# Season 1
# 1 - The Genius Who Descended Into the Darkness
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**[01:14] nar**
Thirteen years had passed since
the end of the Pacific War.
**[01:19] nar**
Japan had overcome the postwar disarray
**[01:22] ---**
and was about to enter a
period of rapid growth.
***SIGN*** Protect Life
***SIGN*** Nagashima joins the Giants
**[01:27] nar**
But in the underworld beneath
that sheen, where evil spirits lurk,
**[01:33] ---**
a legend was about to be born.
***SIGN*** The world's tallest broadcasting tower
***SIGN*** Episode 1
***SIGN*** The Genius Who Descended
Into the Darkness
**[01:42] nar**
The legend of the man who would
**[01:45] ---**
soon be called man from
the godly realm and
**[01:48] ---**
who would rule the underworld.
**[01:56] tv**
*Typhoon number 21 will...*
**[01:58] nan**
*What I wanted...*
**[02:01] nan**
*was change.*
**[02:04] nan**
* The kind of change that would*
* turn everything around.*
**[02:10] nan**
*To the point of rebirth.*
**[02:18] ryu**
Nangou-san, that's it. Ron.
***SIGN*** Ron - Winning a hand with an opponent's discard.
***SIGN*** Mangan - A hand worth 8,000 points (12,000 for the dealer.)
**[02:21] ryu**
Mangan.
***SIGN*** Nangou
**[02:25] nan**
* My debts from the stock market,*
* my losses from gambling...*
**[02:29] ---**
*Everything I touched, I messed up.*
**[02:31] nan**
*And tonight...*
**[02:34] nan**
* The game of Mahjong I am*
* playing to erase my debt,*
**[02:37] ---**
*I am losing, as well.*
**[02:39] nan**
* When this is over, I'll have*
* to repay a huge debt.*
**[02:44] nan**
* The life insurance I signed*
* up for last month...*
**[02:47] ---**
*the beneficiary is the mistress
of this man, Ryuuzaki.*
***SIGN*** Ryuuzaki
***SIGN*** - Next Turn -
**[02:54] nan**
*They've cornered me.*
**[02:58] nan**
*I can't deal into his hand any more.*
**[03:02] nan**
*This one should be safe!*
**[03:06] ryu**
Ron!
**[03:21] nan**
*Calm down!*
**[03:24] nan**
*I've got do something. Anything!*
***SIGN*** - South Hand 3 -
**[03:32] nan**
* My starting tiles are so bad,*
* they make me want to cry.*
**[03:37] nan**
* If I finish last in this East-South*
* match, I'm done for.*
**[03:41] nan**
*Please!*
**[03:46] nan**
*Nothing's happening!*
**[03:48] nan**
* Please, someone change this!*
* I don't care who does it.*
**[03:51] nan**
* This stagnant air...*
* Someone, please, mix up the flow!*
**[03:56] nan**
*I don't care who!*
**[03:58] nan**
*Even if it's the devil!*
**[04:09] ryu**
Who's there?
**[04:24] man**
Who the hell are you?!
**[04:27] man**
Find somewhere else to hide from the rain!
**[04:29] man**
This isn't a place for kids!
**[04:31] man**
Go home already.
**[04:33] nan**
Wait! I invited that kid.
**[04:38] nan**
I told him to come check on me if
he didn't hear from me by midnight.
**[04:45] nan**
*Of course, that was a lie.*
**[04:49] nan**
*I didn't know that kid.*
**[04:51] nan**
*All I wanted was a break.*
**[04:56] nan**
*A chance to turn the tide.*
**[04:59] nan**
*Look at them.*
**[05:01] nan**
*They all look deflated.*
**[05:04] nan**
* It's clear that the heat*
* of the game is fading.*
**[05:08] nan**
*The tide could still turn...*
**[05:13] nan**
* I have to somehow pull through and turn*
* it around in the next East-South match.*
**[05:18] nan**
*Hang in there!*
**[05:20] ---**
*Don't give up!*
***SIGN*** - South Hand 4 -
**[05:23] nar**
And on the eighth turn of South Hand 4,
**[05:25] ---**
an opportunity finally arises.
**[05:34] nan**
*This is it!*
**[05:37] nan**
* I can discard the 5 of circles*
* and wait for a 1 or 4.*
**[05:39] nan**
*If I get the best case, 1 of circles,*
***SIGN*** Sanshoku - Same sequence (triplets) of all 3 suits. Chanta - Hand with a terminal (1 or 9) or honor tile in each set. Haneman - 1.5x mangan.
**[05:41] ---**
* the red dragon, sanshoku, and chanta*
* will give me a haneman with one dora.*
**[05:45] nan**
*I could even take over the lead.*
**[05:50] nan**
*The problem is the riichi across from me.*
***SIGN*** Riichi - The player declares he is one tile away from winning and wagers 1,000 points for the chance to further increase his score.
**[05:56] nan**
* I really want to discard the 5 of circles,*
* but it's pretty dangerous.*
**[06:02] nan**
*I can't push my luck here.*
**[06:04] nan**
*It'll end up a cheap, red dragon only hand...*
**[06:06] ---**
*but the 2 of circles is already a safe tile.*
**[06:09] nan**
* If I deal into his hand,*
* everything is over.*
**[06:15] aka**
You'd survive if you only died.
**[06:24] nan**
Do you know how to play Mahjong, kid?
**[06:27] aka**
No, not at all.
**[06:30] aka**
But your spirit had died just now.
**[06:33] aka**
Your back shows you don't
have the strength to win.
**[06:37] aka**
You're just trying to survive.
**[06:40] aka**
That's the final thought pattern of gamblers
**[06:42] ---**
who have been on a losing streak.
**[06:46] aka**
You're just scared.
**[06:59] nan**
*Damn it!*
**[07:00] nan**
*That kid's right.*
**[07:03] nan**
* How could I discard the*
* 2 of circles with this hand?!*
**[07:07] nan**
*I don't know what I was thinking.*
**[07:09] nan**
*I'm gambling right now.*
**[07:12] nan**
*How can I win if I don't take any chances?*
**[07:17] nan**
*If I'm going to die anyway,*
**[07:19] ---**
*I might as well go out hitting hard!*
**[07:26] nan**
*It worked.*
**[07:27] nar**
At that moment,
**[07:29] ---**
the largely ignored player to his
right was actually in tenpai.
***SIGN*** Tenpai - One tile away from winning.
**[07:34] nar**
He was waiting for a green
dragon or a 2 of circles.
**[07:36] nar**
Had Nangou "fled" with the 2 of circles,
he would have dealt into his hand.
**[07:40] nar**
A trick of fate.
**[07:43] nar**
After that, the player to his
right draws a 1 of circles.
**[07:45] nar**
He could have kept it and
dealt the safe 2 of circles,
**[07:50] ---**
but he keeps going, aiming for a san ankou.
***SIGN*** San ankou - Three concealed triplets.
**[07:54] nan**
Ron!
**[07:59] nar**
From that moment,
**[08:01] ---**
the pendulum of the game started
to slowly swing in Nangou's favor.
**[08:08] nan**
*I took the lead.*
**[08:11] nan**
*I survived.*
**[08:27] nan**
Kid, how old are you?
**[08:31] aka**
Thirteen.
**[08:34] nan**
You don't look it.
**[08:36] nan**
What's your name?
**[08:37] aka**
Akagi.
**[08:40] ---**
Akagi Shigeru.
**[08:42] nan**
What exactly did you do?
**[08:44] nan**
You're wandering around
on a stormy night like this,
**[08:47] ---**
waltzing into a Mahjong parlor
you know nothing about.
**[08:50] nan**
The only obvious thing is that
you're not a normal student.
**[08:55] nan**
And that sand on your shirt...
**[08:59] nan**
Been swimming in the
ocean this late at night?
**[09:03] nan**
I know.
**[09:05] ---**
You don't want to talk about it.
**[09:08] nan**
You probably walked the line
**[09:09] ---**
between life and death
before you came here.
**[09:12] nan**
I can sense it because I am
treading that line right now.
**[09:19] nan**
I mean, if I don't win tonight,
I'm gonna be killed.
**[09:24] nan**
Please, will you play the next
East-South match in my place?
**[09:30] nan**
I can feel that you have
what it takes to compete...
**[09:36] ---**
Zeal, luck, and heart.
**[09:39] nan**
You can make it across that line.
**[09:53] nar**
This is the beginning of
the legend Akagi Shigeru,
**[09:57] nar**
who will soon rock the foundation
of the underground Mahjong world.
**[10:02] nar**
His first time playing Mahjong.
**[10:05] nar**
Just five minutes before
the game started,
**[10:09] nar**
he was only taught the most
basic rules of Mahjong.
**[10:12] nar**
He doesn't know any yaku.
***SIGN*** Yaku - Winning hand compositions.
**[10:14] nar**
He was less than a beginner.
**[10:18] nar**
As he plays, Akagi will grasp
Mahjong little by little.
**[10:23] nar**
That a hand in Mahjong
**[10:25] nar**
is made up of four melds of
three tiles, plus one pair.
***SIGN*** Juntsu (Sequence) Koutsu (Triplet)
**[10:29] nar**
That it is a game where players
compete on the speed, composition,
***SIGN*** 1 Han (Pinfu)
***SIGN*** 2 Han (Sanshoku Doujun)
**[10:32] ---**
and points attributed to their hands.
***SIGN*** 3 Han (Hon'iisou)
**[10:34] nar**
That it is usually best to avoid calling
***SIGN*** Menzen
**[10:36] ---**
other players' tiles to build your hand.
***SIGN*** Pon Chi
**[10:39] nar**
That the white, green, and red dragons
***SIGN*** Riichi Wager 1,000 points
**[10:41] ---**
are useful tiles because a triplet
of either of them is worth 1 han.
**[10:46] guy**
Tsumo.
***SIGN*** Tsumo - Declaring a winning hand on your draw.
**[10:47] nar**
That there is a special yaku called
chiitoitsu that consists of seven pairs.
**[10:53] nar**
By the end of the East round,
Akagi has lost 7,200 points.
**[10:58] nar**
He hasn't dealt into anybody's hand,
nor has he won himself.
**[11:01] nar**
Quite an ordinary outcome.
**[11:03] nar**
His talent, that will eventually earn him
**[11:05] ---**
the title of genius, is not yet apparent.
***SIGN*** - South Hand 2 -
**[11:08] nar**
In South Hand 2, something happens.
**[11:11] nan**
*Here it is!*
**[11:14] nan**
*The seed for a daisangen.*
***SIGN*** Daisangen - A yakuman hand with triplets of all 3 dragons (yakuman - 4x mangan)
**[11:15] nan**
*He has the three pairs for it!*
**[11:22] nan**
*He can go for a daisangen with this hand.*
**[11:27] nan**
*If he pulls this off...*
**[11:31] nar**
The first red dragon.
**[11:34] nar**
But Akagi lets it pass.
**[11:37] nar**
Akagi ignores the following
white and green dragons, as well.
**[11:41] nar**
He doesn't make his move.
**[11:43] nar**
He stays quiet.
**[11:46] nar**
Then comes the second...
**[11:51] nan**
*Why?!*
**[11:53] nan**
*Now he can't do any better than a chiitoitsu!*
**[11:56] nan**
*It's over. He needed to call those tiles.*
**[12:00] nan**
* Even if you didn't know*
* what a daisangen was,*
**[12:03] ---**
* having three of each honor tile*
* gives you a beastly hand!*
**[12:07] nan**
*That much should be obvious!*
**[12:11] nan**
* I was crazy to put everything*
* into this kid's hands.*
**[12:15] nan**
* I'll have to play again myself starting*
* from the next East-South match.*
**[12:23] ryu**
Someone's coming up the stairs.
**[12:31] ryu**
Who's coming here so late at night?
**[12:35] guy**
Yes, sir.
**[12:39] guy**
Who is it?
**[12:41] pol**
Excuse me for disturbing you
so late. It's the police.
**[12:45] pol**
There was a bit of an
incident earlier this evening.
**[12:53] pol**
It was a gang rivalry incident.
**[12:56] pol**
I think they call it a game of chicken?
**[12:59] pol**
Two cars head straight for
a cliff at full speed.
**[13:03] pol**
It's a game of reckless disregard for life
**[13:06] ---**
where the person who brakes first loses.
**[13:12] pol**
Well, while they were doing that,
**[13:14] ---**
they didn't brake in time,
**[13:15] ---**
so both cars ended up in the ocean.
**[13:18] pol**
One of the kids was brought to the
hospital with serious injuries,
**[13:21] ---**
but apparently the other one
**[13:23] ---**
swam to shore by himself
and fled the scene.
**[13:26] pol**
We received a report that he
came to this neighborhood.
**[13:31] pol**
That's why we came here
to ask some questions.
**[13:35] ryu**
A chicken game survivor.
**[13:37] ---**
No wonder I thought he was gutsy.
**[13:40] guy**
What should we do?
**[13:42] ryu**
Send them away.
**[13:43] ryu**
Having the cops here will be
inconvenient for us, as well.
**[13:46] guy**
Yes, sir.
**[13:48] aka**
Nangou-san.
**[13:51] aka**
Shall we make a deal?
**[13:53] aka**
The cops came here
because they had a lead,
**[13:57] ---**
so they probably won't leave.
**[13:59] aka**
They'll push their way
in here any minute now.
**[14:02] aka**
When that happens, all I need
is for our stories to match,
**[14:05] ---**
and for you to vouch for
my alibi and identity.
**[14:08] nan**
*This damn kid. He's out of his mind.*
**[14:11] nan**
*Why should I do all that for him?*
**[14:14] nan**
Gimme a break.
**[14:16] nan**
You can't make a deal if you
don't have something to offer!
**[14:22] aka**
But I have something.
***SIGN*** Suu ankou - Four concealed triplets, a double yakuman when waiting for a single tile.
**[14:27] nan**
* Suu ankou, daisangen,*
* waiting for a single west wind!*
**[14:30] nan**
*Impossible!*
**[14:32] nan**
*Just a moment ago, his hand was...*
**[14:36] nan**
*He swapped them!*
**[14:38] nan**
*He took them from the discard pile*
**[14:39] ---**
* while everybody's attention*
* was on the door earlier!*
**[14:42] nan**
*The one who should be most worried*
**[14:44] ---**
*about the police approaching*
**[14:46] ---**
*pulled off something like this...*
**[14:48] nan**
*This kid's got nerves like no other.*
**[14:52] nan**
*He's insane.*
**[14:54] nan**
*I can't believe it.*
**[15:05] nan**
*This brat!*
**[15:06] nan**
* But if he discards the red dragon,*
* my chance of winning is gone.*
**[15:13] nan**
*Oh, all right, kid.*
**[15:18] nan**
*I don't have the luxury of choice right now.*
**[15:21] nan**
*Do what you want.*
**[15:28] yas**
You didn't make this easy on us, did you?
**[15:31] guy**
U-Uh...
**[15:38] yas**
There he is.
**[15:42] yas**
The kid we're looking for, right here.
**[15:45] yas**
Hey, kid.
**[15:46] ---**
You heard what we said, right?
**[15:49] ryu**
*Damn, this is annoying.*
**[15:51] yas**
You're the survivor, aren't you?
**[15:55] nan**
Detective,
**[15:56] ---**
you're mistaking him for someone else.
**[15:58] nan**
He's my older brother's kid.
**[16:01] ---**
I had to take him in for a while.
**[16:03] nan**
He's been here in this Mahjong
parlor since six last night.
**[16:06] nan**
With us. Right, Ryuuzaki-san?
**[16:12] ryu**
Ah, yeah, huh?
**[16:15] nan**
* Ryuuzaki doesn't want the*
* cops snooping around, either.*
**[16:20] nan**
*He'll have no choice but to help us.*
**[16:23] yas**
But we had some eye witnesses.
**[16:27] yas**
And there are footprints on the stairs.
**[16:30] yas**
Soaking wet footprints made
by that kid over there.
**[16:35] aka**
Detective, I made those when my uncle
**[16:39] ---**
sent me to go buy cigarettes.
**[16:41] yas**
In the middle of the night?
**[16:43] aka**
Yeah, I told him I couldn't go at his hour,
**[16:47] aka**
but he wouldn't take no for an answer.
**[16:50] aka**
He was also pretty irritated
because he'd been losing a lot.
**[16:53] ---**
Right?
**[16:54] nan**
Y-Yeah, that's right.
**[16:57] aka**
And, Detective,
**[16:59] ---**
would someone who did
something like that
**[17:02] ---**
be relaxing and playing Mahjong?
**[17:04] aka**
Even if he was, why should
the people here cover for him?
**[17:11] aka**
There's nothing for them
to gain from that.
**[17:14] yas**
I see.
**[17:15] aka**
So, shall we begin?
**[17:19] aka**
Your turn.
**[17:20] guy**
Oh, yeah.
**[17:21] nan**
*He's good.*
**[17:23] ---**
* He made them resume the game while*
* their focus is still on the cops.*
**[17:28] nan**
* He's swiped an enormous amount*
* of tiles from the discard pile.*
**[17:31] nan**
* If you paid even a little bit*
* of attention, you'd notice.*
**[17:36] nan**
* That's why now's his chance, before they*
* all return their attention to the game.*
**[17:40] nan**
* They're not thinking right now.*
* It's a state of confusion.*
**[17:44] nan**
*Right now, they might just discard it!*
**[17:50] aka**
Ron.
**[17:53] nar**
Akagi's plot was complemented with luck.
**[17:56] nar**
Suu ankou, daisangen.
**[17:59] ---**
Wha—
**[18:01] guy**
What is this?!
**[18:03] guy**
You bastard!
**[18:05] guy**
You think you can screw with us?!
**[18:07] ryu**
Stop it.
**[18:07] guy**
But, Bro!
**[18:19] nan**
*He had factored this in, too?!*
**[18:22] nan**
*This kid's a monster.*
**[18:24] nan**
* This isn't something a middle*
* schooler could think up.*
**[18:27] nan**
*Everybody knows that he cheated.*
**[18:29] ---**
* Normally the yakuza would*
* not let this slide.*
**[18:33] nan**
*They'd use force if necessary.*
**[18:35] nan**
* To prevent that option, he lured*
* the cops here to be witnesses.*
**[18:42] guy**
Bro, are you really okay with this?!
**[18:44] ryu**
What's okay doesn't matter.
**[18:46] ryu**
The ones who were cheated are the fools.
**[18:48] ryu**
But, kid,
**[18:52] ---**
make sure this is the last time.
**[18:54] ryu**
If you do it again and get caught,
**[18:56] ---**
in our world, it'll cost you your fingers.
**[18:59] ryu**
Cry all you want, but we won't let it slide.
**[19:02] ryu**
We've never let anyone off
the hook, not even once!
**[19:04] ryu**
Messing with the yakuza will net you
**[19:07] ---**
the harshest punishment in the world.
**[19:09] ryu**
Nothing will be taken into consideration.
***SIGN*** Lounge
**[19:17] guy**
That kid's creepy, huh?
**[19:19] guy**
Since he got here,
they've won twice in a row.
**[19:23] guy**
Should we contact Yagi-san?
**[19:26] ryu**
Yagi? You mean our rep player, Yagi Keiji?
**[19:31] guy**
Y-Yes...
**[19:36] ryu**
Are you delirious?!
**[19:39] ryu**
You want to ask for backup when
we're playing this amateur child?
**[19:42] ryu**
Do you have no honor?!
**[19:48] ryu**
All he did was cheat his way to a yakuman.
**[19:52] ryu**
I won't let him do that again!
**[19:55] ryu**
It's a miracle that amateur
hasn't dealt into any hand yet.
**[19:59] ---**
That kind of coincidence
is not going to last!
**[20:03] ryu**
His luck has run out!
***SIGN*** - East Hand 1 -
**[20:12] cop**
Inspector, are you going to stay here?
**[20:15] yas**
Yeah, it's still raining buckets,
so I'm going to take it easy a bit longer.
**[20:20] cop**
Then, I'll be going.
**[20:22] yas**
Sure.
**[20:26] yas**
You don't mind, right, Nangou-san?
**[20:29] nan**
N-Not at all.
**[20:36] yas**
*Don't underestimate me, kid.*
**[20:38] yas**
* No matter how well you craft your*
* excuses, I know you are the one.*
**[20:46] yas**
* The atmosphere in here tells me that,*
* louder than any words could.*
**[20:53] yas**
*I'm going to find out the truth about you!*
**[20:58] nar**
The genius who descended into
the darkness, Akagi Shigeru.
**[21:02] nar**
Beyond his eyes lies an infinite darkness.
**[21:05] nar**
This is the beginning of the legend.
**[22:17] nar**
Next time: "The Awakening of Talent."
***SIGN*** Next Episode
***SIGN*** The Awakening of Talent
# 2 - The Awakening of Talent
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**[01:12] nar**
The year is 1958.
**[01:14] ---**
A thunderstorm was raging that night...
**[01:17] nar**
The night the genius who descended
into the darkness, Akagi Shigeru,
**[01:21] nar**
the one who would come
to be known as the man
**[01:23] nar**
from the godly realm,
saw his legend begin.
**[01:27] nar**
Akagi had agreed to play for a man
struggling with debt, Nangou.
**[01:30] nar**
While playing against the yakuza,
his talent begins to awaken.
**[01:36] ryu**
Riichi.
**[01:43] yas**
*This guy... how could he discard*
**[01:45] ---**
*that tile so calmly against that riichi?*
**[01:49] ---**
* He's a complete novice,*
* no matter how you look at it.*
**[01:52] yas**
*Those guys don't get it, either.*
**[01:55] yas**
*Somehow, for all his insane discards,*
**[01:57] ---**
*he never deals into anyone's hand.*
**[01:59] yas**
*I don't know if it's intuition or insight,*
**[02:03] ---**
* but either way, I'm sure he was*
* the kid from last night's incident!*
***SIGN*** Episode 2
***SIGN*** The Awakening of Talent
**[02:17] nar**
It's South Hand 1. Ryuuzaki.
**[02:23] ryu**
Riichi.
**[02:31] yas**
*Again?*
**[02:32] yas**
*He's lucky no one called that...*
**[02:35] yas**
* How can he keep discarding*
* these dangerous tiles so easily?*
**[02:39] yas**
*Is this the luck he was born with?*
**[02:48] yas**
* With this hand, you'd probably*
* want to discard the 5 of bamboo...*
**[02:53] yas**
* But it's unwise, since it's clear from*
* the discards that it's an ura suji.*
**[02:56] yas**
* On top of that, it's a dora.*
* You simply can't discard that.*
**[03:00] yas**
* Since he can see where all four*
* of the 3 of characters tiles are,*
**[03:03] ---**
*he should discard the 2 of characters...*
**[03:07] nan**
H-Hang on a sec!
**[03:11] nan**
I know asking you to read the tiles in
**[03:12] ---**
the discard pile is too much to ask for,
**[03:14] ---**
but that's just too crazy.
**[03:17] aka**
Is this tile that dangerous?
**[03:20] nan**
That's Ryuuzaki's ura suji.
**[03:23] nar**
Ura suji is, for instance, getting a
3 of bamboo with a hand like this.
**[03:27] ---**
The 6 of bamboo will be discarded.
**[03:29] nar**
In Mahjong, this mechanism
makes it very likely that
**[03:31] ---**
the wait will be for a 2 or 5 of bamboo.
**[03:34] nan**
On top of that, the 5 of bamboo is a dora.
**[03:36] aka**
Dora?
**[03:37] nan**
A dora is a handy tile
**[03:38] ---**
that gives you an additional
han just for having it.
**[03:43] aka**
I didn't know that.
**[03:46] aka**
But that doesn't matter.
**[03:49] nan**
Hey!
**[03:53] aka**
See, this one went through.
**[03:56] nan**
You idiot!
**[03:57] ---**
If you keep playing like that, you'll eventually...
**[04:03] ryu**
Ron.
**[04:07] nan**
What?!
**[04:07] yas**
Waiting for a 2 or 5 of characters?!
**[04:10] nan**
Don't tell me...
**[04:12] aka**
I knew it.
**[04:14] ---**
I figured this area was
the most problematic.
**[04:17] nan**
Why?
**[04:19] yas**
How did you know that?
**[04:20] aka**
I heard the voices.
**[04:22] guy**
What?
**[04:24] aka**
Everybody's distracted by the noise
**[04:26] ---**
and simply can't hear their voices.
**[04:29] aka**
But I can hear them.
**[04:31] ---**
The voices of the three groups of discards.
**[04:37] nar**
In the end, Ryuuzaki loses
first place again this hand.
**[04:43] nar**
After the sixth game,
Nangou is at +49.
**[04:46] nar**
Only two games remain.
**[04:49] ryu**
This is ridiculous.
**[04:51] ---**
We're getting beaten by that amateur kid.
**[04:54] ryu**
At this rate, I'm going to have to shoulder
**[04:59] ---**
that scumbag's three million yen debt.
**[05:02] ryu**
Call Yagi. Call our rep player, Yagi!
**[05:06] guy**
Yes, sir!
**[05:08] yas**
None of this makes any sense.
**[05:12] yas**
You only started playing
Mahjong a few hours ago,
**[05:15] ---**
yet not only have you not dealt
into Ryuuzaki's hand once,
**[05:18] ---**
you also came out on top.
**[05:21] yas**
Can you tell us...
**[05:23] ---**
What you're seeing right now?
**[05:30] aka**
Detective,
**[05:31] ---**
what would you discard from this hand?
**[05:36] yas**
The south or west wind, I'd say.
**[05:39] aka**
Then, let's say those honor
tiles have been taken care of.
**[05:42] aka**
How about this hand?
**[05:45] yas**
8 of characters.
**[05:47] aka**
And from this one?
**[05:49] nan**
7 of circles!
**[05:51] yas**
7 of circles...
**[05:53] aka**
Detective, do you see the difference
**[05:56] ---**
between this 7 of circles
and the 8 of characters?
**[05:59] yas**
Difference?
**[05:59] nan**
What?
**[06:01] aka**
At first glance, it appears the 7 of circles and
8 of characters were discarded similarly.
**[06:04] aka**
However, they hold completely
opposite discard information.
**[06:08] aka**
When the 8 of characters was discarded,
it wasn't connected to
**[06:11] ---**
any wait in our hand.
**[06:13] aka**
On the other hand,
this 7 of circles is connected to
**[06:15] ---**
a wait and is therefore a dangerous tile.
**[06:18] aka**
If you were to classify discards in Mahjong,
**[06:20] ---**
there are essentially two groups.
**[06:22] aka**
Those in the safe zone,
and those in the danger zone.
**[06:25] aka**
Of course, there are tiles that don't
**[06:27] ---**
clearly fit into either group and
aren't much more than noise.
**[06:30] aka**
If you include that,
you have three groups.
**[06:33] aka**
Every discarded tile can be 100% explained
**[06:35] ---**
with these three groups.
**[06:38] aka**
Do you remember these discarded tiles?
**[06:42] yas**
Those are Ryuuzaki's tiles
when you discarded the dora.
**[06:46] aka**
Right. Nangou-san tried to stop me,
**[06:49] ---**
but to me, it was clear that it would pass.
**[06:53] aka**
He discarded the 6 of bamboo too early.
**[06:55] aka**
That means the 6 of bamboo's worth was lower
**[06:58] ---**
than the 9 of circles and 8 of
characters that came after,
**[07:00] ---**
meaning he had none
of the surrounding tiles.
**[07:03] aka**
Even if he did, they would've been
closer to the 2 or 3 of bamboo.
**[07:06] aka**
But that possibility also disappeared
**[07:08] ---**
when he discarded the 1 of bamboo
after drawing it in the eighth turn.
**[07:11] aka**
He had no bamboo tiles left.
**[07:13] aka**
From the early discard of the 6 of bamboo,
**[07:15] ---**
it was basically clear that he had
no bamboo tiles left in his hand.
**[07:19] aka**
The area around the
6 of bamboo is a safe zone.
**[07:21] aka**
But the area around the 1 of
characters that he'd clung to
**[07:23] ---**
until the sixth turn...
**[07:25] aka**
combined with the discarded
4 of characters afterward,
**[07:28] ---**
made it pretty obvious that he was
waiting for a 2 or 5 of characters.
**[07:32] aka**
Meaning that this 1 of characters
**[07:34] ---**
was the classic example of the danger zone.
**[07:38] aka**
This is how I classify my opponent's discards.
**[07:42] aka**
And the tile that didn't fit in either category...
**[07:45] aka**
This is the noise I mentioned earlier.
**[07:49] yas**
Noise?
**[07:50] nan**
Noise, huh?
**[07:51] aka**
Ryuuzaki has a bit of a habit.
**[07:54] yas**
A habit?
**[07:57] aka**
That time, Ryuuzaki...
**[08:00] (Flashback) ryu**
Riichi.
**[08:01] aka**
After declaring riichi,
he looked at his tiles,
**[08:04] ---**
then glanced to the left end of his hand.
**[08:08] ryu**
The left end...
**[08:09] aka**
Yes. That means he
looked at his character tiles.
**[08:13] aka**
He was double-checking
that he was in tenpai.
**[08:17] aka**
From that moment, the chance of him
waiting for circles was also gone.
**[08:20] ---**
He was only waiting for
character tiles, namely 2 or 5.
**[08:25] yas**
*He's a monster!*
**[08:26] yas**
* He only started playing*
* Mahjong a few hours ago*
**[08:28] ---**
* and has already uncovered the*
* essence of the discarded tiles!*
**[08:31] yas**
*And his insight is frightening...*
**[08:34] yas**
*Ryuuzaki is no match for him.*
**[08:36] ---**
*He's already surpassed him by far.*
**[08:38] yas**
*The talent of a genius has awakened in him.*
**[08:46] nar**
The showdown resumes.
**[08:48] nar**
It's the seventh game, the third
East-South match since Akagi joined.
**[08:54] nan**
*I'm counting on you, Akagi.*
**[08:56] nan**
*Stay on this wave and finish it!*
**[09:02] nar**
It's as if Nangou's prayer worked.
**[09:04] nar**
Akagi's doing well again
in this East-South match.
**[09:07] nar**
After the East round,
**[09:08] ---**
Akagi is in the lead, 22,000 points ahead
**[09:10] ---**
of the second place Ryuuzaki.
**[09:12] nar**
It seems as if this East-South
match is already decided.
**[09:15] nar**
But then...
***SIGN*** Yagi Keiji
**[09:24] nar**
The rep player, Yagi Keiji, arrives.
**[09:27] ryu**
Yagi! I've been waiting for you!
**[09:31] yag**
Ryuuzaki-san, I hear you're
having a tough time.
**[09:35] yag**
I've seen the kid's tiles,
so I can't play this hand.
**[09:40] ---**
Shall I start in the next hand, then?
**[09:43] ryu**
Could you?
**[09:44] yag**
Don't worry, we still have
the entire South round to go.
**[09:47] yag**
I'll win this East-South match for you.
**[09:51] nar**
At that moment, Yagi didn't even
consider Akagi to be an opponent.
**[09:55] nar**
That's only to be expected.
**[09:57] ---**
After all, Akagi is a middle school student.
**[10:02] nar**
However, his opinion would quickly change.
**[10:09] nar**
The match resumes.
**[10:10] nar**
The dealer's first discard...
**[10:13] ryu**
Pon.
**[10:14] nar**
Ryuuzaki calls once.
**[10:16] nar**
Is it a rush?
**[10:19] nar**
And now, Akagi's first draw.
**[10:22] nar**
A pair of red dragons.
**[10:24] yas**
*He's lucky.*
**[10:25] yas**
* Since he's in the lead,*
* an express ticket to early victory,*
**[10:28] ---**
* like the red dragon pair,*
* is just what he needs.*
**[10:32] nar**
However, Akagi had a certain hunch...
**[10:36] yas**
What?
**[10:38] nar**
The next turn, he discards another red dragon!
**[10:40] nar**
Yasuoka can't believe that he
discarded the red dragon pair.
**[10:43] nar**
At that moment, Ryuuzaki thinks...
**[10:48] ryu**
*Keeping the red dragon won't do any good.*
**[10:52] nar**
But in the next turn...
**[10:56] ryu**
*Damn it!*
**[10:59] nar**
And the turn after that...
**[11:03] ryu**
*Crap!*
**[11:05] ---**
*If I hadn't discarded the red dragon...*
**[11:13] ryu**
Pon!
**[11:15] nar**
Akagi's reason for discarding
his pair of red dragons
**[11:17] ---**
finally becomes apparent.
**[11:20] yas**
*He has such a keen sense that*
**[11:21] ---**
* he smelled the daisangen just*
* from the white dragon being called.*
**[11:24] yas**
*He foresaw the danger.*
**[11:26] yas**
* The strange move of dropping*
* the two red dragons*
**[11:28] ---**
*killed off Ryuuzaki's potential daisangen.*
**[11:32] nar**
A few turns later,
**[11:33] ---**
Akagi is one tile away from
completing a sanshoku.
**[11:37] nar**
But, seeing that Ryuuzaki
can win any time...
**[11:40] aka**
Chi.
**[11:42] nar**
Without any remorse, he throws
away the sanshoku...
**[11:46] aka**
Ron.
**[11:49] nar**
...and takes a 1,000 point win.
**[11:54] yas**
* He moves quickly.*
* His insight is spot on.*
**[11:57] yas**
* A normal player would be*
* hesitant to drop the sanshoku,*
**[12:00] ---**
* but this kid knows how much that*
* hesitation would slow him down.*
**[12:06] yas**
*His sense is miles ahead...*
**[12:08] yas**
*Ryuuzaki is simply no match for him.*
**[12:11] yas**
* It's like a shootout between a scoped*
* rifle and a crudely modded gun.*
**[12:17] yas**
* He'll be shot down*
* without having a chance.*
**[12:19] yas**
*The only concern now is this man, Yagi Keiji.*
**[12:29] ryu**
You want to keep observing him
the rest of this East-South match?
**[12:31] yag**
Yes. We're 23,000 points behind,
and it's already South Hand 2.
**[12:37] ---**
To turn it around from here,
I'd have to overextend quite a bit.
**[12:40] yag**
And that kid's actually quite formidable.
**[12:44] yag**
I heard he's a beginner.
**[12:47] ---**
That makes him even more eerie
as an unknown quantity.
**[12:51] yag**
It's best to not underestimate him.
**[12:53] yag**
Observing him for the rest of this
East-South match is safest.
**[12:57] nar**
The match resumes with South Hand 2.
**[13:01] yas**
*I see. This guy isn't stupid.*
**[13:05] yas**
* Did he pick up on Akagi's*
* talent with one glance?*
**[13:08] yas**
*The opponent's only a middle schooler.*
**[13:10] yas**
* Most people would want to show*
* off in a situation like this.*
**[13:12] yas**
*His restraint is admirable.*
**[13:14] yas**
* He's definitely a higher*
* ranked player than Ryuuzaki.*
**[13:21] nar**
Akagi's one tile away from tenpai.
**[13:23] ---**
It's already the eighth turn.
**[13:30] yag**
What?!
**[13:33] nar**
At that moment, the player before Akagi
**[13:35] ---**
was in tenpai with a
junchan sanshoku hand,
***SIGN*** Junchan (jun chanta) - A "pure" chanta with terminals in each set, and no honor tiles.
**[13:37] nar**
with a closed wait for an 8 of bamboo.
***SIGN*** Closed wait - Waiting for the middle tile in a sequence.
**[13:41] yag**
*How did he avoid discarding the 8 of bamboo?*
**[13:44] yag**
*From the previous player's discards,*
**[13:46] ---**
* it would've made sense to discard his*
* least useful tile, the 8 of bamboo.*
**[13:50] yag**
* He sensed that the 8 of*
* bamboo is dangerous and*
**[13:52] ---**
*discarded the 5 of bamboo instead...*
**[13:55] yag**
*What can this kid see?*
**[13:59] nar**
The following turn.
**[14:03] yag**
*I can't believe what he just drew.*
**[14:05] yag**
*Not only does he seem to see
through everybody's hands,*
**[14:07] ---**
*he also has incredible luck.*
**[14:09] yag**
*An 8 of bamboo triplet...*
**[14:13] yag**
* He basically holds all the winning*
* tiles of the player before him.*
**[14:18] nar**
The turn after that.
**[14:24] aka**
Riichi.
**[14:27] nar**
Akagi declares riichi with a wait
for the 2 or 5 of characters.
**[14:30] nar**
The detective Yasuoka, watching from
behind him, doesn't notice anything.
**[14:33] nar**
Obviously, neither does Nangou.
**[14:35] nar**
However,
**[14:37] nar**
a shock runs through Yagi.
**[14:40] yag**
*Riichi after discarding the 6 of circles...*
**[14:42] yag**
*That was a mistake.*
**[14:44] yag**
*If he had to declare riichi from this hand,
he should have discarded the 5 of circles.*
**[14:48] yag**
*If he drew a 4 of circles,*
***SIGN*** Kan - Four of a kind that is revealed to the other players.
**[14:49] ---**
*he could have declared kan, as well.*
**[14:51] yag**
Since that would give him
a draw from the dead wall
**[14:53] ---**
and an additional dora indicator,
**[14:55] ---**
there was no choice but
to discard the 5 of circles.
**[14:57] yag**
* In other words, his riichi*
* should have looked like this.*
**[15:00] yag**
*Why didn't he do it that way?*
**[15:04] yag**
* I bet he thought that he couldn't*
* declare kan after declaring riichi.*
**[15:07] yag**
*He still is just a beginner.*
**[15:10] yag**
*I can beat him.*
**[15:11] yag**
* I'll take advantage of that*
* opening and destroy his game.*
**[15:15] yag**
* The smarter they are, the worse*
* they stumble once thrown off balance.*
**[15:21] nar**
In the end, Akagi dominated
the seventh game.
**[15:25] nar**
If Akagi wins one more game,
**[15:28] ---**
all of Nangou's debts will be paid off,
and it will all be over.
**[15:33] ryu**
Can you win?
**[15:34] yag**
Just trust me.
**[15:37] yag**
Except...
**[15:40] yag**
I have a request.
**[15:44] yag**
Don't you think this is an unfair fight?
**[15:49] aka**
Unfair?
**[15:50] yag**
Yeah. Think about it.
**[15:52] ---**
Ryuuzaki-san, your opponent up to now,
**[15:54] ---**
will lose a tremendous amount
of money if he loses.
**[15:57] yag**
And, as his rep player,
**[15:58] ---**
losing to an amateur will mean
that my career will be over.
**[16:03] yag**
But what about you?
**[16:05] yag**
If you lose, only Nangou will be in trouble.
**[16:10] yag**
You won't lose anything.
**[16:13] aka**
What are you getting at?
**[16:15] yag**
It's quite simple.
Let's make a personal wager.
**[16:19] yag**
100,000 yen on one East-South match.
**[16:22] yag**
I realize that you can't get
that kind of money right now.
**[16:26] yag**
That's why I'm willing to
accept a substitute for it.
**[16:31] aka**
What kind of substitute?
**[16:33] yag**
One finger for 100,000 yen.
**[16:36] yas**
N-Now just a minute...
**[16:39] aka**
Sure.
**[16:41] ---**
If it's the same.
**[16:42] yag**
The same?
**[16:44] aka**
Yeah. You don't look like you
have that kind of money, either.
**[16:49] aka**
If you're willing to equally pay
with a finger when you lose,
**[16:53] ---**
I don't mind.
**[16:54] yag**
*You little shit...*
**[16:56] yag**
Of course, I accept.
**[16:58] yag**
Don't forget what you just said!
**[17:02] yas**
*He didn't see that coming.*
**[17:04] yas**
*That was just a bluff.*
**[17:05] ---**
* He tried to scare Akagi and*
* overwhelm him with pressure.*
**[17:10] yas**
*This kid parried that elegantly.*
**[17:14] yas**
*He's got guts.*
***SIGN*** - Eighth Game -
**[17:18] nar**
When gambling, having something to lose
**[17:21] ---**
changes the game fundamentally.
**[17:24] nar**
When there's nothing to lose,
**[17:26] ---**
one's intuition and concentration
are the deciding factors.
**[17:29] nar**
But when there is something at stake,
**[17:32] ---**
those abilities alone will
not carry you to victory.
**[17:35] nar**
It doesn't matter how well you
can read your opponent's hands
**[17:37] ---**
if you can't trust your own conclusion.
**[17:40] nar**
If you lack the capacity
**[17:42] ---**
to entrust your fate to your
conclusion, it's all meaningless.
**[17:46] nar**
Which means your will to trust yourself,
**[17:49] ---**
your soul, is what is being tested.
**[17:53] yag**
Riichi.
**[17:59] nar**
Yagi is in a closed wait for a 7 of bamboo.
**[18:02] yas**
*Yagi is already bluffing.*
**[18:05] yas**
*With a hand like this, you'd usually wait*
**[18:07] ---**
*for a two-sided wait before declaring riichi.*
**[18:09] yas**
*But he went for it without hesitation.*
**[18:11] yas**
*A preemptive breakaway riichi.*
**[18:13] yas**
*Yagi wants to see how Akagi will react.*
**[18:16] yas**
*The nature of the game has changed.*
**[18:20] nar**
Now Akagi is in tenpai, as well.
**[18:22] yas**
This is interesting.
**[18:24] yas**
If Akagi hasn't wavered,
**[18:26] ---**
he'll determine that the
7 of characters discarded
**[18:28] ---**
in the second turn is a safe zone,
and discard his 6 of characters.
**[18:31] yas**
But if there is any doubt in his heart...
**[18:35] nar**
But Akagi doesn't hesitate.
**[18:39] yas**
*He's a chicken game survivor after all.*
**[18:42] yas**
*Discarding this without wavering*
**[18:44] ---**
* already places him in a realm*
* common people will never reach.*
**[18:47] yas**
*There is no hesitation at all.*
***SIGN*** - Next Turn -
**[18:52] nar**
Akagi's next draw.
**[18:58] yas**
* He made the 6 of characters pass, but holds*
* on to the winning tile, the 7 of bamboo.*
**[19:02] yas**
*A precise read...*
**[19:04] yas**
* Along with a strong heart that allows*
* him to utilize it under pressure.*
**[19:08] yas**
* Akagi Shigeru's most*
* outstanding talent is...*
**[19:13] yas**
*the ability to trust his own judgment.*
**[19:16] yas**
*His unwavering heart.*
**[19:20] nar**
Yagi's plan to crack Akagi with
pressure utterly fails.
**[19:25] nar**
It seemed as if the game's flow
was in Akagi's favor when...
**[19:36] yas**
*No! That's Yagi's winning tile!*
**[19:39] ryu**
*Why?*
**[19:41] ryu**
*Why didn't you win with that tile?*
**[19:44] yag**
*This is my plan.*
**[19:47] ---**
*I don't need to win this trash hand.*
**[19:52] yag**
* If I don't win, Akagi will*
* probably win East Hand 1.*
**[19:57] yag**
*But that's all right.*
**[20:01] yag**
*Akagi will pick up some points,*
**[20:03] ---**
* but along with them,*
* he'll pick up some doubts.*
**[20:06] yag**
* Those doubts will eventually hit*
* him hard, like a body blow.*
**[20:09] yag**
* Once he starts questioning*
* his own judgment,*
**[20:12] ---**
* he will seriously doubt himself towards*
* the end, when the pressure's on.*
**[20:16] yag**
*Then, he's likely to make a bad discard.*
**[20:19] yag**
* That one mistake can be*
* fatal in a match like this.*
**[20:24] yag**
* I've survived in this*
* world longer than you.*
**[20:27] yag**
* The way I keep myself alive*
* is different than yours.*
**[20:30] yag**
*You're already half-caught in my trap.*
**[20:35] nar**
But in the 15th turn...
**[20:39] yas**
*There it is! Ryanpeikou, pinfu, tsumo!*
***SIGN*** Ryanpeikou - A double sequence, here 33-44-55 and 77-88-99. Pinfu - A hand of only sequences and a 2 or more sided wait.
**[20:42] yas**
*Mangan!*
**[20:49] nar**
Akagi does not take the win.
**[20:52] yag**
*That bastard... could he...*
**[20:55] nar**
The unwavering heart
of the genius Akagi.
**[20:59] nar**
The endless schemes of Yagi.
**[21:01] nar**
The quiet duel to the
death between two rivals...
**[21:05] nar**
The night of legends continues...
**[22:16] nar**
Next Episode: "The Sinister Scheme."
***SIGN*** Next Episode
***SIGN*** The Sinister Scheme
# 3 - The Sinister Scheme
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**[01:15] Nar**
The young genius who
descended into darkness,
**[01:18] Nar**
the one who would rule
over the underworld,
**[01:20] ---**
Akagi Shigeru, has awakened.
**[01:23] Nar**
That legendary night.
Game number eight.
**[01:25] Nar**
Neither Yagi nor Akagi
have attempted a win.
**[01:32] Nar**
It's a draw.
***SIGN*** Episode 3
***SIGN*** The Sinister Scheme
**[01:38] Aka**
Tenpai.
**[01:41] Yagi**
*Little bastard.*
**[01:43] Yagi**
* You threw away your*
* mangan win to confirm it?*
**[01:47] Yagi**
* You wanted to see if you really*
* read me incorrectly...*
**[01:51] Yagi**
* Most people can't do that,*
* even though they understand*
**[01:54] ---**
*how useful it could be later in the game.*
**[01:56] Yagi**
* This is a game of Mahjong that*
* could cost the loser a finger.*
**[01:58] Yagi**
*Most would try to gain every possible point.*
**[02:01] Yagi**
*But this kid...*
**[02:03] Yagi**
*Doesn't he care what happens to him?*
**[02:06] Aka**
Yagi-san, would you reveal your hand, please?
**[02:09] Aka**
You're in tenpai, right?
**[02:16] Aka**
Just as I thought.
**[02:18] Aka**
A twisted way of playing.
**[02:20] Aka**
Typical of someone who only ever thinks
**[02:22] ---**
about tricking people.
**[02:25] Aka**
So unimaginative.
**[02:29] Guy**
Yagi...
**[02:32] Yagi**
Don't worry.
**[02:33] Yagi**
I'm fully awake now.
**[02:37] Yagi**
* Somewhere deep inside, I still*
* wasn't taking this kid seriously.*
**[02:41] Yagi**
*Well, not anymore.*
**[02:45] Yagi**
*Why?*
**[02:46] Yagi**
* Because there's a demon lurking*
* right under this kid's skin.*
**[02:54] Yagi**
*I can't calculate his potential.*
**[02:56] Yagi**
*Mark my words, this man is*
**[02:58] ---**
* going to become a fearsome*
* gambler some day.*
**[03:01] Yagi**
*But I can still beat him right now.*
**[03:03] Yagi**
* Because he doesn't understand*
* how kan and riichi really work.*
**[03:06] Yagi**
*Just wait!*
**[03:08] Yagi**
* A few more hands, and I'll drain*
* the color out of your face.*
**[03:13] Nar**
But it was Akagi who took
possession of the flow.
**[03:17] Aka**
Tsumo.
**[03:18] Nar**
In East Hand 2, he easily scores
**[03:20] ---**
1,000 points with a tsumo
win and picks up speed.
**[03:23] Nar**
Even if common people are
able to grasp the flow,
**[03:25] ---**
they often can't take advantage of it.
**[03:28] Nar**
But that's not the case with Akagi.
**[03:34] Nar**
Mentanpin, tsumo, one dora.
***SIGN*** Mentanpin - Combines menzen (closed hand), tanyao (hand comprised of only 2-8), and pinfu.
**[03:36] Nar**
Mangan.
**[03:38] Nar**
His hands move without hesitation.
**[03:40] Nar**
He is in harmony with his own rhythm.
**[03:43] Nar**
Still...
**[03:44] Nar**
Yagi is silently waiting for an opportunity.
**[03:48] Nar**
He's aiming for a counter blow.
**[03:50] Nar**
And then, in South Hand 3...
***SIGN*** - South Hand 3 -
**[03:54] Nar**
The opportunity arises.
**[03:57] Yagi**
*I've been waiting for this hand!*
**[04:00] Nar**
Right now, what Yagi is attempting
**[04:03] ---**
is a form of cheating called "The Caterpillar."
**[04:07] Nar**
He takes two 7 of bamboo
tiles in his left hand.
**[04:10] Nar**
Pretending to push his
own wall forward,
**[04:12] ---**
he pushes the two tiles into the wall.
**[04:16] Nar**
The overflowing tiles go below and
the remaining tiles go above.
**[04:20] Nar**
The tiles basically mimic
the motion of a caterpillar.
**[04:24] Nar**
The final position of the
7 of bamboo tiles is here.
**[04:26] Nar**
His final move is to return
two tiles from the
**[04:29] ---**
right edge in his right hand.
**[04:30] Nar**
This all happens in under two seconds.
**[04:32] Nar**
There is no hesitation, as he has practiced
these motions tens of thousands of times.
**[04:36] Nar**
It helps that, at this point,
**[04:37] ---**
everyone is focused on
sorting their own tiles.
**[04:40] Nar**
Usually, nobody notices.
**[04:43] Nar**
The two tiles he drew are not important.
**[04:46] Nar**
What's important are the two
7 of bamboo tiles he buried in his wall.
**[04:49] Nar**
One is the dora indicator tile.
**[04:51] Nar**
The second tile will be the new
**[04:53] ---**
dora indicator tile when a kan is declared.
**[04:56] Nar**
Which means that in one moment,
**[04:58] ---**
Yagi can go from a trash hand to
a monster hand with eight dora.
**[05:02] Nar**
Not knowing any of this,
Akagi, on his 12th turn...
**[05:07] Akagi**
Riichi.
**[05:09] Yagi**
*Gotcha!*
**[05:11] Yagi**
* Akagi has entrusted himself*
* to the flow of the game.*
**[05:14] Yagi**
* Once he's sure he won't deal into anyone's*
* hand and can draw his own winning tile,*
**[05:18] Yagi**
*he declares riichi even with his huge lead.*
**[05:20] Yagi**
*That hunch is probably right.*
**[05:22] Yagi**
*He has an innate sense for that.*
**[05:25] Yagi**
*But even this genius has a weak point.*
**[05:29] Yagi**
* He doesn't have enough*
* experience with rough play.*
**[05:32] Yagi**
* And he doesn't know the*
* terror of the riichi.*
**[05:35] Yagi**
*I'm going to teach him.*
**[05:41] Guy**
Pon!
**[05:46] Nar**
On the 13th turn, Akagi is skipped.
**[05:49] Nar**
He's skipped again on the 14th turn.
**[05:51] Guy**
Pon!
**[05:54] Nar**
Akagi is skipped twice in a row.
**[05:58] Yagi**
* The flow doesn't mean jack*
* if you can't draw a tile.*
**[06:00] Yagi**
*We're almost ready.*
**[06:04] Guy**
Sorry.
**[06:08] Aka**
*The east wind?*
**[06:10] Aka**
* The 3 of circles he put back*
* should've been his draw.*
**[06:13] Aka**
* Which means the guy after me*
* will draw that 3 of circles.*
**[06:17] Aka**
* This guy's already called twice.*
* Will that be his winning tile?*
**[06:21] Aka**
*Cheap.*
**[06:23] Aka**
*But...*
**[06:24] Aka**
*it's hard to tell if that switch*
**[06:25] ---**
*was intentional or a simple mistake.*
**[06:29] Aka**
* Even if I say something, it'll just*
* turn into a pointless argument.*
**[06:34] Man**
Pon!
**[06:37] Kami**
* So I guess that 3 of circles is*
* going to the next player again.*
**[06:42] Kami**
What is going on?
**[06:46] Yagi**
*It's here!*
**[06:48] Nar**
The moment is ripe.
**[06:50] Yagi**
Kan!
**[06:54] Aka**
*Four dora?*
**[06:58] Aka**
*Eight dora?!*
**[06:59] Yagi**
Riichi!
**[07:04] Yagi**
* Now do you understand*
* what riichi is all about?*
**[07:07] Yagi**
* Once you've declared riichi,*
* you're powerless to adapt*
**[07:10] ---**
*to any changes that come after.*
**[07:11] Shimo**
Chi.
**[07:16] Aka**
*So now, that 3 of circles is my draw.*
**[07:21] Yagi**
*It doesn't matter how suspicious you are.*
**[07:24] Yagi**
*Since you've already declared riichi,*
**[07:25] ---**
* you have no choice but to discard*
* anything that's not your winning tile!*
**[07:32] Nar**
A riichi can turn a genius into a peasant.
**[07:38] Yagi**
Ron!
**[07:44] Yagi**
No reverse dora, but still...
**[07:46] Yagi**
Riichi, eight dora. Baiman.
***SIGN*** Baiman - Double mangan, worth 16,000 points (24,000 for the dealer).
**[07:49] Yagi**
And now I'm in the lead.
**[07:51] nan**
Akagi!
**[07:52] Aka**
Don't worry.
**[07:53] Aka**
These things happen.
**[07:57] Aka**
But, you know, that was quite
the elaborate setup, Yagi-san.
**[08:03] Aka**
I'm going to be more direct now.
**[08:11] Nar**
There's only one hand left, South Hand 4.
**[08:18] nan**
*He's got a slow hand.*
**[08:20] nan**
*He'd do better with a quick hand here.*
**[08:22] nan**
*A tanpin hand would be best.*
**[08:24] Nar**
And yet, in this moment,
**[08:26] ---**
the young genius, Akagi,
**[08:28] ---**
was writing a completely
different story in his head.
**[08:31] Nar**
The second turn.
**[08:34] Aka**
Pon.
**[08:38] Nar**
The third turn.
**[08:40] Aka**
Chi.
**[08:45] nan**
*A quick attack.*
**[08:46] nan**
*Akagi's trying to head them off.*
**[08:49] nan**
* He's trying to make them think he's*
* going for a chinitsu or honitsu hand*
***SIGN*** Chinitsu - Full flush with only one suit. Honitsu - Half flush including one suit and honors.
**[08:52] nan**
* and tying the hands of the*
* other players besides Yagi.*
**[08:55] nan**
* They don't have the balls*
* to stay in the game*
**[08:59] nan**
* and risk giving him a winning*
* tile in the last hand.*
**[09:02] nan**
* After he called twice, they're*
* only discarding safe tiles.*
**[09:04] nan**
*They're out.*
**[09:06] Cop2**
* He's made this game*
* between him and Yagi.*
**[09:09] Nar**
And then, on the eighth turn...
**[09:12] Aka**
Pon.
**[09:14] Yagi**
*He's called three times?*
**[09:16] Yagi**
* It looks like a chinitsu hand,*
* but there's no way.*
**[09:19] Yagi**
*Those three calls are bluffs.*
**[09:21] Yagi**
*More like a tanyao.*
**[09:24] Yagi**
* With a single dora tile,*
* he'll overtake my 4,000 point lead.*
**[09:31] Yagi**
*Damn.*
**[09:32] Yagi**
*I can't discard this dora.*
**[09:34] Yagi**
*Damn it.*
**[09:36] Yagi**
* If I waste too much time,*
* he'll draw his winning tile.*
**[09:40] Nar**
However, right then,
Akagi was in not in tenpai.
**[09:44] Nar**
South Hand 4, eighth turn.
**[09:46] Nar**
At this point in time,
Akagi isn't waiting for any tiles.
**[09:49] Cop**
If anything, I think this is on purpose.
**[09:52] Cop**
He's probably going for a three-way
wait, with a 3 or 5 of characters.
**[09:57] Cop**
*He's betting on his own draws.*
**[10:00] Cop**
* There is no single tile wait that*
* could work in this situation.*
**[10:03] Cop**
*Still, this is strange.*
**[10:07] Cop**
* I feel like there's some*
* hidden purpose here.*
**[10:14] Nar**
While Yasuoka entertained his
faint hunch, it finally happened...
**[10:18] Nar**
In the 10th turn.
**[10:20] Aka**
Kan.
**[10:24] Cop**
*What?!*
**[10:25] Cop**
*Why is he declaring a kan now?!*
**[10:26] Cop**
* Forcing yourself to wait on*
* a single tile is suicide!*
**[10:30] Nar**
And then, Akagi...
**[10:37] Nar**
He knocks over his waiting tile
**[10:40] ---**
while reaching over to
draw from the dead wall.
**[10:44] Cop**
*How could he make a mistake like that?*
**[10:49] Yagi**
*Now he's done it.*
**[10:52] Yagi**
*A fatal mistake, at a time like this!*
**[10:59] Yagi**
*That settles it.*
**[11:01] Yagi**
*I know he's waiting on a characters tile.*
**[11:03] Yagi**
* Which means that, at least, this turn,*
* any tile other than a character is safe.*
**[11:08] Yagi**
* Any tile, even the extremely*
* dangerous dora tile, the 4 of bamboo.*
**[11:13] Cop**
*I can't believe it.*
**[11:15] Cop**
* He's so calm and collected,*
* and then he screws up like that!*
**[11:19] Cop**
*Why did he declare a kan to begin with?*
**[11:24] Cop**
* What kind of single wait*
* could be worth throwing*
**[11:26] ---**
*a three-way wait away for?*
**[11:29] Cop**
*Which character is he waiting for, anyway?*
**[11:34] Cop**
*What the hell?!*
**[11:35] Cop**
*There can't be five 4 of character tiles!*
**[11:39] Cop**
*What?*
**[11:40] Cop**
*A 4 of bamboo...*
**[11:41] Cop**
*But why?*
**[11:42] Nar**
Yasuoka is confused.
**[11:44] Cop**
*I see.*
**[11:47] Cop**
*That 4 of characters kan was just a trick.*
**[11:51] Cop**
*All Yagi sees is an ordinary kan,*
**[11:54] ---**
* but Akagi slipped the 4 of*
* bamboo he had drawn into it.*
**[11:57] Cop**
* And then, when he went to*
* draw from the dead wall,*
**[12:00] ---**
*he deliberately knocked it over.*
**[12:02] Cop**
* He let his opponent see*
* only the character symbol,*
**[12:05] ---**
* to make him believe he was*
* waiting on a character tile.*
**[12:09] Cop**
*But in reality, his wait is for a 4 of bamboo!*
**[12:13] Cop**
*I can't believe it.*
**[12:15] Nar**
Normally, this 4 of bamboo is an
**[12:17] ---**
extremely dangerous tile
that couldn't be discarded
**[12:19] ---**
because Akagi could be
going for a tanyao.
**[12:21] Nar**
And yet, believing that Akagi is
actually waiting on a characters tile,
**[12:26] ---**
it becomes the easiest
tile to discard this turn.
**[12:28] Nar**
Precisely because it is the only chance
to get rid of the dangerous tile
**[12:33] ---**
he could not risk discarding until now.
**[12:49] Aka**
You're such an idiot, Yagi-san.
**[12:54] Aka**
You really believe I'd knock my tile over
in a situation like this, even by mistake?
**[13:01] Yagi**
What the hell are you talking about?
**[13:03] Aka**
Ron.
**[13:09] Yagi**
Tanyao, two dora!
**[13:13] Nar**
The character tile he had glimpsed
**[13:14] ---**
had melted into the kan
and risen to the heavens.
**[13:17] Nar**
Akagi's outrageous single
wait was for a dora tile.
**[13:22] nan**
*We won.*
**[13:25] nan**
*My debt is gone.*
**[13:26] nan**
*I'm saved...*
**[13:28] nan**
*At one point I thought I was going to die,*
**[13:32] ---**
*but Akagi saved my life.*
**[13:36] nan**
*This rough night is over.*
**[13:40] Nar**
No.
**[13:41] Nar**
It was not over yet.
**[13:43] Nar**
Right then, Akagi was thinking
the exact opposite from Nangou.
**[13:47] Nar**
Ryuuzaki-san,
this isn't over yet, right?
**[13:50] Ryuu**
What did you say?
**[13:53] Aka**
Let's take the three million
that erased Nangou's debt
**[13:56] ---**
and play one more match with that at stake.
**[13:59] Aka**
Double or nothing.
**[14:03] Nan**
Hey, hey!
**[14:04] Nan**
Don't get reckless here!
**[14:06] Nan**
If you lose, it's my life on the line!
**[14:07] Aka**
It'll be fine.
**[14:08] Nan**
Easy for you to say!
**[14:10] Aka**
You've already faced death once.
**[14:12] Aka**
Let's push this to the limit.
**[14:15] Nan**
But...
**[14:17] Aka**
Nangou-san.
**[14:19] ---**
You know who's feeling the
**[14:20] ---**
most pressure after the
double or nothing proposal?
**[14:22] Aka**
They are.
**[14:24] Aka**
They're well aware that they've got
no hopes of winning this game.
**[14:30] Aka**
Nor can they back down.
They've got their reputation to uphold.
**[14:34] Aka**
They're the kind of fools who won't back down
**[14:35] ---**
even if they know they'll lose.
**[14:37] Aka**
Sitting ducks, so to speak.
**[14:39] Nan**
Akagi...
**[14:40] Aka**
We're going to milk them dry.
**[14:48] Nar**
Double or nothing.
The wager is three million.
**[14:51] Nar**
For Akagi, entering this
game was ridiculously easy.
**[14:56] Nar**
Yagi's confidence is already in shreds.
**[14:59] Nar**
One more push is all it'll take.
**[15:01] Aka**
Riichi.
**[15:05] Aka**
Ron.
**[15:10] Nar**
It was a single hell wait on a west wind.
***SIGN*** Hell wait - Waiting for a tile when the other three are in your hand or the discard pile.
**[15:13] Nar**
Akagi instinctively knows
how to break a person
**[15:16] ---**
who has already begun to crumble.
**[15:19] Nar**
Then, in East Hand 3...
**[15:27] Yagi**
* If I discard the 3 or 6 of*
* characters, I'll be in tenpai.*
**[15:30] Yagi**
*That's a little risky, though.*
**[15:33] Yagi**
*I guess I go for this, then.*
**[15:36] Yagi**
* That west wind from before*
* left a bad taste in my mouth,*
**[15:39] ---**
*but that couldn't happen again...*
**[15:45] Aka**
I wasn't expecting to see that.
**[15:49] Aka**
Your judgment is clouded, Yagi-san.
**[15:52] Aka**
That's it.
**[15:55] Yagi**
*A single wait for the 1 of characters?!*
**[15:58] Yagi**
*That's crazy!*
**[15:59] Yagi**
* If he'd used the 2 of characters*
* he declared riichi with,*
**[16:01] ---**
* he could've gone for a pinfu with*
* a 3 or 6 of characters wait,*
**[16:03] Yagi**
* or a tanyao with a*
* 2 or 5 of characters wait...*
**[16:05] Yagi**
* He could've gotten any number*
* of more expensive hands!*
**[16:09] Yagi**
* But he deliberately waited*
* for the 1 of characters!*
**[16:12] Yagi**
*He's only out to get me!*
**[16:16] Nar**
At that moment,
something snaps in Yagi's soul.
**[16:19] Nar**
After that, he completely falls apart.
**[16:22] Nar**
The hand continues, but Yagi is
a shadow of who he was before.
**[16:25] Nar**
His play becomes thoroughly timid,
**[16:28] ---**
perpetually ruled by Akagi's motions.
**[16:31] Nar**
He no longer has the will to fight.
**[16:34] Nar**
By making it hard to discard
terminal and honor tiles,
**[16:37] Nar**
Akagi controls Yagi's game as if
he's laid a curse on his soul.
**[16:42] Nar**
At this time, Akagi is starting to
grasp the fundamental principles
**[16:45] ---**
of competitive Mahjong.
**[16:48] Nar**
Mahjong is not about how
to win your own hands.
**[16:51] Nar**
Quite the opposite.
**[16:53] Nar**
It is about how to deny
your opponents theirs.
**[16:57] Nar**
Only those who can expand
their own vision can win.
**[17:02] Nar**
The last hand.
**[17:03] Nar**
Yagi is over 50,000 points
behind the leading Akagi,
**[17:06] ---**
but goes for a final attack.
**[17:08] Yagi**
Pon!
**[17:10] Shimo**
Chi!
**[17:14] Nar**
He's going for a quick attack,
relying on his dealer streak.
***SIGN*** The dealer remains dealer as long as he wins. The last hand continues until someone else wins, breaking his streak.
**[17:17] Nar**
But...
**[17:20] Aka**
Riichi.
**[17:24] Nar**
He falls apart after Akagi's riichi.
**[17:27] Nar**
It's one safe tile after another.
**[17:31] Nar**
He called twice early on,
**[17:33] ---**
but now his hand is a complete mess.
**[17:37] Nar**
He is falling apart.
**[17:40] Nar**
After seeing Akagi's discards, he can't
discard any terminal or honor tiles.
**[17:45] Nar**
He must discard them if he wants
to attempt a win, but he can't.
**[17:51] Nar**
And yet, he hasn't completely folded, either.
**[17:54] Nar**
He's in a moment of confusion.
**[18:07] Aka**
Ron.
**[18:20] Nar**
It is over.
**[18:23] Guy**
I'm sorry, but I don't have
the money on me right now.
**[18:26] Guy**
I'll contact you later.
**[18:27] Guy**
Come on. We're going.
**[18:33] Aka**
What are you talking about?
**[18:36] Aka**
Not yet.
**[18:38] Aka**
It's not over yet.
**[18:40] Aka**
Double or nothing with the
three million we just won.
**[18:44] Aka**
Now the game's wager is six million.
**[18:47] Aka**
I won't let you end it here.
**[18:50] Aka**
We keep going to the limit,
**[18:53] ---**
until one of us falls apart.
**[18:56] Aka**
After the match is over,
there won't be anything left.
**[18:59] Aka**
We're going until we see the depths of Hell.
**[19:11] Aka**
You're not going to run away, are you?
**[19:14] Boss**
Who's running, you jackass?
**[19:16] Boss**
I'm not running,
but it's already morning.
**[19:20] Boss**
We'll have to do it another
time. I don't feel like it!
**[19:24] Aka**
"I can't because it's morning."
**[19:26] Aka**
Nice excuse.
**[19:27] Boss**
What?
**[19:29] Cop**
There, there.
**[19:30] Cop**
Leave this to me.
**[19:33] Cop**
No need to get touchy.
**[19:35] Cop**
Just do it on another day.
**[19:37] Cop**
Think about it.
**[19:39] Cop**
Now matter how long you play
and how much you win,
**[19:42] ---**
there's no guarantee they'll
be good for the money.
**[19:45] Cop**
They'll probably weasel out of it.
**[19:47] Cop**
They'll pay a few million, but not if
it gets into the tens of millions.
**[19:53] Cop**
You can bet they'll go back on their word.
**[19:56] Cop**
It would be best to officially
hold the rematch on another day.
**[20:00] Cop**
Then I can ask a boss I know
to supervise the match.
**[20:04] Cop**
There's a lot of money at risk here.
**[20:07] Cop**
You don't want to be reckless, Akagi.
**[20:09] Cop**
Got it?
**[20:10] Cop**
We'll stop here today, but
I want to get this in writing.
**[20:16] Cop**
Write down that Nangou's debt is gone,
**[20:19] ---**
and that you owe three million.
**[20:22] Cop**
And then, that you agree to a rematch.
**[20:27] Cop**
I'll arrange it.
**[20:29] Cop**
I'll contact you about the time
and location in a few days.
**[20:33] Cop**
I'm going to provide you with
the best stage to play on.
**[20:50] Nan**
Akagi.
**[20:56] Nar**
The legendary night is over...
**[20:59] Nar**
No, this is just the beginning.
**[21:02] Nar**
It's the prelude to the legend
of Akagi Shigeru, the genius
**[21:06] Nar**
who descended into the darkness.
