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.
小學時代，從東京轉學來到阿知賀的原村和，在同學高鴨穩乃和新子憧的邀請下一起參加了阿知賀女子學院開辦的“阿知賀少兒麻將俱樂部”。在那裡，幾個少女在擔當講師的大學生赤土晴繪的教導下，一起過著開心玩麻將的校園生活。然而隨著穩乃等人升入初中，晴繪加入了企業對參賽，新子憧去了另外的中學，就連原村和也在初二的時候轉學，麻將俱樂部的成員們從此各奔東西。時光流逝，升上初三的穩乃某一天在電視上偶然看到了在全國初中麻將大賽上獲勝的原村和。往日的思念重新浮現，讓穩乃再度燃起了與原村和一起玩麻將的熱情。她與老朋友新子憧一起約好要考上阿知賀女子學院的高中部，希望在那裡重新組建麻將同好會，一起打進全國大賽與原村和重逢。
「滾出去！」
住在廣島縣尾道市的女高中生「十返舎梨子」被趕出家門，陷入了困境。「沒有可以和朋友一起玩的地方啦…」後來聽說父親以前經營的雀莊麻將館現在無人居住，決定和朋友河東牌、德富泉一起打造出能夠讓大家聚集玩樂的場所。得到了遊樂場的女生們，時而玩耍，時而做飯，時而喝茶，偶爾也會一起玩麻將…。
這就是她們讓空無一物的日常變得可愛又珍貴的故事。
《鬥牌傳說》根據漫畫家福本伸行連載17年，累計銷售量超過一千萬冊的人氣麻將漫畫改編。講述主人公赤木茂與宿敵鷲巢巖之間的生死之戰。日劇版講述了漫畫版第八卷之後的故事，有“傳說的麻將士”之稱的赤木茂由本鄉奏多飾演，日本黑暗之王鷲巢巖由津川雅彥飾演。主人公在劇中比試的是“鷲巢麻將”，這種麻將比賽有特殊的規矩，要賭上自己的鮮血代替現金。
日劇版中用CG等技術充分展現出比賽的緊迫感。在一個不平靜的雨夜，一個偏僻的麻將館內，推門進來了一個雪色頭發的少年。正在陷入僵局中的南鄉突然發現了希望。之後他故意謊稱這個少年是他的親戚，並以此空擋來緩沖剛剛過於激動的情緒。緊接著南鄉將這個完全沒有接觸過麻將的少年帶入了這個世界。一個血雨腥風的世界。不瘋魔不成活，鷲巢麻將賭上了赤木熱騰的鮮血與鷲巢的巨額身家。傳奇的一夜即將拉開序幕！
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.
