This year in major international competition of Chinese cuisine, the presumed winners are assured of victory. Indeed, a major sponsor is behind them. These are the ultra-powerful and ultra-wealthy 13 dragons, mostly linked to the Mafia. About this competition which is of prime importance, they control the judges, and put pressure on some competitors worrisome. However it was not counting on the arrival of a cook who fears no pressure. Known in the culinary world for his pranks and his eccentricity, he was once involved in the murder by poisoning. After disappearing for years in China, where nobody knew what he was doing, Jan is back!

Sanbanchi, a mahjong parlor in Ueno, is an old-timer and has a reputation for its delicious homemade weekly menu. Jan Kurogane, grandson of Mikijiro Kurotetsu, visits Sanbanchi to play mahjong with the owner, Kingo Sanbanchi, an acquaintance of Mikijiro. Kingo promises to let Jan spar against him if he achieves one year without losing a match. Meanwhile Otani, the president of the All Mahjong Road Federation, tries to destroy Sanbanchi by sending in various mahjong assassins. There is no end to the number of opponents he faces, regardless, Jan continues to defend his undefeated record by any means necessary.

Gyoukai Go, who lives in the Kowloon district of Hong Kong, is known as "Reverse Wuxing," as he specializes in cooking dishes based on traditional Chinese medicine, which kills those who eat it. One day when a job comes in for him, he plots to assassinate his target with medicinal cooking! (Source: Kadokawa, translated)

One day, the city is suddenly transformed into a world where zombies roam. In the midst of this situation, the surviving high school girls, in a corner of an abandoned high school, survive their hunger and boredom with what little food they have left and "mahjong tiles"... But the only entertainment they have in this world, mahjong, turns out to be a disaster...! The girls use the game of mahjong to make their choices.

When Jan learns of the existence of the mysterious man who drove his grandfather to suicide, he teams up with his former rivals, Wang, Suguru, and Kanna, to hunt him down. However, Jan is framed and accused of a murder he didn't commit. In order to lure out the mysterious person and prove his innocence, Jan and his friends start a mahjong VR tournament at Japan's largest theme park.

Jan Akiyama, a cocky arrogant teenager wants to fulfill his grandfathers wish of defeating his arch nemesis Mutsuju Gobancho. When he arrives at the Gobancho restaurant he meets his granddaughter Kiriko Gobancho. Their rivalry is easily compared to Jan's and Kiriko's grandfathers, for Jan believes cooking is about competition and Kiriko believes cooking is about heart.

Watanabe Futatsuki is a chef at the student restaurant for a local high school. He specializes in ramen, delicious food made from humble ingredients. Futatsuki believes that two kinds of enjoyment come from cooking food-- the enjoyment of the customer, and the enjoyment of the chef in seeing his customer's happiness. One day, new people take over the high school, with plans of changing it from a third tier school to a top-tier one. Their plan involves drastically altering the nature of instruction and the environment of the school, and it includes the closure of the school restaurant where Futatsuki cooks. In its place, the arrogant Azumi Hinano will open a first-class restaurant, and she wastes no time in seducing the students to her side with delicious high-class food. Futatsuki despises her dismissive attitude toward ramen and her view of the students as slaves to be ruled. Will Futatsuki have the skill and support to be able to take a stand for the continued existence of the old student restaurant?

There exists a horrific newspaper called the Fear Newspaper that foretells of people’s extreme misfortunes. Kagata Mei, male high school student, has been cursed with this evil spirit and has to fight against it on a daily basis. He is forced by the Fear Newspaper to stop the events on the paper from occurring or face the consequences of his life being shortened by 100 days for every article he is unable to prevent. What makes this horrific situation even worse is that no one else but Mei can see the cursed newspaper and so he is left to undertake this task alone.

From [MangaHelpers](https://www.mangaupdates.com/groups.html?id=1011): Sarugutsuwa "Saru" Jyouichi is what they call a "Plant" in the realm of yakuza. These "Plants" are assigned to assimilate themselves in a certain profession, whether a school teacher or banker, and recruit potential candidates into their yakuza clan. Saru has been assigned to become a school teacher and seek students and/or his colleagues that may be of use for his clan. The name of the game is money, and he will use everyone and everything to make money for his clan. [DrCoke]