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The protagonist Hamada Katsuo, is your everyday pervert/loser character. He\'s starting a new semester in school, so he wants to escape from his loser days, the only problem is the new change in look/lifestyle he got is that of a gang member. He beats a strong guy that was bullying a friend of his by mistake and now, because of it he\'s the target for all the gangs in the region, even though he\'s still only a weakling and a pervert. Will Katsuo escape alive…? Find out.
Based on the life of a famous Mahjong Novelist, Asada Tetsuya, this manga chronicles the history of the man who is now known as the \"Mahjong Saint\" in his journey through the world of Mahjong and gambling in general. In the year 1947, the people of Shinjuku are down on their luck. With little money to buy food or necessities, some resort to gambling in order to survive. Traveling Tetsuya chooses to spend his time at Mahjong parlors where he is wiping the floor clean with his adversaries. However, Tetsuya meets the intensely-skilled Boushu-san, this is when he realizes that his skills are still lacking. --- - **Won the Kodansha Manga Award for Shonen in 2000**
In the year 1863, a time fraught with violent social upheaval, samurai of all walks of life flock to Kyoto in the hope of joining the Mibu-Roshi--a band of warriors united around their undying loyalty to the Shogunate system. In time, this group would become one of the greatest (and most famous) movements in Japanese history... the Shinsengumi! In 2003 Kaze Hikaru won the Shogakukan Manga Award for shoujo.
