Yakuza Moon: Memoar seorang Putri Gangster Jepang

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Yakuza Moon: Memoar seorang Putri Gangster Jepang

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“Bacaan yang sarat emosi dan menyayat hati. Buku ini direkomendasikan untuk siapa saja yang tengah mencari pemahaman mendalam dan personal tentang masyarakat Jepang.” –Publisher Weekly.com

“Dia terlahir sebagai putri yakuza, masa remajanya terjerumus ke dunia seks dan obat-obatan terlarang, lalu ditato di usia dua puluhan.... Tendo mengerti betul sosok seseorang yang pernah...more

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Published 2008 by Gagas Media (first published 2004)

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Dec 13, 2008 Mel rated it 4 of 5 stars

hidup adalah pilihan. begitu yang sering disebut. kebetulan belakangan saya juga sedang sering ditemani lantunan beberapa lagu dari album james blunt yang salah satunya menyebut sedikit soal itu. ...give me reason but don't give me choice.. cause i'll just make the same mistake...

meracau. tapi sudah bukan hal aneh kalau kita kerap kali dapat mengambil pilihan yang salah. terlepas dari benar salahnya pilihan itu sendiri, saya menganggap 'reasons', pertimbangan, dibalik tiap keputusan akan satu p...more

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Jan 10, 2012 Finn rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I was really intrigued to read this book- a woman's account of the inner workings of the Yakuza, the first of its kind. Unfortunately perhaps, the memoir doesn't touch so much on the actual Yakuza, but rather Shoko Tendo explains how her father's early affiliation with the syndicate shaped the path of her life. Tendo is shockingly stubborn and proud and the decisions she made were arguably quite terrible but the reader maintains an affection for her- she is unapologetic and blunt. She doesn't gl...more

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Dec 08, 2008 rebelsofie rated it 4 of 5 stars

Kejujuran, itulah yang dipilih Shoko Tendo untuk melukiskan kisah hidupnya melalui buku ini. Justru dengan kejujuran lah, membuat buku ini begitu mudah untuk dicerna dan dipahami. Bahkan di bagian-bagian yang vulgar atau penuh dengan adegan kekerasan, buku ini tetap seru untuk dinikmati.

Gaya bercerita Tendo-san yang lugas dan apa adanya, membuat kita menarik diri untuk ikut mengalami peristiwa demi peristiwa yang dialami oleh Shoko. Tulisannya yang sederhana dan apa adanya ini, tidak membuat ki...more

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Apr 17, 2010 Christel Lim rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

The author has been through so much pain and suffering in life. She details them in her book well enough to get the reader to understand what she went through.

Towards the end of the book the I can infer that the author hopes of a better tommorrow. But at the same time, the spiritual bondages, soul ties and body ties have clearly not been broken. It seems that she still has these strong ties and bad memories that haunt her.

Unfortunately, what the author does not realise are that these soul ties,...more

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Sep 11, 2009 Betty rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: autobiography-biography, debut, health, mental-health, non-fiction, japan, abuse

I read this book in one go; considering I have never done that before, it says a lot for the intensity and breathtaking reality of the memoir. Though relatively short, it packs a powerful punch, an amazing debut. I was drawn into her story until I felt I was a part of it. The essence of a good writer is to be able to make that connection between reader and character, and Shoko Tendo has certainly done that. Way out of my usual genres, I was completely absorbed in her heart-wrenching memoir, an e...more I read this book in one go; considering I have never done that before, it says a lot for the intensity and breathtaking reality of the memoir. Though relatively short, it packs a powerful punch, an amazing debut. I was drawn into her story until I felt I was a part of it. The essence of a good writer is to be able to make that connection between reader and character, and Shoko Tendo has certainly done that. Way out of my usual genres, I was completely absorbed in her heart-wrenching memoir, an emotional roller-coaster told in a straight-forward, no-holds-barred manner. In the version I read, photos and a foreword have been added to the original publication. These contributed to the personality of Shoko.

