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[00:02] Nar
    The summer of Showa Year 40 (1965)...
[00:16] Nar
    The match between Akagi and Washizu
    that would later become legend
[00:20] Nar
    in the Mahjong underworld.
[00:24] Nar
    Washizu, the king of the underworld,
    bet his entire fortune.
[00:29] (Flashback) was
    Extract the blood.
[00:32] Nar
    Akagi bet his own blood,
    making this a life-or-death battle.
[00:41] Nar
    It was the first blood-draw
    in Washizu's vampire Mahjong.
[00:46] (Flashback) Was
    Death generally starts creeping in once the body
[00:53] (Flashback) Was
    loses about a third of its blood supply.
[00:56] (Flashback) Was
    Usually the blood loss is
    fatal before the 50% mark.
[01:02] Nar
    In Akagi's case, the amount
    of blood was 2,000 cc.
[01:07] (Flashback) Was
    Each of these bottles holds 100 cc.
[01:12] (Flashback) Was
    With twenty of these filled,
    you will definitely die.
[01:17] (Flashback) Was
    How fun...
[01:21] (Flashback) Was
    How truly fun!
[01:57] Yasu
    Want some?
[01:58] Aka
    No thanks.
[01:59] Aka
    Got a cigarette instead?
[02:01] Yasu
    Sure.
[02:05] oug
    There's no way you can hold out.
[02:11] oug
    Hey, Akagi.
[02:13] oug
    You really think you can make it
    through six East-South matches?
[02:16] oug
    You'll be lucky to make it through two!
[02:18] Yasu
    What's more important right now
[02:20] Yasu
    is how he'll overturn the 14,000 point
    gap between him and Washizu.
[02:24] Aka
    He's right, Ougi-san.
[02:28] oug
    True.
[02:32] oug
    But if you're not ranked higher than Washizu
    at the end of this East-South match,
[02:38] oug
    just the ranking bonus of
    20,000 will cost you 2,000 cc.
[02:45] oug
    That's instant death. Everything will be over.
[02:49] Yasu
    Why don't we keep a more positive outlook?
[02:51] Yasu
    If Akagi gets a mangan,
[02:54] Yasu
    he could get back the 400 cc
    he just lost, right then and there.
[02:59] Yasu
    Right, Akagi?
[03:01] Was
    Laughable.
[03:03] Was
    You requested this reckless rate of
    20,000 points being worth 2,000 cc,
[03:07] Was
    and you can't even get through this East round.
[03:11] Was
    Already, your life hangs by a thread.
[03:16] Was
    You do indeed have some talent,
[03:19] Was
    but it amounts to no more than little tricks.
[03:32] (Flashback) Was
    It looks like you discovered
    the second discard pile.
[03:36] Was
    In the darkness of Mahjong lurks a demon king,
[03:39] Was
    and he appreciates my maturity and
    elegance more than childish tricks.
[03:46] Aka
    Old man.
[03:48] Was
    What?
[03:49] Aka
    Tell your demon king that
    what I'm doing right now
[03:54] Aka
    is feeding you hope.
[03:57] Was
    Hope? To me?
[04:01] Aka
    Yeah.
[04:07] Aka
    You'll slowly come to see that.
[04:10] Was
    I wonder how long you'll be
    able to speak so brashly.
[04:25] Aka
    Drop dead, heretic.
[04:29] Aka
    You're someone nobody understands, like me.
[04:33] Aka
    A lost madman.
SIGN    Episode 2
SIGN    Washizu Mahjong
[04:46] Nar
    Washizu Mahjong.
[04:50] Nar
    These are the tiles used.
[04:55] Nar
    Three of the four tiles in each suit are transparent,
    making their faces visible even from the back,
[05:03] Nar
    and only one is a regular tile with a black back.
[05:10] Nar
    No walls are built in Washizu Mahjong.
[05:14] Nar
    Tiles for the starting hand and each draw are
    taken from a hole in the middle of the table,
[05:23] Nar
    wearing a leather glove on the right hand
    to prevent feeling which tile is grabbed.
[05:43] Nar
    Once the starting hands are drawn,
    the dealer draws one more tile from the hole.
[05:47] Nar
    This is the dora indicator.
[05:52] Nar
    The same applies to reverse
    dora and new dora from kan,
[05:55] Nar
    which are drawn from the
    hole when the need arises.
[06:04] Nar
    If Akagi can survive through six East-South
    matches with these rules, his side wins.
[06:10] Nar
    Should he die before then,
[06:14] Nar
    he will lose all that he had
    amassed up to that point,
[06:18] Nar
    and victory will go to Washizu's side.
SIGN    1000 points = 1 million
[06:22] Nar
    The rate is set at 1,000 points
    being worth 1 million yen,
[06:25] Nar
    or 100 cc of blood.
