Akagi: Yami ni Oritatta Tensai
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Synonyms: Mahjong Legend Akagi
Japanese: アカギ ～闇に降り立った天才～


Information

Type: Manga
Volumes: 36
Chapters: 306
Status: Finished
Published: Jun 1991 to Feb 1, 2018
Genres: Action Action, Drama Drama
Themes: Adult Cast Adult Cast, Organized Crime Organized Crime, Psychological Psychological, Strategy Game Strategy Game
Serialization: Kindai Mahjong
Authors: Fukumoto, Nobuyuki (Story & Art)

Statistics

Score: 8.081 (scored by 29032,903 users)
1 indicates a weighted score.
Ranked: #5562
2 based on the top manga page. Please note that 'R18+' titles are excluded.
Popularity: #1613
Members: 9,864
Favorites: 317

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Synopsis

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.

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Adaptation:Touhai Densetsu Akagi: Yami ni Maiorita Tensai

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Characters

Akagi, Shigeru
Akagi, Shigeru
Main
Washizu, Iwao
Washizu, Iwao
Main
Hirayama, Yukio
Hirayama, Yukio
Supporting
Ichikawa
Ichikawa
Supporting
Ryuuzaki
Ryuuzaki
Supporting
Yasuoka
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Nangou
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Urabe
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Osamu
Osamu
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Oogi
Oogi
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More reviewsReviews

Jan 14, 2021
306 of 306 chapters read
Royal_Conquest (All reviews)
8 people found this review helpful
AKAGI, THE GENIUS WHO DESCENDED INTO DARKNESS is a lot of fun. I used this manga while I was learning to play Riichi Mahjong. It is not at all helpful for any kind of actual play but it is extremely nice for familiarizing yourself with specific tiles and different Yaku. In turn, it was kind of cool to slowly be able to understand what the hell anyone was talking about at any given time. Learning what Yaku you can get becomes very important once you get passed the first steps of learning to play if you don't want to just blindly play into whatever works read more
Sep 19, 2021
306 of 306 chapters read
Gatsu-chan (All reviews)
2 people found this review helpful
Akagi, a truly in depth world of mahjong. Akagi is a great read and well worth it for fans of gambling stories and very detailed psychological conflicts. Akagi is a great way to get into Mahjong or just enjoy a story centering on Mahjong's mechanics and techniques. Going into Akagi I had little exposure to mahjong. The little exposure I have includes Mahjong Solitaire online games I played when i was younger and scenes of it in different manga. Now, you do not really need exposure to enjoy this story, it explains some details and its relatively safe to figure it out as you read read more
Oct 13, 2013
160 of 306 chapters read
korisnik2007a (All reviews)
113 people found this review helpful
Preliminary
Akagi is a manga about a youngster that willingly discards his life and safety for a gamble. In general it is a great manga, but some arcs simply seem too drawn out and slow. The art isn't very good meaning that, even though that all the characters look fairly different, you can get confused sometimes (the same thing sometimes happens with the plot). Still - it's a great manga, by my standards much better than Kaiji, therefore I recommend it to all of you who like mystery and gamble/mahjong manga with a lot of seinen elements.

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