***SIGN*** Next time: "A True Outlaw."
***SIGN*** Next Episode
***SIGN*** A True Outlaw
# 4 - A True Outlaw
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**[01:12] nar**
The genius who descended into
the underworld, Akagi Shigeru.
**[01:16] nar**
Soon, he would create legends there
***SIGN*** Episode 4
***SIGN*** A True Outlaw
**[01:19] nar**
as the man rumored to hail
from the godly realm.
**[01:22] nar**
Now that he's won his first game,
the prelude to the legend,
**[01:25] nar**
the battle is about to
move on to the next stage.
**[01:34] yas**
Hi, over here.
**[01:36] yas**
Sorry.
**[01:38] yas**
This isn't really a
place for kids your age,
**[01:41] yas**
but places like these are all I know.
**[01:43] yas**
You can handle beer, right?
**[01:49] yas**
Let me tell you what's been set up.
**[01:51] yas**
The match will be in three days,
on Friday, at 8 PM.
**[01:54] yas**
It'll be at a restaurant in
the city called Sasagawa.
**[01:57] yas**
The witness will be Miyauchi,
the boss of the Takeyoshi group.
**[02:01] yas**
He's the most chivalrous
gambler in the Kanto region.
**[02:04] yas**
Now, let's toast to our reunion.
**[02:06] aka**
Before we do that,
**[02:09] aka**
tell me about the other condition.
**[02:17] yas**
All right, let's discuss
how we'll split the money.
**[02:22] yas**
If we win this match,
my cut will be 20%.
**[02:26] yas**
The expenses for setting
this up will eat about 10%.
**[02:31] yas**
As the rep player, you get 20%.
**[02:33] yas**
Nangou gets 50% as the one putting
up the wager. That's standard.
**[02:38] aka**
Why do people get so
dirty as they get older?
**[02:42] aka**
You have nothing to lose,
and you want 20%?
**[02:46] aka**
And 10% for the expenses
sounds awfully high, too.
**[02:49] yas**
I'm taking quite a few risks myself.
**[02:52] yas**
If my superiors find out I'm doing this,
I'll be facing a disciplinary dismissal.
**[02:56] aka**
That's not enough of a risk.
**[02:59] yas**
Damn, all right.
**[03:02] yas**
I'll give you 5% from my cut.
**[03:05] aka**
That's not what I am talking about.
**[03:07] aka**
I only have one condition.
**[03:09] aka**
Let's start the wager at eight million.
**[03:11] yas**
Eight million?!
**[03:13] yas**
Nangou only has six million!
**[03:15] yas**
Where are we going to get
the other two million from?!
**[03:17] aka**
You're going to put it up.
**[03:19] aka**
If you're not willing to risk
even that, don't get involved.
**[03:23] yas**
You damn brat!
**[03:25] aka**
If you don't accept, I'm out.
**[03:29] yas**
All right, I'll accept!
**[03:34] aka**
Now you're a real corrupt cop.
**[03:36] nan**
That's ridiculous!
**[03:38] nan**
That wager is insane!
**[03:41] nan**
Can't we at least limit it
to the three million we won?
**[03:44] aka**
What's good about this is
that it's not rational.
**[03:47] aka**
Either way, we shouldn't lower
the wager for this match.
**[03:51] aka**
Doing that would be suicide.
**[03:55] aka**
It's our insanity that they're afraid of.
**[03:59] aka**
That night, I survived because
I didn't hit the brakes.
**[04:02] nan**
That night?
**[04:04] yas**
The game of chicken?
**[04:09] aka**
It was a gamble I made with some punks.
**[04:13] aka**
That game was obviously
rigged in their favor.
**[04:17] aka**
First, they knew exactly
where they needed to brake.
**[04:22] aka**
Second, they chose the
car on the right side.
**[04:27] aka**
On the right side, they could jump out
from the driver side door if necessary.
**[04:33] aka**
The driver on the left can't do that,
since the other car blocks that side.
**[04:36] aka**
Everything was rigged in their favor.
**[04:40] aka**
In order for me to win,
**[04:43] aka**
I had to negate the condition
that the game was based on.
**[04:46] yas**
What condition?
**[04:50] aka**
That we didn't want to die.
**[04:55] aka**
At the time, I wasn't afraid of dying.
**[05:00] aka**
I had no intention of braking from the start.
**[05:04] aka**
Obviously, the car shot off
the cliff at full speed.
**[05:08] aka**
Where those cliffs are situated,
**[05:10] aka**
the water suddenly gets
deeper after a certain point.
**[05:13] aka**
So braking actually lowers
your chance of survival.
**[05:16] aka**
But my opponent was too fixated on me,
**[05:20] aka**
missing his opportunity
to jump from his car.
**[05:21] aka**
He also braked.
**[05:27] aka**
Of course, he bounced off the rocks
before falling into the water.
**[05:33] aka**
He ruined himself.
**[05:35] nan**
Are you telling me I should
do something like you did?
**[05:38] nan**
I can't do that!
**[05:39] aka**
Yes, you can.
**[05:42] aka**
In fact, you already did.
**[05:46] aka**
I'm sure you haven't forgotten.
**[05:48] aka**
Back then,
**[05:50] aka**
when you were playing against Ryuuzaki,
**[05:52] aka**
the 5 of circles was a super dangerous tile.
**[06:00] aka**
But...
**[06:06] aka**
That discard was akin to
flooring it as you neared the cliff.
**[06:11] aka**
Winning money you couldn't earn with
30 years of honest work, or death?
**[06:18] aka**
That's not a bridge you could
cross with a sane mind anyway.
**[06:21] aka**
Nangou-san, throw yourself away.
**[06:25] aka**
Just for one more night.
**[06:30] nar**
With Yasuoka's additional two million,
**[06:32] nar**
the stakes in the match against
the yakuza are now at eight million.
**[06:38] nar**
Today, that would be equivalent
to about 80 million yen,
**[06:42] nar**
all riding on this match.
**[06:44] nar**
On the day of the match,
**[06:46] nar**
Akagi was summoned by the
opponents he would be facing.
**[06:53] nan**
Why do you have to go there
just because they called you?
**[06:56] nan**
They're the kind of people who
will kill for money, you know!
**[07:01] nan**
Akagi!
**[07:02] aka**
Well, there's also something
I need to get from them.
**[07:06] nan**
Listen, it's not too late.
**[07:08] nan**
Let's call to cancel.
**[07:10] nan**
I can't see any good coming of this.
**[07:12] aka**
That doesn't matter.
**[07:15] aka**
Tonight's Mahjong match will
be a game of life or death.
**[07:18] aka**
At this point, being locked up
or threatened won't scare me.
**[07:22] nan**
But still... Akagi...
***SIGN*** Fuji Coffee
**[07:26] aka**
This is it.
**[07:28] aka**
What do you want to do?
**[07:30] aka**
If you're that worried,
you can come in with me.
**[07:32] nan**
No, I'm...
**[07:35] aka**
I'll come out when we're done.
**[07:37] aka**
Should be about 30 minutes.
**[07:43] nan**
Akagi...
**[07:55] guy**
We've been waiting for you, Akagi-san.
**[07:58] guy**
This way, please.
**[08:02] guy**
This is our second in command, Kurosaki.
**[08:09] aka**
What is this place?
**[08:11] aka**
Pretty rotten customer base.
**[08:14] kur**
They're all my underlings.
**[08:18] kur**
You're surrounded.
**[08:20] kur**
You're in a dark hole now.
**[08:22] kur**
No matter what happens here...
**[08:27] aka**
You guys are always the same.
**[08:30] aka**
You can't try to make
deals by threatening me.
**[08:34] aka**
Get it already!
**[08:38] kur**
I see.
**[08:39] kur**
You're just as interesting
as the rumors say you are.
**[08:46] kur**
All right, I'll give it to you straight.
**[08:49] kur**
Switch sides.
**[08:51] kur**
That's the only option you have left.
**[08:55] kur**
This isn't a threat.
**[08:57] kur**
The guy we have ready is a
top player in this world.
**[09:01] kur**
No matter how much of a genius
you are, you will lose, 100%.
**[09:06] kur**
If you back down now,
we'll even accept your terms.
**[09:10] kur**
This is your last chance.
**[09:12] aka**
Terms, huh?
**[09:16] aka**
Okay then, half.
**[09:18] kur**
Half of eight million?
**[09:20] kur**
So four million?
**[09:22] aka**
You're way off.
**[09:24] aka**
The half I'm talking about is
half of what your group is worth.
**[09:31] aka**
I'm planning on ending you guys tonight,
**[09:34] aka**
so half of what is needed
to ruin your group.
**[09:39] aka**
I figure that's about 50 million.
**[09:41] aka**
If you're willing to hand
that over, I'll consider it.
**[09:46] kur**
Oh boy, I thought you were
a little smarter than that.
**[09:51] kur**
Fine then, we'll do it
until one of us is crushed.
**[09:55] kur**
But you're going to die.
**[09:57] kur**
Are you aware of that?
**[10:00] aka**
Right back at you.
**[10:03] kur**
There's no talking to you.
**[10:05] aka**
Guess the deal's off.
**[10:07] aka**
Then, I'm outta here.
**[10:09] aka**
Do you have what you promised?
**[10:18] kur**
Aren't you in middle school?
**[10:19] kur**
What do you need that for?
**[10:22] aka**
I'm involved in a bit of a conflict.
**[10:25] aka**
These are so useful, especially for
making people drop their tough acts.
**[10:31] aka**
When faced with this,
they all stop acting.
**[10:35] aka**
See ya.
**[10:48] aka**
So that's what you look like.
**[10:50] aka**
You're my opponent for tonight, right?
**[10:54] kur**
How did you know?!
**[10:56] aka**
He's completely different from you.
**[10:58] aka**
Just around him, the air is colder.
**[11:01] aka**
It's almost like a fish wandered
into a pack of beasts.
**[11:14] aka**
Let's see how real your
expressionless face really is.
**[11:20] aka**
The chance is one in five.
**[11:21] guy**
You damn brat!
**[11:23] kur**
Wait, just watch.
**[11:44] ichi**
Seven to the right.
**[11:45] ichi**
That's the number of times the
chamber rotated after you put in the bullet.
**[11:49] ichi**
When the center chamber is loaded,
**[11:52] ichi**
considering the chamber rotates
once with every trigger pull,
**[11:55] ichi**
it will fire on the fourth,
ninth, and fourteenth time.
**[11:59] ichi**
Even an amateur could tell the chamber
rotated between four and nine times.
**[12:05] ichi**
You pulled the trigger knowing that.
**[12:09] ichi**
At first glance, it looked reckless,
but it was all calculated.
**[12:12] ichi**
You might be able to scare normal
people shitless, but it won't work on me.
**[12:25] aka**
Fun.
**[12:26] aka**
You're right, this guy is actually
in a different league than Yagi.
**[12:31] aka**
I'm looking forward to tonight.
**[12:33] ichi**
I wonder about that.
**[12:36] ichi**
We don't know if you will
survive until tonight.
**[12:40] ichi**
We're only half done here.
**[12:43] ichi**
Am I wrong?
**[12:44] ichi**
You pointed the gun at me
and pulled the trigger.
**[12:48] ichi**
Therefore, you must do
the same with yourself.
**[12:51] ichi**
Only then can we say this is over.
**[12:55] ichi**
Am I wrong, Akagi-kun?
**[13:00] aka**
I see.
**[13:04] aka**
Do as you wish.
**[13:05] aka**
But you will be pulling the trigger.
**[13:08] aka**
Then it's truly an eye for an eye.
**[13:10] kur**
Ichikawa!
**[13:11] kur**
Don't do something stupid
because the kid taunted you!
**[13:15] ichi**
In this world, the more stupid,
**[13:19] ichi**
the more insane things are,
the more fun they are.
**[13:26] aka**
You...
**[13:28] ichi**
Yes. I am blind.
**[13:32] ichi**
When I was young,
I played a game like this.
**[13:36] ichi**
The gun misfired and I lost my sight.
**[13:41] ichi**
There you are.
**[13:43] ichi**
Sorry, you'll have to be patient with me.
**[13:49] ichi**
I can't aim without doing this.
**[13:53] ichi**
But now, it's fine.
**[13:55] ichi**
If the gun fires,
you'll be going straight to Hell.
**[13:58] ichi**
How do you feel, Akagi-kun?
**[14:03] aka**
This is fun...
**[14:05] aka**
The more insane things are,
the more fun they are.
**[14:08] kur**
Stop it, Ichikawa!
**[14:09] kur**
What if it actually fires—
**[14:11] ichi**
It won't!
**[14:14] ichi**
How could it?
**[14:15] ichi**
Do you think it's this kid's
fate to die here in vain?
**[14:20] ichi**
No, that won't happen!
**[14:24] ichi**
Fate says that it won't fire!
**[14:34] ichi**
His fate doesn't allow him to die here.
**[14:38] aka**
Yeah, right.
**[14:40] aka**
You said it earlier yourself.
**[14:42] aka**
The chamber rotated seven times.
**[14:45] aka**
So it would work for another turn.
**[14:48] aka**
Your hearing is your lifeline.
**[14:50] aka**
There's no way that you would mishear.
**[14:54] aka**
You don't believe in luck or fate.
**[14:57] aka**
What you believe in is your own ears.
**[15:00] aka**
Only your own, superior ability.
**[15:03] aka**
Am I wrong?
**[15:08] aka**
To be honest, I'm like that, too.
**[15:19] nan**
Akagi!
**[15:21] nan**
Are you okay?
**[15:23] aka**
Yeah, not a scratch on me, see?
**[15:25] nan**
Y-Yeah...
**[15:27] nan**
Whew, that's a relief.
**[15:35] aka**
One of my kind?
**[15:39] aka**
*No, there's no one like me.*
**[15:44] aka**
Akagi?
**[15:46] aka**
*Him or me... one of us is the fake.*
**[15:49] aka**
*The fake outlaw.*
***SIGN*** Restaurant Sasagawa
***SIGN*** Boss of the Takeyoshi Group
***SIGN*** Miyauchi
**[16:00] nar**
The witness, Miyauchi,
boss of the Takeyoshi Group, arrives.
**[16:06] nan**
He's late.
**[16:10] yas**
What's Akagi doing?!
**[16:12] yas**
It's about to begin!
**[16:13] nan**
That's weird.
**[16:15] nan**
Everything seemed fine when the
Kawada group summoned him earlier.
**[16:20] yas**
Could he have been kidnapped by them?!
**[16:23] nan**
N-No way!
**[16:42] kid**
I'm surprised you actually came.
**[16:48] kid**
I'm glad you came.
**[16:50] kid**
I really am!
**[16:56] kid2**
Hey, not the head!
**[16:58] kid2**
He'll die!
**[17:00] kid**
Who gives a shit if this asshole dies?
**[17:06] kid**
Do you know what happened to Takeru?
**[17:10] aka**
Who?
**[17:11] kid**
The one you played chicken with.
**[17:14] kid**
He barely survived, but they don't
know if he will ever fully recover.
**[17:22] aka**
One mistake and that
would have been me.
**[17:25] kid**
You're so damn cocky!
**[17:27] kid**
I bet you think we won't
do anything serious to you.
**[17:31] kid**
Unfortunately, you thought wrong!
**[17:33] kid**
If you die, I'll worry about it then!
**[17:37] kid**
I'm still a minor.
**[17:39] kid**
Killing someone won't mean anything.
**[17:42] kid**
Come on, kid, fight me!
**[17:46] aka**
It's not enough.
**[17:48] aka**
Even as a minor, killing three
people will have consequences.
**[17:54] aka**
I need enough injuries so I can
claim I acted in self defense.
**[17:59] kid**
What did you just say?
**[18:01] kid**
Well? What did you say?!
**[18:03] kid**
What did you say?!
**[18:07] kid**
You little shit!
**[18:09] kid**
Die!
**[18:10] guy2**
Stop it!
**[18:13] guy2**
You have to apologize!
**[18:15] guy2**
You don't know what he'll do if he snaps!
**[18:18] guy2**
Apologize!
**[18:21] kid**
Let's kill this asshole!
**[18:36] kid3**
What is that?!
**[18:38] kid2**
It's a gun!
**[18:39] kid2**
A gun!
**[18:58] aka**
Did you come to again?
**[19:04] aka**
Saying "Let's kill this asshole!"
**[19:06] aka**
means you won't mind if
you get killed yourself.
**[19:10] aka**
Right?
**[19:12] kid**
Stop, please stop!
**[19:14] aka**
Don't move.
**[19:15] aka**
My finger is on the trigger.
**[19:19] aka**
When I was a kid, I squished a bug.
**[19:24] aka**
I feel the same now as I did then.
**[19:31] kid**
S-Sto—
**[19:35] aka**
Not enough.
**[19:51] aka**
Get out of here.
**[19:53] aka**
You piss me off.
**[19:56] aka**
I'll kill you.
**[20:09] aka**
I'm not going to put myself at
risk for little idiots like you.
**[20:13] aka**
I only put two bullets in to begin with.
**[20:18] aka**
Fake anger.
**[20:19] aka**
Fake words.
**[20:20] aka**
Fake fights.
**[20:23] aka**
I'm sick of all that.
**[20:26] aka**
Those kinds of games
will never be enough me.
**[20:30] aka**
They will never satisfy my soul.
**[20:32] (Flashback) yas**
The match is on Friday at 8 PM.
**[20:35] (Flashback) yas**
It'll be at a restaurant in
Akasaka called Sasagawa.
**[20:50] aka**
I guess I'll go...
**[20:52] aka**
...to walk the true line between
life and death once more.
**[20:56] nar**
This is what happened
on the day of the match.
**[20:59] nar**
But it was nothing but a side show.
**[21:03] nar**
Akagi would experience a true
fight to the death that night...
**[22:16] nar**
Next time: "The Treacherous Tse Ii Men."
***SIGN*** Next Episode
***SIGN*** The Treacherous Tse Ii Men
# 5 - The Treacherous Tse Ii Men
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**[01:12] Nar**
The Kawada yakuza group and Akagi
are about to hold a Mahjong rematch.
**[01:18] Nar**
Today's rematch for eight
million will take place here.
**[01:23] Nar**
Akagi's opponent is the
blind master Ichikawa.
**[01:27] Nar**
However, Akagi has still not
arrived at the match location.
**[01:33] Nan**
He's late.
**[01:34] Nan**
It's already past the agreed time.
**[01:37] Nan**
Why isn't he here?
**[01:40] Cop**
We'll just have to start without him.
**[01:41] Nan**
We can't do that!
**[01:43] Nan**
Can't we get them to postpone?
**[01:45] Cop**
No, we can't.
**[01:47] Cop**
Everything has been set up,
**[01:48] Cop**
and Boss Miyauchi himself
has come all the way here.
**[01:51] Cop**
We can't put it off.
**[01:53] Nan**
But there's no way I can beat him!
**[01:57] Cop**
We may be no match for him,
but there is a way.
***SIGN*** Episode 5
***SIGN*** The Treacherous Tse Ii Men
**[02:07] Nar**
Two new rules were added to this battle.
**[02:11] Nan**
1 of bamboo!
**[02:13] Nar**
In consideration for Ichikawa's blindness,
**[02:16] Nar**
the other three players must call
out whatever tile they are discarding.
**[02:21] Nar**
And at the end of each East-South match,
**[02:23] Nar**
if either Ichikawa or Akagi
still have points left,
**[02:24] Nar**
the game will continue into
the West and North rounds.
**[02:28] Nar**
That's right.
**[02:29] Nar**
This is a death match that will
continue until one of them goes bust.
***SIGN*** - East Hand 1 -
**[02:33] Nar**
East Hand 1.
**[02:34] Nar**
Nangou is the North player.
**[02:36] (Flashback) Cop**
Nangou-san, let's lay
down our ground rules.
**[02:40] (Flashback) Cop**
Basically, just play it straight,
**[02:42] (Flashback) Cop**
and as soon as you have a
two-way wait, declare riichi.
**[02:47] (Flashback) Cop**
A tactic that mostly aims
for self-drawn wins.
**[02:49] (Flashback) Cop**
Don't count on other players
to deal into your hand.
**[02:52] Nan**
8 of circles!
**[02:53] (Flashback) Cop**
As long as you don't waver,
we still have a shot at winning.
**[03:00] Nan**
*It's still a closed wait.*
**[03:01] Nan**
*I've got to make it a two-way wait.*
**[03:03] Nan**
8 of characters!
**[03:06] Nan**
*I've got a two-way wait!*
**[03:08] Nan**
3 of circles!
**[03:08] Nan**
Riichi!
**[03:14] Nan**
Pinfu tsumo, 7 of circles!
**[03:18] Nar**
At the very beginning,
Nangou was blessed with luck.
**[03:21] Nar**
Tsumo!
**[03:22] Nar**
Tanpin, one dora!
**[03:24] Nar**
He wins twice in a row.
**[03:25] Nar**
At this point, Nangou has 38,200 points.
**[03:29] Nar**
Ichikawa has 20,400.
**[03:31] Nar**
An amateur like Nangou
**[03:33] Nar**
overtaking a pro like Ichikawa
is an unexpected development.
**[03:35] Nar**
But it only lasted until East Hand 2.
**[03:39] Nar**
Ichikawa had already seen
through this strategy.
***SIGN*** - Next Hand -
**[03:46] Nan**
*I have to get a two-way wait.*
**[03:50] Nan**
1 of characters!
**[03:51] Ichi**
Ron.
**[03:55] Nan**
*He had a single 1 of characters wait?*
**[03:58] Nan**
*That's crazy.*
**[04:00] Nan**
With his discards,
**[04:02] Nan**
he'd have had an ideal tanpin sanshoku
if he'd kept the 4 of characters.
**[04:05] Nan**
But he deliberately threw that away
for a single 1 of characters wait?
**[04:08] Nan**
*He can foresee which tiles I'll discard*
**[04:10] Nan**
* to get out of my closed wait,*
* and he's gunning for those.*
**[04:12] Nan**
* He's going after the tiles that'll*
* be left over after midgame...*
**[04:15] Nan**
*He's onto our strategy.*
**[04:19] Nan**
*And it only took him two hands!*
**[04:22] Nar**
And then, it was East Hand 4.
***SIGN*** - East Hand 4 -
**[04:27] Nan**
*What should I do?*
**[04:29] Cop**
*Nangou!*
**[04:30] Cop**
* If you waver now,*
* you're playing into his hand!*
**[04:33] Ichi**
* This man is like every other*
* man I've killed up until now.*
**[04:38] Ichi**
*He is the same species.*
**[04:40] Ichi**
*When amateurs play against us,*
**[04:42] Ichi**
*they usually follow one of two strategies.*
**[04:46] Ichi**
* They declare riichi the*
* moment they're in tenpai,*
**[04:47] Ichi**
* or they go for a two-way wait,*
* relying on self-drawn wins.*
**[04:51] Ichi**
*He chose the latter.*
**[04:54] Ichi**
* So all I have to do is pick off*
* the tiles he gets rid of*
**[04:57] Ichi**
*from his closed waits.*
**[05:01] Nar**
The tenth turn.
**[05:02] Nar**
If Nangou discards the 9 of
characters, he'll be in tenpai.
**[05:06] Nan**
* Ichikawa is aiming for*
* numbered tiles on the edges.*
**[05:09] Nan**
*I can't discard this 9 of characters.*
**[05:11] Nan**
*So what?*
**[05:13] Nan**
*I have no choice.*
**[05:15] Nan**
West wind!
**[05:16] Ichi**
Ron.
**[05:21] Ichi**
*Chiitoitsu, with a single west wind wait!*
**[05:24] Ichi**
*It can't be!*
**[05:25] Nar**
It's a game neither Nangou nor
Yasuoka can afford to lose.
**[05:31] Nar**
But now they are in the
worst possible position.
**[05:37] Nar**
They only have 2,000 points left.
**[05:40] Nar**
If they lose them, it's all over.
**[05:45] Nan**
*I'm up against the wall.*
**[05:47] man**
Green dragon!
**[05:48] man**
Pon!
**[05:51] man**
7 of circles!
**[05:52] man**
Chi!
**[05:55] nan**
*Now or never!*
**[05:58] Ichi**
*On the offensive again?*
**[06:00] Ichi**
*A noble effort, but too little too late.*
**[06:04] Ichi**
*If you wanted to win,*
**[06:05] Ichi**
* you should've played like that*
* from the very first hand.*
**[06:11] nar**
Nangou is also aware that
his efforts are futile.
**[06:14] nar**
However, regardless of this knowledge,
**[06:17] nar**
he has no choice but to press on.
**[06:20] Man**
1 of circles.
**[06:21] Nan**
Pon!
**[06:22] Nar**
The eleventh turn.
**[06:23] Nar**
Nangou has called three
times and is now in tenpai.
**[06:26] Nar**
He's waiting on the red dragon.
**[06:28] Nar**
His tenpai is like a beam of light
momentarily penetrating the clouds.
**[06:31] Nan**
4 of circles!
**[06:32] man**
Chi!
**[06:35] nan**
*He's in tenpai, huh?*
**[06:39] Ichi**
Riichi.
**[06:43] Man**
Riichi!
**[06:46] Nar**
All this happened in one turn.
**[06:50] Nar**
The momentary beam of light disappeared,
**[06:52] Nar**
suffocated by the dark clouds.
**[06:55] Nan**
*They're both in riichi...*
**[06:56] Nan**
* And the guy after me is*
* probably going for a honitsu.*
**[06:59] Nan**
* I've only got these four tiles...*
* Not enough to dodge their bullets.*
**[07:04] Nan**
*All I have left is to win.*
**[07:07] Nan**
*If I draw my winning tile now, I'll be fine!*
**[07:11] Nar**
Nangou prays with all his might.
**[07:14] Nar**
He reaches towards the wall
**[07:15] Nar**
as if to ask the goddess of
victory to shake his hand.
**[07:20] Nar**
However...
**[07:22] Nar**
The hand he ends up grabbing
is that of the Grim Reaper.
**[07:24] Nar**
The dora, the white dragon.
**[07:27] Nar**
Now every tile in his hand is risky.
**[07:34] Nar**
The white and red dragons are risky
**[07:35] Nar**
because Ichikawa is going for honor tiles,
**[07:37] Nar**
and the player after him is going for a honitsu.
**[07:40] Nar**
The 3, 4, and 5 of circles are dangerous
because of the player after him
**[07:42] Nar**
and the one before him, who's declared riichi.
**[07:50] Nan**
*What should I discard?*
**[07:53] Nan**
*Discarding any of these is akin to suicide.*
**[07:56] Nan**
* It's basically the same*
* as jumping off of a cliff.*
**[08:00] Nan**
*It's no use... I can't choose.*
**[08:11] Nan**
*Could that be....*
**[08:17] Nan**
Akagi!
**[08:19] Man**
That's him, Boss.
**[08:26] Cop**
What took you so long, Akagi?
**[08:29] Aka**
Nangou-san, want to switch?
**[08:31] Nan**
Yes!
**[08:39] Aka**
2,000 points left.
**[08:41] Aka**
Two people are in riichi
and these are your tiles.
**[08:44] Aka**
Talk about being in a
tight spot, Nangou-san.
**[08:47] Nan**
Yeah...
**[08:48] Aka**
Well, in this situation, this is all we can do.
**[08:53] Nan**
Akagi, that's really...
**[08:56] Aka**
It's fine, just be quiet.
**[08:58] Aka**
I'm going to make this tile pass.
**[09:02] Aka**
Definitely.
**[09:09] Nar**
Just then, Ichikawa was
in a double pon wait
**[09:13] Nar**
for a white or a red dragon.
**[09:17] Ichi**
What did you discard, Akagi?
**[09:21] Man**
It's a west wind.
**[09:25] Nan**
*That's impossible!*
**[09:26] Nan**
*A west wind?*
**[09:29] Cop**
*What happened to that red dragon?*
**[09:32] Cop**
*I could've sworn he discarded the red dragon.*
**[09:35] Cop**
*This brat bumped it!*
**[09:38] Cop**
* He sensed that both the white and*
* red dragons were winning tiles,*
**[09:42] Cop**
* so at the last moment,*
* with everybody's eyes on him,*
**[09:45] Nar**
* he bumped the west wind down*
* while discarding the red dragon!*
**[09:49] Nar**
This is a sleight-of-hand that makes it
appear as if the west wind is discarded
**[09:54] Nar**
by pushing it down with the
red dragon tile as he discards it.
**[09:59] Nar**
What is so useful about this
cheat is that it also allows one
**[10:02] Nar**
to get rid of the dreaded
red dragon at the same time.
**[10:05] Nar**
The tricks kills two birds
with one stone instantly.
**[10:09] Cop**
*Unbelievable.*
**[10:10] Cop**
* This is the first thing he does*
* in such a major match.*
**[10:12] Cop**
*He's pure evil!*
**[10:18] Aka**
Looks like it passed.
**[10:21] Aka**
I will do whatever it takes.
**[10:23] Aka**
Let's take a little trip
down to Hell, Nangou-san.
**[10:27] Aka**
The goddess of luck lies
in wait beyond there.
**[10:36] Aka**
Here it comes.
**[10:38] Aka**
It's time for our counterattack.
**[10:41] Aka**
Tsumo.
**[10:43] Cop**
It came!
**[10:44] Cop**
Akagi!
**[10:50] Nar**
Akagi's back from the
dead with a dora tsumo.
**[10:52] Nar**
In one shot, he's managed to get
his point box back to 16,000.
**[10:56] Nar**
And now, he has a dealer streak.
**[10:58] Aka**
We're playing until either Ichikawa
or I completely run out of points?
**[11:01] Cop**
Yeah.
**[11:02] Cop**
So you're the last dealer of South Hand 4,
**[11:05] Cop**
but that doesn't mean it's the last hand.
**[11:09] Aka**
* Which means I can't win unless*
* I get a direct hit on Ichikawa.*
**[11:16] Aka**
* Still, for now I should focus*
* on getting some points.*
**[11:19] Aka**
*Easy points to start.*
**[11:21] Nar**
As expected, the players before and
after him do not take any risks.
**[11:26] Nar**
They're only taking part in this
high-stake match to fill the table,
**[11:29] Nar**
and their mindset is easy to discern.
**[11:31] Nar**
Their only concern is to stay inconspicuous.
**[11:34] Nar**
They do all they can to avoid
dealing into anyone's hand
**[11:36] Nar**
and stay out of the conflict.
**[11:38] Nar**
Akagi takes advantage of this
mindset with extreme ease.
**[11:43] Aka**
Riichi.
**[11:45] Nar**
Against these people,
hinting at a tanpin,
**[11:48] Nar**
while actually having a
hell wait, is quite effective.
**[11:51] Nar**
From there, they'll step
into the trap themselves.
**[11:56] Shimo**
Green dragon!
**[11:57] Aka**
Ron.
**[11:59] Aka**
Riichi, ippatsu, iipeikou.
***SIGN*** Ippatsu - Winning in the turn after declaring riichi. Iipeikou - Double sequence in the same suit, e.g. 223344.
**[12:01] Aka**
There's an ura dora, too,
so that's a dealer mangan.
**[12:05] Aka**
*Now I've got 28,300.*
**[12:07] Aka**
*I'm safe for now.*
**[12:09] Nar**
Then, in the next hand...
**[12:10] Aka**
Chi.
**[12:13] Aka**
Pon.
**[12:14] Aka**
Kan.
**[12:16] Shimo**
*Four dora!*
**[12:22] Man**
*Damn, he's lucky.*
**[12:24] Guy**
8 of bamboo.
**[12:25] Aka**
Kan.
**[12:29] Aka**
Kan.
**[12:31] Aka**
1 of bamboo.
**[12:32] Man**
*What kind of game is he playing?!*
**[12:35] Man**
* No one could've expected him*
* to get so many yaku!*
**[12:38] Man2**
*What is this?*
**[12:39] Man2**
* He's been calling tiles like crazy,*
* and now, he's up to a haneman.*
**[12:43] Man2**
6 of bamboo.
**[12:45] Man**
*Safe tile.*
**[12:47] Aka**
*As expected, he's given up on winning.*
**[12:50] Aka**
* Can't wait to see what he does*
* when the safe tiles run out.*
**[12:54] Man**
*What's this kid waiting for?*
**[12:58] Man**
*The 1 of bamboo is a live tile.*
***SIGN*** Live tile - Tile that has not yet been discarded this hand.
**[13:00] Man**
*It's the perfect tile to keep for a tsumo win.*
**[13:02] Man**
* But if he discarded it, does that*
* mean he wants a ron win?*
**[13:06] Man**
* But then, that means I can't discard*
* any of these character or honor tiles.*
**[13:11] Man**
* These bamboo or circle tiles*
* might be a better choice.*
**[13:15] Nar**
The more he agonizes, the more
he plays into Akagi's plan.
**[13:18] Nar**
Assuming from the discarded 1 of
bamboo that Akagi wants a ron win,
**[13:21] Nar**
he can't discard the character or honor
tiles that Akagi knows he's holding.
**[13:25] Nar**
Which leaves the bamboo or circle tiles.
**[13:28] Nar**
But in this situation, their strategy
**[13:30] Nar**
is to discard from a pair or a triplet.
***SIGN*** Pair Triplet
**[13:33] Nar**
Then, if they survive one discard,
they'll have two or three safe turns.
**[13:36] Nar**
So, what tiles have they accumulated?
**[13:39] Nar**
With the 4 of circles tiles used up,
**[13:40] Nar**
tiles like the 3 of circles can no
longer be used for sequences.
**[13:42] Nar**
The same goes for the tiles around
the 8 of bamboo, namely the 7 and 9.
**[13:47] Nar**
In any case, there is no surefire
way to avoid a single wait.
**[13:53] Aka**
*Come on.*
**[13:54] Aka**
*I'll take it.*
**[13:57] Nar**
Is Akagi's insight actually
pulling the tile towards him?
**[14:00] Nar**
Or is this the work of something
entirely different, something demonic?
**[14:04] Nar**
He will discard it.
**[14:07] Nar**
As if possessed...
**[14:09] Man**
3 of circles.
**[14:13] Aka**
Ron.
**[14:14] Aka**
San kantsu, four dora.
***SIGN*** San kantsu - A hand of three kans.
**[14:15] Aka**
Haneman.
**[14:17] Nan**
*He did it!*
**[14:19] Nan**
*He's at 46,900.*
**[14:21] Cop**
You did it, Akagi!
**[14:23] Cop**
You're truly a genius.
**[14:25] Cop**
We can always count on you.
**[14:27] Aka**
There's still one big nuisance
sitting across from me.
**[14:31] Aka**
We can celebrate once I've
properly crushed him.
**[14:34] Ichi**
You're a ballsy kid.
**[14:36] Ichi**
You took out the small fry,
and you built up a stash of points.
**[14:40] Ichi**
I guess it's time for the main event, eh?
**[14:44] Aka**
I guess so.
**[14:46] Aka**
I'm going to take you out.
**[14:50] Nar**
It's a match between Ichikawa and Akagi.
**[14:53] Nar**
A death match that will continue
until one of them loses all of his points.
**[14:58] Nar**
He needs to get a direct
hit off of Ichikawa...
**[15:02] Nar**
A near-impossible task.
**[15:05] Nar**
This is where the match really begins.
**[15:07] Nar**
And this is Akagi's first discard.
**[15:10] Aka**
3 of circles.
**[15:11] Cop**
Huh?
**[15:15] Cop**
He's discarding the 3 of circles
from a hand like that?
**[15:17] Cop**
Why?
**[15:18] Nar**
And again, on the second turn.
**[15:20] Nar**
And on the third turn.
**[15:22] Nar**
Three 3 of circles discards in a row.
**[15:26] Nar**
No one can understand
what he's trying to do.
**[15:28] Nar**
But Ichikawa alone understands.
**[15:34] Boss**
*Hey, hey, what are you doing?*
**[15:40] Cop**
*I get it!*
**[15:41] Cop**
*He determined that it'll be*
**[15:42] Cop**
* too difficult to get direct hits*
* off each other in a normal game,*
**[15:45] Cop**
* so he is purging an entire*
* suit from his hand on purpose.*
**[15:50] Cop**
Akagi threw down the gauntlet,
and Ichikawa accepted his challenge.
***SIGN*** Tse Ii Men
**[15:54] Nar**
Purging an entire suit, Tse Ii Men...
**[15:57] Nar**
Known in Japanese as "zetsu ichimon."
**[15:59] Nar**
Once both players eliminate
one suit from their hands,
**[16:02] Nar**
the tiles left when one is in tenpai will
naturally be from the other two suits.
**[16:07] Nar**
Usually the players end up
trading blows until one falls.
**[16:10] Nar**
Essentially, it's Mahjong
where you can't run away.
**[16:13] Nar**
Comparatively, regular
Mahjong is like out-boxing.
**[16:18] Nar**
While you fight, you keep
an escape route ready.
**[16:21] Nar**
But a zetsu ichimon game is
like in-fighting at close range,
**[16:26] Nar**
with both your feet planted.
**[16:28] Boss**
*This is insane.*
**[16:30] Boss**
*Ignoring the circles right from the start...*
**[16:33] Boss**
* They're going to be waiting on*
* bamboo or character tiles.*
**[16:36] Nar**
But on the 13th turn...
**[16:39] Aka**
2 of circles.
**[16:41] Nar**
Akagi discards a 2 of circles from his hand.
**[16:44] Boss**
* Why is he discarding a*
* 2 of circles from his hand now?*
**[16:46] Boss**
*Wait... I see.*
**[16:50] Boss**
*He was trying to play us from the start!*
**[16:53] Boss**
* In a zetsu ichimon game,*
* one suit gets purged,*
**[16:56] Boss**
*so that suit inevitably becomes safe.*
**[17:00] Boss**
*But if he uses that principle against us*
**[17:03] Boss**
* and waits long enough,*
* there's no better camouflage.*
**[17:06] Boss**
*He was saving his 2 of circles for that.*
**[17:09] Boss**
* But the next player has*
* already discarded one,*
**[17:11] Boss**
* and the previous player two,*
* eliminating all of them.*
**[17:15] Boss**
* He had no choice but to give up*
* on his single 2 of circles wait.*
**[17:18] Boss**
* Now he's probably in a multi-sided*
* wait for a bamboo or character tile.*
**[17:22] Boss**
* Man, you can't let your*
* guard down with this kid.*
**[17:32] Aka**
Ron.
**[17:33] Aka**
Ittsuu, one dora.
***SIGN*** Ittsuu - Full straight, 1-9 of one suit.
**[17:34] Aka**
Three consecutive wins, so 8,600.
**[17:37] Boss**
*A single 1 of circles wait?!*
**[17:39] Boss**
*How could he wait on that?!*
**[17:41] Boss**
*He just won't go down.*
**[17:43] Boss**
* He pretended to give up his single*
* wait by discarding the 2 of circles,*
**[17:46] Boss**
* but was still concealing another*
* single wait for a circle tile!*
**[17:50] Boss**
* This is demonic... This isn't*
* something a kid could come up with!*
**[17:55] Nar**
In their first zetsu ichimon match,
Akagi outfoxes Ichikawa.
**[18:01] Nar**
It's an auspicious start.
**[18:03] Nar**
This was the start of their
**[18:05] Nar**
zetsu ichimon battle that
had no end in sight...
**[18:09] Nar**
Akagi continues to masterfully
**[18:10] Nar**
utilize waits that circumvent
the principles of zetsu ichimon.
**[18:14] Nar**
At first, it seems that
Ichikawa is being played
**[18:17] Nar**
by Akagi's varied and
unpredictable playing style,
**[18:20] Nar**
but that is not the case.
**[18:23] Ichi**
Tsumo.
**[18:24] Nar**
Ichikawa is orthodox.
**[18:26] Nar**
He does not insist on a direct hit on Akagi.
**[18:30] Nar**
He frequently calls tsumo.
**[18:33] Nar**
And then...
**[18:35] Nar**
The fate of zetsu ichimon...
**[18:37] Nar**
The inevitable outflow of certain tiles...
**[18:40] Aka**
2 of circles.
**[18:42] Ichi**
Ron.
**[18:43] Nar**
He's out to kill.
**[18:45] Ichi**
Tanpin, two dora, mangan.
**[18:48] Nar**
They were both playing
zetsu ichimon matches,
**[18:51] Nar**
but their playing styles couldn't
have been more different.
**[18:54] Nar**
Akagi favors change, while Ichikawa
prefers to stay true to the basics.
**[19:00] Nar**
But eventually, the gap widens...
**[19:07] Aka**
9 of characters.
**[19:08] Ichi**
Ron.
**[19:11] Ichi**
Pinfu, iipeikou, two dora.
**[19:16] Ichi**
Mangan.
**[19:18] Nan**
No problem.
**[19:20] Nan**
It's no biggie.
**[19:22] Nan**
That much is expected in
a game of zetsu ichimon.
**[19:23] Cop**
I don't think so, Nangou-san.
**[19:28] Cop**
Akagi is suffering.
**[19:31] Cop**
I thought that too, in the beginning,
**[19:34] Cop**
but now, Ichikawa is the
one with the points.
**[19:41] Cop**
They've both won the
same amount of times,
**[19:44] Cop**
but the value of each win is different.
**[19:46] Cop**
It's only natural, considering that
Akagi mostly uses irregular waits
**[19:48] Cop**
that make his hands worth less.
**[19:51] Cop**
Meanwhile, Ichikawa is
constantly building his hands
**[19:54] Cop**
on wins that mean much more in Mahjong.
**[19:57] Cop**
True, his style isn't
exciting, but he wins big.
**[20:02] Cop**
In a straight race for points,
there's no way Akagi can win.
**[20:07] Cop**
He's letting Akagi stand in the spotlight,
**[20:08] Cop**
while reaping the profits for himself.
**[20:11] Aka**
3 of characters.
**[20:12] Ichi**
Ron.
**[20:13] Ichi**
Tanpin, sanshoku.
**[20:16] Ichi**
Mangan.
**[20:19] Ichi**
*That's right.*
**[20:21] Ichi**
*Have you realized it now, Akagi-kun?*
**[20:24] Ichi**
* It's nonsensical to scheme*
* elaborate waits in zetsu ichimon.*
**[20:27] Ichi**
* What needs to flow out*
* will flow out regardless.*
**[20:31] Ichi**
*I'll leave the skillful Mahjong to you.*
**[20:35] Ichi**
*I don't mind being unskilled...*
**[20:37] Ichi**
*I'll just win.*
**[20:39] Ichi**
* Since you prefer that kind of*
* showy style, you can't beat me.*
**[20:44] Ichi**
* To defeat me, you'd have to*
* overturn the most basic rules*
**[20:48] Ichi**
* of Mahjong itself, and not*
* even God can do that.*
**[20:51] Nar**
Ichikawa is unaffected by
Akagi's aggressive attacks.
**[20:56] Nar**
He is truly like an impregnable fortress.
**[20:59] Nar**
Akagi seems to be caught
in his own trap...
**[21:03] Nar**
Does he have a plan to get to victory?
***SIGN*** Next Time: "The Picaro's Talent."
***SIGN*** Next Episode
***SIGN*** The Picaro's Talent
# 6 - The Picaro's Talent
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**[01:12] Nar**
When Akagi and Ichikawa first
started their zetsu ichimon game,
**[01:15] Nar**
they appeared evenly matched,
**[01:17] Nar**
but now it is becoming
clear who is superior.
**[01:20] Nar**
Ichikawa now has more
than 100,000 points.
**[01:24] Nar**
On the other hand, Akagi is steadily
losing points and now stands at 23,000.
**[01:29] Nar**
Ichikawa takes that opportunity
to change his play style.
**[01:33] Nar**
He gives up on tsumo wins
**[01:34] Nar**
and focuses on getting direct
hit wins off of Akagi.
**[01:37] Nar**
He's going in for the kill.
***SIGN*** Episode 6
***SIGN*** The Picaro's Talent
**[01:48] Boss**
*We've reached the first turning point.*
**[01:51] Boss**
* Will Ichikawa deal a finishing blow,*
* or will Akagi make a comeback?*
**[01:58] Boss**
*They're both going for a one suit hand?*
**[02:00] Boss**
*I see, I see.*
**[02:02] Boss**
* It's not zetsu ichimon anymore;*
* it's zetsu nimon, eliminating two suits.*
**[02:05] Boss**
* It'll be interesting to watch them*
* both go for a characters chinitsu.*
**[02:09] nar**
If zetsu ichimon is like boxing's in-fighting,
**[02:13] nar**
then zetsu nimon is like grappling.
**[02:15] nar**
It's as if they have their hands
on each other's throats
**[02:17] nar**
and are slowly tightening their grips.
**[02:19] nar**
The one who can't hold out any longer
and coughs up the ron tile first dies.
**[02:25] Cop**
*Akagi, isn't that a little reckless?*
**[02:28] Cop**
*Luck isn't on your side right now.*
**[02:31] Cop**
* Ichikawa's much more likely*
* to get his winning tile*
**[02:34] Cop**
*than you are to get yours.*
**[02:36] Nar**
Yasuoka's hypothesis was correct.
**[02:39] Nar**
Akagi has no momentum right now.
Everything is in Ichikawa's favor.
**[02:45] Nar**
The seventh turn.
**[02:49] Nar**
Ichikawa is in tenpai.
**[02:50] Nar**
He's waiting for a 3, 6, or 9 of characters.
**[02:52] Boss**
*Looks like Ichikawa might be the winner...*
**[02:56] Boss**
* He's in tenpai with a concealed*
* dora triplet of red dragons*
**[02:59] Boss**
* and an ideal three-way wait,*
* so early in the game.*
**[03:02] Boss**
*Akagi's miles away.*
**[03:04] Guy**
Kan!
**[03:07] Guy**
The new dora is the 6 of characters.
**[03:10] Guy**
Riichi!
**[03:11] Nar**
In the same round,
**[03:12] Nar**
not just the dealer, but the
South player is also in tenpai.
**[03:15] Nar**
They've caught up with no delay.
**[03:17] Nar**
It looks as though the match
may end here in the seventh turn.
**[03:22] Nar**
But...
**[03:23] Nar**
Just then, Akagi's hand
is still at this stage.
**[03:26] Nar**
You may say he's one tile
away from a chiitoitsu,
**[03:29] Nar**
but the 9 of characters that he must
**[03:31] Nar**
discard for that happens to
be Ichikawa's winning tile.
**[03:34] Nar**
Akagi senses that this tile is dangerous.
**[03:37] Nar**
And then...
**[03:38] Aka**
Chi.
**[03:40] Nar**
With this call, he manages to secure one
9 of characters tile in a sequence.
**[03:45] Nar**
This way, he's not likely to have to discard
the remaining 6 or 9 of characters.
**[03:48] Nar**
Akagi's sharp insight shines as this
remarkable play gets him out of danger.
**[03:53] Nar**
But Ichikawa is also privy to this strategy.
**[03:56] Nar**
He can read Akagi's moves precisely.
**[03:59] Ichi**
*He won't discard the 3, 6, or 9 now.*
**[04:03] Man**
5 of characters.
**[04:04] Ichi**
Chi.
**[04:05] Nar**
Now Ichikawa's waiting for
a 2, 5 or 8 of characters.
**[04:10] Nar**
He changes his wait to the 8 of characters
**[04:12] Nar**
that Akagi is most likely to discard next.
**[04:14] Nar**
He chases him down.
**[04:15] Nar**
As his target moves, so does he.
**[04:19] Nar**
Like a homing missile.
**[04:23] Man**
7 of characters!
**[04:23] Aka**
Chi.
**[04:25] Nar**
With that move, he's used up
his 8 of characters,
**[04:27] Nar**
and he discards the 9 of characters.
**[04:30] Nar**
He's sidestepped Ichikawa's
waits once again.
**[04:33] Nar**
The ninth turn.
**[04:35] Nar**
The South player deals the 2 of characters.
**[04:37] Nar**
This is one of Ichikawa's winning tiles.
**[04:39] Nar**
Yet he doesn't move.
**[04:41] Nar**
He will hold out for a
direct hit off of Akagi.
**[04:45] Aka**
Pon.
**[04:47] Nar**
With this call, Akagi has
now caught up to Ichikawa.
**[04:49] Nar**
He managed to worm out of Ichikawa's
waits and get into tenpai himself.
**[04:53] Nar**
He's waiting on the
1 and 4 of characters.
**[04:56] Nar**
Now Ichikawa faces another decision.
**[05:00] Ichi**
* Akagi took care of his*
* 3, 6, and 9 of characters,*
**[05:02] Ichi**
*as well as his 2, 5, and 8 of characters.*
**[05:05] Ichi**
Therefore, all that's left in his hand
now are 1, 4 and 7 of characters.
**[05:10] Ichi**
*Our waits are the same.*
**[05:12] Nar**
Ichikawa's waiting on the
1, 4 and 7 of characters.
**[05:15] Nar**
He chases Akagi for the third time.
**[05:17] Nar**
Akagi waits for the 1 and 4 of characters.
**[05:19] Nar**
The waits are similar,
**[05:21] Nar**
but Ichikawa has a slight
advantage since his wait
**[05:22] Nar**
also includes the 7 of characters.
**[05:29] Nar**
Akagi's drawn the worst tile,
the 7 of characters dora.
**[05:37] Ichi**
*Looks like you got it.*
**[05:39] Aka**
4 of characters.
**[05:41] Ichi**
Ron!
**[05:42] Ichi**
Dealer haneman. 18,000.
**[05:46] Ichi**
*I finally got you, Akagi.*
**[05:58] Nan**
We're dead.
**[05:59] Cop**
I guess Ichikawa's too much for him...
**[06:02] Boss**
I wouldn't say that.
**[06:04] Boss**
Indeed, Ichikawa's persistence
as he hunted down
**[06:07] Boss**
Akagi's tiles made for an excellent game.
**[06:09] Boss**
His tenacity and intuition are superhuman.
**[06:12] Boss**
However, Akagi's game was
not worse, by any means.
**[06:15] Boss**
In fact, in terms of impressiveness,
his game may have surpassed Ichikawa's.
**[06:20] cop**
What exactly do you mean?
**[06:25] Boss**
This last hand, Akagi consistently
dodged Ichikawa's waits,
**[06:29] Boss**
and finally managed to get himself
into a 1 or 4 of characters wait tenpai.
**[06:32] Boss**
If you had drawn the 7 of characters
then, what would you have done?
**[06:36] Cop**
Huh? Well...
**[06:38] Boss**
Figuring that the 1 and 4 of
characters are his winning tiles,
**[06:40] Boss**
wouldn't you have discarded the 7?
**[06:43] Boss**
Most people would try to
preserve their tenpai,
**[06:46] Boss**
hoping for that tiny chance of it passing.
**[06:50] Boss**
But Akagi didn't try to pursue
that small chance.
**[06:56] Boss**
If he'd discarded the 7 of characters dora,
**[06:58] Boss**
Ichikawa would've had a baiman
and Akagi would've gone bust.
**[07:03] Boss**
His tenacity is truly astonishing.
**[07:05] Boss**
Would a normal person
even consider all that?
**[07:09] Boss**
And even if they considered it,
**[07:10] Boss**
would they be able to resist the
temptation to maintain their tenpai?
**[07:13] Boss**
Akagi did just that!
**[07:16] Boss**
Chasing after something as ephemeral
as "if" will never bring you victory.
**[07:21] Boss**
I can hear Akagi's will, clear as any voice,
from the 7 of characters he kept.
**[07:28] Cop**
Akagi...
**[07:30] Nar**
Winning is something that happens in reality.
**[07:34] Nar**
Without pursuing reality,
there is no way to win.
**[07:38] Nar**
Akagi dealt into someone's
hand, but left his will behind.
**[07:41] Nar**
The will to win in reality.
**[07:46] Nar**
The game is not favoring Akagi right now.
**[07:48] Nar**
He may have limited the loss to a haneman,
**[07:50] Nar**
but drawing the winning
tile itself was bad luck.
**[07:53] Nar**
It's obvious that the game
is favoring Ichikawa.
**[07:56] Nar**
Akagi has 5,000 points,
and that's all he has.
**[08:00] Nar**
It may just end here.
**[08:02] Nan**
*I'm sorry, Akagi.*
**[08:04] Nan**
* I understand that this player*
* is out of your league.*
**[08:08] Nan**
* But you've always overturned*
* accepted notions like those.*
**[08:12] Nan**
*You're a genius, no questioning that.*
**[08:14] Nan**
*Please...*
**[08:15] Nan**
*show me one last time...*
**[08:17] Nan**
*an escape from this dilemma.*
**[08:19] Nan**
*We need some miracle tiles!*
**[08:22] Nan**
*Akagi!*
**[08:25] Nan**
*What a crap hand!*
**[08:28] Nan**
* He might as well keep the terminal and*
* honor tiles and go for a kokushi musou.*
***SIGN*** Kokushi musou: Yakuman hand with one of each terminal and honor tile, plus one tile that matches any of the other 13.
**[08:32] Nan**
*The luck just isn't on his side right now.*
**[08:35] Nan**
*The luck...*
**[08:38] Boss**
*I knew it.*
**[08:40] Boss**
*There's no way we can expect Akagi*
**[08:41] Boss**
* to get a decent hand*
* under these circumstances.*
**[08:50] Boss**
*That's an amazing hand.*
**[08:52] Boss**
*Two dora to boot.*
**[08:54] Boss**
* With a tsumo win, he could*
* get up to a haneman.*
**[08:56] Boss**
* And he's only two tiles*
* away from tenpai already.*
**[08:59] Boss**
* It's the complete opposite*
* of Akagi's starting tiles.*
**[09:02] Boss**
* Who could've predicted*
* such a huge difference?*
**[09:05] Boss**
*If Ichikawa wins with a haneman,*
**[09:06] Boss**
* he'll get 6,000 from each*
* player as the dealer.*
**[09:09] Boss**
* Akagi will have to give up his*
* last 5,000 points and die.*
**[09:13] Boss**
*And that will be the end.*
**[09:16] Nan**
*Damn it!*
**[09:18] Nan**
*Even his draws are complete shit.*
**[09:20] Nan**
*It's the sixth turn and he's still got nothing!*
**[09:23] Nan**
I guess there's nothing he can do...
**[09:25] Cop**
No.
**[09:26] Cop**
He's on it already.
**[09:27] Nan**
Huh?
**[09:32] Nan**
Looking at Akagi's discard pile...
**[09:34] Nan**
*That's it!*
**[09:36] Nan**
*I see what he's getting at...*
**[09:38] Nan**
* He's hinting at a kokushi musou*
* or a chinitsu to tie their hands.*
**[09:42] Man**
Riichi!
**[09:45] Nan**
*It's hopeless.*
**[09:46] Nan**
*No one sees him as a threat right now.*
**[09:49] Nan**
*His attempt was totally ineffective.*
**[09:51] Nan**
*His final effort failed. Is this the end?*
**[09:58] bos**
*5 of characters?*
**[09:59] yas**
*That's right by the dora!*
**[10:01] nan**
*Have you gone insane?!*
**[10:04] Nar**
Dealing into another player's
hand right now is fatal,
**[10:06] Nar**
yet Akagi makes a bold move.
**[10:08] Nar**
And again on the next turn...
**[10:11] Nar**
He discards a 4 of characters dora,
making two consecutive reckless moves.
**[10:15] Nan**
*This is crazy.*
**[10:18] Boss**
*I get it.*
**[10:19] Boss**
*Akagi's betting his life on this bluff.*
**[10:23] Nar**
These character tiles are exactly
what the player in riichi wants.
**[10:26] Nar**
Akagi was ready to face death when
he discarded those two tiles.
**[10:30] Nar**
His hand is in shambles.
**[10:33] Nar**
At first, it seems foolish to bet
his life on a trash hand like this.
**[10:37] Nar**
However, that's precisely what is
needed in order to deceive others.
**[10:42] Nar**
People are always disoriented by
actions that seem counterproductive.
**[10:45] Nar**
How can you ever fool anyone
without risking anything yourself?
**[10:49] Nar**
Akagi's boldness plants
doubt in his opponents.
**[10:53] Nar**
Doubt gives way to delusions,
and delusions give birth to fear.
**[10:57] Nar**
To them, his trash hand no
longer looks like a trash hand.
**[11:05] Nar**
With this one discard,
**[11:06] Nar**
Akagi's bluff now controls the entire table.
**[11:09] Nar**
The next player gives up on winning.
**[11:11] Nar**
The player before him looks troubled, as well.
**[11:14] Nar**
And once you've gained
control, lies becomes truths.
**[11:18] Nar**
Akagi arrives at his own truth by
deliberately weakening himself.
**[11:24] Nar**
Ichikawa is in tenpai.
**[11:25] Boss**
*This is perfect.*
**[11:27] Boss**
*If he discards the 5 of characters,*
**[11:28] Boss**
*he's looking at a haneman tsumo.*
**[11:30] Boss**
*He can end the match—*
**[11:32] Boss**
*What?!*
**[11:35] Man**
R-Ron!
**[11:36] Boss**
*What?! Why?!*
**[11:39] Boss**
*It can't be!*
**[11:40] Boss**
*I see.*
**[11:42] Boss**
* A judgment typical of a man*
* as pragmatic as Ichikawa.*
**[11:45] Boss**
* Right now, the only thing Ichikawa*
* wants to prevent is Akagi winning.*
**[11:49] Boss**
* He probably knew the kokushi musou*
* had a 90% chance of being a bluff,*
**[11:54] Boss**
*but he figured,*
**[11:55] Boss**
* on the off-chance that Akagi*
* escapes out of reach again,*
**[11:57] Boss**
*he'd be better off throwing away this hand.*
**[12:05] Boss**
* For Ichikawa, dealing into that*
* hand was the logical conclusion.*
**[12:08] Boss**
* But this sort of underhanded play*
* might change the flow of the game.*
**[12:14] Boss**
* Thinking about it,*
* this was a godly play by Akagi.*
**[12:18] Boss**
* He used his terrible*
* starting hand and his draws*
**[12:21] Boss**
*to force Ichikawa out of the dealer seat.*
**[12:24] Boss**
*With this trash hand...*
**[12:28] Nar**
To rewrite lies into truths,
he bled himself without hesitation.
**[12:33] Nar**
Each of Akagi's tiles seems to
glisten with his own blood,
**[12:36] Nar**
placing unsurmountable
pressure on Ichikawa.
**[12:39] Boss**
*This is Akagi's Mahjong...*
**[12:45] Nar**
Akagi's just come back
from the depths of Hell,
**[12:48] Nar**
and his starting hand looks like
he's just made a pact with the devil.
**[12:54] Nar**
It's an extraordinary starting hand.
**[12:56] Nar**
Could this be the luck
Akagi was born with?
**[12:58] Nan**
* Whenever he survives*
* a near-death encounter,*
**[13:00] Nan**
*Akagi returns with a monster hand.*
**[13:03] Nar**
Then, five turns later...
**[13:05] Aka**
Tsumo.
**[13:06] Nar**
He wins this unbelievable
hand with a tsumo.
**[13:08] Nar**
Honitsu, tsumo, chanta, san ankou,
red dragons, green dragons, 1 dora.
**[13:13] Nar**
A sanbaiman.
***SIGN*** Sanbaiman - Triple mangan.
**[13:16] Nar**
The sand at the depths
of Hell is magical sand.
**[13:20] Nar**
Touching it will reverse the poles
of great fortune and great loss,
**[13:24] Nar**
much like a coin turning
from one side to another.
**[13:27] Nar**
Now Akagi is the dealer.
**[13:29] Nar**
He takes another 5,800
from the player after him.
**[13:33] Nar**
Then he gets another dealer
mangan with a tsumo win.
**[13:37] Nar**
He gives himself up to his flow
and goes on a winning streak.
**[13:39] Nar**
He now has 47,000 points.
**[13:43] Nar**
He's made it back to just under 50,000.
**[13:48] Nar**
But the problem is still ahead.
**[13:51] Nar**
Ichikawa is a wall he cannot penetrate.
**[13:55] Nar**
He was unable to get a direct win
off the real target, Ichikawa.
**[13:58] Nar**
In this game,
**[13:59] Nar**
he must decrease Ichikawa's points
if he wants to approach victory.
**[14:04] Nar**
Akagi attempts unorthodox waits,
hell waits, and all other manners of waits,
**[14:08] Nar**
but Ichikawa plays too defensively
and never deals into his hand.
**[14:12] Aka**
Riichi.
**[14:13] Nar**
Akagi doggedly tries to
win off of Ichikawa.
**[14:16] Nar**
He goes into a hell wait for
the last of the four wind tiles.
**[14:20] Nar**
The game, however, ends up
being another fruitless draw.
**[14:23] Nar**
Ichikawa will not deal into his hand.
**[14:28] Aka**
Oh, boy.
**[14:30] Aka**
Let's stop this.
**[14:33] Aka**
It's never going to end, Ichikawa-san.
**[14:37] Aka**
What good does it do for us to
keep piling up these points?
**[14:41] Aka**
What we really want
**[14:43] Aka**
are the points that we have to
pay with our flesh and bone.
**[14:47] Ichi**
What are you trying to say?
**[14:50] Aka**
Let's cut it down to one tenth.
**[14:52] Aka**
Right now, I have 50,000 and
you have 100,000 points.
**[14:55] Aka**
Let's cut these down to 5,000
and 10,000 and start over.
**[15:00] Nan**
What?!
**[15:02] Nan**
You just managed to get yourself up
to 50,000 points and into the clear!
**[15:06] Nan**
Why would you do something that risky?
**[15:08] Cop**
No, this could actually be interesting.
**[15:10] Cop**
Ichikawa has 100,000 points.
**[15:12] Cop**
It would be basically
impossible to make him bust.
**[15:17] Cop**
Looking at it that way,
it's not a bad idea to gamble.
**[15:19] Cop**
The bigger problem is getting
Ichikawa to accept this term.
**[15:25] Ichi**
I refuse.
**[15:27] Ichi**
I would refuse even if you
had as many points as I do.
**[15:33] Ichi**
I won't do anything that would lower my
chances of winning by even a single percent.
**[15:39] Aka**
Fine, then. You stubborn old fart.
**[15:43] Aka**
Looks like I'll have to force the issue.
**[15:47] Cop**
*I can tell this kid's up to no good again.*
**[15:52] Cop**
*What's he going to do now?*
**[15:57] Nar**
Akagi is still on his dealer streak.
**[15:59] Nar**
As always, the game flows in his favor.
**[16:02] Nar**
On the ninth turn, he's in tenpai.
**[16:07] Cop**
*He's got two choices.*
**[16:08] Cop**
* He could go for the south wind*
* hell wait, or 6 or 9 of characters.*
**[16:13] Cop**
* But he's already confirmed that*
* single hell waits aren't effective.*
**[16:17] Cop**
* And his discards are a dead*
* giveaway that he's after a honitsu.*
**[16:21] Cop**
*A south wind wait would be meaningless.*
**[16:25] Cop**
* It's nothing special, but right*
* now, he's got no other option.*
**[16:29] Man**
Riichi!
**[16:34] Nar**
Then, on Akagi's turn...
**[16:36] Nar**
He doesn't chase it.
**[16:37] Nar**
He simply discards the tile he drew.
**[16:39] Nar**
In the 12th turn, the player before him
**[16:42] Nar**
discards a 6 of characters.
**[16:44] Nar**
This is Akagi's winning tile.
**[16:46] Nar**
However, Akagi does not win.
**[16:48] Aka**
Chi.
**[16:49] Nar**
He makes his move.
**[16:51] Nar**
He calls the 6 of characters
and discards the 9,
**[16:54] Nar**
switching his winning tile,
but giving up a ron win.
**[16:56] Nar**
Initially, this call seems meaningless,
**[16:58] Nar**
but it marks the beginning of
Akagi's hunt for Ichikawa...
**[17:01] Boss**
Hold it.
**[17:02] Boss**
You can't do that.
**[17:03] Aka**
Huh?
**[17:04] Boss**
You can't call a 6 of
characters and discard a 9.
**[17:06] Boss**
We don't accept switch-ups like those.
**[17:08] Boss**
Put it back.
**[17:11] Nar**
Akagi is uncharacteristically accommodating.
**[17:14] Nar**
He puts the discarded 9
**[17:15] Nar**
and the revealed 7 and 8
back into his hand,
**[17:18] Nar**
and returns the 6 he had
called to the discard pile.
**[17:21] Nar**
He then draws a new tile...
**[17:22] Nar**
and discards that tile immediately.
**[17:27] Cop**
*I get it.*
**[17:29] Cop**
*Now I see what he's getting at.*
**[17:31] Cop**
* He only pretended to not*
* know about that rule,*
**[17:33] Cop**
*and that in itself is the trap.*
**[17:35] Cop**
* Since he can still call on tiles,*
* it means he's not in tenpai.*
**[17:38] Cop**
* The 6 he called and the 9 he*
* discarded, at least, will seem safe.*
**[17:44] Cop**
* He wanted to emphasize*
* that these tiles are safe*
**[17:47] Cop**
* and something this elaborate would*
* be enough to fool most people.*
**[17:52] Cop**
*Probably even Ichikawa is no exception.*
**[17:56] Nar**
No.
**[17:59] Nar**
Ichikawa saw through it.
**[18:02] Ichi**
* You're a sly little monkey who*
* likes to use dirty tricks.*
**[18:07] Ichi**
* But that trick's been*
* around for a long time.*
**[18:11] Ichi**
*I can't discard this 9 of characters.*
**[18:13] Ichi**
*It's the most dangerous tile.*
**[18:16] Ichi**
*Which means that...*
**[18:17] Ichi**
*The safest tile is...*
**[18:23] Ichi**
*The west wind.*
**[18:25] Ichi**
*The fourth west wind.*
**[18:27] Ichi**
*This is 100% safe.*
**[18:29] Ichi**
*I have to stay on the defensive.*
**[18:36] Aka**
That's it, old man.
**[18:41] Ichi**
*I-Impossible...*
**[18:43] Ichi**
* This was supposed to*
* be the fourth west wind.*
**[18:45] Ichi**
*That can't happen!*
**[18:48] Ichi**
*Is it really a west wind?!*
**[18:50] Boss**
Y-Yes!
**[18:57] Cop**
*H-How did he...*
**[18:59] Cop**
* I'm sitting right behind him*
* and I still don't understand.*
**[19:02] Cop**
* Until a second ago, he was*
* waiting on a 6 and 9 of characters.*
**[19:07] Cop**
*That's it!*
**[19:08] Cop**
* He switched the west wind*
* with the 9 of characters!*
**[19:11] Cop**
*He filched it after that call.*
**[19:13] Cop**
*When he was returning the tiles.*
**[19:19] Cop**
*He's insane!*
**[19:21] Cop**
* Is this what he meant*
* by forcing the issue?!*
**[19:25] Cop**
*I can't believe this guy...*
**[19:28] Ichi**
*It's not possible.*
**[19:30] Ichi**
*I dealt the fourth west wind.*
**[19:33] Ichi**
* Unless he had a kokushi musou,*
* that tile was 100% safe.*
**[19:36] Ichi**
* Which means he pulled that tile*
* from somewhere in the discard pile.*
**[19:42] Ichi**
*He got me.*
**[19:44] Ichi**
* We have no way to stop*
* him from doing this.*
**[19:48] Ichi**
* The longer the match goes on,*
* the worse my position gets.*
**[19:51] Ichi**
*So that's his game.*
**[19:53] Aka**
What do you say, Ichikawa-san?
**[19:55] Aka**
Will you accept my proposal?
**[20:00] Ichi**
Fine.
**[20:01] Ichi**
I accept.
**[20:03] Boss**
Ichikawa...
