Kaiji Swamp Arc Goes Free on Yanmaga Web Until September 13
Yanmaga Web is treating attention on the Swamp arc as a reason to open the chapters free for a week, with the author's permission, rather than leaving them behind the paywall.
Reporting from 1 source: Denfaminicogamer.
Yanmaga Web is offering the Swamp arc of Tobaku Hakairoku Kaiji free until September 13. The free run covers chapters 48 through 134, in which Kaiji, entrusted with a large sum by his comrades, takes on a pachinko machine called the swamp at a casino. The publisher said it arranged the urgent release with author Nobuyuki Fukumoto's permission after the arc drew attention. The manga ran in Weekly Young Magazine from 2000 to 2004.
The Swamp arc sits in the middle of a longer run. Tobaku Hakairoku Kaiji is the direct sequel to Tobaku Mokushiroku Kaiji, serialized in Weekly Young Magazine from 2000 to 2004, and was itself followed by Tobaku Dattenroku Kaiji. In the series, Kaiji wakes up in a forced labor facility run by the Teiai Group and gambles alongside his comrades to pay off his debt and escape. The publisher's announcement suggested reading the free chapters with a can of beer or juice in hand.
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