Unfamiliar as I am with yakuza society (somewhat like a Japanese mafia), this book brought me into lifestyles I knew nothing about; I also learned to see a tattoo as a complete work of art, which in Japan it truly is. These tattoos are full-body canvases, extremely detailed and historical art. Shoko was the middle child in a family of three girls and a boy, her father a yakuza, in a life of plenty. Fearful of her father's rages, bullied at school, discriminated against and insecure, Shoko's lifestyle had already begun to change at the tender age of twelve when her older sister took her to a club and passed her off as 18. The next several years of her life are spent in drugged out sex, used and abused. When all goes wrong at home, her father resigns as a yakuza and is pursued by yakuza loan sharks. Shoko falls into the trap of one man, a former friend of her father. His false promises to help her father with his financial problems and his Jekyll and Hyde personality drags her deep into his net. Misguided in what is expected of her, she sinks deeper and deeper.

Shoko does not try to lecture in her book, but is faithful to her memories. She does not dwell on her situation but writes with an honesty and thoroughness that through her worst times I could feel the disassociation she finally reaches. Intense, poignant, numbed and broken, she lays it all on the line. Her emergence from this darkness is wonderful to read and shows the strength of her true character. This memoir is a real eye-opener of horrendous abuse and the intimidation that denies escape. Exceptionally well-written for a debut. I highly recommend this book. (less)

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Nov 19, 2008 Yudhipapap rated it 4 of 5 stars

Recommended to Yudhipapap by: Anna

Biografi yang enak dibaca menurutku adalah otobiografi yang mampu mendeskripsikan puluhan tahun perjalanan hidup seseorang kedalam (sebuah) buku. Dan Shoko Tendo berhasil merangkum perjalanan hidupnya dengan sangat manis pada buku pertamanya ini. Kepahitan hidupnya yang dipaparkan sungguh memberikan pemaknaan yang luar biasa indah, menyakitkan yang memuaskan..begitu pemahaman saya setelah membacanya.

Kekerasan fisik yang dialaminya serta ketergantungan dirinya akan seks, narkoba dan kehidupan ke...more

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Oct 22, 2008 Kerlip Bintang rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: memoar

Tadinya kupikir akan menemui banyak hal yang menakjubkan dalam buku ini selain: jaringan narkoba, kelompok yakuza, dan free sex di usia dini. Karena dari judulnya saja sudah dipastikan bahwa buku ini berkisah di seputaran itu. Jadinya alur cerita cepat menguap dari kepalaku dalam beberapa hari aja.

Aku kasih tambahan satu bintang (jadi 3 bintang), setelah membaca bab penutup yang dituturkan oleh penulisnya sendiri. Shoko Tendo. Salut karena dia berani untuk menuturkan aib masa lalunya dan berani...more

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Jan 25, 2010 Marie rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: non-fiction

Easy read, the translation was well done I thought, although I'm sure there are many details that were lost in it.
I loved the idea of looking inside the yakuza world through the eyes of one of the daughters rather than having an ex yakuza talk about his life. Things were much more detailed and raw I felt. Being able to explore how harmful a lifestyle is for the family that is born from it was also very interesting.
Shoko is charming in her honesty and integrity to keeping the details right. Eve...more

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May 02, 2013 Connie rated it 4 of 5 stars

Kalau kau merasa hidupmu penuh dengan kesedihan, kau harus membaca buku ini, untuk sekedar tahu bahwa apapun penderitaanmu, itu bukan apa-apa.

Ada yang mengira kalau kehilangan orangtua ketika masih kecil itu hal yang pantas untuk diratapi. Padahal jauh lebih menyedihkan mempunyai kedua orangtua lengkap, tapi keduanya tidak berfungsi dan hidupmu tidak lebih baik dari anak-anak liar yang tidak punya orangtua.