**[20:05] Ichi**
* I'll make you regret cheating*
* against me... Akagi.*
**[20:12] Aka**
That's the spirit. I knew you'd
understand, Ichikawa-san.
**[20:18] Cop**
*He got his way in the end.*
**[20:22] Cop**
*He really is ruthless.*
**[20:24] Cop**
*At this point, I can't even be appalled.*
**[20:26] Cop**
*I can only admire his natural talent*
**[20:28] Cop**
* that allowed him to execute*
* this so masterfully.*
**[20:32] Nar**
The points are cut to one tenth.
**[20:34] Nar**
Akagi goes from 68,000 to 6,800.
**[20:38] Nar**
Ichikawa goes from 81,700 to 8,100.
**[20:42] Nar**
They are now both under 10,000 points.
**[20:45] Nar**
The game can now be settled in one blow.
**[20:50] Nar**
It was Akagi's talent that
created these conditions.
**[20:54] Nar**
That's right.
**[20:55] Nar**
Akagi's true nature,
which is undoubtedly evil.
**[21:02] Nar**
Evil of the highest and purest grade.
**[21:07] Nar**
A picaro.
***SIGN*** Next Episode
***SIGN*** An Innocent Devil
**[22:16] txt**
Next time: "An Innocent Devil."
# 7 - An Innocent Devil
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**[01:12] Nar**
It goes back and forth.
**[01:14] Nar**
The outcome of Akagi and Ichikawa's
death match is completely unpredictable.
**[01:17] Nar**
But it seems as if the battle
has entered the final throes.
**[01:23] Nar**
Ichikawa accepted Akagi's proposal,
**[01:25] Nar**
and the match resumes with each
player's points cut down to one tenth.
**[01:29] Nar**
Akagi has 6,800 and
Ichikawa has 8,100 points.
***SIGN*** Episode 7
***SIGN*** An Innocent Devil
**[01:44] Nan**
What's going to happen?
**[01:46] Cop**
There's no use discussing it now.
**[01:47] Cop**
They've both been reduced
to under 10,000 points.
**[01:50] Cop**
We might have a winner after this hand.
**[01:53] Nan**
That's...
**[01:55] Cop**
*But the flow is on Akagi's side.*
**[01:58] Cop**
* He could just win this*
* whole thing, here and now.*
**[02:02] Aka**
Riichi.
**[02:05] Cop**
*Yes, the flow favors Akagi.*
**[02:07] Cop**
* With a high end win,*
* he could get a haneman.*
**[02:09] Cop**
*Good fortune.*
**[02:10] Cop**
*If he wins here, he wins it all.*
**[02:12] Man**
Ron!
**[02:14] Nar**
But, of course, it was Ichikawa
who put a stop to that.
**[02:18] Nar**
He dealt into the hand
of the player after him.
**[02:20] Nar**
Adding 900 since it's the third
bonus hand, he pays out 3,500.
**[02:25] Nar**
He now has 4,600 left.
**[02:27] Nar**
Ichikawa knows that sacrifices are
necessary in order to stop Akagi.
**[02:31] Nar**
But Akagi also lost his 1,000 riichi wager,
**[02:35] Nar**
and in the next hand, he's forced to deal into
someone's hand to foil Ichikawa's tenpai.
**[02:39] Nar**
The 1 han hand costs him 1,300.
**[02:42] Nar**
He now has 4,500 points left.
**[02:44] Nar**
They are both under 5,000.
**[02:46] Nar**
Should either of them score a 5,200 hand,
**[02:49] Nar**
the battle will be on a fast track
to ending once and for all.
**[02:52] Nar**
Ichikawa draws on his years of experience.
**[02:55] Nar**
Akagi draws on his innate instinct.
**[02:57] Nar**
They read each other's hands
and do not budge an inch.
**[03:02] Aka**
*The green dragon's a live tile.*
**[03:04] Aka**
*Doesn't matter.*
**[03:07] Aka**
Green dragon.
**[03:09] Ichi**
Kan.
**[03:12] Ichi**
Akagi.
**[03:13] Ichi**
I don't want any arguing after I win,
**[03:16] Ichi**
so let me just make it clear right now.
**[03:18] Ichi**
If I win right now from the
tile I draw from the dead wall,
**[03:22] Ichi**
you alone must pay the full
amount for dealing that live tile.
**[03:25] Ichi**
I'm assuming you know that.
**[03:28] Aka**
Really?
**[03:30] Cop**
Yeah, there's a rule for an open kan
**[03:31] Cop**
where the person who dealt
the tile has to pay for the win.
**[03:33] Cop**
But that almost never...
**[03:36] Ichi**
*Yes.*
**[03:37] Ichi**
*It almost never happens.*
**[03:39] Ichi**
* There is, though,*
* the possibility, however slight.*
**[03:44] Ichi**
*I just wanted to make sure you knew.*
**[03:53] Ichi**
Whoops.
**[03:55] Ichi**
Looks like I drew it.
**[03:58] Ichi**
White dragon, rinshan kaihou.
***SIGN*** Rinshan kaihou - Winning off the extra tile drawn when you declare a kan.
**[04:01] Cop**
Impossible!
**[04:03] Ichi**
Can you flip the new dora indicator, Akagi?
**[04:06] Ichi**
If I have even one dora,
it will go up to 6,400.
**[04:09] Ichi**
Since you only have 4,500, you'll be dead.
**[04:24] Nar**
The new dora is the 1 of circles.
**[04:26] Nar**
Ichikawa has none of the new dora.
**[04:30] Nan**
We survived.
**[04:32] Cop**
He managed to escape death,
but now Akagi's only got 1,300.
**[04:37] Cop**
The no-tenpai penalty could kill him.
***SIGN*** If there are no more tiles to draw and your hand is not in tenpai, you must pay 1,000 to each player in tenpai.
**[04:39] Cop**
He really has nowhere left to run.
**[04:41] Man**
Ichikawa, the new dora is the 1 of circles.
**[04:44] Ichi**
Figures, from the demon spawn.
**[04:46] Ichi**
He's got demonic luck.
**[04:49] Ichi**
*However, that ends now.*
**[04:51] Ichi**
*Be it in this hand or the next, you will die.*
**[04:54] Ichi**
* Your antics are well and good, but you've*
* picked the wrong man to play them with.*
**[05:01] Cop**
*What the hell is this?*
**[05:04] Boss**
*Akagi's figured it out.*
**[05:06] Nar**
For a player of Ichikawa's caliber,
**[05:08] Nar**
memorizing the tiles in his
own wall is not a big feat.
**[05:11] Nar**
The 17 tiles in his wall,
and the actual tile he drew.
**[05:15] Nar**
And that sleight of hand...
**[05:19] Nar**
This lets him pick any of the 18 tiles he likes.
**[05:26] Nar**
Virtually invincible.
**[05:30] Aka**
Mind if I get some fresh air?
**[05:33] Ichi**
Not at all.
**[05:37] Cop**
He cheated?
**[05:38] Cop**
You may have done it
to shorten the game,
**[05:41] Cop**
but still, you started it.
**[05:43] Cop**
That was your fatal mistake.
**[05:45] Cop**
Ichikawa hadn't cheated because
**[05:47] Cop**
he considered himself to be
in a higher class than you.
**[05:49] Cop**
But what you did gave
him an excuse to cheat.
**[05:52] Nan**
Can you beat him if he does stuff like that?!
**[05:55] Aka**
Depends on the dice.
**[05:58] Aka**
If the wall stays intact in front of
Ichikawa when the next hand starts,
**[06:04] Aka**
he won't show mercy.
**[06:06] Aka**
He'll win on the fourth
rotation with a tsumo.
**[06:08] Nan**
The fourth rotation?!
**[06:10] Aka**
If that happens,
the heavens have abandoned us.
**[06:14] Aka**
Let's just be prepared.
**[06:18] Aka**
But if the opposite of that happens,
**[06:21] Aka**
and he's not able to pull any tricks,
**[06:24] Aka**
I'll think of it as me
having the advantage.
**[06:27] Aka**
If that happens,
the heavens have chosen me.
**[06:31] Aka**
Telling me to win.
**[06:41] Nar**
The final moment draws closer.
**[06:43] Nar**
In order to survive, Akagi first
entrusts his life to the dice.
**[06:48] Nar**
If that dice roll is in Ichikawa's favor,
**[06:51] Nar**
Akagi's loss will have
already been decided.
**[06:54] Nar**
Which means the death of
Yasuoka and Nangou, as well.
**[06:58] Nar**
The rules call for two rolls of the dice.
**[07:00] Nar**
As the dealer, Ichikawa rolls
the dice first and gets a 3, 4.
**[07:03] Nar**
The roll indicates the
player opposite to him.
**[07:05] Nar**
The dice of fate are entrusted to Akagi.
**[07:19] Cop**
*Three!*
**[07:20] Cop**
*Thank God.*
**[07:24] Cop**
*Akagi's still got some luck.*
**[07:28] Cop**
*And right when I think that, this?!*
**[07:30] Cop**
*What a lousy starting hand.*
**[07:33] Cop**
*He'll just have to do the best he can.*
**[07:37] Cop**
* There's no guarantee that the wall*
* won't be in front of Ichikawa next time.*
**[07:42] Cop**
* How can he possibly turn this into a*
* mangan hand to defeat Ichikawa?*
**[07:48] Cop**
* How should he play to confuse*
* Ichikawa into playing into his hand?*
**[07:53] Nar**
Akagi's hand is no easy trial.
**[07:55] Nar**
And Ichikawa...
**[07:58] Ichi**
*Akagi's only got 1,300 left.*
**[08:01] Ichi**
*I didn't need these dora right now.*
**[08:03] Ichi**
* A lighter, faster hand*
* would have been good.*
**[08:06] Ichi**
*There's no need to push myself here.*
**[08:08] Ichi**
* I can end this in one second if my*
* wall is in front of me in the next hand.*
**[08:16] Ichi**
* What's important now*
* is to not play into his hand.*
**[08:20] Man**
2 of circles.
**[08:22] Aka**
Chi.
**[08:24] Aka**
6 of characters.
**[08:25] Ichi**
*A circles straight hand, huh?*
**[08:30] Man**
3 of characters!
**[08:31] Aka**
Chi.
**[08:33] Aka**
1 of circles.
**[08:34] Ichi**
*A called sanshoku?*
**[08:36] Ichi**
*Not a hand that leads to a mangan.*
**[08:39] Ichi**
* He just wants to win this hand,*
* no matter how cheap the hand.*
**[08:48] Ichi**
*Three dora?*
**[08:50] Ichi**
* Which means the most he can have*
* is a sanshoku with one dora.*
**[08:55] Ichi**
*Is he mocking me?!*
**[09:04] Ichi**
* If that's the case,*
* I've got nothing to fear.*
**[09:07] Ichi**
Pon.
**[09:09] Ichi**
*I won't hold back.*
**[09:10] Ichi**
*I will attack!*
**[09:12] Nar**
Ichikawa is in tenpai.
**[09:13] Nar**
He has an ideal 2, 5, 8 of circles wait.
**[09:18] Ichi**
*It's finally time to sign his death warrant.*
**[09:22] Ichi**
*He doesn't even have to deal into my hand.*
**[09:24] Ichi**
* He's only got 1,300 left.*
* If I get so much as a tsumo, he's dead.*
**[09:33] Boss**
*Why's he wavering now?*
**[09:36] Boss**
* Even if he plays into it,*
* it's only a sanshoku with one dora.*
**[09:39] Boss**
*Only 2,000 points.*
**[09:43] Boss2**
*I see.*
**[09:45] Boss2**
* Normally, this north wind*
* wouldn't be a threat.*
**[09:48] Boss2**
* However, if three coincidences*
* were to come together,*
**[09:50] Boss2**
*it could possibly be a mangan hand.*
**[09:53] Boss2**
* If he discards the north wind and*
* Akagi wins, there is nothing to fear.*
**[09:57] Boss2**
* The problem is that it would*
* give Akagi an open kan.*
**[10:00] Boss2**
* The same trick Ichikawa used last hand*
* to make Akagi pay for the win.*
**[10:05] Boss2**
* He'd have a rinshan kaihou,*
* tsumo, and a sanshoku*
**[10:07] Boss2**
* worth two han, and any*
* new dora on top of that.*
**[10:09] Boss2**
*Should that transform any pair in his hand,*
**[10:11] Boss2**
* or the north wind, into dora, his*
* hand would be more than a mangan.*
**[10:14] Boss2**
* And this time, it would be*
* Ichikawa's responsibility to pay.*
**[10:18] Nar**
Of course, the chance of this
happening is extremely low.
**[10:21] Nar**
First, Akagi would have to
declare a kan on the north wind.
**[10:23] Nar**
He would have to win with
a tsumo from the dead wall,
**[10:25] Nar**
as well as get new doras
from the revealed tile.
**[10:27] Nar**
It would be a miracle that would require
**[10:28] Nar**
passing through three separate barriers.
**[10:31] Nar**
Normally, discarding the north wind
at this point would be no problem.
**[10:34] Nar**
But Ichikawa is afraid.
**[10:37] Nar**
That's right.
**[10:38] Nar**
The opponent Ichikawa faces is Akagi.
**[10:42] Nar**
He makes the improbable and
the impossible possible.
**[10:47] Nar**
He is a man who can make
you feel that fear.
**[10:50] Nar**
That's Akagi.
**[10:56] Nar**
From one moment to the next,
Ichikawa is backed against the wall.
**[10:59] Nar**
What drives him into the corner
is the live north wind tile.
**[11:04] Nar**
Should he keep it and discard
a red dragon instead?
**[11:07] Nar**
But that kind of playing
style is too timid for him.
**[11:10] Nar**
Even if they move into the next hand,
there is no telling which of them will win.
**[11:13] Ichi**
* Anyone with common sense wouldn't*
* even consider the possibility...*
**[11:17] Ichi**
* But this kid here can't be*
* measured with common sense.*
**[11:23] Ichi**
* The next tile in my wall*
* is the 3 of bamboo.*
**[11:27] Ichi**
* There is a possibility that*
* it could be his winning tile.*
**[11:43] Aka**
Kan!
**[11:46] Boss**
*There it is!*
**[11:46] Boss**
*I can't believe this kid!*
**[11:48] Boss**
* Does he really intend to break through*
* those barriers and achieve the miracle?*
**[11:51] Nar**
Right then, Ichikawa...
**[11:57] Nar**
This is Ichikawa's plan.
**[11:59] Nar**
When he discarded the north wind,
**[12:01] Nar**
he already had the red
dragon hidden in his hand.
**[12:04] Nar**
If Akagi declared a kan,
**[12:06] Nar**
he would replace the tile in the
dead wall with this red dragon
**[12:08] Nar**
and kill his chance at
a rinshan kaihou win.
**[12:11] Nar**
Ichikawa's decision to discard the
north wind was not just a bold play.
**[12:14] Nar**
It came with full insurance,
covering all possibilities.
**[12:21] Ichi**
*What's this hand?*
**[12:23] Ichi**
*That little...*
**[12:25] Ichi**
* He saw through my plan to*
* switch the tile he'd draw...*
**[12:28] Ichi**
*Well, then...*
**[12:34] Aka**
I've called three times now.
**[12:36] Aka**
And now for my dead wall draw.
**[12:41] Ichi**
*That tile is the 3 of bamboo.*
**[12:43] Ichi**
*If he is ready, he could win with a sanshoku.*
**[12:48] Ichi**
* But the odds of that happening*
* are less than one in three.*
**[12:51] Ichi**
*Like he will.*
**[13:01] Boss**
What?!
**[13:02] Nar**
In this moment, at the bottom
of his heart, Ichikawa trembled
**[13:05] Nar**
in fear of Akagi's luck.
**[13:08] Nar**
His actions before had
already been a last resort.
**[13:11] Nar**
If he couldn't switch Akagi's drawn tile,
**[13:13] Nar**
he'd switch the new dora indicator tile.
**[13:16] Nar**
Akagi can't get a mangan so long
as he has less than two dora.
**[13:20] Nar**
There is a white dragon in Akagi's discards.
**[13:22] Nar**
Which means that if he switches
the tile with a red dragon,
**[13:25] Nar**
there's no way that Akagi
will have any new dora.
**[13:27] Nar**
It is a perfect mangan blocker.
**[13:30] Nar**
However, the actual dora indicator tile
**[13:32] Nar**
he switched out right then was the...
**[13:37] Nar**
West wind!
**[13:39] Nar**
Meaning, the four north winds
would've given Akagi four dora.
**[13:43] Ichi**
*I'd be dead if I hadn't made that switch.*
**[13:46] Ichi**
*This is scary.*
**[13:47] Ichi**
*This kid is unbelievable.*
**[13:50] Ichi**
*His luck exceeds all expectations.*
**[13:53] Ichi**
*He really is possessed by the gods.*
**[13:55] Ichi**
* Still, however narrow the*
* margin, I am still the victor.*
**[14:01] Ichi**
* When I switched the red dragon,*
* I switched his luck, too, and evaded him.*
**[14:04] Ichi**
* He won't get any new dora,*
* and with an open rinshan kaihou*
**[14:08] Ichi**
* and called sanshoku,*
* his hand stops at 2,600 points.*
**[14:11] Ichi**
*I used up one of my nine lives with this...*
**[14:15] Aka**
The new dora.
**[14:16] Man**
R-Right.
**[14:20] Man**
A red dragon...
**[14:21] Man**
So the new dora is the white dragon.
**[14:23] Aka**
What?
**[14:24] Aka**
That's funny.
**[14:25] Man**
Huh?
**[14:27] Aka**
The way the game's been going,
**[14:28] Aka**
I could've sworn it was
going to be a north wind.
**[14:33] Boss**
Wh-What are you talking about?
**[14:35] Boss**
That kind of shameless
guesswork won't help you!
**[14:39] Aka**
But it's all the same.
**[14:45] Boss**
Huh?
**[14:48] Boss**
It can't be...
**[14:56] Boss**
Wh-White dragons?!
**[14:58] Boss**
He has two dora as his pair?!
**[15:01] Cop**
Rinshan tsumo!
Sanshoku, with two dora.
**[15:03] Cop**
That's a mangan!
**[15:03] Cop**
It's over!
**[15:05] Nan**
We won! We really won!
**[15:09] Ichi**
White dragons?
**[15:11] Ichi**
That can't be!
**[15:16] Ichi**
Something that ridiculous just isn't possible!
**[15:20] Ichi**
Why do you have white
dragons as your pair?
**[15:22] Ichi**
Do you mean to tell me
**[15:24] Ichi**
you threw away a white dragon
from a concealed triplet?
**[15:28] Ichi**
It's a game where every han counts,
**[15:30] Ichi**
and you threw a dragon away
after you had gotten three?!
**[15:33] Ichi**
How could you do something that irrational?
**[15:39] Aka**
Rationality is a rule in your world.
**[15:42] Aka**
Sorry, but that's not a
restriction that applies to me.
**[15:47] Aka**
Throwing yourself into absurdity
is what gambling is all about.
**[15:51] Ichi**
You bastard!
**[15:52] Ichi**
You laid that white dragon down as bait!
**[15:57] Ichi**
You laid it down to force
me to switch those tiles!
**[16:00] Ichi**
You did it on purpose!
**[16:05] Nar**
Akagi baited a trap.
**[16:09] Nar**
He did this to make Ichikawa
believe he had no white dragons.
**[16:13] Nar**
He discarded a white dragon
from a concealed triplet,
**[16:16] Nar**
a move that is normally inconceivable.
**[16:19] Nar**
It was a decoy he employed based on his
predictions of Ichikawa's future moves.
**[16:24] Nar**
On the one hand,
Ichikawa had a hidden strategy
**[16:27] Nar**
to prevent Akagi from
getting his mangan hand
**[16:31] Nar**
with multiple levels of insurance.
**[16:33] Nar**
Ichikawa was certain that
he had evaded danger.
**[16:37] Nar**
However, a moment later,
he'd be taught otherwise.
**[16:42] Nar**
He had been dancing on Akagi's
palm this entire time.
**[16:47] Boss**
* Akagi's win can't be written*
* off as pure luck, after all.*
**[16:53] Boss**
*His technique is superior.*
**[16:54] Boss**
*His potential is superior.*
**[16:56] Boss**
*He has natural genius.*
**[16:57] Boss**
* A talent no one can even*
* hope to come close to.*
**[17:01] Boss**
*And it was too much for Ichikawa.*
**[17:07] Boss**
Here's the eighty million, Akagi.
**[17:10] Boss**
Please take it.
**[17:15] aka**
I don't want it.
**[17:16] aka**
Double or nothing.
**[17:20] Cop**
Akagi!
**[17:21] Cop**
Don't you know you when to quit?!
**[17:23] Aka**
I never did.
**[17:25] Aka**
This game always was about playing
until one of us is destroyed.
**[17:30] Aka**
It was that kind of gamble.
**[17:32] Aka**
Right, Kurosaki-san?
**[17:37] Boss**
Akagi...
**[17:39] Boss**
I want to agree with you, but that's
not how this is going to go.
**[17:43] Boss**
I didn't think Ichikawa would lose...
**[17:47] Boss**
and we don't have another player.
**[17:49] Aka**
What are you talking about?
**[17:51] Aka**
Why don't we just have a
rematch with Ichikawa-san?
**[17:55] Aka**
We were evenly matched.
**[17:59] Boss**
He's done for.
**[18:01] Boss**
This game's made made it apparent
that you belong in different leagues.
**[18:04] Boss**
He'll never be able to
beat you in this lifetime.
**[18:10] Boss**
That is to say, now that
you've defeated Ichikawa,
**[18:14] Boss**
we don't have any more
chance of winning.
**[18:17] Boss**
I'm sorry to say it, but we're out.
**[18:20] Boss**
That's our final decision.
**[18:23] Cop**
This is good enough, right, Akagi?
**[18:25] Cop**
Let's call it a day here.
**[18:26] Cop**
I can set up other matches like this
for you whenever you want.
**[18:31] Cop**
Okay?
**[18:46] cop**
Here you go, Nangou-san. Your cut.
**[18:51] cop**
Akagi,
**[18:54] cop**
this is your cut.
**[18:55] cop**
It's way too much for
a middle school student.
**[19:04] nan**
* The expression on Akagi's face*
* then left an impression on me.*
**[19:07] nan**
*I still remember it to this day.*
**[19:10] nan**
* He had the eyes of a child who*
* had lost interest in a toy.*
**[19:14] nan**
*The insanity housed in them had vanished.*
**[19:17] nan**
*His eyes were pure.*
**[19:19] nan**
*Yes, at a glance,*
**[19:21] nan**
* he was just another 13 year old*
* middle school student.*
**[19:26] nan**
*It was like the demon had left him.*
**[19:28] nan**
* That's when I suddenly realized the*
* secret behind Akagi's strength.*
**[19:35] nan**
*I realized what it is that he has, and I lack.*
**[19:39] nan**
* I decided that I wouldn't*
* gamble ever again.*
**[19:44] nan**
*I could never be successful at gambling.*
**[19:48] nan**
* Because I'll never be able to have*
* that sort of look in my eyes.*
**[19:55] nar**
The night of legend was over.
***SIGN*** 1963 (5 years later)
**[20:06] gue**
Thanks.
**[20:07] che**
Thank you!
**[20:16] nan**
*It's been five years since then.*
**[20:19] nan**
* Yasuoka-san is still somewhat*
* involved in gambling.*
**[20:23] nan**
*I got out of it.*
**[20:26] nan**
* I occasionally play Mahjong*
* for fun, but not for money.*
**[20:31] nan**
*I haven't heard anything about Akagi.*
**[20:34] nan**
*He just disappeared.*
**[20:37] nan**
* Has he amassed an immense*
* fortune by now?*
**[20:42] nan**
* Or did he get burned by*
* the flame of gambling?*
**[20:49] nan**
Akagi...
**[20:52] nar**
And thus Akagi became a legend.
**[20:56] nar**
But Akagi hadn't disappeared.
**[21:00] nar**
The world would know about Akagi again.
**[21:04] nar**
In just one short year.
***SIGN*** Next time: "The Sign of Rebirth."
***SIGN*** Next Episode
***SIGN*** The Sign of Rebirth
# 8 - The Sign of Rebirth
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**[01:11] nar**
1958.
**[01:13] nar**
Akagi Shigeru, the genius who
suddenly descended into the darkness.
**[01:16] nar**
He was just 13 when he emerged victorious
**[01:18] nar**
from the death match against the
Kawada group's rep player, Ichikawa.
**[01:21] nar**
After that, he vanished without a trace.
**[01:24] nar**
Six years have passed since then.
**[01:31] nar**
1964.
**[01:33] nar**
All of Japan was excited
about the Tokyo Olympics.
**[01:46] kaw**
Are you certain, Yasuoka-san?
**[01:49] yas**
Lying wouldn't get me anywhere.
**[01:53] yas**
People who know him would
know it when they see him.
**[01:56] kaw**
Then it's really
***SIGN*** Kawada Group Boss
Kawada
**[01:57] kaw**
the one from that legendary night?
**[02:00] yas**
Yes, these last six years,
nobody knew where he was.
**[02:09] yas**
It is the Akagi Shigeru.
**[02:13] yas**
You will be able to witness another
legendary tale of the undefeatable man...
**[02:18] yas**
Delivered by Akagi Shigeru.
**[02:20] kaw**
Ishikawa.
***SIGN*** Kawada Group Underboss
Ishikawa
**[02:21] ish**
Yes.
**[02:23] kaw**
You're the only one in our group
who has seen Akagi play in person.
**[02:28] kaw**
I'll leave this to you.
**[02:30] ish**
Yes.
**[02:33] guy**
I've brought him.
**[02:34] kaw**
Come in.
**[02:42] yas**
This is Akagi Shigeru.
***SIGN*** Episode 8
***SIGN*** The Sign of Rebirth
**[02:52] ish**
Let's see how you play.
**[02:55] ish**
We've supplied additional players.
**[02:57] ish**
That's all right, isn't it, Yasuoka-san?
**[03:00] yas**
That's fine.
**[03:07] ish**
* That godly play I saw six years ago*
* isn't something that anyone can do.*
**[03:13] ish**
*If that sort of play is recreated right here,*
**[03:16] ish**
*I'll have no choice but to believe*
**[03:19] ish**
*that the Akagi Shigeru here is the real deal.*
**[03:28] ish**
*The perfect tile to draw.*
**[03:30] ish**
* He can now go from a double*
* pon wait to a two-sided wait.*
**[03:35] ish**
*Huh?!*
**[03:38] ish**
*He kept the double pon wait?*
**[03:40] ish**
Why did he stick with that if
it won't give him a pinfu?
**[03:50] fak**
Tsumo!
**[03:57] ish**
*What's with his luck?*
***SIGN*** Daisangen
**[04:04] nar**
It was a ridiculous draw.
**[04:07] nar**
But after this, Akagi kept making
impossible draws and wins.
**[04:18] nar**
And in the last hand...
**[04:23] ish**
*He's got a junchan hand.*
**[04:26] ish**
*He has to discard the 6 of circles.*
**[04:29] aka**
Riichi.
**[04:32] ish**
*Again!*
**[04:33] ish**
*He did something inexplicable again.*
**[04:42] aka**
Ippatsu tsumo.
**[04:43] aka**
Riichi, pinfu, sanshoku.
**[04:45] aka**
Haneman.
**[04:53] yas**
Looks like Akagi dominated
these two East-South matches.
**[04:57] ish**
I don't get how he can continue
to get all these crazy draws.
**[05:02] yas**
It's simple.
**[05:07] ish**
Simple?
**[05:08] yas**
Akagi, do it.
**[05:24] nar**
Akagi gathers 17 tiles, looks at them
for an instant, and puts them down.
**[05:29] nar**
He repeats this 8 times.
**[05:38] nar**
In other words, 17 x 8 tiles,
136 tiles, are now facedown.
**[05:46] yas**
Ishikawa-san, it doesn't matter
which, just name any hand.
**[05:50] yas**
Akagi will put together that hand
while the tiles are facedown.
**[05:53] ish**
He'll pick the tiles facedown?
**[05:55] yas**
Yes, he's memorized all of the 136 tiles here.
**[06:01] ish**
That's ridiculous! Memorized?
**[06:03] ish**
He didn't have time for that.
He only glanced at them.
**[06:07] yas**
That's all he needs.
Please, name a hand.
**[06:11] ish**
Then, a sanshoku.
**[06:34] ish**
Okay, next, a kokushi musou.
**[06:47] ish**
Daisangen tsuuiisou!
***SIGN*** Tsuuiisou - A hand composed exclusively of wind and dragon tiles.
**[06:50] ish**
* After a kokushi musou,*
* this should be difficult.*
**[06:52] ish**
* He won't be able to make it unless he*
* knows the position of every honor tile.*
**[07:10] ish**
*That is indeed amazing.*
**[07:12] ish**
*His memorization skill could be called godly.*
**[07:16] ish**
*But something's off.*
**[07:18] ish**
*I can't shake that feeling.*
**[07:21] ish**
* What was amazing about Akagi*
* Shigeru was not something like that.*
**[07:28] ish**
* What I saw six years ago was something*
* totally different, something mysterious.*
**[07:35] ish**
* It was something far beyond*
* the scope of normal people like us.*
**[07:49] kaw**
So?
**[07:50] ish**
Akagi has become weaker.
**[07:52] ish**
It seems that his peak was six years ago,
**[07:54] ish**
and in a sense, he's not the same person.
**[07:57] ish**
Nevertheless, he has abilities that
far surpass those of normal people.
**[08:04] kaw**
Then I don't care.
**[08:06] kaw**
No matter how much he has weakened,
**[08:08] kaw**
it's irrelevant as long as there
is nobody who can beat him.
**[08:17] ish**
*I hate this.*
**[08:19] ish**
*I didn't want to see a second-rate Akagi.*
**[08:21] guy**
You bastard!
**[08:24] guy**
Think we're playing around?!
**[08:25] guy**
Don't screw with us!
**[08:27] ---**
Come on, bitch!
**[08:28] guy**
Are you shitting yourself?
**[08:29] ---**
The fuck are you looking at?
**[08:31] ish**
Four on one, huh?
**[08:34] guy**
Asshole!
**[08:51] guy**
H-Hey!
**[08:56] guy**
Damn you!
**[08:57] guy**
I won't forget this!
**[09:03] isH**
Akagi Shigeru?
**[09:06] isH**
No, he has a completely different
aura than the guy from before.
**[09:10] isH**
It's like he's a different person.
**[09:12] isH**
Are there two Akagi Shigerus?
**[09:24] isH**
Are you Akagi?
**[09:26] isH**
Are you Akagi Shigeru?
**[09:29] isH**
Are you the Akagi Shigeru who had a
death match against the blind master,
**[09:33] isH**
Ichikawa, six years ago?
**[09:35] isH**
I don't expect you to remember who I am.
**[09:39] isH**
After that match, you suddenly disappeared.
**[09:43] isH**
We looked all over for you.
**[09:48] isH**
H-Hey.
**[09:50] isH**
Please wait!
**[10:00] nan**
Akagi?
**[10:02] ish**
Yes.
**[10:03] nan**
It's been six years, so I realize
he might be difficult to recognize.
**[10:10] nan**
But Akagi is different.
**[10:13] nan**
He was so unique and intense.
**[10:15] nan**
So if Yasuoka-san is saying
that that man is Akagi...
**[10:20] ish**
No, that man is someone else.
**[10:22] nan**
Huh?
**[10:23] ish**
It was just one night, but I have
seen Akagi with my own eyes.
**[10:27] ish**
That man is a fake.
**[10:29] ish**
Yasuoka-san is just using Akagi's name.
**[10:33] ish**
I'm sure about that.
**[10:36] ish**
I came here today to ask for
your help with the other Akagi.
**[10:42] nan**
The other Akagi?
**[10:43] ish**
Yes.
**[10:48] ish**
The man I met after seeing the fake Akagi
**[10:51] ish**
is the one who matched
the Akagi of my memory.
**[10:57] ish**
I asked my underlings and,
apparently, he's quite notorious
**[11:01] ish**
among the local punks
for picking random fights.
**[11:04] nan**
Random fights?
**[11:05] ish**
Amateurs, yakuza members...
he'll pick a fight with anyone.
**[11:08] ish**
It's like he knows no fear.
**[11:11] ish**
It goes without saying that he's skilled.
**[11:13] ish**
If you're with less than five people,
**[11:15] ish**
it's safest to avoid eye contact with him.
**[11:18] nan**
You're saying that man is Akagi?
**[11:23] ish**
That's what I'd like you to confirm.
**[11:26] ish**
We've already figured out where he is.
**[11:30] nan**
A toy factory?
**[11:32] ish**
Akagi is a worker at this factory.
**[11:37] ish**
Could you take a look through that gap?
**[11:40] ish**
He should be working right now.
**[11:55] ish**
Well?
**[11:56] nan**
That looks like him.
**[11:57] nan**
So much, I could almost swear it's him.
**[12:01] ish**
Right?
**[12:03] nan**
But I can't believe that
Akagi is doing honest work...
**[12:22] bos**
I'll hand out this month's pay now.
**[12:24] bos**
Ishida-kun.
**[12:25] ishi**
Yes.
**[12:26] bos**
Nagasawa-kun.
**[12:27] nag**
Yes.
**[12:28] bos**
Kawashima-kun.
**[12:29] kaw**
Yes.
**[12:30] bos**
Furuya-kun.
**[12:31] fur**
Yes.
**[12:31] bos**
Tawara-kun.
**[12:32] taw**
Yes.
**[12:32] bos**
Nakatani-kun.
**[12:33] ---**
Yes.
**[12:33] nar**
Twelve thousand yen.
**[12:35] nar**
In 1964, college graduates made
about 20,000 yen at their first job.
**[12:42] kaw**
Hey, newcomer.
**[12:44] kaw**
It's our tradition to play
Mahjong on our pay day here.
**[12:48] kaw**
You know how to play, right?
**[12:50] aka**
Sorry, but I don't feel like it today.
**[12:54] kaw**
Come on, don't be like that.
**[12:58] kaw**
It's also your welcoming party.
**[13:00] kaw**
We can't do that without you, can we?
**[13:02] kaw**
Don't worry, we won't take all of your pay.
**[13:06] kaw**
We'll leave you enough to eat.
**[13:09] kaw**
It's completely normal to pay
a tuition in the beginning.
**[13:12] kaw**
It comes with being a member of society.
**[13:17] aka**
So you'll basically be taking my money.
**[13:19] kaw**
Not necessarily.
**[13:21] kaw**
You could win, too.
**[13:24] aka**
I suppose.
**[13:26] aka**
You're right.
**[13:27] bos**
Akagi-kun, you have a visitor.
**[13:33] nan**
Akagi.
**[13:35] aka**
Well, well...
**[13:36] nan**
There's no doubt,
**[13:40] nan**
you're the real Akagi.
**[13:42] aka**
What's up, Nangou-san?
**[13:44] nan**
Do you have a minute?
**[13:46] aka**
Sure.
**[13:48] aka**
Well, Senpai, you heard him.
**[13:50] nan**
Is that okay?
**[13:51] aka**
It's not like I had plans.
**[13:55] kaw**
Osamu!
**[13:57] kaw**
It'll have to be you again this month.
**[14:00] osa**
But I did it last month,
and the month before that...
**[14:03] kaw**
Akagi says he won't do it,
so you don't have a choice!
**[14:05] kaw**
If you want to blame someone, blame him.
**[14:09] osa**
Akagi-san, please play instead of me.
**[14:14] aka**
I'm going out now.
**[14:16] aka**
If you don't want to play, just don't.
**[14:18] osa**
It doesn't work that way...
**[14:20] kaw**
We don't have enough players!
**[14:22] osa**
See?
**[14:24] aka**
Why don't you go to a Mahjong parlor?
**[14:27] aka**
There will be plenty of players there,
**[14:30] aka**
and you'll be able to
gamble all you want there.
**[14:34] aka**
It's not like you really have to
squeeze us for our cheap salary.
**[14:38] kaw**
You're gonna talk back to your senpai?!
**[14:41] nan**
Violence is not the solution!
**[14:46] kaw**
I'll remember this.
**[14:51] aka**
For some reason, there are
always two or three of those
**[14:54] aka**
ganging up at every workplace.
**[14:57] aka**
I wonder why.
**[14:59] nan**
Huh?
**[15:00] aka**
Why don't they live more rewarding lives?
**[15:07] aka**
I see what's up.
**[15:09] nan**
I'm sorry, he said he just wanted to talk.
**[15:12] ish**
Akagi, why are you
wasting your time here?
**[15:17] ish**
You can't play around forever.
**[15:19] ish**
You can't buy a life with the pocket change
you get from working a normal job.
**[15:27] ish**
Last week, the night I ran into you,
**[15:31] ish**
Yasuoka brought a fake Akagi over.
**[15:35] aka**
He's just as crooked as always, that cop.
**[15:39] aka**
So does this fake look like me?
**[15:42] ish**
Of course he looks like you,
but he actually plays well, too.
**[15:46] ish**
He is assuming your identity.
He couldn't do that if he was a loser.
**[15:52] ish**
There were two matches this week
where he played as our rep player.
**[15:57] ish**
He made it through both without a hitch.
**[15:59] (Flashback) fak**
Tsumo.
**[16:01] ish**
He didn't win an astonishing amount,
**[16:03] ish**
but his play style was stable
from beginning to end.
**[16:08] ish**
Our boss seems to like his clever
play style and trusts him quite a lot.
**[16:14] ish**
But I'm worried.
**[16:16] nan**
Worried?
**[16:20] ish**
It's true that he has skill,
but it's still within the human realm.
**[16:24] ish**
If we tried hard enough,
we could probably match him.
**[16:29] ish**
As a gambler, he's second-rate.
**[16:32] nan**
Second-rate...
**[16:33] ish**
He's the type that will never be
able to play on a godly level.
**[16:38] ish**
He'll lose eventually.
**[16:39] ish**
When he encounters the real villains
**[16:43] ish**
and the demons of this world,
he'll be torn to shreds.
**[16:47] aka**
Green.
**[16:51] ish**
The only one who can fight
those villains is you, Akagi.
**[16:57] aka**
I'm just going to take a look at the fake.
**[17:01] aka**
I don't want anything else to do with this.
**[17:03] ish**
Yeah, that's right.
**[17:08] kawa**
I see, you found the real one.
**[17:11] kawa**
Good work.
**[17:13] kawa**
However, I don't need him any longer.
**[17:16] ish**
What?
**[17:17] kaw**
Ishikawa, I have a high opinion of that man.
**[17:21] kaw**
The one you call the fake.
**[17:26] kaw**
He's a new kind of rep player.
**[17:28] kaw**
Every single move he makes is ruled by logic.
**[17:31] kaw**
He never plays by gut instinct.
**[17:34] kaw**
He has the sensibility and
readiness to prioritize actual facts
**[17:38] kaw**
as well as keen eyes to spot these.
**[17:40] kaw**
He doesn't win big, but he
doesn't lose big, either.
**[17:43] kaw**
His wins have a stability to them.
**[17:45] kaw**
We don't need godly skill in our rep players.
**[17:50] kaw**
What's important is the average.
**[17:54] kaw**
Don't you agree, Ishikawa?
**[17:57] ---**
Yes...
**[17:58] yas**
Excuse me.
**[18:02] nan**
Yasuoka-san!
**[18:09] nan**
*So that's the other Akagi.*
**[18:15] nan**
*He does look like him.*
**[18:24] kaw**
Ishikawa, I'll show you something fun.
**[18:28] kaw**
I wonder if the real one can do it, too.
**[18:31] kaw**
Yasuoka-kun, please have him do that thing.
**[18:34] yas**
Yes, sir.
**[18:38] nar**
After being instructed by Yasuoka,
**[18:41] nar**
the fake Akagi first turns
all 136 tiles facedown.
**[18:45] nar**
Then he randomly picks
13 tiles and opens them.
**[18:49] faK**
Three.
**[18:52] nar**
Then he picks another
13 tiles and opens them.
**[18:58] fak**
Two.
**[18:59] ish**
Boss, what is he doing?
**[19:02] kaw**
It's the shanten number.
**[19:03] ish**
Shanten?
**[19:04] nar**
The shanten number is the number of
tiles a hand needs to get into tenpai.
**[19:08] nar**
A hand that requires three tiles to be
in tenpai is called a three shanten hand.
**[19:12] kaw**
He instantly finds the shanten
number and says it out loud.
**[19:17] ish**
*That's crazy.*
**[19:18] ish**
* He's doing it in a flash without*
* even ordering the tiles.*
**[19:21] ish**
* The first one was three,*
* and the second one was two...*
**[19:25] ish**
Hey, order the tiles.
**[19:33] ish**
* The first one was a three*
* shanten hand, and the next...*
**[19:37] nan**
*Two shanten.*
**[19:39] nan**
*No mistakes.*
**[19:41] nan**
*How can he do it so fast?*
**[19:43] fak**
Five.
**[19:45] nar**
What the fake Akagi is doing here
isn't amazing in and of itself.
**[19:50] nar**
With enough time, anybody can do it.
**[19:53] nar**
Except he does it five to ten times
faster than normal people.
**[19:57] nar**
It's an awe-inspiring speed.
**[19:59] fak**
Four.
**[20:01] nan**
*Ishikawa-san said he's second-rate,*
**[20:03] nan**
* but this man's a different*
* kind of genius than Akagi.*
**[20:07] nar**
After this, the fake Akagi
**[20:09] nar**
kept repeating this superhuman
feat without missing a beat.
**[20:12] nar**
And just when he was about to
uncover the last set of tiles
**[20:16] nar**
that he picked from the last 19...
**[20:20] aka**
Three.
**[20:26] nan**
Three?
**[20:27] nan**
He hasn't even opened the hand yet!
**[20:33] ish**
How many?
**[20:34] ish**
What's the shanten number?
**[20:36] nan**
Uh...
**[20:37] ishi**
Order them, order them!
**[20:42] nan**
*No sets of three...*
**[20:44] ish**
*And four sets of two, with one pair.*
**[20:47] ish**
*Which means...*
**[20:50] ish**
*Three shanten!*
**[20:53] nan**
*He got it right!*
**[20:58] nar**
The genius Akagi Shigeru has
descended into the darkness again.
**[21:02] nar**
This is the beginning of a new legend.
**[22:16] nar**
Next time, "The Authenticity of Genius."
***SIGN*** Next Episode
***SIGN*** The Authenticity of Genius
# 9 - The Authenticity of Genius
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**[01:12] nar**
In 1964,
**[01:14] nar**
Akagi has resurfaced after six years
**[01:15] nar**
alongside the police officer Yasuoka.
**[01:18] nar**
However, that Akagi was fake.
**[01:22] nar**
Even though he's fake,
he still displays amazing skill.
**[01:25] nar**
But he now faces the real Akagi.
***SIGN*** Episode 9
***SIGN*** The Authenticity of Genius
**[01:32] ish**
He got it right!
**[01:34] nan**
He guessed the shanten number
before the tiles were even revealed!
**[01:39] kaw**
This is interesting.
**[01:43] fak**
Boss, this isn't that amazing.
**[01:46] kaw**
Meaning?
**[01:47] fak**
It's quite simple.
**[01:48] kaw**
So you're saying that this
wasn't based on instinct,
**[01:52] kaw**
but that there was a trick?
**[01:55] fak**
It's nothing that elaborate,
**[01:57] fak**
but anyone could arrive at it
if they think a bit.
**[02:01] fak**
There are 136 tiles in total.
**[02:04] fak**
Out of those, 13 x 9, or 117
tiles, are already uncovered.
**[02:09] fak**
Which leaves 19 remaining tiles.
**[02:11] fak**
With enough time,
figuring out what those 19 tiles are
**[02:14] fak**
is something even a
grade schooler could do.
**[02:17] fak**
Which means that the remaining
tiles are the 13 tiles I just opened
**[02:22] fak**
and a 1 and 7 of circles,
1 and 3 of bamboo,
**[02:26] fak**
and two of the 9 of characters.
**[02:27] fak**
With these 6 tiles, we have
the remaining 19 tiles.
**[02:31] nar**
Fake Akagi's claim is that
figuring the shanten number
**[02:33] nar**
isn't difficult to a player of this level.
**[02:37] nar**
Among these 19 tiles,
there isn't a single set of three.
**[02:40] nar**
Based on that fact alone,
it couldn't be better than 2 shanten.
**[02:44] nar**
That's because, in Mahjong,
a hand can only be in
**[02:47] nar**
2 shanten once one set of three
and the pair are complete.
**[02:50] nar**
These 19 tiles do not
satisfy that condition.
**[02:53] nar**
No matter how you pick the 13 tiles,
you'll get 3 sets of two, no matter what.
**[03:00] fak**
Which means the worst you
could get is 5 shanten.
**[03:04] fak**
But the chance for that is fleetingly low.
**[03:07] fak**
You might get it once in a few hundred tries.
**[03:11] fak**
So it's either a 3 or 4 shanten.
**[03:14] fak**
50:50.
**[03:16] fak**
Actually, judging from the tiles
here, a 3 shanten is more likely.
**[03:22] fak**
It'll probably be 3 shanten
six or seven out of ten times.
**[03:26] fak**
So even blurting out 3 shanten without
thinking has a 65% chance of being correct.
**[03:31] fak**
It's simple probability.
**[03:34] fak**
Not instinct at all!
**[03:36] fak**
You might be able to deceive people
not familiar with probability,
**[03:39] fak**
but that won't work on me, Akagi-san.
**[03:47] aka**
I see, you are second-rate.
**[03:49] fak**
What did you say?!
**[03:51] aka**
You're way off.
**[03:53] fak**
So you're trying to tell me
**[03:54] fak**
you got this not through
probability, but through instinct?
**[03:57] aka**
Who knows?
**[03:59] fak**
Then prove it.
**[04:06] fak**
Add three tiles to these ten here
and make it a 4 shanten hand.
**[04:11] fak**
But you have to pick
from these nine tiles.
**[04:20] fak**
Pick three tiles from here.
**[04:23] fak**
If you can actually make a 4 shanten
hand with this, I'll believe...
**[04:27] fak**
that you have an instinct
that surpasses probability.
**[04:35] nan**
*That's impossible.*
**[04:36] nan**
*There are already 4 sets of two.*
**[04:39] nan**
*It's already a 4 shanten hand.*
**[04:41] nan**
*He can't add any more sets of two.*
**[04:45] nan**
*So of those nine tiles,*
**[04:47] nan**
* the only tiles he can pick that*
* don't break that requirement are...*
**[04:50] nan**
These four tiles!
**[04:52] nan**
But drawing two of the 1 of bamboo
will result in a new set of two,
**[04:55] nan**
so he can only draw one!
**[04:57] nar**
The chances aren't good.
**[05:00] nar**
At first, it might seem that
the chances aren't so bad,
**[05:04] nar**
seeing that you can
pick four tiles out of nine.
**[05:07] nar**
However, the chance of actually
picking these three tiles is under 3%.
**[05:12] nar**
The margin of error is paper thin.
**[05:15] fak**
So, what will you do?
**[05:17] fak**
You'll have to walk a tightrope
over a pit of defeat.
**[05:22] aka**
Sounds interesting.
**[05:29] aka**
I'll walk that tightrope.
**[05:33] nan**
*He's accepting this ridiculous gamble?!*
**[05:35] aka**
But you're the one who so
confidently proposed this challenge.
**[05:41] aka**
I won't hear any complaints about the wager.
**[05:46] aka**
One arm.
**[05:51] fak**
That's ridiculous.
**[05:52] fak**
There's no way I would
accept that condition!
**[05:56] aka**
Why not?
**[05:57] fak**
Because it's not necessary!
**[05:59] aka**
So you're saying you're not confident?
**[06:01] fak**
I am confident!
**[06:03] fak**
But no matter how low the
chance is, it's not 0%.
**[06:07] fak**
Even if the chance is as low as 1%,
**[06:10] fak**
there's no way that you
could wager something
**[06:12] fak**
as irreplaceable as an arm!
**[06:14] fak**
Don't get me wrong.
**[06:16] fak**
I'm not saying that I'm afraid.
**[06:17] fak**
I'm saying that this gamble is idiotic!
**[06:21] fak**
I won't put my life on the line
for some amusement or game.
**[06:24] fak**
I'm not afraid of dying.
**[06:26] fak**
I just don't want a meaningless death!
**[06:29] aka**
A meaningless death?
**[06:31] aka**
Isn't that precisely what gambling is?
**[06:34] aka**
This "meaningless death," as you call it?
**[06:38] aka**
That's what I've thought all this time.
**[06:41] fak**
We're different types.
**[06:44] aka**
It's not about our types,
it's about the stage we stand on.
**[06:48] aka**
You've not yet stepped up
onto the gambling stage.
**[06:52] aka**
That's why you're trying to measure
gambling with the numbers
**[06:55] aka**
you've squeezed out of your brain.
**[06:58] aka**
Talk about clueless.
**[07:00] fak**
What?
**[07:02] aka**
It's like claiming to know the ocean...
**[07:05] aka**
when you've only gone in waist-deep.
**[07:11] fak**
I see what you're doing.
**[07:13] fak**
You never had the intention
of accepting this challenge.
**[07:17] fak**
But simply declining would
make you look incompetent.
**[07:19] fak**
In order to avoid that,
you claimed to accept the challenge,
**[07:23] fak**
then countered with a
completely ridiculous wager.
**[07:26] fak**
Your opponent has no
choice but to back down.
**[07:28] fak**
After that, it was your plan
**[07:29] fak**
to use some abstract arguments
to confuse everyone.
**[07:32] fak**
Am I wrong?!
**[07:33] akw**
Now, wait.
**[07:36] akw**
Akagi, I do understand what you're saying.
**[07:41] akw**
But we live in different times now.
**[07:46] akw**
You should know that, too.
**[07:51] guy**
Here.
**[07:53] kaw**
In this day and age,
everything is measured with money.
**[07:57] kaw**
With the fluidity of money,
always winning isn't a necessity
**[08:00] kaw**
as long as the net result is positive.
**[08:03] kaw**
That's why I hold this man and
his statistics in high regard.
**[08:09] kaw**
That's two million there.
**[08:12] kaw**
That looks like a salary envelope.
**[08:16] kaw**
How about it?
**[08:17] kaw**
Why don't you wager your
salary against my money?
**[08:21] kaw**
The difference in amount simply
reflects the different odds.
**[08:25] kaw**
It's like betting on horses.
**[08:30] aka**
I'll bet on a horse, then.
**[08:34] yas**
You shouldn't have done that.
**[08:37] yas**
That man is different.
**[08:40] fak**
Different?
**[08:51] fak**
What are you staring at?
**[08:54] fak**
Do you think you can see through
the tiles or something?
**[08:56] aka**
Yes.
**[08:59] aka**
If I didn't have that degree of intuition,
**[09:01] aka**
I wouldn't have been able to
survive these last six years.
**[09:37] nan**
He did it!
**[09:41] fak**
No way... He got those exact three tiles!
**[09:48] aka**
Well, see you later, Boss.
**[09:51] fak**
Hold it!
**[09:55] fak**
I almost missed it.
**[09:57] fak**
The tiles over here...
Their order has changed slightly.
**[10:02] fak**
If we check,
**[10:03] fak**
a 1 of bamboo, a 4 of bamboo,
**[10:04] fak**
and a 1 of characters should be missing!
**[10:06] fak**
You took them from there!
**[10:09] fak**
The tiles you actually picked
are still in your hand!
**[10:13] aka**
Oh, you noticed?
**[10:18] aka**
It's a primitive trick, but it's
pretty effective in practice.
**[10:23] aka**
At the very least, more so than
your lame probability calculations.
**[10:28] fak**
Shut up.
**[10:29] fak**
Leave the money here.
**[10:31] nan**
Akagi...
**[10:33] aka**
Don't worry, Nangou-san.
**[10:38] aka**
See ya.
**[10:40] fak**
Hey!
**[10:41] nan**
He has them!
**[10:42] ---**
What?
**[10:46] nan**
Even if he hadn't switched
them out, he still had them!
**[10:50] nan**
The same three tiles!
**[10:52] fak**
No way...
**[10:55] fak**
Checking the remaining tiles
should give us the proof!
**[11:00] fak**
They're not there...
those three tiles...
**[11:04] yas**
Don't get involved with that man.
**[11:10] yas**
Leave him alone.
**[11:17] kaw**
Oh, that's it, Osamu.
**[11:21] kaw**
Mentanpin, iipeikou, two dora.
**[11:24] osa**
What?
**[11:25] osa**
Aw man, I was just in first place.
**[11:27] guy**
What a shame.
**[11:30] guy**
Yeah, real shame.
**[11:34] kaw**
You're back late.
**[11:37] tah**
If you'd come home a bit earlier,
**[11:39] tah**
you could have joined the fun.
**[11:41] tah**
Right, Kawashima?
**[11:43] kaw**
Yeah, but unfortunately...
**[11:46] kaw**
we're on our last East-South match.
**[11:49] aka**
How's it going?
**[11:50] osa**
Not good.
**[11:51] osa**
They took most of my pay.
**[12:01] aka**
*Osamu and Kawashima have both been losing.*
**[12:06] aka**
*I see.*
**[12:07] nar**
This is a setup.
**[12:10] nar**
If all three were to win,
**[12:11] nar**
the impression that they're
scalping Osamu would be too obvious.
**[12:15] nar**
To avoid this, they pick
a loser before starting.
**[12:19] nar**
Afterwards, only the money Osamu
lost will be split between those three.
**[12:28] kaw**
I hate losing this much.
**[12:30] kaw**
It's getting to be too stupid to keep up.
**[12:33] tah**
Chill, man. Don't be so down.
**[12:35] tah**
Fortitude can still pay off.
**[12:36] ---**
Whatever.
**[12:38] tah**
Pon!
**[12:40] kaw**
How can you have all those?
**[12:42] kaw**
Osamu, be careful.
You're in second place.
**[12:45] osa**
Yeah...
**[12:48] kaw**
Dealing into a big one will be bad.
**[12:50] tah**
Bah, nothing to deal into, anyway.
**[12:53] tah**
Figures I'd get a trash hand.
**[12:55] kaw**
I don't trust what you call a "trash hand."
**[13:01] tah**
That's it! Sorry, Kawashima.
**[13:05] tah**
South, toitoi, so 5,200.
***SIGN*** Toitoi - A hand consisting of all triplets or quads, and a pair.
**[13:08] kaw**
Ah, screw this!
**[13:11] aka**
*So, they're signaling each other.*
**[13:15] nar**
These three were signaling each other
with the first words of their sentences.
**[13:21] (Flashback) tah**
Chill, man. Don't be so down.
**[13:23] (Flashback) tah**
Fortitude can still pay off.
**[13:25] nar**
The "ch" of "chill" signifies character tiles.
**[13:27] nar**
The "for" of "fortitude"
signifies the number four.
**[13:29] nar**
So that was a signal to
discard the 4 of characters.
**[13:33] nar**
Similarly...
**[13:34] tah**
*Bah, nothing to deal into, anyway.*
**[13:37] tah**
*Figures I'd get a trash hand.*
**[13:38] nar**
That was a signal to discard
the five of bamboo.
**[13:43] aka**
*No wonder he's getting hustled,*
**[13:45] aka**
*if he can't even figure out this simple trick.*
**[13:49] osa**
Damn it.
**[13:52] nar**
Kawashima and his gang keep winning
quick hands even in South Hand 3.
**[13:58] nar**
And at the beginning of South Hand 4...
**[14:03] nar**
While everybody is still
focusing on their own tiles...
**[14:09] nar**
Kawashima cheats.
**[14:12] nar**
He deposits tiles he doesn't
need on the left end of the wall
**[14:17] nar**
and retrieves good tiles he had
placed at the right end of the wall.
**[14:21] nar**
This cheat is known as uprooting.
**[14:25] nar**
A simple, straightforward cheat.
**[14:28] nar**
But since your hand shrinks
for just one moment,
**[14:31] nar**
being spotted means it's over.
**[14:35] kaw**
*That dimwit didn't notice anything.*
**[14:40] kaw**
*What's that look?*
**[14:41] kaw**
*Did he notice?*
**[14:46] kaw**
*Must have imagined that.*
**[14:51] tah**
I'll be taking this, then.
**[14:55] aka**
Sorry. If I had played...
**[14:58] osa**
No, I'm the one who blew it.
**[15:05] aka**
You guys...
**[15:09] aka**
How about a little game with me?
**[15:12] kaw**
Tomorrow. We're tired.
**[15:18] aka**
Still tired?
**[15:21] kaw**
Where did you get that?!
**[15:23] aka**
It's easy money.
**[15:25] aka**
If you beat me in this little
gamble, it's yours to take.
**[15:30] kaw**
What is this game going to be?
**[15:35] aka**
Osamu's hand was in tenpai with a
closed wait for a the 5 of characters.
**[15:39] aka**
If I can't complete it by
drawing twice from the 14 tiles
**[15:44] aka**
in the dead wall, you win.
**[15:50] aka**
If I do complete it, I win.
**[15:54] aka**
In that event,
**[15:55] aka**
I'll take your winnings for today,
this month's pay, and your savings.
**[16:00] aka**
Meaning your bank books
and signature seals.
**[16:02] kaw**
Wh-What?
**[16:05] nar**
Normally, nobody would accept this
reckless gamble for their life savings.
**[16:09] nar**
However...
**[16:11] kaw**
Sounds fun. We'll accept!
**[16:13] tah**
H-Hey!
**[16:17] tah**
What the hell are you thinking?
**[16:20] kaw**
Look at the table.
**[16:23] kaw**
The tile Osamu is waiting
for, the 5 of characters.
**[16:26] kaw**
One's the dora indicator.
**[16:28] kaw**
Another in Furuya's discards.
**[16:30] kaw**
Where do you think the other two are?
**[16:34] kaw**
They're face down in my hand.
**[16:39] tah**
That means it's empty?
**[16:41] kaw**
That's right.
**[16:43] kaw**
He won't get it, no matter if
he draws twice or ten times.
**[16:50] kaw**
That's all of our money.
**[16:52] aka**
Very well.
**[16:56] aka**
Then, here I go.
**[17:00] kaw**
You moron!
**[17:01] kaw**
You can't pick the dora indicator!
**[17:04] aka**
I can't?
**[17:06] kaw**
You can't think you can win
by picking a tile that's face-up!
**[17:11] aka**
That was just a joke.
**[17:21] tah**
He changed his hand?!
**[17:22] kaw**
Wait!
**[17:23] kaw**
Who said that you could
change your hand?!
**[17:26] aka**
Two draws naturally includes
changing the hand.
**[17:30] aka**
I can't compromise that rule.
**[17:33] aka**
I bet you have the last two
5 of characters tiles, anyway.
**[17:38] aka**
How shamelessly greedy of you
to try to win big money
**[17:41] aka**
with zero risk.
**[17:46] kaw**
* It's a double pon wait for a*
* west wind or 6 of characters.*
**[17:49] kaw**
* I think there's still one west*
* wind left in the dead wall.*
**[17:53] kaw**
*It's a 1:12 chance.*
**[17:56] kaw**
*There's no way he'll get it.*
**[17:58] kaw**
All right, we'll accept that.
**[18:01] kaw**
Go ahead and draw.
**[18:05] kaw**
*There's no way he'll get it.*
**[18:07] kaw**
*1:12 chance for that west wind.*
**[18:12] kaw**
*That's the tile I switched out!*
**[18:15] kaw**
*He did notice that I cheated!*
**[18:23] aka**
I win.
**[18:26] aka**
I'll just take these.
**[18:32] ---**
What do we do now?
**[18:38] osa**
Is this my salary?
**[18:40] aka**
It's your share.
**[18:42] aka**
I won using your hand.
**[18:45] aka**
Call it a rental fee.
**[18:46] aka**
See ya.
**[18:47] osa**
Where are you going?
**[18:49] aka**
I'm quitting this job.
**[18:50] oaw**
What?
**[18:51] oaw**
Wait a minute!
**[18:58] oaw**
Did you draw the 6 of characters and the
west wind by chance during that bet?
**[19:03] aka**
There's no way anyone could
get those by chance.
**[19:06] aka**
I had picked up and switched
out the 6 of characters.
**[19:11] osa**
I had no idea...
**[19:13] aka**
Remember when I picked
up the 5 of characters?
**[19:16] osa**
Yes.
**[19:17] aka**
When Kawashima complained
and told me to put it back,
**[19:20] aka**
I picked up the 6 from the discards
and switched it with dead wall tile.
**[19:28] aka**
Humans are strange.
**[19:31] aka**
They're alert when you're drawing a tile,
**[19:34] aka**
but let their guard down
when you return the tile.
**[19:38] aka**
Even more so while they're focusing on the 5.
**[19:41] aka**
They would never realize that
**[19:43] aka**
the seemingly unrelated 6 was replaced
**[19:46] aka**
with something else in the discards.
**[19:48] aka**
It's a psychological blind spot.
**[19:50] osa**
You're right, I didn't notice.
**[19:53] osa**
But what about the west wind?
**[19:55] osa**
You picked that from
Kawashima-senpai's wall.
**[20:00] osa**
You never touched that wall.
**[20:03] aka**
I didn't need to switch for the west wind.
**[20:07] aka**
He was uprooting tiles
almost every hand last night.
**[20:12] osa**
Uprooting?
**[20:13] aka**
It's a cheat that replaces
unwanted tiles with good tiles.
**[20:17] aka**
By counting the honor tiles in his discards,
**[20:19] aka**
it was obvious that the tiles he switched
out were the east or west wind.
**[20:24] aka**
The challenge was figuring out
which of those tiles was the west.
**[20:30] aka**
But if you think about it,
that was easy, too.
**[20:32] osa**
Easy?
**[20:34] aka**
Whenever he used this cheat,
**[20:36] aka**
he had the habit of putting the
most useless tile to the very left.
**[20:39] aka**
That time, Kawashima was the dealer.
**[20:43] aka**
Meaning that the most useless tile
could not have been an east wind.
**[20:46] aka**
Isn't that right, Kawashima-senpai?
**[20:53] kaw**
Don't think you'll get
away with this unscathed.
**[20:58] nar**
The genius who descended into
darkness, Akagi Shigeru.
**[21:02] nar**
Destiny was about to be
set in motion again,
**[21:05] nar**
accompanied by large waves.
**[22:16] nar**
Next time, "The Announcement
of the Counterattack."
***SIGN*** Next Episode
***SIGN*** The Announcement of
the Counterattack
# 10 - The Announcement of the Counterattack
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**[01:12] nar**
Akagi Shigeru won two million
from the bet against Fake Akagi.
**[01:17] nar**
On top of that, he took his
coworkers for all they were worth
**[01:20] nar**
by turning Kawashima's own
cheat against them.
**[01:24] nar**
But this was not well-received...
**[01:28] kaw**
You screwed us.
**[01:30] kaw**
You're going to give us our money back.
**[01:32] fur**
No, just returning it won't do.
**[01:35] fur**
You'll have to compensate
us for what you did.
**[01:39] kaw**
That's right, Akagi.
**[01:40] kaw**
I think that two million from before will do.
**[01:48] kaw**
Looks like you understand.
**[02:02] akagi**
I'll spare you.
**[02:05] akagi**
But you'll have to clean up this mess.
**[02:19] osa**
Akagi-san!
**[02:20] osa**
Please take me with you!
**[02:22] osa**
I want to become like you!
**[02:25] aka**
If you hang around me,
**[02:28] aka**
you'll be dragged into
whatever messes I get into.
**[02:35] osa**
Who are these people?
**[02:37] ish**
Akagi.
**[02:40] ish**
Our boss insists on seeing a match
between you and Fake Akagi.
***SIGN*** Episode 10
***SIGN*** The Announcement of the Counterattack
**[02:50] ish**
He's playing against the rep
player of the Fujisawa Group.
**[02:54] ish**
He'll play you after that's done.
**[03:06] fak**
Akagi.
**[03:07] fak**
Just wait, it'll be done soon.
**[03:10] ish**
How's it going?
**[03:12] guy**
They agreed to play 4 East-South matches.
**[03:15] guy**
He won the first and second.
**[03:17] guy**
Right now, it's the last hand of the third.
**[03:19] guy**
He's got a 12,000 lead on the
Fujisawa Group's rep player, Urabe.
**[03:23] guy**
It's very likely he'll win again.
**[03:26] fak**
That's about right.
**[03:28] fak**
I'll crush this loser within an hour.
**[03:32] fak**
And then, you'll be next, Akagi.
**[03:38] nar**
The 14th turn.
**[03:42] ura**
Ron!
**[03:45] ura**
It's just a tanyao hand,
but I stay dealer.
**[03:49] ura**
Not bad, not bad.
**[03:50] ura**
This was just the beginning.
**[03:53] fak**
Sorry, Urabe-san.
***SIGN*** Head bump - When two players call ron, the player closest to the discarder (in turn order) gets priority.
**[03:59] nar**
Fake Akagi does a head bump.
**[04:00] ura**
I don't believe it!
**[04:03] ish**
* He's won three out of four.*
* I guess it's over.*
**[04:11] ura**
Damn it!
**[04:13] aka**
Ishikawa-san, let's go.
**[04:15] aka**
You have a waiting room, right?
**[04:17] ish**
What?
**[04:18] ish**
Yeah, it's this way.
**[04:22] ura**
*What's with that kid?*
**[04:25] osa**
Akagi-san, that guy with the
sunglasses is really good.
**[04:30] osa**
You're going to play against him next, right?
**[04:32] aka**
Who knows?
**[04:34] osa**
"Who knows"?
**[04:35] osa**
I thought that's why you're here.
**[04:38] aka**
He might get crushed
before he can play me.
**[04:42] aka**
It looks like that Urabe guy
is one or two levels better.
**[04:46] osa**
What?
**[04:46] osa**
But...
**[04:48] kaw**
Oh, Akagi, I'm glad you made it.
**[04:52] kaw**
I've been looking forward
**[04:53] kaw**
to today's main attraction, the match
between the old and new Akagi—
**[04:56] ish**
Boss...
**[04:57] kaw**
What is it?
**[04:58] ish**
Well... Akagi's saying that our rep player
**[05:01] ish**
might be crushed by Urabe
before we get to that.
**[05:04] kaw**
What do you mean, Akagi?
**[05:09] aka**
Urabe is just baiting Fake Akagi.
**[05:13] aka**
He's losing on purpose.
**[05:16] aka**
When Fake Akagi scored his
third consecutive win,
**[05:19] aka**
this was Urabe's discard pile.
**[05:23] aka**
And this was his hand.
**[05:26] aka**
When I walked in,
**[05:27] aka**
Urabe was just discarding the 2 of
characters that he had just drawn.
**[05:32] aka**
After that, he immediately
discarded every tile he drew.
**[05:34] aka**
There's something strange about that.
**[05:38] aka**
The 5 of bamboo he discarded
in the 10th turn was a dora.
**[05:40] aka**
It's strange because, after that turn,
he discarded all tiles as he drew them.
**[05:44] aka**
It's easy to see if you consider how
his hand looked in the 10th turn.
**[05:47] aka**
Osamu, what would you
discard from this hand?
**[05:51] osa**
Huh?
**[05:52] osa**
Hmm...
**[05:54] osa**
The 5 of bamboo is a dora.
**[05:55] osa**
So I'd try to go for a sanshoku...
**[05:58] osa**
and depending on my opponents' discards,
**[06:00] osa**
I'd discard the 8 of bamboo
or 4 of characters.
