Narumi Nitpicks: Rose Gun Days
Without any metafiction narrative, without any mystery, and without any horror, Rose Gun Days stands out from R07's more famous When They Cry series by being a surprisingly striaghtforward, no-frills gangland drama. That doesn't mean it's any less worth reading or alienating if you're a fan of his previous works. At its heart, it's manages to be one of Ryukishi's most captivating works in spite of its simplicity. In essence, Rose Gun Days tells a very simple story of how a small alliance of Ladies of the Evening became a mafia powerhouse, told through the lens of 3 groups of distinct protagonists from the years 1947 to 1950, with Madam Rose as a central character throughout. Along the way you have a lot of socio-political commentary for the time period and modern times, despite RGD taking place in an alternate Japan, many modern events still occurred as with real life history, and a lot of real world events and figures are directly alluded to in writing. It ma