Saya belajar dari buku ini bahwa jika surga ada di telapak kaki ibu, seperti kata banyak o...more

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Apr 27, 2012 Imari Jade rated it 4 of 5 stars

A Book Review: Yakuza Moon: Memoirs of a Gangster’s Daughter

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Imari Jade

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Born to a wealthy and powerful yakuza boss, Shoko Tendo lived the early years of her life in luxury. However, when she was six, everything changed: her father was jailed, and the family fell into debt. Bullied by her classmates because of her father's activities, and terrorized at home by her father, who became a drunken, violent monster after his release from prison, Tendo rebelled. As a teenager she became a drug...more

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Dec 16, 2009 Brigida Alexandra rated it 5 of 5 stars

Many speculations on life being a yakuza in Japan, but Shoko Tendo gives us the truth of Yakuza’s life, and especially on being a Yakuza head gang’s daughter. What you know and think about Yakuza and the overall of Japanese life and culture will change after you read this book.

This is an autobiography of Shoko Tendo who was born in the winter of 1968 in Japan. Though starting her life in a fabulous childhood, Shoko was treated her unfairly since she was a daughter of a yakuza father, in the comm...more Many speculations on life being a yakuza in Japan, but Shoko Tendo gives us the truth of Yakuza’s life, and especially on being a Yakuza head gang’s daughter. What you know and think about Yakuza and the overall of Japanese life and culture will change after you read this book.

This is an autobiography of Shoko Tendo who was born in the winter of 1968 in Japan. Though starting her life in a fabulous childhood, Shoko was treated her unfairly since she was a daughter of a yakuza father, in the community and even in the school. She had to face the frightened people when she appeared in their sights and many rumors about herself and her family.

Shoko Tendo had to go through the things that started to go more wrong after Tendo’s grandmother died. Her father went to jail and her mother should be the single parent for the family and also leader of the gang life whilst. Abusive father and being molested by her father’s employee left scars in Tendo’s childhood.

In teenage, Tendo became a yanki, a teenage rebellious punk kid. She tried drugs and free sex life style. Many rapes, physical abuse, and gang wars she had gone through. And escape is not the only way to go out. She was caught in yanki sweeping by the police and sent to jail. Living in a school for special care students didn’t make her stop.

When her father’s business went down, a debt collector asked Tendo to be his mistress, so he wouldn’t terrorize her family life of debt his father had made. It wasn’t just once Tendo become a mistress in her young age and treated bad everyday. This point, Tendo started to see the results of the mistakes she had done had not involved only her life, but also her loved ones. The way to go back from hell wasn’t that easy though---Through a tattoo which became her wake-up call. This is a true story about passionate struggling and surviving. Full of hardships, sacrifices, tears and … blood.

Through the book, Tendo shared her past and her reflections, and brought up the real life of a yakuza within. Many speculations and rumors about yakuza or being a yakuza, as if yakuzas aren’t humans like other people in Japan. But this way, Tendo opened up the other side of living as a yakuza that it wasn’t that easy.

My review:

· Two thumbs up for Shoko Tendo! For writing such a wonderful and touching book of her own life. Especially, it opened up the truth in the yakuza community where people think they know all but actually they don’t. It shared to us another angle to see from a yakuza. Like being a wife and a child of yakuza’s.

· Many lessons we can gain from Shoko’s life. Watching our own steps and being responsible to everything we did. And how we should always remember the people who loved us and we loved and not to hurt or disappoint them. A value of a family. Struggle is all worth for everyone.

· The way Shoko Tendo’s writing her life down is like she story-told to us. The hardships and miserable pain are so scarily alive and awaken us from what we have gone through in life is nothing, compared to Shoko’s.

· This book is totally a perfect autobiography! Shoko Tendo's book is very witty and knows very well how to touch the readers about mistakes and regrets.