**[06:04] aka**
His direct opponent, Fake Akagi,
had these in his discards.
**[06:09] osa**
Then I'd discard the 4 of characters.
**[06:10] osa**
If I wanted to play it safe,
**[06:12] osa**
the 7 of characters
would be an option, too.
**[06:14] aka**
That's right.
**[06:15] aka**
Usually you'd want to go for a solid
tanyao, sanshoku, one dora hand.
**[06:20] aka**
Seeing that he discarded
the 5 of bamboo
**[06:23] aka**
and didn't declare riichi
can only mean one thing:
**[06:27] aka**
He didn't want to win.
**[06:30] aka**
If he got any reverse dora,
it might have caused an upset.
**[06:34] aka**
By playing like this, he put
Fake Akagi in first place
**[06:38] aka**
and lost big, but he'll jack up the
wager and get it back next time.
**[06:42] aka**
Or...
**[06:44] kaw**
Or?
**[06:45] aka**
He'll pull something in the
final East-South match.
**[06:52] guy**
Boss!
**[06:54] guy**
Urabe says he has something
serious to discuss.
**[06:56] kaw**
What is it?
**[07:00] ura**
Well, I don't know what to say.
**[07:03] ura**
I just can't face my boss like this.
**[07:07] ura**
So would it be possible to double the original
wager of 500,000 per East-South match
**[07:12] ura**
to one million, just for the final match?
**[07:17] kaw**
One million?
**[07:18] ura**
Yes, but since we're already
playing for this huge sum,
**[07:24] ura**
I think it'd be a shame if it ended
with us both in second and third place.
**[07:30] ura**
So how about we keep playing until
one of us is in first place?
**[07:33] fak**
So if neither of us is in first place,
we replay the whole East-South match?
**[07:37] ura**
Right.
**[07:39] ura**
I knew you were quick!
**[07:41] ura**
And let's say, if that happens, the same
conditions will apply for the next match.
**[07:46] ura**
Overtime, if you will.
**[07:48] fak**
Piss off!
**[07:50] fak**
I don't have time to play
silly games with you.
**[07:53] fak**
I've got to—
**[07:54] kaw**
Calm down.
**[07:56] kaw**
It's nothing to raise your voice over.
**[07:59] kaw**
Accept it.
**[08:01] kaw**
I'll have the other man
wait as long as necessary.
**[08:04] kaw**
You just have to finish the next
East-South match in first place.
**[08:08] kaw**
It's simple.
**[08:10] fak**
If you say so, Boss.
**[08:15] ish**
Are you sure?
**[08:18] kaw**
It's exactly as Akagi predicted.
**[08:22] kaw**
I want to see it with my own eyes...
**[08:23] kaw**
The skill Urabe has that Akagi claims
**[08:25] kaw**
puts him one or two levels
above our rep player.
**[08:31] nar**
With the wager doubled,
**[08:33] nar**
one million is now riding on the
fourth and final East-South match.
**[08:37] nar**
Everybody who heard Akagi's prediction
**[08:39] nar**
assumed that Urabe's
counterattack would begin now.
**[08:44] nar**
However...
**[08:45] fak**
Ron!
**[08:46] fak**
Tanyao, two dora. 5,200.
**[08:50] nar**
Urabe is not doing well.
**[08:53] nar**
Fake Akagi, meanwhile, is in great shape.
**[08:55] nar**
He secured his first
place from the beginning
**[08:57] nar**
and is setting the pace for the game.
**[09:00] nar**
The last hand.
**[09:01] nar**
Fake Akagi is in first place.
**[09:04] nar**
Yoshikawa is in second place.
**[09:06] nar**
Finally, Urabe is in third place.
**[09:08] nar**
It seems that the match will end before
Urabe gets his chance to shine,
**[09:11] nar**
but he does make a move in the final hand.
**[09:14] ura**
Pon.
**[09:16] fak**
*Obviously a single suit hand.*
**[09:18] fak**
*Chinitsu, toitoi.*
**[09:20] fak**
*Throw in a tanyao and it'll be a baiman.*
**[09:22] fak**
* It's a hand that could*
* put him into first place.*
**[09:25] nar**
Fake Akagi is in tenpai.
**[09:27] fak**
*I won't deal into your obvious chinitsu hand.*
**[09:31] fak**
* Yoshikawa's riichi is a greater danger,*
* since he's in second place.*
**[09:34] fak**
* With his riichi wager out,*
* we're 4,700 apart.*
**[09:37] fak**
*If I'm not careful, he'll overtake me.*
**[09:40] fak**
*I wouldn't want that.*
**[09:42] fak**
* So I should discard a*
* 4 of bamboo, a safe tile.*
**[09:47] ura**
Sorry, bro, that's it.
**[09:50] ura**
Ron!
**[09:53] ura**
Tanyao, toitoi. 5,200.
**[09:57] fak**
*A single wait for the 4 of bamboo?!*
**[09:59] fak**
* If he had gone for a single*
* wait for the 2 of bamboo,*
**[10:02] fak**
*he could have had a baiman!*
**[10:04] fak**
Screw this!
**[10:06] fak**
You won't ever be able to get
first place if you play like this!
**[10:09] fak**
You aim too low!
**[10:14] ura**
It's fine.
**[10:15] ura**
Surviving is what's important.
**[10:17] ura**
Besides, by going into the next match,
**[10:20] ura**
the wager will grow from
one to two million.
**[10:24] fak**
Grow from one to two million?
**[10:27] ura**
Yes.
**[10:28] fak**
We said that the wager
**[10:30] fak**
would stay the same and we'd
go into the next match!
**[10:33] ura**
That's not what I said.
**[10:35] ura**
I said that the same conditions
apply for the next match.
**[10:39] ura**
The conditions included doubling the
wager from 500,000 to one million.
**[10:42] ura**
That's the condition I'm talking about.
**[10:47] ura**
If I wanted to stay at one million,
**[10:49] ura**
I would have said that we'll
keep the stakes the same.
**[10:53] ura**
I wouldn't have gone out of my way to
say that the same conditions apply.
**[10:57] fak**
Screw you! I won't accept that.
**[11:00] fak**
Cut the shit, you con artist!
**[11:08] ura**
I don't care if you accept or not.
**[11:12] ura**
What matters is what the one
with the actual authority says.
**[11:16] ura**
Boss, what's it gonna be?
**[11:18] ura**
You'll accept, right?
**[11:21] ura**
I believe my request is reasonable.
**[11:24] ura**
I wouldn't even dare to
dream that the boss
**[11:28] ura**
of the great Kawada Group
would crush such clear logic.
**[11:35] ura**
Will you accept?
**[11:37] ura**
Boss, please! I beg you.
**[11:41] kaw**
All right, I accept.
**[11:43] fak**
Boss, you don't have to accept.
**[11:46] fak**
That's playing into his hand!
**[11:48] kaw**
But he does have a point.
**[11:51] fak**
Boss...
**[11:54] kaw**
All you need to do is win the next match.
**[11:58] kaw**
No need to think too much.
**[12:03] nar**
The game resumes with the new rules.
**[12:06] nar**
The game will continue until Urabe
or Fake Akagi finish in first place.
**[12:10] nar**
If both players are in
second place or lower,
**[12:12] nar**
the wager is doubled and they'll
play another East-South match.
**[12:16] nar**
Of course, Fake Akagi wouldn't want that.
**[12:19] nar**
Even though he tries his best to
get first place, it's fruitless.
**[12:23] nar**
This is not surprising because
Urabe isn't even concerned
**[12:25] nar**
with getting first place himself.
**[12:27] nar**
He's focusing on boosting someone else.
**[12:32] yos**
Ron.
**[12:35] nar**
In Mahjong, it's a lot simpler
to prevent someone from
**[12:37] nar**
getting into first place than to
get into first place yourself.
**[12:41] nar**
All you have to do is give your
own points to another player.
**[12:46] nar**
The game carries over.
**[12:48] nar**
The wager grows from two million
to four million, then to eight million.
**[12:54] fak**
*I'm going for first place,*
**[12:56] fak**
* but all he's doing is preventing*
* me from getting there.*
**[12:59] fak**
* Just because it's not*
* working out the way I want*
**[13:01] fak**
*doesn't mean I'm a worse player than he is.*
**[13:08] nar**
Another draw.
**[13:09] nar**
The wager has reached 16 million.
**[13:11] nar**
Today, the 16 million yen of 1964
would be worth over 160 million yen.
***SIGN*** Fujisawa Group Boss
Fujisawa
**[13:24] kaw**
Boss Fujisawa.
**[13:26] fuj**
It's been a while, Kawada-san.
**[13:28] fuj**
Well, I received a call...
that the wager was skyrocketing.
**[13:35] fuj**
I'm going to be a witness.
**[13:43] fuj**
To protect Urabe and these new rules.
**[13:46] kaw**
Protect?
**[13:47] fuj**
Yes. Humans are nothing more than scum.
**[13:51] fuj**
As the wager gets higher,
**[13:54] fuj**
their true nature comes out
and they lose their dignity.
**[13:57] fuj**
Going back on their word becomes natural.
**[14:00] fuj**
And if someone complains about that,
**[14:02] fuj**
who knows to what levels they will stoop.
**[14:06] ish**
Boss Fujisawa, don't you think
that's a bit out of line?
**[14:10] fuj**
No, no!
**[14:11] fuj**
I'm certain that Kawada-san would
never do something like that.
**[14:16] fuj**
But I just got worried because
the wager will continue to grow.
**[14:25] nar**
The game resumes.
**[14:27] nar**
The wager is at 16 million.
**[14:29] fak**
* I'm going to put my aspirations*
* for first place on hold for now.*
**[14:32] fak**
*I'll leave him in the dust*
**[14:34] fak**
* in the second or the second to*
* last hand with a quick sprint!*
**[14:37] fak**
* I'll take advantage of the weakness*
* in his plan, this wager doubling!*
**[14:41] nar**
And in the second to last hand...
**[14:43] nar**
Fake Akagi is in tenpai
during the eighth turn.
**[14:47] fak**
*There it is.*
**[14:47] fak**
*The ideal 6 of characters.*
**[14:50] nar**
With this hand,
usually the 2 of circles
**[14:52] nar**
would be discarded for
the 6 of characters.
**[14:54] nar**
It's standard to wait for the
1, 4, and 7 of characters.
**[14:58] fak**
*But here...*
**[15:02] fak**
*I'm going to go for a single 2 of circles wait!*
**[15:04] fak**
*The player after me, Ota,*
**[15:05] fak**
*most likely has a circles honitsu.*
**[15:08] fak**
* The tiles around 2 and 5 are*
* obviously in his sights.*
**[15:11] fak**
*There's no way I could discard that.*
**[15:13] fak**
* So if I go for a 2 of characters wait,*
* no one will deal into it.*
**[15:16] fak**
* Usually, that would mean*
* I'd have to draw it myself,*
**[15:20] fak**
* but there's one person who*
* will discard it freely.*
**[15:24] fak**
*Ota is in first place,*
**[15:25] fak**
* so Urabe wants to give him*
* another push to end this match.*
**[15:28] fak**
* It's very probable that he*
* will deal into his hand.*
**[15:30] fak**
* And I'll snipe that 2 of characters*
* when he discards it.*
**[15:35] ota**
Ron!
**[15:37] fak**
Sorry, head bump.
**[15:40] fak**
Red dragon, three dora. Mangan.
**[15:44] ish**
Boss.
**[15:46] fak**
* Now, if I just win 1,000 points in*
* the next hand, I'll be in first place.*
**[15:50] fak**
* Then you'll be the one who'll*
* have to put up the 16 million.*
**[15:54] fak**
*I've got you cornered, Urabe!*
**[15:58] ura**
That was so close.
**[16:02] ura**
If you had gotten that win with the
last hand, you could have ended it.
**[16:08] ura**
You can't win unless you win
one more time in the last hand.
**[16:13] ura**
That just goes to show
that your luck is lacking.
**[16:16] fak**
You're the one without luck!
**[16:18] fak**
I only need to win 1,000 points and—
**[16:22] ura**
And I'm telling you that the path to
those 1,000 points will be very thorny.
**[16:26] ura**
With those sissy feet of yours...
**[16:30] ura**
You won't make it through!
**[16:36] fak**
*Thorny path, my ass!*
**[16:38] fak**
*All I need to do is win before anyone else.*
**[16:43] fak**
*Come on, a fast hand!*
**[16:46] fak**
*I got it!*
**[16:48] fak**
*The ideal starting hand.*
**[16:49] fak**
*This is the luck I was born with.*
**[16:52] fak**
*I'm in a different league than Urabe.*
**[16:55] nar**
And in the ninth turn...
**[16:57] fak**
Chi!
**[17:00] nar**
Fake Akagi is in tenpai.
**[17:01] nar**
A closed wait for the 6 of bamboo.
**[17:03] fak**
I got you.
**[17:05] fak**
*Thorny path, my ass.*
**[17:07] fak**
*You'll be the laughingstock.*
**[17:09] ura**
Riichi!
**[17:12] fak**
* I thought his plan was*
* to deal into Ota's hand.*
**[17:15] fak**
*Did he think Ota was taking too long*
**[17:17] fak**
* and figure that he has to take*
* matters into his own hands?*
**[17:23] nar**
But in the next turn...
**[17:26] ura**
Kan.
**[17:29] fak**
*Then why did he declare a riichi?*
**[17:31] fak**
* The 1 han from the green*
* dragons would be enough...*
**[17:34] fak**
* I get it. Right now we're*
* 17,500 points apart.*
**[17:38] fak**
*Riichi, green dragon, sanshoku...*
**[17:40] fak**
*He only needs 4 han...*
**[17:44] fak**
*He's thinking he'll take the lead if he can*
**[17:46] fak**
*get two reverse dora on top.*
**[17:48] fak**
*Damn it!*
**[17:52] nar**
He got the 8 of bamboo
while waiting for the 6.
**[17:55] nar**
Usually this would be the time
to switch to a double-sided
**[17:57] nar**
wait by discarding a 5 of bamboo, but...
**[18:00] fak**
*The 5 of bamboo is risky.*
**[18:04] fak**
*I've got no choice.*
**[18:08] nar**
Fake Akagi decides to stick with
the closed 6 of bamboo wait.
**[18:12] nar**
However, Urabe's next turn...
**[18:15] nar**
The 5 of bamboo would have been safe.
**[18:19] nar**
Ultimately, this mistake will prove fatal.
**[18:26] nar**
His decision completely backfires.
**[18:29] fak**
*I can't believe it.*
**[18:31] fak**
* If I had been a bit more bold,*
* I would have had this.*
**[18:34] fak**
*This sucks.*
**[18:36] fak**
*But I won't get desperate.*
**[18:38] fak**
* I would like to get rid*
* of this 9 right away,*
**[18:40] fak**
*but it's risky with Urabe.*
**[18:43] fak**
*I shouldn't overextend myself here.*
**[18:45] nar**
Fake Akagi throws away
his 6 of bamboo wait.
**[18:48] nar**
However, in the next turn...
**[18:51] nar**
That backfires yet again.
**[18:58] nar**
Fake Akagi waits for a 2, 5, or 8 of bamboo,
as he can no longer with with a 6.
**[19:01] kaw**
*What is he doing?*
**[19:04] kaw**
*It doesn't make any sense!*
**[19:05] kaw**
* If you're going to discard*
* the 9 of bamboo here,*
**[19:08] kaw**
*why didn't you do it before?*
**[19:09] kaw**
*If you had done it earlier,*
**[19:10] kaw**
* it would have been*
* a step towards victory,*
**[19:12] kaw**
* but doing it now is just for*
* maintaining your tenpai.*
**[19:16] kaw**
* He's no different than a*
* confused amateur right now.*
**[19:20] nar**
Fake Akagi draws a risky tile this time.
**[19:24] nar**
His hand was never backed
by determination.
**[19:28] nar**
He takes apart his tenpai.
**[19:31] nar**
After that, there's no stopping it.
**[19:34] nar**
In a few turns, his hand
is a complete mess,
**[19:37] nar**
as if it was reflecting his state of mind.
**[19:40] nar**
He falls apart.
**[19:45] ota**
Tsumo!
**[19:47] nar**
Just before the hand ends in a draw,
**[19:49] nar**
Ota rises to the top with
his draw, causing an upset.
**[19:53] nar**
Fake Akagi missed his chance to win.
**[19:56] nar**
But...
**[19:57] nar**
Despite all that, Fake Akagi is relieved
that Urabe's haneman did not materialize.
**[20:04] kaw**
*He's lacking something.*
**[20:05] kaw**
* He's lacking something crucial*
* that every gambler needs.*
**[20:11] fuj**
* Urabe and this kid really*
* are in different classes.*
**[20:16] nar**
At this time, Urabe's hand
is actually a complete mess.
**[20:19] nar**
The closed kan he made after
the riichi was just bluff.
**[20:22] nar**
Forceful play without any safety net.
**[20:25] nar**
A Mahjong game of brute strength.
**[20:27] nar**
Compared to that,
Fake Akagi is weak.
**[20:30] nar**
Victory is something you
attain with equal risk.
**[20:34] nar**
He avoided that.
**[20:37] kaw**
Ishikawa.
**[20:38] ish**
Yes?
**[20:39] kaw**
Can we call in the real Akagi?
**[20:43] kaw**
This man is no good.
**[20:44] kaw**
There's something he lacks.
**[20:46] nar**
Indeed, Fake Akagi was missing the most
crucial quality that gamblers must have.
**[20:54] nar**
Akagi's prediction became reality.
**[20:57] nar**
Urabe continues to push Fake Akagi
further into the corner.
**[21:01] nar**
The legendary man, Akagi Shigeru...
**[21:05] nar**
quietly waits for his time.
**[22:15] ---**
Next time,
"The Foundation for Despair."
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**[01:12] nar**
Even though victory is
in reach for Fake Akagi,
**[01:14] nar**
he lets it slip away at the last moment.
**[01:17] nar**
The wager is doubled from
16 million to 32 million.
**[01:21] nar**
Just as Akagi predicted,
**[01:23] nar**
Fake Akagi is pushed further and
further into the corner by Urabe.
***SIGN*** Episode 11
***SIGN*** The Foundation for Despair
**[01:31] nar**
East Hand 1, ninth turn.
**[01:38] kaw**
Can we call in the real Akagi?
**[01:42] kaw**
This man is no good.
**[01:44] kaw**
There's something he lacks.
**[01:45] ish**
Something Fake Akagi lacks?
**[01:48] kaw**
Yes. He's missing the most crucial
quality that gamblers must have.
**[01:53] kaw**
He doesn't have a sense of the moment.
**[01:57] ish**
A sense of the moment?
**[02:03] fak**
Pinfu, tsumo. 700, 400.
**[02:08] kaw**
What he believes in is the
ideology known as probability.
**[02:13] kaw**
But when 32 million is riding
on a single East-South match,
**[02:16] kaw**
you need something more
than just probability.
**[02:20] kaw**
The ability to sniff out the tiles.
**[02:22] kaw**
At this point, he needs to be able
to pick them with pinpoint accuracy.
**[02:27] ish**
But that's...
**[02:28] kaw**
He needs to be able to
do that to be relevant.
**[02:32] kaw**
All he can do is make shallow calculations.
**[02:36] kaw**
He won't be able to win like that.
**[02:41] nar**
East Hand 2, 14th turn.
**[02:44] nar**
Fake Akagi is in tenpai.
**[02:46] fak**
If I go for a double pon wait on
the 3 of bamboo and 7 of circles,
**[02:49] fak**
drawing it myself will get me a san ankou.
**[02:51] fak**
But considering that the
7 of circles is the dora,
**[02:55] fak**
a tanyao with two dora is enough.
**[03:01] ura**
*A 3 of bamboo from his hand.*
**[03:02] ura**
*He's in tenpai.*
**[03:04] ura**
*But he still isn't declaring riichi.*
**[03:07] ura**
*I guess he concluded that it's not possible*
**[03:10] ura**
*given how few tiles are left.*
**[03:13] ura**
*That's weak, bro!*
**[03:15] ura**
* If you have a good hand,*
* you've got to be greedy!*
**[03:19] ura**
*With that sort of meticulous play style,*
**[03:21] ura**
* you won't be able to put*
* pressure on your opponents*
**[03:24] ura**
*or bring luck on your side.*
**[03:26] ura**
*Your play style is so timid.*
**[03:29] ura**
*I'm going to be much bolder than that.*
**[03:32] ura**
Bro, do you accept opens?
**[03:34] fak**
Open?
**[03:35] ura**
The 2 han open riichi.
**[03:39] kaw**
We do in theory.
**[03:42] ura**
All right.
**[03:43] ura**
Riichi, open!
**[03:49] fak**
*He actually did it!*
**[03:51] fak**
* And a double pon wait on the*
* red dragon and the 3 of circles?*
**[03:55] fak**
* There are already two red*
* dragons in the discards.*
**[03:57] fak**
*He's only got the 3 of circles to wait for.*
**[03:59] fak**
*He must be kidding.*
**[04:01] fak**
* There's no way that my three-way*
* wait will lose to this!*
**[04:06] fak**
*Damn it!*
**[04:08] ish**
Urabe's play style is crazy.
**[04:12] ish**
He discarded the 5 of circles
and declared riichi,
**[04:13] ish**
which means that he could have
had a two-sided wait, too.
**[04:17] kaw**
If he had gone for the two-sided wait,
a tsumo would have netted him 7,800.
**[04:21] kaw**
But if he goes for the san ankou,
with a tsumo he'll get a proper mangan.
**[04:26] kaw**
And if he gets reverse dora
for any of his triplets,
**[04:28] kaw**
opening the riichi will boost
him to a dealer baiman.
**[04:32] kaw**
He could finish everything
with this one hand.
**[04:36] kaw**
Plus, he probably feels it.
**[04:40] kaw**
He can smell it...
**[04:43] kaw**
The winning tile.
**[04:44] kaw**
The premonition that he'll
draw the 3 of circles.
**[04:48] ish**
*Could it be...*
**[04:49] fak**
*Don't draw it!*
**[04:59] nar**
He didn't get the ippatsu,
but in the next turn...
**[05:04] ura**
Tsumo.
**[05:06] ura**
Open, tsumo, san ankou. Mangan.
**[05:09] ura**
Oh, wait, I got three reverse
dora, so it's a baiman.
**[05:15] ura**
Sorry, bro.
**[05:18] fak**
*No way.*
**[05:19] fak**
*This is unbelievable!*
**[05:24] kaw**
Ishikawa, it's no use.
**[05:26] kaw**
He's out of the question.
**[05:28] kaw**
Letting him continue to play
will only widen the wound.
**[05:33] kaw**
Call Akagi!
**[05:35] kaw**
We must fight a demon with a demon!
**[05:43] ish**
Akagi!
**[05:44] ish**
You need to come right now.
**[05:45] ish**
Our rep player is being torn apart.
**[05:47] ish**
We need your help.
**[05:50] aka**
Urabe started winning?
**[05:51] ish**
Yeah, that bastard got cocky
and kept raising the wager.
**[05:55] ish**
It's at 32 million now.
**[05:57] ish**
Please, Akagi!
**[05:59] aka**
I'm sorry, but I don't feel like it.
**[06:02] ish**
What are you talking about?
**[06:04] ish**
Nobody but you can do it!
**[06:05] ish**
Akagi!
**[06:06] aka**
What about Osamu?
**[06:09] ish**
You mean the kid with the freckles?
**[06:11] aka**
Yes, why don't you have him play?
**[06:14] ish**
That's not funny.
**[06:15] ish**
This isn't an opponent
an amateur can handle.
**[06:18] aka**
Ishikawa-san, keep the wager secret
from Osamu and let him play freely.
**[06:23] aka**
He might do quite well.
**[06:24] ish**
Quite well isn't enough, Akagi.
**[06:27] aka**
Do what you like.
**[06:28] aka**
If Osamu doesn't play, neither will I.
**[06:31] ish**
Akagi...
**[06:34] ish**
So you'll play after Osamu?
**[06:37] ish**
If he plays, you play?
**[06:39] aka**
Well, yeah.
**[06:42] nar**
It's East Hand 4.
**[06:46] nar**
Osamu has just become dealer.
**[06:51] osa**
* Is it really okay for*
* me to be playing here?*
**[06:54] osa**
* Didn't they say something*
* about the wager being 500,000?*
**[06:59] osa**
*Five hundred grand, huh?*
**[07:03] nar**
Osamu is in tenpai.
**[07:05] osa**
I'm in tenpai.
**[07:07] osa**
If I discard the 3 of circles,
**[07:08] osa**
I'll get a double pon wait for the
7 of bamboo and the north wind.
**[07:10] osa**
Should I just stick with
that since I'm the dealer?
**[07:14] osa**
*But I'm 38,000 points behind first place.*
**[07:17] osa**
* If I play too defensively,*
* I'll never take over the lead.*
**[07:20] osa**
*Let's play it big.*
**[07:24] ---**
*Ah...*
**[07:25] kaw**
*Not bad.*
**[07:27] nar**
Osamu dismantles his tenpai and
goes for a tanyao, sanshoku hand.
**[07:31] nar**
Later, that proves to be a good call.
**[07:34] nar**
A few turns later...
**[07:37] nar**
Tenpai.
**[07:38] nar**
An ideal tanyao, pinfu, sanshoku.
**[07:40] osa**
Riichi!
**[07:42] kaw**
* Usually, people would buckle under*
* the pressure of a 32 million wager.*
**[07:48] kaw**
* Despite his appearance,*
* he plays quite calmly.*
**[07:52] kaw**
*I heard he was a filler until Akagi comes,*
**[07:55] kaw**
* but it looks like he's not*
* completely useless, either.*
**[08:00] osa**
Tsumo!
**[08:01] osa**
Menzen, pinfu, tsumo, sanshoku.
Mangan! 4,000 from all!
**[08:06] nar**
Osamu picks up momentum with this win.
**[08:10] nar**
Moving on to bonus hand 1,
he gets another tsumo.
**[08:14] osa**
2,700 from all.
**[08:16] nar**
Urabe, who was barely visible
before, is now almost in reach.
**[08:21] nar**
The distance is a mere 11,200.
**[08:24] nar**
A mangan or higher will cause an upset.
**[08:30] guy**
He's not bad.
**[08:32] guy**
Even though entering the game dead
last can be relaxing in a way,
**[08:35] guy**
it's like he's not affected by
the 32 million wager whatsoever.
**[08:41] osa**
*Thirty-two million?!*
**[08:43] osa**
*Thirty-two million...*
**[08:49] osa**
*He kept quiet*
**[08:50] osa**
* because he figured a wager that*
* high would make me nervous.*
**[08:54] ---**
*Thirty-two million...*
**[08:56] osa**
*What's going to happen if I lose?*
**[08:58] osa**
*Debt?*
**[09:00] osa**
* But what if I win?*
* Even a 10% cut would be...*
**[09:04] osa**
*3.2 million.*
**[09:08] nar**
Osamu's starting hand.
**[09:11] osa**
*The 8 of circles is the dora.*
**[09:13] osa**
* A tanyao with three dora will*
* be enough for an upset.*
**[09:16] osa**
*I want to win with this hand.*
**[09:18] osa**
*If I win, I'll be in first place... if I win...*
**[09:23] osa**
Chi!
**[09:25] osa**
Chi!
**[09:27] ish**
*Not good.*
**[09:28] ish**
*His calm play style from before is gone.*
**[09:31] ish**
*You had luck on your side...*
**[09:32] ish**
* You should have just have kept*
* playing like you have been.*
**[09:36] nar**
Osamu was in tenpai after just 6 turns...
**[09:39] nar**
But he can't draw this
closed wait 4 of circles.
**[09:42] nar**
He can't draw it.
**[09:43] nar**
He can't draw it.
**[09:45] nar**
And in the 10th turn, Urabe...
**[09:47] ura**
Riichi.
**[09:50] nar**
Two turns later...
**[09:53] osa**
*Go through!*
**[09:54] ura**
Ron!
**[09:56] ura**
Riichi, honitsu, one dora. Mangan.
**[10:00] osa**
*He got me.*
**[10:01] osa**
*He used up all of my winning tiles.*
**[10:04] osa**
*That's why he declared the riichi.*
**[10:06] osa**
* It's like he could see*
* through everything I did...*
**[10:08] osa**
*I can't do this.*
**[10:11] aka**
Want to switch, Osamu?
**[10:13] osa**
Akagi-san!
**[10:24] osa**
Urabe is 28,400 points ahead.
**[10:28] osa**
But are you sure about this?
**[10:30] osa**
There's 32 million riding on this match.
**[10:33] osa**
You'll be entering in the South round,
and almost 30,000 points behind.
**[10:36] osa**
There's no guarantee that you will win...
**[10:38] aka**
You're so stupid.
**[10:40] aka**
Is that what you were
worrying so much about?
**[10:44] aka**
None of that matters.
**[10:46] aka**
It's someone else's money.
**[10:48] aka**
We can be totally carefree.
**[10:49] osa**
Akagi-san, how could you say that?
**[10:51] aka**
It's simply the truth.
**[10:53] aka**
The ones who should be nervous
are the yakuza men behind us...
**[10:57] aka**
and Urabe.
**[11:00] osa**
Urabe?
**[11:01] aka**
Think about it.
**[11:03] aka**
Who's the one person who can stand
to lose this match the least?
**[11:06] aka**
Urabe's the one who raised the
stakes to this ridiculous level.
**[11:10] aka**
He won't get away with a
**[11:12] aka**
"Sorry, I screwed up in the
end, and lost 32 million."
**[11:15] aka**
He'll have to pay,
with cash or his blood.
**[11:19] aka**
The pressure he's feeling
right now must be immense.
**[11:27] ish**
*I see.*
**[11:28] ish**
*Akagi's right.*
**[11:29] ish**
*I was too fixated on the point difference*
**[11:31] ish**
* and had lost sight of the crucial piece,*
* the mental state of the opponent.*
**[11:35] ish**
*It shows again that Akagi,*
**[11:38] ish**
* Akagi Shigeru, is the only*
* one we can rely on.*
**[11:40] nar**
The game resumes.
**[11:42] nar**
South Hand 1.
**[11:44] ish**
*All right, show me...*
**[11:46] ish**
* My first sight of Akagi Shigeru*
* playing Mahjong in five years!*
**[11:49] ish**
*How is he going to play?*
**[11:52] nar**
But contrary to Ishikawa's expectations,
Akagi doesn't do anything special.
**[11:59] nar**
Ordinary hands.
**[12:01] nar**
Even his single han riichi is dodged by Urabe.
**[12:04] ura**
Tsumo.
**[12:08] nar**
And in South Hand 2,
**[12:10] nar**
just like before, Akagi immediately
declares riichi after getting into tenpai.
**[12:16] ish**
*Why, Akagi? Why aren't you doing anything?*
**[12:20] ish**
* Shouldn't you have at least waited*
* for that hand to get better?*
**[12:27] ura**
*What's this kid planning?*
**[12:31] ura**
* It seems like a tenpai*
* without any points behind it,*
**[12:33] ura**
* but I'll just have to play along*
* and keep an eye out for now.*
**[12:36] ura**
* At least until I can figure*
* out what he's doing.*
**[12:41] ura**
* The worst would be for him*
* to have the west wind dora.*
**[12:44] ura**
*That'd be an instant mangan.*
**[12:48] ura**
*What the...*
**[12:49] ura**
*The dora passes?*
**[12:52] ura**
*That's the third west wind.*
**[12:54] ura**
* The possibility that he's*
* got any dora is gone now.*
**[12:57] ura**
* So is he going for a*
* sanshoku with the lower tiles?*
**[13:02] nar**
But that possibility also
disappears as all four
**[13:05] nar**
of the 4 of bamboo and 1 of
circles tiles appear in the discards.
**[13:09] ura**
*In that case...*
**[13:10] ish**
*There's his winning tile!*
**[13:12] ish**
* If he gets lucky with the reverse*
* dora, it could go to 5,200.*
**[13:16] ish**
*Why doesn't he declare his win?*
**[13:18] ish**
*It's a direct hit off the opponent!*
**[13:22] nar**
In the 15th turn,
Urabe gets a tsumo win.
**[13:27] ura**
*A win, huh?*
**[13:28] ura**
* But with just pinfu, tsumo,*
* iipeikou, it's only 2,700.*
**[13:32] ura**
* Three more turns and*
* the hand ends in a draw.*
**[13:34] ura**
* Instead of taking this cheap win,*
* I'll take a look at what he has instead.*
**[13:42] nar**
Inexplicably, both Akagi and Urabe
ignore their winning tiles this hand.
**[13:48] nar**
It ends in a draw.
**[13:49] ura**
I'm in tenpai.
**[13:53] ish**
*A 5 or 8 of bamboo wait?*
**[13:55] ish**
*Urabe could have won in the 15th turn.*
**[13:59] ish**
* He ignored that on purpose just*
* to take a look at our hand!*
**[14:03] ish**
* He sensed what we would want to*
* avoid the most and came straight for it!*
**[14:08] ura**
All right, Akagi-han.
**[14:10] ura**
Let's see what your riichi was made of.
**[14:13] ura**
Show me your preemptive riichi.
**[14:20] aka**
Sorry, I wasn't in tenpai.
**[14:24] ish**
Akagi!
**[14:25] ish**
I understand that you
don't want to show it,
**[14:27] ish**
but the 8,000 point penalty
is too much right now!
**[14:30] aka**
It's cheap if you consider I'm buying
something with these 8,000 points.
**[14:34] aka**
Urabe picked up the points
and widened the lead for now.
**[14:38] aka**
I'm buying three turns in
the future with these 8,000.
**[14:42] ish**
Three turns in the future?
**[14:44] aka**
Yes, at the very end,
**[14:46] aka**
the three turns that will decide
the outcome of the match.
**[14:49] aka**
I will advance,
and Urabe will retreat.
**[14:53] aka**
These 8,000 are an unavoidable expense
**[14:55] aka**
to arrange the time and place for victory.
**[14:59] aka**
The foundation.
**[15:02] nar**
But now the difference between
Akagi and Urabe is 45,800.
**[15:07] nar**
This sort of gap could
be called hopeless.
**[15:11] ish**
* He won't be able to turn*
* the tables with tsumo wins.*
**[15:13] ish**
*He'll need direct hits off the opponent.*
**[15:17] ish**
* But if someone of Urabe's*
* caliber is playing defensively,*
**[15:20] ish**
*you'll never be able to get a direct hit.*
**[15:22] ish**
*In a normal match,*
**[15:24] ish**
*Akagi wouldn't have a chance to win.*
**[15:26] ish**
* Now all he can rely on*
* is a tidal wave of luck,*
**[15:29] ish**
* the kind that only comes once in*
* a hundred... no, a thousand years.*
**[15:33] ish**
*A miracle surpassing all logic*
**[15:35] ish**
*that will give him baiman or yakuman hands.*
**[15:41] ish**
*What a boring starting hand.*
**[15:44] ish**
*It's lackluster.*
**[15:45] ish**
*No sign of any tidal wave.*
**[15:51] ish**
*That's the worst draw he could get.*
**[15:53] ish**
* Getting three foreign*
* wind tiles is the worst.*
**[15:56] nar**
No.
**[15:57] nar**
That is not the case.
**[15:59] nar**
Actually, drawing the
east wind was the sign.
**[16:01] nar**
A sign for the 100-year tidal wave
that would dwarf normal waves!
**[16:10] ish**
*I don't believe it.*
**[16:12] ish**
*With just three effective draws,*
**[16:14] ish**
* he's already gotten so close*
* to a yakuman hand.*
**[16:18] nar**
Eighth turn.
**[16:21] ish**
*San ankou.*
**[16:23] ish**
* With him, I just can't*
* predict what will happen.*
**[16:26] ish**
*He's far beyond the realm of ordinary men.*
**[16:29] ish**
*But now Urabe's the issue.*
**[16:32] ish**
*It looks like he's got a quick hand, too.*
**[16:33] ura**
Pon!
**[16:36] ish**
*He's probably in tenpai now.*
**[16:39] ish**
*Probably a chinitsu or honitsu of characters.*
**[16:41] ish**
* And probably waiting on multiple*
* tiles in the lower end.*
**[16:45] ish**
* This is the moment of*
* truth for Akagi's hand.*
**[16:48] ish**
*Suu ankou... Will it end as an illusion?*
**[16:51] ish**
*Or will it become reality and bear fruit?*
**[16:58] ish**
*He got it!*
**[17:00] ---**
*Suu ankou, tenpai...*
**[17:03] ish**
* What's more, with this hand*
* he can get it from a ron, too!*
**[17:07] ish**
It's a bit risky, but he should
discard the 4 of characters here
**[17:10] ish**
and wait on the 5 of bamboo for now.
**[17:12] ish**
Then he can switch to a more
ideal single wait later.
**[17:21] aka**
Riichi.
**[17:23] ish**
*No!*
**[17:24] ish**
*Unthinkable!*
**[17:26] ish**
*Why a riichi?*
**[17:27] ish**
*Why?!*
**[17:28] ish**
*And why the multi-sided wait?*
**[17:29] ish**
* If anything, you'd have to go for*
* the guaranteed suu ankou single wait!*
**[17:33] ish**
* Why didn't you wait*
* for the 5 of bamboo?!*
**[17:36] aka**
Open.
**[17:40] ish**
* I have no idea what's*
* going on anymore.*
**[17:45] kaw**
There's nothing strange about this.
**[17:47] kaw**
This is Akagi's logic.
**[17:49] ish**
Akagi's logic?
**[17:50] kaw**
Akagi predicted that Urabe was waiting
for the 1, 4, and 7 of characters.
**[17:55] kaw**
So he can't discard the 4.
**[17:58] kaw**
If he can't discard it,
he can't change his hand,
**[18:00] kaw**
so declaring riichi isn't too strange.
**[18:02] ish**
Yes, but I don't think it
was necessary to open it.
**[18:06] kaw**
Akagi figured that nobody would
discard a 4 of characters.
**[18:10] kaw**
Look at the discards of
the player before him.
**[18:13] kaw**
He was out of the game early on.
**[18:15] kaw**
He won't discard any character tiles.
**[18:17] kaw**
If anybody were to do it,
it'd be the player after him.
**[18:20] kaw**
In the unlikely event
that he would discard it,
**[18:22] kaw**
Urabe would win because
of the head bump rule.
**[18:25] kaw**
Either way, there's no way
that Akagi could win
**[18:28] kaw**
with a ron on a 4 of characters.
**[18:30] kaw**
If he can only win with a tsumo,
**[18:31] kaw**
then it doesn't matter
if his hand is open or not.
**[18:35] kaw**
And that open riichi has another goal.
**[18:39] ish**
Another goal?
**[18:40] kaw**
The open suu ankou is a threat,
**[18:44] kaw**
in order to force Urabe to compromise.
**[18:47] nar**
Boss Kawada was half-right.
**[18:50] nar**
Urabe was indeed waiting for
the 1, 4, and 7 of characters.
**[18:53] nar**
Akagi had guessed correctly.
**[18:55] uraw**
*Suu ankou, open riichi?!*
**[18:58] uraw**
*That's too crazy, you idiot!*
**[19:01] uraw**
*Damn it!*
**[19:02] uraw**
* If Akagi gets the suu ankou,*
* he'll whip past me in one shot.*
**[19:13] uraw**
*Don't tell me...*
**[19:23] uraw**
*My heart can't take this.*
**[19:26] uraw**
*At least he didn't get the ippatsu.*
**[19:28] uraw**
* But there's no need for me*
* to overextend myself here.*
**[19:30] uraw**
Boss Kawada.
**[19:32] uraw**
You don't have the silly rule here
that dealing into an open riichi
**[19:35] uraw**
will turn it into a yakuman hand, right?
**[19:38] kaw**
No, we don't.
**[19:40] ura**
*Then...*
**[19:42] ura**
*I'll deal into his hand!*
**[19:43] kaw**
*There it is.*
**[19:44] ish**
*Is this what Akagi was aiming for?*
**[19:46] ish**
* A direct hit off his opponent*
* that we thought was impossible.*
**[19:51] ish**
* So the suu ankou was a threat to*
* force Urabe to discard this winning tile?*
**[19:56] kaw**
*This gives him at least a mangan.*
**[19:58] kaw**
* If he gets reverse dora,*
* it could go up to a baiman.*
**[20:01] kaw**
* While everybody is getting too*
* excited in this gambling room,*
**[20:04] kaw**
* he makes such a realistic*
* and bold prediction.*
**[20:07] kaw**
*A calculated strategy.*
**[20:09] kaw**
* He's the real deal,*
* without any shadow of a doubt.*
**[20:15] ura**
What's up?
**[20:16] ura**
Why aren't you checking
the reverse dora?
**[20:18] aka**
Stop dreaming.
**[20:20] aka**
We keep playing.
**[20:21] aka**
I have no intention of
picking up cheap points.
**[20:27] ish**
A-Akagi...
**[20:29] aka**
Urabe took his hand
apart to deal into mine.
**[20:33] aka**
He wrongly assumed that this deal
would work out and defanged his hand.
**[20:39] aka**
In other words, he doesn't have
a hand he can fight with.
**[20:43] aka**
Then let's advance.
**[20:45] aka**
I'll advance as much as he retreated.
**[20:49] aka**
I'll end him with this suu ankou.
**[20:52] nar**
Urabe's failed plan,
**[20:54] nar**
Akagi Shigeru's uncompromising fight,
**[20:58] nar**
and the foundation for
the next three turns...
**[21:01] nar**
Akagi closes in on Urabe,
slowly but surely.
**[22:16] nar**
Next time,
"The Magic of Coincidence."
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# 12 - The Magic of Coincidence
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**[01:12] nar**
The battle between Akagi and
Urabe has finally begun.
**[01:15] nar**
Akagi has unleashed an attack
that alarms his opponent.
***SIGN*** Episode 12
***SIGN*** The Magic of Coincidence
**[01:23] ura**
*What's with this kid?*
**[01:26] ura**
*A multi-sided wait for a suu ankou?!*
**[01:28] ura**
*After he declared an open riichi,*
**[01:30] ura**
* I dealt into his hand with*
* this 2 of characters.*
**[01:32] ura**
* It's mangan hand and*
* he's going to let it go?*
**[01:37] ura**
* So he's dead set on drawing the*
* tile he needs for the suu ankou?*
**[01:42] ura**
* If he really believes that*
* will happen, he's just trash.*
**[01:49] ura**
*Your sense of gambling is weak!*
**[01:53] ura**
*If you can't do it,*
**[01:55] ura**
* you will have missed the*
* opportunity to get a*
**[01:57] ura**
*direct mangan hit off of me for good.*
**[02:00] ura**
* The last straws of victory will*
* be slipping from your grasp here!*
**[02:05] ura**
Damn, breaking my hand to deal
into his has made my draws crap.
**[02:15] ura**
*This time he passed on a tsumo win.*
**[02:18] ura**
*He insists on going for the suu ankou.*
**[02:20] ura**
*He's crazy.*
**[02:24] ura**
*There it is.*
**[02:25] ura**
*I'm back in tenpai.*
**[02:26] ura**
* A double pon wait for 6*
* and 8 of characters.*
**[02:30] ura**
* I'll make you regret your*
* ridiculous play style.*
**[02:34] nar**
And in the 15th turn,
**[02:36] nar**
Akagi draws yet another winning tile.
**[02:40] ish**
*There it is.*
**[02:41] ish**
*He can't draw it out any longer.*
**[02:43] ish**
*There are only two draws left.*
**[02:46] ish**
* Besides, he can't discard*
* this tile against Urabe.*
**[02:48] ish**
* Urabe has a chinitsu hand...*
* He can't be waiting for anything else.*
**[02:58] ura**
*What the hell?*
**[02:59] ura**
* This is how the top player*
* of the Kawada Group*
**[03:01] ura**
* plays in a match with several*
* million riding on it?*
**[03:05] ura**
* He's playing like a drunkard,*
* with no sense of judgment left.*
**[03:10] ura**
Ron, chinitsu, mangan. That's 12,000!
**[03:15] ish**
*This is worst that could happen.*
**[03:17] ish**
* Urabe and Akagi are now*
* over 70,000 points apart.*
**[03:22] ish**
*It's hopeless.*
**[03:23] ish**
*Akagi...*
**[03:26] nar**
Only two hands left...
**[03:31] ota**
What's wrong?
**[03:33] aka**
You made a mistake.
**[03:34] aka**
You were off by one.
**[03:36] aka**
You split it at 12.
**[03:39] ota**
I'm sorry!
**[03:40] yosh**
Come on, man.
**[03:44] ish**
*He's calm.*
**[03:46] ish**
*Despite being in this hopeless situation.*
**[03:49] ish**
* Does he really have*
* something in the works?*
**[03:53] ish**
*A secret plan to cause an upset?*
**[03:55] nar**
Akagi's starting hand.
**[03:58] ish**
*Damn.*
**[03:59] ish**
* He gets this hand when*
* we need something huge?*
**[04:04] ish**
*What is this?*
**[04:06] ish**
*His hand is getting cheaper and cheaper.*
**[04:10] ish**
*He's in tenpai.*
**[04:12] ish**
But there's no point in
winning with this hand.
**[04:15] aka**
Kan.
**[04:19] ish**
*What?*
**[04:23] ish**
* His trash hand suddenly*
* turned into a big one.*
**[04:26] ish**
* Four dora, riichi, tsumo.*
* That's a haneman.*
**[04:29] ish**
* There's no way he won't get a*
* tsumo with this three-way wait.*
**[04:32] aka**
Riichi.
**[04:35] ish**
*No way!*
**[04:36] ish**
* Why did he throw away*
* the three-way wait?!*
**[04:39] ish**
*Why?!*
**[04:40] ish**
*Is it to get a direct hit off Urabe?*
**[04:43] ish**
* Still, that's no reason to*
* throw away a three-way wait*
**[04:47] ish**
*for a single wait on the north wind!*
**[04:49] ish**
* What's more, there are already*
* two out in the discards.*
**[04:51] ish**
*It's a hell wait.*
**[04:53] ish**
*Urabe is not that careless.*
**[04:57] ish**
* He won't discard it, no matter if it's the*
* north wind or the 5, 8, or 7 of bamboo.*
**[05:00] ish**
*Since it won't come from him,*
**[05:02] ish**
* Akagi should have stayed with*
* the easy three-way wait.*
**[05:05] ish**
*And yet he...*
**[05:07] ish**
*Wait.*
**[05:09] ish**
* The tile we saw in the*
* beginning was a north wind.*
**[05:14] ish**
* So between the dead wall and the*
* discards, that's 3 north winds out.*
**[05:19] ish**
*Meaning this wait is dead.*
**[05:21] ish**
*There's no way for him to win.*
**[05:23] ish**
* How could he have made such a*
* mistake at this crucial moment?*
**[05:27] ish**
* No, Akagi would never make such*
* an elementary mistake here.*
**[05:32] ish**
*He must have some sort of plan for this.*
**[05:35] ish**
* One possibility is that the next dead*
* wall draw will be the north wind,*
**[05:40] ish**
* and that Akagi gets the*
* last 6 of bamboo for a kan.*
**[05:44] ish**
* He'll win by drawing the north*
* wind from the dead wall.*
**[05:47] ish**
* But the fourth 6 of bamboo*
* is already in the discards.*
**[05:50] ish**
*So this won't happen.*
**[05:52] ish**
*The only possibility remaining*
**[05:54] ish**
* is that someone declares kan*
* and discards the north wind.*
**[05:57] ish**
* But obviously, neither Urabe nor*
* the other players will declare kan.*
**[06:02] ish**
*Nobody would willingly add more dora.*
**[06:07] ish**
*It's impossible.*
**[06:08] ish**
*There's no chance.*
**[06:10] ish**
*That north wind will never be discarded.*
**[06:14] ish**
*Another safe tile.*
**[06:16] ish**
* After the riichi, Urabe has*
* only discarded safe tiles.*
**[06:19] ish**
*Even if he had kept his three-way wait,*
**[06:21] ish**
* even if there was another*
* north wind somewhere,*
**[06:24] ish**
* Urabe would have never*
* discarded the winning tile.*
**[06:27] ish**
*Urabe's going to play it 100% safe.*
**[06:29] ish**
* An easy game of Mahjong where*
* he doesn't need to think.*
**[06:33] nar**
No.
**[06:35] nar**
In fact, Urabe was struggling.
**[06:37] nar**
It only seems to be an easy
game to the observers.
**[06:41] nar**
Urabe sees the four dora.
**[06:44] nar**
Akagi's riichi is nothing but ominous.
**[06:49] ura**
I'm in tenpai.
**[06:51] ura**
But winning with this makes no sense.
**[06:54] ura**
*Safe tile!*
**[06:57] ura**
* The guy to my left already*
* discarded the 7 of characters,*
**[07:00] ura**
*so I'm safe for the next turn, too.*
**[07:01] ura**
*The problem is the turn after that.*
**[07:08] ura**
*The tiles are clumping up...*
**[07:09] ura**
*A typical triplet game.*
**[07:14] ura**
*What's going on?*
**[07:16] ura**
Getting all the same tiles hurts.
**[07:18] ura**
I suppose I could declare kan and
hope my draw gives me a safe tile,
**[07:22] ura**
but if I draw a dangerous tile,
**[07:23] ura**
* all I would have accomplished*
* is giving him more dora.*
**[07:29] ura**
*Wait a second.*
**[07:30] ura**
* There are only two turns*
* left in this hand.*
**[07:37] ura**
*So this one passed.*
**[07:40] ura**
*Now I'm safe.*
**[07:42] ura**
*I've made it through.*
**[07:43] ura**
*With only one turn left, it's over.*
**[07:47] ura**
*Another dangerous tile...*
**[07:50] ura**
* But I have a plan for*
* the 17th and final turn.*
**[07:54] ura**
* The trump card handed to me*
* by coincidence in the 16th turn.*
**[07:58] ura**
Kan.
**[08:03] ura**
This tile hasn't been discarded yet.
**[08:05] ura**
Then another.
**[08:06] ura**
Kan!
**[08:08] ihs**
*Wh-What is this?*
**[08:10] ura**
*This one!*
**[08:13] ura**
*This is what I wanted.*
**[08:15] ura**
* This is the tile everybody*
* saw at the beginning*
**[08:16] ura**
*of this hand because of that mistake.*
**[08:19] ura**
*I'm sure Akagi remembers that, too.*
**[08:22] ura**
* There's no way he's*
* waiting for the north wind.*
**[08:25] ura**
* And with these two kan,*
* he doesn't get to draw anymore.*
**[08:30] ura**
*I killed two birds with one stone.*
**[08:38] ish**
*Impossible.*
**[08:40] ish**
*Am I dreaming?*
**[08:47] aka**
You are like a secure vault right now.
**[08:50] aka**
Any sort of half-baked attempts
won't let me get points from that vault.
**[08:54] aka**
Logic won't work.
**[08:56] aka**
Logic won't even get into the keyhole.
**[08:59] aka**
In order to get the key in,
I have to use another force.
**[09:04] aka**
If I had to name it, I'd call
it the force of coincidence.
**[09:08] aka**
You can't defend against something
that happens by accident.
**[09:10] aka**
The key will turn with
the help of coincidence.
**[09:14] ish**
*It was all taken into account...*
**[09:16] ish**
*Urabe's ironclad defense,*
**[09:18] ish**
*his logic...*
**[09:19] ish**
* By Akagi's Mahjong which*
* incorporates coincidence.*
**[09:22] ish**
*By his peerless capacity.*
**[09:27] aka**
I guess it's a total of 10 reverse dora.
**[09:29] aka**
With the riichi, it's a sanbaiman.
**[09:32] ish**
*Two coincidences.*
**[09:34] ish**
* The accidental uncovering of the north wind*
* at the beginning, and Urabe's two kan.*
**[09:39] ish**
* So Akagi wasn't waiting so*
* much for the north wind,*
**[09:42] ish**
*but for the kan that would be born*
**[09:44] ish**
* from the tendency of Urabe's*
* hand to yield all those triplets.*
**[09:48] ish**
*In other words,*
**[09:50] ish**
* he was waiting on the opportunity*
* created by coincidence.*
**[09:52] nar**
People can evade logic,
**[09:54] nar**
but can't do the same with coincidence.
**[09:56] nar**
A strategy that far surpasses the
imagination of the average mind.
**[09:59] nar**
In fact, maybe it should be called godly?
**[10:03] nar**
A blade from another realm...
**[10:05] nar**
Akagi's riichi, with a wait on coincidence.
**[10:12] nar**
Akagi versus Urabe.
**[10:14] nar**
The difference between them has
shrunk from over 70,000 to 22,500.
**[10:18] nar**
Akagi is the dealer for the last hand.
**[10:21] nar**
If he gets a direct mangan hit off
of Urabe, he'll take over the lead.
**[10:27] fuj**
Urabe.
**[10:28] fuj**
Can you do this?
**[10:30] ura**
Don't worry.
**[10:31] ura**
That sort of ridiculous
win was a one-time thing.
**[10:36] ura**
I won't deal into his hand anymore.
**[10:38] ura**
He won't take over the lead even
if he gets a mangan tsumo win.
**[10:44] ura**
Basically, he won't be able
to beat me with just one hand.
**[10:48] ura**
He won't be able to
kill me with one arrow.
**[10:52] ura**
He'll need a second one.
**[10:54] ura**
If he only gets 3,900 or 5,800 hands,
he'll need a third or fourth arrow.
**[11:01] ura**
In contrast, I can win with anything.
**[11:04] ura**
All I have to do is focus on speed,
**[11:08] ura**
while he has to worry
about composition, as well.
**[11:11] ura**
This will make all the difference
in a short finale like this.
**[11:15] fuj**
Okay.
**[11:16] ura**
Don't worry, Boss.
**[11:19] ura**
He'll fall one step short.
**[11:21] ura**
I will keep my lead.
**[11:23] fuj**
All right, if you say so,
my mind is at ease.
**[11:27] fuj**
I won't say anything else.
**[11:29] fuj**
I'm counting on you.
**[11:30] ura**
Yes, sir.
**[11:33] ura**
*Damn kid.*
**[11:35] ura**
*I won't let everything go your way.*
**[11:40] nar**
It's the final hand.
**[11:42] ura**
Just you watch, I'm going
to make my getaway.
**[11:46] ura**
*Not bad.*
**[11:47] ura**
*I'm lucky.*
**[11:50] ura**
*I just need to be fast.*
**[11:56] ura**
* I'm going to take the shortest route,*
* faster than anyone else.*
**[11:59] ura**
I'm in tenpai.
**[12:01] ura**
An ideal tanyao, pinfu, with
a 2 or 5 of circles wait.
**[12:06] ura**
*Looks like luck's on my side.*
**[12:09] ura**
*Now spit it out.*
**[12:10] ura**
* I'll teach you that winning*
* doesn't require these flashy plays!*
**[12:15] ura**
*A real pro always wins quietly.*
**[12:18] aka**
Kan.
**[12:22] ura**
*What?*
**[12:24] ura**
*The 6 of bamboo?*
**[12:25] ura**
*So he has four dora?*
**[12:28] ura**
*How can his luck carry on this long?*
**[12:32] ura**
*Did he switch the tile?*
**[12:34] ura**
*No, he flipped it with just his index finger.*
**[12:37] ura**
*That can't be it.*
**[12:39] ura**
*His luck is immeasurable.*
**[12:45] aka**
*I won't need a second arrow.*
**[12:47] aka**
*I will finish you with the first.*
**[12:49] ura**
* Four dora... That's a guaranteed*
* dealer mangan if he wins.*
**[12:52] ura**
* The moment I deal into his*
* hand, my lead will disappear.*
**[12:55] ura**
*Even if I avoid a direct hit,*
**[12:57] ura**
*a haneman tsumo will also cause an upset.*
**[13:00] ura**
*Damn it!*
**[13:01] ura**
*Why did I have to get this tile?*
**[13:03] ura**
*He's probably going for a tanyao,*
**[13:05] ura**
* but it's equally likely that*
* he's going for honor tiles.*
**[13:09] ura**
* East wind, south wind,*
* and the green dragon*
**[13:10] ura**
* all have two tiles out*
* in the discards already.*
**[13:12] ura**
*That only leaves the white and red dragon.*
**[13:15] ura**
*I just can't discard this tile.*
**[13:19] nar**
But on the next turn...
**[13:23] ura**
*What?*
**[13:24] ura**
*The red dragon passes?*
**[13:26] ura**
*That's a relief.*
**[13:27] ura**
* If I draw a non-terminal number tile here,*
* my hand will be revived in one turn.*
**[13:33] ura**
*Of all things, a white dragon?*
**[13:34] ura**
*My luck is terrible.*
**[13:36] nar**
Again, Urabe has a single
wait for the white dragon
**[13:38] nar**
where he can only win with a tsumo.
**[13:40] ura**
*It makes more sense to assume*
**[13:42] ura**
* he has the first dora,*
* the 6 of characters, in his hand, too.*
**[13:45] ura**
* That means tanyao or an honor tile hand*
* plus five dora will give him a haneman.*
**[13:51] ura**
*I'll lose, even if he doesn't win off me.*
**[13:54] nar**
At this point, Urabe was
still on the offensive.
**[13:56] nar**
In this situation, not doing so
would be out of the question.
**[14:00] aka**
Chi!
**[14:01] nar**
Akagi makes a move on the eighth turn.
**[14:06] ura**
*He discarded a dora?*
**[14:07] ura**
*Then it's certain.*
**[14:09] ura**
*He's in tenpai.*
**[14:11] ura**
*But is it a tanyao hand?*
**[14:12] ura**
*Or honor tiles?*
**[14:13] nar**
Seeing Akagi discard a 6 of characters,
the next player follows suit.
**[14:19] ura**
*That's the third.*
**[14:21] ura**
* Including the one in my hand,*
* that's three dora tiles out.*
**[14:24] ura**
*The last one must be in his hand.*
**[14:27] ---**
*Damn...*
**[14:28] ura**
*What?*
**[14:31] ura**
*The fourth...*
**[14:32] ura**
*Now I know where all the dora are.*
**[14:34] ura**
* So that means he discarded the*
* only dora that he had in his hand.*
**[14:39] ura**
* I thought he would take advantage of*
* this situation and come in for the kill.*
**[14:44] ura**
* But I guess he's only after*
* a mangan hand for now.*
**[14:50] ura**
*So even this kid gets complacent.*
**[14:54] nar**
And in the ninth turn,
Urabe is at a crossroads.
**[15:00] ura**
*In order to maintain my tenpai,*
**[15:02] ura**
* I have to discard the 8 of bamboo*
* or the white dragon.*
**[15:04] ura**
* The white dragon is the*
* last remaining honor tile.*
**[15:07] ura**
* Yet this 8 of bamboo isn't*
* exactly safe, either.*
**[15:11] ura**
*I don't need to overextend myself here.*
**[15:12] ura**
*The haneman threat is gone now.*
**[15:15] ura**
*The only danger is a direct mangan hit.*
**[15:17] ura**
*And his luck is waning, as well.*
**[15:21] ura**
*His call on the 2 of characters proved that.*
**[15:24] ura**
* If he still had luck,*
* he should have won with that 2.*
**[15:30] ura**
* Alternatively, a 5 of characters*
* would have been discarded,*
**[15:33] ura**
*and he could've kept his dora.*
**[15:35] ura**
*But he had no choice but to discard it.*
**[15:38] ura**
* It's a typical example of someone*
* whose hand is going downhill.*
**[15:41] ura**
* He must have discarded it*
* because he saw the same signs.*
**[15:44] ura**
*I'm sure of it.*
**[15:46] ura**
* Under these conditions, if I was*
* bold and dealt into his hand,*
**[15:49] ura**
* I'd never be able to look*
* myself in the eye anymore.*
**[15:52] ura**
* In any case, there's a*
* certain way for me to win.*
**[15:56] ura**
*He won't have a chance because*
**[15:57] ura**
* I can crush any chance for him*
* to get a mangan hit off me.*
**[16:01] ura**
*Completely!*
**[16:05] ura**
*Sorry, but I'm out.*
**[16:07] ura**
* I'm going to fight you in the next*
* game since you're going downhill.*
**[16:11] ish**
*Akagi...*
**[16:13] nar**
This 4 of circles is a
crossroads, quite literally.
**[16:17] nar**
After this tile,
Urabe's game is no longer offensive.
**[16:21] nar**
He only deals safe tiles.
**[16:23] nar**
He runs.
**[16:25] nar**
And as if to push him even
further, in the 13th turn...
**[16:31] ura**
*There it is, the white dragon.*
**[16:33] ura**
*That's the third.*
**[16:34] ura**
* The possibility of him*
* having honor tiles is gone.*
**[16:37] ura**
* It's almost settled that he*
* is going for a tanyao hand.*
**[16:41] ura**
* This means I can now discard the*
* terminal and honor tiles I held onto*
**[16:45] ura**
*thinking he was after honor tiles.*
**[16:50] ura**
*I think I've made it.*
**[16:51] ura**
*Yes, I have.*
**[16:53] ura**
*I only have three draws left.*
**[16:58] ura**
*Even if I am forced to draw more often,*
**[17:00] ura**
* I can get out of it with safe tiles*
* and the terminal and honor tiles.*
**[17:03] ura**
*I made a clean getaway.*
**[17:05] ish**
Akagi.
**[17:07] aka**
It's fine, Ishikawa-san.
**[17:09] aka**
The outcome of the game is not yet set.
**[17:14] aka**
*Urabe...*
**[17:15] aka**
* Sorry, but it's too early to*
* think you've gotten away.*
**[17:20] aka**
*I can still catch up to you.*
**[17:21] aka**
* Just watch, I'll make you*
* freeze in your tracks.*
**[17:25] nar**
Urabe drew a 4 of characters, a tile
that hasn't gotten past Akagi yet.
**[17:29] ura**
*No problem.*
**[17:30] ura**
* I've got two safe tiles,*
* for these two turns.*
**[17:33] ura**
* Then I can use a terminal*
* or honor for the last turn.*
**[17:38] ura**
*He's probably out of wacky ideas, too.*
**[17:40] ura**
*I've gotten away.*
**[17:42] nar**
It might have looked like Akagi
had exhausted his options.
**[17:45] nar**
At least, it seemed like there
was no chance of the game ending
**[17:48] nar**
with Urabe dealing into Akagi's hand.
**[17:50] nar**
But on the 17th turn...
**[17:53] aka**
Pon.
**[17:55] nar**
Akagi revives his hand yet again.
**[17:58] nar**
A sanshoku doukou.
***SIGN*** Sanshoku Doukou - Three triplets consisting of the same numbers in all three suits.
**[18:01] ura**
*No way.*
**[18:02] ura**
*A sanshoku doukou this late in the game?*
**[18:06] ura**
* Then he could even be*
* waiting on a single tile.*
**[18:10] ura**
* The terminals and honors I considered*
* safe are suddenly anything but!*
**[18:13] ura**
*I have no safe tiles.*
**[18:15] ura**
*Shit.*
**[18:16] ura**
*Come on, give me a safe tile!*
**[18:17] ura**
*Huh?*
**[18:18] ura**
*A 7 of characters?*
**[18:20] ura**
*The second?*
**[18:22] ura**
* So he has no 7 of characters*
* triplet in his hand.*
**[18:25] ura**
* The most he could have is a double*
* pon wait for the 7 and something else.*
**[18:27] ura**
*As long as I don't discard this,*
**[18:29] ura**
* he won't get his sanshoku*
* doukou hand together.*
**[18:34] ura**
*I see.*
**[18:36] ura**
* It looks like his monster*
* luck is also on the way down.*
**[18:41] ura**
*You can't touch that north wind, can you?*
**[18:43] ura**
* It doesn't matter if you have a*
* tanyao or a sanshoku doukou hand.*
**[18:47] ura**
I've gotten away.
**[18:49] aka**
Are you sure?
**[18:51] aka**
It's still too early to say.
**[18:54] aka**
Pon.
**[18:55] ura**
What?
**[18:56] ura**
Pon?
**[19:01] nar**
Akagi goes into a naked wait!
***SIGN*** Naked wait - A single wait with only one tile left in your hand.
**[19:04] ura**
What the hell is this?
**[19:06] ura**
* He has no particular hand and*
* is going for a naked wait?*
**[19:09] ura**
*Why would anyone do this?*
**[19:13] ura**
*I see, that pon changed the draw order.*
**[19:17] ura**
* Since there's a kan, the last draw*
* will be the top tile of that wall.*
**[19:22] ura**
*So I'll get the last draw.*
**[19:24] ura**
*He wants to ron off my last draw?*
**[19:27] ura**
*So that's what he was going for?*
**[19:30] ura**
*The honor tiles, the open tanyao,*
**[19:32] ura**
* and even the hint of a*
* sanshoku doukou were all bluffs.*
**[19:37] ura**
* Are you telling me this kid*
* had me dancing to his tune?!*
**[19:41] ura**
*This is ridiculous.*
**[19:43] ura**
*There's too much riding on chance!*
**[19:45] ura**
*I won't let him have his way!*
**[19:48] ura**
*Give me a safe tile!*
**[19:50] ura**
* If I get a safe tile, all his crazy*
* calculations will have been in vain!*
**[19:56] nar**
Urabe drew a west wind.
**[19:58] nar**
The west wind has not passed Akagi yet!
**[20:03] aka**
It's over.
**[20:05] aka**
If you had drawn a safe tile,
you would have had a chance to win.
**[20:10] aka**
If you drew a tile that hasn't
passed yet, you're out of luck.
**[20:16] aka**
It's over.
**[20:20] aka**
Ishikawa-san, please take care of the rest.
**[20:22] ish**
H-Hey!
**[20:24] ish**
What are we supposed
to do without you?
**[20:27] ish**
It's not certain that it'll end here!
**[20:30] aka**
It will.
**[20:33] aka**
I cast a spell on that naked wait.
**[20:37] aka**
Out of the 14 tiles in his hand,
**[20:39] aka**
Urabe will pick that tile
and deal into my hand.
**[20:41] aka**
Without fail.
**[20:46] aka**
That's all, Ishikawa-san.
**[20:48] aka**
There's no problem.
**[20:51] nar**
Everybody just stared at that tile,
unable to believe what they just heard.
**[20:57] nar**
But in the coming moment,
**[20:59] nar**
every person in that room
would fear Akagi.
**[22:16] nar**
Next time, "The Path of the Storm."
***SIGN*** Next Episode
***SIGN*** The Path of the Storm
# 13 - The Path of the Storm
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**[01:13] nar**
Akagi and Urabe's fight was
at last entering its final stage.
***SIGN*** Episode 13
***SIGN*** The Path of the Storm
**[01:22] nar**
Akagi is in a naked wait.
**[01:30] ish**
Wait!
**[01:31] ish**
What you're saying is crazy!
**[01:33] ish**
You say Urabe will definitely
deal into your naked wait?
**[01:37] ish**
How can you be so sure?
**[01:40] ish**
If he was also in a naked
wait, then I could see it.
**[01:42] ish**
But he hasn't declared
riichi or called any tiles.
**[01:45] ish**
He can choose from any of
the 14 tiles in his hand.
**[01:48] ish**
The odds that he'll deal into your hand
are low, no matter how you look at it!
