Kaiji (manga)

Kaiji (manga)

] In 1998, it was the winner of the Kodansha Manga Award in the General category.
*: A clear-headed man who came up with a strategy of buying up all the rock cards and holding them constant; as the other cards deplete, he and his men then prey on those who have scissors. However, he was surprised to learn that Kaiji discovered the same strategy and purchased all the rocks, so in turn he purchased all the paper cards, effectively making Kaiji's strategy useless. After defeating Andō and Furuhata, Kitami approaches Kaiji and admits he was impressed another contestant figured how to manipulate the game, offering him the honor of being his final opponent. He is outsmarted by Kaiji, then blackmailed into selling all of his paper cards to him.

Part 2 - The Skyscraper of Darkness, "Starside Hotel"

; nihongo|Mitsuzi Ishida|石田光司|Ishida Mitsuzi
* : A debt ridden man who opted to participate on "Espoir" in an effort to clear his debts, but failed. He was saved from death on a whim by Kaiji, but to spare his wife and son from debt he agreed to participate in another gambling tournament, the Human Derby. In the first leg of the race, Ishida accomplished second place, earning a certificate redeemable for 10,000,000¥. During the second part of the race, while overcome by immense fear, Ishida recognized that he was not a man born to be a success in this world, and entrusted his certificate to Kaiji, who he felt had the skill, power and confidence to survive. He urges Kaiji to go forward and not look back, and while Kaiji is concentrating on maintaining his balance, Ishida falls from the steel bridge, covering his mouth so Kaiji would not hear his screams.

; nihongo|Sahara|佐原
* : Kaiji's younger co-worker at a convenience store he found employment at following his survival of "Espoir". Sahara dreams of finding his big break in life, and like Kaiji feels he is getting nowhere with his dead-end job. He begs Endō to permit him to participate in the Human Derby, despite warnings from Kaiji. Sahara's youthful strength and impulsiveness benefit him greatly in the gamble, and he gets a strong lead on the other racers, earning first place in Kaiji's block and receiving a certificate redeemable for 20,000,000¥. In the second leg of the race, Sahara is the first to reach the other side of the second bridge - however, before he can cash his earnings from the Starside Hotel, he falls into a trap set up by Kazutaka Hyōdō and is killed.

; nihongo|Yukio Tonegawa|利根川幸雄|Tonegawa Yukio
*: A powerful business magnate and the third highest ranking executive in the financial firm Love Emperor. He serves as the host and overseer for both the Restricted Rock, Paper, Scissor and Human Derby games while acting as the opponent for the E-Card gamble. A stout man of middle-age, Tonegawa is a staunch realist, believing those who risk their lives in Love Emperor's tournaments to be street trash at the mercy of society and those with superior abilities and initiative. By reputation Tonegawa is a master of human psychology and the art of observation, displaying acts of insight so profound his abilities appear supernatural. He is defeated by Kaiji in E-Card and thrown out of power by Hyōdō Kazutaka; with his downfall a power vacuum appears in Love Emperor's inner circle, leading to chaos among the management. Many of those who are loyal to Tonegawa's faction within the company, notably Kaiji's debtor Endō Yuuji, disappear without a trace. Tonegawa himself is lead away after his defeat and is never seen again.

Gambles

Series 1

; nihongo|Restricted Rock, Paper, Scissors|限定ジャンケン|Gentei Janken: The game featured in the gambling tournament the first night Kaiji spends on Espoir, with an average survival rate of 50%. The rules were outlined after the issuing of war funds, which were done a minimum of 1,000,000¥ and 10,000,000¥. The money was in effect a loan, equaling the debt of the contestant and compounded at 1.5% every ten minutes for the four hour voyage; contestants who hold onto their funds for the length of the trip would have to pay 140% of what they invested, thus putting an incentive to finish games early. Money that exceeded the amount needed to repay the loan to the Espoir hosts would be pocketed by the contestant.

: This gamble is similar to the original game but with a twist - the hand gestures are represented by cards, and contestants are given four cards each with the same gesture for a total of twelve. Contestants are also given three plastic stars as collateral to bet on each round of play - whenever one loses a round, the winner gets a star from the loser. To survive the night, contestants must maintain their three star pendants and lose all of their gesture cards, while earning enough money to repay the interest owed to the Espoir hosts. Cards cannot be destroyed or thrown away, to do so is subject to instant disqualification. Unofficially, however, the star pendants can be traded using the war funds for around five or six million yen each, and they are typically how contestants manage to meet the interest demands of the Espoir hosts. Officially, stars can be exchanged for cash from the hosts for one or two million yen each - this forces those who stay late to sell stars to needy players.

