Kaiji before Espoir

Sadness and pain, warmth of heart. Fathers and sons, teachers and students, men and women... People who are touched by warmth, overcome grief and heartbreak, and become adults—This is a collection of bona fide human dramas by Fukumoto Nobuyuki!

Nakane, a young company employee who was haphazardly going about his daily life, or doing his job, found a world that excited his soul! That being social media! The social networking battle for likes is on!

This is the story of what would have happened to Kaiji had he not taken Endou up on his deal to go to the Espoir.

A heartwarming human drama about a high school boy who lives with his sisters at a small guesthouse in Izu called "Harukaze" and interacts with people who visit the guesthouse for various reasons through mahjong and casual conversation.

Katagiri Yuuji is a divorced, single, lazy gambling addict whose only real activity is playing Pachinko. He does it well enough to get by, but his life is more or less empty… until a young girl named Miura Satomi appears, who is a big fan of his. A classic story by Fukumoto about Pachinko, attraction, and the thrill of gambling.

The night before Kaiji's life spirals out of control, he finds a new friend in Bongo, the Kenyan exchange student with amazing eyesight!

Nobuyuki Fukumoto's very first work is about a rowdy, alcoholic high schooler who finds love in a childhood friend. --- - **Winner of the Outstanding New Author Award in the 7th Tetsuya Chiba Awards**

Watanabe Yuuichi, also known as Pen, is a man who loves mahjong with all his heart. His innocent way of life makes everyone around him passionate, and they become his followers. This is a story of how Pen grows as a human being by getting involved with several people, including Yamazaki, a yakuza who notices that he enjoys playing mahjong even if he loses.

The very first work ever published by renowned Gambling Mangaka Fukumoto Nobuyuki, written in 1980 when he was using the pseudonym "Fukumoto Tobi". This is the story of Mr. Adachi, an unconventional homeroom teacher, and his tribulations after meeting his new student teacher, Miss Shirayuri Asuka. (Note: Because nobody knew who he would become at the time, the only available scans on the internet are extremely poor and jaded. We have reconstructed it to the best of our ability, but short of redrawing every single line there is no way to perfectly revitalize it.)

**Links:** - Alternative Official Raw - [Shuppankoho](https://shuppankoho.jp/damage/tokusetsu-3.html) (Click the blue button) - Video version - [YouTube](https://youtu.be/jCYUazxydpc)