**[01:52] ura**
*Definitely deal into it?*
**[01:55] ura**
*That's nothing but a bluff.*
**[01:57] ura**
*His magic could only get his haitei,*
***SIGN*** Haitei - Another name for houtei raoyui. 1 han is added if the player wins on the last discard.
**[02:00] ura**
* four dora hand into tenpai,*
* but nothing more.*
**[02:06] ura**
* I have twelve different tiles in*
* my hand, and can pick any of them.*
**[02:10] ura**
*I will be choosing, not him!*
**[02:13] ura**
* Even if I have his winning tile in my*
* hand, it's a one in twelve chance.*
**[02:18] ura**
*I won't deal into his hand!*
**[02:19] ura**
*I'll dodge it!*
**[02:20] ura**
*I'm sure!*
**[02:23] ura**
*Is this it?*
**[02:25] ura**
*Or this?*
**[02:26] ---**
*Damn it!*
**[02:28] ura**
*This one!*
**[02:36] ura**
*How about it?*
**[02:37] ura**
*This can't be it.*
**[02:39] ura**
*There's no way it's the 2 of circles!*
**[02:43] ish**
D-Don't tell me...
**[02:46] kaw**
I-Is this...
**[02:48] ish**
A dream?
**[03:01] ish**
Ron...
**[03:02] ish**
Haitei, four dora. Mangan.
**[03:07] ish**
He's taken the lead.
**[03:09] ura**
I-Impossible...
**[03:11] ura**
Why?
**[03:12] ura**
How could this be?
**[03:18] nar**
An upset.
**[03:20] nar**
An unprecedented upset.
**[03:22] nar**
The deathmatch between
Akagi and Urabe is over!
**[03:27] nar**
The miracle happened again.
**[03:29] nar**
Six years ago on that devilish night, Akagi,
**[03:32] nar**
who was just a beginner,
defeated the blind master, Ichikawa.
**[03:36] nar**
That miraculous game was
recreated here tonight.
**[03:45] aka**
Hey, Osamu.
**[03:46] aka**
We're going home.
**[03:47] aka**
I'm done here.
**[03:49] aka**
I beat Urabe who in
turn defeated the fake.
**[03:52] aka**
I doubt there's anything left to do.
**[03:53] osa**
It doesn't seem to be that way.
**[03:58] kaw**
Akagi, you're the real deal,
without a shadow of a doubt.
**[04:05] kaw**
Don't worry.
**[04:07] kaw**
I didn't come here to try something
cheap like recruiting you.
**[04:09] kaw**
I just want you to explain.
**[04:16] kaw**
How did you know that Urabe would pick
**[04:18] kaw**
and discard the 2 of circles
in that last hand?
**[04:22] kaw**
If I let you go without hearing that,
I won't be able to sleep tonight.
**[04:27] kaw**
It'd be torture.
**[04:29] kaw**
It would be polite to
explain it before you go.
**[04:31] kaw**
Am I wrong?
**[04:35] aka**
All right.
**[04:37] aka**
It won't take long to explain.
**[04:43] kaw**
The others left, but the
tiles are left untouched.
**[04:47] kaw**
I figured it would be easier
to explain that way.
**[04:49] kaw**
Hey.
**[04:50] guy**
Yes!
**[04:55] kaw**
How could you know that he would
**[04:58] kaw**
definitely discard a 2 of
circles from this hand?
**[05:01] kaw**
Before that, how did you even know
he had a 2 of circles at all?
**[05:06] aka**
Boss, the reason that Urabe had
and discarded the 2 of circles
**[05:13] aka**
is the pinnacle of the building block
structure that I call strategy.
**[05:21] aka**
Explaining just that will be hard to follow,
**[05:24] aka**
so I'll start at the bottom.
**[05:26] kaw**
The bottom?
**[05:27] aka**
This is actually the most important.
**[05:31] aka**
In order to win at Mahjong,
you have to understand how
**[05:34] aka**
your opponent thinks on
the most primal level.
**[05:37] aka**
That's the foundation.
**[05:40] aka**
I built a strategy on top of that foundation.
**[05:44] aka**
I kept building it higher and higher.
**[05:50] aka**
By doing so, I was able to guide Urabe
**[05:53] aka**
to the hell of discarding
the 2 of circles in the end.
**[05:57] aka**
People show their true nature
when they're faced with danger.
**[06:00] aka**
You have to measure that
**[06:02] aka**
when he's in his normal state
to be certain it's accurate.
**[06:06] aka**
It's crucial to determine his
true nature in the beginning.
**[06:10] aka**
Sending in Osamu as
bait was part of that.
**[06:15] aka**
Urabe let Osamu play freely for a while.
**[06:18] aka**
Someone like him should have instantly
**[06:21] aka**
had a good idea of Osamu's
skill the moment he sat down.
**[06:24] aka**
Despite that, he opted
to observe him longer.
**[06:28] aka**
That's when I started to sense something.
**[06:32] ish**
Sense what?
**[06:34] aka**
The psychological habit rooted
in the deepest recesses of his mind.
**[06:38] aka**
Its tendency started to shimmer through.
**[06:42] aka**
Simply put, when he's facing danger,
he will neither charge in nor retreat.
**[06:49] aka**
He's the kind of player who will stand still.
**[06:52] aka**
Deferring was the true
nature of his game style.
**[06:54] aka**
That's why he just observed
Osamu, to see what was up.
**[07:00] aka**
This tendency continued even
after I joined the game.
**[07:03] aka**
When I declared my empty riichi,
he meticulously played it safe.
**[07:08] aka**
While he skillfully evaded my wait and won,
**[07:10] aka**
he lost something important in return.
**[07:13] ish**
Something important?
**[07:14] aka**
Through his discards as well
as his own winning hand,
**[07:18] aka**
I was able to discern the
habits and tendencies
**[07:20] aka**
that applied to what he considered safe,
**[07:22] aka**
and what he considered dangerous.
**[07:25] aka**
Basically his playing style.
**[07:28] aka**
And this is the kind of information
**[07:30] aka**
that decides a game of Mahjong in the end.
**[07:33] aka**
What he lost was information
about himself.
**[07:36] aka**
I, on the other hand, hid everything.
**[07:39] aka**
In South Hand 2, I even went
so far as to declare riichi
**[07:42] aka**
and then cover my tiles despite
having to pay the 8,000 point penalty.
**[07:46] aka**
At that moment, Urabe gained a
lot of land in terms of points,
**[07:50] aka**
but in terms of intelligence,
I had crushed him.
**[07:53] aka**
He didn't have any tangible
information about me.
**[07:58] aka**
That was my plan.
**[08:01] aka**
The next hand, I pulled
the suu ankou open riichi.
**[08:04] aka**
On top of that,
I took the suu ankou win
**[08:06] aka**
not just once, but three times,
**[08:08] aka**
effectively losing because
of my recklessness.
**[08:10] aka**
It was a play style that
absolutely didn't fit
**[08:13] aka**
Urabe's logic and experience,
so he was unable to process it.
**[08:16] aka**
Urabe picked up more points that hand,
**[08:18] aka**
but his impression of
me became even murkier.
**[08:22] aka**
He wasn't able to shake this
eerie impression whatsoever,
**[08:26] aka**
but he had a giant lead
of 70,000 at that point.
**[08:29] aka**
That's why he began to run away.
**[08:32] aka**
So I based my attack on his escape route.
**[08:34] aka**
The wait on coincidence for the north wind.
**[08:36] aka**
Normally, this impossible
wait would be hopeless.
**[08:40] aka**
What's more, this sanbaiman
hand with ten dora
**[08:41] aka**
shrank our point difference in a big way.
**[08:44] aka**
This one blow put him
in range for an upset.
**[08:47] (Flashback) fuj**
Urabe.
**[08:48] (Flashback) fuj**
Can you do this?
**[08:50] (Flashback) ura**
Don't worry.
**[08:52] aka**
At that time,
Urabe pretended to be calm,
**[08:55] aka**
but he was quite shaken on the inside.
**[08:57] aka**
In the final stage,
his ass was already on fire,
**[09:01] aka**
but he still didn't know anything about me.
**[09:04] aka**
There was a huge amount of
money riding on this match,
**[09:06] aka**
but he couldn't even see the
opponent he was fighting.
**[09:15] aka**
In that situation, the only thing
Urabe had left to rely on was logic.
**[09:20] aka**
The rational thinking he
cultivated over many years.
**[09:23] aka**
But that rationality is the very
thing that created another opening.
**[09:27] aka**
For me as the pursuer,
making him think that way was my goal.
**[09:33] aka**
In the final hand of the game, I was dealer.
**[09:35] aka**
I could cause an upset
with a haneman tsumo win,
**[09:37] aka**
or with a mangan hit off Urabe.
**[09:40] aka**
In the beginning of the hand,
Urabe was still on the offensive.
**[09:43] aka**
However, that was only because
logic told him to do so,
**[09:47] aka**
and not because he had
the conviction to win.
**[09:50] aka**
That kind of offensive can be easily
overturned with just the slightest change.
**[09:55] (Flashback) aka**
Kan.
**[10:00] aka**
Urabe was visibly shaken, in shock.
**[10:04] aka**
But he didn't give up yet.
**[10:05] aka**
That's because I could potentially
get a haneman tsumo.
**[10:08] aka**
Still, he didn't come straight at me.
**[10:11] aka**
He played it safe.
**[10:13] aka**
Discarding the 2 of circles.
**[10:14] aka**
This is his true nature.
**[10:16] aka**
His primal nature that comes
out when he's in a tough spot.
**[10:18] aka**
His tendency of deferring.
**[10:20] aka**
Neither attacking nor defending.
**[10:22] aka**
His mind forces him into a standstill.
**[10:26] aka**
That move was the proof that
his will was weakening.
**[10:32] aka**
Then I called the 2 of characters and
**[10:34] aka**
the location of all the
dora became apparent.
**[10:37] aka**
Once the only risk was a
direct mangan hit off him,
**[10:39] aka**
he couldn't handle it anymore.
**[10:42] aka**
After he drew a risky tile next,
**[10:44] aka**
he was out of the game and
discarded the 4 of circles.
**[10:48] aka**
That was also inspired by
the tendency of deferring.
**[10:50] aka**
The idea was to settle the match
**[10:51] aka**
in the next game instead
of the current one.
**[10:54] aka**
Running away and calling it deferring.
**[10:57] aka**
As expected, after the 4 of circles,
he only discarded safe tiles.
**[11:00] aka**
He was out the game.
**[11:02] aka**
Now the possibility of him
winning that hand was gone.
**[11:05] aka**
He retreated in the moment of truth.
**[11:08] aka**
The "three turns in the future" that I
went so far as to pay the 8,000 penalty for
**[11:12] aka**
were these three discards:
**[11:14] aka**
The red dragon, the 6 of characters
that made the dora safe,
**[11:18] aka**
and the 4 of circles.
**[11:21] aka**
Especially the 4 of circles in the ninth turn.
**[11:23] aka**
I wanted to coax out his decision to retreat.
**[11:28] aka**
If he had still been
on the offensive there,
**[11:31] aka**
I don't know how the game
would have ended up.
**[11:34] aka**
His final hand looked like this,
**[11:37] aka**
so from his discards, you could tell
there were many ways he could've won.
**[11:41] aka**
For example, he could
have won like this.
**[11:45] aka**
But this is pointless as there
is no end to these speculations.
**[11:52] aka**
After all, it is my style of Mahjong
**[11:55] aka**
to restrict his ability to move.
**[11:56] nar**
Everybody was captivated
and couldn't say a word.
**[11:59] nar**
Akagi's logic that flowed
quietly through his explanation
**[12:02] nar**
wasn't just simple probabilities.
**[12:05] nar**
Akagi's logic kept evolving according to
**[12:09] nar**
his opponent's state of mind,
through which one could almost hear
**[12:11] nar**
Urabe's blood flowing, the air
he breathed in and out...
**[12:14] nar**
This logic was a living entity.
**[12:23] aka**
In the end, this 4 of
circles was the crossroads.
**[12:26] aka**
After that, Urabe was on full defense.
**[12:29] aka**
Nothing but safe tiles.
He was out of the game.
**[12:32] aka**
But it's only natural if you think about it.
**[12:34] aka**
At that point, I had exposed two
parts of my hand and discarded a dora.
**[12:38] aka**
Additionally, Urabe had wagered
money that far surpassed his capacity.
**[12:43] aka**
He wouldn't jump to risky conclusions.
**[12:45] aka**
He had to assume I was in tenpai.
**[12:46] aka**
Which meant he couldn't discard
any risky tiles whatsoever.
**[12:49] aka**
He discarded safe tiles
as long as he had them.
**[12:52] aka**
But that inflexibility
was actually his downfall.
**[12:56] aka**
At that point, I was still far from tenpai.
**[12:59] aka**
But he didn't even
consider that possibility.
**[13:02] aka**
He was just afraid, wasting
his lifelines, the safe tiles.
**[13:08] aka**
When it actually mattered, he ran out.
**[13:12] aka**
On the very last discard,
he had no more safe tiles.
**[13:16] aka**
What he assumed to be a tanyao
hand was actually a hand
**[13:18] aka**
that was specialized to go for one
single discard, his last tile.
**[13:22] aka**
Not only that, it was a single wait.
**[13:25] aka**
That's not something he can predict.
**[13:26] aka**
It's far beyond his ability
to predict anyway.
**[13:30] aka**
If anything, he should have just
directly discarded the west wind he drew.
**[13:33] aka**
This was a random tile, it couldn't
have been part of the trap.
**[13:38] aka**
But he couldn't do that.
**[13:40] aka**
That's how deep the roots
of his suspicions went.
**[13:43] aka**
At that moment, every single tile
in his hand looked risky to him.
**[13:47] aka**
First, he couldn't immediately
discard the west wind he drew.
**[13:50] aka**
The last draw was from my wall.
**[13:53] aka**
A west wind he was forced to draw
because of the north I called earlier.
**[13:55] aka**
I might've made him draw it on purpose.
**[13:57] aka**
Once he thought that,
he couldn't discard it.
**[14:00] aka**
Next, the green dragon.
**[14:01] aka**
He couldn't discard it, either.
**[14:03] aka**
The honor tiles in his hands were the
**[14:05] aka**
safe tiles against the tanyao
hand I kept hinting at.
**[14:08] aka**
To him, those must have been the
most obvious tiles for me to target.
**[14:12] aka**
6, 8, and 9 of bamboo are
out of the question, too.
**[14:14] aka**
They're too close to the
7 of bamboo in my kan.
**[14:17] aka**
Normally, tiles around there
shouldn't be in my hand,
**[14:20] aka**
but I'm someone who might
secretly keep just one.
**[14:24] aka**
Similarly, the tiles around the
7 of circles I called are out.
**[14:27] aka**
The 7 of characters is out, too.
**[14:29] aka**
That's the remaining tile
of the sanshoku doukou.
**[14:31] aka**
If I'm going for the sanshoku doukou,
**[14:33] aka**
it's highly likely that I have a tile leftover.
**[14:35] aka**
He can't discard it.
**[14:37] aka**
The 4 and 5 of characters
**[14:38] aka**
are too close to my last discard,
the 3 of characters.
**[14:41] aka**
Naturally, he can't discard them, either.
**[14:45] aka**
In the end, the only two tiles
**[14:47] aka**
Urabe could even consider
discarding out of his 14 tiles
**[14:50] aka**
were the 2 of circles and the 4 of bamboo.
**[14:53] aka**
The 4 of bamboo is right next
to the 5 of bamboo
**[14:56] aka**
that I discarded from
my hand after my kan.
**[14:58] aka**
That means I could have had a
4 and 5 of bamboo in my hand
**[15:02] aka**
and discarded the 5 after
my 7 of bamboo kan.
**[15:05] aka**
If that were the case, I'd be
waiting for the 4 of bamboo.
**[15:08] aka**
On the other hand,
the 2 of circles had its neighbors,
**[15:12] aka**
1, 3, 4 of circles, immediately
discarded the entire time.
**[15:18] aka**
That's what Urabe would think.
**[15:23] aka**
But for someone who's setting a trap,
**[15:25] aka**
the very same reason I just used
**[15:28] aka**
for why the tile might be safe
becomes the reason to wait for it.
**[15:32] (Flashback) aka**
Pon.
**[15:48] (Flashback) ---**
This is it!
**[15:57] aka**
It was a good wait, wasn't it?
**[16:01] aka**
Osamu, let's go.
**[16:03] osa**
Ah, sure.
**[16:06] kaw**
Wait.
**[16:06] kaw**
That was only half of it.
**[16:11] kaw**
I get why the 2 of circles had a
high chance of being discarded.
**[16:14] kaw**
But no matter how high the chance is,
**[16:16] kaw**
if he doesn't have it, it's meaningless.
**[16:18] kaw**
That means you knew he had
that tile in his hand, didn't you?
**[16:23] kaw**
Otherwise there'd be no reason
to wait for that 2 of circles.
**[16:27] kaw**
I want to know how you knew.
**[16:33] aka**
I got that 2 of circles on the seventh turn.
**[16:36] aka**
In the previous turn,
when Urabe discarded that tile,
**[16:40] aka**
a scent was left on it.
**[16:43] kaw**
A scent?
**[16:44] aka**
Yes.
**[16:45] aka**
Before he discarded that tile,
Urabe was still on the offensive.
**[16:50] aka**
He was in tenpai at that moment.
**[16:54] aka**
But he drew a live tile, the red dragon.
**[16:57] aka**
Considering my four dora,
he couldn't discard it,
**[17:00] aka**
but he couldn't get out
of the game, either.
**[17:02] aka**
So he went for a safe tile.
**[17:04] aka**
The tile he picked for that was
the 2 of circles from his pair.
**[17:08] aka**
It was his habit to use the
pair in situations like this.
**[17:13] aka**
In fact, I saw Urabe do
that many times tonight.
**[17:16] aka**
Whether it was when faced with
Osamu or my riichi after that.
**[17:22] aka**
That was a habit he couldn't shake.
**[17:25] aka**
A pattern ingrained in his body.
**[17:27] aka**
So that 2 of circles he
discarded last was the
**[17:30] aka**
leftover tile from the pair
he broke up in the sixth turn.
**[17:33] aka**
It was the fatal baggage
he failed to take care of.
**[17:39] aka**
That was the 2 of circles.
**[18:05] ura**
That was a high price to pay.
**[18:08] ura**
Just because I left such
a subtle sign behind.
**[18:12] ura**
The debt of 32 million...
**[18:14] ura**
and on top of that...
**[18:17] ura**
this!
**[18:21] osa**
Akagi-san, let's go.
**[18:24] ura**
Wait!
**[18:27] ura**
Mark my words, Akagi!
**[18:29] ura**
I will defeat you!
**[18:31] ura**
Once my wounds are healed
and I've paid off this debt,
**[18:34] ura**
no matter how long it takes,
**[18:36] ura**
I will defeat you someday! I swear!
**[18:42] osa**
Akagi-san, let's leave him.
**[18:44] osa**
He's desperate now,
you don't know what he might do.
**[18:48] aka**
Desperate?
**[18:49] aka**
He's not that kind of person.
**[18:55] ura**
Akagi!
**[18:59] aka**
Urabe, you'll defeat me someday?
**[19:02] aka**
That's not possible.
**[19:06] ura**
You bastard!
**[19:07] ura**
Do you want me to kill you?!
**[19:09] aka**
Urabe, you don't have to do it someday.
**[19:12] aka**
You can do it now.
**[19:14] aka**
I'll play one East-South match with you.
**[19:16] aka**
If I lose, I'll take over your entire debt.
**[19:20] aka**
However, if I win,
**[19:23] aka**
I will take both of your hands.
**[19:27] osa**
Akagi-san!
**[19:28] kaw**
That's ridiculous.
**[19:30] kaw**
There's no benefit for you,
regardless of the outcome.
**[19:34] aka**
I've never made a bet in my life
based on what I could gain.
**[19:38] aka**
People just die meaningless deaths
because of the outcome of a gamble.
**[19:42] aka**
It's better that way.
**[19:44] aka**
That way, we can get closer
to the essence of gambling,
**[19:49] aka**
the grip of unreasonable death.
**[19:54] aka**
That's the real thrill of
gambling, right, Urabe?
**[20:11] osa**
Akagi-san!
**[20:14] osa**
Give me a break!
**[20:16] osa**
What were you going to
do if he had accepted?
**[20:19] aka**
That wouldn't have happened.
**[20:22] osa**
But he was so...
**[20:24] aka**
His anger wasn't real anger.
**[20:27] aka**
That's why he passed on
his chance at revenge.
**[20:32] aka**
That just shows what kind of man he was.
**[20:34] aka**
He's only a regular guy
**[20:36] aka**
who weighs even the pros
and cons of getting angry.
**[20:38] aka**
That man will never experience
genuine anger in his life.
**[20:42] aka**
Just like he'll never be
able to have a true match.
**[20:46] aka**
I also can't have a true match...
**[20:49] aka**
not against someone like him.
**[20:51] aka**
That's not enough.
**[20:54] nar**
What Akagi really desires is a true match
where one's life is literally on the line.
**[21:03] nar**
One year later, Akagi would
actually have that match.
**[22:16] nar**
Next time,
"A New Chapter of the Rakshasa."
***SIGN*** Next Episode
***SIGN*** A New Chapter of the Rakshasa
# 14 - A New Chapter of the Rakshasa
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***SIGN*** 1965
Summer...
**[01:38] Guy**
They're dumping here again.
**[01:48] Guy**
Damn it.
**[01:53] Guy**
Those pests.
**[01:56] Guy**
Hey!
**[01:57] Guy**
What the hell are you doing?!
**[02:00] Guy**
This is city property!
**[02:02] Guy**
Dumping trash here is—
**[02:37] Nar**
This was how it began.
***SIGN*** Episode 14
***SIGN*** A New Chapter of the Rakshasa
**[02:47] Nar**
The buried corpse was that of a young man.
**[02:50] Nar**
With no significant marks on the body,
**[02:52] Nar**
the cause of death was only
determined later through autopsy.
**[03:13] Nar**
The autopsy revealed
that the cause of death
**[03:14] Nar**
had been shock induced
by loss of blood.
**[03:17] Nar**
However, there was no
visible wound that could
**[03:21] Nar**
have explained the fatal loss of blood.
**[03:23] Nar**
This was the only thing found.
**[03:25] Nar**
A small wound on the left forearm,
resembling one made by a syringe.
**[03:28] Nar**
The coroner determined this was the
opening from which the blood was drawn.
**[03:31] Nar**
The investigatory headquarters
could not say if this had been homicide
**[03:35] Nar**
or some kind of medical
procedure gone wrong.
**[03:37] Nar**
The official announcement was
that the young man had died
**[03:40] Nar**
due to a massive amount of blood
loss, drawn from his left forearm.
**[03:44] Nar**
A very peculiar death.
***SIGN*** Missing Persons Incidents Continue
**[03:48] Nar**
The media jumped on the
bandwagon, and for months,
***SIGN*** A Vampire Appears!
**[03:51] Nar**
these young missing persons were
a great piece of sensationalism.
**[03:57] Man**
Excuse me, Yasuoka-san.
**[04:00] Man**
It's about that incident the other day...
**[04:03] Man**
Can you just come with me?
**[04:05] Yas**
Y-Yes.
**[04:19] Man**
What do you think?
**[04:23] Yas**
That's him, no doubt.
**[04:26] Yas**
It's Hirayama Yukio.
**[04:31] Man**
Senpai, do you...
**[04:33] Yas**
Huh?
**[04:34] Man**
Do you have any idea who did it?
**[04:37] Yas**
Hey, hey!
**[04:39] Yas**
How the hell would I?
**[04:40] Yas**
Why me?
**[04:44] Nar**
Hirayama Yukio had been a rep player
for one of the yakuza groups,
**[04:48] Nar**
and Yasuoka had once been his manager.
**[04:51] Nar**
If only for a short time,
they had fought side by side.
**[04:56] Nar**
That's right.
**[04:57] Nar**
Hirayama was the fake Akagi.
**[05:03] Nar**
And right then,
Yasuoka had an epiphany.
**[05:07] Nar**
A thought that had gradually
come to coalesce in his mind.
**[05:11] Nar**
That's right.
**[05:12] Nar**
He had a clue about
these mysterious deaths.
***SIGN*** Inada Group Second in Command
Ougi
**[05:18] Yas**
I'm sorry I made you come all
the way out here, Ougi-san.
**[05:22] Oug**
It's not every day I get a
call from a police officer.
**[05:26] Oug**
So why did you call?
**[05:29] Yas**
Why don't we have a drink first?
**[05:38] Yas**
I know it's sudden,
but it's about that.
**[05:43] Oug**
I won't deny it.
**[05:44] Oug**
Our group was involved and introduced
a few young guys to the old man.
**[05:49] Oug**
Outcasts and youngsters that
nobody would bother looking for.
**[05:54] Oug**
But the stakes for these games
were always outrageously high.
**[05:58] Oug**
And then, there were special rules.
**[06:00] Oug**
Even a skilled person
would have trouble
**[06:02] Oug**
keeping a clear head under
those circumstances.
**[06:05] Oug**
It's a game of Mahjong someone
poor could never win.
**[06:08] Oug**
But lately, there haven't
been any requests.
**[06:16] Oug**
Maybe the old man got
sick of this game.
**[06:18] Yas**
I'm not so sure about that.
**[06:21] Yas**
Around when did he stop calling you?
**[06:24] Oug**
Four, five months ago?
**[06:27] Yas**
I knew it.
**[06:28] Oug**
Huh?
**[06:29] Yas**
It fits completely with the string
of young people disappearing lately.
**[06:36] Yas**
What this means is that
the old man's little hobby
**[06:39] Yas**
has intensified and he's a monster now.
**[06:42] Yas**
That corpse they found on Mount Tama
was just one of his victims.
**[06:47] Yas**
Ougi-san.
**[06:49] Yas**
I'm thinking of hunting down this
old man... I mean, this monster.
**[06:54] Yas**
With our own monster.
**[06:56] Oug**
Monster?
**[06:58] Yas**
Yes.
**[06:59] Yas**
We'll pit him against the
monster Akagi Shigeru.
**[07:03] Yas**
They say the old man is
worth about one billion.
**[07:06] Yas**
If Akagi wins, we'll split
it between us three ways.
**[07:12] Nar**
One billion yen in 1965 would
be roughly ten billion yen today.
**[07:18] Guy**
Akagi Shigeru?
**[07:20] Guy**
Couldn't find him.
**[07:23] Guy**
I tried asking around
**[07:25] Guy**
about a rep player fitting that
description, but there was none.
**[07:29] Guy**
There is one rumor that's
caught my attention, though.
**[07:33] Guy**
Supposedly there's this young guy
who keeps winning every single game
**[07:37] Guy**
at one of our affiliate
group's chou-han operations.
***SIGN*** Chou-han - a game where players bet on the even/odd outcome of two dice.
**[07:40] Guy**
Some twenty or so year old punk.
**[07:44] Guy**
He takes on a lot of crazy bets,
**[07:46] Guy**
but he's just some wash-out with no backup.
**[07:48] Guy**
Based on your description,
that just might be him.
**[07:55] Nar**
A few days later,
**[07:56] Nar**
Yasuoka and Ougi were on their way
to meet the Kurata Group in Chiba
**[08:01] Nar**
to confirm if the young man on the
winning streak was, indeed, Akagi.
**[08:05] Nar**
If it is not him, Yasuoka's plans
will all go down the drain.
***SIGN*** Inside the Kurata Group's Gambling House
**[08:17] Nar**
Just then, the Kurata Group,
who had lost about 20 million yen
**[08:20] Nar**
in the three months to this young man,
were about to take some drastic measures.
**[08:27] Nar**
20 million yen would be worth
close to 200 million yen today.
**[08:33] Guy**
All right.
**[08:34] Guy**
Listen up.
**[08:36] Guy**
Everybody in this room, myself included,
agrees that this roll was odd with 4 and 5.
**[08:43] Guy**
You're the only one left.
**[08:45] Guy**
As long as you don't babble
nonsense, it'll all go down well.
**[08:50] Nar**
The young man was Akagi Shigeru.
**[08:57] Guy**
Saying the wrong thing will
only insult these people here.
**[09:02] Guy**
So think about that before you answer.
**[09:06] Guy**
Is the roll even or odd?
**[09:15] Guy**
*I know you know what I'm talking about.*
**[09:19] Guy**
* I'm not asking you whether*
* this roll is even or odd.*
**[09:24] Guy**
*What I'm asking about is your life.*
**[09:28] Guy**
* I'm asking if you want to live,*
* or if you want to die.*
**[09:41] Aka**
Even if there was a monster
**[09:44] Aka**
that controlled this country...
no, the entire world,
**[09:51] Aka**
even this person could not twist the truth.
**[09:57] Aka**
The truth that everybody has to die,
and the outcome of a gamble!
**[10:03] Aka**
It's even.
**[10:06] Boss**
You little bastard!
**[10:07] Boss**
How long are you going to screw around?!
**[10:20] Guy**
I'm only going to ask you one more time.
**[10:22] Guy**
This is your last chance.
**[10:24] Guy**
Pick the wrong words
and you'll lose your head.
**[10:30] Guy**
Is this even or odd?
**[11:08] Aka**
Even.
**[11:13] Guy**
I see.
**[11:15] Guy**
Then die!
**[11:19] Yasu**
Hold it!
**[11:25] Boss**
Can't you hear that?
**[11:26] Boss**
We have a guest.
**[11:29] Man**
Is anyone there?
**[11:35] Boss**
Go.
**[11:38] Stooge**
Yes, sir.
**[11:59] Oug**
We want to play.
**[12:01] Oug**
The gambling house is open, right?
**[12:04] Guy**
I'm sorry, but we closed early today.
**[12:08] Oug**
You're closed?
**[12:09] Guy**
I am terribly sorry, since you've
come all this way, but...
**[12:12] Guy**
If you could please leave now.
**[12:18] Oug**
Hey!
**[12:20] Oug**
What the hell is up with him?
**[12:22] Oug**
Talk about abrupt.
**[12:24] Oug**
What do you want to do?
**[12:25] Oug**
Shall we just go?
**[12:28] Yasu**
*Blood.*
**[12:29] Oug**
What's wrong?
**[12:31] Oug**
Yasuoka!
**[12:35] Guy**
Hey!
**[12:36] Guy**
Where do you think you're going?
**[12:39] Yasu**
*Akagi!*
**[12:40] Yasu**
Akagi!
**[12:53] Yasu**
Akagi...
**[12:54] Boss1**
Who the hell are you?
**[12:55] Boss1**
You bastard...
**[12:56] Boss**
Wait.
**[12:58] Boss**
You're Ougi Takeshi-san, am I right?
**[13:01] Boss**
You in the back.
**[13:02] Boss**
Both our groups are subgroups
of the Santou Group.
**[13:05] Boss**
You're the second in command
for the Inada Group.
**[13:07] Boss**
That is you, right?
**[13:10] Oug**
It's been too long.
**[13:12] Oug**
I apologize for barging in like this.
**[13:15] Oug**
I really do.
**[13:17] Oug**
But what is this?
**[13:20] Boss**
It seems you witnessed
something unsightly.
**[13:23] Boss**
We have to use force so rarely,
but this guy just doesn't listen.
**[13:29] Boss**
What a mess.
**[13:31] Boss**
You can see that the dice roll is even.
**[13:34] Boss**
But he keeps saying that it's odd.
**[13:38] Boss**
Of course, now that you're here,
**[13:41] Boss**
he'll probably say that he said it
was even from the very start.
**[13:46] Yasu**
*That's a bald-faced lie.*
**[13:48] Yasu**
*Akagi is a true pariah.*
**[13:51] Yasu**
*An outcast.*
**[13:52] Yasu**
*He's a heretic who spits on society's rules.*
**[13:56] Yasu**
* But he wouldn't change his*
* mind in such a manner.*
**[13:59] Yasu**
*Even if his life depended on it.*
**[14:02] Yasu**
*He didn't bet odd.*
**[14:06] Yasu**
*He bet even.*
**[14:08] Yasu**
* And now, the Kurata Group is trying*
* to change this fact using force.*
**[14:13] Yasu**
* The Kurata Group won't*
* back down from this.*
**[14:15] Yasu**
*They simply can't.*
**[14:17] Yasu**
*But...*
**[14:19] Yasu**
*Akagi won't withdraw, either.*
**[14:21] Yasu**
* He's the type who sees it*
* through to the bitter end.*
**[14:26] Yasu**
*What should I do?*
**[14:27] Yasu**
*What can I do?*
**[14:29] Yasu**
* What we're facing is the*
* very essence of gambling.*
**[14:32] Yasu**
*A meaningless death.*
**[14:34] Yasu**
*Ridiculous!*
**[14:36] Yasu**
* There's no way I can let*
* an unparalleled talent*
**[14:38] Yasu**
* like Akagi get snuffed out in a*
* pathetic gambling hole like this.*
**[14:41] Yasu**
* That's so stupid that*
* it simply can't happen!*
**[14:49] Boss**
So, if you would be so kind as
to take your leave for today.
**[15:03] Yasu**
The roll is gone!
**[15:04] Yasu**
I just got rid of it!
**[15:07] Yasu**
There's no odd or even.
**[15:09] Yasu**
This thing you all put your pride
on the line for is gone now!
**[15:13] Boss**
You bastard, what do you
think you're doing?!
**[15:15] Oug**
Manager, please stop this.
**[15:17] Boss**
This isn't any of your business!
**[15:19] Oug**
That's not true.
**[15:21] Oug**
Yasuoka and I are like brothers.
**[15:24] Oug**
I can't just look the other way.
**[15:26] Oug**
When you lift a blade
against Yasuoka or Akagi,
**[15:29] Oug**
you lift that blade against me,
and therefore the Inada Group.
**[15:34] Oug**
That's how I'm forced to interpret this.
**[15:36] Oug**
Manager!
**[15:37] Oug**
Is there any way we can pretend
that this bet never even happened?
**[15:42] Boss**
Is this a joke?
**[15:43] Oug**
If you insist, then I will have no
choice but to report this up the chain.
**[15:48] Oug**
Is that your wish?
**[15:53] Yasu**
Akagi!
**[15:54] Yasu**
Akagi!
**[15:55] Yasu**
Hang on!
**[15:57] Yasu**
Akagi!
**[15:58] Yasu**
Akagi!
**[16:11] Yasu**
How did it go?
**[16:15] Oug**
Nothing to worry about.
**[16:16] Oug**
A wound like that isn't fatal.
**[16:20] Oug**
So long as you stop the bleeding, that is.
**[16:28] Oug**
That was close, though.
**[16:29] Oug**
If we hadn't arrived when we did,
he would've lost his life there.
**[16:35] Oug**
It's just like you said.
**[16:36] Oug**
He has absolutely no fear of death.
**[16:38] Oug**
He's someone who can look
death in the eye as it takes him,
**[16:41] Oug**
rather than being wracked by fear.
**[16:45] Oug**
That's a rare type of man right there.
**[16:47] Oug**
He really is an irreplaceable asset.
**[16:49] Oug**
I couldn't let him die there.
**[16:52] Oug**
Right, Yasuoka?
**[16:54] Oug**
An enormous amount of
money is riding on this.
**[16:57] Oug**
If he's going to die, he'll have
to do it at the table where
**[16:59] Oug**
that money's being wagered.
**[17:03] Yasu**
I'm glad it wasn't anything serious.
**[17:05] Yasu**
They said none of your
nerves were severed, either.
**[17:08] Yasu**
You better make this the last time you
**[17:11] Yasu**
try to throw away your life like that.
**[17:15] Yasu**
Is there any point in standing on
principle against scum like them?
**[17:27] Aka**
Sometimes, you just want to run
straight ahead, without reason.
**[17:30] Aka**
That was one of those times.
**[17:33] Aka**
My own blood didn't allow
me to bend my will.
**[17:38] Aka**
I would've rather died than give in.
**[17:40] Aka**
That was my true desire.
**[17:42] Aka**
The question is, what do you do
with the life saved in that way?
**[17:46] Aka**
Until you figure that out,
**[17:48] Aka**
your life was only prolonged
for the sake of prolonging it.
**[17:51] Aka**
It's better to just die
when your time comes.
**[17:54] Aka**
It makes no difference if the
other person is insane or not.
**[17:57] Aka**
If your time has come,
**[18:00] Aka**
you should just die.
**[18:03] Oug**
Wrong!
**[18:07] Oug**
Prolong your life, and you will
tread where nobody has tread before.
**[18:12] Oug**
If you keep thinking like that,
all you'll ever be is an outcast.
**[18:15] Oug**
A life that's decided by "talent"
alone is a third-rate way of life.
**[18:20] Oug**
Why don't you build on it?
**[18:22] Oug**
If you'd only build on
that talent of yours,
**[18:25] Oug**
the whole world could
be yours for the taking.
**[18:27] Oug**
You could control it all.
**[18:29] Oug**
All of it!
**[18:33] Aka**
I'm not interested.
**[18:36] Oug**
Don't say that.
**[18:38] Oug**
You've got a glow ordinary people
will never be able to achieve.
**[18:42] Oug**
You've got a certain light that they
**[18:43] Oug**
will never have, no matter
how much they wish for it.
**[18:47] Oug**
It's true that you've won until now
using nothing but your talents.
**[18:51] Oug**
But it also means you've been
blessed with easy opponents.
**[18:56] Oug**
In other words,
**[18:58] Oug**
you've only ever come up against
third and second rate players.
**[19:01] Oug**
No wonder you've
become bored with life.
**[19:04] Oug**
You couldn't stand this tepid
water you've been standing in.
**[19:13] Oug**
It's not a cold death you're
wishing for, deep down.
**[19:18] Oug**
What you want is a life so boiling hot
**[19:21] Oug**
that ordinary people couldn't
even bear to touch it.
**[19:23] Oug**
A scorching, scalding life.
**[19:29] Oug**
You need an opponent worthy of you.
**[19:36] Oug**
I know a person, Akagi.
**[19:42] Aka**
I should've seen that coming.
**[19:45] Aka**
You want me to play for you
in some high-stakes game.
**[19:49] Aka**
Me against this guy.
**[19:53] Aka**
This whole speech was
nothing but a preamble.
**[20:00] Oug**
Yasuoka, if you would...
**[20:02] Yasu**
Yes.
**[20:05] Yasu**
All the papers are talking about
these freaky serial murders.
**[20:08] Yasu**
The man behind them
will be your opponent.
**[20:12] Yasu**
You knew the man whose corpse
they found over in Tama.
**[20:17] Yasu**
This was him.
**[20:20] Aka**
That's...
**[20:22] Yasu**
Yes.
**[20:23] Yasu**
The fake who once assumed your name.
**[20:26] Yasu**
He was my ex-partner,
Hirayama Yukio.
***SIGN*** Vampire Appears
**[20:30] Yasu**
As you know, he wasn't someone
who'd put his life on the line.
***SIGN*** Mysterious Death
**[20:33] Yasu**
He was most likely forced into it.
**[20:36] Yasu**
This monster forced him to bet his
own life and then he killed him.
**[20:41] Yasu**
Do you get it, Akagi?
**[20:43] Yasu**
This time, it's not just about money.
**[20:46] Yasu**
You're going in to kill
a man-eating tiger.
**[20:49] Yasu**
It's a hunt.
**[20:50] Yasu**
Hunt him down, Akagi!
**[20:52] Yasu**
You're the only one who can
stop this monster's rampage!
**[20:59] Nar**
This is the prologue for a
new legend of Akagi Shigeru,
**[21:02] Nar**
the genius who descended
into the darkness.
**[21:05] Nar**
The bell that marks its beginning
has just been struck...
**[22:16] Nar**
Next time, "The Witching Hour."
***SIGN*** Next Episode
***SIGN*** The Witching Hour
# 15 - The Witching Hour
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**[01:12] Nar**
Hunting a monster.
**[01:14] Nar**
Akagi agreed to Ougi and
Yasuoka's outrageous proposal.
**[01:20] Nar**
His heart was moved by this mechanism
of a challenge that brings death.
**[01:25] Nar**
And he picked up a scent in the
monster that was similar to his own.
**[01:31] Aka**
*He is bored.*
**[01:32] Aka**
*Just like me.*
**[01:39] Aka**
*He's tired of living.*
**[01:43] Aka**
* This man stands alone*
* and hopelessly bored*
**[01:47] Aka**
* at the summit of the*
* mountain they call success.*
**[01:52] Aka**
*His whole life was filled with success,*
**[01:55] Aka**
*but now it's past its expiration date.*
**[01:58] Aka**
*It can't intoxicate him anymore.*
**[02:01] Aka**
* You're like a giant serpent*
* being roasted alive.*
**[02:05] Old**
*I can't die yet.*
**[02:07] Old**
*There must be something else...*
**[02:10] Aka**
*Except there isn't.*
**[02:12] Aka**
*So just die already, you heretic.*
**[02:14] Aka**
*That is your only salvation.*
**[02:17] Aka**
*You and I will never be understood.*
**[02:20] Aka**
*We're just outcasts.*
**[02:23] Aka**
*We are of the same kind.*
***SIGN*** Episode 15
***SIGN*** The Witching Hour
***SIGN*** The Inada Group
**[02:28] Nar**
After Akagi got back to Tokyo,
**[02:30] Nar**
he stayed with the Inada Group,
where Ougi was the second in command.
**[02:35] Nar**
Akagi now waits for his moment
to approach the monster,
**[02:39] Nar**
for the negotiations to close.
**[02:42] Nar**
Akagi imagines the monster.
**[02:45] Nar**
What is that man's core?
**[02:50] Nar**
Washizu Iwao.
**[02:54] Nar**
Washizu graduated from the
Old Imperial University in 1912.
**[02:57] Nar**
He joined the investigative
bureau at the age of 22,
**[02:59] Nar**
what is called the police force today.
**[03:02] Nar**
He distinguished himself considerably
**[03:04] Nar**
with his brilliant intelligence and ambition.
**[03:07] Nar**
In 1932, at the age of 42,
**[03:09] Nar**
he became the superintendent
of a special police unit.
**[03:12] Nar**
And in 1940, at the age of 50,
**[03:14] Nar**
he rose to the position of what would
be the Chief Commissioner today.
**[03:20] Nar**
But in 1942 he suddenly retired.
**[03:26] Nar**
Washizu foresaw...
**[03:29] Nar**
the destruction of this country.
**[03:32] Nar**
Undoubtedly, he has the ability to
see one or two steps into the future;
**[03:36] Nar**
a remarkable sense of foresight.
***SIGN*** Kyousei Consulting
**[03:39] nar**
After the war,
Washizu started a consulting firm.
**[03:44] nar**
He possessed knowledge of
**[03:46] nar**
many a politician's scandals
from his time in the police,
**[03:49] nar**
and he used it to obtain
information from them.
**[03:53] nar**
This meant he knew what
places would be developed,
**[03:56] nar**
what laws would be lifted.
**[04:00] nar**
With this valuable information,
he was able to consult with many firms.
**[04:07] nar**
Of course, Washizu's advice
was always spot on.
**[04:09] nar**
Those firms grew rapidly,
**[04:11] nar**
and he continued to skim a
percentage of the profits.
**[04:16] nar**
He amassed a seemingly
infinite amount of money.
**[04:19] nar**
Money that continued to increase.
**[04:21] nar**
Money.
**[04:23] nar**
Next thing he knew, he was
standing all alone at the summit.
**[04:27] nar**
In his grip, he held the power of money
**[04:29] nar**
as well as the secrets of
politicians and business men.
**[04:32] nar**
Nobody was any longer in a position
to point a finger at him.
**[04:36] nar**
He was an absolute power
overwhelming all others.
**[04:38] nar**
The hidden king who rules the
country from the shadows.
**[04:42] nar**
But then, this undefeated man fell
victim to old age... and insanity.
**[04:48] nar**
The shrewd man who had overcome the
changing times by his own power
**[04:53] nar**
and had such control over himself
ended up destroying his own spirit.
**[04:56] nar**
Most likely through despair
so overwhelmingly deep,
**[05:00] nar**
the average person cannot
even hope to comprehend it.
**[05:04] Was**
*Why can't I be satisfied?*
**[05:06] Was**
*Why must I die?*
**[05:09] Aka**
*Of course you'll die.*
**[05:11] Aka**
*Even the greatest kings die.*
**[05:13] Aka**
* Your mistake was closing*
* your eyes to that truth.*
**[05:18] Aka**
* I bet he hates people*
* just for being young.*
**[05:21] Was**
*What is this? What is this?*
**[05:24] Was**
* A piece of trash with no*
* intelligence or talent,*
**[05:27] Was**
*but he will outlive me.*
**[05:29] Was**
*I won't allow it.*
**[05:31] Was**
*I won't allow it.*
**[05:33] Was**
*I won't allow it!*
**[05:40] Nar**
It's August, 1965.
**[05:43] Nar**
For the first time in his 75 years,
the monster Washizu Iwao was in trouble.
**[05:49] Nar**
His arrest was imminent.
**[05:53] Nar**
Witnesses testified to the meeting
of Fake Akagi and Washizu's underlings.
**[05:58] Nar**
Items found at the site of the
buried corpse matched items
**[06:01] Nar**
that had been used in Washizu's home.
**[06:03] Nar**
The tire tracks at the scene matched those
**[06:05] Nar**
of a car found at his mansion.
**[06:08] Nar**
There was nowhere left to run,
**[06:10] Nar**
but Washizu still escaped
the predicament cleverly.
**[06:14] Nar**
Using his vast fortune,
**[06:17] Nar**
he bribed high-ranking politicians
and members of the police.
**[06:21] Nar**
He also blackmailed them by threatening
**[06:23] Nar**
to expose their scandals to the public.
**[06:27] Nar**
Mixing these soft and hard methods,
he slowly turned the situation around.
**[06:31] Nar**
He got away.
**[06:36] Was**
It looks like the last local cop who was
still against me gave in to the bribe.
**[06:41] Was**
You can all rest assured.
**[06:44] Was**
I made it fit.
**[06:46] Guy**
Congratulations, sir.
**[06:49] Was**
Of course.
**[06:50] Was**
This is the natural outcome.
**[06:52] Was**
Of course they would want
to cover up a murder
**[06:55] Was**
committed by a former police officer.
**[06:57] Was**
This is the natural outcome.
**[06:59] Was**
Though, those stubborn fools did
extort quite a sum out of me.
**[07:04] Was**
But it's all the same.
**[07:07] Was**
No matter how much I give them,
I can always get it back.
**[07:11] Was**
I know all of their secrets.
**[07:15] Was**
It's not a problem.
**[07:17] Was**
I won't fall.
**[07:19] Was**
I will never fall.
**[07:22] Was**
However, they say I have to
leave the country for a while.
**[07:27] Was**
I wouldn't normally excuse such
insolence committed against me
**[07:30] Was**
by the country I have
devoted my life to serving,
**[07:32] Was**
but it looks like the media is
close to uncovering something.
**[07:36] Was**
Yoshioka.
**[07:37] Was**
I have no choice.
**[07:38] Was**
Will you accompany me?
**[07:40] Yoshi**
Yes, of course, I will.
**[07:42] Yoshi**
Your entire fortune,
including the worth of this mansion,
**[07:45] Yoshi**
is ready to be liquefied at any
time and accompany you, as well.
**[07:49] Yoshi**
You could hide yourself for years.
**[07:54] Was**
Yoshioka.
**[07:56] Was**
How dare you suggest I "hide" myself?
**[08:00] Was**
Have you forgotten all I
have done for this country?
**[08:04] Was**
I laid the very foundations
for this nation!
**[08:08] Was**
Have you forgotten my contributions?
**[08:15] Was**
Compared to such
overwhelming contributions,
**[08:18] Was**
how can anything I do be a problem?!
**[08:21] Was**
It's no problem if I decide to
kill five or six useless punks.
**[08:26] Was**
They should allow me to do that.
**[08:28] Was**
Am I wrong, Yoshioka?
**[08:30] Yoshi**
It is as you say, sir.
**[08:38] Was**
I want you to contact Ougi.
**[08:41] Was**
It seems they have someone
who could play me.
**[08:43] Yoshi**
Sir, but it is precisely
that game that has—
**[08:46] Was**
Silence.
**[08:47] Was**
I only have a few more
days left in Japan.
**[08:53] Was**
Tonight is my last supper.
**[08:56] Was**
Stop your bellyaching.
**[08:58] Was**
The showdown will be tonight.
**[09:00] Was**
Call him right now.
**[09:02] Was**
Hurry up.
**[09:03] Yoshi**
Yes, sir!
**[09:08] Nar**
Akagi had stayed with the
Inada Group for two weeks.
**[09:19] Oug**
Akagi, we're going.
**[09:23] Nar**
The time to play against
Washizu Iwao had finally arrived.
**[09:28] Nar**
At 9 PM, three cars depart
for the Washizu mansion.
**[09:32] Nar**
Two of the cars hold armed
members of the Inada gang,
**[09:36] Nar**
who are going along to make sure
the terms of the game are upheld.
**[09:39] Nar**
Ougi, Yasuoka and Akagi
ride in the first car.
**[09:44] Aka**
Ougi-san.
**[09:45] OUg**
Yeah?
**[09:47] Aka**
There's a place I'd like to
stop at on the way.
**[09:50] Oug**
Where?
**[09:56] Oug**
A doctor?
**[09:57] Yasu**
Is his shoulder not healed yet?
**[09:59] Guy**
It seems it has not
completely healed yet, no.
**[10:03] Aka**
Thanks for waiting.
**[10:06] Yasu**
Is the wound on your shoulder okay?
**[10:09] Aka**
It's totally fine.
**[10:12] Aka**
I went for these.
**[10:15] Yasu**
Energy drinks?
**[10:17] Aka**
I just wanted something,
anything, to hydrate me.
**[10:20] Aka**
I'm not about to drink a single
drop of anything they offer us there.
**[10:26] Oug**
Sorry!
**[10:28] Oug**
We're the ones who should
have thought of that.
**[10:32] Aka**
They wouldn't think
twice about drugging us,
**[10:35] Aka**
seeing as we're trying to
take 500 million from them.
**[10:38] Nar**
500 million yen in 1965 would
be over five billion yen today.
**[10:46] Aka**
There's no such thing
as being too cautious.
**[10:50] Nar**
At 10 PM,
**[10:51] Nar**
Akagi steps inside at last.
**[11:27] Was**
So you're my opponent for the night.
**[11:30] Aka**
Yeah.
**[11:32] Was**
My, are you young!
**[11:33] Was**
But that's good.
**[11:34] Was**
That's good.
**[11:35] Was**
Youth is valuable.
**[11:37] Was**
It's perfectly proportional to the
huge sum I'm putting on the line.
**[11:43] Was**
Then, why don't we start...
**[11:45] Was**
this game of Washizu Mahjong right away?
**[12:07] Was**
I still haven't caught your name.
**[12:09] Aka**
Akagi.
**[12:11] Was**
Akagi-kun, is it?
**[12:13] Was**
Take a seat.
**[12:17] Was**
I'm sure they've briefed you already,
**[12:20] Was**
but before we start playing,
I need to explain a few things...
**[12:23] Was**
about the house rules of
this mansion's Mahjong.
**[12:28] Was**
In general, though, the rules
are the same as anywhere else.
**[12:32] Was**
What's different is the tools we use.
**[12:36] Was**
I'm fairly certain this is
the first time you've seen these.
**[12:40] Yasu**
So those are Washizu Mahjong tiles...
**[12:43] Was**
We will be using these transparent tiles,
which can be read even when facedown.
**[12:49] Was**
Three out of the four of each
kind of tile is transparent.
**[12:52] Was**
Only one of the four is a
regular tile with a back black.
**[12:56] Was**
As you'll find out,
**[12:58] Was**
you'll find yourself getting stuck often.
**[13:00] Was**
You won't be able to discard
because you can see almost everything.
**[13:04] Was**
Imagine if you were
walking along a path
**[13:06] Was**
and suddenly you were informed
it was actually a minefield.
**[13:08] Was**
You wouldn't be able to take a
single step further, am I right?
**[13:11] Was**
This is just like that.
**[13:13] Was**
These transparent tiles are a tool
to make those land mines visible.
**[13:18] Was**
It's an intriguing execution, am I right?
**[13:20] Was**
Awareness breeds fear.
**[13:23] Was**
People tremble only after
they have become aware.
**[13:26] Was**
And it is watching
people become aware
**[13:29] Was**
and start to tremble
that I find so amusing.
**[13:36] Was**
Now, as for the house rules.
**[13:39] Was**
More than rules,
they are adjustments to make
**[13:42] Was**
playing Mahjong with
transparent tiles possible.
**[13:44] Was**
There are three rules altogether.
**[13:48] nar**
The first is that no wall will be built.
**[13:51] nar**
It's no fun if you know the
next tile you will draw.
**[13:55] nar**
In Washizu Mahjong,
the tiles for the starting hand
**[13:58] nar**
and each draw are taken from the
hole in the middle of the table.
**[14:01] nar**
The second rule is that
**[14:02] nar**
draws are made with a leather glove,
**[14:04] nar**
so that the tiles can't
be read with the fingers.
**[14:06] nar**
The third rule regards
the indicators for dora,
**[14:08] nar**
reverse dora, and new dora from kan.
**[14:12] nar**
After everybody has their starting hand,
the dealer draws one more tile from the hole
**[14:15] nar**
to be the dora indicator for that hand.
**[14:18] nar**
The same method will be
applied for reverse dora
**[14:20] nar**
and kan dora as the need arises.
**[14:24] nar**
To avoid cheating, a machine
will shuffle all the tiles.
**[14:28] nar**
The machine will automatically
shuffle the tiles
**[14:31] nar**
when someone touches the
metal rim of the hole.
**[14:34] Was**
What do you think?
**[14:35] Was**
Pretty interesting, huh?
**[14:37] Was**
But the problem is still ahead.
**[14:39] Was**
Not even Ougi-kun knows about the
rule I am about to reveal to you.
**[14:45] Was**
There was a time when I used to
play Mahjong for hundreds of millions.
**[14:50] Was**
For a while I was quite enthralled,
but now it's no more than a distraction.
**[14:55] Was**
It's not enough for me anymore.
**[14:57] Was**
My tastes have gone elsewhere.
**[15:00] Was**
To make a long story short,
I'm wagering something else.
**[15:03] Was**
That is to say...
**[15:04] Aka**
I have a good idea what it is.
**[15:06] Aka**
You mean... the player's blood.
**[15:11] Aka**
You're telling me to bet my blood, right?
**[15:17] Was**
You got it!
**[15:19] Was**
You're a sharp one.
**[15:21] Was**
If you figured that out based on
these serial incidents of late,
**[15:24] Was**
this will be a quick explanation.
**[15:26] Was**
You are exactly right.
**[15:27] Was**
I am asking you to
bet your own blood.
**[15:30] Was**
If you lose, you die.
**[15:35] Was**
The human body has approximately
four to five liters of blood.
**[15:40] Was**
Judging by your size, I'd say
you have about 4.5 liters.
**[15:44] Was**
You wouldn't be betting
all of that amount.
**[15:48] Was**
Of course not.
**[15:49] Was**
You would die long before all
your blood has been drawn.
**[15:54] Nar**
It also depends on the speed with
which one loses blood, but death
**[15:58] Nar**
generally starts creeping
in once the body loses about
**[16:01] Nar**
a third of its blood supply.
**[16:04] Nar**
Usually the blood loss is
fatal before the 50% mark.
**[16:09] was**
You have about 2,000
CCs of blood to bet.
**[16:12] was**
That is the lethal amount for you.
**[16:15] was**
Were it to be drawn quickly,
**[16:16] was**
even 1,500 CCs would be
enough to kill you.
**[16:20] was**
But even if you didn't die,
your mind would be so muddled
**[16:23] was**
that you would be in no
condition to play Mahjong.
**[16:27] was**
Considering all that, we can say
that your limit is 1,500 CCs.
**[16:32] was**
But I will be aiming at the amount
that will, undoubtedly, kill you.
**[16:37] was**
There is no point in
merely weakening you.
**[16:39] was**
You will continue playing
to your last breath,
**[16:43] was**
even if it means croaking
right here on this table.
**[16:47] was**
You will not be allowed to withdraw
in the middle of the game.
**[16:49] was**
2,000 CCs are the price of your life.
**[16:52] was**
And that price is 20 million.
**[16:57] Nar**
20 million yen in 1965 would
be over 200 million yen today.
**[17:02] Was**
You can have enough fun for the
rest of your life with that money.
**[17:05] Was**
With some restraint, you will
never have to work again.
**[17:09] Was**
What do you say? Worth betting
your life, don't you think?
**[17:13] Was**
Now, how do we convert my money
and your blood into Mahjong points?
**[17:20] Was**
I'd say that 200,000 points
would be the appropriate amount.
**[17:25] Was**
If you lose 200,000 points
during six East-South matches,
**[17:29] Was**
you will lose 2,000 CCs of blood and die.
**[17:32] Was**
However, should you complete all six
with enough blood left to survive,
**[17:38] Was**
you will have more money than you could
ever earn through a lifetime of work.
**[17:41] Was**
But as for those 200,000 points
in six East-South matches...
**[17:46] Was**
This is a one-on-one battle
between you and me.
**[17:50] Was**
We are competing only against
each other for points.
**[17:55] Was**
Let's say I was in first place and had
30,000 points with the first place bonus.
***SIGN*** Amount Won
**[18:00] was**
And you were in last
place with minus 20,000.
***SIGN*** Amount Won Amount Lost
**[18:03] was**
Taking the ranking bonus into account,
**[18:03] [SONG] Text**
Rank bonus Rank bonus
**[18:05] was**
the difference between us
would be 110,000 points.
***SIGN*** Points Points
***SIGN*** Point Spread Points
**[18:08] was**
Which means that you would
lose 1,100 CCs of blood
**[18:11] was**
in just one East-South match.
**[18:16] was**
Were that to happen twice,
your 200,000 points,
**[18:19] was**
your 2,000 CCs of blood,
would vanish in a flash.
**[18:23] was**
Still, if you think about
the other side of that risk,
**[18:26] was**
it means that you have a high chance
of gaining a large amount of money.
**[18:31] was**
If you think positively,
it's a great arrangement.
**[18:36] was**
Six East-South matches,
200,000 points.
**[18:39] was**
A pure one-on-one battle.
**[18:41] was**
That's the root of Washizu Mahjong.
**[18:45] was**
The payments will be settled
after each East-South match.
**[18:47] was**
If you have more points,
**[18:49] was**
you can choose to take money
or regain some of your blood.
**[18:51] was**
Or, of course, you can do both.
**[18:55] was**
The winner gets to decide
how to split the winnings.
**[18:58] was**
And one more thing.
**[19:00] was**
In Washizu Mahjong,
there's something like a bonus.
**[19:05] was**
If there is a direct
hit on your opponent,
**[19:08] was**
or if you get a tsumo win,
along with the points,
**[19:11] was**
the equivalent amount of money or
blood will be transferred, as well.
**[19:16] was**
The winner decides what
form of payment it will be.
**[19:21] was**
I'm repeating myself,
**[19:22] was**
but this is a condition that
only applies to you and me.
**[19:26] was**
With this addition, it becomes more clear
that it's really a one-on-one contest.
**[19:32] was**
It's actually quite interesting
that money or blood
**[19:36] was**
is transferred during the East-South match.
**[19:39] was**
For example, if you
keep chasing my money
**[19:41] was**
and choose to not regain some of
the 1,100 CCs you lost earlier...
**[19:46] was**
...and you happen to deal
into a yakuman hand...
**[19:51] was**
...you will lose over 320 CCs
in the middle of the game.
**[19:56] was**
That means the game could be settled even
before the second East-South match is over.
**[20:02] was**
You could die.
**[20:05] was**
What do you think?
**[20:06] was**
I bet you won't be able to play carelessly.
**[20:10] was**
You'll start shaking.
**[20:13] was**
That's not just a figure of speech,
you will literally start shaking.
**[20:16] was**
With each tile, the deepest
core of your being
**[20:21] was**
will freeze and you'll really start shaking.
**[20:26] was**
That's what I want to see.
**[20:28] was**
That fear, that horror.
**[20:32] was**
I need to see it.
**[20:34] was**
I need to see it so badly!
**[20:39] was**
So badly that I've killed
so many men already!
**[20:56] nar**
The genius, Akagi, versus the
monster, Washizu Iwao.
**[21:00] nar**
The unprecedentedly gruesome game
of Mahjong is about to begin.
**[22:16] nar**
Next time,
"The Mahjong Game of Destruction."
***SIGN*** Next episode
***SIGN*** The Mahjong Game of Destruction
# 16 - The Mahjong Game of Destruction
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**[01:12] Nar**
The monster who ruled postwar
Japan from the shadows,
**[01:15] Nar**
Washizu Iwao.
**[01:17] Nar**
His limitless money.
**[01:20] Nar**
In his spacious downtown mansion,
a veritable symbol of his wealth,
**[01:23] Nar**
a deathmatch was about to begin.
***SIGN*** Episode 16
***SIGN*** The Mahjong Game of Destruction
**[01:29] Nar**
That fateful night,
**[01:31] Nar**
August 31, 1965, at 10:30 PM.
**[01:36] Nar**
The one to challenge the monster
is the genius called Akagi Shigeru.
**[01:43] Was**
That's what I want to see.
**[01:45] Was**
That fear, that horror.
**[01:48] Was**
So badly that I've killed
so many men already!
**[01:52] Yasu**
*He's crazy.*
**[01:54] Yasu**
* It's in a different way from*
* Akagi, but he's also crazy.*
**[01:58] Yasu**
*His heart is no longer human.*
**[02:01] Yasu**
*He's a monster.*
**[02:03] Nar**
Washizu will bet 20 million on this game.
**[02:07] Nar**
20 million in 1965 would be
more than 200 million today.
**[02:14] Nar**
Akagi will wager 2,000 CCs of blood,
**[02:16] Nar**
the loss of which is enough to kill him.
**[02:18] Nar**
2,000 CCs of blood translates
to 200,000 points.
**[02:30] Was**
Here is the apparatus that makes
our game tonight possible,
**[02:34] Was**
the tool that will draw
out Akagi-kun's blood.
**[02:49] Was**
You can just think of it
as a gigantic syringe.
**[02:53] Was**
The blood is withdrawn by reducing
pressure from the inside of the tubes.
**[02:58] Was**
Each of these holds exactly 250 CCs.
**[03:02] Was**
After the sixth tube, which would be
1,500 CCs, death will start to creep in.
**[03:07] Was**
And you'll probably expire before
we can fill the eighth tube.
**[03:15] Was**
These tubes represent the years of life
you will be investing in this game.
**[03:21] Was**
Simply put, if we say you'll die
**[03:24] Was**
somewhere between
the sixth and eighth tubes,
**[03:27] Was**
each tube is a decade of your life.
**[03:30] Was**
That is to say, you will be living
an entire life's worth of time
**[03:34] Was**
in the few hours that are to come.
**[03:37] Was**
You'll be stepping onto a path of
carnage from which there is no return.
**[03:41] Was**
Should you lose eight tubes
along the way, you die,
**[03:44] Was**
and no sympathy will be
spared for your state.
**[03:47] Was**
You may beg, you may scream,
but you will still die.
**[03:50] Was**
What do you say?
**[03:54] Aka**
Sounds good to me.
**[03:57] Aka**
The problem lies ahead.
**[03:59] Was**
Ahead?
**[04:01] Aka**
There is one thing I would like changed.
**[04:04] Aka**
That rate isn't enough.
**[04:08] Aka**
It can't destroy you.
**[04:10] Was**
What?
**[04:11] Aka**
The only way to destroy you is
to change the order of magnitude.
**[04:15] Aka**
I want the wager to be increased tenfold.
**[04:24] Was**
Ridiculous!
**[04:25] Was**
Stop talking nonsense!
**[04:26] Was**
You want me to wager 200 million
on the life of some worthless punk?
**[04:31] nar**
200 million in 1965 would
be over 2 billion today.
**[04:38] Aka**
No, that's out of the question.
**[04:42] Aka**
I know that even 20 million is way beyond
**[04:44] Aka**
the worth of a street punk like myself.
**[04:47] Aka**
My problem is that you are
diluting my life's value
**[04:51] Aka**
by equating it to 200,000 points.
**[04:54] Aka**
20 million yen shouldn't
be worth 200,000 points.
**[04:58] Aka**
Make it worth 20,000 points instead.
**[05:03] Aka**
Should I win 500,000 points, I could
take away 500 million from you.
**[05:08] Nar**
That would be five billion today.
**[05:11] Aka**
Then you're within reach.
**[05:14] Aka**
Your destruction will be within reach.
**[05:18] Was**
Are you stupid?
**[05:19] Was**
That is impossible!
**[05:20] Was**
How do you expect to survive six
East-South matches with only 20,000 points?
**[05:24] Was**
The ranking bonus alone
is 10,000 and 30,000!
**[05:26] Was**
If I'm ahead of you in a single match,
**[05:29] Was**
that alone will give me a rank bonus
of 20,000, and you'll be dead.
**[05:32] Was**
You'll have to place higher than
me in all six East-South matches!
**[05:36] Was**
And then there's that
bonus I talked about.
**[05:39] Was**
I can withdraw blood from you any time
**[05:42] Was**
I get a tsumo or a direct hit off of you!
**[05:45] Was**
If you deal into two of my mangan hands,
**[05:47] Was**
right then, that's 16,000
points. 1,600 CCs!
**[05:50] Was**
You'd be facing death in one fell swoop.
**[05:52] Was**
There's no way you could survive.
**[05:59] Aka**
It wouldn't be really impossible.
**[06:01] Was**
What?
**[06:03] Aka**
First off, if you don't set 20 million
to correspond to 20,000 points,
**[06:10] Aka**
there is no way that I can kill you.
**[06:15] Was**
What is wrong with him?
**[06:17] Was**
Who does he think he's talking to?
**[06:19] Was**
Ougi!
**[06:20] Was**
Explain to this piece of
trash exactly who I am,
**[06:25] Was**
and that this is no mere game!
**[06:30] Oug**
Washizu-sama, I apologize for
Akagi's rude way of speaking.
**[06:36] Oug**
However, the one who is
misunderstanding the nature
**[06:40] Oug**
of tonight's game is you.
**[06:43] Was**
Misunderstanding?
**[06:46] Oug**
Correct.
**[06:47] Oug**
We came here tonight for a genuine battle.
**[06:52] Oug**
This man here is different
from the sacrificial lambs
**[06:56] Oug**
we have brought you in the past.
**[06:59] Oug**
Akagi can overcome any disadvantage.
**[07:03] Oug**
That is to say, he could
potentially survive six
**[07:06] Oug**
East-South matches on
only 20,000 points.
**[07:09] Oug**
That's what we had in mind
when we prepared this...
**[07:13] Oug**
...assassin.
**[07:20] Oug**
He's the one who will kill you.
**[07:23] Was**
What?
**[07:26] Was**
Are you serious?
**[07:28] Was**
An assassin to kill me?
**[07:31] Was**
A genuine battle?
**[07:34] Was**
Who do you think you're talking to, Ougi?
**[07:38] Was**
You dare show such insolence to
the true ruler of this country?
**[07:43] Was**
To me, Washizu Iwao?!
**[07:49] Was**
I will crush you, Ougi.
**[07:52] Oug**
Forgive me, but I believe
that is no longer the case.
**[07:57] Oug**
Some time ago, you may
have said the same thing
**[08:00] Oug**
and it would have been
undoubtedly true.
**[08:03] Oug**
But it is far from true now.
**[08:06] Oug**
You've used up much of
your fortune to silence
**[08:09] Oug**
and bribe various politicians and members
**[08:11] Oug**
of the police force in this investigation.
**[08:14] Oug**
All you have left now is this mansion
and some amount of securities and bonds.
