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
Kaiji series, [i]
Tobaku Hakairoku Kaiji
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