I recommend this book for everyone, from people who thinks their lives suck, or who love to know about Japanese cultures, or, ever played a game about Yakuza.(less)

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May 24, 2012 Gloria Limbong rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: kisah-nyata, keluarga, memoar

Kesimpulanku setelah baca buku ini.
Terlalu vulgar dan terlalu kelam.
Salut buat keberanian penulis untuk menuliskan segala "aib"nya ini ke ranah publik.
Membuatku bergidik ngeri hanya dengan membayangkannya.
Dan cukup mengganggu tidurku setelah membacanya. Hahayyy...
Mungkin karena dalam waktu yang berdekatan aku membaca dua buku yang tragis-tragis dan sama-sama kisah nyata pula :(

Endingnya juga cukup menyakitkan..
Dalam hati aku jadi bertanya-tanya "ada yah kehidupan kayak gini?"
Tapi ada beberapa...more

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Oct 18, 2012 an rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: jepun

roller-coaster kehidupan, dan itu benar. dengan sikap flamboyan na seorang yakuza bisa menjadi penguasa besar atau terpuruk di lubang paling dalam. tergantung kebijakan na dalam masa jaya mereka. salah satu yang terpuruk adalah keluarga shoko sang penulis na sendiri. ga nyangka penulisa na akan secara gamblang menceritakan masa lalu na. ntah karena ditulis oleh pelaku na langsung atau karena memang alur cerita na yang mengalir banget, pembaca seakan menyaksikan langsung kejadian-kejadian yang di...more

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Nov 27, 2012 Neiya rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: true-story, memoar

Shoko Tendo adalah putri ke 3 dari 4 Bersaudara yang berayahkan seorang anggota Yakuza. Kehidupan makmur dan kaya raya dikecap dengan bahagia oleh Shoko kecil, sampai kemudian roda berputar, ayah Shoko bangkrut dan masuk penjara karena suatu kasus. Selepas Sang ayah keluar dari penjara, kemalangan bukannya pergi dari kehidupan keluarga tersebut, namun semakin erat mencekam mereka. Ayahnya yang terlilit utang dalam jumlah yang sangat banyak, mengalami depresi dan mabuk-mabukan. Shoko yang saat it...more

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Jun 14, 2012 Dian Mayasari Azis rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: true-stories

sebenarnya buku ini sudah sy baca sejak sekitar 3 lalu pas sy masih maba, awal-awal kuliah. Jadi skrg sdh agak lupa detail ceritanya gimana, jadi gak bisa ngasih review panjang lebar.

intinya Yakuza Moon ini (klo gak salah ingat) bercerita ttg cewek yg awalnya hidupnya itu baik2 saja, tetapi krn ada masalah intern keluarga, dia kemuadian berevolusi menjadi seorang yanki—sebutan untuk anak liar yang mengecat putih rambutnya dan kebut-kebutan mobil atau motor dengan knalpot tanpa peredam suara. Sej...more

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Apr 11, 2009 Nookie rated it 2 of 5 stars

As reflected in the title, this is a memoir of HER life so don't expect many details about Yakuza mobsters. This book is written in simple English about her experiences as a yanki, female delinquent and gang member. She had to deal with drug addiction, poverty, psychological and sexual abuse, miscarriage, attempted suicide and the deaths of her parents. It was a shocking revelation. It's heart-rending to know she suffered continuous abuse from yakuza men. Some of these men are terrifyingly scary...more

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Dec 23, 2012 Neha rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: japanese-lit

When I first picked this book up, I was skeptical. It had been a long time since I had read a non-fiction, autobiographical piece. I am very happy to say that I thoroughly enjoyed this book.

