FUKUMOTO Nobuyuki

  • Kaiji

    Kaiji

    Japan, 1995. After graduating from high school, Itō 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 Endō, who wants to collect an outstanding debt owed to him in Kaiji's name. Endō 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, Endō pressures Kaiji into accepting the deal, believing he will never come back from the voyage.
    --Wikipedia

    The manga is divided into three parts:
    Part 1: Volume 1-13 (Complete)
    Part 2: Volume 14-26 (Complete)
    Part 3: Volume 27-39 (Complete)
    Part 4: Volume 40-? (Ongoing)
    Updated: 2021-08-25
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  • Seizon - Life

    Seizon - Life

    From Kotonoha:
    Takeda is diagnosed with cancer and feels that he has nothing to live for. His wife also had had cancer, had died of it in fact, and his only daughter has been missing for fourteen years.

    One day, when he is about to attempt suicide, the phone rings. It’s the police, and they inform him that the dead body of his long lost daughter has been found, that it appears to have been a homicide. Takeda is crushed but resolves then and there to spend the remaining days of his life hunting down his daughter’s killer.

    The time left for Takeda to live equals the time left to put the murderer behind bars. Life is a heart-wrenching story about a father’s willpower and his search for the truth.
    Updated: 2021-08-26
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  • Tobaku Datenroku Kaiji - 24oku Dasshutsu Hen

    Tobaku Datenroku Kaiji - 24oku Dasshutsu Hen

    The continuation of the Kaiji series, picking up immediately after the end of One Poker Hen.

    Spoiler (mouse over to view)One Poker has been concluded, with Kaiji emerging as the victor and claiming the 2.4 Billion Yen as a prize! But now, a new problem arises... how can the Asian Trio take it with them with Kazuya's Black Suits gathered right outside the entrance of the warehouse?!

    The 6th part of the Kaiji series.

    1. Tobaku Mokushiroku Kaiji

    2. Tobaku Hakairoku Kaiji

    3. Tobaku Datenroku Kaiji

    4. Tobaku Datenroku Kaiji - Kazuya Hen

    5. Tobaku Datenroku Kaiji - One Poker Hen

    6. Tobaku Datenroku Kaiji - 24oku Dasshutsu Hen
    Updated: 2022-10-31
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  • Tobaku Datenroku Kaiji - One Poker Hen

    Tobaku Datenroku Kaiji - One Poker Hen

    In the aftermath of the disclosure game that won two Mahjong anomalies, the villainy "17 steps" game. Kazuya sets forth a gamble of 1,200,000,000! How will Kaiji survive?!
    Updated: 2020-12-26
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  • Tobaku Datenroku Kaiji

    Tobaku Datenroku Kaiji

    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.
    Updated: 2020-12-26
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