[Raw Manga] Tobaku Haouden Rei

Associated Names
賭博覇王伝ゼロ
賭博覇王伝零
Gambling Emperor Legend Zero
Gambling Emperor Zero
Tobaku Haōden Zero
Tobaku Haouden Zero

Groups Scanlating
Hox

Status in Country of Origin
8 Volumes (Complete)

Genre
Drama, Mystery, Psychological, Shounen

Author(s)
FUKUMOTO Nobuyuki

Artist(s)
FUKUMOTO Nobuyuki

Year
2007

Description

Ukai Rei (aka Zero, which is Rei in Japanese) saves three troubled teens from a Suicide Website, and together they choose to work as modern-day 'Robin Hoods' of society. However, Rei's friends are caught by an underworld gang whose heist the group had foiled. In order to rescue them, Rei is forced to enter a gambling competition hosted by a rich, rotten old man who is looking for a talented gambler to be his rep player in an upcoming gambling tournament for millionaires from all over the world. The reward money? ONE TRILLION YEN.


Note - This story is directly continued in its sequel.

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Tobaku Haouden Rei

[Raw Manga] Hero - Gyakkyou no Touhai

Associated Names
Hero (MAEDA Jiro)
Hero (MAEDA Jirou)
HERO -逆境の闘牌
HERO -逆境の闘牌-
HERO -Gyakkyou no Touhai-

Status in Country of Origin
7 Volumes (Ongoing)

Genre
Drama, Psychological, Seinen, Sports

Author(s)
FUKUMOTO Nobuyuki

Artist(s)
MAEDA Jirou

Year
2009

Description

Set in 2002, three years after the death of Akagi Shigeru, this sequel to Ten - Tenna Toori no Kaidanji chronicles Hiroyuki's quest to follow the late Akagi's advice and live life freely even if it means complete failure.

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Volume 1 - 6

[Raw Manga] Ten - Tenna Toori no Kaidanji

Associated Names
天 和通りの快男児
Ten - Tenhou Toori no Kaidanji
Ten - The Blessed Way of the Nice Guy
Ten - The Nice Guy on the Path of Tenhou

Status in Country of Origin
18 Volumes (Complete)

Genre
Comedy, Drama, Psychological, Seinen, Sports

Author(s)
FUKUMOTO Nobuyuki

Artist(s)
FUKUMOTO Nobuyuki

Year
1989

Description

Ten is a friendly guy who happens to be good at Mahjong. Or, more appropriately, good at cheating at Mahjong. If someone is betting on a Mahjong game and ends up in a pinch, they call Ten to win for them. He always does, and because he understands how frustrating it is, always has the courtesy to give the people he cheats against a chance to beat him up. With his friends Hiroyuki, Ken, Akagi, and others, he eventually decides to take on something much bigger than cheating in small gambles.

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Ten - Tenna Toori no Kaidanji

[Raw Manga] Tobaku Haouden Rei - Gyanki Hen

Associated Names
賭博覇王伝　零　ギャン鬼編
赌博霸王传零 赌鬼篇
Gambling Emperor Legend Zero Part 2
Tobaku Haouden Rei: Gyankihen
Tobaku Haouden Zero Gyanki-Hen

Groups Scanlating
Hox

Status in Country of Origin
10 Volumes (Complete)

Genre
Psychological, Shounen, Sports

Author(s)
FUKUMOTO Nobuyuki

Artist(s)
FUKUMOTO Nobuyuki

Year
2011

Description

This is part 2 of Gambling Emperor Legend Zero, picking up a few years after the cliffhanger ending of part 1.

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Tobaku Haouden Rei - Gyanki Hen

[Raw Manga] Gin to Kin

Associated Names
銀と金
銀と金　ハイリスク・ハイリターン！！
銀と金　恐怖の財テク地獄変
Silver and Gold

Groups Scanlating
BigMoneyRustlas, Endless Abyss, Gotto, MONEY/SIDE

Status in Country of Origin
11 Volumes (Tankoubon - Complete)
8 Volumes (Bunkoban - Complete)
3 Volumes (Shinsouban - Ongoing)

Genre
Drama, Psychological, Seinen

Author(s)
FUKUMOTO Nobuyuki

Artist(s)
FUKUMOTO Nobuyuki

Year
1992

Description

This manga describes the dealings of "Gin-ou" and his associates in the underbelly of society, where shady dealings with stock speculators and politicians is the norm.

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Volume 1 - Volume 4 Chapter 32

Chapter 33 - 38

[Raw Manga] Tobaku Hakairoku Kaiji

Associated Names
賭博破戒録カイジ
Kaiji Part 2
Kaiji, Hakairoku

Groups Scanlating
ZAWAnons, Zawa

Status in Country of Origin
13 Volumes (Complete)

Genre
Drama, Psychological, Seinen, Sports, Tragedy

Author(s)
FUKUMOTO Nobuyuki

Artist(s)
FUKUMOTO Nobuyuki

Year
2000

Description

After Kaiji's showdown with Chairman Hyoudo at Starside Hotel Kaiji is forced into labor at an underground mine. With meager wages each day, he will work for decades unless he doesn't do something.

Now Kaiji must wager his earnings in underground Chinchirorin gambles for a ticket to the rest of the world. But even if he surfaces, he only has one chance to pay back his enormous debt, and that is by challenging the "unbeatable" Pachinko machine, The Bog.

The Kaiji series is divided into five parts:

1.Tobaku Mokushiroku Kaiji

2. Tobaku Hakairoku Kaiji

3. Tobaku Datenroku Kaiji

4. Tobaku Datenroku Kaiji: Kazuyahen

5. Tobaku Datenroku Kaiji: One Poker Hen

Note: The group ZAWAnons started this manga as volume 14 of the Kaiji series.

