Touhai: Ura Rate Mahjong Touhairoku

Ever since moving into his own apartment, quiet high school student Kei has been looking for a new thrill. He soon finds himself playing mahjong, but his whole life takes a dramatic turn when he is forced to play the game with a criminal group. Even though the odds seem against him, Kei is able to outmatch the others. Instead of claiming his reward in cash, however, he decides to take an abducted girl named Amina under his wing.

Due to Kei's skills and cold playstyle, the mysterious Hideharu Seki takes an interest in him, introducing him to mahjong parlors and new potential opponents. But when matched up against an experienced player named Doujima, Kei is severely outskilled and only narrowly escapes going into serious debt. If he wants to protect his new life with Amina, Kei must find a way to outwit these shady characters and come out on top in every game he plays.

[Written by MAL Rewrite]

Kei Main

Tanabe, Kousuke Japanese

Doujima Main

Takeuchi, Shunsuke Japanese

Amina Main

Fairouz Ai Japanese

Ai Supporting

Hikasa, Youko Japanese

Hatakeyama Supporting

Koyasu, Takehito Japanese

Seki, Hideharu Supporting

Seki, Toshihiko Japanese

Katsuragi, Yuu Supporting

Akasaki, Chinatsu Japanese

Takatsu, Noriyuki Supporting

Koyama, Tsuyoshi Japanese

Hatori, Jun Director

Naya, Ryousuke Sound Director

Oishi, Masayoshi Theme Song Performance

Taiyo to Odore, Tsukiyo ni Utae Theme Song Performance

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Nov 27, 2024

Frost_Parrot

Recommended

Preliminary (8/25 eps)

So, this title is slowly getting past half of its season, and i Can only say that plot developement actually goes pretty hard.

Although it's one of these titles that doesn't really explain much about Mahjong itself, making potential watcher pretty confused about outplays, it's whole ultra-pompous vibe does well projecting addiction to gambling and insanity of people being ready to die for another game just for the gist of excitement and adrenaline.

Visuals of this anime are pretty mid, music also... But there are some characters that are very much likeable. Especially Ice Cold K, as a protagonist is pretty well written one, with pretty good ... plot where his good deeds clash with his insane gambling addiction.

The best thing that this title actually does, is being serious. Yakuza is real, mean and brutal. People loosing their whole life savings, going into enormous debts and being brutally punished is seen on episode basis.

To sum up, i can only recommend this anime for mature audience that likes Gambling topic, or obviously Mahjong itself. Beside it's mediocre appearance. Title actually can pull off pretty well executed suspense, action and has this serious gangster vibe with exciting pacing.

Reviewer’s Rating: 7

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Nov 8, 2024

Salvatierra21

Not Recommended

Funny

Preliminary (4/25 eps)

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Touhai: Ura Rate Mahjong Touhai Roku another Mahjong anime without charisma that shows nothing new from the other anime with the same theme it doesn't even surpass them here we will see the story of a high school boy who will be the best player in the underworld it doesn't matter if the opponent is 80 years old playing the game he will always win obviously since he must protect an illegal who will be the anchor of the plot because if he loses without the plot requiring it the girl is caught again by the mafia, you will also see many static plays that ... will only see the play already set up just mentioning his name the points he grabs little arm movement when grabbing the tiles making the viewer who is not familiar with the game at an advanced level miss part of the plot since many of the far-fetched dialogues while the characters in play speak do not explain the plays in detail only when the characters are cheating or the climax of the game arrives also confuse you by the different rules they put in the games so that the chapters are not boring the only way for the different The amounts of points that they will be mentioning in each chapter make some sense to you, whether you know anything about the game or are just waiting to see how the protagonist will overcome his opponent's trap.

I didn't like the OP and ED, it seems like they had no idea what to put. They used the old tactic of the OP being very loud and extravagant and the ED being calm, only showing the main girl of the anime.

Reviewer’s Rating: 5

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