Xie Lian, the crown prince of Xian Le Kingdom, successfully ascends to Heaven during his third trial in spite of successive demotions. However, he accidentally breaks the Gold Palace of heavenly officials. With no human worshiping him, Xie Lian has to descend to the secular world to exorcise ghosts, which may help him sustain his divinity.
Nangou is a compulsive gambler who has accumulated debt over three million yen. In a last ditch attempt to clear his record, he decides to wager his life on a game of mahjong with the mafia. Unfortunately, as the game progresses, Nangou only moves further from the prize and closer to death.
When all hope seems lost, the game parlor is suddenly intruded upon by Shigeru Akagi, a young boy on the run from the police. Desperate to turn the game around, Nangou hands the game over to Akagi after teaching him a few of the rules. The mafia can only smirk as Akagi sits down to play. However, they soon come to learn that Akagi is a natural born gambler. An imposing figure who does not fear death. One who is destined to become a legend.
La Academia de chicas Achiga en Nara derrota a la escuela Bansei en el torneo regional de Mahjong, consiguiendo avanza a las semifinales nacionales, pero pierden ante el eventual campeón, y el club Mahjong de Achiga se disuelve. Seis años más tarde, la estudiante de escuela primaria Shizuno Takakano se hace amiga de Nodoka Haramora. Las dos entran en la Academia Achiga pero Nodoka es trasladada en el segundo año. Cuando Shizuno ve a Nodoka en el campeonato individual nacional de escuelas intermedias de Mahjong, decide revivir el Achiba Mahjong Club.
El anime está ambientado en la ciudad de Onomichi, en la prefectura de Hiroshima, donde una estudiante de instituto, Nashiko Jippensha, ha sido expulsada de su casa. Sin un lugar donde jugar con sus amigos, se entera de que el salón de mahjong que regentaba su padre está vacío. Arregla el salón de mahjong y lo convierte en un lugar donde ella y sus amigas pueden divertirse, cocinar, tomar el té y, a veces, jugar al mahjong.
Akagi Shigeru is a young, white-haired mahjong genius. One summer in 1965, he ends up facing off against Washizu Iwao, Japan’s King of Darkness who has amassed enormous fortune and power, at the request of his acquaintance, the rogue detective Yasuoka. As the observer, Ogi Takeshi, a leader of the henchmen of Inada-gumi watches over them, mahjong with special rules called Washizu Mahjong begins. It is a life or death struggle with Akagi’s fresh blood and Washizu’s entire fortune at stake.
Ryuu, also known as Crying Dragon, is a mysterious man who often plays mahjong with gang members. He only wins by "ron" - a move in which one needs to wait for the opponent's tile to complete the win.