SIGN    1,000 points = 100 cc of blood
[06:29] Nar
    It's a one-on-one match
    between Akagi and Washizu.
[06:32] Nar
    At the end of each East-South match,
    points are tallied up, including rank bonuses.
[06:38] Nar
    Additionally, bonus payments
    are due every time a direct hit
[06:43] Nar
    or a tsumo win causes points to trade
    hands between Akagi and Washizu.
[06:49] Nar
    These payments are made
    immediately, in cash or blood.
[06:57] Nar
    This is the essence of Washizu Mahjong.
SIGN    Washizu Mahjong
SIGN    First Game
SIGN    South Hand 1
[07:21] oug
    He's 14,000 points behind Washizu.
[07:25] oug
    Akagi may talk big, but that's the reality.
[07:31] oug
    He may do some fancy footwork and
    avoid playing into his opponent's hand,
[07:35] oug
    but he can't stop him from
    drawing a winning tile.
[07:38] oug
    That's Mahjong.
[07:40] oug
    Akagi, how are you going to play?
[07:45] Was
    What is this hand?
[07:51] Was
    I've drawn this already?
[07:58] Was
    If I discard the 5 of characters, I'll be
    in tenpai with a 2, 5 of circles wait.
[08:07] Was
    If I win this one, I'll have a
    mentanpin, sanshoku, with one dora.
SIGN    Sanshoku - Same sequence (triplets) of all 3 suits.
[08:15] Was
    And he can play into my hand.
[08:18] Was
    If I declare riichi, I'll have a
    guaranteed ippatsu, and a haneman.
SIGN    Ippatsu - Winning in the turn after declaring riichi.
[08:22] Was
    If I get even one reverse
    dora, it'll be a baiman.
SIGN    Baiman - Double mangan, worth 16,000 points (24,000 for the dealer).
[08:29] Was
    This is pointless.
[08:31] Was
    This win will end it all.
[08:34] Was
    The current gap of 14,000 points
    between Akagi and me
[08:38] Was
    will widen to 26,000, or even 30,000 points.
[08:44] Was
    Reversing the situation will be impossible.
[08:46] Was
    His death will be certain.
[08:50] Was
    I guess that's street kid Mahjong for you.
[09:00] Was
    Riichi.
[09:01] Aka
    Nope.
[09:03] Aka
    Tanyao, one dora. 2,600.
[09:08] Was
    A single wait for the 5 of characters?
[09:12] Was
    Boy...
[09:14] Was
    He took the 5 of characters
    that would naturally come out
[09:19] Was
    if I were to go for a sanshoku.
[09:22] Was
    The evidence was in the 6 of circles
    he discarded just before.
[09:27] Was
    Had he kept the 6 of circles in his hand,
[09:29] Was
    his tenpai would have looked like this.
[09:32] Was
    He would've had a 1, 4, 7, 6 of circles wait.
[09:36] Was
    Yet he threw away that four-way wait
[09:39] Was
    for this single 5 of characters wait.
[09:45] Was
    Pretty good.
[09:48] Was
    Any other kind of play would be boring.
[09:51] Was
    That's the least amount of
    talent you need to have.
[09:56] Was
    Fight back.
[09:59] ---
    With everything you've got!
[10:01] Was
    That very last shred of resistance when
    I've got you backed into the corner,
[10:07] Was
    for me, is the ultimate pleasure.
[10:13] oug
    Akagi, you can get 260 cc of your blood back.
[10:16] Aka
    No.
[10:17] Aka
    Give me the money.
[10:20] Aka
    It's fine. I want the money.
[10:23] Was
    Akagi.
[10:27] Was
    Don't come crying to me later.
SIGN    First Game
SIGN    South Hand 2
[10:57] Yasu
    Even though he got a win in,
[10:59] Yasu
    if he finishes behind Washizu,
[11:01] Yasu
    he'll lose over 2,000 cc of blood
    when this East-South match ends.
[11:06] Yasu
    That means instant death.
[11:09] Yasu
    The fact that he's in an overwhelmingly
    dangerous situation hasn't changed.
[11:13] Yasu
    And yet...
[11:15] Aka
    Pon.
[11:17] Yasu
    How can he be so calm?
[11:22] Yasu
    He needs to get Washizu out of
    the dealer's seat in South Hand 2.
[11:27] Yasu
    I can't imagine that he wouldn't know
    how crucial that will be for this match.
[11:32] Yasu
    So why isn't he being more greedy?
[11:36] Yasu
    Why?
[11:53] Yasu
    He's got two dora as his pair.
[11:57] Yasu
    One away from tenpai.
[12:07] Yasu
    But it looks like Washizu's got a fast hand, too.
[12:12] Yasu
    Akagi? Or Washizu?
[12:15] Yasu
    Who will be in tenpai first?
