is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Daiki Yamazaki. It was serialized in Kodansha's manga magazine Monthly Afternoon from July 2022 to June 2024, with its chapters collected in five volumes.
Plot Investigative journalist Ran Suzuki carries a strange birthmark of three circles on her abdomen. After her exposé of a corrupt politician's dealings with the yakuza are halted by her publishing company, her colleague Machida suggests she take her story to a journalist he knows, giving her their contact. Later that night, Ran and Machida are ambushed by the yakuza over the exposé. As they are taken to a warehouse to be beaten up, a man with a scarred face and three diamond markings in his eyes interrupts them, where his presence causes them all to die by pure chance—except for Machida, whom he personally kills. However, he fails to kill Ran, also by pure chance. The man asks her if she has seen God before disappearing.
Recovering from her injuries, Ran uses the contact Machida gave her to meet the freelance journalist and occult enthusiast, Kyoichi Azuma. While investigating the incident at the warehouse, Kyoichi shares an image of a diamond-shaped sigil in one of his articles, similar to the scarred man's eyes. The markings are soon revealed to be the symbol of a mysterious cult known as the Salvation Society, where its members are given the same markings on their bodies, possess supernatural abilities, and follow a God that is up against another God; one that is represented by a circular sigil like Ran's birthmark, and who has guided her to safety a number of times.
Ran and Kyoichi are now locked in a supernatural battle against the Salvation Society, where everyday accidents become intentional attempts on their lives.
Publication Written and illustrated by Daiki Yamazaki, Chaos Game was serialized in Kodansha's manga magazine Monthly Afternoon from July 25, 2022, to June 25, 2024. Kodansha collected its 24 chapters in five volumes, released from November 22, 2022, to September 20, 2024.
In September 2024, Kodansha began publishing the series in English on its K Manga digital service.
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