Japan, 1996. 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.

Six months after the fight to the death with The Bog, Kaiji escapes from the underground and pays off his debts. Sakazaki gets fed up with Kaiji and tries to get rid of him by giving him 3 million yen as compensation. At that time, Kaiji is reunited with Miyoshi and Maeda, who were his friends in the underground, and they come up with a plan to swindle a large sum of money from Muraoka, the president of the underground casino where they work. Kaiji takes 3 million yen from Sakazaki, promising to pay it back, and plays a variant of mahjong called "17 Steps" invented by Muraoka.

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.

One day, executive Tonegawa Yukio was ordered by Hyoudou Kazutaka, the chairman of the Teiai Group, to plan a "game of death" for the debtors! What awaited Tonegawa, who immediately held a planning meeting, was suffering, agony, and despair! The diabolical spin-off, depicting Tonegawa's anguish between the chairman and the blacksuits, starts now!

A heartwarming human drama about a high school boy who lives with his sisters at a small guesthouse in Izu called "Harukaze" and interacts with people who visit the guesthouse for various reasons through mahjong and casual conversation.

Tetsuo Morita is 20 years old and unemployed. Bored out of his mind and not getting anywhere in life, he wastes his time and money on cheap gambles like horse racing. But then one day, he is approached by the brilliant loan shark Ginji, who happens to be looking for a partner in crime...This is a story about the underworld of Japan, where con artists and shady dealers control the economy from the shadows.

The man of legend has come back to life! Kurosawa, who led the homeless army in a fierce battle against a group of delinquents in *The Legend of A Strongest Man Kurosawa*, was thought to have gone to his eternal rest. After spending eight whole years in a hospital bed, he makes a miraculous comeback in 2013! The fabled man returns to the present life to create a new legend... in spite of the fact that the present life is not quite so great.

Nobuyuki Fukumoto's latest work, scheduled to be serialized in Morning magzine in the summer of 2023

Ukai Zero saves three troubled teens from a Suicide Website, and together chooses to work as 'Robin Hoods' of society. However, one of Zero's friends are caught by an organization he got in trouble with, and Zero is forced to enter a gambling competition hosted by a rich, rotten old man who is looking for talented gamblers to be his rep player. The reward money? ONE TRILLION YEN.

Ichijou Seiya is a young prodigy who is the manager of the Teiai underground casino and the creator of the diabolical pachinko machine "The Bog." Before his fight to the death with his nemesis, Itou Kaiji, he had a smoldering youth and was unable to make anything of himself. The story is set in Ooyama, Itabashi, Tokyo, a "bog" that has swallowed up all the dreams, hopes, and despairs of young people, and is about the ambitions and difficulties of freelancer Ichijou and his younger colleague Murakami who move into the capital and live in a tiny apartment.

Set in 2002, 3 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.

The Kaiji series is divided into five parts:1. Tobaku Mokushiroku Kaiji2. Tobaku Hakairoku Kaiji3. Tobaku Datenroku Kaiji4. Tobaku Datenroku Kaiji: Kazuya-hen5. Tobaku Datenroku Kaiji: One Poker-hen

Also have 1 Volume (Collector's Edition) called "Tetsu to Tenma" (Including "Atsuize! Tenma" and "Burai na kaze Tetsu" in a single volume).

One incredibly tough kid tries to clear his name. He’s no murderer, and he’ll do whatever it takes to prove it… From Baka-Updates: 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'.

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 four parts:1. Tobaku Mokushiroku Kaiji2. Tobaku Hakairoku Kaiji3. Tobaku Datenroku Kaiji4. Tobaku Datenroku Kaiji: KazuyahenNote: The group ZAWAnons started this manga as volume 14 of the Kaiji series.

Japan, 1995. After graduating from high school, It? 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 End?, who wants to collect an outstanding debt owed to him in Kaiji's name. End? 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, End? pressures Kaiji into accepting the deal, believing he will never come back from the voyage.--WikipediaThe manga is divided into three parts:Part 1: Volume 1-13 (Complete)Part 2: Volume 14-26 (Complete)Part 3: Volume 27-39 (Complete)Part 4: Volume 40-49 (Complete)Part 5: Volume 50-? (Ongoing)