[2][5] In February 2006, Gold ceased its publication and, in March, it was replaced by the short-lived Kindai Mahjong Gamble Com (近代麻雀ギャンブルcom), whose issuance lasted until June 2006.
[6][7] Original had its last issue released in December 2013, and then was reconceptualized as a female character-centered seinen magazine titled Monthly Kissca [ja], starting from January 2014.
[9] Bessatsu's focus is to promote tie-ins with other media, and as such features guest appearances by television personalities like Yoshikazu Ebisu, who wrote a manga in 1994.
[10] Although most Kindai Mahjong readers are male, comedy manga such as Super Zugan, attracted a considerable female readership.
[13] Although there were over ten publications in the genre, the recession and the "depressing image" the game had in that period, as Kindai Mahjong editor Michiyuki Miyaji put it, made most of them to close.