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SIGN Akagi
SIGN Akagi Shigeru
[00:46] ---
Damn it...
[01:01] Sei
Please.
[01:03] Sei
Just let me win, just for tonight.
[01:08] Sei
Please!
[01:10] Voice
You won't win.
[01:17] Voice
That rock isn't going to make you win.
[01:21] Voice
Hold it, kid.
[01:25] Voice
You look like you're in a pretty tight spot.
[01:29] Voice
So you thought you'd come pray to the legend.
[01:36] Voice
Talk about gutless.
[01:47] Voice
Who decided that these things would
be good luck charms for gamblers?
[01:56] Sei
I just thought I'd try it.
[02:03] Sei
Yeah, they call him the
legendary Mahjong player.
[02:07] Sei
But it's just a story that
became larger than life.
[02:14] Old
How much do you need?
[02:21] Old
You're stuck because you're in
serious gambling debt, right?
[02:26] Old
Have you been losing all your life?
[02:29] Old
How much are you in the hole?
[02:35] Sei
Three million yen.
[02:38] Old
That's it?
[02:41] Sei
For me, that's a lot.
[02:43] Sei
If I can't repay it, I might as well hang myself!
[02:48] Sei
I absolutely can't lose tonight.
[03:03] Old
Hey, why don't we play
evens or odds with these dice?
[03:10] Sei
Huh?
[03:12] Old
If you win, I'll make all
of your debt go away.
[03:19] Sei
You got three million yen, gramps?
[03:24] ---
Well, now...
[03:26] Old
Selling this here will get me around that.
[03:34] Old
But it wouldn't be fair unless
you bet something, too.
[03:40] Sei
Huh?
[03:42] Old
Let's see...
[03:47] Old
Why don't you bet that arm of yours?
[03:53] Sei
My arm?
[04:00] Old
What do you say?
[04:02] Old
It's a good deal.
[04:07] Sei
You're insane.
[04:08] Old
Huh?
[04:10] Sei
What do you even stand to gain by this?
[04:14] Old
Nothing at all.
[04:17] Old
It is absurd.
[04:19] Old
It is illogical.
[04:21] Old
Isn't that the essence of gambling?
[04:36] Old
Let's go.
[04:38] Old
Evens or odds?
[04:40] Old
Bet on whichever one you believe in!
[04:59] Sei
I'm sorry! I'm sorry!
[05:07] Old
For crying out loud...
[05:09] Old
How pathetic.
[05:12] Old
No, I guess that's normal.
[05:24] Old
You were the only one.
[05:27] Old
The only one who could believe in yourself
and put your life on the line.
[05:35] Old
Hey, Akagi.
[05:38] Old
That night's battle was out of the ordinary.
[05:44] Old
It was sublime.
[05:47] Old
No, that word doesn't do it justice.
[05:55] Old
It was madness.
[06:12] Old
I never would have thought
you'd meet that end.
SIGN Showa Year 40
(1965)
SIGN Inada Group's Second in Command
Ougi Takeshi
[06:50] Guy
You're late. Where the hell have you been?
[06:53] Yasu
Getting this from someone
I know who works at a hospital.
[06:56] Yasu
He's saying he won't even have a cup
of tea poured by the other side.
SIGN Dirty Cop
Yasuoka
[07:08] Guy
I see.
[07:09] Guy
They wouldn't even think twice to
poison him if they got cornered.
[07:15] Yasu
At any rate, tonight's game is big.
[07:21] Guy
What's the matter?
[07:23] Aka
Oh...
[07:28] Aka
I smell something.
[07:33] Aka
Something that smells like me.
SIGN Washizu
[07:48] Was
How fun...
[07:53] Was
How truly fun this will be.
SIGN Akagi Shigeru
[08:49] Man
Please wait here.
[09:00] Yasu
So this is the castle of
the king of the underworld.
[09:03] oug
Yes.
[09:05] oug
It feels so otherworldly...
[09:16] oug
His life was a series of victories.
[09:21] oug
The power of money, and of the secrets of many politicians and businessmen...
[09:27] oug
Put those two things together and you
have someone nobody dared to oppose.
[09:32] oug
An absolute force of oppression.
[09:35] oug
That is Washizu Iwao.
[09:40] yasu
A life where he was the only winner, huh?
[09:44] oug
He kept one step ahead of the times
[09:46] oug
and used the weaknesses of others
to control them completely.
