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賭博黙示録カイジ [Tobaku Mokushiroku Kaiji] #1
賭博黙示録カイジ１ [Tobaku Mokushiroku Kaiji]
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First published January 1, 1996
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Nobuyuki Fukumoto
576 books70 followersNobuyuki Fukumoto (福本伸行 Fukumoto Nobuyuki) is a Japanese manga artist well known throughout the Far East for his unique and original gambling ideas, deep psychological analysis of characters and distinct artstyle. Yakuza and gambling are recurring themes in his manga. In English speaking countries, he is known best as the author of Akagi, a mahjong-related manga. In 1998, he won the Kodansha Manga Award for Tobaku Mokushiroku Kaiji. An onomatopoeia "zawa" (ざわ…), meaning an uneasy atmosphere, appears frequently in his comics and is considered Fukumoto's trademark.
In June 2010, he visited Finland as a guest of honor for Desucon.
In June 2010, he visited Finland as a guest of honor for Desucon.
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December 26, 2018
Pretty great Psychological gambling 🎰 manga with exciting life risking games...😁👌
January 13, 2016
Kaiji is one of the strangest and darkest things I've ever read. Frankly, it is messed up. That being said, I think it's brilliant.
Originally written in 1996, the plot holds up and possibly works even better against today's economic situation. Kaiji, a 20-something-year-old, can't find a job and finds himself unwittingly in debt. He's offered a chance to gamble his way out of debt, though the catch is there's a whole lot more at stake than money.
Fukumoto's artwork is very stylized, but once you get used to it it's actually quite fun and adds humor to an otherwise very grisly story.
Originally written in 1996, the plot holds up and possibly works even better against today's economic situation. Kaiji, a 20-something-year-old, can't find a job and finds himself unwittingly in debt. He's offered a chance to gamble his way out of debt, though the catch is there's a whole lot more at stake than money.
Fukumoto's artwork is very stylized, but once you get used to it it's actually quite fun and adds humor to an otherwise very grisly story.
October 14, 2017
Excellent series of psychological battles, terrifying addiction to gambling, and crazy schemes. Its practically psychological horror, and the character's despair feels very real which makes his ingenious triumphs even more satisfying.
October 4, 2012
Hasn't been fully scanlated yet, it seems to end at chapter 23 everywhere, probably due to the anime. Part 2 of the manga has been translated, 3 and 4 are incomplete.
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