One day, a young man named Himuro Shousuke shows up out of nowhere, claiming he wants to become a shogi master. When he is told that he must follow the appropriate channels to become a pro shogi player, he produces a recommendation from a highly respected master, Mikami Sankichi. Shousuke claims he trained with Sankichi in Kochi, and now he's ready to skip the early steps of becoming one of the elite. People are understandably skeptical, but Shousuke begins to beat the skilled players they match him up with. Some are unhappy about an outsider coming into their hierarchy at a high level, but will they be able to stop his rise? The future is... more>> full of the internal politics of the shogi world and exciting shogi matches! [tethysdust]

A manga about the Japanese board game of "shogi," similar to chess.

Gekka no Kishi won the Shogakukan Manga Award in 1997. <<less

Follow Ryuu as he plays mahjong with gangsters, crooks, and all sorts of dangerous people.

The Tokyo Metro central computer has been cracked! Out of the chaos of wild passengers and a frantic transport ministry, Cloud's story begins. A child... more>> prodigy who has grown up into a black hat hacker strives to fulfil his impossible dream of making a kingdom on top of the clouds! But how will he do this and what will the government and police even allow him to try? <<less

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Oda Yuuma is an odd young man. He can float off the ground. He can see into the future. He scares the crap out of... more>> some of his classmates and teachers. There is a physicist trying to understand how he does what he does, but Oda-kun has his own agenda, and it involves a possible future he has seen of a girl from his school… <<less