**[08:20] Oug**
According to our sources,
these assets value around 500 million.
**[08:26] Oug**
Considering what you were
once worth, it's peanuts.
**[08:33] Oug**
You only have enough left to
run away to another country.
**[08:39] Oug**
You're just a nouveau riche
fleeing the capital.
**[08:42] Oug**
You don't scare anyone anymore.
**[08:46] Was**
Ougi!
**[08:47] Was**
You bastard.
**[08:48] Oug**
We've taken off our obedient
sheep masks for tonight
**[08:53] Oug**
and we're here to take
your entire fortune.
**[08:57] Oug**
All of the 500 million that you have left.
**[09:01] Oug**
We ask that you bring that money here.
**[09:04] Oug**
We want you to wager the very last
of your fortune on this game.
**[09:10] Oug**
A human life should be
worth that much at least.
**[09:15] Oug**
If Akagi's destruction is
on the line for this game,
**[09:19] Oug**
you should have to do no less.
**[09:22] Oug**
We ask that you please accept
this tenfold increase.
**[09:26] Oug**
That you make the 20,000
points worth 20 million yen.
**[09:30] Oug**
The game in which Akagi will
either take your 500 million
**[09:34] Oug**
with 500,000 points,
**[09:36] Oug**
or you'll take his life with 20,000 points.
**[09:45] Oug**
It will be a game in which you
mutually bet your own demise.
**[09:47] Was**
That's insane!
**[09:49] Was**
You're asking me to
bet my entire fortune?
**[09:51] Was**
What about you?
**[09:52] Was**
Are you all talk?
**[09:54] Was**
I'm betting my entire fortune;
**[09:56] Was**
this kid is betting enough blood to die,
but you've got nothing to lose.
**[10:01] Was**
It's ridiculous.
**[10:03] Was**
I can't allow you to oversee this game
**[10:05] Was**
if you're nothing but empty words.
**[10:09] Was**
I simply can't allow it!
**[10:24] Was**
Your arm.
**[10:25] Was**
Bet your arm, Ougi!
**[10:31] Yasu**
*Ougi...*
**[10:42] Was**
The moment Akagi dies,
you lose one of your arms.
**[10:48] Oug**
That's fine.
**[10:53] Was**
You should know that in Washizu
Mahjong, death is defeat.
**[10:58] Was**
When that piece of trash dies,
**[11:00] Was**
any amount he has amassed
to that point is void.
**[11:03] Was**
If he dies, I will reclaim that money.
**[11:05] Was**
You won't receive a single yen.
**[11:07] Was**
What I'm saying is, if the kid dies,
you won't get any money.
**[11:11] Was**
All you'll get is one less arm.
**[11:15] Was**
Are you all right with that?
**[11:18] Oug**
That's fine.
**[11:31] Was**
Get it ready.
**[11:32] Man**
Sir?
**[11:33] Was**
The money.
**[11:34] Was**
The 500 million.
**[11:37] Man**
Washizu-sama.
**[11:38] Man**
Please remain calm.
**[11:40] Was**
What?!
**[11:42] Man**
Should you lose that money...
**[11:44] Was**
I won't!
**[11:45] Was**
He only has 20,000 points
for six East-South matches.
**[11:49] Was**
I need outrank him in only
one, and it's all over.
**[11:52] Was**
Paying the ranking bonus
alone will destroy him.
**[11:55] Man**
Washizu-sama...
**[11:56] Was**
There is no way I can lose!
**[11:58] Was**
There's not even the slightest
chance of me losing!
**[12:00] Was**
Am I wrong?
**[12:01] Man**
It is as you say.
**[12:04] Man**
It's unthinkable that you would lose
this wager under these conditions.
**[12:10] Man**
It is unthinkable... But even
knowing that, you need insurance.
**[12:15] Was**
Insurance?
**[12:16] Man**
Yes.
**[12:18] Man**
It was upon that bedrock
that your life was built.
**[12:23] Was**
Are you saying I should ignore all
the insults they have hurled at me?
**[12:27] Man**
No, but for safety's sake,
**[12:30] Man**
what if you were to reduce the game
from six East-South matches to two?
**[12:36] Man**
If you do that, no matter
how much you lose...
**[12:38] Was**
That's ridiculous!
**[12:39] Was**
Then they'll get away with
whatever they have at that point!
**[12:41] Man**
To prevent that, we could have a
rule where you alone can choose
**[12:46] Man**
to continue or stop the game
every two East-South matches.
**[12:49] Man**
How does that sound?
**[12:51] Man**
If at the end of two East-South matches,
**[12:53] Man**
you need only a tiny push to
kill him, you can keep going.
**[12:57] Man**
But if the game is not in your favor
**[12:59] Man**
and it is looking dangerous,
you can stop there.
**[13:04] Man**
There is nothing cowardly about this.
**[13:06] Man**
A battle of this magnitude requires
this bare minimum of insurance.
**[13:10] Man**
Besides, it was they who
made the ridiculous suggestion
**[13:14] Man**
to raise the wager tenfold.
**[13:16] Man**
It is only natural for you
to get this privilege.
**[13:20] Man**
I beg you to consider this.
**[13:24] Nar**
In the end, Washizu took this advice
and asked Ougi to accept these terms.
**[13:31] Nar**
Accepting Washizu's clause
to escape at any time
**[13:34] Nar**
is nothing but a demerit for Ougi's side.
**[13:38] Oug**
What should we do?
**[13:46] Aka**
No point asking.
**[13:47] Aka**
It's probably all the same.
**[13:49] Oug**
The same?
**[13:51] Aka**
It can stop at the second East-South match,
**[13:52] Aka**
or we can continue.
**[13:54] Aka**
Having the right decide that
**[13:57] Aka**
means nothing once the game starts.
**[14:01] Aka**
The last of his fortune is going to
start shifting hands in the millions.
**[14:05] Aka**
Once he gets started,
he won't be able to stop.
**[14:09] Aka**
He'll go as far as he can.
**[14:13] Aka**
It's a pointless rule.
**[14:15] Aka**
If anything it's the other way around.
**[14:17] Yasu**
The other way around?
**[14:19] Aka**
He tied his own noose.
**[14:21] Aka**
Washizu is digging his own
grave with this special rule.
**[14:24] Aka**
It's a foolish condition that kills
his own chance of winning.
**[14:44] Nar**
Akagi is betting his life blood,
**[14:47] Nar**
and Washizu is betting his
own brand of life blood,
**[14:50] Nar**
his last 500 million,
**[14:55] Nar**
worth over five billion today.
**[15:00] Nar**
Both parties have wagered
their own destruction
**[15:02] Nar**
in this deathmatch of insanity.
**[15:08] Was**
Then let's begin.
**[15:15] Was**
That's all you get.
**[15:16] Was**
Those points are your everything.
**[15:18] Was**
The 20,000 points that correspond
to your 2,000 CCs of blood.
**[15:22] Was**
And when you lose them, you die.
**[15:30] Was**
Why don't you roll the
dice to decide the dealer.
**[15:36] Nar**
No walls are built in Washizu Mahjong.
**[15:39] Nar**
The dice are used only to
determine who is dealer.
**[15:42] Nar**
Once the dealer is decided,
**[15:44] Nar**
each player will take turns
drawing two tiles from a hole,
**[15:47] Nar**
wearing leather gloves to prevent
feeling which tile is grabbed.
**[15:50] Nar**
These will be their starting hands.
**[15:52] Nar**
Once this is done, the dealer
will draw the dora indicator
**[15:55] Nar**
and place it in its slot.
**[16:00] Nar**
This is how Washizu Mahjong starts.
**[16:04] Oug**
* What is the most effective*
* playing style in a game*
**[16:08] Oug**
*where everyone can see your tiles?*
**[16:12] Oug**
*I can't even begin to imagine it.*
**[16:14] Oug**
*But we've got to stay on the defensive.*
**[16:16] Oug**
* We've got to keep our defense*
* up all the way through.*
**[16:19] Nar**
What Ougi is hoping for is
an impenetrable defense.
**[16:23] Nar**
A seal that will not allow a
single drop of water to leak.
**[16:25] Oug**
* Without that, those 20,000 points*
* will be gone in the blink of an eye.*
**[16:30] Oug**
* It's not just direct hits that make him*
* lose blood, but tsumo wins, as well.*
**[16:36] Oug**
*His life blood...*
**[16:42] Was**
*I can't wait.*
**[16:44] Was**
*I really am excited to see how he plays.*
**[16:49] Was**
*He sure talked big.*
**[16:51] Was**
*He better play big, too.*
**[16:54] Was**
* Then again, an ordinary*
* player would barely survive*
**[17:00] Was**
*with 200,000 points, let alone 20,000.*
**[17:04] Was**
*Having only that many points is insane.*
**[17:07] Was**
* It's so crazy that it's*
* tantamount to suicide.*
**[17:13] Was**
* To have even a 1% chance to survive,*
* you'd have to be a genius.*
**[17:19] Was**
*And not just any ordinary genius.*
**[17:23] Was**
* He'll need intuition*
* beyond human understanding.*
**[17:26] Was**
*Perception that overwhelms all others.*
**[17:28] Was**
* A mastery that might as well*
* be in the divine realm.*
**[17:32] Was**
*He will also need to be insane.*
**[17:35] Was**
*He'll need to be devoid of all reason.*
**[17:38] Was**
* He'll need to be broken*
* as a human being.*
**[17:40] Was**
* No matter what happens,*
* he must show absolutely no fear.*
**[17:45] Was**
*So do you possess this madness, Akagi?*
**[17:51] Nar**
On the seventh turn,
Washizu enters tenpai.
**[17:55] Was**
*An auspicious start.*
**[17:57] Was**
*I'll get to test him early in the game.*
**[18:02] Was**
Riichi.
**[18:03] Yasu**
*There it is.*
**[18:04] Yasu**
*Washizu's preemptive riichi.*
**[18:06] Yasu**
*The riichi he absolutely cannot deal into!*
**[18:10] Nar**
When playing with transparent tiles,
a riichi becomes much less terrifying.
**[18:18] Oug**
Being able to see this much
reduces the possible waits.
**[18:20] Oug**
A 1 or 4 of characters;
a 1, 4, or 7 of bamboo;
**[18:23] Oug**
or a 3 or 6 of bamboo.
**[18:26] Nar**
And on the same seventh turn...
**[18:30] Nar**
Akagi comes right back.
**[18:32] Nar**
If he discards the 4 of characters,
he'll be in tenpai with a 4/7 of circles wait.
**[18:35] Oug**
* The 4 of characters*
* is one of the few tiles*
**[18:38] Oug**
*that Washizu may be waiting on.*
**[18:40] Oug**
*If you think about it,*
**[18:41] Oug**
*those discarded 2 and 3 of characters*
**[18:43] Oug**
* might be a trap to get*
* Akagi to discard the 4.*
**[18:46] Oug**
* The only thing to do here is to*
* quietly move the game along...*
**[18:56] Oug**
*Yes. That's the ticket.*
**[19:05] Nar**
Akagi plays it safe.
**[19:07] Nar**
He discards the 5 and 6 of circles, keeping
the 4 of characters, and is back in tenpai.
**[19:13] Yasu**
*Here it is.*
**[19:15] Nar**
Yasuoka deals into his hand...
**[19:17] Aka**
Ron.
**[19:19] Nar**
...and he avoids Washizu's preemptive riichi.
**[19:22] Aka**
Pinfu, one dora. 2,000.
**[19:25] Oug**
*Yes. That's good.*
**[19:27] Oug**
*This is the best way.*
**[19:28] Oug**
* Tighten your defenses and*
* slip through the cracks to win.*
**[19:31] Oug**
*This is the right way.*
**[19:36] Was**
How boring.
**[19:38] Was**
You won't survive that way.
**[19:40] Was**
You'll die if you play like that.
**[19:45] Was**
Think about it.
**[19:47] Was**
If you had dealt that 4 of characters
**[19:49] Was**
instead of the 6 of circles,
and gone into tenpai,
**[19:52] Was**
I would've played into
your hand immediately.
**[19:55] Was**
With a mentanpin, ippatsu, and
one dora, you'd have had a mangan.
**[19:59] Was**
A haneman, if you got any reverse dora.
**[20:02] Was**
And you let it slip away.
**[20:04] Was**
You let that go in order to get a pathetic
2,000 points from your partner.
**[20:08] Was**
The worst kind of game.
**[20:12] Oug**
You're wrong.
**[20:13] Oug**
That worked fine for here.
**[20:15] Oug**
Nothing would have been better.
**[20:16] Oug**
It's easy for Washizu to talk after the fact.
**[20:19] Oug**
Don't let him get to you, Akagi.
**[20:21] Oug**
He's just trying to taunt you
so you'll go on the offensive.
**[20:29] Aka**
Maybe he's trying to taunt me,
**[20:31] Aka**
but what he's saying
is fundamentally true.
**[20:38] Aka**
It's not that simple, though.
**[20:45] Aka**
You'll realize it soon enough.
**[20:54] Nar**
And thus, Washizu Mahjong has begun.
**[20:57] Nar**
Who will be destroyed:
Akagi or Washizu?
**[21:01] Nar**
It's a path of carnage with no
possibility of turning back.
**[21:04] Nar**
The one-way battle has begun.
**[22:16] txt**
Next time, "The Proof of Genius."
***SIGN*** Next Episode
***SIGN*** The Proof of Genius
# 17 - The Proof of Genius
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**[01:16] Nar**
The monster of the
Showa Era, Washizu Iwao.
**[01:20] Nar**
He's amassed untold riches and power,
**[01:23] Nar**
and now he uses it to gamble on
young people's lives for his pleasure.
**[01:28] Nar**
In order to hunt down this monster,
**[01:30] Nar**
Akagi, the genius from the
darkness, stands up to him.
**[01:33] Nar**
Akagi will bet his very life's blood.
**[01:37] Nar**
Washizu will bet the
remainder of his fortune.
**[01:40] Nar**
The battle that may bring
either to ruin has begun.
***SIGN*** Episode 17
***SIGN*** The Proof of Genius
**[01:52] Nar**
Washizu's riichi misses its mark.
**[01:55] Nar**
Akagi takes the 1,000 points,
and the corresponding one million yen.
**[02:07] Nar**
East Hand 2.
**[02:08] Nar**
The dealer is Washizu.
**[02:11] Nar**
After losing the previous hand,
his opening hand isn't good.
**[02:16] Nar**
Compared to Washizu's bad starting
hand and bad draws, Akagi is doing well.
**[02:21] Nar**
In only the fourth turn...
**[02:23] Yasu**
*Good.*
**[02:25] Yasu**
*One away from tenpai.*
**[02:27] Nar**
It's not an impressive hand,
**[02:28] Nar**
but winning it would mean bumping
Washizu out of the dealer's spot.
**[02:32] Nar**
Then on the fifth turn...
**[02:34] Nar**
Yasuoka draws a red dragon.
**[02:37] Yasu**
*If I make him call this red dragon,*
**[02:40] Yasu**
* Akagi will probably be in tenpai*
* with a 2 or 5 of bamboo wait.*
**[02:43] Yasu**
*In that case...*
**[02:45] Yasu**
*All right, Akagi.*
**[02:47] Yasu**
*Call it.*
**[02:50] Aka**
Pon.
**[02:53] Yasu**
*Good.*
**[02:57] Nar**
This game is between
Akagi and Washizu alone.
**[03:00] Nar**
Since his own points don't matter,
**[03:02] Nar**
it makes sense that Yasuoka
would try to help Akagi.
**[03:05] Nar**
In this instance, he lets Akagi call
the red dragon to get him into tenpai.
**[03:09] Nar**
He then quickly deals into his hand.
**[03:11] Aka**
Ron.
**[03:13] Aka**
Red dragon, one dora. 2,000.
**[03:20] Was**
*You trash...*
**[03:23] Was**
*You're not worth my time.*
**[03:25] Was**
* Even if you wanted me*
* out of the dealer's spot,*
**[03:29] Was**
* your hand was ideal because*
* all you had to do was wait*
**[03:32] Was**
* for Yasuoka to deal into it*
* with the red dragon.*
**[03:36] Was**
* And you took that for nothing*
* but a quick 2,000 win.*
**[03:41] Was**
*You're an idiotic coward.*
**[03:43] Was**
* Since you're so slow,*
* let me teach you a lesson...*
**[03:47] Was**
* on the most effective way*
* to play Washizu Mahjong.*
**[03:51] Was**
*The strongest weapon...*
**[03:54] Was**
Riichi.
**[03:59] Oug**
*This one's rough.*
**[04:01] Oug**
*He has so many black tiles.*
**[04:03] Oug**
*If he's going for a mentanpin,*
**[04:05] Oug**
*there are any number of possible waits.*
**[04:08] Oug**
* In an extreme case,*
* he could even have a chiitoitsu.*
**[04:17] Was**
You moron.
**[04:18] Was**
You don't even have the
right to worry about it.
**[04:23] Was**
Hey.
**[04:26] Was**
Ron.
**[04:28] Was**
Riichi, ippatsu, tanyao.
**[04:34] Was**
And the reverse dora is...
**[04:35] Was**
I got one.
**[04:37] Was**
So it's a mangan.
**[04:39] Was**
Do you understand now?
**[04:41] Was**
The terror that is Washizu Mahjong?
**[04:46] Nar**
The riichi and the instant
deal of the winning tile is
**[04:49] Nar**
one of the most powerful ways
to team up in Washizu Mahjong.
**[04:54] Nar**
Even with the cheapest hand,
a riichi ippatsu is worth two han.
**[04:58] Nar**
If a reverse dora is added,
it instantly becomes a mangan.
**[05:02] Was**
I'm 100% certain you've got
no chance of winning
**[05:06] Was**
with that gutless playing style.
**[05:08] Was**
You may avoid direct hits from me,
**[05:11] Was**
but you can't keep me from outranking you.
**[05:14] Was**
Come on, boy.
**[05:16] Was**
Attack me, if you want to survive.
**[05:20] Was**
But if you're too scared,
just sit back and die.
**[05:27] Was**
Well, even if you decide to attack now,
**[05:30] Was**
that mangan put me
2,000 points ahead of you.
**[05:36] Was**
If you want to survive,
**[05:38] Was**
you have to attack, and attack,
and get ahead of me.
**[05:41] Was**
Discard the tile that will decide your fate.
**[05:45] ---**
Close the differential between us.
**[05:48] Was**
By making it through that carnage,
that danger, you will see
**[05:54] Was**
the faint light of your hope to survive.
**[06:01] Nar**
He is right. With this type of team play,
**[06:03] Nar**
it is impossible to stay ahead
**[06:05] Nar**
with defensive playing
or winning quick hands.
**[06:09] Nar**
That is to say, little tricks
are absolutely pointless.
**[06:12] Nar**
Since assisting each other is
allowed in this one-on-one battle,
**[06:15] Nar**
he will eventually lose.
**[06:19] Nar**
Declaring riichi and then having another
deal immediately into your hand
**[06:23] Nar**
is not only efficient,
**[06:24] Nar**
but one could say that it is standard.
**[06:28] Nar**
This strategy has no less
than three strong points.
**[06:32] Nar**
First, as demonstrated by Washizu,
**[06:36] Nar**
by adding 2 han with the
riichi ippatsu combo,
**[06:39] Nar**
one or two reverse dora will suffice
to make it an expensive mangan hand.
**[06:43] Nar**
The second is its speed.
**[06:46] Nar**
The time between a tenpai and
a win is completely eliminated.
**[06:52] Nar**
And so long as your teammate has
that tile, your wait can be anything.
**[06:56] Nar**
A side wait, a closed wait,
or even a single wait.
**[07:01] Nar**
All of them can lead to an ippatsu win.
**[07:05] Nar**
And most importantly,
that sense of safety.
**[07:08] Nar**
The moment you declare riichi,
the next player deals into your hand.
**[07:12] Nar**
In other words, you get the
benefits of declaring a riichi
**[07:15] Nar**
without the danger of having
to immediately discard anything
**[07:18] Nar**
that is not your own winning tile.
**[07:20] Nar**
Only the tile you discard when
declaring your riichi must pass.
**[07:24] Nar**
It's expensive, fast, and safe.
**[07:27] Nar**
In other words, the most effective strategy.
**[07:32] Oug**
* He's got no choice now*
* but to join him in the ring.*
**[07:39] Oug**
*It has its dangers,*
**[07:43] Oug**
*but he has to play along with this duel.*
**[07:46] Oug**
*Akagi...*
**[07:51] Nar**
Akagi is one tile from tenpai.
**[07:56] Oug**
*The problem is what comes next.*
**[08:05] Oug**
*Is he in tenpai?*
**[08:07] Oug**
*If he's not declaring a riichi now,*
**[08:09] Oug**
* it probably means his*
* underling doesn't have*
**[08:11] Oug**
*his winning tile in his hand.*
**[08:14] Oug**
* He can always do it once his*
* underling draws the tile he needs.*
**[08:19] Oug**
* But if Akagi plays into his hand*
* before that, he'll get a direct hit.*
**[08:24] Oug**
*He'll just have to say "ron."*
**[08:26] Oug**
*It's a rock-solid strategy.*
**[08:29] Oug**
* He should just assume that Washizu*
* is in tenpai and play safely.*
**[08:33] Oug**
*From what I can see,*
**[08:35] Oug**
* it looks like the 4 and 7*
* of bamboo are dangerous.*
**[08:39] Nar**
In this hand, the dora is the 6 of bamboo,
**[08:41] Nar**
so with Washizu's 6 of bamboo,
his wait is most likely for the 4 and 7,
**[08:45] Nar**
or the 5 and 8, of bamboo.
These are the danger tiles.
**[08:49] Nar**
He may also possibly be using
two 6 of bamboo as his pair.
**[08:54] Nar**
There is another danger area
around the 6 of circles,
**[08:58] Nar**
implying a 4 and 7, or 5 and 8 wait,
making those tiles very risky.
**[09:06] Oug**
*He's in tenpai.*
**[09:08] Oug**
Now he's got a 5 or 8 of characters wait.
**[09:11] Oug**
But of all things, he'll have
to discard the 7 of bamboo.
**[09:15] Oug**
That's the worst!
**[09:18] Nar**
It's an extremely risky tile, and
the exact tile he's waiting on.
**[09:22] Oug**
*You've got to keep that tile, Akagi.*
**[09:31] Oug**
*That's crazy!*
**[09:33] Oug**
*That's the...*
**[09:39] Oug**
Did you deal into his hand?
**[09:41] Oug**
Did you?
**[09:54] Oug**
*It passed!*
**[09:59] Oug**
*Why could he deal such a risky tile?*
**[10:05] Oug**
*Did he somehow know that it was safe?*
**[10:09] Oug**
*That the 7 of bamboo would pass?*
**[10:18] Oug**
*The 5 and the 8 of bamboo passed, too.*
**[10:20] Oug**
* Which means he probably has*
* the two dora as the head*
**[10:25] Oug**
* and he's waiting on the 4 and 7*
* of circles, or 5 and 8 of circles.*
**[10:28] Oug**
* Since he knows what*
* Washizu's waiting on,*
**[10:31] Oug**
* he doesn't have to worry about*
* dealing into his hand anymore.*
**[10:34] Oug**
* He just has to avoid the risky*
* tiles, stay vigilant, and win.*
**[10:38] Oug**
* If he wins with the*
* 5 and 8 of characters,*
**[10:40] Oug**
*Akagi will continue to be the dealer.*
**[10:43] Oug**
*He can catch up to Washizu.*
**[10:45] Oug**
* And if he draws it himself,*
* he can take the lead.*
**[10:47] Oug**
* He can bring the luck that's gone*
* to Washizu back to his side.*
**[10:56] Oug**
* He had to draw the 5*
* of circles, of all things.*
**[10:59] Oug**
*This is one of those last four risky tiles.*
**[11:03] Oug**
* He has no choice but*
* to hold on to this one.*
**[11:05] Oug**
*It's still only East Hand 4.*
**[11:08] Oug**
*He can't take that risk.*
**[11:09] Oug**
* It would be reckless to*
* discard that tile now.*
**[11:20] Oug**
*You're crazy!*
**[11:22] Oug**
*What the hell are you thinking?*
**[11:25] Oug**
*That's too much.*
**[11:30] Was**
I see.
**[11:31] Was**
I guess you're not completely worthless.
**[11:37] Was**
Even if they notice the
second discard pile,
**[11:40] Was**
they usually don't get so bold...
**[11:45] Was**
Usually.
**[11:49] Nar**
At this point, Washizu is waiting
on the 4 and 7 of circles.
**[11:55] Oug**
*The second discard pile?*
**[11:57] Oug**
*What's he talking about?*
**[12:07] Oug**
*I get it.*
**[12:08] Oug**
*That's what he's talking about.*
**[12:11] Nar**
Why does Washizu not declare a
riichi despite being in tenpai?
**[12:16] Nar**
There could be only one reason:
**[12:18] Nar**
His underling doesn't
have his winning tile.
**[12:21] Nar**
Seen another way,
**[12:23] Nar**
all of Washizu's underling's tiles
become safe tiles, as well.
**[12:27] Nar**
It is a veritable "second discard pile."
**[12:31] Oug**
*Why didn't I notice that sooner?*
**[12:36] Oug**
* Akagi used this to discard the*
* 7 of bamboo and the 5 of circles.*
**[12:43] Oug**
* It's amazing that he could notice a detail*
* like that under this kind of pressure.*
**[12:46] Oug**
*That's Akagi for you.*
**[12:48] Oug**
* What is truly amazing,*
* though, is that he was able*
**[12:53] Oug**
*to bet his life on this observation.*
**[12:58] Nar**
Washizu is also undoubtedly feeling
some admiration for this audacity.
**[13:03] Nar**
Because the second discard pile could
also potentially be used to lure Akagi
**[13:08] Nar**
into dealing the winning tile,
using the transparent tiles as bait.
**[13:13] Nar**
Yet, Akagi threw all those doubts away.
**[13:19] Oug**
*That is exactly what makes him*
**[13:23] Oug**
*Akagi Shigeru.*
**[13:26] Oug**
*He can win.*
**[13:29] Oug**
* In this hand, he discarded two*
* tiles that should have been*
**[13:32] Oug**
* impossible to discard,*
* and maintained his tenpai.*
**[13:36] Oug**
* It might not be much, but he can*
* still win this hand before Washizu does.*
**[13:42] Oug**
*He can draw the winning tile.*
**[13:54] Was**
Tanyao, tsumo, two dora. Mangan.
**[13:59] Was**
This is what Mahjong is about.
**[14:02] Was**
You can play a perfect game...
**[14:03] Was**
no, better than perfect...
**[14:07] Was**
and you'll still fall short.
**[14:10] Was**
You can give your very best and still die.
**[14:14] Was**
It's Mahjong where,
no matter how hard you fight,
**[14:16] Was**
you die when your time comes.
**[14:19] Was**
Is that not so, Akagi?
**[14:25] Nar**
The game is going in your favor.
**[14:27] Nar**
You thought you've made it.
**[14:29] Nar**
And yet your opponent draws the
winning tile, with maddening ease.
**[14:33] Nar**
It is not a question
of talent nor strategy.
**[14:35] Nar**
Once the opponent draws the
winning tile, it is over.
**[14:39] Nar**
Even Akagi is powerless to stop this.
**[14:44] Nar**
Akagi has 26,000 points.
**[14:47] Nar**
Washizu has 40,000.
**[14:49] Nar**
That's a difference of 14,000 points, and...
**[14:52] Was**
It's time to pay the bonus.
**[14:58] Nar**
Blood is drawn.
**[15:05] Nar**
Whenever Akagi and
Washizu exchange points,
**[15:09] Nar**
whether through a tsumo
or the obvious direct hit,
**[15:12] Nar**
it costs Washizu one million yen,
**[15:16] Nar**
and Akagi 100 CCs of blood
for every 1,000 points.
**[15:23] Nar**
This time it was 4,000 points,
**[15:25] Nar**
which means 400 CCs of blood.
**[15:28] Nar**
He must fill one 250 CC tube
and add 150 CCs to another.
**[15:35] Was**
Now we're starting.
**[15:37] Was**
The real game has just begun.
**[15:40] Nar**
That's right.
**[15:41] Nar**
This is Washizu's vampire Mahjong,
**[15:44] Nar**
demanding the very
blood of his opponents.
**[15:47] Nar**
That reality has been set into motion.
**[15:52] Yasu**
*This is harsh.*
**[15:53] Yasu**
*This is too harsh.*
**[15:56] Yasu**
* If he gets three more tsumo like this,*
* that will already be 1,600 CCs.*
**[16:02] Yasu**
*He'll be barely conscious.*
**[16:03] Yasu**
* By the fifth withdrawal, he'll have*
* reached the fatal amount of 2,000 CCs.*
**[16:08] Yasu**
* He can't possibly keep this*
* up for six East-South matches.*
**[16:11] Yasu**
*There's no way.*
**[16:13] Nar**
Yes.
**[16:14] Nar**
The gap between Akagi and
Washizu is 14,000 points.
**[16:17] Nar**
Herein lies the problem.
**[16:20] Nar**
Unless Akagi regains the lead,
**[16:22] Nar**
at the end of this hand,
he will have to pay
**[16:24] Nar**
the ranking bonus of 20,000 points,
**[16:26] Nar**
that is to say, to have
2,000 CCs of blood drawn.
**[16:29] Nar**
That is certain death.
**[16:32] Oug**
*That'll be the death of him.*
**[16:36] nar**
A dark and ominous cloud
hangs over the table.
**[16:39] nar**
The game moves into the South round.
**[16:45] Was**
*It's laughable.*
**[16:47] Was**
He wanted this reckless
rate of 2,000 CCs of blood
**[16:50] Was**
being worth 20,000 points,
and look at him now.
**[16:54] Was**
Trash.
**[16:57] Was**
*Though, he did show a little aptitude.*
**[17:01] Was**
* I was impressed by his bold*
* utilization of the second discard pile.*
**[17:08] Was**
* But it was nothing more*
* than a little trick.*
**[17:12] Was**
* That's not the way to*
* grab hold of this game.*
**[17:15] Was**
* He's the one who chose 2,000*
* points over a mangan hand.*
**[17:22] Was**
* That was the moment you drove*
* the luck from your side.*
**[17:28] Was**
* You may be able to avoid*
* dealing into my hands,*
**[17:30] Was**
*but that's all you'll be able to do.*
**[17:33] Was**
* Once you've lost the favor of*
* Lady Luck, you can't get it back.*
**[17:37] Was**
* The good draws will*
* come to me first.*
**[17:41] Was**
*That's inevitable.*
**[17:44] Was**
* Dark demons live in*
* the world of Mahjong,*
**[17:49] Was**
* and what they appreciate is maturity*
* and elegance more than childish tricks.*
**[17:56] Was**
*That is to say, my style.*
**[18:06] Was**
*I'm already close to tenpai.*
**[18:10] Was**
*That's no fun.*
**[18:13] Nar**
If he deals the 5 of characters,
he will be in tenpai.
**[18:15] Nar**
It would be a tanpin,
sanshoku, with one dora.
**[18:18] Nar**
If he declares riichi,
**[18:20] Nar**
his underling will be able to supply him
with the winning 2 of circles right away,
**[18:25] Nar**
netting him the ippatsu bonus
and giving him a haneman.
**[18:27] Nar**
If he gets even one reverse dora,
it increases to a baiman.
**[18:30] Nar**
It is the ideal shape.
**[18:32] Was**
*This is pointless.*
**[18:34] Was**
*This win will end it all.*
**[18:38] Nar**
Currently, there is a 14,000
point gap between them.
**[18:40] Nar**
With this win, that gap
would become 26,000 points,
**[18:44] Nar**
with the potential to rise to 30,000.
**[18:47] Nar**
Reversing the situation after
that would be impossible.
**[18:52] Nar**
Akagi's death would be certain.
**[18:54] Was**
*So that's it?*
**[18:57] Was**
*That was no fun.*
**[19:00] Was**
* But I guess that's street*
* kid Mahjong for you.*
**[19:07] Was**
Riichi.
**[19:11] Aka**
Nope.
**[19:15] Aka**
Tanyao, one dora. 2,600.
**[19:19] Was**
*A single wait for the 5 of characters?*
**[19:21] Was**
* He took the 5 of characters*
* that would naturally come out*
**[19:23] Was**
*if I were to go for a sanshoku.*
**[19:27] Was**
*Was that on purpose?*
**[19:30] Was**
*Coincidence?*
**[19:32] Was**
*No, he planned it.*
**[19:36] Was**
*Just before, he discarded the 6 of circles,*
**[19:38] Was**
* which proves this 5 of characters*
* wait was no coincidence.*
**[19:41] Was**
*It was intentional.*
**[19:45] Nar**
Had he kept the 6 of circles in his hand,
**[19:48] Nar**
his tenpai would have looked like this.
**[19:51] Nar**
He would have been had a 4-way
wait for 1, 4, 7 or 6 of circles.
**[19:55] Nar**
Yet he threw away that four-way
wait for this single 5 of characters wait.
**[20:00] Was**
I get it.
**[20:06] oug**
Th-Thanks.
**[20:11] Was**
Pretty good.
**[20:13] Was**
Any other kind of play would be boring.
**[20:16] Was**
It would have been horribly dull if you
**[20:19] Was**
hadn't shown at least this
little flash of talent.
**[20:23] Was**
*Fight back.*
**[20:25] Was**
* Come back at me with*
* everything you've got.*
**[20:30] Was**
* Show me that very last*
* shred of resistance*
**[20:33] Was**
*when I've got you backed into the corner.*
**[20:36] Was**
*That, for me, is the ultimate pleasure!*
**[20:47] Nar**
The genius from the
darkness, Akagi Shigeru.
**[20:51] Nar**
The monster of the
Showa Era, Washizu Iwao.
**[20:54] Nar**
Two monsters that live
in the world of shadows.
**[20:57] Nar**
Their deathmatch continues.
**[21:00] Nar**
Who will be the one to fall into
the pitch-black void of obliteration?
**[22:16] Nar**
Next time, "The Cursed Tiles."
***SIGN*** Next episode
***SIGN*** The Cursed Tiles
# 18 - The Cursed Tiles
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**[01:12] nar**
The genius from the
darkness, Akagi Shigeru,
**[01:14] nar**
and the monster of the
Showa Era, Washizu Iwao.
**[01:17] nar**
Akagi's wager is a fatal amount of blood.
**[01:19] nar**
Washizu's is the entirety
of his remaining fortune.
**[01:21] nar**
A deathmatch with the aim to
completely annihilate the opponent.
**[01:25] nar**
South Hand 1.
**[01:27] nar**
Akagi outsmarts Washizu and draws closer.
**[01:33] Was**
Pretty good.
**[01:34] Was**
Any other kind of play would be boring.
**[01:37] Was**
* Come back at me with*
* everything you've got.*
**[01:42] Was**
* Show me that very last*
* shred of resistance*
**[01:45] Was**
*when I've got you backed into the corner.*
**[01:48] Was**
*That, for me, is the ultimate pleasure!*
***SIGN*** Episode 18
***SIGN*** The Cursed Tiles
**[02:00] nar**
South Hand 2.
**[02:02] nar**
Washizu is the dealer.
**[02:03] nar**
Washizu currently has 37,400 points.
**[02:07] nar**
Akagi has 28,600 points.
**[02:10] nar**
The difference has shrunk to 8,800.
**[02:15] was**
* You probably think you*
* got a good blow in,*
**[02:18] was**
* but that doesn't change the fact*
* that I'm still ahead of you.*
**[02:22] nar**
That is correct.
**[02:23] nar**
It might have shrunk, but the
difference is still 8,800 points.
**[02:26] nar**
Unless Akagi can overturn
this difference before
**[02:29] nar**
this East-South match ends,
he will not survive.
**[02:32] oug**
*If he loses by rank,*
**[02:34] oug**
* he'll lose over 2,000 CCs the*
* moment the East-South match ends.*
**[02:38] oug**
*Akagi will not survive.*
**[02:41] oug**
*He's in danger.*
**[02:42] oug**
* The fact that he's in an overwhelmingly*
* dangerous situation hasn't changed.*
**[02:46] aka**
Pon.
**[02:47] oug**
*And yet...*
**[02:51] oug**
*How can he be so calm?*
**[02:54] oug**
*He's on the verge of dying.*
**[02:55] oug**
*He'll die if he doesn't get back on top.*
**[02:57] oug**
*That's the situation he's in, and yet...*
**[03:00] nar**
It goes without saying
that this South Hand 2
**[03:03] nar**
with Washizu as the dealer
is very important.
**[03:05] nar**
If he is able to safely
work his way to a win,
**[03:08] nar**
winning the entire East-South
match becomes a possibility.
**[03:10] oug**
* But if Washizu is the one who wins,*
* Akagi's win from the*
**[03:14] oug**
*previous hand will essentially be void.*
**[03:17] oug**
* The difference will exceed 10,000 again,*
* and Washizu will still be the dealer.*
**[03:20] oug**
* That's something that needs*
* to be avoided at all costs.*
**[03:23] oug**
* He has to bump Washizu from his*
* dealer seat, no matter the cost.*
**[03:28] oug**
* I can't imagine that he wouldn't know*
* how crucial that will be for this match.*
**[03:33] oug**
*And yet...*
**[03:34] oug**
*How can he remain so calm?*
**[03:39] nar**
It's almost as if his
indifference attracted it,
**[03:43] nar**
as Akagi draws the key to
his hand, the red dragon.
**[03:47] nar**
With the transparent tiles that
are used in Washizu Mahjong,
**[03:51] nar**
calling a red dragon from an
opponent is essentially impossible.
**[03:54] nar**
If he wanted to call it, he'd have
to call it from his partner, Yasuoka.
**[03:57] nar**
On the flip side, it's also extremely
hard to get rid of these tiles.
**[04:01] oug**
* And he already got a triplet*
* of them this early in the game.*
**[04:05] nar**
The wind was starting to pick up.
**[04:08] nar**
The tailwind that had faded
before had returned once more.
**[04:13] oug**
He's got two dora as his pair,
and is one away from tenpai.
**[04:17] oug**
But it looks like Washizu's
hand is quite fast, too.
**[04:21] oug**
* And the underling to his right*
* is also getting ready to deal*
**[04:26] oug**
*into Washizu's hand right away.*
**[04:30] oug**
*Who will it be?*
**[04:31] oug**
*Who will be in tenpai first?*
**[04:33] oug**
*Akagi?*
**[04:35] oug**
*Or Washizu?*
**[04:39] oug**
All right!
**[04:40] oug**
Akagi got there first.
**[04:42] oug**
He has a 5 or 8 of circles wait.
**[04:45] nar**
This is what Akagi's hand
looks like to Washizu.
**[04:49] nar**
It's almost certain that Akagi's waits
**[04:51] nar**
are for the 5, 8 of circles,
or 2, 5 of bamboo.
**[04:54] oug**
* None of his opponents will*
* ever deal into his hand.*
**[04:56] oug**
* He can only count on his*
* own draws or Yasuoka.*
**[04:59] nar**
However, Yasuoka does not have
either of those tiles in his hand.
**[05:05] yas**
*Perfect!*
**[05:09] oug**
*There it is!*
**[05:11] nar**
A priceless draw!
**[05:12] nar**
The tile that can bump
**[05:14] nar**
Washizu out of his dealer seat,
and give Akagi a mangan hand.
**[05:17] nar**
The 8 of circles is a
veritable deus ex machina!
**[05:21] oug**
*What?!*
**[05:22] oug**
*Why doesn't he take it?*
**[05:24] oug**
*What are you thinking, Akagi?!*
**[05:28] nar**
At this moment, Ougi is too
fixated on winning to see it.
**[05:33] nar**
The trap that is built into Akagi's hand...
**[05:36] nar**
The curse that Akagi's tiles cast
on Washizu, binding him in place.
**[05:42] nar**
That's right.
**[05:43] nar**
Akagi's wait can either be a 5,
8 of circles, or 2, 5 of bamboo.
**[05:46] nar**
That's what the tiles reveal.
**[05:49] nar**
If one of the options,
the 8 of circles, passes,
**[05:52] nar**
it becomes likely that Akagi's actually
waiting for the 2, 5 of bamboo.
**[05:55] nar**
It's almost certain.
**[05:56] oug**
*I see.*
**[05:58] oug**
* This 2, 5 of bamboo wait is nothing*
* but an illusion for Washizu.*
**[06:03] nar**
But this illusion actually binds him.
**[06:07] nar**
At this time, Washizu is also in tenpai.
**[06:09] nar**
If he can discard either
the 2 or 5 of bamboo,
**[06:11] nar**
his underling can deal
into his hand right away.
**[06:13] nar**
But he can't take the necessary step.
**[06:18] nar**
Those are not tiles he can discard.
**[06:21] nar**
He's forced to be defensive.
**[06:24] oug**
* An absolute and decisive way*
* of slowing your opponent down*
**[06:26] oug**
*that's only possible with these glass tiles.*
**[06:29] oug**
* So Akagi didn't have to rush to win,*
* he still had time to spare.*
**[06:35] nar**
Then, on the 10th turn...
**[06:36] nar**
His patience is rewarded.
**[06:40] aka**
Red dragon, west wind, two dora. Mangan.
**[06:44] nar**
He draws it himself.
**[06:45] nar**
The mangan causes the upset!
**[06:48] nar**
If he had taken Yasuoka's tile,
it wouldn't have caused an upset.
**[06:51] nar**
But if he draws it himself,
**[06:52] nar**
the 4,000 coming from Washizu
are enough to tip the scales.
**[06:56] nar**
Akagi is now the one on top
again, with a lead of 3,200.
**[07:02] nar**
He was able to draw the 8 of circles
himself by ignoring Yasuoka's.
**[07:07] was**
*You bastard, you'll pay for that!*
**[07:14] oug**
*He can overcome it...*
**[07:15] oug**
* If he survives two more hands,*
* he can overcome this East-South match.*
**[07:19] oug**
* At that point, the rules say that*
* the intermediate payouts are done,*
**[07:23] oug**
*so he can get back the blood he lost.*
**[07:26] oug**
* The crazy rate of 20,000 points*
* for 2,000 CCs of blood...*
**[07:30] oug**
*It's not impossible for Akagi.*
**[07:32] oug**
*He just has to repeat this six times.*
**[07:37] oug**
* He might not take all of Washizu's*
* fortune, the entire 500 million,*
**[07:41] oug**
*but he might be able to take 200*
**[07:44] oug**
* or 300 million and leave*
* this mansion alive.*
**[07:47] oug**
*He can do it.*
**[07:48] oug**
* It would be impossible for others,*
* but you can do it, Akagi!*
**[07:54] nar**
South Hand 3.
**[07:56] nar**
Washizu's underling, Suzuki, is the dealer.
**[08:00] nar**
The last two hands on
the edge of death begin,
**[08:03] nar**
both parties with daggers at their throats.
**[08:07] was**
*I see, he's got some skill.*
**[08:11] was**
*He's not just some trash.*
**[08:15] was**
* He's not a common idiot who rushes*
* blindly to his own death, either.*
**[08:22] was**
*He might seem like one, but he isn't.*
**[08:24] was**
* This man is able to throw*
* away his own advantage.*
**[08:27] was**
* An ordinary daredevil isn't*
* capable of doing that.*
**[08:30] was**
* They might be able to ignore*
* disadvantages and rush in blindly,*
**[08:36] was**
* but they can't throw away tangible*
* advantages once they have them.*
**[08:38] was**
*Advantages are just that tempting.*
**[08:44] was**
* But this man can throw*
* away those advantages.*
**[08:47] was**
*Without any hesitation, too.*
**[08:50] was**
*Normal predictions won't work with him.*
**[08:54] was**
* He's obviously different*
* from the ordinary losers*
**[08:57] was**
*who acted all tough before I killed them.*
**[09:02] was**
* But sometimes,*
* even talent is meaningless.*
**[09:05] was**
*That's the essence of Mahjong.*
**[09:07] was**
*Die!*
**[09:11] was**
This is interesting.
**[09:13] was**
I could take this to a multi-sided wait,
**[09:17] was**
* but it looks like that 1 of circles*
* in Akagi's hand might come out.*
**[09:20] was**
* If he goes into tenpai,*
* he'll discard it.*
**[09:22] was**
* Until then, it'll be fun to do a*
* single wait on this 1 of circles.*
**[09:30] nar**
Akagi is in tenpai.
**[09:32] nar**
By discarding the 1 of circles, he'll have a
multi-sided wait for 1, 4, 7 of characters.
**[09:35] oug**
*What are you going to do?*
**[09:36] oug**
*If you can make the 1 of circles pass,*
**[09:38] oug**
* Yasuoka can immediately deal the*
* 4 of characters into your hand.*
**[09:41] oug**
* But it's entirely possible that*
* Washizu is waiting for that very tile.*
**[09:46] oug**
* Of course, he could also have*
* the 1 of circles as his pair*
**[09:49] oug**
* and have a closed wait*
* for the 4 of circles,*
**[09:51] oug**
* or a double-sided wait*
* for 3, 6 of circles.*
**[09:53] oug**
* Alternatively, he could*
* also not be in tenpai yet.*
**[10:01] oug**
* Should he take his chances here and*
* discard the tile we all know is risky?*
**[10:07] oug**
*He went around it.*
**[10:08] oug**
*He's playing it safe.*
**[10:11] was**
*That's right.*
**[10:12] was**
*That's the kind of man you are.*
**[10:14] was**
*You will see through this kind of ruse.*
**[10:16] was**
*But don't forget...*
**[10:19] was**
* Even if you see what's going on,*
* still losing is what Mahjong is all about.*
**[10:24] was**
Riichi!
**[10:28] nar**
Washizu changes his wait.
**[10:30] nar**
He drew the perfect tile,
the 6 of circles.
**[10:32] nar**
He now has the ideal multi-sided
wait for 2, 5, 8 or 3, 6 of circles.
**[10:37] nar**
As Akagi had to break up his hand
to avoid discarding the 1 of circles,
**[10:40] nar**
he's now one tile away from tenpai.
**[10:44] was**
*Do you get it now?*
**[10:46] was**
*To have the right instincts and courage*
**[10:48] was**
* to play perfectly and still lose*
* is what Mahjong is all about.*
**[10:54] was**
*It's only natural.*
**[10:56] was**
* We're in completely*
* different leagues anyway.*
**[10:59] was**
* By using tricks, you were finally*
* able to approach my realm.*
**[11:04] was**
*But I don't need any of that to stop you...*
**[11:13] was**
*And win.*
**[11:16] was**
I didn't get any reverse dora,
but it's a riichi,
**[11:18] was**
ippatsu, tsumo, south wind,
one dora hand. Mangan.
**[11:21] was**
Looks like I overtook you.
**[11:24] was**
Only one hand left.
**[11:29] was**
I've got you cornered, Akagi!
**[11:36] nar**
Because Washizu got a tsumo,
**[11:38] nar**
Akagi has to pay 2,000 points
and 200 CCs of blood.
**[11:43] nar**
In total, Akagi has lost
600 CCs of blood so far,
**[11:46] nar**
a third of the fatal amount.
**[11:49] nar**
After this upset,
there's only one hand left.
**[11:52] nar**
If Akagi doesn't win South Hand 4,
he'll lose the entire game.
**[11:56] nar**
If he loses by rank,
including the ranking bonus,
**[11:58] nar**
there'll be a difference of
over 50,000 points to Washizu.
**[12:01] nar**
That corresponds to 5,000 CCs of blood.
**[12:04] nar**
Instant death.
**[12:07] nar**
His life is literally riding on this one hand.
**[12:10] oug**
* So far, Akagi made it this*
* far by managing to avoid*
**[12:14] oug**
*dealing into Washizu's hand.*
**[12:17] oug**
*The defensive play in East Hand 1.*
**[12:19] oug**
*The quick win in East Hand 2.*
**[12:21] oug**
* Waiting for the tile that*
* he knew would flow out*
**[12:23] oug**
*of Washizu's hand in South Hand 1.*
**[12:26] oug**
* Basically, he neatly*
* avoids traps and attacks*
**[12:29] oug**
* to score wins whenever*
* Washizu has an opening.*
**[12:33] nar**
This is no ordinary game.
**[12:36] nar**
He is constantly aware of Washizu
and plays accordingly with restraint.
**[12:40] nar**
But occasionally, playing Mahjong like that
**[12:42] nar**
will distort the flow of the game.
**[12:44] nar**
Like rotten wood gathers in the
stagnant part of the river,
**[12:50] nar**
Akagi's hand only has tiles that
seem to have no coherence at all.
**[12:54] nar**
On the other hand,
Washizu gets an easy hand.
**[12:58] nar**
A starting hand with a clear direction.
**[13:00] nar**
Unconstrained draws.
**[13:02] nar**
It's not just a matter
of the point difference.
**[13:05] nar**
Akagi is suffering.
**[13:07] nar**
In this upstream battle,
Akagi is the dealer for the last hand.
**[13:13] nar**
This is Akagi's starting hand.
**[13:15] oug**
I can't say it's completely terrible...
**[13:18] oug**
but it's a pretty harsh starting hand.
**[13:20] oug**
Luckily, he has pairs of honor tiles
**[13:22] oug**
* and Yasuoka has both the*
* east wind and the red dragon.*
**[13:26] oug**
*He could call them any time he wants.*
**[13:29] oug**
* So in reality, Akagi already*
* has half his hand complete.*
**[13:34] nar**
But with only the east
wind and the red dragon,
**[13:37] nar**
he'd only get as far as
3,900 or 4,800 points.
**[13:39] nar**
It won't be enough to close
the gap of 6,800 to Washizu.
**[13:42] oug**
* He'll have to get a direct*
* hit to cause an upset.*
**[13:45] oug**
* But I can't imagine*
* that Washizu would make*
**[13:49] oug**
*such a mistake in this last hand.*
**[13:51] ---**
*So then...*
**[13:52] oug**
* He has to go for a*
* honitsu or a toitoi hand.*
**[13:55] oug**
* Or draw a dora and incorporate*
* it into his hand somehow...*
**[14:00] oug**
* Either way, he can't afford*
* to drag his feet for long.*
**[14:04] oug**
* From what I can see,*
* Washizu's got a good hand.*
**[14:08] oug**
*He's probably two or three tiles from tenpai.*
**[14:11] oug**
* On top of that, his underling*
* has the 5 of characters*
**[14:13] oug**
* and 3 of circles that that will,*
* very likely, be Washizu's winning tiles.*
**[14:19] oug**
*How could he draw that tile?*
**[14:21] oug**
*Not only did he advance his hand with that,*
**[14:23] oug**
*he's also managed to turn the*
**[14:25] oug**
* problematic green dragons*
* into a triplet already!*
**[14:28] yas**
* Now it's sure that he's two*
* tiles away from tenpai.*
**[14:30] yas**
* It would be ideal for Akagi to get*
* one tile away from tenpai by himself*
**[14:33] yas**
* so I can give him the east*
* wind, red dragon combo...*
**[14:37] yas**
*But we don't have much time.*
**[14:39] yas**
*Right now, one extra turn could be fatal.*
**[14:43] yas**
*Akagi, call it!*
**[14:48] yas**
*You're going to wait?*
**[14:51] yas**
*We don't have any time to waste here!*
**[14:57] yas**
*He got another good tile.*
**[14:58] oug**
*One away from tenpai?*
**[15:01] nar**
Fifth turn, Yasuoka.
**[15:04] yas**
*Akagi has a pair of these.*
**[15:07] yas**
*Now I can give him three tiles.*
**[15:09] yas**
*Great!*
**[15:10] yas**
*We can't wait any longer!*
**[15:11] yas**
*Do it, Akagi! Call them!*
**[15:18] yas**
*Not yet?!*
**[15:20] yas**
*You want me to wait longer?!*
**[15:25] yas**
*Akagi, what are you...*
**[15:27] oug**
*What are you thinking?*
**[15:36] oug**
How can you discard that?
**[15:38] oug**
Even if that's a dora, it'll be
completely isolated in your hand.
**[15:45] nar**
The next turn, Akagi...
**[15:49] oug**
*Is this... a chiitoitsu?*
**[15:52] yas**
*Is he going for a chiitoitsu?*
**[15:55] nar**
As the dealer, with the two dora,
Akagi would get 9,600 for his chiitoitsu.
**[16:00] nar**
Even if Yasuoka deals into his hand,
it would be enough to cause an upset.
**[16:04] nar**
Also, this is what his hand
looks like to Washizu.
**[16:08] nar**
He could easily assume Akagi's in tenpai.
**[16:11] oug**
* If it goes well, this could*
* force Washizu to slow down.*
**[16:14] oug**
*But...*
**[16:17] was**
*You fool.*
**[16:18] was**
*Are you trying to tie me down?*
**[16:20] was**
* I guess you're trying to pretend*
* you're in tenpai with a chiitoitsu hand,*
**[16:24] was**
*but that's absolutely impossible.*
**[16:28] was**
* In order for that to be true, two*
* of the three black tiles you have*
**[16:32] was**
* must match the single 7 of*
* characters and 4 of bamboo.*
**[16:36] was**
*But that's already not possible.*
**[16:38] was**
* It's impossible... because I*
* already have a black 4 of bamboo.*
**[16:45] was**
* His chiitoitsu is one tile*
* away from tenpai, at best.*
**[16:51] was**
*You have no luck,*
**[16:52] was**
* no matter how much you struggle*
* or scream in this last hand.*
**[16:58] was**
* If I didn't know where the*
* black 4 of bamboo was,*
**[17:01] was**
* your fake chiitoitsu might have*
* been somewhat of a threat.*
**[17:06] was**
*Not only didn't it turn out that way,*
**[17:08] was**
*but your hand isn't progressing, either.*
**[17:10] was**
*That's obvious, though.*
**[17:12] was**
* If your hand was ready,*
* you'd have no reason to hesitate*
**[17:17] was**
*since your life's riding on this one hand.*
**[17:20] was**
*You'd take your partner's east wind and win*
**[17:22] was**
*with the red dragon he's got ready for you.*
**[17:25] was**
* With that one dora, you as*
* the dealer would get 5,800*
**[17:28] was**
*for that 30 fu, 3 han hand.*
**[17:31] was**
*You wouldn't cause an upset,*
**[17:33] was**
*but you'd survive to continue the game.*
**[17:35] was**
*If I win this hand, it's all over for you.*
**[17:38] was**
*You're at the end of the line.*
**[17:40] was**
*You can't be so naïve as to think that*
**[17:42] was**
* not being able to overtake*
* me is a good enough reason.*
**[17:45] was**
*Once I'm in tenpai, it's over!*
**[17:54] was**
* If you could have made your move,*
* you would have done so already!*
**[17:57] ---**
*Since you haven't...*
**[18:00] was**
You're still not in tenpai,
even after calling
**[18:02] was**
the east wind, red dragon,
and 1 of characters?
**[18:04] was**
* That just goes to show*
* how bad your hand is.*
**[18:07] was**
* No matter how you look at it,*
* I can get my last tile to tenpai faster.*
**[18:12] was**
* On top of that, I can*
* choose to go for either*
**[18:14] was**
* the 5 of characters wait or*
* the 3, 6 of circles wait.*
**[18:17] was**
* Suzuki will be able to deal*
* into my hand either way.*
**[18:21] was**
*Everything is taken care of.*
**[18:22] was**
*Akagi, you will lose.*
**[18:26] was**
*Your downfall was to think your little tricks*
**[18:29] was**
*would affect the flow of the game.*
**[18:32] was**
*You can't recover from that mistake now.*
**[18:37] was**
*Now you'll die.*
**[18:40] was**
Suzuki also has the 5 of bamboo.
**[18:42] was**
That means he can deal into the
2, 5, 8 of bamboo wait, as well.
**[18:47] was**
*Then I don't need this closed wait here.*
**[18:50] was**
*Now my hand is even stronger.*
**[18:52] was**
*The game is going in my favor!*
**[18:57] nar**
This one move...
**[18:59] nar**
This was the only time in this last hand
**[19:00] nar**
where Washizu showed
any sign of relaxing.
**[19:05] yas**
*So you're going to call now?*
**[19:12] aka**
Pon.
**[19:13] nar**
The opportunity arrives.
**[19:15] aka**
Pon.
**[19:17] aka**
Pon.
**[19:20] nar**
Akagi rapidly calls three times.
**[19:26] nar**
He's one away from tenpai.
**[19:27] nar**
However, to Washizu,
his hand looks like this.
**[19:32] oug**
*I get it!*
**[19:34] oug**
*This was Akagi's plan.*
**[19:36] oug**
*The reason he held back*
**[19:37] oug**
* on calling these three tiles*
* was to create this opportunity.*
**[19:40] oug**
*There are two reasons.*
**[19:42] oug**
*First, even if he couldn't get into tenpai,*
**[19:44] oug**
* he waited for his hand to*
* fill up with character tiles.*
**[19:47] oug**
* In other words, he waited until his hand*
* would look like he's in tenpai to Washizu.*
**[19:54] nar**
And the other,
**[19:56] nar**
very important reason is
this 4 of characters.
**[19:59] nar**
If Akagi had called these three tiles
**[20:01] nar**
and hinted at a honitsu hand
before Washizu had discarded it,
**[20:06] nar**
Washizu simply would have kept his
4 and 6 of characters in his hand.
**[20:10] nar**
Already in good shape,
Washizu would not have slowed down.
**[20:13] nar**
But once he broke up the closed wait by
**[20:15] nar**
discarding the 4 of characters,
the situation completely changed.
**[20:19] nar**
Once the leftover 6 of characters is
a risky tile, things are not the same.
**[20:24] oug**
* Only now can he actually*
* force Washizu to stop.*
**[20:28] oug**
*This is bad for him.*
**[20:29] oug**
* Now he has to wait for*
* something that lets him*
**[20:33] oug**
* incorporate that 6 of*
* characters into his hand.*
**[20:36] oug**
* This is precisely the reason*
* that Akagi laid low and waited.*
**[20:41] oug**
* He waited until Washizu*
* relaxed a tiny bit.*
**[20:44] oug**
*Perfect calls.*
**[20:47] oug**
*He put everything into this bluff.*
**[20:49] oug**
* Now we'll have to see if this*
* will actually work on Washizu.*
**[20:53] wash**
*You brat...*
**[20:57] nar**
The last hand on the verge of death...
**[20:59] nar**
The deathmatch of destruction
continues down the dark tunnel,
**[21:02] nar**
and sets an even larger
wave into motion.
**[22:16] nar**
Next time,
"The Confusion of the Demon."
***SIGN*** Next episode
***SIGN*** The Confusion of the Demon
# 19 - The Confusion of the Demon
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**[01:15] narr**
The battle between Akagi and Washizu.
***SIGN*** Episode 19
***SIGN*** The Confusion of the Demon
**[01:18] Nar**
The first match is coming to an end.
**[01:20] Nar**
Forced into a disadvantageous situation,
**[01:22] Nar**
Akagi tries to regain ground
with his desperate bluff.
**[01:39] Aka**
Pon.
**[01:41] Aka**
Pon.
**[01:43] Aka**
Pon.
**[01:49] Was**
*A honitsu?*
**[01:53] Was**
*Little punk...*
**[01:58] Oug**
* Akagi's desperate bluff at*
* the most crucial moment.*
**[02:03] Oug**
* Now we have to see if it*
* works on Washizu or not.*
**[02:10] Was**
*I see.*
**[02:12] Was**
* He was waiting for me to break up*
* my closed wait on the character tiles.*
**[02:15] Was**
*He called three times after I broke it,*
**[02:18] Was**
* making the 6 of characters*
* difficult to discard.*
**[02:21] Was**
*Don't think you've got me, though.*
**[02:24] Was**
* There's no doubt that the*
* luck's with me this hand.*
**[02:32] Was**
*The winner will be me.*
**[02:40] Was**
*I'm in tenpai?*
**[02:42] Was**
*If this 6 of characters passes,*
**[02:44] Was**
* I'll be in tenpai, with*
* a 2, 5, 8 of bamboo wait.*
**[02:47] Was**
* He has the 5 of bamboo,*
* so I could win right away.*
**[02:53] Was**
*If this 6 of characters passes, I win.*
**[02:57] Was**
*Discard the 6 of characters and win.*
**[03:01] Was**
* Normally, that configuration*
* after three calls*
**[03:04] Was**
* means that this 6 of*
* characters is his target.*
**[03:07] Was**
* I would never be able to*
* discard it, but here, I can.*
**[03:12] Was**
* Looking at it more broadly,*
* the game's flow is currently on my side.*
**[03:16] Was**
*Meaning the tile I must discard*
**[03:17] Was**
* to get into tenpai can't*
* be Akagi's winning tile.*
**[03:20] Was**
*His wait is probably...*
**[03:24] Was**
*a closed wait for the 8 of characters.*
**[03:27] Was**
*I will make it pass.*
**[03:29] Was**
*This 6 of characters will pass.*
**[03:49] Was**
*No, no. This is a bad habit of mine.*
**[03:52] Was**
*I always want to finish them off quickly.*
**[03:54] Was**
* But if I think about it, there's no*
* reason for me to do him this favor.*
**[03:58] Was**
* I know he's waiting on*
* the 8 of characters.*
**[04:00] Was**
*Or possibly, he's not in tenpai.*
**[04:02] Was**
* I don't think he will win*
* from this 6 of characters,*
**[04:05] Was**
*and yet it's not 100% safe, either.*
**[04:08] Was**
* Which means there's no reason*
* to push myself to discard it.*
**[04:12] Was**
* If I just take a moment*
* to think about it,*
**[04:14] Was**
* it doesn't matter if he is waiting*
* for the 8, or the 6 and 9 of characters.*
**[04:19] Was**
* There are very few of*
* those tiles left anyway.*
**[04:23] Was**
* For starters, Suzuki has a 6,*
* 9 and three 8 of characters.*
**[04:28] Was**
* I also have a 6 of characters and*
* I've discarded a 9 of characters.*
**[04:33] Was**
*And he has two 6 of characters.*
**[04:37] Was**
* Regardless of which tile he is waiting*
* for, there's only one left of each.*
**[04:42] Was**
*Either the last 8 or 9 of characters.*
**[04:45] Was**
*That's it.*
**[04:46] Was**
*Which are grim chances.*
**[04:48] Was**
* There's no way he can*
* draw them himself.*
**[04:50] Was**
*So his tenpai is effectively dead.*
**[04:52] Was**
*Even if the danger is low,*
**[04:54] Was**
* there's no reason for me to*
* risk playing into his hand.*
**[04:58] Was**
* I can play around that tile*
* and keep the game going.*
**[05:10] Nar**
If anything, Akagi's lack
of luck caused this.
**[05:13] Nar**
Whether it's for the 6,
or the 8 and 9 of characters,
**[05:16] Nar**
these waits are all almost dead.
**[05:19] Nar**
But that bad luck was actually fortunate.
**[05:22] Nar**
Akagi survived.
**[05:24] Nar**
He survived in order to survive.
**[05:32] Was**
*What?*
**[05:34] Was**
* He switched out that tile*
* and discarded a west wind?*
**[05:37] Was**
*So he wasn't in tenpai?*
**[05:39] Was**
*Damn it...*
**[05:44] Nar**
He is slowly recovering.
**[05:47] Nar**
The game was mostly going
in Washizu's favor,
**[05:49] Nar**
but slowly, some of that luck
is starting to return to Akagi.
**[05:52] Nar**
That was his aim from
the very beginning.
**[05:55] Nar**
If Washizu and Akagi had both
simply let their hands progress
**[05:59] Nar**
in this fourth hand, Washizu
would have most likely won first.
**[06:02] Nar**
Luck was not on Akagi's side.
**[06:05] Nar**
To win, Akagi had to force Washizu
to make a compromise somewhere.
**[06:12] Was**
*What?*
**[06:15] Nar**
The chance to win only comes after
Washizu has made that compromise.
**[06:21] Was**
*What the hell is he doing?*
**[06:24] Was**
* There's no doubt that he's been*
* going for a honitsu up until now.*
**[06:28] Was**
* But since he discarded*
* the 6 of characters*
**[06:30] Was**
* and kept the 3 of circles,*
* that is no longer possible.*
**[06:33] Was**
*Which means...*
**[06:36] Was**
*a toitoi?*
**[06:38] Was**
*If that black tile is a 3 of circles,*
**[06:40] Was**
* he has a toitoi with east winds*
* and red dragons, for a mangan.*
**[06:44] Was**
*The cop has a 3 of circles, too.*
**[06:47] Was**
*It's over.*
**[06:49] Was**
* If he's in tenpai, the other will*
* play into his hand and it'll be over.*
**[07:05] Was**
*I guess he's not in tenpai.*
**[07:09] Was**
*Of course.*
**[07:10] Was**
*How could you be in tenpai?*
**[07:12] Was**
* You don't have the luck*
* to get a toitoi right now.*
**[07:17] Was**
*Luck is on my side this hand.*
**[07:20] Was**
* I'll be in tenpai before*
* you complete your toitoi.*
**[07:26] Was**
*That's right.*
**[07:27] Was**
*You can't get into tenpai that easily.*
**[07:29] Was**
* Did you think you'd get your hands*
* on the last 3 of circles that easily?*
**[07:34] Was**
* While you're wasting time,*
* I'll be making my comeback.*
**[07:38] Was**
*Yes, this will work.*
**[07:40] Was**
*Nice and easy.*
**[07:44] Was**
* Now I can have a three-way*
* wait on the bamboo tiles.*
**[07:47] Was**
*An ideal formation.*
**[07:49] Was**
*I'll keep these.*
**[07:51] Was**
The question is, do I get rid of
the circles or the characters?
**[07:55] Was**
We're already on the 13th turn.
**[07:56] Was**
There aren't many draws left.
**[08:00] Was**
* Then I should probably make*
* it a 5, 8 of characters wait*
**[08:03] Was**
* so Suzuki can deal*
* into my hand right away.*
**[08:05] Was**
*That's what I'll do.*
**[08:07] Was**
*I want to get rid of my circles...*
**[08:10] Was**
*Except...*
**[08:14] Was**
*He's an odd kid.*
**[08:16] Was**
* His game of Mahjong's basically*
* on the verge of death,*
**[08:19] Was**
*yet it seems to be closely following mine.*
**[08:22] Was**
* It's positioned in a way that*
* restricts my movements again.*
**[08:26] Was**
*He's most likely aiming for a toitoi,*
**[08:30] Was**
* but he could also have a*
* 2, 5 or 1, 4 of circles wait.*
**[08:37] Was**
* Since he already has a 1*
* of circles in his discards,*
**[08:41] Was**
* he could have a closed*
* wait on the 4 of circles.*
**[08:44] Was**
* At any rate, he could also win with*
* just the east winds and red dragons.*
**[08:47] Was**
* For the dealer, a 40 fu,*
* 2 han hand is worth 3,900.*
**[08:51] Was**
* It's not like he can take the lead*
* if that cop deals into his hand.*
**[08:55] Was**
*He couldn't, even if he drew it himself.*
**[09:00] Was**
* He'll just get to stay dealer,*
* but it won't overturn my 6,800 lead.*
**[09:08] Was**
*But not if I discard that tile.*
**[09:11] Was**
* If I deal into that 3,900 hand,*
* it would be enough to put him on top.*
**[09:16] Was**
* So then, discarding any circle*
* tiles would be reckless.*
**[09:21] Was**
*Wait.*
**[09:23] Was**
*Suzuki has a 5 of circles.*
**[09:26] Was**
* That means I can get Suzuki*
* to test it out for me.*
**[09:30] Was**
* If he discards it and it passes,*
* I can discard it, too.*
**[09:35] Was**
* He won't take over the lead*
* if Suzuki deals into his hand.*
**[09:40] Was**
* We'd start a new match and it*
* won't be much skin off my nose.*
**[09:45] Was**
*This is the best way.*
**[09:49] Nar**
Washizu discards the 6 of circles
and sends his underling a sign.
