賭博黙示録カイジ １２

by Nobuyuki Fukumoto

上京後、自堕落な日々を過ごしていた伊藤開司（カイジ）は、ある日金融業者の遠藤により、かつて自分が保証人になっていた借金を押しつけられる。遠藤に誘われるままカイジは負債者に借金一括返済のチャンスを与えるというギャンブル船「エスポワール」に乗り込む。そこで行われるのはカード12枚を使った「限定ジャンケン」。うまく勝てば借金は帳消しだが、負ければ命の保証は無いというものだった……。2009年に雑誌「ヤングマガジン」で連載を開始すると同時に大人気になった福本伸行の代表作。

Genres: Manga

255 pages, Kindle Edition

Published July 25, 2013

About the author

Nobuyuki Fukumoto (福本伸行 Fukumoto Nobuyuki) is a Japanese manga artist well known throughout the Far East for his unique and original gambling ideas, deep psychological analysis of characters and distinct artstyle. Yakuza and gambling are recurring themes in his manga. In English speaking countries, he is known best as the author of Akagi, a mahjong-related manga. In 1998, he won the Kodansha Manga Award for Tobaku Mokushiroku Kaiji. An onomatopoeia "zawa" (ざわ…), meaning an uneasy atmosphere, appears frequently in his comics and is considered Fukumoto's trademark.
In June 2010, he visited Finland as a guest of honor for Desucon.

Reviews

[M. Ashraf · Rating 3 out of 5]

Kaiji
Gambling Apocalypse
Volume #12
Collected Issues: #131 - #144

131 Deadlock (停止, Teishi)
132 Evasion (回避, Kaihi)
133 Extermination (撃滅, Gekimetsu)
134 Cause of Victory (勝因, Shōin)
135 Apology (謝罪, Shazai)
136 Execution (執行, Shikkō)
137 Scorching Heat (灼熱, Shakunetsu)
138 Dejected (憮然, Buzen)
139 Framework (構造, Kōzō)
140 Speaking Out (披瀝, Hireki)
141 Unorthodox (邪道, Jadō)
142 Drawing the Sword (抜剣, Bakken)
143 Direct Petition (強訴, Gōso)
144 Logic (筋道, Sujimichi)

Table turned
Apologizing for real!
One more game
Pushing his luck!