After some 27 years of serialization and 33 collected volumes of high-stakes gambling tension, Nobuyuki Fukumoto's seinen manga about a maverick mahjong master,Akagi, will be coming to an end with the final chapter to be published in February of 2018.

A series of posters announcing the manga's conclusion will be on display at the 15 major stations of the Japan Railways Yamanote Line from February 13 - 19, 2017. Akagi began serialization in 1992 in Takeshobo's Kindai Mahjong magazine, and the series has also been adapted into a 2005 TV anime and a 2015 TV drama, both of which are available via streaming on Crunchyroll.

Crunchyroll descibes Akagi as follows:

"Tokyo, 1958. A man seriously gambles at a mahjong parlor. He's playing against members of the Ryuzaki yakuza clan. If he loses, he must pay his debt through his own life insurance truly a game of life and death. With his own existence at stake, he can only play passively, and the game comes to a head. Suddenly, a mysterious boy appears. His name is Akagi, a thirteen-year-old kid. The man senses a strong aura around the youth and decides to have Akagi substitute for him in the next round."

Source: Mainichi Shimbun via Otakomu

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