A story which uses incorporates a competitive event as a primary component of the story line, but which is not of a martial-arts or violent nature. While both being cooking based series, Yakitate!! Japan and Chuuka Ichiban are good examples of this genre.
Titles that are dismal or gloomy in nature qualify for the dark category.
| Title | Rating | Synopsis |
|---|---|---|
| G | ||
| Gambling Apocalypse Kaiji | See Kaiji | |
| Gyakkyou Burai Kaiji: Ultimate Survivor | See Kaiji | |
| K | ||
 Kaiji |
Itou Kaiji is a bum who steals car emblems and slashes tires on what seems to be a regular basis. This routine changes one day when he is paid a visit by a man in a trench-coat. Once the two get talking, it seems that the visitor (Calling himself Endou) is a debt collector. The reason for his visit is an unpaid loan which kaiji had previously co-signed for a work-mate (Furuhata Takeshi). The original loan was 30000 yen and once Takeshi had disappeared, the loan then fell on Kaiji. |
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| T | ||
 Tenjho Tenge:The Past Chapter |
Rent | A condensed version of the flashback scenes that make up most of episodes 10-23 of the TV series of the same name. |
| Tenjou Tenge:The Movie | Rent | See Tenjho Tenge:The Past Chapter |
| Tenjou Tenge:The Past Chapter | Rent | See Tenjho Tenge:The Past Chapter |
| TenTen: The Past Chapter | Rent | See Tenjho Tenge:The Past Chapter |
| U | ||
| Ultimate Survivor Kaiji | See Kaiji | |
| カイジ (Japanese) | See Kaiji | |
| 逆境無頼カイジ Ultimate Survivor | See Kaiji | |
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