**[09:53] Nar**
Suzuki gets the message
**[09:58] Nar**
and discards the highly
risky tile, the 5 of circles.
**[10:02] Nar**
But Akagi doesn't move.
**[10:11] Was**
*It went through.*
**[10:12] Was**
* So that means he's got a closed*
* wait for the 4 of circles,*
**[10:15] Was**
*or is possibly not even in tenpai.*
**[10:18] Was**
* Either way, seeing that he*
* can't win off my 5 of circles,*
**[10:21] Was**
*it's the end of the road for him.*
**[10:24] Nar**
He draws an 8 of bamboo.
**[10:26] Nar**
Once Washizu discards the 5 of
circles, he will be in tenpai.
**[10:30] Was**
*I won!*
**[10:31] Was**
*I just have to discard this 5 of circles,*
**[10:33] Was**
* then Suzuki will deal the 5 of characters*
* into my hand and it will be over.*
**[10:36] Was**
*Victory.*
**[10:37] Was**
* There were some twists and*
* turns, but in the end,*
**[10:40] Was**
*this brat was also no match for me.*
**[10:44] Was**
* There is simply nobody*
* who can defeat me.*
**[10:49] Aka**
Ron.
**[10:50] Was**
What?!
**[10:57] Yasu**
Akagi!
**[10:58] Oug**
You did it!
**[10:59] Oug**
You did it, Akagi!
**[11:02] Aka**
East wind, red dragon.
**[11:03] Aka**
A 40 fu, 2 han hand, as dealer.
**[11:05] Aka**
Old man, this 3,900 direct
hit puts me back on top.
**[11:09] Aka**
The first match is over.
**[11:11] Was**
*It can't be!*
**[11:12] Was**
*How could he ignore Suzuki's 5 of circles?*
**[11:15] Was**
* Sure, getting it from me*
* would put him back on top,*
**[11:18] Was**
*but he didn't have the luxury of waiting!*
**[11:21] Was**
*It's not such a big deal that he figured out*
**[11:24] Was**
*that I'd discard the 5 of circles.*
**[11:26] Was**
*With this game's clear tiles,*
**[11:29] Was**
*making such predictions isn't that difficult.*
**[11:32] Was**
*He may have predicted the sequence of*
**[11:34] Was**
* Suzuki discarding the 5 of*
* circles after I discarded my 6*
**[11:36] Was**
* as paving the way for me to*
* discard the 5 of circles again,*
**[11:40] Was**
* and ignored Suzuki's 5*
* of circles based on that.*
**[11:46] Was**
* But that's something you could say*
* only under normal circumstances.*
**[11:52] Was**
*This is different.*
**[11:53] Was**
* If I had won this hand,*
* he would have died!*
**[11:57] Was**
*He would have lost his life!*
**[11:59] Was**
*That's not something you can just do.*
**[12:02] Was**
* Even if he suspected, no,*
* even if he was 99% certain*
**[12:04] Was**
* that Suzuki dealt the 5*
* of circles so that I could*
**[12:07] Was**
*safely discard it afterwards...*
**[12:09] Was**
*so long as that certainty isn't 100%,*
**[12:11] Was**
* so long as there remains even*
* a 1% feeling of uncertainty,*
**[12:15] Was**
* there's no way that he*
* could ignore the chance*
**[12:18] Was**
*to save his life with Suzuki's 5 of circles!*
**[12:22] Was**
*Does this kid not want to save himself?*
**[12:25] Was**
*Does he not want to keep living?*
**[12:28] Was**
*To see the next day?*
**[12:32] Was**
*You lunatic!*
**[12:39] Nar**
The first match ended with Akagi's victory.
**[12:42] Nar**
Akagi receives the bonus payment
for the direct hit off Washizu,
**[12:45] Nar**
the 3.9 million yen.
**[12:48] Nar**
Now the regular payments will be settled.
**[12:52] Nar**
Akagi is in first place with 38,500.
**[12:55] Nar**
Washizu is in second place with 37,500.
***SIGN*** | Hand | # | Akagi | Washizu
| Points | Points
***SIGN*** East
***SIGN*** First
Match
**[12:59] nar**
Akagi receives a 20,000 bonus
for being in first place,
***SIGN*** South
**[13:01] nar**
and a 30,000 ranking bonus,
bringing him to a total of 88,500.
**[13:06] table**
Payment
**[13:06] nar**
Washizu only receives
the 10,000 ranking bonus
**[13:08] nar**
for being in second place,
**[13:09] nar**
bringing him to 47,500.
**[13:12] nar**
The difference between
the two is 41,000 points.
**[13:15] nar**
This is the base for the amount
of money Akagi can receive.
**[13:18] nar**
Were he to exchange it all for
money, it would be 41 million yen.
**[13:22] nar**
But that's not all.
**[13:23] nar**
With the direct hit bonus of 3.9 million,
**[13:27] nar**
the total in bonus payments
increases to 11.5 million yen.
**[13:29] nar**
Meaning Akagi has taken 52.5
million yen from Washizu
**[13:33] nar**
in this first East-South match.
**[13:36] nar**
That would be about
500 million yen today.
**[13:41] Oug**
*He could win.*
**[13:43] Oug**
*I don't think someone else could do it,*
**[13:45] Oug**
* but with Akagi, I'm starting to*
* believe it's not impossible.*
**[13:49] Oug**
* He just needs to survive*
* six East-South matches.*
**[13:52] Oug**
* If he does that, he can strip*
* Washizu of his entire fortune.*
**[13:57] Nar**
The money Akagi is entitled to
should correspond to 41,000 points.
**[14:02] Nar**
41 million yen.
**[14:05] Nar**
But Akagi has lost 600 CCs of blood
in this East-South match.
**[14:10] Nar**
So first, he must transfuse this blood
**[14:13] Nar**
back into his body before
the next match starts.
**[14:18] Nar**
If not, should Washizu get a
direct hit mangan off of him,
**[14:22] Nar**
it would cost him 8,000 points.
**[14:23] Nar**
800 CCs would be withdrawn.
**[14:25] Nar**
Combined with the current 600 CCs,
that would total 1,400 CCs.
**[14:28] Nar**
It might not be a lethal amount,
**[14:30] Nar**
but it would be enough
to muddle his thinking.
**[14:33] Nar**
Keeping that in mind, it is essential
that he get that blood back.
**[14:38] Nar**
Accordingly, Washizu deducts
600 CCs worth of money,
**[14:42] Nar**
6 million yen, from the 41 million,
**[14:46] Nar**
and hands Akagi the remaining 35 million.
**[14:50] Nar**
Ougi has no objections.
**[14:53] Nar**
However...
**[14:54] Aka**
That's not necessary.
**[14:55] All**
What?
**[14:57] Aka**
I want all my winnings in cash.
**[14:59] Oug**
Akagi!
**[15:01] Yasu**
Akagi, don't be ridiculous!
**[15:03] Was**
*What?*
**[15:05] Oug**
Akagi, come here!
**[15:08] Oug**
What are you thinking? You'll die!
**[15:12] Oug**
You'll die in a heartbeat if you
underestimate Washizu like that.
**[15:18] Aka**
A heartbeat from death
is the right place to be.
**[15:21] Aka**
If I were only a tiny push,
a tiny step away from death,
**[15:27] Aka**
that's the source of hope for Washizu.
**[15:30] Aka**
Ougi-san.
**[15:32] Aka**
We can't strip Washizu of his hope.
**[15:35] Aka**
Even as they get burned,
**[15:38] Aka**
as long as there is hope,
people will pursue it.
**[15:46] Nar**
In the end, Akagi enters the next match
without taking back a single drop of blood.
**[15:53] Nar**
He starts off with a 600 CC deficit.
**[15:57] Nar**
Naturally, this means that he is in
even more danger than in the first match.
**[16:02] Nar**
Should he get hit
directly with a mangan,
**[16:04] Nar**
it would mean losing
800 on top of the 600.
**[16:07] Nar**
After having 1,400 CCs of
blood taken from his body...
**[16:12] Nar**
He would be on the verge of death.
**[16:18] Oug**
*It's unthinkable.*
**[16:20] Oug**
* To us it's unfathomable, but Akagi*
* himself decided to do it this way.*
**[16:26] Oug**
*That means it's probably necessary.*
**[16:28] Oug**
* This genius's instinct and sense*
* demand drastic measures.*
**[16:34] Oug**
*So that he may win.*
**[16:37] Oug**
* We can't understand his*
* sense or calculations.*
**[16:40] Oug**
*They're in another realm.*
**[16:43] Oug**
*All we can do is pray.*
**[16:46] Oug**
* All we can do is pray that this*
* act doesn't blow up in his face.*
**[16:50] Oug**
*Prayer is all we have.*
**[16:52] Oug**
* To pray that the unjust and irrational*
* nature of Mahjong won't show itself here.*
**[17:00] Oug**
*That's how dangerous this game is.*
**[17:04] Oug**
* Here, strength does not*
* always equal victory.*
**[17:06] Oug**
* Even the strongest are powerless*
* against the fierce wind of pure luck,*
**[17:10] Oug**
*and Akagi is no exception.*
**[17:13] Oug**
* All we can do is pray that luck*
* won't flow towards Washizu.*
**[17:18] Oug**
* If it's just moderate luck,*
* Akagi can make it through.*
**[17:22] Oug**
*He should be fine.*
**[17:23] Oug**
*So don't let Washizu get it!*
**[17:26] Oug**
*That kind of fierce and uncontrollable luck!*
**[17:29] Nar**
Unfortunately, Ougi's fears
were half on the mark.
**[17:39] Was**
A preemptive strike.
**[17:41] Was**
Tsumo.
**[17:42] Was**
Tanyao, tsumo, two dora.
Mangan. 4,000; 2,000.
**[17:49] Nar**
From the very beginning of the
second hand, the luck is with Washizu.
**[17:52] Nar**
He draws his winning
tile for a mangan hand.
**[17:54] Nar**
He gains a 10,000 point lead.
**[17:57] Nar**
After that, he wins from
**[18:00] Nar**
his underling dealing into his hand.
**[18:02] Nar**
Then another tsumo win.
**[18:05] Nar**
The East round is one-sided.
**[18:07] Nar**
He has a 25,800 point lead on Akagi.
**[18:11] Nar**
Then there are the bonus payments
he receives from Akagi.
**[18:14] Nar**
The two tsumo wins add up to 500 CCs.
**[18:18] Nar**
Combined with the 600 CCs lost in the
first game, that is a total of 1,100 CCs.
**[18:22] Nar**
It is over half the lethal amount.
**[18:29] Nar**
Even if he can avoid direct hits, it's
useless if Washizu continues to be so lucky.
**[18:35] Nar**
He won't get around
having his blood drawn.
**[18:39] Nar**
Were he to deal into a mangan
hand, it would be 1,900 CCs.
**[18:43] Nar**
Certain death.
**[18:45] Nar**
It's a harsh situation.
**[18:46] Nar**
The East round is rough.
**[18:49] Nar**
As it is, Ougi's fears have
been completely realized.
**[18:53] Nar**
But the flow of the game changes
once they move into the South round.
**[18:58] Nar**
South Hand 1.
**[19:00] Nar**
Akagi unexpectedly gets
a tanpin, sanshoku hand.
**[19:03] Nar**
It's an ideal big hitter.
**[19:06] Nar**
He also has two dora.
**[19:10] Nar**
On top of that, many of his tiles are black,
**[19:12] Nar**
making his waits difficult to read.
**[19:16] Nar**
These black tiles prove
to be very effective.
**[19:21] Aka**
Ron.
**[19:23] Aka**
Tanpin, sanshoku, two dora.
**[19:25] Aka**
Haneman.
**[19:29] Nar**
In Washizu Mahjong,
it's rare to see a direct hit
**[19:31] Nar**
with a tanpin sanshoku hand.
**[19:33] Was**
*Damn it.*
**[19:36] Nar**
With this win, Akagi catches
up to Washizu in one move.
**[19:40] Nar**
Their gap has now narrowed
to 1,800 points.
**[19:42] Nar**
It is also the first direct
hit in this second match.
**[19:47] Nar**
He gets a chance to transfuse
some of his blood back.
**[19:51] Nar**
This is big, as well.
**[19:53] Nar**
With this 12,000 point win,
he is now able to regain
**[19:58] Nar**
all of the 1,100 CCs of
blood he's lost until now.
**[20:02] Nar**
He will be released from the fear
of dealing into a mangan hand
**[20:08] Nar**
and the instant death that would follow.
**[20:12] Nar**
Or so it seemed.
**[20:14] Aka**
I don't need it.
**[20:20] Oug**
Why, Akagi?!
**[20:23] Oug**
Why?
**[20:24] Oug**
No matter how you slice it,
you've got to get that blood back!
**[20:27] Oug**
Akagi!
**[20:29] Aka**
Money.
**[20:31] Aka**
I'm going to only grab
money here like a miser.
**[20:36] Aka**
Only then can I chase down Washizu.
**[20:40] Aka**
Only then can I...
**[20:42] Aka**
kill Washizu.
**[20:52] Nar**
Akagi attacks with little
regard for his own life.
**[20:56] Nar**
But will it be effective against Washizu?
**[21:00] Nar**
The second match of Washizu
Mahjong has only just begun.
**[22:16] Nar**
Next time, "Hope and Folly."
***SIGN*** Next Episode
***SIGN*** Hope and Folly
# 20 - Hope and Folly
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**[01:13] Nar**
The second match of
Washizu Mahjong has begun.
**[01:16] Nar**
However, Akagi rejects a rare opportunity
**[01:20] Nar**
to regain some of the blood
he lost during the game.
**[01:23] Nar**
He has chosen to focus solely on
**[01:26] Nar**
taking the last of Washizu's
money, destroying him.
**[01:33] Aka**
I don't need it.
**[01:39] Oug**
Why, Akagi?!
**[01:42] Oug**
Why?
**[01:44] Oug**
No matter how you slice it,
you've got to get that blood back!
**[01:46] Oug**
Akagi!
**[01:48] Aka**
Money.
**[01:50] Aka**
I'm going to only grab
money here like a miser.
**[01:55] Aka**
Only then can I chase down Washizu.
**[01:59] Aka**
Only then can I...
**[02:02] Aka**
kill Washizu.
***SIGN*** Episode 20
***SIGN*** Hope and Folly
**[02:07] Nar**
In the end, Akagi enters the second
match without returning those
**[02:11] Nar**
1,100 CCs of blood into his body.
***SIGN*** - South Hand 2 -
**[02:19] oug**
*It's inconceivable.*
**[02:20] oug**
*Why won't you replenish your blood?*
**[02:24] oug**
*Why don't you return the blood you lost?*
**[02:27] oug**
* Why don't you try to get*
* out of this danger zone?*
**[02:31] oug**
*Why do you keep yourself in this position,*
**[02:34] oug**
* where you could die any time*
* you deal into a mangan hand?*
**[02:37] oug**
*Akagi!*
**[02:41] oug**
*I don't understand.*
**[02:43] oug**
*This is something that I can't understand.*
**[02:46] oug**
* But if I had to force myself*
* to imagine a reason...*
**[02:51] oug**
* I'd guess that by staying*
* in this danger zone,*
**[02:54] oug**
*Akagi has something to gain.*
**[02:57] oug**
* It's as if the danger itself is*
* honing something deep within him.*
**[03:04] oug**
* Is it a matter of that sort of*
* sense, that sort of sensitivity?*
**[03:09] oug**
*Or is it meant to rattle Washizu?*
**[03:13] oug**
*By continuing this reckless act...*
**[03:18] oug**
* he might be trying to instill*
* an indescribable fear into Washizu.*
**[03:23] oug**
* Is he trying to make him nervous,*
* to put him under pressure?*
**[03:29] oug**
*I don't know.*
**[03:30] oug**
* There's no way an ordinary guy*
* like me can understand*
**[03:33] oug**
*what someone like Akagi is thinking.*
**[03:36] oug**
* Perhaps my speculations are*
* completely off the mark.*
**[03:42] oug**
*But no matter what his reasons are,*
**[03:45] oug**
*his refusal of the transfusion is very risky.*
**[03:48] oug**
* It's the kind of act that could*
* result in death from one misstep.*
**[03:54] oug**
*To speak plainly, it's close to suicide.*
**[03:57] oug**
* What kind of a reckless, foolish,*
* idiotic strategy is this?*
**[04:01] oug**
* It's all over the moment*
* he deals into a mangan hand.*
**[04:09] Aka**
Pinfu, tsumo, ittsuu, one dora. Mangan.
**[04:13] Nar**
But despite Ougi's concern,
the flow of the game favors Akagi.
**[04:19] Nar**
With this win, he overturns Washizu's lead.
**[04:21] Nar**
He leads by 12,000 points.
**[04:23] Nar**
This time, he takes 4,000
points from Washizu.
**[04:26] Nar**
Of course, he does not ask
for any of his blood back.
**[04:28] Nar**
On to South Hand 3.
**[04:32] Nar**
In South Hand 3, he sees that
Washizu is close to tenpai.
**[04:39] yasu**
Ron!
**[04:46] Nar**
Akagi plays into Yasuoka's hand
and kills Washizu's chance.
**[04:50] Nar**
He ends the hand quickly
to avoid danger.
**[04:55] Nar**
The last hand, South Hand 4.
**[05:01] oug**
*He keeps making it through.*
**[05:04] oug**
* At one point, he was over*
* 20,000 points behind.*
**[05:07] oug**
* When he finally caught up, he didn't*
* take any of his blood back.*
**[05:10] oug**
*That made me pretty nervous,*
**[05:12] oug**
* but I've come to realize*
* that luck's on his side.*
**[05:16] oug**
*Only one hand left.*
**[05:20] Nar**
If he wins this hand, he will survive.
**[05:23] Nar**
The second match will end.
**[05:25] Nar**
Ougi puts his hopes on this last hand.
**[05:31] Nar**
This is Akagi's starting hand.
**[05:34] oug**
*So-so.*
**[05:36] oug**
* It's not the best hand, but if he gets*
* some good draws, he could end it quickly.*
**[05:40] oug**
*The problem is Washizu.*
**[05:42] oug**
*He's 9,200 points behind right now.*
**[05:45] oug**
* The most frightening prospect*
* is him getting a mangan tsumo.*
**[05:49] oug**
*So long as that doesn't happen, we win.*
**[05:57] oug**
*Nice!*
**[05:58] oug**
*It looks bad for him.*
**[05:59] oug**
*We're almost there.*
**[06:02] oug**
*We can do this.*
**[06:03] oug**
*Akagi will most likely win!*
**[06:08] Nar**
Seeing Washizu's starting
tiles makes Ougi relax.
**[06:12] Nar**
But Akagi is not so relaxed.
**[06:15] Nar**
Unlike Ougi, he felt the
exact opposite of Ougi.
**[06:24] Nar**
A premonition.
**[06:30] Nar**
This tile felt foreign in his hand...
**[06:32] Aka**
* There's a lump I have*
* to cut out to win here.*
**[06:38] Nar**
It's the last hand of the second
match in Washizu Mahjong.
**[06:44] Nar**
On the first discard,
Akagi uncharacteristically pauses.
**[06:48] oug**
*What's going on?*
**[06:50] oug**
* There's nothing particularly*
* worrisome here.*
**[06:53] oug**
*You're 9,200 points ahead of Washizu.*
**[06:56] oug**
* So long as Washizu doesn't get*
* a mangan tsumo, it's all good.*
**[07:01] oug**
* Then we can end the*
* second match in the lead.*
**[07:05] oug**
*His victory would be certain.*
**[07:08] oug**
* And we're lucky; Washizu's*
* hand doesn't look so great.*
**[07:14] oug**
* He'll be lucky if he can win at all,*
* let alone get that hand into a mangan.*
**[07:20] oug**
*I get it. It's the dora!*
**[07:22] oug**
*The dora is the west wind.*
**[07:24] oug**
* And since Washizu is the west player,*
* it's worth more for him now!*
**[07:27] oug**
* If he calls that, he's*
* already guaranteed a mangan.*
**[07:31] oug**
* He's got a ticket for a mangan.*
* He's got a trump card for this game,*
**[07:35] oug**
*and he's got one in his starting hand.*
**[07:40] oug**
*No, it might be more than one.*
**[07:44] oug**
* If that black tile is also a west wind,*
* he'll already have a pair.*
**[07:48] oug**
* Which would make this west wind*
* in Akagi's hand a ticking bomb.*
**[07:56] oug**
*A single demon lurking in his own ranks...*
**[07:58] oug**
*Damn it, what are you going to do?*
**[08:00] oug**
* One false move with this west wind*
* and it will end up costing his life.*
**[08:06] oug**
*Does he have no choice but to keep it?*
**[08:09] oug**
*So long as Washizu doesn't give it up,*
**[08:12] oug**
* you could hold on to it*
* until the end of the game.*
**[08:14] oug**
* If you're lucky,*
* you might even get a pair.*
**[08:18] oug**
* If that doesn't happen, you would*
* be forced into a single west wind wait.*
**[08:23] oug**
*You have to be prepared for the possibility.*
**[08:26] oug**
* But holding on to it might*
* just be the safest bet.*
**[08:30] oug**
*If not, though, will you discard it now?*
**[08:33] oug**
* He's most likely thinking*
* about the same thing.*
**[08:37] oug**
* It'll be fine as long as Washizu*
* doesn't have two of them.*
**[08:40] oug**
* He has the one, but it's not*
* likely that he has another one.*
**[08:44] oug**
* Then it would be best to discard*
* it before Washizu gets a pair.*
**[08:49] oug**
* At least then he'd get away*
* from the curse of this west wind.*
**[08:54] oug**
*But should the opposite be true...*
**[08:57] oug**
* should Washizu already*
* have two west winds...*
**[09:00] oug**
*That would be the absolute worst move.*
**[09:03] oug**
* A folly that would allow Washizu*
* to call his own wind, and the dora.*
**[09:08] oug**
* It's like giving your enemy a*
* knife and saying "please kill me."*
**[09:12] oug**
*It would be an irreversible error.*
**[09:16] oug**
*What are you going to do?*
**[09:18] oug**
*What should you do?*
**[09:20] oug**
*What should you...*
**[09:24] oug**
*Akagi!*
**[09:32] Nar**
Akagi's first discard is a 9 of bamboo.
**[09:34] Nar**
He did not discard the west wind.
**[09:38] oug**
* He's going to wait and see?*
* Oh, that makes sense.*
**[09:40] oug**
*It's not too late to discard the west wind*
**[09:43] oug**
*after he's observed Washizu for a while.*
**[09:46] Nar**
No sooner than Ougi thought this, the situation abruptly changes.
**[09:53] Was**
Chi!
**[09:58] Nar**
And then...
**[10:01] Was**
Pon!
**[10:11] oug**
*This can't be...*
**[10:14] Nar**
Within five seconds of Akagi
discarding that first tile,
**[10:17] Nar**
Washizu calls twice.
**[10:19] Nar**
His hand progresses rapidly.
**[10:22] Nar**
What's more, it's a potential green dragon
honitsu with two dora, a five han hand.
**[10:27] Nar**
It's entirely possible to take
the lead with a mangan tsumo.
**[10:30] Nar**
And that hand seems to be almost ready.
**[10:33] oug**
*No! It can't be!*
**[10:35] oug**
*How is this possible?*
**[10:37] oug**
*I don't think he's in tenpai yet, but...*
**[10:41] oug**
* there's no way Akagi can*
* discard the west wind now.*
**[10:44] oug**
* If he does and Washizu calls it, he could*
* get a green dragon honitsu with three dora.*
**[10:49] oug**
*A haneman.*
**[10:50] oug**
*He's 9,200 points behind right now,*
**[10:54] oug**
* so he wouldn't even need*
* a tsumo with that haneman.*
**[10:56] oug**
* Having Suzuki deal into his hand*
* would be enough to take the lead.*
**[10:59] oug**
*He'll crumble...*
**[11:01] oug**
*Akagi will die!*
**[11:14] oug**
*D-Don't tell me...*
**[11:25] oug**
*Don't tell me...*
**[11:30] oug**
*I can't believe this.*
**[11:32] oug**
* From the starting hands, I was*
* sure we'd make an easy getaway.*
**[11:36] oug**
* It only took a few seconds for*
* Washizu to back him into a corner.*
**[11:41] oug**
* It's like he looked up and*
* death is right behind him.*
**[11:46] oug**
*Akagi!*
**[11:51] Nar**
At this point, even Ougi realizes
that the abnormal is normal here.
**[11:58] Nar**
The special rule of Washizu Mahjong,
**[12:00] Nar**
betting one's life on a Mahjong
game, is already abnormal.
**[12:07] Nar**
Which means that in this abnormal world,
**[12:10] Nar**
it only makes sense to regard
the abnormal as normal.
**[12:15] oug**
*Akagi has understood this from the start.*
**[12:19] oug**
* He knew that his life is at risk*
* in this game of Washizu Mahjong.*
**[12:24] oug**
* You'll be pushed to the very brink*
* and are forced to continue playing.*
**[12:28] oug**
* Being able to maintain your*
* concentration is your lifeline.*
**[12:34] oug**
* He also knew that thinking*
* you were safe from a mangan hand*
**[12:40] oug**
* just because you had your blood*
* transfused back into your body*
**[12:44] oug**
*was the wrong way of thinking.*
**[12:47] oug**
* He made his choice*
* based on the situation.*
**[12:50] oug**
* He knows that he must change his*
* game according to the situation.*
**[12:54] oug**
* Thinking "I'll be all right*
* even if he gets a mangan,*
**[12:56] oug**
*so I can discard this risky tile,"*
**[12:58] oug**
*is the normal way to think.*
**[13:00] oug**
* It's fine for a normal game,*
* but it's too weak for Washizu Mahjong.*
**[13:07] nar**
That's a thought that
one must not give in to.
**[13:10] nar**
It ultimately means that one
**[13:12] nar**
doesn't really mind dealing
into their opponent's hand.
**[13:16] nar**
As a result, you stop trying to
read your opponents completely
**[13:20] nar**
and you will play the
odds on certain tiles.
**[13:22] nar**
You will start making half-hearted
guesses about the opponent's hand.
**[13:26] nar**
Both foresight and
determination deteriorate.
**[13:29] nar**
Playing Mahjong like that leads to
failure at the most crucial moment.
**[13:34] nar**
Impurities will start to filter
into the thought process.
**[13:38] nar**
That is to say...
**[13:42] nar**
...fear.
**[13:45] oug**
*He can't let that creep into him.*
**[13:48] oug**
* It will make its way in if he*
* relaxes even for an instant.*
**[13:51] oug**
*He'll be devoured by fear.*
**[13:56] oug**
*I thought I had grasped that properly,*
**[14:00] oug**
* but compared to Akagi,*
* my comprehension lacked severely.*
**[14:04] oug**
* Had I understood it,*
* I never would've been so naïve*
**[14:08] oug**
*as to consider the blood transfusion.*
**[14:11] oug**
* The problem is, this hunger for*
* safety itself is like a cancer*
**[14:15] oug**
*that will eventually consume your mind.*
**[14:19] oug**
* Pursuing safety and*
* finding a temporary haven*
**[14:23] oug**
*will relax your mind for a while.*
**[14:25] oug**
*That's the way the mind works.*
**[14:27] oug**
*It cannot be helped.*
**[14:29] oug**
* But it's exactly that feeling*
* of relief that is bad.*
**[14:32] oug**
* In fact, since I was so*
* certain of Akagi's victory,*
**[14:37] oug**
* this predicament has me*
* all the more shaken.*
**[14:42] oug**
* An agitated mind cannot possibly*
* make cold calculations.*
**[14:47] oug**
* There is no way to keep calm*
* and take countermeasures.*
**[14:50] oug**
* You can't let your guard down,*
* not even for an instant.*
**[14:54] oug**
* Akagi understands that far*
* better than I ever could.*
**[15:00] oug**
*This is our salvation.*
**[15:01] oug**
*His unwavering composure is our salvation.*
**[15:04] oug**
* His utter tranquility despite*
* this situation is our salvation.*
**[15:08] oug**
* He's most likely not making any*
* shallow reads of Washizu's hand.*
**[15:13] oug**
*He's playing with a black or white mentality.*
**[15:17] oug**
*There are no ambiguities.*
**[15:23] oug**
*Wait a second.*
**[15:24] oug**
*Since Akagi didn't discard that west wind, and kept it in his hand...*
**[15:33] oug**
* That means he assumes Washizu*
* has not just one, but two west winds.*
**[15:43] oug**
*There's no doubt about it.*
**[15:45] oug**
*This is the genius Akagi's intuition.*
**[15:47] oug**
*His sense...*
**[15:50] oug**
*Damn it.*
**[15:51] oug**
* If he's right, we've got*
* the worst-case scenario.*
**[15:55] oug**
* On top of those two calls,*
* he's got two west winds.*
**[15:59] oug**
* He no longer needs to get*
* a tsumo to take the lead.*
**[16:03] oug**
*He's all clear for a haneman.*
**[16:05] oug**
*Which means...*
**[16:09] oug**
*annihilation!*
**[16:10] oug**
*Death is nigh!*
**[16:13] Nar**
Unfortunately, Ougi's thoughts and
Akagi's intuition were right on the mark.
**[16:21] Nar**
They are reality.
**[16:23] Nar**
And with this latest draw,
Washizu's hand progresses yet again.
**[16:31] Was**
*I've got you now.*
**[16:33] Was**
*One more step and I'll kill you.*
**[16:37] Was**
*You cocky little brat.*
**[16:41] Was**
*Tremble before me, Akagi.*
**[16:46] Nar**
The situation is bleak indeed.
**[16:48] Nar**
Washizu no longer needs a tsumo
nor a direct hit to take the lead.
**[16:51] Nar**
He can cause an upset even if his
underling deals into his hand.
**[16:56] Nar**
But even if Akagi wanted
to attempt anything,
**[16:58] Nar**
his hand is far from tenpai.
**[17:02] Nar**
No.
**[17:03] Nar**
Even if he were to get great
draws and get into tenpai,
**[17:08] Nar**
he cannot discard this west wind.
**[17:11] oug**
* So essentially, he can't get*
* into tenpai unless he goes*
**[17:14] oug**
* for a single wait for the west*
* wind or can complete the pair.*
**[17:19] Nar**
Among all this...
**[17:27] Was**
*Pon!*
**[17:29] Nar**
Washizu moves forward by
calling this 1 of circles.
**[17:33] Nar**
He's called three times
without slowing down.
**[17:36] Nar**
And then, the circle tiles start to flow.
**[17:40] Nar**
A honitsu tenpai becomes
more and more likely.
**[17:44] Nar**
By now the possibility of the haneman
**[17:46] Nar**
that will cause the
upset is extremely real.
**[17:52] oug**
*It's over.*
**[17:53] oug**
*There's nothing he can do.*
**[17:56] oug**
*It might even end before his next draw.*
**[18:01] oug**
*If Suzuki draws the west wind...*
**[18:13] oug**
*We've survived.*
**[18:14] oug**
*But it's still hopeless.*
**[18:17] oug**
*The gap is too wide.*
**[18:19] oug**
* If Akagi was at least in tenpai,*
* he might be able to*
**[18:21] oug**
* sneak through without*
* discarding the west wind.*
**[18:26] oug**
*But he's still two tiles from tenpai.*
**[18:34] oug**
*And he keeps drawing useless tiles.*
**[18:36] oug**
* He's still working on getting*
* rid of his honor tiles.*
**[18:40] oug**
* Maybe we have to rely*
* on Yasuoka here.*
**[18:44] oug**
*If he wins quickly, that could work, too.*
**[18:48] oug**
* So long as Akagi has that*
* west wind he can't discard,*
**[18:51] oug**
*Yasuoka is our only hope.*
**[18:56] nar**
But Yasuoka is also not in tenpai.
He's two tiles away.
**[19:03] OUg**
Is there nothing we can do?
**[19:05] OUg**
Is praying all we can do?
**[19:07] OUg**
* Pray that our enemy does*
* not draw the deciding tile?*
**[19:12] OUg**
*Aimlessly pray...*
**[19:17] OUg**
* Are we forced to sit idly by...*
* while praying that...*
**[19:23] OUg**
*he'll keep drawing useless tiles?*
**[19:25] OUg**
* And that while he keeps*
* drawing useless tiles,*
**[19:29] OUg**
* either Akagi or Yasuoka will*
* somehow get into tenpai?*
**[19:35] OUg**
* Or that Washizu can't get his winning*
* tile and have the game end in a draw...*
**[19:41] OUg**
* That we see the end of*
* this hand without Washizu*
**[19:45] OUg**
* getting a tsumo or Suzuki*
* dealing into his hand.*
**[19:48] OUg**
*That's all we can hope for!*
**[19:51] OUg**
*No.*
**[19:51] OUg**
* That's relying too much on the*
* others and it is way too unrealistic.*
**[19:57] OUg**
* When we consider that Washizu's*
* hand just needs someone to deal into it,*
**[20:03] OUg**
* we don't have the time*
* to say things like that.*
**[20:06] OUg**
*We need to get into tenpai.*
**[20:10] OUg**
*It's the only way.*
**[20:12] OUg**
* To get into tenpai before the*
* enemy draws the decisive tile.*
**[20:17] OUg**
*We have get into tenpai somehow.*
**[20:23] Nar**
And yet, the one tile Ougi
wanted to be rid of,
**[20:27] Nar**
the tile he wanted his own
party to draw and kill off,
**[20:31] Nar**
the tile that will decide the
fate of Akagi and Washizu...
**[20:36] Nar**
is drawn by Suzuki.
**[20:47] Oug**
*This can't be happening.*
**[20:50] Oug**
* The enemy... the enemy*
* got the west wind!*
**[20:55] Nar**
Right then, they all foresaw
Akagi's impending death.
**[21:01] Nar**
They all foresaw it,
except for Akagi himself.
**[22:16] Nar**
Next time, "A Ray of Illusion."
***SIGN*** Next Episode
***SIGN*** A Ray of Illusion
# 21 - A Ray of Illusion
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**[01:13] Nar**
The genius from the
darkness, Akagi Shigeru,
**[01:15] Nar**
versus Washizu Iwao, the
monster of the Showa Era.
**[01:19] Nar**
Akagi bets his blood;
Washizu wagers his entire fortune.
**[01:24] Nar**
The second match, South Hand 4.
**[01:27] Nar**
While Akagi leads by 9,200 points,
the fateful west wind that enables
**[01:33] Nar**
Washizu's haneman and an upset falls
in the hands of his underling, Suzuki.
**[01:40] Nar**
900 CCs stand between Akagi and death.
**[01:43] Nar**
The footsteps of destruction
draw closer and closer.
***SIGN*** Episode 21
***SIGN*** A Ray of Illusion
**[01:59] Oug**
*He'll die.*
**[02:01] Oug**
* One misstep and that dora*
* west wind will end it all.*
**[02:07] Oug**
*Akagi will be killed.*
**[02:11] Oug**
* Three of Washizu's tiles are black,*
* which means that there is*
**[02:15] Oug**
* no way he's got a double pon wait*
* for the west wind and some other tile.*
**[02:18] Nar**
That's because only one of the four
of a particular tile is black.
**[02:22] Oug**
*At least that risk is zero.*
**[02:25] Oug**
*But...*
**[02:27] Oug**
* With this setup, he could have*
* Suzuki discard the west wind.*
**[02:34] Was**
Pon.
**[02:36] Oug**
* Then switch to a naked wait and*
* have Suzuki deal into that, too.*
**[02:43] Oug**
* He'd have the green dragon, west wind*
* honitsu with three dora. A haneman.*
**[02:47] Oug**
*He'll take the lead.*
**[02:49] Oug**
*Or...*
**[02:53] Nar**
Were he to be in a chanta tenpai...
**[02:56] Nar**
he could still have Suzuki
deal him the dora west wind
**[02:58] Nar**
and then deal him the 9 of
characters for his single wait.
**[03:05] Nar**
That would be a green dragon, west wind
chanta with three dora, a haneman.
**[03:10] Nar**
It would cause an upset.
**[03:12] Oug**
*He'll die.*
**[03:15] Oug**
* If that's the state of the*
* enemy's hand, it's over.*
**[03:20] Oug**
*Akagi will be killed and I'll lose an arm.*
**[03:26] Oug**
*We'll lose all the money, too.*
**[03:27] Oug**
*We'll be bankrupt. On the retreat.*
**[03:33] Oug**
*If the dora west wind comes out now...*
**[03:51] Oug**
*If it comes out now...*
**[04:12] Oug**
*We're saved.*
**[04:15] Oug**
*The enemy's hand isn't quite there.*
**[04:19] Oug**
* It goes without saying*
* that he's in tenpai.*
**[04:22] Oug**
* But he can't win right away,*
* even if he calls the west wind.*
**[04:28] Oug**
*Which means we still have a chance.*
**[04:33] Oug**
*If he gets into tenpai now...*
**[04:36] Oug**
*If he...*
**[04:39] Nar**
But Akagi's draw is useless.
**[04:42] Oug**
* Damn, a north wind at a*
* critical time like this!*
**[04:45] Oug**
*What a lousy draw.*
**[04:47] Oug**
*I'm begging you!*
**[04:49] Oug**
*We can't waste a single second here!*
**[04:54] Oug**
*No!*
**[04:55] Oug**
* Why didn't you discard*
* the west wind, the dora?*
**[04:58] Oug**
* It's the shackle that's been*
* binding you this whole time!*
**[05:02] Oug**
* So isn't this precisely*
* the time to get rid of it?*
**[05:05] Oug**
*Since the enemy didn't call it this turn?*
**[05:08] Oug**
* If you wait a turn,*
* assuming that Washizu didn't have*
**[05:14] Oug**
* a honitsu already,*
* but looked like this instead...*
**[05:18] Nar**
If he draws the 7 of bamboo,
**[05:19] Nar**
he can switch to a double pon wait
for the west wind and 7 of bamboo.
**[05:24] Oug**
* Once that happens, he won't be able*
* to discard the west wind anymore.*
**[05:29] Oug**
*Were he to discard it,*
**[05:31] Oug**
* it would be a mangan direct hit with the*
* green dragon, west wind, three dora.*
**[05:34] Oug**
*He'd lose his lead.*
**[05:35] Oug**
*There's no way he could discard it then.*
**[05:38] Oug**
*If you think of that,*
**[05:40] Oug**
* wasn't this your only opportunity*
* to get rid of that damned west wind?*
**[05:47] Oug**
*So why didn't you?*
**[05:51] Oug**
*Wait.*
**[05:53] Oug**
*Is it possible that Akagi thinks*
**[05:55] Oug**
* Washizu is waiting to win*
* on a single west wind wait?*
**[05:59] Oug**
* Even if he's almost certain*
* that Washizu has a pair,*
**[06:02] Oug**
* he may think there's a slight chance*
* that he's got a single wait.*
**[06:07] Oug**
*Is that why he couldn't discard*
**[06:12] Oug**
*this dora west wind?*
**[06:16] Oug**
*There's a 9,200 point gap between them.*
**[06:18] Oug**
* Washizu can't make up that*
* difference from a tile dealt by Suzuki.*
**[06:23] Oug**
*But were Akagi to deal into his hand,*
**[06:24] Oug**
* it would be a green dragon*
* honitsu with two dora, a mangan.*
**[06:28] Oug**
* Does he think Washizu could be*
* waiting on a single west wind?*
**[06:32] Oug**
*Is that the illusion...*
**[06:35] Oug**
*the fear...*
**[06:37] Oug**
*that has him trembling?*
**[06:44] Oug**
He got it.
**[06:45] Oug**
Now he can get in tenpai and have
a closed wait on the 2 of characters.
**[06:48] Oug**
He can get into tenpai!
**[06:51] Oug**
But to do that, he has to...
he has to discard the west wind!
**[07:00] Oug**
*Akagi!*
**[07:02] Nar**
If Washizu has a single
wait on a west wind,
**[07:06] Nar**
he'll have a green dragon honitsu
with two dora, a mangan.
**[07:08] Nar**
He would overturn Akagi's lead.
**[07:12] Oug**
*This tile is the angel of death itself.*
**[07:15] Oug**
*A tile that leads to death.*
**[07:17] Oug**
*He can't discard it.*
**[07:20] Nar**
But if Washizu
**[07:21] Nar**
already has two west winds and is
waiting for something else entirely,
**[07:25] Nar**
keeping the west wind in his hand will
cause a fatal stall in Akagi's game.
**[07:30] Nar**
Something he can't do.
**[07:34] Oug**
* Washizu's tenpai is a sure thing and*
* Suzuki can give him the dora at any time.*
**[07:41] Oug**
* That's a haneman with the green dragon,*
* west wind honitsu and three dora.*
**[07:44] Oug**
*He can gift Washizu 12,000 points easily.*
**[07:47] Oug**
* Which means this last hand is*
* not the time to fool around.*
**[07:52] Oug**
*If he doesn't get into tenpai, it'll be fatal.*
**[07:57] Oug**
* He'll lose even that*
* faint chance he has now.*
**[08:02] Oug**
*So which is it?*
**[08:04] Oug**
* Do you see it as a single*
* wait, or as a pair?*
**[08:33] Was**
I thought you'd try to make it pass here.
**[08:38] Was**
If it came down to that.
**[08:45] Oug**
*It passed!*
**[08:46] Oug**
*Akagi's instinct won out.*
**[08:49] Oug**
* He finally made it to tenpai*
* by discarding that dora.*
**[08:55] Nar**
Akagi has an iipeikou with a closed
wait for the 2 of characters.
**[08:58] Oug**
* Now we just need Yasuoka to get*
* a 2 of characters and we'll win.*
**[09:12] Nar**
Of course, Washizu is currently in tenpai.
**[09:14] Nar**
It just happened to be that
**[09:16] Nar**
the tile he was waiting for
was a 2 of characters.
**[09:18] Nar**
The same wait as Akagi's.
**[09:45] nar**
Washizu is in a closed wait for a 2
of characters, the same wait as Akagi.
**[09:53] nar**
Since the wait is for the
same 2 of characters,
**[09:55] nar**
it might seem like their chances
of winning are the same,
**[09:59] nar**
but that couldn't be
further from the truth.
**[10:02] nar**
Akagi can only win with
this 2 of characters,
**[10:06] nar**
but Washizu can also use the dora,
the west wind, to change his hand.
**[10:11] nar**
If you consider that his underling
can deal into his hand right away,
**[10:14] nar**
the number of Washizu's winning
tiles increases greatly.
**[10:20] nar**
For instance, if he draws the 1 of
characters and changes his wait to this
**[10:24] nar**
double pon wait, he can win by Suzuki
dealing the west wind into his hand.
**[10:33] nar**
Alternatively...
**[10:34] nar**
If Suzuki draws that 1 of characters,
**[10:37] nar**
he can just call the west wind and then
have Suzuki deal that into his hand.
**[10:44] nar**
That would be enough for
the haneman upset with
**[10:47] nar**
the green dragon, west wind
chanta, with three dora.
**[10:49] nar**
On top of that, if you stick with the
situation where Washizu calls the west wind,
**[10:58] nar**
then if Washizu draws any honor or circle tiles
**[11:02] nar**
near the ones in Suzuki's hand,
he can win from those, too.
**[11:07] nar**
Basically, once he draws one,
he can keep it in his hand
**[11:11] nar**
and discard a character tile.
**[11:13] nar**
Then he just has to call Suzuki's west wind
**[11:17] nar**
and have Suzuki deal into his single wait.
**[11:24] nar**
That will become the haneman
hand that will overtake Akagi.
**[11:28] nar**
Under the premise that
he calls the west wind,
**[11:32] nar**
Washizu has a total of nine
different tiles he can wait on.
**[11:36] nar**
On the other hand,
Akagi only has one.
**[11:41] nar**
Only this closed 2 of characters.
**[11:44] nar**
A huge gap!
**[11:46] nar**
Akagi is at a huge disadvantage.
**[11:49] nar**
Akagi knows that better than anybody else.
**[11:53] nar**
And then he gets a chance
to switch up his hand.
**[11:59] oug**
*What will you do?*
**[12:02] nar**
Will he stick with his closed
wait for the 2 of characters?
**[12:05] nar**
Or discard the 3 of characters to
get a 1, 4, 7 of characters wait?
**[12:08] nar**
Or discard the 1 of characters
to get a 3, 6 of characters wait?
**[12:12] oug**
I guess the safest bet would be
to discard the 3 of characters
**[12:17] oug**
and go for the more favorable
1, 4, 7 of characters wait.
**[12:22] oug**
* In any case, he should just*
* stay in tenpai for now.*
**[12:25] oug**
* He can declare riichi after Yasuoka*
* has drawn the winning tile.*
**[12:30] oug**
* Declaring riichi without*
* having the goal in sight*
**[12:32] oug**
*would just be doing Washizu a favor.*
**[12:36] nar**
If he loses the riichi wager,
***SIGN*** Akagi 41900 points
***SIGN*** Difference 9200 points
***SIGN*** Washizu 32700 points
**[12:38] nar**
the difference between them
**[12:40] nar**
would shrink by 2,000 to just 7,200 points.
***SIGN*** Difference 7200 points
***SIGN*** Washizu 33700 points
***SIGN*** Akagi 40900 points
**[12:43] nar**
That will remove the necessity for Washizu
**[12:46] nar**
to get 12,000 points to take the lead,
**[12:48] nar**
as the 8,000 from a mangan would suffice.
**[12:51] oug**
* He can't do that.*
* That'll just hurt him too much.*
**[12:55] oug**
*So he has to be careful with the riichi.*
**[12:58] oug**
* Of course, waiting to declare*
* riichi until Yasuoka has the winning tile*
**[13:02] oug**
* will delay his win by one turn,*
* and that itself may be fatal, too.*
**[13:07] oug**
*But still, a riichi here can't happen.*
**[13:11] oug**
*It's unthinkable!*
**[13:30] nar**
But Akagi...
**[13:34] nar**
contradicts Ougi's expectations completely,
**[13:38] nar**
and declares it!
**[13:45] aka**
Riichi.
**[13:49] nar**
And it's a 3, 6 of characters wait.
**[13:55] oug**
He went for the wait with the most
unlikely tiles, and he declared riichi?!
**[14:00] oug**
*Why would he do that now?!*
**[14:08] oug**
*Could it be... a premonition?*
**[14:14] oug**
* Did he have a premonition*
* that Yasuoka will*
**[14:17] oug**
* draw his winning tile*
* in the next turn?*
**[14:21] oug**
* If that's the case, I suppose*
* I could understand it.*
**[14:25] oug**
* But is something like*
* that really possible?*
**[14:30] yasu**
* Akagi... Are you really telling*
* me that I'm going to draw it now?*
**[14:37] yasu**
*Is that what you're feeling right now?*
**[14:42] yasu**
*Is your instinct telling you*
**[14:45] yasu**
*that I'll draw it?*
**[14:51] oug**
*Did he get it?!*
**[14:52] oug**
*Did he?!*
**[15:19] was**
*What?*
**[15:21] was**
*Since he declared riichi,*
**[15:23] was**
* I thought the cop would deal*
* straight into his hand.*
**[15:25] was**
*But that is not the case.*
**[15:30] was**
*You've dug your own grave.*
**[15:33] was**
* You buckled under the pressure of*
* the match and fell in by yourself.*
**[15:40] was**
*I'm sure you must know what it means.*
**[15:44] was**
* The meaning of the 9,200*
* point difference between us.*
**[15:50] was**
* Until now, I needed a mangan tsumo,*
* or a haneman if I win off Suzuki,*
**[15:55] was**
*in order to take the lead.*
**[15:58] was**
* But once you declare riichi,*
* everything changes.*
**[16:02] Was**
* Now a tsumo on a 5,200*
* hand or a mangan hand*
**[16:05] Was**
* from a tile dealt by*
* Suzuki will be enough.*
**[16:08] Was**
*I can take your lead.*
**[16:16] Was**
* You should have never called*
* a riichi unless you were*
**[16:19] Was**
* absolutely certain your partner*
* could deal into your hand.*
**[16:25] Was**
*Did you crack from the pressure?*
**[16:28] Was**
*I can't say I don't understand that.*
**[16:31] Was**
* My advantage over you was just*
* too much, too overwhelming.*
**[16:35] Was**
* Maybe you thought I would end*
* the match in the next turn.*
**[16:40] Was**
* You thought that and decided*
* to make it all or nothing.*
**[16:47] Was**
* Making the cop your last ray of*
* hope, you declared your riichi.*
**[16:52] Was**
* You figured that if you*
* have to die anyway,*
**[16:56] Was**
*you'd die while running towards victory.*
**[17:03] Was**
*Like a prisoner about to make a break,*
**[17:06] Was**
* knowing he has practically no chance*
* to escape but trying it anyway...*
**[17:13] Was**
*You wanted to believe in miracles?*
**[17:23] Was**
*Reality is overwhelmingly cruel.*
**[17:27] Was**
* It's that tiny ray of hope*
* that seals your fate.*
**[17:34] Was**
* While I had the advantage,*
* only your riichi finally managed*
**[17:40] Was**
*to break the balance of power.*
**[17:44] Was**
*The final door has opened.*
**[17:46] Was**
*The angel of death has crept in!*
**[18:01] Was**
Pon!
**[18:04] Was**
And now, I win!
**[18:12] Oug**
*Oh, no!*
**[18:13] Oug**
*He'll play into his hand and it'll be over!*
**[18:17] Nar**
A mangan with the green dragon,
west wind, and three dora.
**[18:20] Oug**
*He'll die.*
**[18:27] Oug**
*He'll die!*
**[18:38] Was**
Ron!
**[18:48] Was**
I win!
**[18:49] Was**
And now you'll die!
**[18:55] Was**
And still, you don't tremble?
**[18:58] Was**
But now you'll have your blood drawn
from you and you will most certainly die.
**[19:02] Was**
I wonder how long you can remain calm.
**[19:21] Yasu**
Th-The 3 of characters?
**[19:24] Aka**
Too bad.
**[19:27] Aka**
It's a head bump.
**[19:38] Was**
*Wh-What?*
**[19:42] Aka**
You were getting all worried,
so you tried to force an ending.
**[19:47] Aka**
If you hadn't done that,
you would have won.
**[19:49] Aka**
If you had restrained yourself,
**[19:51] Aka**
you would have won in
another three or four turns.
**[19:53] Aka**
What are you scared of?
**[20:00] Aka**
You're actually quite the
coward, Washizu Iwao.
**[20:07] Was**
*This is impossible!*
**[20:08] Was**
*A 3, 6 of characters wait?*
**[20:10] Was**
* And you declared your riichi by*
* discarding the 1 of characters?!*
**[20:14] Nar**
Akagi could have stayed with the
**[20:16] Nar**
closed wait for the 2 of
characters for an iipeikou.
**[20:18] Nar**
Or if he had to declare riichi,
he could have done it
**[20:20] Nar**
with a 1, 4, 7 of characters wait
for more possibilities to win.
**[20:23] Nar**
And yet he deliberately chose
the 3, 6 of characters wait.
**[20:28] Was**
*He manipulated me?*
**[20:31] Was**
* He saw through my hand*
* and manipulated me?!*
**[20:41] Was**
*This bastard!*
**[20:45] Nar**
The second match ends,
again with Akagi as the victor.
**[20:49] Nar**
But Washizu is the man once
known as the king of the shadows.
**[20:53] Nar**
There is no way he will back down now,
**[20:56] Nar**
from this battle where both
**[20:57] Nar**
Akagi and Washizu have
wagered their own demise.
**[21:00] Nar**
The night of darkness
gets deeper... and darker.
**[22:16] Nar**
Next time, "The Shackles of Artifice."
***SIGN*** Next Episode
***SIGN*** The Shackles of Artifice
# 22 - The Shackles of Artifice
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**[01:13] Nar**
The genius from the
darkness, Akagi Shigeru,
**[01:15] Nar**
versus Washizu Iwao,
the monster of the Showa Era.
**[01:18] Nar**
The first and second matches
of their battle to the death
**[01:22] Nar**
both ended in victory for Akagi.
**[01:27] Aka**
You're actually quite the
coward, Washizu Iwao.
***SIGN*** Episode 22
***SIGN*** The Shackles of Artifice
**[01:37] Was**
*A 3, 6 of characters wait?*
**[01:40] Was**
*This is impossible!*
**[01:41] Was**
* And you declared your riichi by*
* discarding the 1 of characters?!*
**[01:45] Nar**
Akagi could have stayed with the
**[01:46] Nar**
closed wait for the 2 of
characters for an iipeikou.
**[01:49] Nar**
Or if he had to declare riichi,
he could have done it
**[01:51] Nar**
with a 1, 4, 7 of characters wait
for more possibilities to win.
**[01:54] Nar**
And yet he deliberately chose
the 3, 6 of characters wait.
**[02:00] Was**
He manipulated me?
**[02:02] Was**
* He saw through my hand*
* and manipulated me?!*
**[02:07] Was**
* Then you took my winning*
* 3 of characters tile from Suzuki*
**[02:13] Was**
*using a head bump.*
**[02:15] Was**
*What is this?!*
**[02:18] Was**
*Why didn't I see it?*
**[02:20] Was**
*It was an obviously strange riichi!*
**[02:25] Nar**
With Akagi's riichi, the
requirement for Washizu
**[02:29] Nar**
to take the lead had lowered
from a haneman to a mangan.
**[02:34] Was**
* It was so obvious that he*
* had an ulterior motive!*
**[02:38] Was**
*Damn it!*
**[02:41] Nar**
And with this, the second match is over.
**[02:44] Nar**
It seemed like a close
game, but in the end,
**[02:48] Nar**
Akagi is more than 10,000
points ahead of Washizu.
***SIGN*** Washizu
32700 pts.
2nd place
rank bonus
Total
***SIGN*** Akagi
43200 pts.
1st place
rank bonus
1st place
bonus
Total
**[02:52] Nar**
His game score now tops Washizu by 50 points.
**[02:55] nar**
Which means that on top of his
50 million yen in winnings,
**[02:58] nar**
Akagi will receive an additional
16 million in bonus payments.
**[03:01] nar**
Combined with his winnings from the
first match, that is 118.5 million yen.
**[03:06] nar**
It is an overwhelming amount.
**[03:09] nar**
In today's terms, that would
be around 1.2 billion yen.
**[03:14] nar**
And yet, Akagi once again refuses
to transfuse any of his blood back.
**[03:18] nar**
He waits for the next round
with 1,100 CCs of lost blood.
**[03:23] nar**
The next mangan he deals
into would kill him,
**[03:26] nar**
but he makes no attempt to
escape this dangerous situation.
**[03:30] Yasu**
Why not?
**[03:32] Yasu**
Why won't you get some
of your blood back?
**[03:34] Yasu**
This does nothing but hurt you,
without a single advantage.
**[03:40] Aka**
That's not entirely true.
**[03:49] Aka**
Take that last hand.
**[03:51] Aka**
Not returning any of my blood
is what led me to victory.
**[03:55] yas**
Led you... to it?
**[03:56] Aka**
Yeah.
**[03:58] Aka**
This last hand, my starting
tiles were horrible.
**[04:01] Aka**
That was because there was one tile
among them I could never discard,
**[04:05] Aka**
the dora west wind.
**[04:08] Aka**
Not only was it the dora,
it was also Washizu's wind.
**[04:11] Aka**
That one tile froze my entire hand.
**[04:16] Aka**
The possible wins were extremely limited.
**[04:20] Aka**
It wasn't something I could
solve on my own power.
**[04:23] Aka**
Therefore...
**[04:26] Aka**
To win...
**[04:28] Aka**
I needed Washizu to make a mistake.
**[04:30] Oug**
A mistake?
**[04:32] Aka**
The green dragon and the
8 of circles in the beginning.
**[04:35] Aka**
Those calls weren't a big problem,
**[04:37] Aka**
but after his 1 of circles
pon in the seventh turn,
**[04:40] Aka**
he discarded a 3 of circles,
an obvious mistake.
**[04:43] Aka**
Going for a chanta with such
a limited wait was not smart.
**[04:47] Aka**
He should've kept the 1 of circles pair
**[04:49] Aka**
and the 3 of circles to go for a honitsu.
**[04:53] Aka**
He had a much higher chance
of winning with that.
**[04:56] Aka**
There was no need to rush,
but he ended up rushing anyway.
**[05:01] Aka**
He prioritized getting into
tenpai over everything else.
**[05:05] Aka**
That was foolish.
**[05:06] Aka**
He was in a rush to win.
**[05:10] Aka**
What pressured him is my
refusal to transfuse blood.
**[05:13] Yasu**
What?
**[05:15] Aka**
If you had to name it, my insanity.
**[05:18] Aka**
My refusal to avoid death by
having any blood transfused back
**[05:21] Aka**
woke up a fear sleeping
deep within Washizu.
**[05:27] Was**
*This man may be able to kill me.*
**[05:32] Aka**
In my total disregard for my own life,
**[05:35] Aka**
he started to pick up the scent
of his own potential death.
**[05:39] Aka**
Of course, he probably
doesn't know it yet.
**[05:45] Aka**
This fear is still tiny.
**[05:48] Aka**
Right now, in manifests
more in the urge to rush,
**[05:51] Aka**
impatience, rather than in actual fear.
**[05:55] Aka**
Washizu's mental balance fell apart.
**[05:57] Aka**
As a result, he started rushing.
**[06:02] Aka**
And that was my chance.
**[06:06] Aka**
It was my opportunity to discard the
west wind I couldn't discard until then.
**[06:10] Aka**
With that tenpai...
**[06:13] Nar**
Akagi's hand started to progress.
**[06:18] Nar**
The ice was thawing.
**[06:25] Aka**
At the same time, his trump card,
the west wind, was also drained of power.
**[06:28] Aka**
If anything, my west wind gained power.
**[06:31] Yasu**
Power?
**[06:32] Aka**
After that, it clouded Washizu's eyes.
**[06:36] Aka**
It became an imaginary force.
**[06:39] Yasu**
An imaginary force?
**[06:41] Oug**
Now, wait a sec.
**[06:42] Oug**
You're talking about it like
that was your strategy,
**[06:45] Oug**
but there are a few things
that doesn't explain.
**[06:49] Oug**
For example, how could you
know at the very beginning
**[06:52] Oug**
of the game that you could
not discard the west wind?
**[06:54] Oug**
Yes, we saw that Washizu had
one of those tiles in his hand.
**[06:59] Oug**
We knew it was a dora.
**[07:01] Oug**
And that it was his wind.
**[07:02] Oug**
I can understand if you felt it
was a difficult tile to discard.
**[07:05] Oug**
If Washizu had a pair of west
winds and you discarded it,
**[07:11] Oug**
the moment he called it,
he'd have his wind and three dora.
**[07:13] Oug**
Already a guaranteed mangan.
**[07:16] Oug**
Of course you couldn't discard it then.
**[07:18] Oug**
But if you knew he only had one,
**[07:20] Oug**
you should've taken care of
it with your first discard.
**[07:24] Oug**
You talk about it like you
were already certain he had
**[07:28] Oug**
a pair of west winds,
from the very beginning.
**[07:31] Oug**
How can you know that before
he discards even a single tile?
**[07:38] Aka**
But he already had discarded many tiles.
**[07:42] Yasu**
What?
**[07:44] Aka**
I had two East-South matches worth
of tiles to see how he discards.
**[07:48] Oug**
B-But that's...
**[07:51] Aka**
You can really see the flow of the game
**[07:54] Aka**
and Washizu's own luck pretty clearly.
**[07:58] Aka**
Keeping in mind his own innate talent,
**[08:02] Aka**
I knew this last hand
wouldn't end without a fight.
**[08:07] Aka**
Sure enough, the dora he drew
happened to be his wind tile.
**[08:10] Aka**
And those dora west winds flowed toward
him as if they were drawn to him.
**[08:16] Aka**
I had one mixed up in
my own starting hand.
**[08:20] Aka**
All of these indicated that
it was no mere coincidence.
**[08:23] Aka**
You could say the dora west wind
**[08:27] Aka**
was a messenger sent from
heaven to help Washizu win.
**[08:38] Aka**
Had the game progressed normally...
**[08:40] Oug**
...Washizu would have won, you say?
**[08:44] Aka**
That dora west wind had the power to
kill me if I didn't handle it just right.
**[08:49] Aka**
It was an assassin and a venomous
demon at the same time.
**[08:55] Aka**
If I were recklessly brave
**[08:57] Aka**
and discarded it, he would call it.
**[08:58] Aka**
A guaranteed mangan.
**[09:01] Aka**
But if I'd kept it,
I wouldn't be able to move.
**[09:05] Aka**
It would lead to death.
**[09:07] Aka**
A damned if I do, damned if I don't tile.
**[09:10] Aka**
My only hope for escape was
a misstep from Washizu.
**[09:16] Aka**
Like what happened.
**[09:18] Aka**
Being in tenpai sounds great,
**[09:21] Aka**
but calling too many tiles
restricted his hand.
**[09:25] Aka**
I had no choice but to wait until
he couldn't move any further...
**[09:30] Aka**
and then to discard it.
**[09:33] Aka**
Just discarding it wasn't enough.
**[09:34] Yasu**
What?
**[09:36] Aka**
I needed to set up the
situation to discard it.
**[09:40] Aka**
If I screwed up the order, it was over.
**[09:42] Oug**
Wait.
**[09:44] Oug**
What you're saying is
that you knew from the
**[09:48] Oug**
very beginning that Washizu
had a pair of dora west winds.
**[09:52] Aka**
I did.
**[09:53] Oug**
Then isn't it strange that you
**[09:55] Oug**
discarded the north wind right after
you drew it on the 10th turn?
**[10:00] Oug**
During the ninth turn, Suzuki drew a
west wind, but Washizu didn't call it.
**[10:06] Oug**
Which means that would've been the
ideal time to get rid of that west wind.
**[10:11] Oug**
Washizu's next draw could have let him
**[10:14] Oug**
switch to a double pon wait for
the west wind and anything else.
**[10:20] Oug**
The only way I could rationalize you
not discarding the west wind at that point
**[10:25] Oug**
was that he might've be in a single wait
for the west wind with a mangan hand.
**[10:30] Aka**
Right.
**[10:32] Aka**
I wanted to create that illusion.
**[10:35] Nar**
That is the imaginary force.
**[10:37] Aka**
When I hesitated to discard the
west wind, Washizu thought...
**[10:43] Was**
*He hasn't figured out my hand yet.*
**[10:45] Was**
* He thinks I'm waiting*
* on a single west wind.*
**[10:50] Aka**
He guessed wrong.
**[10:55] Oug**
You purposefully acted
like you were hesitant.
**[10:59] Aka**
Those who see get to choose.
**[11:04] Aka**
You can reveal what you can see directly.
**[11:07] Aka**
You can pretend that you
can see even if you cannot.
**[11:11] Aka**
Or you can pretend to
not see even if you can.
**[11:15] aka**
Just by discarding a tile one turn later,
**[11:19] aka**
you can control the thought process
of your opponent almost freely.
**[11:34] aka**
Just by discarding a tile one turn later,
**[11:37] aka**
you can control the thought process
of your opponent almost freely.
**[11:40] oug**
*I don't believe it.*
**[11:42] oug**
*He was manipulating us...*
**[11:44] oug**
*Both Washizu and even me, the spectator.*
**[11:47] nar**
Akagi wasn't trembling at all.
**[11:51] nar**
He wasn't unable to
discard the west wind.
**[11:54] nar**
He explicitly chose to not discard it.
**[11:56] oug**
* He's got his sights on*
* something totally different.*
**[11:58] oug**
* For us, it's all we can do just to deal*
* with with the efficacy of the tiles,*
**[12:02] oug**
*and the flow of the game.*
**[12:05] nar**
But Akagi is trying to manipulate
the thought process of the opponent.
**[12:09] nar**
Even the idea to do that
is no longer normal.
**[12:13] nar**
It's outside the realm of ordinary men.
**[12:16] oug**
*He's like a devil...*
**[12:19] yas**
Akagi, can I just ask you one more thing?
**[12:23] yas**
Even if you had figured out the dora west
wind, what about the rest of his hand?
**[12:29] yas**
You sniped off the 3 of
characters for the head bump
**[12:32] yas**
that Suzuki tried to deal
into Washizu's hand.
**[12:35] yas**
You knew that he had a
single wait for the 3.
**[12:38] yas**
And since we're there already,
**[12:40] yas**
doesn't that also mean you knew
**[12:41] yas**
that he had a closed wait for
a 2 of characters before?
**[12:47] yas**
I mean...
**[12:49] yas**
I also figured that he couldn't
have a circles honitsu since Suzuki
**[12:54] yas**
didn't deal any of his many circle
tiles into Washizu's hand.
**[12:58] yas**
But how could you deduce
his wait from that?
**[13:01] aka**
Yasuoka-san, if you've come that far,
the answer is right in front of you.
**[13:09] aka**
This time, instead of trying
to read Washizu's hand,
**[13:12] aka**
you just need to take a good look at
Suzuki's hand to reveal Washizu's tiles.
**[13:19] aka**
This hand, Suzuki was
only focused on dealing
**[13:22] aka**
into Washizu's hand instead
of trying to win himself.
**[13:27] aka**
Then all you have to do is see
what Suzuki's hand looked like.
**[13:34] aka**
Over half of his tiles were
circle and honor tiles.
**[13:37] aka**
They were the building blocks Washizu
needed to complete his initial honitsu.
**[13:43] aka**
The rest were 1s and 9s for the chanta.
**[13:48] aka**
And since Washizu didn't call the
west wind when Suzuki drew it
**[13:53] aka**
to go for a win immediately,
these tiles were out.
**[13:59] aka**
Meaning the only remaining possibilities
were around the 1 of characters.
**[14:03] yas**
But with the chanta, couldn't it also
have been a 2, 3, 7, 8 of bamboo wait?
**[14:09] aka**
No.
**[14:12] aka**
He'd already discarded all the tiles around
the 4 and 6, so that would take away
**[14:16] aka**
his ability to win off them.
**[14:18] aka**
He wouldn't do that
after all those pon calls.
**[14:25] aka**
So his possible waits could be narrowed down
to side or closed waits for character tiles.
**[14:31] aka**
And since I had the black 2 of characters,
**[14:36] aka**
it meant Washizu was in a closed
wait for the 1 and 3 of characters.
**[14:40] aka**
Or from the other angle,
the reason Suzuki held on to
**[14:45] aka**
the seemingly pointless 3 of characters
was because Washizu had such a wait.
**[14:51] aka**
Remember that he needed a haneman
if he won off Suzuki's tile.
**[14:55] aka**
Even if he had,
**[14:57] aka**
green dragon, west wind, three dora
only adds up to a mangan.
**[15:01] aka**
Keeping this 3 of characters
had no real meaning,
**[15:04] aka**
but it was a tile that
Washizu had in his hand.
**[15:07] aka**
A tile that Washizu could
use for a single wait.
**[15:11] aka**
Considering that, if I were
to declare riichi, as I did,
**[15:17] aka**
a mangan would be
enough for the upset.
**[15:20] aka**
Or, a green dragon kan
could yield new dora
**[15:23] aka**
that could give him a haneman,
even with the 3 of characters.
**[15:28] aka**
That's why Suzuki kept it.
