Titles that are dismal or gloomy in nature qualify for the dark category.
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.
| 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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