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Gambling Apocalypes Kaiji

Author
FUKUMOTO Nobuyuki
Type
Manga
Status
Complete
Year
1996
Genres and tags
Drama Psychological Seinen Sports Tragedy Mature Gambling Survival Primarily Adult Cast Primarily Male Cast Male Protagonist Death Game Card Battle Yakuza Class Struggle Nudity Thriller

Description

Japan, 1995. After graduating from high school, Ito Kaiji moves to Tokyo to get a job, but he fails to find steady employment because the country is mired in its first recession since World War II. Depressed, he festers in his apartment, biding the time with cheap pranks, gambles, liquor and cigarettes. Kaiji is always thinking about money and his perpetual poverty frequently brings him to tears. Kaiji's unrelenting misery continues for two years until he is paid an unexpected visit from a man named Endo, who wants to collect an outstanding debt owed to him in Kaiji's name. Endo gives Kaiji two options - either spend ten years to repay this outstanding debt, or board the gambling ship Espoir ("hope" in French) for one night to clear the debt. Using a con, Endo pressures Kaiji into accepting the deal, believing he will never come back from the voyage.

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Chapters (171)

  1. Volume 13Vol. 13
  2. CHAPTER 158: TOMORROWVol. 13
  3. CHAPTER 157: THE UNCROWNED KINGVol. 13
  4. CHAPTER 156: EVENTIDEVol. 13
  5. CHAPTER 155: MOTIVATIONVol. 13
  6. CHAPTER 154: TREPIDATIONVol. 13
  7. CHAPTER 153: PROVIDENCEVol. 13
  8. CHAPTER 152: LOSTVol. 13
  9. CHAPTER 151: AGHASTVol. 13
  10. CHAPTER 150: GOOD LUCKVol. 13
  11. CHAPTER 149: INSERTIONVol. 13
  12. CHAPTER 148: ACCEPTANCEVol. 13
  13. CHAPTER 147: OFFERVol. 13
  14. CHAPTER 146: CONDITIONSVol. 13
  15. CHAPTER 145: BAITVol. 13
  16. Volume 12Vol. 12
  17. CHAPTER 144: SYNTHESISVol. 12
  18. CHAPTER 143: PERSUASIONVol. 12
  19. CHAPTER 142: SHOWDOWNVol. 12
  20. CHAPTER 141: WICKED WAYSVol. 12
  21. CHAPTER 140: EXPOSITIONVol. 12
  22. CHAPTER 139: STRUCTUREVol. 12
  23. CHAPTER 138: DOWNHEARTEDVol. 12
  24. CHAPTER 137: INFERNOVol. 12
  25. CHAPTER 136: COMPULSIONVol. 12
  26. CHAPTER 135: REMORSEVol. 12
  27. CHAPTER 134: PROVENANCEVol. 12
  28. CHAPTER 133: ANNIHILATIONVol. 12
  29. CHAPTER 132: EVASIONVol. 12
  30. CHAPTER 131: INTERLUDEVol. 12
  31. Volume 11Vol. 11
  32. CHAPTER 130: BODY AND SOULVol. 11
  33. CHAPTER 129: RECOLLECTIONSVol. 11
  34. CHAPTER 128: TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONSVol. 11
  35. CHAPTER 127: BLOOD,SWEAT AND TEARSVol. 11
  36. CHAPTER 126: DOUBLE OR NOTHINGVol. 11
  37. CHAPTER 125: DECEPTIONVol. 11
  38. CHAPTER 124: INSIGHTVol. 11
  39. CHAPTER 123: STEADFASTVol. 11
  40. CHAPTER 122: A VENGEFUL GODVol. 11
  41. CHAPTER 121: FINAL CURTAINVol. 11
  42. CHAPTER 120: OBSTRUCTIONVol. 11
  43. CHAPTER 119: DETERMINATIONVol. 11
  44. Volume 10Vol. 10
  45. CHAPTER 118: DECISIONSVol. 10
  46. CHAPTER 117: BOUNDARIESVol. 10
  47. CHAPTER 116: SACRILEGEVol. 10
  48. CHAPTER 115: THE TRUTHVol. 10
  49. CHAPTER 114: EXPOSUREVol. 10
  50. CHAPTER 113: SUSPICIONVol. 10
  51. CHAPTER 112: CHAOSVol. 10
  52. CHAPTER 111: QUAGMIREVol. 10
  53. CHAPTER 110: SPORTVol. 10
  54. CHAPTER 109: BLOODSHEDVol. 10
  55. CHAPTER 108: IRON WALLVol. 10
  56. CHAPTER 107: CLOSE FIREVol. 10
  57. Volume 9Vol. 9
  58. CHAPTER 106: FLASH OF LIGHTVol. 9
  59. CHAPTER 105: CONVERSATIONVol. 9
  60. CHAPTER 104: FEVER PITCHVol. 9
  61. CHAPTER 103: HARD LUCKVol. 9
  62. CHAPTER 102:INFINITE HELLVol. 9
  63. CHAPTER 101: MUSIC TO THE EARVol. 9
  64. CHAPTER 100: FIRES OF WARVol. 9
  65. CHAPTER 99: TO ARMSVol. 9
  66. CHAPTER 98: KARMAVol. 9
  67. CHAPTER 97: FURIOUSVol. 9
  68. CHAPTER 96: APPARATIVol. 9
  69. CHAPTER 95: THE SETUPVol. 9
  70. Volume 8Vol. 8
  71. CHAPTER 94: THE EMPERORVol. 8
  72. CHAPTER 93: BEHIND THE CURTAINVol. 8
  73. CHAPTER 92: PLAYING COURTVol. 8
  74. CHAPTER 91: ADMITTANCEVol. 8
  75. CHAPTER 90: BLIND SPOTSVol. 8
  76. CHAPTER 89: THE FIRMAMENT ABOVEVol. 8
  77. CHAPTER 88: THE ROAD TO HELLVol. 8
  78. CHAPTER 87: HOPEVol. 8
  79. CHAPTER 86: SOLITARYVol. 8
  80. CHAPTER 85: APPARITIONSVol. 8
  81. CHAPTER 84: HOWLVol. 8
  82. CHAPTER 83: LAST TESTAMENTVol. 8
  83. Volume 7Vol. 7
  84. CHAPTER 82: REVIVALVol. 7
  85. CHAPTER 81: DECIMATIONVol. 7
  86. CHAPTER 80: ESCALATIONVol. 7
  87. CHAPTER 79: CHAIN REACTIONVol. 7
  88. CHAPTER 78: SPARKVol. 7
  89. CHAPTER 77: THE BEASTVol. 7
  90. CHAPTER 76: FLIGHTVol. 7
  91. CHAPTER 75: THE DEPTHSVol. 7
  92. CHAPTER 74: SPIRITVol. 7
  93. CHAPTER 73: PREDILECTIONSVol. 7
  94. CHAPTER 72: DECLARATIONSVol. 7
  95. CHAPTER 71: FRESH BLOODVol. 7
  96. Volume 6Vol. 6
  97. CHAPTER 70: DIGGING THE SPURSVol. 6
  98. CHAPTER 69: PROMISESVol. 6
  99. CHAPTER 68: LIGHTS OUTVol. 6
  100. CHAPTER 67: FOOLHARDYVol. 6

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