Tobaku Haouden Zero: Gyanki-hen
Tobaku Haouden Zero: Gyanki-hen (賭博覇王伝 零 ギャン鬼編, lit. "Gambling Emperor Legend Zero: Gyanki ark"), is a Japanese manga series by Nobuyuki Fukumoto, who is renowned for his works Kaiji and Akagi. Similar to Fukumoto's other works, this story revolves around gambling at high stakes, this time including more competition and rivalry. This is the second part of the Tobaku Houden Zero series, picking up after the 2-year cliffhanger in the first part. It started publishing in the Weekly Shōnen Magazine on July 13, 2011 and finished publishing on May 29, 2013 to yet another cliffhanger. It consists of 10 volumes of 88 chapters.
Plot
Leaving off a couple years after part one, Ukai Zero has teamed up with Suezaki, a yakuza from the part one, and continues to gamble. However, they are only able to gamble for small amounts of money, nowhere near the amount that Zero needs to go up against Zaizen (a multi-trillionaire that held a gambling competition for picking out talented people, including Zero, to be his rep player in part one of the story).
Creating a site to help others in need with his gambling skills, Zero's name begins to spread across the web as the undefeated gambler. From golf, to poker, to a frantic treasure hunt with the stakes of billions of dollars, Zero overcomes numerous difficult yet creative gambles using only his high intellect to support him. Each gamble he wins, and each sum of money he gets brings him a step closer to his goal: to keep a promise to a friend.
Characters
- Ukai Zero
Zero is the main character of the story (hence the title) and is known for his immense talent in gambling. With his intelligence and wit, Zero conquers every gamble, and recognized as an undefeated genius. Despite being able to gamble high stakes without batting an eye, he is very kind, gambling for the sake of others and to retain power in order to better the world.
- Suezaki Sakura
Suezaki is a yakuza that happened to pair up with Zero after seeing his talent in Zaizen's gambling competition in hopes that he can win large sums of money. Tagging along with Zero, he acts as Zero's treasurer and brings Zero gambles to play.
- Zaizen
Zaizen is a rotten old man with loads of money. He held a huge gambling competition to pick out the best people to be his rep player in gambles and was ready throw away anyone's lives for the expense of his money. He holds huge power and lured people in for the big prize of one trillion yen to whoever won the competition to become "king".
References
- "Tobaku Haouden Zero: Gyanki-hen". Retrieved 11 January 2015.
- "Tobaku Haouden Zero: Gyanki-hen". Retrieved 11 January 2015.