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The 22nd issue of
Kodansha's
Weekly Shōnen Magazine will announce on Wednesday that
Nobuyuki Fukumoto's gambling manga
Tobaku Haōden Zero: Gyanki-Hen will end in four chapters. The final chapter will be in the magazine's 26th issue, which ships on May 29.Tobaku Haōden Zero began serialization in 2007, and Kodansha compiled and published eight volumes before the series went on a two and a half year hiatus. The series
returned in 2011 as
Tobaku Haōden Zero: Gyanki-Hen, for which Kodansha has also published eight volumes. The latest volume (pictured at right) shipped in Japan last week. The announcement does not mention if the next four chapters are the end of the entire Tobaku Haōden Zeroseries, or just
Tobaku Haōden Zero: Gyanki-Hen.The story follows a teenager named "Zero" Ukai who enters a trillion-yen (about US$10-billion) competition after saving his friends from a yakuza organization.Fukumoto is best known for his long-running
Kaiji gambling manga, which
inspired two television series
and two live-action films with director Tōya Satō (live-action
Gokusen,
Gatchaman) and main star
Tatsuya Fujiwara(
Death Note's Light,
Battle Royale's Shuya). The website
Joost streamed the first anime series in 2009. The manga has been on hiatus since February of last year, but will
return on Saturday.