Mahjong Pros is proud to announce that we have expanded into publishing and that the company has licensed the manga Reform with No Wasted Draws - Legend of Koizumi by Hideki Ohwada slated for digital release in Fall 2025 and physical release to follow.
Image: Reform with No Wasted Draws - The Legend of Koizumi Vol 1 Cover
Ohwada launched the original Reform with No Wasted Draws (Mudazumo Naki Kaikaku) manga in the Kindai Mahjong Original magazine, and irregularly serialized it before moving the series to Kindai Mahjong and serializing the series bimonthly. Takeshobo published the manga's 16th and final compiled book volume in October 2015.
Reform with No Wasted Draws is a cult classic political satire manga where modern diplomacy is settled through high-stakes games of mahjong starring a fictionalized Prime Minister Junichirou Koizumi. The 16-volume series pits Koizumi against caricatured world leaders including George W. Bush, Kim Jong-il, Vladimir Putin, Margaret Thatcher, and others. The title itself is a reference to Koizumi's political slogan, Seiiki Naki Kaikaku (Reform without Sanctuary).
The manga has inspired a three-episode video anime series. The first episode began streaming on YouTube and Nico Nico Douga in December 2009. The last two episodes were released on DVD in February 2010.
