泉’s dad and the old man yakuza boss who dies in the prologue are two different people.
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Ah, thanks. I also considered that, but for some reason thought it would be too many deaths at once.
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My guess about how this is going to turn out is that Izumi’s father was the nephew the old man wanted to be his successor, so now he’s dead Izumi is the nearest blood relation. But it could be a more distant relationship.
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I don’t think it’s grammatical as such, though 引きも切らない is kind of a fixed expression, and there are some “grammar points” related to this sense of きる “to finish doing something”, like Vきれない.
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Oh, I entirely missed that and made the same assumption as @Boodil
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One of the things that made it clear to me that they were not the same person was that the oyabun was described as “ひからびたミイラのような老人” whereas Izumi’s dad was described in Ch.1 as “中年とはいえ、スポーツで鍛えた体は若々しく、三十代といっても通りそうだった”.
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I laughed when I read 「私は獣医だからな」
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Yeah, that also confused me, especially since Chapter 1 then goes on and on about how fit and full of energy Izumi’s dad was and that he could have passed for a man in his 30s at 45. But somehow, this inconsistency wasn’t enough to make me overcome my natural laziness and check the description of the character in the prologue again.
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Yep; we also get told how and where Izumi’s dad dies, and it doesn’t match the events of the prologue.
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I’m in the same camp as @Boodil
I’d assumed that they were the same person and that somehow the Yakuza had arranged a different body to be cremated and a cover story.
But your theory makes much more sense!
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If Izumi’s father Takashi is the old man’s nephew, then Yoshiko is the old man’s niece and would be a closer relationship than Izumi (the old man’s grandniece).
But perhaps there is a rule of ‘first-born’. Then Izumi would be the first choice as Takashi is older than Yoshiko.
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Oh, good point. Maybe the link is through Izumi’s mother, then?
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I don’t think so as the nephew is explicitly nominated. I suppose there is a hereditary rule as in monarchies: the first born of the king is #1 in the successor list, #2 is the first born of #1, etc.
If the king has no children, the nephew would be #1, and his first born #2.
Considering the title of the first chapter we will learn more before long.
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I missed it too. Was there something said that tipped this off? (Oops. I see you already answered this. Thanks.)
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I think my favourite bits were where the Yakuza confused the speedometer with the radio dial and the doctor’s emotional reaction to his car sinking into the water…
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Made it to the end of the reading!
Story comments
So Aunt Yoshiko is being nice to Izumi because there are other family members around. And her idea of being nice is criticizing her recently deceased father for not remarrying. I can see why Izumi hates her 
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Sorry for the late reply, I just finished the last page for the week.
As @pm215 pointed out, 引きも切らない is a fixed expression (also an い-adjective) which means incessant/continuous. Here it is in the past form ofcourse. While 引き抜き means recruitment from another company. I guess it’s just a coincidence that these two sound similar which is probably what stumped you.
My translation would be: Because of this ability, recruitment negotations from major competitors were neverending, but he hates large inconvenient organisations, so he didn’t move from the company.
Ofcourse, this translation sounds rough, but I wanted to take as little creative liberties and stay true to the original. Also I would translate 引き抜きの話 as recruitment negotations or conversations about recruitment something along those lines.
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The negative form of any verb is an い-adjective (or more technically, acts like one) since that’s how the ない auxiliary works. Just wanted to point out that this isn’t specific to this expression.
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thanks @Anteater !
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Story thoughts so far
So far the story feels really enjoyable and easy to read for me - I was surprised with how easy I got into it, I expected to have more trouble since there’s less overall dialogue/more narrative compared to あなたも殺人犯になれる！. I also feel like the characters and descriptions are slightly more fleshed out in this one, which I am enjoying. I’m curious to see how things will unfold for Izumi - she seems like a strong girl and you can feel her frustration in having to be around that sort of relatives. I’m really rooting for her.
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