[12:26] Yasu
    All right!
[12:27] Yasu
    He's in tenpai with a 5, 8 of circles wait!
[12:33] Yasu
    Looking at it from Washizu's perspective,
[12:38] Yasu
    it's almost certain that Akagi's waits
[12:40] Yasu
    are for the 5, 8 of circles,
    or 2, 5 of bamboo.
[12:42] Yasu
    None of his opponents will
    ever deal into his hand.
[12:46] Yasu
    He can only count on his
    own draws or Yasuoka.
[12:51] Yasu
    I guess he doesn't have it.
[12:58] Yasu
    He's got it!
[13:05] Yasu
    There it is!
[13:06] Yasu
    He's playing right into his hand!
[13:13] Yasu
    Why doesn't he take it?
[13:15] Yasu
    Akagi?!
[13:16] Yasu
    What's wrong?
[13:18] Nar
    At this time, Ougi can't see the
    trap that is built into Akagi's hand.
[13:24] Nar
    The curse that Akagi's tiles cast
    on Washizu, binding him in place.
[13:30] Nar
    From Washizu's perspective,
    Akagi's wait can be
[13:33] Nar
    either a 5, 8 of circles,
    or 2, 5 of bamboo.
[13:35] Nar
    Since one of those, the 8 of circles, passed,
    only the 2 and 5 of bamboo remain.
[13:42] Nar
    It's only natural that he would think that.
[13:46] Nar
    That, however, is Akagi's trap.
[13:52] oug
    I see.
[13:54] oug
    Washizu sees a 3 and 4 of bamboo,
    but those are an illusion.
[14:00] oug
    It's a trap to make him think
    the wait is for 2 or 5 of bamboo.
[14:05] Nar
    Washizu is in tenpai,
    but he is bound by this illusion.
[14:13] Nar
    If he can discard either the 2 or 5 of bamboo,
[14:15] Nar
    his underling can deal
    into his hand right away.
[14:19] Nar
    But these two are exactly the
    vital tiles he cannot discard.
[14:36] oug
    In the end, he has no choice
    but to play it safe.
[14:39] oug
    The most definitive shackles that
    only these clear tiles can create.
[14:43] oug
    I guess Akagi still has
    enough time to spare to
[14:47] oug
    not have to win off Yasuoka right away.
[15:01] Aka
    Tsumo.
[15:03] Aka
    Red dragon, west wind, two dora.
[15:05] Aka
    Mangan.
[15:08] Was
    You let his 8 of circles pass
    so you could draw it yourself?
[15:16] Was
    You little bastard.
[15:19] oug
    I get it.
[15:22] oug
    If he had taken Yasuoka's tile,
    he couldn't have caught up to Washizu.
[15:26] oug
    But if he draws it himself,
[15:28] oug
    the 4,000 coming from Washizu
    are enough to cause an upset.
[15:31] oug
    He's on top now, with a lead of 3,200 points.
[15:35] oug
    All right.
[15:36] oug
    Now you're back in the lead.
[15:38] oug
    Akagi, let's get 400 cc of blood back into—
[15:40] Aka
    Give me the money.
[15:58] oug
    Akagi, if you can survive two more hands,
    you'll overcome this East-South match.
[16:04] oug
    Then it'll be a new start.
[16:07] oug
    You've just got to do this six more times.
[16:10] oug
    I know you can do it.
SIGN    First Game
SIGN    South Hand 3
[16:46] Was
    Honestly...
[16:48] Was
    Such a reckless brat.
[16:52] Was
    And yet, he's not just a common idiot
    who rushes blindly to his own death.
[17:00] Was
    This man is able to throw
    away his own advantage.
[17:06] Was
    An ordinary daredevil isn't
    capable of doing that.
[17:10] Was
    They might be able to ignore
    disadvantages and rush in blindly,
[17:15] Was
    but they can't throw away tangible
    advantages once they have them.
[17:20] Was
    Advantages are just that tempting.
[17:25] Was
    He could've had a guaranteed mangan
    had he taken his friend's discard,
[17:31] Was
    but he threw it away to bet on a tsumo.
[17:36] (Flashback) Aka
    Tsumo.
[17:38] (Flashback) Aka
    Red dragon, west wind, two dora.
[17:40] (Flashback) Aka
    Mangan.
[17:42] Was
    That is not something an ordinary
    person would be capable of.
[17:47] Was
    And he did it so effortlessly.
[17:51] Was
    He's made from a different kind of stuff
    than the punks I've killed before now.
[18:04] Was
    But sometimes, even talent is meaningless.
[18:10] Was
    That's the essence of Mahjong.
[18:38] Was
    Tenpai.
[18:40] Was
    A single wait for the 1 of circles.
[18:42] Was
    This is interesting.