[09:51] oug
The dark emperor standing behind
this country's underworld.
[09:55] oug
A real monster.
[09:59] oug
Which is why it takes a
monster to hunt a monster.
[10:15] Guard
Washizu-sama has arrived.
SIGN Washizu Iwao
[10:37] Was
Are you my opponent tonight?
[10:42] Aka
I am.
[10:44] Was
How old are you?
[10:49] Aka
Nineteen.
[10:54] Was
Youth is valuable.
[10:57] Was
That very youth is proportional to
the huge sum I'm putting on the line.
[11:04] Was
Ougi-kun.
[11:05] Oug
Yes.
[11:08] Was
This young man might die here.
[11:14] Was
Is that all right with you?
[11:18] Oug
That is fine.
[11:19] Was
Splendid.
[11:24] Was
Now, then...
[11:27] Was
What is your name?
[11:32] Aka
Akagi.
[11:39] Aka
Akagi Shigeru.
[11:59] Guy
The match between Akagi and Washizu
that would later become legend
[12:08] Guy
in the Mahjong underworld
[12:12] Guy
began here, on this night.
[12:20] Was
Take a seat.
[12:29] Was
Let me explain to you the house rules
of this mansion's Washizu Mahjong.
[12:35] Was
I said "rules," but they do not really
differ from regular Mahjong rules.
[12:41] Was
What differs are the tools.
[12:48] Was
We use these transparent tiles to play.
[12:55] Was
In each suit, three of the
four tiles are transparent,
[13:00] Was
and only one is a regular tile with a black back.
[13:07] Was
Playing with these makes the
gamble more interesting.
[13:22] Was
Has the opponent reached tenpai?
[13:24] Was
What tiles are they waiting for?
[13:27] Was
How many dora do they have?
[13:29] Was
You can see it all for yourself,
[13:31] Was
which makes discarding all the more difficult.
[13:35] Was
What do you think? Pretty interesting, huh?
[13:39] Was
Awareness breeds fear.
[13:44] Was
People tremble only after
they have become aware.
[13:47] Was
And it is watching people become aware
and start to tremble that I find so amusing.
[13:55] Was
You'll see what I'm talking about,
once we start to play.
[13:59] Was
Back to business.
[14:02] Was
Let's talk about the way we do things
when we play with these transparent tiles.
[14:09] Was
There are three rules.
[14:13] Guy
The first is that no wall will be built.
[14:17] Guy
The tiles for the starting hand and
each draw are taken from this hole.
[14:21] Was
It's no fun if you know the
next tile you will draw.
[14:27] Guy
Second, so that the tiles can't
be read with the fingers,
[14:33] Guy
draws are made with a leather glove.
[14:37] Was
Clever, don't you think?
[14:39] Guy
The third rule regards the indicators for dora,
reverse dora, and new dora from kan.
[14:46] Guy
After everybody has their starting hand,
the dealer draws one more tile from the hole
[14:49] Guy
to be the dora indicator for that hand.
[14:53] Guy
The same applies to reverse dora and kan dora.
[14:56] Was
Three rules.
[14:59] Was
Simple, isn't it?
[15:02] Aka
Sure.
[15:05] Yasu
What's inside that hole?
[15:07] Guy
After all the tiles are placed in here,
[15:11] Guy
when someone touches this metal rim,
[15:13] Guy
a machine will automatically shuffle the tiles.
[15:16] Was
There is no way to cheat.
[15:18] Was
If you still have doubt, look for yourself.
[15:29] Was
Akagi-kun, the real matter comes after that.
[15:35] Was
There was a time when I used to play Mahjong
[15:39] Was
for millions of yen with the young
men Ougi-kun introduced me to.
[15:45] Was
For a while, I was quite enthralled,
but it's not enough for me anymore.
[15:53] Was
What I'm trying to say is, it no longer moves me.
[15:59] Was
Which is why, lately,
I've stopped betting money,
[16:04] Was
and started to bet on something more suitable
[16:08] Was
to counterbalance my assets.
[16:10] Was
That is to say...
[16:11] Aka
The player's blood.
[16:18] Aka
You're telling me to bet my blood, right?
[16:20] Was
You're a sharp one.
[16:22] Was
That's right, you will be betting your blood.
[16:28] Was
If you lose, you die.
[16:32] Was
Death generally starts creeping in once the body
[16:37] Was
loses about a third of its blood supply.
