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“High-stakes undercover mahjong manga where death-defying gambles and impossible odds are daily thrills.”
Death Pie
デスパイ
5.55
22,214 rank · 395 readers · 1 favorites
Psychological
Strategy Game
Action
Drama
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Synopsis
High-stakes undercover mahjong manga where death-defying gambles and impossible odds are daily thrills.
Gambling. Mahjong. Death. These are the themes of this fast-paced, undercover-agent-style manga where outrageous life-or-death gambles are made daily occurrences and insurmountable odds are overcome. The most hardcore, action-packed mahjong manga you will ever see. (Source: MU) Included one-shot: Nana-chan Scramble (Nana the Scramble Girl)
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0%
recommend
Score distribution
median 5
mode 4
σ 1.00
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Strong agreement
σ 1.00 · scores cluster tight
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Not enough recommend signal yet
Score over time
↓ 1.00
Running avg · Mar 2013 → Mar 2026
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 6 “For starters, i started reading this with an objective to learn mahjong rules and how it's played without readin description. I've rated this 6 because it ended up being so bad, that it actually...”
- 4 “Im a big fan of Shimamoto's work I think hes probably the closest thing one of the original manga kings(Ishinomori in this case) has to a successor unfortunately this just isnt very good. His eye...”
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A Manga Publication
- Format 9 × 1 ch × vol
- Total read 1h 12m approx
- Published Aug 1989 – Apr 1990
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M19461 catalog