Ashes | 
so-so🚬Hard-boiled story about a guy in the yakuza
🚬1st half was very noir, following a guy named the man
🚬Good intrigue & mystery; leaves you curious for more
🚬2nd half told via man‘s POV; drastic shift in narrative style
🚬Less intrigue, more intricacies of yakuza politics
🚬Felt like a completely different story
🚬Unpleasant contrast to 1st half
🚬Felt dragged out
🚬Became boring & dull rather than fascinating
🚬Terribly written females
🚬2.75/5
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