[16:42] Was
Usually the blood loss is
fatal before the 50% mark.
[16:49] Was
Based on your body,
you most likely have somewhere
[16:52] Was
between 4 and 4.5 liters
of blood, which means
[16:56] Was
you have about 2,000 CCs of blood to bet.
[17:03] Was
I am putting a price on the amount
of blood you need to live.
[17:12] Was
Twenty million yen!
[17:15] Voice
Twenty million yen at that time is
equivalent to about 200 million yen today.
[17:22] Was
What do you say?
[17:23] Was
That's enough money to live as you
please for the rest of your life.
[17:28] Was
Worth betting your life on, don't you think?
[17:32] ---
So...
[17:34] Was
Now, how do we convert my twenty million yen
[17:41] Was
and your 2,000 CCs into Mahjong points?
[17:45] Was
I'd say that 200,000 points
would be the appropriate amount.
[17:50] Guy
Which is to say, If you lose 200,000 points
during six East-South matches,
[17:55] Guy
you will lose 2,000 CCs of blood and die.
[17:58] Guy
On the other hand,
if you only lose 100,000 points,
[18:00] Guy
you get to keep all of the
money you've earned until then.
[18:05] Was
But pettily taking points between
all four players is uninteresting.
[18:14] Was
Tonight is a true duel between you and me.
[18:20] guy
The 200,000 is the difference between
[18:22] guy
your and Washizu-sama's points.
[18:25] guy
Should Washizu-sama finish
first and you finish last,
[18:28] guy
you could lose over half of the 200,000 points.
[18:32] guy
Like this, for example.
SIGN 1st Place Washizu
SIGN 4th Place Akagi
[18:34] oka
First, say Washizu-sama in first gets
a rank bonus of 20,000 points.
SIGN Rank Bonus
[18:40] oka
Then the 1-3 rank bonus means another 30,000.
SIGN Wager
[18:43] oka
Should he have any points
over 30,000 on hand,
[18:47] oka
let's say 10,000, those get
added, totaling 60,000.
SIGN 1st Place Washizu
SIGN 4th Place Akagi
[18:51] oka
The total is plus 60,000.
[18:54] oka
On the other hand, you in fourth place
would lose 30,000 for the wager.
SIGN Wager
[18:58] oka
If your points on hand are less than
30,000, say a deficit of 20,000,
[19:03] oka
the total is minus 50,000.
[19:05] oka
The net difference between
your points would be 110,000.
SIGN 110,000
[19:09] oka
Were that to happen twice, your
200,000 points would be gone in a flash.
[19:15] was
That's how it is.
[19:26] yas
The payments will be settled after each
East-South match, so six times, right?
[19:30] was
I forgot one important point.
[19:34] was
In this Washizu Mahjong duel,
there's something like a bonus.
[19:40] was
Hey!
[19:42] suz
If there is a direct hit on your opponent,
or if you get a tsumo win,
[19:47] suz
along with the points,
[19:49] suz
the equivalent amount of money or
blood will be transferred, as well.
[19:54] suz
The winner decides what
form of payment it will be.
[19:58] suz
For example, Washizu-sama gets a direct
mangan hit off of you for 8,000 points.
[20:04] suz
Then you'd lose 8,000 points and
[20:09] suz
800,000 yen in cash, or 80 CCs of blood.
[20:16] suz
It's the same with tsumo.
[20:18] suz
Suppose Washizu-sama wins
a mangan with tsumo.
[20:22] suz
If you're the dealer, you'd lose 400,000
yen in cash, or 40 CCs of blood.
[20:28] oug
What happens if Akagi wins?
[20:30] suz
Washizu-sama pays in cash, or returns
blood he's already won off of you.
[20:35] suz
You can decide which you
would like after you win.
[20:40] Oug
You can give him his blood back?
[20:42] yas
But this rule is only valid
between the two of you, right?
[20:46] suz
Of course.
[20:47] suz
No matter how many times you play
into the other two players' hands,
[20:50] suz
no matter how many points you lose,
[20:52] suz
points are the only thing that change hands.
[20:55] was
Well?
[20:56] was
Didn't that illustrate clearly how the duel
between Akagi-kun and myself is set up?
[21:06] was
It's actually quite interesting that
money or blood is transferred
[21:12] was
during the East-South match.
[21:15] was
If you happen to deal into a yakuman hand,
[21:18] was
it's possible that your life could end even
before the East-South match is over.