Yakuza Moon is very candid. It is a personal account of a woman's journey through an intricate childhood. We get to experience every decision that Tendo makes with haunting detail and the consequences that befall those choices. We get to watch how these decisions shape her into the strong woman that she is to...more

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Feb 07, 2011 Janet Ramirez-crespo rated it 3 of 5 stars

The book was pretty good, but it wasn't the greatest book I've read. Shoko had a past where it was sex,drugs, and rock n' roll. Everything ended when her dad got sick, and everything went down hill with her and her family. I think this book reminds me of the waitress by Atmosphere, because there's people that have always had a rough life, and as much and har you work there's never going to a day where you can catch your breath. The ending on the song ends " maybe i should of been a better father...more

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Jan 26, 2013 Rise rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: in-bahasa, non-fiction

Kalau bisa ngasih 1,5 mungkin akan ngasih 1,5 aja ketimbang 2 bintang.

Saya terlalu banyak berharap pada buku ini. Melihat sampul buku, saya mengira Shoko Tendo "terpaksa" mewarisi kedudukan sebagai yakuza di keluarganya. Tapi, rupanya tato tersebut adalah tato yang dibuat atas pilihan Tendo sendiri.

Ceritanya sendiri lebih mirip ke cerita anak salah gaul, yang menurut saya, nggak perlu jadi anak yakuza pun bisa saja terlibat persoalan yang sama. Jadi ya, harapan saya mengenai detail-detail kehi...more

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Sep 21, 2010 Sejal Madhubhai rated it 5 of 5 stars

I'm not the biggest fan of memoirs--I find that the writers go on and on about their lives (and, like many writers, I like to think that my life story would be better). However, Shoko Tendo's debut autobiography blew me away. Her memoir is so touching that even the coldest of hearts will be thawed. Her writing style is amazing--she keeps her memoir fast-paced and only writes about the significant things in her life. Thus, the book gives you that whole, closure-fulfilled feeling that we get from...more

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Aug 18, 2010 Fadilah rated it 2 of 5 stars

Is it a true story? Ok, it was not my intention to ask about this. Somewhat I always love Japanese life, such as Totto-chan, The Last Samurai. This book took me to another reality in a different world. Every parents in this worlds won't let their children turn up to be this one. She told the detail of every action yet the setting was not.
I read the Indonesia version so I'm asking about the censorship. They should put the adult label thing because some adult scenes and languanges were showed up....more

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Nov 24, 2008 Roos rated it 3 of 5 stars Recommends it for: Mel & Dahlia Naga

Recommended to Roos by: Furious

Shelves: truestory, furious

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. Cover buku yang menarik yaitu tubuh seorang perempuan berambut panjang sewarna rambut jagung dengan punggung dan sepanjang tangan bergambar tatoo seorang wanita Jepang yang sedang menggigit sebilah pisau.

Dan begitulah penggambaran Shoko Tendo dalam menuliskan perjalanan hidupnya, lahir di lingkungan Yakuza Jepang yang masyarakatnya cenderung dipenuhi dengan kebencian dan kedengkian, orang-orang tersingkir yang tidak masuk dalam masyarakat pada umumnya. Shoko sudah menjadi Yanki dari remaja karen...more

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Jul 28, 2012 Onit rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: true-story

awalnya tertarik pada sampul dan judulny yang keren..
ternyata isinya pun tidak kalah menarik dan gag salah pilih buat yang suka menganalisis individu, termasuk yang bercimpung di dunia psikologi. buku ini sangat amat bisa di gunakan buat latian menganalisa kepribadian si penulisnya. ditambah lagi ini merupakan kisah nyata..

kehidupan yang dijalani putri seorang yakuza, pasang surut kehidupan benar-benar dialami dan segala kejadian di jelaskan secara detail di sini. buku ini memang menuliskan apa...more

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Apr 12, 2012 Andreana Sembiring rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: non-fiction

