AKAGI
AKAGI is a Japanese comic that started in 1993. It is about a game called "Mah Jong". The writer Nobuyuki Fukumoto is very clever and he creates very interesting storys that makes young and old people read this comic. He has also written Kaiji and Ten that both have a lot of readers. AKAGI is in the weekly magazine "Modern Mah-Jong". This comic has even been adapted into a movie because of it's popularity.Warning: Plot details follow.
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The title "AKAGI" comes from the name of the main character. He is a young boy who is a very talented gambler and makes remarkable wins in the story. In the first story he starts to play mah-jong against Japanese mafia (Yakuza) for the first time in his life but quickly he understands how the game goes and win. Mah-Jong is a game that moves huge amount of money and Japanese Yakuza uses it to earn money. So when Akagi first won it was the first step in to the underground business. Akagi shows incredible talents through the story but he also is a heretic that makes him different from others. In the end he becomes a legend in the underground world.
A young boy who survives from a chicken race. He is the main character. With his talent for gambling, he defeats many professional mah-jong players in various ways and becomes a legend.
Yasuoka is a dirty detective who is connected to the underground business. He also plays mah-jong and is the first one who realizes Akagi's talent in mah-jong. He also plays a role as a narrator in the comic.
Yagi is the first professional mah-jong player that Akagi plays and defeats. He uses techniques to cheat during the game but loses in front of Akagi's ability.
Ichikawa is a blind professional Mah-Jong player. He some how seems to be similar to Akagi but Akagi denys it and proves that by defeating him. Ichikawa was a player that would play by the book. Compared to him Akagi plays in all kinds of ways. Ichikawa couldn't stop Akagi's talent.Story
Characters
Akagi
Yasuoka
Yagi
Ichikawa