[21:27] was
Of course, this means you cannot
play with your regular composure.
[21:33] was
You'll start to shiver.
[21:37] was
With each tile, the deepest
core of your being will freeze
[21:43] was
and you'll really start shaking.
[21:49] was
I want to see that so badly that I have already
[22:11] was
killed many young men.
[22:18] aka
He's tired of it.
[22:21] aka
He's tired of living.
[22:25] aka
Standing atop all his successes,
he's desperately alone.
[22:32] aka
His life of constant victories is
no longer enough to satisfy him.
[22:38] aka
No, it's more than that.
The poison of success has made him mad.
[22:47] aka
The mere fact that I am
young is unforgivable.
[22:51] aka
"It cannot be that you will live
longer than me, when I am so great!"
[23:10] was
Bring it in!
[23:18] was
This is the tool that will draw out your blood.
[23:27] was
Each of these bottles holds 100 CCs.
[23:32] was
With twenty of these filled,
you will definitely die.
[23:37] was
You will be living an entire life's worth of
time in the few hours that are to come.
[23:44] was
You'll be stepping onto a path of
carnage from which there is no return.
[23:53] aka
There is one thing I would like changed.
[23:59] was
Changed?
[24:02] aka
It's not enough.
[24:04] aka
That rate won't destroy you.
[24:09] aka
I want the rate to be increased tenfold.
[24:14] was
You're telling me to make my
20 million yen into 200 million yen?
[24:19] aka
Yeah.
[24:22] was
Are you out of your mind?!
[24:23] oug
Akagi, that's a bit...
[24:26] aka
I've got no qualms with the fact that you
valued my punk life at 20 million yen.
[24:30] aka
My problem is that you are diluting
my life's value by equating it to
[24:35] aka
the inflated value of 200,000 points.
[24:37] was
What are you saying?
[24:39] aka
It's simple. Just make the
20 million yen worth 20,000 points.
[24:47] aka
Then you can be destroyed, too.
[24:50] aka
If I should win 50,000 points,
that would net me 500 million yen.
[24:54] aka
Then you're within reach.
Your destruction will be within reach.
[24:59] was
Are you stupid?
[25:02] was
I will not perish. Understand?
[25:07] was
How do you expect to survive
six East-South matches
[25:14] was
with only 20,000 points?
[25:17] was
The ranking bonus alone
is 10,000 and 30,000!
[25:22] was
If I'm ahead of you in a single match,
that alone gives me a rank bonus of 20,000,
[25:27] was
and you'll be dead.
[25:31] was
If you deal into two of my mangan hands,
that's 16,000 points. 1,600 CCs!
[25:38] was
How could you possibly survive
six East-South matches like that?
[25:47] aka
It wouldn't be really impossible.
[25:49] was
What?
[25:51] aka
First off,
[25:53] aka
if you don't set 20 million to correspond
to 20,000 points, it's pointless.
[25:59] aka
I wouldn't be able to achieve
tonight's primary goal,
[26:03] aka
which is killing you.
[26:06] was
What is wrong with him?
[26:09] was
Hey, Ougi, tell this brat
that this is not a game.
[26:17] oug
With all due respect, Washizu-sama,
[26:20] oug
the one who is misunderstanding
the nature of tonight's game is you.
[26:25] was
Misunderstanding?
[26:27] oug
We came here tonight for a genuine battle.
[26:32] oug
And Akagi is the strongest
assassin we could find.
[26:39] was
Ougi. You're serious, too?
[26:46] was
Who do you think I am?
[26:49] was
I could easily crush you.
[26:55] yas
Washizu-san, I don't think you're in
a position to be saying that anymore.
[27:03] yas
As you mentioned earlier,
[27:06] yas
many young men have fallen victim
to Washizu Mahjong and died
[27:12] yas
by having their blood
extracted with this device.
[27:16] yas
I've heard that you used quite a lot of
money to sweep this fact under the rug,
[27:21] yas
on us cops, too.
[27:25] was
You rotten cop.
[27:29] yas
And still, the assets remaining in this
mansion amount to 500 million yen.
[27:34] yas
I heard you've got it in cash in the safe.
[27:39] oug
Please bring the rest of your money out here.
[27:44] oug
The only wager proportional to Akagi's demise
[27:46] oug
is your own demise, Washizu-sama.
[27:50] oug
Please accept!