Kmaren gw selesai baca buku Yakuza Moon karangan Shoko Tendo. Such a great book! Bener2 menyentuh. Gila.. perjuangan dia sebagai anak seorang yakuza itu hebat banget. Perjuangannya dari kecil menghadapi olok2 karena dia anak yakuza (preman Jepang), sempet hampir dilecehkan waktu kecil, trus masa remaja di mana ayahnya mulai bangkrut dan suka bawa hostes ke rumahnya, ia jadi yankie (cewek berandalan) di usia 12 tahun, jarang masuk sekolah, berjuang mengalami kecanduan narkoba dan seks, jadi gundi...more Kmaren gw selesai baca buku Yakuza Moon karangan Shoko Tendo. Such a great book! Bener2 menyentuh. Gila.. perjuangan dia sebagai anak seorang yakuza itu hebat banget. Perjuangannya dari kecil menghadapi olok2 karena dia anak yakuza (preman Jepang), sempet hampir dilecehkan waktu kecil, trus masa remaja di mana ayahnya mulai bangkrut dan suka bawa hostes ke rumahnya, ia jadi yankie (cewek berandalan) di usia 12 tahun, jarang masuk sekolah, berjuang mengalami kecanduan narkoba dan seks, jadi gundik dan berkali2 dipukulin pasangannya, sampai akhirnya dia nemuin orang yang bener2 ngertiin dia dan jadi suaminya.

Suaminya (Taka) juga yakuza tapi akhirnya keluar dari yakuza demi Shoko. Do you know? Keluar dari yakuza mengharuskan Taka untuk memotong jari kelingkingnya. Penderitaannya belum berakhir dari situ. Kakaknya menikah sama anak tunggal yang kecanduan judi dan sering banget minjem duit ke dia. Dia hidup miskin dan kerja apa aja sampe harus menggugurkan kandungannya karena ga punya duit. Dia pernah kerja jadi administrasi di tempat pachinko, hostes dan penata rias. Dia sempet depresi dan masuk rumah sakit, cuci darah tapi akhirnya sembuh. Karena ga mau jadi beban suaminya terus, dia memutuskan untuk cerai dan akhirnya dia berjuang sendirian sampai sekarang. Dia berjanji mau hidup bener.. Gw bener2 salut ama Shoko Tendo. She’s a true fighter. Dan gw harap gw bisa punya semangat dan mental baja seperti dia. Dia punya tato di seluruh dada, perut, lengan atas dan punggungnya. Tato bergambar seorang wanita bernama Jigoku Dayu, tokoh nyata yang seorang pelacur kelas atas, tinggal di Sakai. Dayu bekerja sampai bisa menebus dirinya sendiri, tough life! Shoko merasa lebih kuat begitu ia memiliki tato, ia berumur 20 tahun saat itu. Di lengan atasnya ada tato sepasang naga.

Gaya ceritanya menarik, lugas dan dia ga ngerasa dirinya orang paling menderita di seluruh dunia atau perlu dikasihani. Dia kuat dan akan selamanya jadi kuat. Penderitaan dan cobaan akan terus terjadi selama kita hidup. Shoko mengumpamakan hidupnya seperti bulan, yang selalu berubah dan pasang surut. Hidup baru dia umpamakan dengan bulan baru, berubah menjadi bulan sabit dan terus berjalan sampai bulan separuh. Ketika ia gagal dan tidak dapat melanjutkan rencananya, ia memulai hari baru dengan bulan baru pula. Ia akan mengulangnya dari bulan sabit dan berharap akan hidup bahagia ketika bulan purnama dan bersinar terang. It is such a beautiful philosophy! Well Shoko, I truly hope that you can meet your happiness under the light of the full moon.

Gw berjuang dan setiap orang berjuang. Dengan kapasitas dan kemampuannya masing2.

Yakuza Moon, Gamubate Kudasai!

(*Bulan Yakuza, Selamat Berjuang!)(less)

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May 07, 2012 Maya rated it 5 of 5 stars

I highly recommend, to you all, this amazing book. It will change you perspective over your own life. It is very easy to read, it has only nine chapters followed by some reviews which take another few pages.

