- Adaptation Displacement: Non-Japanese fans are more familiar with the anime than the manga, which lasted much, much longer than the former in Japan.
- Arc Fatigue: The story is a bit over 300 chapters, and the Washizu mahjong arc takes roughly 235 chapters. The amount of twists the arc pulls to keep itself going would have even legendary Twist Ending director M. Night Shyamalan weeping. To put it into perspective: The match against Washizu starts around chapter 70. The sixth and final round doesn't start until around chapter 140. This round ends years later around Chapter 300, in 2017. You read that right: over half the manga is merely that final session. And it took TWENTY years real time.
- Awesome Music: The entire soundtrack. This is Hideki Taniuchi after all. Also worth mentioning is the amazing opening Nantokanare, and both the ending themes (Akagi by Maximum the Hormone and Silent This Side by The Animals).
- Faux Symbolism: Crucifixion? Demonic Possession? MOTHERFUCKING RESURRECTION? Remind me, what game are we playing again?
- Memetic Mutation: The phrase "Yagi ni denryu hashiru" (an electric current ran through Yagi) and many variations on it is a full-blown meme on the Japanese Internet.
- More Popular Spin-Off: Akagi is a prequel to one of Fukumoto's earlier manga called Ten, in which Akagi dies at the end.
- Prequel Displacement: Most Akagi fans don't even know about Ten, where the 53 year old Akagi dies at the end.
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