[27:58] was
Ougi,
[28:01] was
and what about you?
[28:04] was
I'm betting my entire fortune;
[28:07] was
this kid is betting enough blood to die,
[28:12] was
but you've got nothing to lose.
[28:15] was
I can't allow you to oversee this game
[28:19] was
if you're nothing but empty words.
[28:21] was
Your arm! Your arm!
[28:26] was
The moment the kid dies,
you lose one of your arms.
[28:32] was
You wager your arm.
[28:36] oug
I accept.
[28:38] ---
Ougi!
[28:39] was
Okamoto, get the money.
[28:43] oka
Washizu-sama, please remain calm.
[28:46] oka
Even for you, losing your
entire fortune would—
[28:49] was
I won't lose it!
[28:53] was
He only has 20,000 points
for six East-South matches.
[28:59] was
I need outrank him in only
one, and it's all over.
[29:04] was
There's not even the slightest
chance of me losing! Am I wrong?
[29:13] oka
It is as you say.
It's unthinkable that you would lose.
[29:18] oka
However...
[29:19] was
However?!
[29:21] oka
Even with that conviction,
I believe you need insurance.
[29:25] oka
What if you were to reduce the game
from six East-South matches to two?
[29:31] oka
Then there's no real chance that all
of the 500 million yen could be taken.
[29:36] was
If it's just two East-South matches,
he could survive it, too.
[29:42] oka
To prevent that, we could have a
rule where you alone can choose
[29:49] oka
to continue or stop the game
every two East-South matches.
[29:54] suz
That's right.
[29:56] suz
If at the end of two East-South matches,
[29:58] suz
you need only a tiny push to
kill him, you can keep going.
[30:02] suz
But if the game is not in your favor
and it is looking dangerous,
[30:05] suz
you can stop there.
[30:08] oka
A battle of this magnitude requires
this bare minimum of insurance.
[30:15] suz
Isn't this how you have built
up your entire bulletproof life?
[30:21] suz
Besides,
[30:23] suz
it was they who made the ridiculous
suggestion to raise the wager tenfold.
[30:27] suz
It is only natural for you
to get this privilege.
[30:34] aka
I don't mind.
[30:38] aka
Having that right or not doesn't change anything.
[30:43] aka
It's a pointless rule.
[30:49] aka
If anything, Washizu is digging his
own grave with this privilege.
[30:58] aka
It's a foolish condition that kills
his chance of winning.
[31:07] was
Bring the money.
[31:10] man
All right.
[31:10] was
My entire fortune of 500 million yen.
[31:17] was
Bring it here... right now!
SIGN First Game
SIGN East Hand 1
[31:56] aka
Shall we begin?
[32:01] nar
No walls are built in Washizu Mahjong.
[32:04] nar
The dice are only used to
determine who is dealer.
[32:09] nar
Then, each player will take turns
drawing two tiles from a hole,
[32:14] nar
wearing leather gloves to prevent
feeling which tile is grabbed.
[32:32] nar
Once the starting hands are drawn,
[32:33] nar
the dealer will draw one more tile from the hole.
[32:36] nar
This is the dora indicator.
[32:39] nar
After this tile has been set
in its place, it begins.
[32:54] oug
What is the most effective
playing style in a game
[32:57] oug
where everyone can see your tiles?
[33:00] oug
I can't even begin to imagine it.
[33:05] oug
We can't allow Washizu to finish the
East-South match in a higher rank,
[33:09] oug
and we have to be mindful of direct hits
[33:11] oug
or him winning with tsumo, too.
[33:14] oug
Which means we must play
defensively all the way through.
[33:17] oug
Otherwise we'll be snuffed
out in a heartbeat,
[33:21] oug
and your life will be...
[33:27] was
I really am excited to see how he plays.
[33:32] was
He sure talked big. He better play big, too.
[33:42] was
Then again, an ordinary player would
barely survive these conditions
[33:48] was
with 200,000 points, let alone 20,000.
[33:52] was
You're the reckless one here.
[33:58] was
Being an ordinary genius will not
suffice to win this battle.
[34:04] was
You need perception that overwhelms all others;
[34:07] was
a divine gift.
[34:10] was
You also need to be insane.
[34:14] was
So do you possess this madness, kid?
[34:31] was
Tenpai, huh?
[34:34] was
This means I'll get to test him early on.
[34:45] was
Riichi.
