Changes: Kaiji Gaiden

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Kaiji Gaiden (カイジ外伝) was a one-shot that was published in Young Magazine (Red BUTA No. 12) in 1997. It is a 22 page special created and written by Nobuyuki Fukumoto himself.

The one-shot plays out as a what-if scenario where Kaiji chooses not to accept Endō's offer to attend the Espoir event and tries to pay off his debt by his own means.

It was later included in the official guidebook.

History

Due to shouldering the debt of his coworker he is forced to seek a means of repaying the loan shark, Endō. Despite Endō offering him a solution, he instead chooses to do it himself. He heads to Macau (China) to earn money through gambling.

While there, he plays a game called Sic bo. Unfortunately for him, he loses and gains an additional debt of ¥3.33 million making his total debt ¥7.18 million. He walks away defeated, ending the one-shot.

Trivia

In the one-shot itself, Fukumoto commented he would never do something like this again.
No new characters are introduced nor any characters are named.
- Even Endō does not make an appearance.

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-'''Kaiji Gaiden''' (カイジ外伝) was a one-shot that was published in Y''oung Magazine (Monthly)'' in 1997. It is a 22 page special created by Fukumoto Nobuyuki himself.
+'''Kaiji Gaiden''' (カイジ外伝) was a one-shot that was published in Y''oung Magazine (Red BUTA No. 12) '' in 1997. It is a 22 page special created and written by Nobuyuki Fukumoto himself.
-In this one-shot, Kaiji chose not to accept [[Yuuji Endou|Endōs]] offer to attend the [[Espoir]] event and try to pay off his debt by his own means.
+The one-shot plays out as a ''what-if'' scenario where [[Kaiji Itou|Kaiji]] chooses not to accept [[Yuuji Endou|Endō's]] offer to attend the [[Espoir]] event and tries to pay off his debt by his own means.
+It was later included in the [[Manga|official guidebook]].
 == History ==
-Due to shouldering the debt his [[Takeshi Furuhata|coworker]] he is forced to seek a means of repaying the loan shark, Endō.
+Due to shouldering the debt of his [[Takeshi Furuhata|coworker]] he is forced to seek a means of repaying the loan shark, Endō. Despite Endō offering him a solution, he instead chooses to do it himself. He heads to '''Macau''' (''China'') to earn money through gambling.
-He heads to '''Macau''' (China) at an attempt to earn money through gambling.
-He chooses to play a game called [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sic_bo Sic bo]. Unfortunately for him, he loses and gains an additional debt of ¥3.33 million making his total debt ¥7.18 million. He walks away, defeated.
+While there, he plays a game called [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sic_bo Sic bo]. Unfortunately for him, he loses and gains an additional debt of ¥3.33 million making his total debt ¥7.18 million. He walks away defeated, ending the one-shot.
 == Trivia ==
-* In the one-shot itself, a comment by Fukumoto stated that he would never do something like this again.
+* In the one-shot itself, Fukumoto commented he would never do something like this again.
+* No new characters are introduced nor any characters are named.
+** Even Endō does not make an appearance.
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