Raise wa Tanin ga Ii

High school girl Yoshino Somei has lived a relatively normal life in Osaka despite the fact that she comes from a Yakuza family. All that changes when her grandfather arranges for her to be married to Kirishima Miyama, heir to another Yakuza family. She agrees to meet him and travels to Tokyo to see him; from the moment they meet she despises him. He is constantly getting into violent altercations. Over the course of the series they get entangled in a number of dangerous situations. Will she raise him out of his criminality or will he drag her down to his level?

This is a solid enough series. I thought it would be a romance but the drama of the situation dominates. There is a good sense of danger and action that feels real rather than overly stylised or sanitised. The characters have a rough look to them that suits the somewhat gritty story. The final episode feels more like an end of season rather than an end of the story; hopefully there will be more. Overall I'd say this is a decent series, certainly worth checking out.

These comments are based on watching the series in Japanese with English subtitles.