[34:46] oug
So the first riichi goes to Washizu.
[34:50] oug
But this isn't so terrifying.
His tenpai is plainly visible.
[34:56] oug
Being able to see this much
reduces the possible waits.
[35:00] oug
The 9 of circles, and 2 and 5
of bamboo are all known,
[35:06] oug
so that limits his wait
to three possibilities.
[35:11] oug
A 1 or 4 of characters wait,
[35:19] oug
a 1, 4, or 7 of bamboo wait,
[35:27] oug
or a 3 or 6 of bamboo wait.
[35:34] oug
But considering the 2 and 3
of characters in his discards,
[35:38] oug
I guess it's a 1, 4, or 7 of bamboo wait,
or a 3 or 6 of bamboo wait.
[35:43] oug
I'm pretty sure that's a safe assumption.
[35:49] oug
Akagi's in tenpai, too.
[35:52] oug
If he discards the 4 of characters,
he'll be in tenpai with a 4 or 7 of circles wait.
[35:56] oug
Usually you'd want to declare riichi with that,
[35:59] oug
but the 4 of characters is one of the few
tiles that Washizu may be waiting on.
[36:03] oug
On the other hand, discarding the 2 and 3
of characters could have been a trap
[36:09] oug
to lure out the 1 and 4 of characters.
[36:12] oug
His only choice is to play it safe.
[36:15] oug
Hey, don't be reckless. You can't take
the chance of dealing into his hand!
[36:32] oug
Yes. That's the ticket.
[36:56] nar
Akagi plays it safe.
[36:58] nar
He discards the 5 and 6 of circles,
keeping the 4 of characters,
[37:03] nar
and is back in tenpai with a
3, 6, or 9 of characters wait.
[37:23] aka
Ron.
[37:26] aka
Pinfu, one dora. 2,000.
[37:29] oug
Yes. That's good.
[37:32] oug
Tighten your defenses and
slip through the cracks to win.
[37:36] oug
This is the best way.
[37:38] was
How boring.
[37:42] was
You won't be able to survive
with that kind of play.
[37:46] was
You're going to die.
[37:49] was
If you had dealt that 4 of characters
in the seventh turn and
[37:53] was
declared riichi with the 4 or 7 of circles wait,
I would've dealt into your hand right away.
[37:58] was
With a mentanpin, ippatsu, and one dora,
SIGN Mentanpin - Combines menzen (closed hand), tanyao (hand comprised of only 2-8), and pinfu (only sequences and a 2 or more sided wait)
[38:02] was
you'd have a mangan.
[38:03] was
A haneman, if you got any reverse dora.
And you let it slip away.
[38:08] was
You let that go in order to get
[38:11] was
a pathetic 2,000 points from your partner.
[38:15] oug
He's wrong. It's just hindsight logic.
[38:18] oug
Don't let him get to you.
He's just trying to taunt you.
[38:21] aka
No, what he's saying is fundamentally true.
[38:25] ougg
Huh?
[38:27] aKa
It's not that simple, though.
[38:32] aKa
Geezer.
[38:35] aKa
You'll realize it soon enough. Bit by bit.
[38:43] nar
Akagi receives 2,000 points from Yasuoka,
[38:47] nar
the 1,000 points from Washizu's riichi,
[38:50] nar
and the equivalent in cash, 1 million yen.
SIGN First Game
SIGN East Hand 2
[39:10] nar
After losing the previous hand,
his opening hand isn't good.
[39:21] nar
His draws are bad, too.
[39:28] nar
Akagi, on the other hand,
in only the fourth turn...
[39:34] oug
One tile from tenpai, huh?
And in such a good shape, too.
[39:37] oug
It's like a quick and nimble hand made
to kick Washizu out of the dealer's spot.
[39:48] oug
It couldn't have been better.
Tenpai! Let him call it!
[40:05] aka
Pon.
[40:08] oug
That's right. In this game,
Yasuoka's points have no meaning.
[40:13] oug
This is a true duel between
Akagi and Washizu alone.
[40:17] oug
That means he can support Akagi.
Come on, deal it!
[40:24] aka
Ron.
[40:27] aka
Red dragon, one dora. 2,000.
[40:30] oug
Yes, consecutive wins. Good work, Akagi.
[40:33] was
You're not worth my time.
[40:37] was
Even if you wanted me
out of the dealer's spot,
[40:41] was
you took a mere 2,000 from that ideal hand?
