“23 years post-Akagi, intuitive mahjong rep Ten faces yakuza's legendary player with logical student Hiroyuki as ally.”
Ten: Tenhou-doori no Kaidanji
天 天和通りの快男児
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23 years post-Akagi, intuitive mahjong rep Ten faces yakuza's legendary player with logical student Hiroyuki as ally.
It is 23 years after Akagi Shigeru's deadly battle with Washizu Iwao. Ten Takashi is living his life as a rep mahjong player. A kind person at heart, he also possesses a ingenious talent in mahjong. One day Ten meets Igawa Hiroyuki, a student player who 'plays by logic.' Hiroyuki is overwhelmed at Ten's playing style which involves anything besides logic, and soon becomes one of his close friends. Being the rep player he is, Ten had to play against some Yakuza. The chance of victory seemed to be on Ten's side, then the yakuza decides to call their secret weapon, a legendary rep player called...
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A Manga Publication
- Format 164 × 18 ch × vol
- Total read 21h 52m approx
- Published Aug 1989 – Apr 2002
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M3045 catalog