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Tokyo, 1958. A 13-year-old kid, [[Villain Protagonist|Shigeru Akagi]], drives off a cliff in an rigged game of chicken, swims to safety and walks into a [[Mahjong]] parlor, where a man with heavy debts is gambling his life with the [[Yakuza]]. Despite having never played before, and given only a few minutes to learn the rules, he proceeds to crush his opponents. This becomes his modus operandi: breaking hardened gamblers into shells of their former selves with a deadly mix of intimidation, [[The Chessmaster|cunning]], and [[Million-to-One Chance|monstrous luck]]. This is the start of the genius Akagi's legend in the underworld.

It should be noted that this is a [[Prequel]] to ''[[Ten - The Blessed Way of the Nice Guy|Ten]]'', where an older Akagi is one of the major characters. See also ''[[Kaiji]]'' which so far is the only other manga by [[Nobuyuki Fukumoto]] to get an anime adaptation.

It should be noted that this is a [[Prequel]] to ''[[Ten - The Blessed Way of the Nice Guy|Ten]]'', where an older '''Akagi''' is one of the major characters. See also ''[[Kaiji]]'' which so far is the only other manga by [[Nobuyuki Fukumoto]] to get an anime adaptation.

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* [[Demonic Possession]]: Washizu seems to get help by demons to get his desired tile, a 1 Pin.

* [[Despair Event Horizon]]: Anytime Akagi is down in points or the opponent has a huge lead. Not for Akagi, though, but rather everyone else around him.

** For his opponents, these moments are [[Hope Spot~~|Hope Spots~~]]. Especially for Urabe, who at one point had a 70,000+ point lead, [[You Have Failed Me...|and had his hands mangled when he lost]].

** For his opponents, these moments are [[Hope Spot]]s. Especially for Urabe, who at one point had a 70,000+ point lead, [[You Have Failed Me...|and had his hands mangled when he lost]].

* [[Dirty Cop]]: Yasuoka. Akagi lampshades this fact early on, when Yasuoka agrees to setup a rematch, acting as the middleman.

* [[Dirty Coward]]: Nakai.

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