Manga like Death Pie

Akagi: Yami ni Oritatta Tensai

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Psychological

While mahjong is a game that is often played with family and friends, it is also a game that is played in the darkest corners of society. Nangou is a compulsive gambler who has accumulated debt over three million yen. In a last ditch attempt to clear his record, he decides to wager his life on a game of mahjong with the mafia. Unfortunately, as the game progresses, Nangou only moves further from the prize and closer to death.

When all hope seems lost, the game parlor is suddenly intruded upon by Shigeru Akagi, a young boy on the run from the police. Desperate to turn the game around, Nangou hands the game over to Akagi after teaching him a few of the rules. The mafia can only smirk as Akagi sits down to play. However, they soon come to learn that Akagi is a natural born gambler. An imposing figure who does not fear death. One who is destined to become a legend.



Tags: Mahjong , Gambling , Death Game , Male Protagonist , Philosophy , Seinen , Primarily Male Cast , Kaiju , Tsundere , Anti-Hero , Yakuza , Time Skip , Historical , Afterlife , Gods , Demons , Board Game

Muteki no Hito

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Psychological

Sonokawa Junpei, a 19-year-old who works multiple part-time jobs to support his family, chances upon 'M', an unusually strong Jan Sen (online mahjong game) player who is believed to be cheating and wanted by the game's publisher V.Line for a huge amount of money at the family restaurant where he works, and arose to the opportunity to get the reward.

Tags: Shounen , Mahjong , Board Game , Male Protagonist

Ten: Tenhou-doori no Kaidanji

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Psychological

Takashi Ten is living his life as a rep mahjong player. A kind person at heart, he also possesses an ingenious talent in mahjong. One day Ten meets Hiroyuki Igawa, a student player who 'plays by logic'. Hiroyuki is overwhelmed at Ten's playing style which involves anything besides logic, and soon becomes one of his close friends.

Being the rep player he is, Ten had to play against some Yakuza. The chance of victory seemed to be on Ten's side, but then the yakuza decide to call their secret weapon, a legendary rep player called...

Tags: Mahjong , Seinen , Gambling , Philosophy , Yakuza , Male Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Time Skip , Primarily Male Cast , Kuudere , Suicide , Tragedy , Amnesia , Board Game , Poker , Golf