[40:46] was
A bit longer and you could have been
in tenpai and declared riichi,
[40:50] was
with the guarantee that your friend
would deal the red dragon!
[40:55] was
You're trash!
SIGN First Game
SIGN East Hand 3
[41:12] was
All right, let me teach you
[41:14] was
the strongest weapon of Washizu Mahjong,
[41:18] was
the most effective way of playing it.
[41:22] was
Riichi.
[41:26] oug
This one's rough.
[41:29] oug
With this many black tiles,
narrowing it down is hard.
[41:33] oug
If he's going for a mentanpin,
there are any number of possible waits.
[41:37] oug
Actually, it could be a chiitoitsu, too.
SIGN Chiitoitsu - Special yaku consisting of 7 pairs
[41:45] was
You moron. There's no need to agonize.
[41:48] was
Thinking is a waste of time.
[41:56] was
Ron.
[41:58] was
Riichi, ippatsu, tanyao. The reverse dora is...
[42:05] was
One.
[42:07] was
Mangan.
[42:09] was
Understand now?
[42:10] was
The riichi and the instant
deal of the winning tile is
[42:13] was
one of the most powerful ways
to team up in Washizu Mahjong.
[42:16] was
Even with the cheapest hand,
a riichi ippatsu is worth two han.
[42:21] was
If a reverse dora is added,
it becomes a mangan.
[42:25] was
I'm 100% certain you've got no chance of
winning with that gutless playing style.
[42:30] was
There's nothing left for you but death.
[42:36] oug
Akagi, if that's how he wants to play,
you have no choice but to join him in the ring.
[42:41] oug
It has its dangers, but you have
to play along with this duel.
[42:47] aka
Don't be so hasty.
[42:51] oug
Akagi.
[42:52] was
Even if you're not spurned on
to go totally on the offensive,
[42:56] was
with this mangan,
[42:57] was
I'm 2,000 points ahead.
You have no choice but to attack.
[43:01] was
Because unless you overtake me again,
[43:04] was
there's no way for you to survive.
SIGN First Game
SIGN East Hand 4
[43:40] oug
He's one tile from tenpai...
[43:43] oug
The problem is what comes next.
[43:58] oug
Huh? It looks like he could be in
tenpai, but he's not declaring riichi.
[44:04] oug
No tenpai, then?
[44:07] oug
No, not necessarily.
[44:11] oug
If he wants to do the instant riichi
combination win, it's possible
[44:15] oug
his underling doesn't have
his winning tile yet.
[44:18] oug
That's why he's still waiting.
[44:21] oug
We should think of his hand as
being in tenpai and play evasively.
[44:25] oug
He's in tenpai!
[44:27] oug
If he discards the 7 of bamboo,
his wait is for a 5 or 8 of characters.
[44:33] oug
But...
[44:36] oug
That's the worst! It's too risky!
[44:40] oug
The 7 of bamboo is what he's after!
[44:44] oug
It's near the dora and fits into
Washizu's hand. This must mean...
[44:50] oug
A 5 or 8 of bamboo wait that straddles the 6?
[44:58] oug
The 4 and 7 of bamboo are definitely
the most dangerous tiles.
[45:03] oug
He absolutely can't discard them.
[45:06] oug
He needs to hold on to that 7 of bamboo.
[45:09] oug
Keep it, and play it safe.
[45:11] oug
Discard the 7 and 9 of characters and wait
for something to connect to the 7 of bamboo.
[45:15] oug
That's the best route.
[45:26] oug
Are you crazy?! That's...
[45:54] oug
Why could he deal such a risky tile?
[45:58] oug
Did he somehow know that it was safe?
[46:17] oug
The 5 and the 8 of bamboo passed, too.
[46:20] oug
Does this mean we can assume that
6 of bamboo, the dora, is his head?
[46:29] oug
Then his wait is for
[46:34] oug
the 5 or 8 of circles straddling the 6,
[46:40] oug
or...
[46:44] oug
the 4 or 7 of circles.
[46:48] oug
Those are basically the only options.
[46:57] oug
No way! Why the 5 of circles?!
[47:01] oug
He has to play it safe now.
Discarding it now would be reckless!
[47:06] oug
He has to give up.
[47:32] oug
What is he thinking?!
[47:35] was
I see. I guess you're not completely worthless.
[47:41] was
So you do know how to play a little bit.
[47:57] was
It looks like you discovered
the second discard pile.