[18:45] Was
    I could take this to a multi-sided wait,
[18:49] Was
    but until then, I'll just wait on the 1 of circles.
[19:01] Was
    It looks like his 1 of circles might come out.
[19:04] Was
    If he goes into tenpai, he'll discard it.
[19:09] Was
    This! This is what makes
    Mahjong so intoxicating!
[19:18] oug
    If he discards the 1 of circles,
    he'll be in tenpai,
[19:21] oug
    with a wait for the 1, 4, 7 of bamboo.
[19:25] oug
    What will you do?
[19:27] oug
    If you can make the 1 of circles pass,
[19:29] oug
    Yasuoka can play into your hand
    and you can secure your lead.
[19:33] oug
    But it's entirely possible that
    Washizu is waiting for that very tile.
[19:41] oug
    Of course, he could also have
    the 1 of circles as his pair,
[19:48] oug
    and have a closed wait for the 4 of circles,
[19:54] oug
    or a wait for the 3, 6 of circles.
[19:57] oug
    Alternatively, he could
    also not be in tenpai yet.
[20:02] oug
    What are you going to do, Akagi?
[20:07] oug
    He's playing it safe.
[20:09] Was
    That's right.
[20:11] Was
    That's the kind of man you are.
[20:14] Was
    I need you to be able to see
    through this sort of ruse.
[20:26] Was
    But remember, even if you see what's going on,
[20:31] Was
    still losing is what Mahjong is all about.
[20:44] Was
    Look at that!
[20:45] Was
    I drew the best possible tile.
[20:53] Was
    Riichi!
[21:06] oug
    He has a five-way wait on the
    2, 5, 8 or the 3, 6 of circles.
[21:10] oug
    But as for Akagi...
[21:14] oug
    He had to break up his hand to
    avoid discarding the 1 of circles,
[21:18] oug
    and is one tile from tenpai.
[21:24] Was
    You know, boy, our potential is
    in completely different leagues.
[21:30] Was
    By using tricks, you were finally
    able to approach my realm,
[21:34] Was
    but all I need to do is play normally
    to stop you in your tracks.
[21:42] Was
    Tsumo!
[21:45] Was
    Riichi, ippatsu, tsumo, south wind, one dora.
[21:52] Was
    And the reverse dora is...
[21:55] Was
    There is no reverse dora,
    but it's still a mangan.
[22:00] Was
    Looks like I overtook you.
[22:05] Was
    I've got you cornered, Akagi!
[22:10] Oku
    There's also the bonus for the tsumo.
[22:12] Was
    Right, right, right!
[22:15] Was
    Let's draw some blood, let's draw some blood!
[22:22] oug
    Akagi...
SIGN    First Game
SIGN    South Hand 4
[23:05] oug
    One more hand.
[23:08] oug
    If Akagi doesn't win now, he'll lose.
[23:12] oug
    If he loses, there'll be a difference of over
    50,000 points including the rank bonus.
[23:16] oug
    That corresponds to 5,000 CCs of blood.
[23:21] oug
    Instant death.
[23:29] oug
    His life is literally riding on this last hand.
[23:34] oug
    It's not the worst hand ever, but still...
[23:38] oug
    He's got a pair of bonus tiles.
[23:43] oug
    Yasuoka has the east wind and the red dragon.
[23:46] oug
    He could call them any time he wants.
[23:49] oug
    But...
[23:52] (Flashback) Aka
    Pon.
[23:53] (Flashback) Aka
    Pon.
[23:55] (Flashback) Aka
    Tsumo.
[23:58] oug
    He'd only get as far as 2,900 or 3,900 points.
[24:02] oug
    Even with a tsumo, it's not
    enough to take the lead.
[24:06] oug
    So he'll need...
[24:07] (Flashback) Aka
    Chi.
[24:10] (Flashback) Aka
    Tsumo.
[24:13] oug
    A honitsu or...
SIGN    Honitsu - Half flush including one suit and honors.
[24:14] (Flashback) Aka
    Pon.
[24:17] (Flashback) Aka
    Tsumo.
[24:20] oug
    ...a toitoi hand.
SIGN    Toitoi - A hand consisting of all triplets or quads, and a pair.
[24:23] oug
    Or to draw a 4 of bamboo dora
    and use that somehow.
[24:27] oug
    Whichever route he takes,
    if Washizu wins, it's over.
[24:34] oug
    His hand looks good from here.
[24:36] oug
    He's probably two or three tiles from tenpai.
[24:40] oug
    How can this be?
[24:42] oug
    He turned that green dragon
    into a triplet already!
[24:47] oug
    And his underling has 3 of
    characters and 5 of circles,
[24:50] oug
    which might be his winning tiles later.
[24:52] oug
    We don't have much time now.
[24:55] oug
    One extra turn could be fatal.
