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Type
Manga
Volumes
13
Chapters
158
Status
Completed
Published
1996-02-10 to 1999-07-26
Genres
Drama
Strategy Game
Seinen
Award Winning
Adult Cast
High Stakes Game
Serializations
Young Magazine (Weekly)
Authors
Nobuyuki Fukumoto (Story & Art)
Tobaku Mokushiroku Kaiji
Itou Kaiji is a bum who steals car emblems and slashes tires on what seems to be a regular basis. This routine changes one day when he is paid a visit by a man in a trench-coat. Once the two get talking, it seems that the visitor (Calling himself Endou) is a debt collector. The reason for his visit is an unpaid loan which Kaiji had previously co-signed for a work-mate (Furuhata Takeshi). The original loan was 30000 yen and once Takeshi had disappeared, the loan then fell on Kaiji. Kaiji is then told of a way to clear the interest compounded debt (which stood at 3,850,000 yen), which involved getting on a boat with others in his position. Once on the boat the debtors would then have to gamble with loaned money, which would end with a few winning, and others getting into deeper debt and having to work to pay of their debts. After some coercing kaiji accepts a position on the boat, in order to clear himself and make a bit of money as well... (Source: AniDB)
Characters
Kaiji Itou
Main
Yukio Tonegawa
Supporting
Kazutaka Hyoudou
Supporting
Kouji Ishida
Supporting
Yuuji Endou
Supporting
Makoto Sahara
Supporting
Jouji Funai
Supporting
Takeshi Furuhata
Supporting
Manager
Supporting
Okabayashi
Supporting
Koizumi
Supporting
Nakamura
Supporting