a "kurosagi," Kurosaki's acts have helped innocent victims of swindling schemes get their money back. However, he is frequently met with opposition by a stubborn grad student, who seeks to become a prosecutor.
Characters

Tsurara Yoshikawa is a law student who disapproves of Kurosagi's swindling ways but ironically falls in love with him. She lives in Kurosaki's apartment as a tenant. Her dream is to be a prosecutor. When she accidentally discovers Kurosaki's job as a "kurosagi", he kicks her out of the apartment in order to protect her from the repercussions of his actions rather than facing the other option of silencing her.