[24:58] oug
    He could put pressure on Washizu by calling
[25:00] oug
    tiles off Yasuoka and advancing his hand.
[25:02] oug
    Using the opaque tiles, he could
    disguise his tenpai, too.
[25:06] oug
    Akagi, call it!
[25:11] yas
    You're going to wait?
[25:25] oug
    He got another good tile.
[25:26] oug
    One away from tenpai?
[25:28] oug
    We can't wait any longer!
[25:46] oug
    Akagi, you could call three times now.
[25:50] Yasu
    The opportunity has arrived.
[25:52] Yasu
    Ready, Akagi? Here I go!
[25:57] Yasu
    You want me to wait longer?
[25:59] oug
    What the hell are you thinking?
[26:38] oug
    That precious dora is going to be isolated!
[26:45] oug
    That's your discard?
    When every second counts?!
[27:18] oug
    Is he going for a chiitoitsu?
[27:22] oug
    That's right.
[27:23] oug
    A dealer's chiitoitsu with
    two dora is worth 9,600 points.
[27:26] oug
    Even if Yasuoka deals into his hand,
    it would be enough to cause an upset.
[27:30] oug
    Also, from the opponent's
    perspective, Akagi's hand
[27:37] oug
    could actually look like a chiitoitsu tenpai.
[27:42] oug
    If they fall for it, this could
    force Washizu to slow down.
[27:50] Was
    Foolish.
[27:51] Was
    Too foolish.
[27:53] Was
    I guess you're trying to pretend
    you're in tenpai with a chiitoitsu hand,
[27:57] Was
    but that's absolutely impossible.
[28:02] Was
    I know, because each suit
    only has one opaque tile.
[28:07] Was
    You simply cannot make pairs with those tiles.
[28:10] Was
    In order for that to be
    a chiitoitsu tenpai hand,
[28:13] Was
    two of those three opaque tiles need to be
    the 4 of bamboo and the 7 of characters.
[28:20] Was
    But that's already not possible.
[28:24] Was
    I already have the opaque
    dora tile in my hand.
[28:29] Was
    His chiitoitsu is one tile
    away from tenpai, at best.
[28:41] Was
    Actually, it could be even worse.
[28:46] Was
    It's obvious that your luck
    is terrible this last hand.
[28:53] Was
    If your hand was in, say, this configuration...
[29:01] Was
    Then why would you hesitate in this
    last hand, with your life on the line?
[29:11] (Flashback) Aka
    Pon.
[29:13] Was
    You'd take your partner's east wind and win
[29:16] Was
    with the red dragon he's got ready for you.
[29:20] (Flashback) Aka
    East wind, red dragon, one dora.
[29:22] (Flashback) Aka
    With 30 fu as dealer, and 3 han, that's 5,800.
[29:27] Was
    Right now, there's a
    6,800 point gap between us.
[29:31] Was
    It wouldn't be enough to cause an upset,
[29:34] Was
    but if he can stay dealer,
    he could survive to continue the game.
[29:40] Was
    In this desperate situation, it's obvious
    that he wants to make a move.
[29:44] Was
    Since he doesn't do that,
    it means his hand is that bad.
[29:51] Was
    No matter how you look at it,
    I can get my last tile to tenpai faster.
[29:57] Was
    On top of that, I can choose to go for either the
    5 of characters wait or the 3, 6 of circles wait.
[30:03] Was
    My partner will be able to deal
    into my hand either way.
[30:12] Was
    I've won. It's all taken care of.
[30:22] Was
    That means...
[30:32] Was
    He can deal into this 2, 5, 8
    of bamboo wait, as well.
[30:37] Was
    Then I don't need this
    closed 5, 6 of characters wait.
[30:43] Was
    One away from tenpai with a 2, 5, 8 of bamboo
    and a 3, 6 of circles wait is even stronger.
[31:22] Aka
    Pon.
[31:30] Aka
    Pon.
[31:39] Aka
    Pon.
[31:43] Was
    Three calls, so quickly...
[31:47] oug
    So this is it.
[31:49] oug
    Akagi was waiting all this time
    to create this opportunity.
[31:54] oug
    Because he knew he could call on the east wind,
    red dragon, and 1 of characters anytime.
[31:59] oug
    There are two reasons.
[32:02] oug
    First, even if he couldn't
    get into tenpai, he waited
[32:05] oug
    for his hand to fill up with character tiles.
[32:08] oug
    He waited until his hand
    would look like he's in tenpai,
[32:12] oug
    like this, to Washizu.
[32:14] oug
    And the other,
[32:16] oug
    very important reason...
[32:19] oug
    Akagi was waiting to
    discard this 4 of characters.
[32:25] Nar
    That's right.
[32:27] Nar
    Calling east wind, red dragon, and 1 of
    characters before discarding his 4 of characters
[32:33] Nar
    and suggesting a honitsu tenpai hand
[32:35] Nar
    would not have been a great threat to Washizu.