I want to say that, the way the author exposes her life, all the hardships she has been through almost half of her life makes the reader think twice about how hard their life can be at the moment.
Most of all, in my opinion, I think that it is kind of amazing that she could finally find the st...more

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Jan 19, 2013 Sanam514 rated it 4 of 5 stars

Since I really like the Japanese culture,I was very eager and intrigued to read this book when I first laid my eyes on it. I was actually able to read the whole thing in only 2 days, which was actually a first to me. Another plus for me was how well the translation was, and how easy it was to read, which would make it a good book even for those who are not that good in English.

I found it very interesting, even though I wish there were more things mentioned about the life of a yakuza. However, I...more

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Dec 13, 2012 Emily Collins rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Who am I, to rate this any less than five stars? This woman's life is an incredible story of transformation and survival. The fact that she is still alive is testimony to her strength. The autobiography of a Japanese girl and the daughter of a yakuza. It took a different turn than I had expected, mostly with all of those paint thinners (honestly didn't even know that could be a way to get high), and that in a country that emphasizes dependence on community so much, I was honestly surprised at th...more

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May 23, 2011 Daniel rated it 4 of 5 stars

Yakuza Moon is an interesting book to read. Essentially, this is an autobiography about a young woman growing up in a yakuza family. At times the book can be painful to read, not becuase it is difficult, which it isn't, but the content seems so genuine and what Tendo goes through is very painful. The reader will get to see her go from a normal-ish child to a deliquent teenager, spiriling down into drugs, sex, and abuse. Tendo does change, grow, to be more specific, into a complex and hopeful wom...more

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Jan 25, 2010 dhani Machfud rated it 2 of 5 stars

Mungkin isinya gak akan menceritakan tentang organisasi kriminal Jepang yang akan dipenuhi oleh darah dan pemotongan jari kelingking seperti di film2,...memakai kata 'Moon' setelah kata 'Yakuza' sebagai judul udah jelas menggambarkan sebuah kontradiksi ; yaitu kisah Shoko Tendo sebagai puteri Yakuza dengan berbagai konflik dalam hidupnya yang bisa dibilang sebagai sebuah aib untuk diceritakan, yang berusaha untuk menjadi 'moon' dalam status ke'Yakuza'an ayahnya. Sebagai buku biografi, akan teras...more

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Nov 22, 2012 Imanurus rated it 4 of 5 stars

Yakuza adalah salah satu gangster terkenal di Jepang dan tentunya sangat ditakuti. Seorang bos dari Yakuza memiliki anak perempuan bernama Shoko Tendo yang kemudian menulis pengalaman hidupnya yang berjudul Yakuza Moon ini. Yakuza Moon merupakan pengakuan mengejutkan sekaligus mengharukan seorang perempuan yang hidup dalam masyarakat Yakuza di Jepang. Cerita tentang seorang perempuan muda yang berhasil memenangkan pergulatan dalam hidupnya yang keras. Memoar ini juga memberi pengalaman berbeda,...more

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With her dyed-brown long hair and tight designer jeans, Shoko Tendo looks like any other stylish young Japanese woman -- until she removes her shirt to reveal the vivid tattoos covering her back and most of her body. The elaborate dragons, phoenixes and a medieval courtesan with one breast bared and a knife between her teeth are a symbol of Tendo's childhood as the daughter of a "yakuza" gangster...more

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“Bukan kulit luar yang penting, tetapi menjadikan pengalaman kita menjadi sesuatu yang terbaik bagi jiwa kita.” — 2 people liked it

“When I got home, I took a bat and examined my back in detail in the bathroom mirror. This tattoo would be for myself and no-one else. It wasn’t just because I was about to end my relationship with Iro, it was because I wanted to make some serious changes deep down inside me… My torso - my back and front – and my shoulders, breasts, and upper arms were decorated with a vibrantly coloured work of art. I knew it had been the right thing to do… When I looked at that beautifully crafted tattoo, I was filled with a sense of total contentment I had never experienced before. I felt as though I had been set free.” — 1 person liked it

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