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Kurosagi

The Black Swindler
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クロサギ
(Kurosagi)
Genre Suspense
Manga
Written by Takeshi Natsuhara
Illustrated by Kuromaru
Published by Shogakukan
Demographic Seinen
Magazine Weekly Young Sunday
Big Comic Spirits
Original run November 2003July 2008
Volumes 20
Manga
Shin Kurosagi
Written by Takeshi Natsuhara
Illustrated by Kuromaru
Published by Shogakukan
Demographic Seinen
Magazine Big Comic Spirits
Original run September 2008March 2013
Volumes 18
Manga
Shin Kurosagi Kanketsu-hen
Written by Takeshi Natsuhara
Illustrated by Kuromaru
Published by Shogakukan
Demographic Seinen
Magazine Big Comic Spirits
Original run August 27, 2012July 29, 2013
Volumes 4
Television drama
Directed by Yasuharu Ishii
Shunichi Hirano
Atsushi Takei
Written by Takeshi Natsuhara
Original network TBS
Original run April 14, 2006June 23, 2006
Episodes 11
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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!.

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.

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.


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