[32:40] Nar
    He could have kept the 4 and 6 of characters
    in his hand and simply waited for the 5.
[32:46] Nar
    However...
[32:53] Nar
    Once he broke up the closed wait
    by discarding the 4 of characters,
[32:57] Nar
    Akagi's three calls completely
    changed the situation.
[33:01] Nar
    Now he couldn't discard the 6 of characters.
[33:06] Nar
    Only now could he actually
    force Washizu to stop.
[33:12] Nar
    Perfect calls.
[33:14] Nar
    He put everything into this bluff.
[33:17] oug
    Now we'll have to see if this
    will actually work on Washizu.
[33:22] Was
    I see.
[33:24] Was
    He was waiting for me to break up
    my closed wait on the character tiles.
[33:29] Was
    Don't think you've got me, though.
[33:34] Was
    There's no doubt that the
    luck's with me this hand.
[33:42] Was
    Tenpai.
[33:46] Was
    If this 6 of characters passes,
[33:49] Was
    I'll be in tenpai, with a 2, 5, 8 of bamboo wait.
[33:53] Was
    He has the 5 of bamboo,
[33:56] Was
    so I could win right away.
[33:59] Was
    With this 6 of characters, I win!
[34:02] Was
    Normally, that configuration means
    that this 6 of characters is his target.
[34:08] Was
    I would never be able to discard it, but now,
[34:11] Was
    the game's flow is on my side.
[34:14] Was
    His tenpai is likely in a closed
    wait for the 8 of characters.
[34:40] Was
    No, no.
[34:42] Was
    This is a bad habit of mine.
[34:44] Was
    I always want to finish them off quickly.
[34:48] Was
    He has a closed wait for the 8 of characters,
    or possibly, he's not in tenpai.
[34:52] Was
    I don't think he will win
    from this 6 of characters,
[34:57] Was
    and yet it's not 100% safe, either.
[35:06] Was
    Which means there's no reason
    to push myself to discard it.
[35:13] Nar
    He's right.
[35:15] Nar
    It doesn't matter if Akagi is waiting for the 8,
[35:21] Nar
    or for the 6, 9 of characters.
[35:24] Nar
    There are very few of
    those tiles left anyway.
[35:29] Nar
    For starters, Suzuki has
    many of them in his hand.
[35:33] Nar
    Washizu has a 6 of characters
    in his own hand,
[35:39] Nar
    and a 9 of characters in the discard pile.
[35:43] Nar
    And Akagi has two 6 of characters in his hand.
[35:48] Nar
    Which means that whether Akagi is waiting
    for an 8, or a 6, 9 of characters,
[35:54] Nar
    there is only one 8 and one 9 left.
[36:00] Nar
    That's it.
[36:04] Was
    There's no way he can draw them himself.
[36:08] Was
    His tenpai is effectively dead.
[36:10] Was
    There's no reason for me to
    risk playing into his hand.
[36:19] Was
    I can still be competitive, even if
    I play it safe here and rebuild.
[36:30] Oug
    He survived.
[36:33] Oug
    Had he discarded the 6 of characters,
    he probably would've been in tenpai.
[36:36] Oug
    Then he could've won by having
    his underling play into his hand.
[36:40] Oug
    All of Akagi's waits are basically dead.
[36:42] Oug
    I guess Akagi's bad luck was actually fortunate.
[36:45] Oug
    Or maybe this can be attributed to the
    reason Washizu's had a life of success.
[36:52] Oug
    He used his ability to calculate and his
    shrewdness to amass the world's riches.
[36:58] Oug
    If Akagi really is in a honitsu tenpai,
[37:00] Oug
    he'll never discard that
    obvious 6 of characters.
[37:03] Oug
    If there's a path to victory without any risk,
[37:07] Oug
    that's definitely the route he'll choose.
[37:10] Oug
    There's no way Washizu would play that now.
[37:21] Was
    So he wasn't in tenpai?
[37:25] Oug
    Good! Looks like luck is starting
    to turn Akagi's way, too.
[37:30] Oug
    I see.
[37:32] Oug
    That was his aim from the start.
[37:34] Oug
    If Washizu and Akagi had both
    simply let their hands
[37:37] Oug
    progress normally, Washizu
    would have won the hand first.
[37:41] Oug
    To win, Akagi had to force Washizu
    to make a compromise somewhere.
[38:07] Was
    What the hell is he doing?
[38:11] Was
    There's no doubt that he's been
    going for a honitsu up until now.
[38:15] Was
    But now that he's thrown away the 7 of
    characters and kept the 3 of circles,
[38:19] Was
    that is no longer possible.
[38:21] Was
    Which means...
[38:23] Was
    a toitoi?
