Katayama Masayuki

Miiko is a girl with a problem. She's passed all the tests and become a Mahjong Pro, but she stinks at Mahjong! She was starting to even hate the game, but then she runs into a man who used to be a Top-Tier Mahjong Pro named Namidame in a parlor and asks him to teach her how to play right! The two strike a connection and Namidame vows to help Miiko work her way up to the top leagues. He gives her a new lesson each chapter, and we as the readers also learn along with Miiko! This "Mahjong for Dummies" series by prestigious Mahjong Mangaka, Katayama Masayuki, is a must-read for anyone who wants to get better at Japanese Mahjong! Let's learn together!

Bakuoka Danjuurou, a man who suddenly appeared in the world of mahjong, is a professional mahjong player who uses a powerful yet incomprehensible method that he calls "Explosive Tile" to break into the world of professional mahjong players. The professionals were initially repulsed by Bakuoka's absurdity according to conventional theory, but his continued unbeaten record soon became a high wall standing in the way. The same is true for Teppeki Tamotsu, who happened to get acquainted with Bakuoka when he was still unknown in the mahjong world, and was attracted by his strength and became a professional. Can the ordinary man, Teppeki, beat the genius, Bakuoka? Teppeki makes steady progress in his attack on the mysterious "Explosive Tile" technique used by Bakuoka, which at first seems impossible...

With a pleasant soundtrack, here comes Mochisugi Dorao! With the way he draws his tiles brilliantly to the samba rhythm without regard to the stray mahjong players who appear one after another, you may even think that mahjong has reached the level of an art form (?!). A storm of gags is about to leave you breathless! Let the battle royal of the century begin! This is the quintessence of mahjong manga!

The story centers on the hero Toyotomi, the heroine Hayami, and the gang of delinquents Oda, Akechi, and Tokugawa, with a variety of guest characters involved and amusing mahjong scenes depicted.