[48:01] oug
The second discard pile?
[48:14] oug
What's he talking about? Why did
Akagi think that tile would pass?
[48:20] oug
What's the second discard pile?
[48:30] oug
I get it. Why didn't I notice that sooner?
[48:35] oug
If Washizu wants that riichi with the
immediate win, but isn't declaring riichi yet,
[48:42] oug
there can be only two reasons.
[48:45] oug
Either he's not in tenpai yet, or his
underling can't deal into his hand yet.
[48:52] oug
But I believe Washizu is in tenpai right now.
[48:56] oug
This means his underling
doesn't have his winning tile.
[49:00] oug
Seen another way, all of Washizu's
underling's tiles are safe tiles.
[49:05] oug
It really is a second discard pile.
[49:09] oug
Akagi used this knowledge to discard
the 7 of bamboo and 5 of circles.
[49:16] was
You're a bold one.
[49:21] was
Even if they notice the second discard pile,
[49:24] was
they usually don't get so bold.
[49:27] oug
That's a good point.
[49:29] oug
With Washizu, it's certainly possible
[49:31] oug
that the second discard pile,
with its visible tiles, is actually a trap.
[49:38] oug
But he didn't give that doubt
even a moment's thought.
[49:43] oug
That boldness is who Akagi is.
[49:48] oug
But how can he be so certain of himself?
[49:54] (Flashback) yas
I hope Akagi's really here.
[49:57] (Flashback) oug
I heard there's a kid who keeps
winning and is raking it in.
[50:01] (Flashback) yas
I see.
[50:03] (Flashback) oug
But is he really that great?
[50:06] (Flashback) yas
You'll find out when you meet him.
[50:07] (Flashback) yas
The only one who can face that monster
Washizu is another monster. That's Akagi.
[50:13] (Flashback) guy
Don't screw with us!
[50:14] (Flashback) guy
You wanna die?!
[50:37] (Flashback) yam
You just don't know when to quit, kid.
[50:42] (Flashback) yam
Every single person here says
that the dice rolled 3-6, odd!
[50:51] (Flashback) guys
3-6, odd!
[50:52] (Flashback) guys
3-6, odd!
[50:53] (Flashback) guys
3-6, odd!
[51:02] (Flashback) yam
I'll ask you one more time.
This is your last chance.
[51:10] (Flashback) yam
Is the number of the dice here even or odd?!
[51:36] (Flashback) aka
It's even.
[51:37] (Flashback) yam
You bastard!
[51:39] (Flashback) oug
Wait!
[51:54] (Flashback) oug
4-6, even.
[51:57] (Flashback) yas
Akagi...
[52:00] (Flashback) aka
Nobody can change it.
[52:03] (Flashback) aka
Even if a monster appeared who
can control the entire world,
[52:11] (Flashback) aka
it can't change
[52:15] (Flashback) aka
the fact that you will die,
and the outcome of a gamble.
[52:25] oug
He's someone who trusted
his own judgment to the end,
[52:28] oug
so much that he'd bet his own life on it.
[52:32] oug
A man who'd never twist his
beliefs. That's Akagi Shigeru.
[52:45] oug
Back then, I bet on you.
[52:53] oug
I know you can win this battle.
I believe in you, Akagi!
[53:08] was
Tsumo.
[53:12] was
Tanyao, tsumo, two dora.
[53:13] was
Mangan.
[53:15] was
Even if you give your best, you still die.
[53:19] was
When you're dying, no matter
how much you struggle, you die.
[53:23] was
That is what Mahjong is about.
Isn't that right, Akagi?
[53:30] aka
The same goes for you, too, geezer.
[53:34] aka
The battle has just begun.
[53:37] was
Hey, time for the bonus payment.
[53:46] oug
Akagi...
[54:01] was
Extract the blood.
[54:23] was
How fun...
[54:27] was
How truly fun!
SIGN First Game
SIGN East Hand 4 is over
[54:44] nartxt
East Hand 4 of the first game is over.
SIGN Washizu
SIGN Akagi
[54:48] nartxt
Washizu - 40,000 points.
SIGN points
SIGN Lost cash: 1 Million Yen
[54:51] nartxt
Lost cash: 1 million yen.
[54:54] nartxt
Akagi - 26,000 points.
SIGN points
[54:58] nartxt
Lost blood: 400 CCs.
SIGN Lost blood:
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