[38:25] Was
    If that opaque tile is a 3 of circles,
[38:29] Was
    he has a toitoi with east winds
    and red dragons, for a mangan.
[38:42] Was
    It's over.
[38:44] Was
    If he's in tenpai,
[38:50] Was
    the other will play into
    his hand and it'll be over.
[38:59] Was
    Of course.
[39:01] Was
    You're not going to get a
    toitoi hand that easily.
[39:18] Was
    Luck is on my side this hand.
[39:30] Was
    That's right.
[39:32] Was
    Did you think you'd get your hands
    on the last 3 of circles that easily?
[39:39] Was
    While you're wasting time,
    I'll be making my comeback.
[39:47] Was
    Yes.
[39:48] Was
    This will work.
[39:49] Was
    Nice and easy.
[39:53] Was
    Now I can have an ideal three-way
    wait on the bamboo tiles.
[39:57] Was
    I'll keep this.
[40:02] Was
    The question is, which ones do I discard?
[40:12] Was
    We're already on the 13th turn.
[40:15] Was
    There aren't many draws left.
[40:18] Was
    Then I should probably make
    it a 5, 8 of characters wait
[40:22] Was
    so Suzuki can deal into my hand right away.
[40:26] Was
    I'd like to get rid of the
    5 and 6 of circles, but...
[40:35] Was
    He's an odd kid.
[40:40] Was
    His game of Mahjong's basically
    on the verge of death,
[40:45] Was
    yet it seems to be closely following mine.
[40:49] Was
    It's positioned in a way that
    restricts my movements again.
[40:54] Was
    It may be that he's working
    toward a toitoi hand
[41:01] Was
    with a 2, 5 of circles wait, like this...
[41:06] Was
    Or with a 1, 4 of circles wait, like this.
[41:13] Was
    But since he already has a
    1 of circles in his discards,
[41:18] Was
    he could have a closed
    wait on the 4 of circles.
[41:23] Was
    At any rate, he could also win with
    just the east winds and red dragons.
[41:29] Was
    For the dealer, a 40 fu,
    2 han hand is worth 3,900.
[41:36] Was
    So even if he wins with a tsumo,
    it wouldn't be enough to take the lead.
[41:41] Was
    He'll just get to stay dealer.
[41:44] Was
    But if I play into his hand,
    it would be a different story.
[41:52] (Flashback) Aka
    Ron.
[41:57] Was
    If I deal into that 3,900 hand,
    it would be enough to put him on top.
[42:03] Was
    Which means discarding this 5 and 6
    of circles would be reckless.
[42:12] Was
    Wait.
[42:15] Was
    That's right!
[42:17] Was
    I can get Suzuki to test it out for me.
[42:22] Was
    I'll have him deal the 5 of circles,
[42:25] Was
    and if it passes, I can discard it, too.
[42:28] Was
    He won't take over the lead
    if Suzuki deals into his hand.
[42:33] Was
    It won't be any skin off my nose.
[42:37] Was
    This is the best way.
[43:10] Was
    It went through.
[43:14] Was
    So that means he's got a closed
    wait for the 4 of circles,
[43:17] Was
    or is possibly not even in tenpai.
[43:20] Was
    Either way, seeing that he
    can't win off my 5 of circles,
[43:25] Was
    it's the end of the road for him.
[43:29] Was
    I won!
[43:30] Was
    Now I'll get the 5 of characters
    from Suzuki and it'll be over!
[43:36] Was
    This brat was no match for me, after all.
[43:40] Was
    There is simply nobody who can defeat me!
[43:45] Aka
    Ron.
[43:56] Aka
    That's a direct hit of 3,900 points.
[43:58] Aka
    I'm back on top.
[44:01] Was
    How could you ignore Suzuki's 5 of circles?
[44:08] oug
    You did it, Akagi!
[44:09] oug
    Now you can get all your blood back.
[44:13] Aka
    The first game is over.
[44:20] Was
    How could you ignore it?
[44:29] Was
    True, he could very well have predicted
    that I'd discard the 5 of circles.
[44:36] Was
    First, I discarded the 6 of circles
    when my hand looked like this,
[44:42] Was
    and then I discarded the 5 of circles.
[44:49] (Flashback) ---
    Ron.
[44:51] Was
    With Washizu Mahjong's clear tiles,
[44:55] Was
    making such predictions isn't that difficult.
[45:00] Was
    So he may have predicted
[45:02] Was
    the sequence of Suzuki discarding
    the 5 of circles after I discarded my 6
[45:06] Was
    as paving the way for me to
    discard the 5 of circles again,
[45:10] Was
    and ignored Suzuki's 5 of circles based on that.
[45:18] Was
    Still...
[45:22] Was
    That's something you could say
    only under normal circumstances.
[45:29] Was
    This is different.