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Tobaku Hakairoku Kaiji

[Raw Manga] Tobaku Mokushiroku Kaiji

Associated Names
賭博默示錄
賭博黙示録カイジ
Gambling Apocalypse Kaiji
Kaiji Part 1

Groups Scanlating
FKMTkrazy, Minna-scan, StubbornOne

Status in Country of Origin
13 Volumes (Complete)

Genre
Drama, Psychological, Seinen, Sports, Tragedy

Author(s)
FUKUMOTO Nobuyuki

Artist(s)
FUKUMOTO Nobuyuki

Year
1996

Description

Japan, 1995. After graduating from high school, Ito Kaiji moves to Tokyo to get a job, but he fails to find steady employment because the country is mired in its first recession since World War II. Depressed, he festers in his apartment, biding the time with cheap pranks, gambles, liquor and cigarettes. Kaiji is always thinking about money and his perpetual poverty frequently brings him to tears.

Kaiji's unrelenting misery continues for two years until he is paid an unexpected visit from a man named Endo, who wants to collect an outstanding debt owed to him in Kaiji's name. Endo gives Kaiji two options - either spend ten years to repay this outstanding debt, or board the gambling ship Espoir ("hope" in French) for one night to clear the debt. Using a con, Endo pressures Kaiji into accepting the deal, believing he will never come back from the voyage.

The Kaiji series is divided into five parts:

1. Tobaku Mokushiroku Kaiji

2. Tobaku Hakairoku Kaiji

3. Tobaku Datenroku Kaiji

4. Tobaku Datenroku Kaiji: Kazuyahen

5. Tobaku Datenroku Kaiji: One Poker Hen

Note: This manga officially ends at 13 volumes. Scanlated volumes 14-26 begins as volumes 1-13 in part 2 of the Kaijiseries, Tobaku Hakairoku Kaiji

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Tobaku Mokushiroku Kaiji

[Raw Manga] Tobaku Datenroku Kaiji

Associated Names
賭博堕天録カイジ
Kaiji Part 3
Kaiji, Datenroku

Groups Scanlating
FKMTkrazy, Project Bite Me! Scanlations, We Can't Decide!

Status in Country of Origin
13 Volumes (Complete)

Genre
Drama, Psychological, Seinen, Sports, Tragedy

Author(s)
FUKUMOTO Nobuyuki

Artist(s)
FUKUMOTO Nobuyuki

Year
2004

Description

WARNING: Spoilers below for "Tobaku Hakairoku Kaiji"

Spoiler (mouse over to view)The overwhelming victory against the 'Bog' has been like a dream. Itou Kaiji, now free of debt but without a penny is leeching himself in Mr.Sakazaki's new house, despite all the flirtings (extreme torment for Kaiji) from Sakazaki's daughter, Mikoko. Sakazaki attempts to kick Kaiji out, even by offering a farewell 'we never knew each other' money of 3 000 000 yen. While Kaiji ponders himself on the decision, he is visited by Miyoshi and Maeda, two of his 'allies' he had saved from the last part of the series.


The Kaiji series is divided into five parts:

1. Tobaku Mokushiroku Kaiji

2. Tobaku Hakairoku Kaiji

3. Tobaku Datenroku Kaiji

4. Tobaku Datenroku Kaiji: Kazuyahen

5. Tobaku Datenroku Kaiji: One Poker Hen

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Tobaku Datenroku Kaiji

[Raw Manga] Akagi

Associated Names
Акаги - легенда маджонга
アカギ
アカギ ～闇に降り立った天才～
闘牌伝説アカギ 闇に舞い降りた天才
Akagi~Yami ni Oritatta Tensai~
Legend of Mahjong: Akagi
Mahjong Legend Akagi: The Genius Who Descended Into the Darkness
Tohai Densetsu Akagi

Groups Scanlating
Amerika Hikikomori Kyokai, FKMTkrazy, StubbornOne

Status in Country of Origin
28 Volumes (Ongoing)

Genre
Drama, Psychological, Seinen, Sports

Author(s)
FUKUMOTO Nobuyuki

Artist(s)
FUKUMOTO Nobuyuki

Year
1991

Description

A Genius who Fell into Darkness.

The God of the Underworld.

Akagi runs from a game of chicken where he almost died, to a Mahjong parlour where a man loses all his money to the yakuza. Akagi, who is only thirteen, tells the loser that his game needs improvement (although Akagi himself has never played before). Akagi replaces him in the game, and so a legend is born.

When the police come to check on the place to see if the kid that ran from the game of chicken is there the yakuza deny that Akagi was involved. In the end the policeman invites Akagi to a much more organized Mahjong game and from there, the legend of the Genius who Fell into Darkness continues to grow…

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Volume 1 - 26

[Raw Manga] Buraiden Gai

Associated Names
無頼伝 涯
Outcast Story: Gai

Status in Country of Origin
5 Volumes (Complete)
2 Volumes (Collector's Edition)

Genre
Action, Drama, Psychological, Shounen

Author(s)
FUKUMOTO Nobuyuki

Artist(s)
FUKUMOTO Nobuyuki

Year
2000

Description

The story revolves around Kudo Gai, a mischievous 13 year old all alone in the world. He despises his classmates who live by their free will, although supported by parents, but taking it for granted. Gai soon finds out he is contradicting himself for he is being raised at an orphanage as well,and makes an attempt for independence. His actions lands him in trouble, where he is framed for murder and sent to a place in an unknown location called the 'human institute'.

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Buraiden Gai