Black Joke (manga)

Black Joke
Cover of Black Joke Manga Vol. 6
ブラック・ジョーク (Burakku Jōku)
Genre	Action, Comedy
Manga
Written by	Rintaro Koike
Illustrated by	Masayuki Taguchi
Published by	Akita Shoten
Demographic	Seinen
Magazine	Young Champion
Original run	2008 – 2011
Volumes	9

Black Joke (Japanese: ブラック・ジョーク, Hepburn: Burakku Jōku) is a Japanese manga series written by Rintaro Koike and illustrated by Masayuki Taguchi. It is based in a fictional world where Japan is the 51st state of the United States, and a man-made island known as Neon is the only place in American territory where gambling and prostitution are legal. The island of Neon is home to many members of numerous mafia organizations. The story centers on Kira Kiyoshi, an ex-Marine and manager of the Onsen Hotel on the island of Neon, as well as a member of the only Japanese mafia on the island.