[45:32] Was
    If I had won this hand,
    he would have lost his life!
[45:37] Was
    In those circumstances,
[45:39] Was
    there's no way that he could
    have ignored that 5 of circles!
[45:50] Was
    Do you not want to survive?
[45:57] Aka
    Old man.
[45:59] Was
    What?
[46:01] Aka
    I don't want you forgetting
[46:03] Aka
    my points.
[46:06] Was
    Shit!
[46:10] Nar
    Along with the points,
[46:12] Nar
    Akagi collects 3.9 million yen from
    the direct hit bonus off of Washizu,
[46:17] Nar
    and the first game is over.
[46:20] Nar
    Akagi is in first place with 38,500.
[46:25] Nar
    Washizu is in second place with 37,500.
SIGN    Game 1 Results
SIGN    Akagi
    38,500 points
SIGN    Washizu
    37,500 points
[46:30] nar
    Akagi receives a 20,000 bonus for being
    in first place, and a 30,000 ranking bonus,
SIGN    Akagi
    38,500 points
    Bonus +20,000 points
SIGN    Akagi
    38,500 points
    Bonus +20,000 points
    Ranking Bonus +30,000 points
[46:36] nar
    bringing him to a total of 88,500 points.
SIGN    Akagi
SIGN    points
[46:40] nar
    Washizu only receives the 10,000
    ranking bonus for being in second place,
SIGN    Washizu
    37,500 points
    Ranking Bonus +10,000 points
SIGN    Washizu
SIGN    points
[46:45] nar
    bringing him to 47,500 points.
[46:48] nar
    The difference between
    the two is 41,000 points.
SIGN    points
[46:53] nar
    This is the base for the amount
    of money Akagi can receive.
[46:58] nar
    Were he to exchange it all for
    money, it would be 41 million yen.
SIGN    41 million yen
[47:02] nar
    In addition, the total in bonus payments
[47:05] nar
    Akagi earned in this East-South
    match totals 11.5 million yen.
[47:11] nar
    Meaning Akagi has taken
    52.5 million yen from Washizu
[47:16] nar
    in this first East-South match.
[47:20] nar
    That would be about 500 million yen today.
[47:25] oug
    He could win.
[47:27] oug
    I don't think someone else could do it,
[47:29] oug
    but with Akagi, I'm starting to
    believe it's not impossible.
[47:33] oug
    If we do this five more times,
    we can take all of Washizu's fortune!
[47:38] suz
    This is all of the 35 million yen.
[47:41] oug
    Hang on... If it's based on the
    point difference between the two,
[47:44] oug
    it should be 41 million yen.
[47:46] suz
    We've deducted the six million yen
    to return his 600 cc of blood.
[47:53] oug
    Oh, right. I see.
[47:55] aka
    That's not necessary.
[47:57] oug
    What?
[48:09] aka
    I want all my winnings in cash.
[48:13] Yas
    Akagi!
[48:15] was
    Unbelievable.
[48:18] was
    Boy, are you serious?
[48:22] aka
    Of course.
[48:24] aka
    Come on, get me my cash.
[48:29] oug
    Akagi, come here.
[48:36] oug
    Akagi, calm down. You lost 600 cc
    of blood in that East-South match.
[48:43] aka
    I know.
[48:44] oug
    Then why don't you get it back?
[48:46] oug
    The next East-South match will be hell!
[48:48] yas
    He's right. It doesn't matter how
    much money you have if you're dead.
[48:52] yas
    It's just paper.
[48:55] oug
    Listen! If Washizu wins
    a mangan off you directly,
[49:00] oug
    that's 8,000 points, 800 cc!
[49:03] oug
    That'll be 1,400 cc altogether.
[49:05] oug
    You'll be so dizzy,
[49:06] oug
    you'll be in no condition
    to be playing Mahjong!
[49:10] was
    Boy,
[49:14] was
    don't you dare underestimate me.
[49:17] was
    You'll just die.
[49:22] aka
    That's perfect for me.
[49:29] aka
    Just a little more.
[49:31] aka
    Just a tiny shove, and you can kill me.
[49:36] aka
    That's your hope.
[49:41] aka
    Ougi-san,
[49:45] aka
    we can't destroy this old man's hope.
[49:52] aka
    Even if it burns them,
    people will go to where there's hope.
[49:59] was
    Hope? For me?
[50:04] was
    From you?
[50:07] aka
    Yes,
[50:10] aka
    in order to kill you.
[50:15] was
    Damn you!
SIGN    Washizu
SIGN    Lost cash: 52.5 million yen
SIGN    Akagi
SIGN    Lost blood:
[50:41] nartxt
    Washizu.
[50:42] nartxt
    Lost cash: 52.5 million yen.
[50:45] nartxt
    Akagi.
[50:47] nartxt
    Lost blood: 600 cc.