:Due to the simple nature of the game, single matches can be completed within ten seconds, and players can lose in a matter of minutes. Winners are allowed to go upstairs, where any extra star pendants are exchanged for cash and they lounge in a small cafe. In the event of a loss, individuals are taken to a secluded, black room where they are stripped and are forced to wait until the gamble has finished, where they remain on the ship after it has returned to shore and are never seen again. This particular room has a tinted glass pane between it and the main gambling room, allowing for strategic individuals to "tunnel" (cooperative cheating) to scam other players. Cheating itself is not forbidden by the rules, nor is it punished after it has occurred - in order for contestants to be punished for cheating, they must be caught in the act.

; nihongo|Human Derby|人間競馬|Ningen Keiba: The gamble seen during Kaiji's competition at the Starside Hotel, consisting of two parts. In contrast to Restricted Rock, Paper, Scissors, contestants are not briefed on the rules of the Human Derby, and are unaware of the nature of the gamble until they accept participating in it. Contestants are loaded into numbered "coffins" and are elevated several floors up the Starside Hotel to a platform overlooking a concrete courtyard. Contestants are expected to walk across four long, steel beams - the first to arrive on the other side of the beam nets 20,000,000¥, the second place finisher 10,000,000¥. The steel beams become more narrow as the contestants begin to cross them, though touching the beam with hands at any time disqualifies the contestant. The pushing of contestants to get out of the way is not condoned but is in fact encouraged, since the contestants (the "horses") are being bet on by spectators below, who enjoy the struggle to the other side. Contestants who fall from the beams suffer severe injury - depending on how and where they land, their injuries can range from serious to fatal.

:Once the winners of the first leg of the race have been identified, they are given coupons redeemable for their prize with a set time limit. To cash the coupons, the contestants must cross a similar but more dangerous bridge twenty two stories above the ground. Falling from this bridge is instant death. To correct individuals touching the bridge to keep their balance, a mild electric current is run through the steel beams - while not powerful enough to cause serious injury or be fatal, the current is enough to stun contestants, causing them to lose balance and fall from the bridge. At the behest of contestants, the electricity may be disabled, but to do so forced the contestants to forfeit all rights to any prize money. Psychologically, this bridge is much more challenging because of the greater peril involved.

; nihongo|E-Card|Eカード|Ii Ka-do:As the name suggests, it is a card game. Like Restricted Rock, Paper, Scissors it also has psychological strategy to it and it also uses three card types. There are three cards Emperor ("koutei"), Citizen ("shimin"), and Slave ("dorei"). The game is meant to be a simplification of society that Hyōdō Kazutaka refers to right before the game begins. The Emperor has ultimate power to give money (ie. most powerful card). Citizens cannot disobey him because they want money (ie. Citizen loses to Emperor). The Slave has nothing to lose and has no use of money, therefore the slave can defeat the Emperor (ie. The Slave loses to the Citizen card but wins over the Emperor card). The game is played with one side having four Citizen cards and an Emperor card (Emperor side). The other side having four Citizen cards and a Slave card (Slave side). Since it is much harder for the slave side to win (as Slave cards can only defeat Emperor cards) the players of the Slave side get five times more winnings. Each game is played with 12 matches each match having each player set down one card. In the case of Kaiji, since he had no money. He was given the choice of: A device that would extend a spike to his ear based on the wager of the game if he lost (which would destroy one of his ears), or a device that extended a spike to his eye based on the wager if he lost (destroying one of his eyes). Both devices could also be used to monitor the blood pressure, body heat, heart beat and breathing rhythm of anything in contact with the device, allowing Tonegawa to monitor Kaiji and therefore find out when he was about to play his match ending card.

:The minimum wager was 1 millimetre (mm) and the maximum 10 mm; the chosen organ will be destroyed after the spike extends 3 centimetres (cm). Kaiji chooses the left ear and initially set the maximum wager per match, eventually opting for smaller wagers of 1 and 2 mm as he begins to lose. Later on it is revealed that the maximum length the spike could extend was 45 mm, and that the player could choose to bet any amount of mm as long as it didn't exceed that length. Generally, no one would choose to extend the spike past 3 cm, since damage past the eardrum could turn out to be fatal.

; nihongo|Tissue Box Raffle|ティッシュ箱くじ引き|Tissyu Bako Kujibiki:Unlike the other gambles, this gamble is made by Kaiji himself. After completing E-Card he prepares to leave the hotel but then steps on a tissue box and notices that it's sides open, which he finds fascinating. Upon further investigation of the box Kaiji decide to challenge the Chairman to a raffle gamble and rig the tissue box to contain the winning lot on the side of the box (ie. the winning entry of the raffle is pre-placed allowing Kaiji to take it).

Series 2

; nihongo|Underground Chinchiro|地下チンチロリン|Chika Chinchirorin

; nihongo|Pachinko "SWAMP" |パチンコ”沼”|Pachinko Numa

Series 3

; nihongo|Mine Field Mahjong (17 Steps Mahjong)|地雷麻雀(17歩麻雀)|Jirai Majaan

References

External links

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