History NightmareFuel / Akagi

''Manga/{{Akagi}}'' is a Mahjong series, [[WellThisIsNotThatTrope but]] [[SliceOfLife this]] [[TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture isn't]] ''Manga/{{Saki}}'', '''[[DarkerAndEdgier this]]''' [[{{Yakuza}} is the world of]] [[NotCheatingUnlessYouGetCaught Underground]] [[PsychologicalThriller Mahjong]] [[CrapsackWorld in post-WWII Japan]] [[AbsurdlyHighStakesGame where losing will lead to]] [[KilledOffForReal an early grave]] [[FateWorseThanDeath or worse]].

''Manga/{{Akagi}}'' is a Mahjong series [[WellThisIsNotThatTrope but]] [[SliceOfLife this]] [[TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture isn't]] ''Manga/{{Saki}}'', '''[[DarkerAndEdgier this]]''' [[{{Yakuza}} is the world of]] [[NotCheatingUnlessYouGetCaught Underground]] [[PsychologicalThriller Mahjong]] [[CrapsackWorld post-WWII]] [[AbsurdlyHighStakesGame where losing will lead to]] [[KilledOffForReal an early grave]] [[FateWorseThanDeath or worse]].

''Manga/{{Akagi}}'' is a Mahjong series but [[DarkerAndEdgier this]] [[TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture isn't]] ''Manga/{{Saki}}'', [[{{Yakuza}} this is the world of]] [[NotCheatingUnlessYouGetCaught Underground Mahjong]] [[CrapsackWorld post-WWII]] [[AbsurdlyHighStakesGame where losing will lead to]] [[KilledOffForReal an early grave]] [[FateWorseThanDeath or worse]].

''Manga/{{Akagi}}'' is a Mahjong series but [[DarkerAndEdgier this isn't]] ''Manga/{{Saki}}'', [[{{Yakuza}} this is the world of]] [[NotCheatingUnlessYouGetCaught Underground Mahjong]] [[CrapsackWorld post-WWII]] [[AbsurdlyHighStakesGame where losing will lead to]] [[KilledOffForReal an early grave]] [[FateWorseThanDeath or worse]].

''Manga/{{Akagi}}'' is a Mahjong series but it isn't ''Manga/{{Saki}}'', [[{{Yakuza}} this is the world of Underground Mahjong]] [[AbsurdlyHighStakesGame where losing will lead to]] [[KilledOffForReal an early grave]] [[FateWorseThanDeath or worse]].

* [[spoiler: Urabe's [[YouHaveFailedMe punishment]]]] after losing to Akagi, he shoulders a debt of [[spoiler: 32 million yen and his [[{{Fingore}} hands broken]].]]

This is a Mahjong anime but this isn't ''Manga/{{Saki}}'', [[{{Yakuza}} this is the world of Underground Mahjong]] where losing will lead to [[KilledOffForReal an early grave]] [[FateWorseThanDeath or worse]].

* In chapter 246, [[spoiler:after Washizu collapses from blood loss, he wakes up in complete darkness with a strange light in the distance. His confusion and [[OhCrap slow realization]] that he has passed on is disturbingly realistic for anyone who fears dying without warning or [[PrimalFear in their sleep]] and suddenly finding themselves in the afterlife.]] The ensuing arc set in [[spoiler:Jigoku/Buddhist Hell]] is pretty damn [[{{Narm}} silly]] though, and [[spoiler:the old man eventually [[MaybeMagicMaybeMundane wakes up or is resurrected, depending on your interpretation]]]].

* The Washizu arc, especially to those squeamish about losing blood. Some will probably find the sheer insanity of it all unnerving as well, not to mention [[spoiler:Washizu's DemonicPossession moment. The sounds he makes gives a [[BrainBleach far worse image]].]]

* In chapter 246, [[spoiler:after Washizu collapses from blood loss, he wakes up in complete darkness with a strange light in the distance. His confusion and [[OhCrap slow realization]] that he has passed on is disturbingly realistic for anyone who fears dying without warning or [[PrimalFear in their sleep]] and suddenly finding themselves in the afterlife.]] The ensuing arc set in [[spoiler:Jigoku/Buddhist Hell]] is pretty damn [[{{Narm}} silly]] though, and [[spoiler:the old man eventually [[MaybeMagicMaybeMundane wakes up or is resurrected, depending on your interpretation]].]]

* The Washizu arc, especially to those squeamish about losing blood. Some will probably find the sheer insanity of it all unnerving as well, not to mention [[spoiler:Washizu's DemonicPossession moment. The sounds he makes gives a [[BrainBleach far worse image]].]]