Manga like Ginyanma: Janki-tachi no Densetsu

Gin to Kin

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Psychological , Sports

Morita Tetsuo's life changes when he meets Hirai Ginji, who works in the unknown and mysterious 'back world' of society full of villains.

Tags: Economics , Anti-Hero , Politics , Crime , Male Protagonist , Yakuza , Seinen , Tragedy , Gambling , Revenge , Primarily Adult Cast , Poker , Philosophy , Primarily Male Cast , Mahjong

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 , Kaiju , Primarily Male Cast , Anti-Hero , Yakuza , Tsundere , Time Skip , Historical , Afterlife , Gods , Demons , Board Game

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 , Yakuza , Philosophy , Male Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Time Skip , Kuudere , Primarily Male Cast , Suicide , Tragedy , Amnesia , Board Game , Golf

Tobaku Datenroku Kaiji

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Psychological , Thriller

Itou Kaiji, now free of debt but without a penny is leeching himself in Mr.Sakazaki's new house, despite all the flirtings (extreme torment for Kaiji) from Sakazaki's daughter, Mikoko. Sakazaki attempts to kick Kaiji out, even by offering a farewell 'we never knew each other' money of 3000000 yen. While Kaiji ponders himself on the decision, he is visited by Miyoshi and Maeda, two of his 'allies' he had saved from the last part of the series.

Tags: Mahjong , Gambling , Survival , Seinen , Primarily Male Cast , Male Protagonist , Tragedy , Board Game

Mukoubuchi: Kou-Rate Uramahjong Retsuden

Status: Releasing
Genres: Drama , Psychological , Thriller

The 1980's was an unusual decade. The price of land skyrocketed, and the value of money went well above the norm. The numbers that defined the world all spun out of control, launching one of the largest bubble economies Japan had ever seen.

For Mahjong, as well, it was an age that saw high stakes games on a scale unlike any age before it. And in this age, a man some call "Kai" lives as a "Mukoubuchi", what true, lone-wolf gamblers are called.

Tags: Seinen , Mahjong , Board Game

Yamima no Mamiya

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Psychological

Japan has entered a new era called "Reiwa", after moving past the Heisei Era on April 30th 2019.

It is in this era, past the time of people like the legendary Akagi Shigeru and others like him who gambled on mahjong for a living, that a new gambler has arisen known only as "Mamiya of Mahjong's Darkness".



Note: The chapter counts contains "Chapter 0".

Tags: Mahjong , Gambling , Female Protagonist , Death Game , Board Game

Tetsunaki no Kirinji

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Psychological , Sports

Kiriya Rinji is 30 years old, divorced, and unemployed. His only talent is playing online mahjong. Needing a way to make money to pay for child support, he goes to the seedy Kabukichou district to play real mahjong for cash. Will his online skills translate to real-life winnings?

Tags: Gambling , Primarily Adult Cast , Mahjong , Seinen , Family Life , Board Game