**[15:31] aka**
But in the end, that plan backfired.
**[15:35] aka**
Still, the most important part of this
**[15:38] aka**
was Washizu's state of mind.
**[15:42] aka**
The difficult part was
knowing if Washizu's emotions
**[15:46] aka**
would behave the way I wanted them
to when I declared my riichi.
**[15:52] aka**
It was difficult, but at this point,
I had no reason to doubt yet.
**[15:57] aka**
For him...
**[16:00] aka**
the temptation of victory was stronger.
**[16:07] aka**
The setup that guaranteed victory.
**[16:10] aka**
Its attraction was stronger...
because Washizu was starving for victory.
**[16:16] Yasu**
Starving?
**[16:18] Aka**
That's right.
**[16:20] Aka**
Washizu won his way through life.
**[16:23] Aka**
For him, victory was always certain.
**[16:26] Aka**
He knows well the difference
between victory and an advantage.
**[16:30] Aka**
It goes without saying...
**[16:33] Aka**
Advantage and victory are similar,
but also very different things.
**[16:37] Aka**
Put bluntly, having an advantage
has little meaning by itself.
**[16:42] Aka**
Whether for gain or self-benefit,
**[16:46] Aka**
all of that only becomes certain
after the actual victory.
**[16:51] Aka**
Successful people know this intimately.
**[16:55] Aka**
Which is why they try harder
to win than anyone else.
**[16:58] Aka**
Washizu is no different.
**[17:04] man**
Washizu-sama, what shall we do?
**[17:06] man**
Will you continue into the
third match, or will you stop?
**[17:09] man**
I believe that exercising
prudence is a viable option.
**[17:13] man**
Should you stop now, you will have
lost only a little over 100 million.
**[17:19] Was**
Are you mad?
**[17:20] Was**
You're telling me to run away?
**[17:24] Was**
You're telling me to
run and leave Japan?
**[17:26] Men**
Washizu-sama....
**[17:28] Was**
That cannot happen.
**[17:34] Nar**
The third match.
**[17:36] Nar**
Washizu has lost both the
first and second matches.
**[17:39] Nar**
He needs to win the third at any
cost and erase that disgrace.
**[17:45] Nar**
He can't keep losing.
**[17:49] Nar**
His pride as king...
**[17:54] Nar**
cannot allow him to let that happen.
**[17:57] Nar**
Washizu has already lost 118.5 million yen.
**[18:03] Nar**
At this rate, his entire fortune
of 500 million will melt away.
**[18:08] Nar**
His ruin seems near.
**[18:13] Nar**
It is rising...
**[18:16] Nar**
The raging water that will kill Washizu.
**[18:19] Nar**
It is slowly reaching a critical point.
**[18:21] Nar**
Still slight, but it has begun to overflow.
**[18:23] Nar**
It has started to wet Washizu's feet.
**[18:28] Was**
*If I fall in, I die.*
**[18:33] Was**
*I must stop this.*
**[18:36] Nar**
The third match has begun.
**[18:39] Nar**
Yasuoka is the first dealer.
**[18:41] Nar**
Washizu wants to reverse the flow
of the game during East Hand 1.
**[18:46] Nar**
He wants to escape this bad flow.
**[18:50] Nar**
But his hand is not so good.
**[18:55] Nar**
His draws are also sub-par.
**[18:57] Nar**
He is clearly going downhill.
**[19:02] Nar**
On the other hand,
Akagi is doing well.
**[19:05] Nar**
By the third turn, he's already one
away from tenpai, with three dora.
**[19:11] Nar**
But Akagi does not relax his game.
**[19:14] Nar**
No.
**[19:16] Nar**
Akagi never was in the position to
either relax or tighten his game.
**[19:23] Nar**
He has transcended that.
**[19:26] Nar**
If he hadn't, he could not have survived.
**[19:28] Oug**
* Ranking below Washizu even*
* once would mean certain death.*
**[19:35] Oug**
*He is still missing 1,100 CCs of blood.*
**[19:39] Nar**
That is to say, should he deal
into a single mangan hand
**[19:42] Nar**
of Washizu's, he would
lose 800 CCs of blood.
**[19:45] Nar**
Combined with the 1,100,
**[19:46] Nar**
that would amount to 1,900 CCs of blood,
**[19:48] Nar**
just one step away
from the fatal amount.
**[19:53] Oug**
*He could die at any time.*
**[19:56] Oug**
* Of course he can't relax*
* under these conditions.*
**[20:02] nar**
Always one step from death.
**[20:05] nar**
And then Washizu has a certain feeling.
**[20:10] Was**
*I have a feeling.*
**[20:12] Was**
*If I kill this man, I will have arrived...*
**[20:19] Was**
*At the apex of my 75 years of life.*
**[20:28] Was**
*To the moment of supreme bliss.*
**[20:31] Was**
*I may have been born to kill this man.*
**[20:43] Nar**
At the end of the first
and second matches,
**[20:44] Nar**
Akagi has lost 1,100 CCs of blood.
**[20:48] Nar**
Washizu has lost
118.5 million yen in cash.
**[20:53] Nar**
But in the third match,
**[20:56] Nar**
the monster Washizu Iwao has a hunch
that he may make a counterattack.
**[21:00] Nar**
A premonition of a great storm.
**[21:02] Nar**
The dawn of destruction is approaching.
**[22:16] Nar**
Next time, "The Power of Brute Luck."
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***SIGN*** The Power of Brute Luck
# 23 - The Power of Brute Luck
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**[01:14] Nar**
The genius from the
darkness, Akagi Shigeru.
**[01:16] Nar**
Washizu Iwao, the monster
of the Showa Era.
**[01:19] Nar**
The Washizu Mahjong deathmatch
**[01:21] Nar**
with both of their demises
on the line continues.
**[01:24] Nar**
Akagi managed to take the
lead in the first and second
**[01:27] Nar**
matches by outwitting Washizu.
**[01:30] Nar**
Washizu is being backed into a corner.
**[01:32] Nar**
However, he puts his pride as the
king who ruled from the shadows
**[01:35] Nar**
on the line and stays in the fight.
**[01:38] Nar**
Now the third match has begun.
**[01:40] Nar**
A new battle is about to commence.
***SIGN*** Episode 23
***SIGN*** The Power of Brute Luck
**[01:49] Nar**
Akagi has lost 1,100 CCs
of blood thus far.
**[01:53] Nar**
He has only 900 CCs left before death.
**[01:57] Nar**
He's on his last legs.
**[02:07] Was**
*I'll finish him.*
**[02:09] Was**
* Destroying this man would be a*
* fitting end to my reign in Japan.*
**[02:22] Was**
* If possible, I want to*
* win by outranking him.*
**[02:25] Was**
* These high stakes led to*
* very special conditions,*
**[02:29] Was**
* and those in turn created*
* this special situation.*
**[02:35] Was**
*I don't want to use tricks to defeat him,*
**[02:37] Was**
*but crush him with my skills alone.*
**[02:40] Was**
*That will truly prove my superiority.*
**[02:44] Was**
*I will end you.*
**[02:48] Nar**
However...
**[02:49] Aka**
Tsumo.
**[02:56] Aka**
Tsumo, ittsuu, three dora.
**[03:01] Aka**
Haneman.
**[03:06] Nar**
Akagi strikes first.
**[03:09] Nar**
By continuously discarding
what is unnecessary,
**[03:12] Nar**
he ends up with an ideal hand.
**[03:14] Nar**
It is the type of ideal
win that only comes when
**[03:16] Nar**
the flow of the game favors you.
**[03:18] Nar**
He pulls away from Washizu.
**[03:24] Was**
Don't get cocky, boy.
**[03:29] Was**
We're just getting started.
**[03:30] Was**
It's only East Hand 1.
**[03:32] Was**
The fight is just starting.
**[03:38] Man**
*No.*
**[03:40] Man**
*This could get rough.*
**[03:42] Man**
* Based on what we've seen so far,*
* we have to admit that this man*
**[03:47] Man**
* might be one grade higher*
* than Washizu-sama.*
**[03:52] Man**
*He is like a demon.*
**[03:56] Man**
* And now the luck seems entirely*
* with him this third match.*
**[03:59] Man**
*Unless something big happens...*
**[04:04] Man**
*we'll lose!*
**[04:06] Nar**
Should Washizu waste his chance
as dealer here in East Hand 2,
**[04:12] Nar**
the game will most likely go to Akagi.
**[04:16] Nar**
He must win, even with
a 1,500 or 2,000 hand.
**[04:20] Nar**
It is crucial for Washizu to turn
the flow of the game around.
**[04:25] Nar**
But Akagi won East Hand 1.
**[04:29] Nar**
The game is favoring him even more.
**[04:31] Nar**
Washizu is in a bad position.
**[04:33] Nar**
Just as everybody was thinking
that his hand is sinking,
**[04:35] Nar**
that it can only go down...
**[04:41] Nar**
An auspicious turn.
**[04:44] Nar**
Could this be Washizu's magic?
**[04:47] Nar**
He has no melds,
**[04:48] Nar**
but he is 3 tiles away from a
possible tanpin, sanshoku hand.
**[04:52] Man**
*Not bad.*
**[04:54] Man**
*He could fight back with this.*
**[04:59] Man**
*The problem is Akagi's hand.*
**[05:04] Man**
*He has four black tiles.*
**[05:06] Man**
* I can't be too certain, but from*
* what I can see, it's not good.*
**[05:10] Man**
*There's some hope.*
**[05:12] Man**
*And yet...*
**[05:14] Man**
*Washizu-sama's born aptitude,*
**[05:16] Man**
*his power,*
**[05:19] Man**
*the strength of his luck...*
**[05:21] Man**
* Ordinary standards can't*
* measure how good his luck is.*
**[05:24] Man**
* No matter how many*
* times his back comes*
**[05:26] Man**
* up against the wall,*
* he comes out alive.*
**[05:29] Man**
* He is the type who will overcome*
* the worst odds to come out on top.*
**[05:37] Man**
* The same was true for the*
* recent vampire murders.*
**[05:41] Man**
* Even though he had to*
* sacrifice much of his fortune,*
**[05:44] Man**
* he survived despite having*
* committed those atrocities.*
**[05:48] Man**
*This man will always survive.*
**[05:54] Man**
*If you consider that...*
**[05:56] Man**
*there is still a chance we may win.*
**[05:59] Man**
* Akagi may be a better player,*
* but Washizu-sama has better luck.*
**[06:04] Man**
* And with that luck,*
* bestowed by the heavens,*
**[06:07] Man**
*he can bring Akagi to his knees.*
**[06:10] Man**
*He has a chance at victory!*
**[06:14] Nar**
As if to confirm Yoshioka's thoughts,
Washizu draws a 9 of bamboo,
**[06:17] Nar**
which puts him two tiles from tenpai.
**[06:22] Nar**
But he loses the chance to get
a tanpin, sanshoku, tanyao.
**[06:26] Man**
*That's fine.*
**[06:27] Man**
*Right now, that is fine.*
**[06:30] Man**
*Speed is of the essence.*
**[06:31] Man**
* More than anything, he needs*
* to focus on staying dealer.*
**[06:37] Nar**
But in the next turn...
**[06:41] Nar**
He loses his chance
at a pinfu because his
**[06:43] Nar**
2 of bamboo pair turns into a triplet.
**[06:47] Nar**
Though his hand is progressing,
it's doing so in the worst way.
**[06:50] Nar**
His hand becomes increasingly cheaper.
**[06:52] Nar**
This just confirms that
Washizu is in a bad position.
**[06:58] Nar**
In a normal situation,
**[06:59] Nar**
useless draws at this point in the
game would be par for the course.
**[07:02] Nar**
But right now,
Washizu is forcing these tiles.
**[07:08] Nar**
He is like a writhing dragon
ascending into the stormy sky.
**[07:19] Nar**
A dragon who climbs through
the sky amidst violent winds.
**[07:22] Nar**
And yet, no matter how
strong this dragon may be,
**[07:26] Nar**
if it tries to force its way
upward against fierce headwinds,
**[07:31] Nar**
it will exhaust its strength and weaken...
**[07:36] ---**
and eventually fall.
**[07:38] Nar**
Even if...
**[07:44] Nar**
it's the monster called Washizu.
**[07:48] Man**
*Now the sanshoku is gone, too.*
**[07:50] Man**
*It's a completely worthless hand.*
**[07:52] Man**
* But right now,*
* he needs to get into tenpai.*
**[07:55] Man**
*He has a two-sided wait.*
**[07:57] Man**
* Should he get the dora, the 6 of*
* circles, instead of the 9 of circles,*
**[08:01] Man**
*it will be a riichi, ippatsu, with one dora.*
**[08:03] Man**
* With any reverse dora,*
* it could even be a mangan.*
**[08:10] Nar**
However,
**[08:14] Nar**
even that is gone.
**[08:18] Nar**
Everything drawn cheapened his hand.
**[08:20] Nar**
The potential for the mentanpin,
sanshoku is gone without a trace.
**[08:24] Man**
*At least he's in tenpai.*
**[08:26] Man**
* And with this single wait*
* on the 1 of circles...*
**[08:31] Man**
*Suzuki can deal into his hand right away.*
**[08:34] Man**
*At least he can win.*
**[08:37] Nar**
At this time, Washizu delays
calling a riichi for one turn.
**[08:42] Nar**
This is because Suzuki
could declare a kan.
**[08:45] Nar**
It's not too late to declare riichi
after Suzuki's kan reveals the new dora.
**[08:50] Suz**
Kan.
**[08:54] Nar**
In the current situation, he can't
expect miracles from the new dora.
**[08:57] Nar**
The flow of the entire game is against him.
**[09:00] Nar**
Everyone is thinking along those
lines for this concealed kan.
**[09:03] Nar**
And yet...
**[09:20] guy**
*It's a...*
**[09:21] Yasu**
1 of bamboo!
**[09:22] Man**
So the new dora is the 2 of bamboo?
**[09:25] Nar**
That means Washizu has...
**[09:29] Nar**
three dora!
**[09:30] Nar**
Three dora!
**[09:32] Nar**
Three dora!
**[09:42] nar**
An unexpected development.
**[09:44] nar**
Despite fighting an uphill battle,
**[09:46] nar**
Washizu gets three dora from
the new dora indicator.
**[09:48] nar**
Usually something like
this does not happen.
**[09:52] guy**
*This is how strong Washizu-sama's luck is.*
**[09:57] guy**
*This is what he was born with.*
**[09:59] guy**
* No, it surpasses even that...*
* This is brute luck.*
**[10:26] was**
Riichi.
**[10:39] guy**
*That's it.*
**[10:40] guy**
*He's got a dealer mangan in the bag now.*
**[10:43] guy**
* Now Suzuki just has to deal*
* the 1 of circles into his hand.*
**[10:47] nar**
Riichi, ippatsu, three dora.
**[10:48] nar**
If he gets any reverse dora,
it'll be a haneman or even a baiman.
**[10:53] nar**
Washizu gets a hand that
can cause an instant upset.
**[10:56] guy**
*He can defeat Akagi!*
**[11:13] guy**
*What?*
**[11:15] guy**
*The 2 of characters?*
**[11:16] guy**
*What's going on?*
**[11:18] guy**
* Why didn't he deal that*
* 1 of circles into his hand?*
**[11:22] guy**
* The 1 of circles we need*
* for the dealer mangan...*
**[11:32] guy**
*I get it!*
**[11:34] guy**
*Akagi has a 1 of circles.*
**[11:37] guy**
* And it looks like both the 1 and*
* 3 of circles are useless to him.*
**[11:42] guy**
*So he'll be discarding those because...*
**[11:46] guy**
* Suzuki already has a*
* triplet of the 2 of circles*
**[11:48] guy**
*he needs to complete that sequence.*
**[11:51] guy**
* It's hard for him to complete the*
* sequence and it's a bad wait, too.*
**[11:57] guy**
* It's a closed wait he*
* must want to get rid of.*
**[11:59] guy**
* The 3 of circles is already a*
* safe tile with Washizu-sama.*
**[12:03] guy**
* And since Washizu-sama*
* didn't have Suzuki deal*
**[12:06] guy**
*the 1 of circles into his hand just now,*
**[12:09] guy**
*Akagi most likely thinks it'll pass, as well.*
**[12:13] nar**
If one assumes that
**[12:15] nar**
Suzuki's tiles do not contain the
winning tile, but only safe tiles,
**[12:19] nar**
the logic of the second
discard pile is established.
**[12:25] nar**
Washizu set up a trap
by using that logic.
**[12:32] guy**
*He added it to his hand!*
**[12:34] guy**
* If Akagi discards the 1 of circles...*
* he'll lose 1,200 CCs.*
**[12:42] guy**
* With the 1,100 CCs he already*
* lost, that'll be 2,300 CCs.*
**[12:47] guy**
* That's nearly half of*
* what a human body holds.*
**[12:50] guy**
*Of course he won't survive that.*
**[12:52] guy**
*He'll die!*
**[12:54] guy**
*He simply can't survive!*
**[12:57] nar**
It's a veritable discard of death.
**[13:01] guy**
*If it's the 1 of circles, it's...*
**[13:03] wash**
*Death!*
**[13:20] wash**
*Of course.*
**[13:22] wash**
*He would figure this one out.*
**[13:25] wash**
*He can see through this kind of trap.*
**[13:29] wash**
*That's to be expected of this kid.*
**[13:32] wash**
* His senses are extraordinary and*
* far surpass those of normal people.*
**[13:37] wash**
*But here, that's just fine.*
**[13:41] wash**
*If I always stick to the formula*
**[13:43] wash**
* of riichi followed by my winning*
* tile being discarded instantly,*
**[13:45] wash**
*the only thing I can gain is points.*
**[13:47] ---**
*There's never anything on top.*
**[13:52] wash**
*And that's no fun.*
**[13:54] wash**
*That won't breed any fear.*
**[13:57] wash**
*I am going to stick with this trap.*
**[14:00] wash**
*It'll be fun to sow the seed of suspicion.*
**[14:05] wash**
*Even if it's an obvious trap,*
**[14:07] wash**
*I'll deliberately sow the seed of suspicion.*
**[14:13] wash**
* Instead of the usual routine of riichi*
* followed by my winning tile,*
**[14:17] wash**
* I'll wait one turn for*
* seemingly no reason.*
**[14:20] wash**
* It'll be fun to see what he'll*
* make of the new pattern.*
**[14:25] wash**
*In other words, he'll be shaken.*
**[14:29] wash**
* I'm going to shake your confidence*
* in that second discard pile.*
**[14:34] wash**
*That'll show its effects later.*
**[14:38] wash**
*In a heavier,*
**[14:41] wash**
*heavier,*
**[14:43] wash**
*heavier scene.*
**[14:47] wash**
* The second discard pile you took*
* advantage of will breed doubt.*
**[14:50] wash**
* You thought you were smart, but soon*
* you will drown in your own cleverness.*
**[14:59] nar**
Washizu's first draw after his riichi.
**[15:02] nar**
If he gets the ippatsu here,
he will have a haneman hand.
**[15:05] nar**
He'll get 6,000 from everybody and
Akagi will lose 600 CCs of blood.
**[15:09] nar**
A total of 1,700 CCs, an amount
that could easily be fatal.
**[15:16] was**
*If I draw it, you will die.*
**[15:22] was**
*If this is the 1 of circles...*
**[15:28] was**
*Die!*
**[15:42] nar**
He's right. If that had been the 1
of circles, Akagi would have died.
**[15:46] nar**
With no recourse, with no way of
defending himself, Akagi would have died.
**[15:56] was**
*That's right.*
**[15:58] was**
*Why was I in such a rush?*
**[16:03] was**
* I lost my composure just because*
* I lost the first two matches*
**[16:07] was**
* and because I let him take*
* an early lead in the third.*
**[16:10] was**
* It's stupid to even feel*
* like I've been cornered.*
**[16:15] was**
* I am the one with the*
* utmost advantage here.*
**[16:19] was**
*He should be the one who's shaking.*
**[16:25] was**
*He kept that one.*
**[16:27] was**
*If I draw it, he'll either die instantly or be on the verge of dying.*
**[16:32] was**
* If he were to deal into my hand,*
* he'd die without question.*
**[16:38] was**
*He'll dry out and die.*
**[16:42] was**
* All he'll have left to do*
* is die a pathetic death.*
**[16:54] was**
*That's right.*
**[16:55] was**
*It's the opposite.*
**[16:57] was**
*The exact opposite.*
**[17:02] was**
* He's the one who's being*
* cornered and pressured.*
**[17:05] was**
*He's the one who's struggling.*
**[17:10] nar**
Indeed, by merely getting into a tenpai
**[17:11] nar**
with a haneman hand, Washizu can
decisively corner his opponents.
**[17:17] nar**
That doesn't apply to just Akagi.
**[17:25] was**
*That's right, be afraid.*
**[17:28] was**
*I'm the one on the higher ground!*
**[17:35] was**
*Even if I missed the ippatsu,*
**[17:36] was**
* one reverse dora will be*
* enough for a haneman.*
**[17:40] was**
*The haneman that'll bring death to Akagi.*
**[17:43] was**
*Meaning this is the draw that'll kill him.*
**[17:46] was**
*The draw that'll kill him.*
**[17:49] was**
*The draw that'll kill him.*
**[18:15] suz**
*Washizu-sama, what should I do?*
**[18:18] suz**
*Should I discard this?*
**[18:20] was**
*No no. Why rush?*
**[18:24] was**
*Let me have more fun.*
**[18:27] was**
*I can win at any time.*
**[18:29] was**
*Take a good look at their hands.*
**[18:34] was**
That cop's hand is nowhere.
**[18:36] was**
That pair of red dragons could be key,
**[18:38] was**
*but unless he can turn it into a triplet,*
**[18:41] was**
*he'll take ages to get into tenpai.*
**[18:44] was**
And Akagi is... two away from tenpai, at best.
**[18:50] was**
He's out, too!
**[18:53] nar**
Since Suzuki has three of the 2 of circles,
**[18:56] nar**
Akagi would have to wait for the last
2 of circles, even if he was in tenpai.
**[19:01] was**
*We'll keep going.*
**[19:02] suz**
*Yes, sir.*
**[19:06] was**
*We still have a lot of time to spare.*
**[19:09] nar**
That same turn, Akagi...
**[19:17] was**
*Fun! How fun!*
**[19:20] was**
*This is really fun.*
**[19:22] was**
*Now the 3 of circles has become his pair.*
**[19:25] was**
*So the 1 of circles is isolated now.*
**[19:29] was**
*Which means that maybe...*
**[19:37] was**
*Will it come out?*
**[19:43] was**
*So you won't discard it after all?*
**[19:45] was**
* I suppose you still have*
* more unnecessary tiles.*
**[19:49] was**
*But this man probably knows.*
**[19:53] was**
*That he can't discard that 1 of circles.*
**[19:56] was**
* I'm sure that he knows that the*
* 1 of circles in Suzuki's hand is my trap.*
**[20:09] was**
*Oh, well.*
**[20:10] was**
* It doesn't matter how well*
* you can read our hands.*
**[20:19] was**
*If I draw it here, that's it.*
**[20:22] was**
*Everything will be over.*
**[20:27] was**
*That's right.*
**[20:28] was**
*If I draw it now, it'll be done.*
**[20:34] was**
*The 1 of circles!*
**[20:36] was**
*If I draw it, I can kill him.*
**[20:39] was**
*The 1 of circles!*
**[20:41] was**
*If I draw it, I can kill this man!*
**[20:46] nar**
Death is already standing behind Akagi.
**[20:49] nar**
This is East Hand 2 of the fatal third match.
**[20:53] nar**
The monster Washizu with his brute luck...
**[20:57] nar**
What does he have in his grasp?
**[21:00] nar**
Is it Akagi's death sentence?
**[21:04] nar**
Or is it...
**[22:16] nar**
Next time, "The Will of the Demon."
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***SIGN*** The Will of the Demon
# 24 - The Will of the Demons
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**[01:14] Nar**
Washizu Mahjong, where defeat
means total destruction.
**[01:17] Nar**
The genius from the
darkness, Akagi Shigeru,
**[01:19] Nar**
displayed that genius
in the first two matches
**[01:22] Nar**
and turned the flow of
the game into his favor.
**[01:26] Nar**
In the third match, though,
with his back against the wall,
**[01:29] Nar**
Washizu showed his monster-like luck by
evolving a trash hand to a haneman hand.
**[01:35] Nar**
Akagi is in a desperate situation.
**[01:37] Nar**
The countdown to death is beginning.
**[01:45] Was**
*One more tile.*
**[01:48] Was**
* I just need to draw one more*
* tile and I can kill this man.*
***SIGN*** Episode 24
***SIGN*** The Will of the Demons
**[02:07] Nar**
Akagi has lost 1,100 CCs
of blood thus far.
**[02:10] Nar**
If Washizu draws his winning tile
for a haneman, each player pays 6,000.
**[02:14] Nar**
It means Akagi will lose
an additional 600 CCs.
**[02:20] oug**
* That will put him one step*
* away from the fatal amount.*
**[02:23] oug**
* Each and every tile Washizu draws is*
* a potential death sentence for Akagi.*
**[02:34] Was**
*Just one more, Akagi.*
**[02:39] Was**
*And then I'll be able to kill you.*
**[02:44] Was**
*I can kill you.*
**[02:50] Was**
* Your life right now is a*
* veritable candle in the wind.*
**[02:56] Was**
*I can see it.*
**[03:01] Was**
*The flame of your life is about to die out.*
**[03:04] Was**
*That final flicker.*
**[03:10] Was**
This could be the very tile
that extinguishes your life.
**[03:17] Was**
*So... what's with him?*
**[03:22] Was**
* He's on the brink,*
* so why is he so calm?*
**[03:27] Was**
Damn it!
**[03:44] Was**
*This isn't fun at all.*
**[03:47] Was**
*It's only the ones around him who panic.*
**[03:50] Was**
*But the one who should panic most...*
**[03:53] Was**
*This punk... doesn't move a muscle.*
**[03:58] Was**
*This isn't fun.*
**[04:00] Was**
*Why aren't you afraid?*
**[04:02] Was**
*Why don't you tremble?*
**[04:04] Was**
*Do you think you won't die?*
**[04:07] Was**
*Do you think you cannot die?*
**[04:09] Was**
*Are you making light of all this?*
**[04:11] Was**
*You think it won't come to that?*
**[04:17] Was**
* So even if I draw my winning*
* tile, without a reverse dora,*
**[04:25] Was**
* I'll have a riichi, tsumo, three*
* dora, only a dealer mangan.*
**[04:28] Was**
* You're saying it won't*
* go so far as a haneman?*
**[04:33] Was**
*No.*
**[04:34] Was**
* Even so, a mangan tsumo as dealer*
* gets me 4,000 from each player.*
**[04:40] Was**
* Which means he'll have*
* 400 CCs of blood drawn.*
**[04:45] Was**
* Combined with his blood until*
* now, that'll be 1,500 CCs.*
**[04:49] Was**
* He may not die from it,*
* but he'll be at the very end!*
**[04:52] Was**
* He'll barely be alive after*
* that much blood loss.*
**[04:56] Was**
*He'll be weaving.*
**[04:58] Was**
* In a half-dead state where he won't*
* even be able to think clearly.*
**[05:02] Was**
* If he keeps playing in that state,*
* a mistake is inevitable.*
**[05:06] Was**
*In the end, he will die.*
**[05:10] Was**
*This is a self-evident truth.*
**[05:13] Was**
* It is impossible that you*
* don't comprehend that.*
**[05:18] Was**
*So then, why don't you tremble?*
**[05:22] Was**
*Why?*
**[05:24] Was**
*Are you not afraid?*
**[05:27] Was**
*Of death?*
**[05:28] Was**
*Of dying?*
**[05:31] Was**
*Of dying?!*
**[05:33] Was**
*Of dying?!*
**[05:35] Was**
*Of dying?!*
**[05:42] Was**
*This cannot be.*
**[05:44] Was**
* Until now, every one of those*
* worthless young punks who died here*
**[05:49] Was**
* cracked their masks when the*
* moment of death became evident*
**[05:54] Was**
*and showed me their true, fragile face.*
**[06:01] (Flashback) Fake**
Stop it!
**[06:02] (Flashback) Fake**
I don't want to die!
**[06:04] (Flashback) Fake**
I don't want to die!
**[06:06] (Flashback) Fake**
I don't want to die!
**[06:07] Was**
*It's that tenacious desire to live.*
**[06:11] Was**
*They know it cannot be fulfilled*
**[06:16] Was**
*and yet they cling to it.*
**[06:19] Was**
*And then they expire.*
**[06:24] Was**
*And yet, this lunatic...*
**[06:28] Was**
*Lunatic. Lunatic!*
**[06:31] Was**
*This lunatic!*
**[06:35] Was**
*He cannot be an exception.*
**[06:38] Was**
*That is simply not possible.*
**[06:42] Suz**
*Washizu-sama.*
**[06:43] Was**
*What?*
**[06:45] Was**
*I told you to not deal into my hand yet.*
**[06:48] Suz**
*No, that's not it.*
**[06:55] Was**
*The 2 of circles?*
**[06:57] Was**
*You drew the fourth one?*
**[06:59] Was**
*This is fun.*
**[07:01] Suz**
*Shall I?*
**[07:03] Was**
*Of course!*
**[07:05] Suz**
*Yes, sir!*
**[07:08] Suz**
Kan!
**[07:10] Yasu**
Not again!
**[07:15] Nar**
It's East Hand 2, the 11th turn.
**[07:17] Nar**
Suzuki declares another kan.
**[07:20] Nar**
This concealed kan will add
more support to Washizu.
**[07:24] Nar**
It's a greedy kan whose reverse
doras could boost his hand even more.
**[07:36] Nar**
It is fruitful.
**[07:42] Nar**
This means Washizu's hand
has evolved yet again.
**[07:47] Yasu**
1 of bamboo...
**[07:48] Yasu**
*The new dora is the 2 of bamboo.*
**[07:51] Nar**
It morphs!
**[07:52] Nar**
Into a six-dora hand.
**[07:54] Nar**
With a riichi, six dora,
**[07:56] Nar**
his hand is now guaranteed
to be a dealer's haneman.
**[07:58] Nar**
Should he draw his winning tile
or get even a single reverse dora,
**[08:03] Nar**
his hand would go all the
way to a dealer's baiman.
**[08:05] Nar**
It is truly an exceptional situation.
**[08:09] Man**
*What remarkable... luck!*
**[08:17] Man**
*It's surging forward...*
**[08:19] Man**
* Something... coming to*
* elevate Washizu-sama.*
**[08:24] Man**
*Something magical.*
**[08:31] Was**
*I feel it.*
**[08:32] Was**
*I feel it now!*
**[08:35] Was**
* Is this powerful feeling...*
* is it the will of the demons?*
**[08:45] Suz**
*Washizu-sama, shall I discard it here?*
**[08:51] Nar**
With the guaranteed dealer haneman,
**[08:53] Nar**
the current flow of the game
**[08:54] Nar**
suggests that the chance of
getting a reverse dora is high.
**[08:58] Suz**
*Isn't this enough?*
**[09:01] Was**
You fool.
**[09:05] Was**
*What are you saying?*
**[09:06] Was**
*Why would I ever stop now?*
**[09:09] Was**
*Keep going, keep going!*
**[09:11] Was**
* If I draw the 1 of circles myself,*
* I'll have a dealer baiman.*
**[09:18] Was**
*8,000 points from everyone.*
**[09:21] Was**
* I'll be able to steal another*
* 800 CCs of blood from him.*
**[09:26] Was**
*That will be a total of 1,900 CCs.*
**[09:31] Was**
* That amount of blood loss*
* is certain death.*
**[09:36] Was**
*An amount that is absolutely fatal.*
**[09:38] Was**
*He will die!*
**[09:41] Was**
* With his death so imminent,*
* even he must begin to tremble!*
**[09:48] Was**
*I must see it!*
**[09:51] Was**
*Show me that agony!*
**[09:54] Was**
*Tremble!*
**[09:56] Was**
*Show me your despair!*
**[10:13] Was**
Keep going.
**[10:19] Was**
*Now show me...*
**[10:21] Was**
* Start trembling from*
* despair and show me.*
**[10:24] Was**
*Under that mask of calm you wear,*
**[10:29] Was**
* show me your true, fragile self,*
* convulsing in fear as you cling to life.*
**[10:37] Was**
* If you discard it, you will,*
* undoubtedly, die.*
**[10:44] Was**
*Huh?*
**[10:45] Was**
*You put it in your hand again?*
**[10:49] Was**
*Interesting.*
**[10:51] Was**
* It seems like his hand is finally*
* starting to get somewhere.*
**[10:55] Was**
* Looks like you finally got rid*
* of most of your useless tiles.*
**[10:59] Was**
*So, will you finally get there,*
**[11:06] Was**
*to that 1 of circles?*
**[11:14] Nar**
Suzuki's kan has completely
used up all the 2 of circles tiles.
**[11:18] Nar**
This closed wait has no way
of becoming a sequence.
**[11:21] Nar**
The 3 of circles pair still has potential,
**[11:23] Nar**
but the 1 of circles is
definitely worthless now.
**[11:27] Was**
* You'll never get into tenpai if*
* you keep hanging on to that tile.*
**[11:33] Was**
*Why don't you discard it, Akagi?*
**[11:36] Was**
* Suzuki has a 1 of circles*
* in his second discard pile,*
**[11:39] Was**
* and you might just be*
* imagining that it's a trap.*
**[11:45] Was**
*Huh, Akagi?*
**[11:47] Was**
* After all, that is what*
* Mahjong is all about.*
**[11:51] Was**
*The 1 of circles might just pass.*
**[11:54] Was**
*Huh, Akagi?*
**[12:11] Was**
*What's this?*
**[12:12] Was**
*He still won't discard it?*
**[12:15] Was**
*Does he actually know?*
**[12:18] Was**
* Does he know I'm waiting*
* for the 1 of circles?*
**[12:22] Was**
*That's fine.*
**[12:24] Was**
*That's fine, too.*
**[12:30] Was**
* It just means that I'll*
* have to draw it for myself.*
**[12:37] Was**
*You will die!*
**[12:47] Was**
*You will die!*
**[12:51] Was**
*You will die!*
**[12:54] Was**
*You will die!*
**[12:57] Was**
*You will die.*
**[13:02] Was**
*What is this?*
**[13:05] Was**
*Why don't you tremble?*
**[13:07] Was**
*You will die from this draw...*
**[13:11] Was**
*Once I draw it...*
**[13:21] Was**
* Again, the only ones who seem*
* afraid are those around him.*
**[13:26] Was**
*And still, you've yet to move a muscle.*
**[13:29] Was**
*Why?*
**[13:31] Was**
*Why?!*
**[13:41] Man**
*What is this draw?*
**[13:43] Man**
*This flow?*
**[13:46] Nar**
Unbelievably, he is now at eight dora!
**[13:50] Was**
Kan!
**[14:02] Nar**
By delaying Suzuki from dealing
into his hand immediately,
**[14:07] Nar**
Washizu's hand develops
in an unexpected way.
**[14:18] Was**
* The demons have finally*
* taken possession of me.*
**[14:28] Was**
I'm sorry, Akagi-kun, but it looks
like this is the end for you.
**[14:36] Was**
I can hear their voices...
**[14:40] Was**
The voices of the demons
who rule Mahjong.
**[14:44] Was**
The voices telling me to kill you.
**[14:57] Yasu**
He's a... monster.
**[15:01] Nar**
Once Washizu's luck is set in motion,
**[15:03] Nar**
it is beyond the understanding
of ordinary minds.
**[15:06] Nar**
Akagi's sense may be extraordinary,
**[15:08] Nar**
but Washizu's luck goes
to the utmost limit.
**[15:12] Man**
*Anything can happen now.*
**[15:17] Man**
*It's godly.*
**[15:19] Man**
* Or perhaps the demons*
* truly have possessed him.*
**[15:26] Was**
Shall we go on?
**[15:28] Was**
Before I draw my winning
tile from the dead wall,
**[15:34] Was**
let's see the new dora indicator.
**[15:39] Was**
*Now, take me higher.*
**[15:42] Was**
*To an inconceivably high place.*
**[15:46] Was**
*Take me higher... higher and higher!*
**[16:11] Was**
Look at this, Akagi-kun.
**[16:16] Was**
This is what the will of the demons
who rule Mahjong looks like.
**[16:22] Yasu**
What?
**[16:24] Yasu**
Another 1 of bamboo?!
**[16:26] oug**
Wh-Which means... 12 dora?!
**[16:32] Yasu**
This is impossible!
**[16:34] Yasu**
How can this happen?!
**[16:37] Was**
They're pushing down on me
with an unbelievable force.
**[16:43] Was**
They're pushing down on my back.
**[16:48] Was**
They're here.
**[16:50] Was**
Something beyond description
is on my back right now.
**[16:56] Was**
Something demonic
from the netherworld.
**[17:01] Was**
They're gathered in great numbers
and swarming around my back.
**[17:14] Was**
This old body can't
hold itself up anymore.
**[17:19] Was**
They're heavy... so heavy!
**[17:23] Was**
It hurts... it hurts!
**[17:27] ---**
Ah, it hurts!
**[17:27] Man**
Washizu-sama!
**[17:39] Yasu**
Evil spirits...
**[17:50] Was**
Look, Akagi...
**[17:53] Was**
I am truly possessed by demons now.
**[17:57] Was**
Anything is possible for me now.
**[18:02] Was**
Now it is inevitable.
**[18:04] Was**
It is inevitable that I
draw the winning tile.
**[18:08] Was**
Which means you will die,
**[18:11] Was**
Akagi Shigeru.
**[18:15] Was**
I'm not talking big here.
**[18:19] Was**
I'm certain you know.
**[18:22] Was**
You can feel it.
**[18:25] Was**
If anyone can understand it, it's you.
**[18:28] Was**
With a dealer baiman, you'll have
lost a total of 1,900 CCs of blood.
**[18:36] Was**
You would have a tiny
chance of survival.
**[18:41] Was**
But I have 14 han in my hand right now.
**[18:46] Was**
And with a dealer yakuman,
you really don't stand a chance.
**[18:51] Was**
Altogether, you would
lose 2,700 CCs of blood.
**[18:56] Was**
You'll die!
**[19:00] Was**
You have no choice but to die.
**[19:04] Nar**
Now Washizu reaches for
the dead wall draw.
**[19:12] Was**
*I'll draw it and kill him.*
**[19:17] Was**
*Where are you?*
**[19:19] Was**
*1 of circles, where are you, 1 of circles?*
**[19:23] Was**
*Where are you?*
**[19:25] Was**
*Kill, kill.*
**[19:30] Was**
*I'll... kill... him.*
**[19:38] Was**
*I'll kill him.*
**[19:40] Was**
*Where are you, 1 of circles?*
**[19:43] Was**
*Come on out, my precious 1 of circles.*
**[19:51] Was**
*Where are you?*
**[19:52] Was**
*Where?*
**[19:54] Was**
*Is this it?*
**[19:56] Was**
*The 1 of circles?*
**[19:58] Was**
*So where is the 1 of circles?*
**[20:09] Was**
*Is this the one?*
**[20:14] Was**
This one?
**[20:17] Yasu**
What... is this chill I'm feeling?
**[20:21] Oug**
Is this chill...
**[20:30] Nar**
Was it summoned by the madness
of this man possessed by evil?
**[20:34] Nar**
At that moment, it was
as if they could all see
**[20:38] Nar**
the demons erupting from
this old man's back.
**[20:42] Nar**
Everyone in the room could feel it.
**[20:47] Nar**
And they had come to kill Akagi.
**[20:56] Nar**
The game ruled by ruin,
Washizu Mahjong.
**[20:59] Nar**
With their tiles of life at stake,
East Hand 2 moves into its final stages.
**[22:16] Nar**
Next time,
"The Temptation of Murderous Intent."
***SIGN*** Next Episode
***SIGN*** The Temptation of Murderous Intent
# 25 - The Temptation of Murderous Intent
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**[01:13] nar**
It's the third match of Washizu Mahjong,
where death and ruin are the wagers.
**[01:17] nar**
With his godly luck, Washizu
has turned his hand into
**[01:20] nar**
a riichi, 12-dora monster,
a counted yakuman.
***SIGN*** Counted yakuman - Once you have 13 han or more, your hand is considered a yakuman.
**[01:25] nar**
Now he is about to draw
from the dead wall.
**[01:28] was**
*You are going to die, Akagi Shigeru.*
**[01:34] nar**
If he wins from it, he gets
16,000 from everybody.
**[01:37] nar**
Akagi has already lost
1,100 CCs of blood,
**[01:41] nar**
and would lose another 1,600 CCs
for a total of 2,700 CCs,
**[01:46] nar**
which far surpasses the lethal amount.
***SIGN*** Episode 25
***SIGN*** The Temptation of Murderous Intent
**[01:56] was**
*Kill! Kill! Kill! Kill! Kill!*
**[02:01] was**
*Come on, 1 of circles!*
**[02:10] nar**
Were they summoned by the madness
of Washizu, possessed by evil?
**[02:17] nar**
Devils, demons, and evil spirits
have come in great numbers to kill...
**[02:24] nar**
Akagi Shigeru.
**[02:27] was**
*Kill! Kill! Kill! Kill! Kill! Kill!*
**[02:34] nar**
But Akagi deflects it.
**[02:39] nar**
The demons, the monsters,
the devils, the evil, the madness!
**[02:49] was**
*What is it with this brat?*
**[02:52] was**
*He still won't tremble?*
**[02:53] was**
*He still refuses to fear me?*
**[02:56] was**
* Me, who stands at the*
* highest pinnacle of all?*
**[03:01] was**
* Me, Washizu Iwao,*
* the incarnation of God?!*
**[03:11] was**
*Which one was it?*
**[03:14] was**
*The tile I drew in before...*
**[03:18] was**
*Is it this one?*
**[03:29] nar**
No success.
**[03:29] was**
Damn it!
**[03:32] nar**
Washizu's dead wall
draw did not succeed.
**[03:39] nar**
At one point, Washizu had his
fingers closed on the winning tile.
**[03:45] nar**
He reached for the heavens
but couldn't grasp them.
**[03:48] nar**
He had the chance of a lifetime,
but let it slip away.
**[03:54] nar**
Akagi, on the other hand, survived.
**[03:57] nar**
With that said, he's still
just one step away from death.
**[04:01] nar**
His desperate situation still continues.
**[04:06] suz**
*Washizu-sama.*
**[04:09] suz**
Let me deal into your hand.
**[04:11] nar**
At this point,
**[04:12] nar**
Akagi has 37,000 points.
**[04:14] nar**
If Washizu wins this dealer yakuman
**[04:16] nar**
with 48,000 points,
**[04:18] nar**
he'll overtake Akagi
**[04:20] nar**
and have a 33,000 point lead.
**[04:24] suz**
* With that big a lead, you should be*
* able to win this East-South match.*
**[04:28] suz**
*Let's end it here, Washizu-sama.*
**[04:35] was**
*I suppose so.*
**[04:37] was**
*Anybody would think this is enough.*
**[04:43] was**
* There's less than a 1% chance for*
* me to get a direct hit off Akagi.*
**[04:47] was**
*And waiting to get a tsumo with*
**[04:50] was**
* an equally small chance*
* isn't getting me anywhere.*
**[04:53] was**
* Both their hands are still*
* far from being ready.*
**[04:56] was**
* This huge hand should be*
* bagged sooner than later.*
**[05:01] was**
*That is logical.*
**[05:02] was**
* But, Suzuki, that's precisely the*
* reason that we'll keep going.*
**[05:07] was**
*Deliberately keep playing.*
**[05:09] was**
*Keep playing and stalk him.*
**[05:13] was**
* Something's not right*
* in that brat's mind.*
**[05:15] was**
*He's a freak who doesn't fear death.*
**[05:17] was**
*In order to kill a lunatic like that,*
**[05:20] was**
* we also have to abandon*
* that which is normal.*
**[05:24] was**
* Only then can we snare*
* him and kill him.*
**[05:30] was**
*Follow him!*
**[05:31] was**
*Chase him!*
**[05:31] was**
*Stalk him!*
**[05:32] was**
*Pursue him relentlessly and kill him!*
**[05:34] was**
*Right now. Right here!*
**[05:38] was**
* The ultimate goal is to get a*
* tsumo or to get a direct hit.*
**[05:44] nar**
Suzuki follows Washizu's orders and
delays dealing into his hand yet again.
**[05:49] nar**
Washizu abandons reason and
chooses to keep the game going.
**[05:56] nar**
On the other hand, Akagi...
**[05:59] nar**
draws an effective tile.
**[06:02] nar**
He has now drawn five
effective tiles in a row.
**[06:07] nar**
Despite that, he's still two tiles from tenpai.
**[06:10] nar**
The way to victory is still long.
**[06:12] nar**
In that sense,
Washizu had inferred correctly.
**[06:17] nar**
Akagi was still far from the
goal, so he had time to spare.
**[06:21] nar**
However, it only seems
that way at first glance.
**[06:27] nar**
Once a certain condition
is met, Akagi's hand
**[06:30] nar**
will progress at breakneck speed.
**[06:33] nar**
Washizu was underestimating this.
**[06:35] nar**
This change, this shifting that
happens in Mahjong, and its possibilities.
**[06:41] nar**
And then, Yasuoka...
**[06:45] nar**
draws it.
**[06:47] nar**
The fated 1 of circles.
**[06:49] nar**
The tile that will decide this match
**[06:52] nar**
and the fates of Akagi and Washizu.
**[06:58] was**
*How can this be?!*
**[07:00] was**
* Of all the tiles,*
* how could he draw that one?!*
**[07:05] nar**
Washizu's winning tile, the last
1 of circles, ends up with Yasuoka.
**[07:13] nar**
Washizu no longer has the
chance to win with a tsumo.
**[07:16] nar**
Now he can only win by
Suzuki dealing into his hand,
**[07:20] nar**
or by getting a direct hit off Akagi,
which is 99% unlikely.
**[07:25] nar**
To make matters worse for Washizu,
**[07:27] nar**
with the drawing of this 1 of circles,
**[07:29] nar**
the conditions for Akagi's
side have been met.
**[07:32] nar**
Akagi, who's been quietly
laying low for so long...
**[07:39] aka**
Pon.
**[07:41] nar**
...finally makes his move.
**[07:45] was**
*What?*
**[07:48] yas**
Pon!
**[07:51] aka**
Pon.
**[07:55] was**
*Oh, no!*
**[07:56] was**
*I can't believe these bastards!*
**[07:58] was**
* They're trying to keep me*
* from getting another turn!*
**[08:00] was**
* They're trying to shut down*
* this hand by themselves*
**[08:03] was**
* without giving me a*
* chance to do anything.*
**[08:07] yas**
Chi.
**[08:18] aka**
Pon.
**[08:23] was**
*It'll end... it'll be over...*
**[08:26] was**
*He'll have a 3, 6 of circles wait.*
**[08:28] was**
* He'll get into tenpai and then*
* that cop will deal into his hand.*
**[08:33] was**
*It'll be over!*
**[08:36] was**
* My 12 dora, my counted yakuman,*
* my miracle will disappear...*
**[08:41] was**
*It'll disappear!*
**[08:43] was**
*Everything will be wasted.*
**[08:53] was**
*Oh, I see. I get it!*
**[08:56] was**
*If he's going for a 3, 6 of circles wait,*
**[08:58] was**
*he'll have to get rid of the 1 of circles.*
**[09:02] was**
* Meaning it'll come out one step*
* before the cop can deal into Akagi's hand.*
**[09:05] was**
*My 1 of circles!*
**[09:09] was**
*I won!*
**[09:10] was**
*I've won by one step.*
**[09:11] was**
*My determination has defeated Akagi!*
**[09:14] was**
*It's true that my abnormal wait,*
**[09:17] was**
* my drawing things out,*
* has created this opening.*
**[09:19] was**
* This opening allowed*
* them to mount an attack,*
**[09:24] was**
* but at the same time it also*
* got a shot in on that man.*
**[09:28] was**
* It created a crack in*
* his calm judgment.*
**[09:34] was**
* He probably never thought*
* I would delay winning so long*
**[09:37] was**
*if I was in the position to do so.*
**[09:41] was**
* Once I reached the*
* yakuman, there's no point*
**[09:43] was**
* in insisting on getting*
* a tsumo or a direct hit.*
**[09:45] was**
* Winning off Suzuki's tile*
* would be sufficient.*
**[09:49] was**
* With those 48,000 points I wouldn't*
* be able to kill him directly,*
**[09:53] was**
* but I could kill him with*
* the ranking payments.*
**[09:54] was**
* There's no reason to prolong the*
* risk and delay winning any further.*
**[09:59] was**
*That's where he misread me.*
**[10:03] was**
* In other words, he misread*
* me for someone who needs*
**[10:06] was**
*to kill him right away, this instant!*
**[10:16] was**
*And these 12 dora...*
**[10:19] was**
* The threat of this dealer's yakuman,*
* this monster hand, has mislead him.*
**[10:25] was**
* Even if this is still East Hand 2,*
* catching up to a dealer yakuman is hard.*
**[10:30] was**
* That impatience, that irritation*
* is what made him move.*
**[10:35] was**
*It'll probably pass...*
**[10:37] was**
*It'll probably be fine...*
**[10:39] was**
*It shouldn't be a problem...*
**[10:41] was**
*He acted with that kind of naïve hope.*
**[10:44] was**
*This yakuman has poisoned him.*
**[10:48] was**
*It poisoned his heart.*
**[10:51] was**
*That's why his heart wavered.*
**[10:55] was**
*Towards safety...*
**[10:56] was**
*That's why it gave in.*
**[10:58] was**
*For that one discard!*
**[11:01] was**
*He's lacking a certain readiness.*
**[11:03] was**
*They're not awake.*
**[11:05] was**
*His awareness.*
**[11:06] was**
*His mind.*
**[11:07] was**
*His senses.*
**[11:08] was**
*That's why he will die.*
**[11:10] was**
*He will die because of it.*
**[11:17] was**
*Now come!*
**[11:19] was**
*Come!*
**[11:27] was**
*Now discard it.*
**[11:30] was**
*Discard it!*
**[11:31] was**
*Discard it!*
**[11:32] was**
*Discard it!*
**[11:33] was**
*That 1 of circles.*
**[11:35] was**
*My 1 of circles.*
**[11:42] was**
*What's wrong?*
**[11:43] was**
*Discard it.*
**[11:45] was**
*What's wrong?*
**[11:46] was**
*D-Don't tell me...*
**[11:48] was**
* You've come all this way,*
* and then in the last crucial moment,*
**[11:52] was**
*you instinctively sensed the danger,*
**[11:56] was**
*the sinister nature of the 1 of circles,*
**[12:00] was**
*and are going to play it safe instead?!*
**[12:03] was**
*That's right.*
**[12:05] was**
*That's it.*
**[12:06] was**
*Come.*
**[12:06] was**
*Discard it.*
**[12:07] was**
*Discard it and be relieved.*
**[12:10] was**
*Deal into my 12-dora hand.*
**[12:14] was**
*That's it.*
**[12:15] was**
*Keep going.*
**[12:17] was**
*Come!*
**[12:18] was**
*Come!*
**[12:18] was**
*Jump into my arms!*
**[12:20] was**
*You tasty, tasty 1 of circles!*
**[12:22] was**
*Come!*
**[12:24] was**
*Discard it!*
**[12:25] was**
*Discard it!*
**[12:25] was**
*Discard it!*
**[12:26] was**
*Discard it!*
**[12:27] was**
*Discard it!*
**[12:27] was**
*Discard it!*
**[12:36] was**
*Ron!*
**[12:36] was**
*Ron!*
**[12:37] was**
*Ron!*
**[12:37] was**
*Ron!*
**[12:37] was**
*Ron!*
**[12:38] was**
*Ron!*
**[12:38] was**
*Ron!*
**[12:48] nar**
The chemicals in Washizu's
brain rush around.
**[12:52] nar**
Beta-endorphins, tyrosine, enkephalin,
valine, lysine, leucine, isoleucine.
**[12:58] was**
I won!
**[12:59] was**
I won!
**[13:01] was**
I won!
**[13:10] was**
*I survived!*
**[13:18] aka**
...hear, Washizu Iwao?
**[13:24] aka**
You didn't hear, Washizu Iwao?
**[13:32] yas**
Ron.
**[13:32] yas**
Red dragon, one dora.
**[13:34] yas**
Head bump.
**[13:51] yas**
Stop it!
**[13:53] guy**
Washizu-sama, please stop!
**[13:55] guy**
Washizu-sama!
**[13:56] guy**
Washizu-sama!
**[14:07] aka**
Your senses have dulled,
Washizu Iwao.
**[14:12] aka**
That's because you are afraid.
**[14:16] was**
What?
**[14:21] was**
Impossible!
**[14:22] was**
Me, afraid?
**[14:24] aka**
That's right.
**[14:27] aka**
That dead wall draw after
you got to 12 dora...
**[14:30] aka**
That was the crossroads,
and not just in hindsight.
**[14:35] aka**
You should have realized it then,
**[14:40] aka**
that the flow of the game had been
reversed and was going against you.
**[14:44] aka**
Instead of chasing me further,
**[14:46] aka**
you should have just let
Suzuki deal into your hand.
**[14:50] aka**
Then you would have been able to
at least pick up the 48,000 points.
**[14:56] aka**
You should have been
satisfied with that.
**[15:00] aka**
But you forced the game onward,
and dug your own grave.
**[15:07] aka**
Even though it sent you a sign
that you had reached the limit.
**[15:12] aka**
You ignored that valuable
warning, that counsel.
**[15:17] aka**
Crude.
**[15:18] aka**
Dense.
**[15:20] aka**
Your regular self probably
wouldn't have done that.
**[15:23] aka**
Normally you would have listened.
**[15:26] aka**
You would have felt the fine gravity
of that sign and would have obeyed it.
**[15:32] aka**
You would have made Suzuki
deal into your hand.
**[15:35] aka**
You would have been reluctant,
**[15:37] aka**
but there wouldn't
have been any problems.
**[15:40] aka**
But it only looked like you
had momentum on the surface,
**[15:43] aka**
while deep down in the core of
your being, you were afraid.
**[15:48] aka**
Because of that,
**[15:50] aka**
your greed took over and insisted
on getting the tsumo or direct hit.
**[15:55] aka**
Thus you tried to take the
shortcut to finish the match.
**[15:58] was**
Preposterous!
**[15:59] was**
What are you talking about?!
**[16:00] was**
There's none of that fear in me!
**[16:04] was**
Not a single ounce of it!
**[16:08] was**
But...
**[16:09] was**
I might indeed have
been caught up in it...
**[16:13] was**
In the temptation of that
murderous intent to kill you.
**[16:17] was**
If I regret anything, it's that.
**[16:21] was**
I have to weaken it... this intent,
this temptation to kill you.
**[16:27] was**
Hey!
**[16:28] guy**
Yes?!
**[16:29] was**
Pick up the tiles already!
**[16:31] guys**
Yes, sir!
**[16:45] was**
We're resuming the game!
**[16:49] nar**
Washizu Mahjong resumes
with East Hand 3.
**[17:03] aka**
* Washizu, the real problem is where*
* that murderous intent stems from.*
**[17:10] aka**
*You should have an inkling, as well.*
**[17:13] aka**
*About where it's coming from.*
**[17:16] aka**
* Yes, the root of that*
* murderous intent...*
**[17:20] aka**
*is fear.*
**[17:23] aka**
* You want to kill because*
* you don't want to die.*
**[17:25] aka**
*That's why you rush to kill.*
**[17:31] aka**
* I got some glimpses of that fear*
* in the first and second match, too,*
**[17:36] aka**
* but this time I was able to*
* clearly see it out in the open.*
**[17:41] aka**
* At the beginning of the third match,*
* I could sense this enthusiasm,*
**[17:45] aka**
* this motivation in Washizu to win*
* purely by skill, by outranking me.*
**[17:52] aka**
* But that feeling was shoved aside*
* whenever a chance came to him.*
**[17:59] aka**
*It was quickly forgotten.*
**[18:01] ---**
*He wanted to kill.*
**[18:02] aka**
*He wanted to kill right away.*
**[18:05] aka**
*He wanted to kill right now.*
**[18:07] aka**
*He couldn't restrain that impulse.*
**[18:09] aka**
*Because he wanted to survive himself.*
**[18:15] aka**
*Yes, that is Washizu's source.*
**[18:19] aka**
*His desire to live.*
**[18:22] aka**
* Washizu has an abnormally*
* tenacious desire to live.*
**[18:26] aka**
* After all, his life was driven*
* by this most basic fear.*
**[18:32] aka**
*That's why he wanted to get away.*
**[18:34] aka**
* He wanted to get as far as possible from*
* this fear of death, from destruction.*
**[18:40] aka**
*In order to achieve that, he had to build.*
**[18:43] aka**
*More and more.*
**[18:47] aka**
*In reality, that's all Washizu is.*
**[18:53] aka**
* The big air he puts on*
* and his appearance*
**[18:57] aka**
*are all because of his money.*
**[19:00] aka**
* If you remove that costume of*
* money, there's isn't much left.*
**[19:07] aka**
*The thing you'll find there is...*
**[19:10] aka**
*...a crazed rat.*
**[19:13] aka**
* A lone, ugly rat with a*
* bizarre glint in its eyes.*
**[19:20] aka**
Pon.
**[19:26] was**
* Since he discarded the 3 of circles*
* after calling the honor tile,*
**[19:30] was**
*he's probably in tenpai.*
**[19:32] was**
*Damn it.*
**[19:36] was**
There it is.
**[19:37] was**
I'm in tenpai, too!
**[19:38] was**
That's if I discard either the 5
of bamboo or the 3 of characters.
**[19:41] was**
But it looks like both of these
are potentially his winning tile.
**[19:48] was**
*Damn!*
**[19:52] was**
*I've got no choice.*
**[19:53] was**
I'll play it safe and change my plans.
**[19:56] was**
I'll go for a chiitoitsu.
**[19:58] was**
Then I won't have to discard either
the 5 of bamboo or the 3 of characters.
**[20:03] aka**
Ron.
**[20:09] was**
What?
**[20:15] aka**
You're actually quite the
coward, Washizu Iwao.
**[20:21] was**
Me?
**[20:22] was**
You call me a coward?!
**[20:27] aka**
You can't erase your fear that easily.
**[20:31] aka**
Once your heart has been
infiltrated by fear,
**[20:33] aka**
you can't break free from being
weak-spirited that easily.
**[20:39] aka**
So then all I have to do is target...
**[20:43] aka**
those weak spots.
**[20:49] nar**
Akagi has made a recovery
from his desperate situation.
**[20:53] nar**
Will he be able to push Washizu
all the way to destruction now?
**[20:58] nar**
The endless battle with death
and destruction on the line
**[21:01] nar**
is about to enter a stage
beyond imagination.
**[22:16] nar**
Next time, "Madness and Darkness and..."
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***SIGN*** Madness and Darkness and...
# 26 - Madness and Darkness and...
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***SIGN*** Episode 26
***SIGN*** Madness and Darkness and...
**[01:25] Was**
*What?*
**[01:27] Was**
*What the hell is he?*
**[01:31] Was**
*Who does he think I am?*
**[01:38] Was**
*I am this country's king.*
**[01:40] Was**
* Until now, all have bowed*
* before me, without exception.*
**[01:44] Was**
* Be it ministers of the cabinet,*
* organized crime bosses, police,*
**[01:50] Was**
* bureaucrats, banks, zaibatsus,*
* religious leaders.*
**[01:57] Was**
*I ruled over them all of them.*
**[02:02] Was**
*And yet this punk... this brat!*
**[02:07] Was**
*It's ridiculous!*
**[02:10] Was**
*This cannot be allowed.*
**[02:13] Was**
*It simply can't be allowed.*
**[02:17] Was**
*You will bow down before me.*
**[02:19] Nar**
If he discards the 4 of circles,
Washizu will be in tenpai.
**[02:32] Was**
* This 4 of circles is most likely*
* the enemy's winning tile.*
**[02:36] Was**
*Damn it!*
**[02:38] Was**
*I can't discard it.*
**[02:42] (Flashback) aka**
You're actually quite the
coward, Washizu Iwao.
**[02:48] (Flashback) aka**
So then all I have to do is target...
**[02:50] (Flashback) aka**
those weak spots.
**[02:52] Was**
*That's insane.*
**[02:53] Was**
*I am the king!*
**[02:55] Was**
*The king!*
**[02:57] Was**
*You peasant.*
**[03:00] Was**
*I'll make this pass.*
**[03:02] Was**
*I'll make it!*
**[03:10] Aka**
Ron.
**[03:11] Aka**
5,200.
**[03:16] Man**
*This is horrible.*
**[03:18] Man**
* He couldn't even keep*
* himself from dealing into*
**[03:20] Man**
*that obvious 4, 7 of circles wait.*
**[03:22] Man**
*He has completely lost himself.*
**[03:26] Nar**
It's true for ordinary Mahjong as well,
**[03:28] Nar**
but in Washizu Mahjong, keeping a
cool head is even more crucial.
**[03:32] Nar**
Specifically, keeping
control of your own fear.
**[03:36] Nar**
Should you waver here, you will
sink into a bog of endless doubts.
**[03:41] Nar**
You will be led astray by illusions
**[03:43] Nar**
and either destroy your hand by
wandering off into the void
**[03:46] Nar**
or make a bold move
just to get away from that.
**[03:54] Nar**
It's a reactionary failure.
**[03:59] Nar**
Once it starts,
there is no stopping it.
**[04:04] Aka**
Ron.
**[04:07] Nar**
He will keep falling and falling.
**[04:11] Nar**
Right now, Washizu looks exactly
like the young men he's killed until now.
**[04:17] Nar**
They were also controlled
by their own fear.
**[04:20] Nar**
They lost their balance
and started a chain
**[04:21] Nar**
of outrageous discards and
giving up on the game.
**[04:24] Nar**
They died, having lost the sense of
what is normal and what is abnormal.
**[04:30] Nar**
This is Washizu's first taste of that,
**[04:34] Nar**
that essence of Washizu Mahjong.
**[04:49] Was**
*I can't discard the 7 of bamboo.*
**[04:55] Nar**
That's right.
**[04:56] Nar**
Washizu has played Washizu
Mahjong many, many times,
**[04:59] Nar**
but he has never participated
in the truest sense of the term.
**[05:03] Nar**
While his opponent fought for his life,
**[05:06] Nar**
Washizu alone always stood protected.
**[05:10] Nar**
By his overwhelming funds.
**[05:13] Nar**
It never was a fair fight.
**[05:18] Nar**
A handicapped fight.
**[05:19] Nar**
Or rather, for Washizu,
the battle called Washizu Mahjong
**[05:22] Nar**
existed in another dimension.
**[05:26] Nar**
In other words,
**[05:28] Nar**
a hunt.
**[05:30] Nar**
A hunt where he hunted down a wild,
running beast with an ultimate weapon.
**[05:36] Nar**
Far from being a deathmatch,
it was one-sided murder.
**[05:42] Nar**
Washizu is the one who kills.
**[05:44] Nar**
His opponent is the
one who gets killed.
**[05:48] Nar**
That is what Washizu
Mahjong was to Washizu.
**[05:55] Nar**
But now...
**[05:57] Nar**
a beast beyond his wildest
imagination has appeared.
**[06:05] Nar**
Not only does this beast not
fear death, it also happens...
**[06:12] Nar**
to attack Washizu.
**[06:19] Nar**
It wants to kill Washizu.
**[06:22] Was**
*Why?*
**[06:23] Was**
*Why does this man exist?*
**[06:28] Was**
*Why does this...*
**[06:33] Was**
*demon... exist?*
**[06:35] Was**
*I can't deal any bamboo tile.*
**[06:40] Aka**
Ron.
**[06:42] Aka**
Tanyao, one dora.
**[06:43] Aka**
2,900.
**[06:55] Nar**
In the end, Washizu lost the third match
**[06:57] Nar**
and then the fourth, in succession.
**[07:01] Nar**
At his wit's end, he falls apart.
**[07:04] Nar**
After the third match,
**[07:05] Nar**
the gap between him
and Akagi is 107,000 points.
**[07:07] Nar**
At the end of the fourth,
it's 63,000 points.
**[07:10] Nar**
Altogether, that's 170,000 points.
**[07:13] Nar**
Adding in the direct hit
and tsumo bonuses makes a
**[07:16] Nar**
grand total of 195,000 points.
**[07:18] Nar**
In other words,
Washizu has lost 195 million yen,
**[07:22] Nar**
and his total loss amounts
to 313.5 million yen.
**[07:27] Nar**
This amount in 1965 would equate
to about 3.2 billion yen today.
**[07:34] Nar**
At the start of the game,
Washizu's 500 million seemed endless,
**[07:38] Nar**
but he has now fallen
under 200 million.
**[07:41] Nar**
On the other hand, the amount
of blood Akagi lost in the third
**[07:44] Nar**
and fourth matches only
amounts to 300 CCs.
**[07:46] Nar**
It is a miracle he was
able to keep it so low,
**[07:48] Nar**
but he has already lost
a total of 1,400 CCs.
**[07:56] Nar**
Akagi versus Washizu.
**[07:58] Nar**
This battle wagering their
death and destruction
**[08:01] Nar**
has now been going
for over three hours.
**[08:04] Nar**
The trend has been set.
**[08:06] Nar**
Washizu, four consecutive losses.
**[08:09] Man**
*This is harsh.*
**[08:11] Man**
*More than that...*
**[08:13] Man**
*is it over?*
**[08:16] Man**
*But that kid really is immeasurable.*
**[08:21] Man**
* Not once has he dealt*
* into Washizu's hand.*
**[08:24] Man**
* All of the blood he's lost has been*
* due to Washizu-sama's tsumo wins.*
**[08:30] Man**
*Can this even be possible?*
**[08:32] Man**
*He is like a demon.*
**[08:35] Man**
* Thinking of the fatal amount though,*
* he's already lost 1,400 CCs.*
**[08:41] Man**
*It'll only take a small push now.*
**[08:44] Man**
*Not even a mangan.*
**[08:45] Man**
*A direct hit of 5,200 would kill him.*
**[08:49] Man**
* But that's only because he has yet*
* to transfer any of his blood back.*
**[08:55] Man**
* Looking at his overwhelming*
* skill and luck,*
**[08:58] Man**
* it's deceptive to say*
* "only a small push."*
**[09:01] Man**
*That's an illusion.*
**[09:03] Man**
*One must not be fooled by it.*
**[09:05] Man**
* This is the strategy of*
* the demon called Akagi.*
**[09:08] Man**
* It beckons us on to the next stage*
* of the battle, to our destruction.*
**[09:13] Man**
*If we keep going,*
**[09:16] Man**
* he won't have to take any more*
* drastic measures to keep us playing.*
**[09:20] Man**
* Should he lose any more blood,*
* he will naturally transfer some back.*
**[09:25] Man**
* If that happens, Washizu-sama won't*
* even have a 1% chance of winning.*
**[09:30] Man**
*This is the end.*
**[09:32] Man**
*It would be wise to end it here.*
**[09:35] Man**
* The 300 million loss hurts, of course,*
* but there's nothing we can do.*
**[09:41] Man**
* Looking at it another way,*
* we still have 200 million left.*
**[09:44] Man**
* In a regular match, he probably*
* would have taken all of the 500 million.*
**[09:50] Man**
*We stop every two matches and we have*
**[09:52] Man**
* the power to get out of the*
* game at any of those stops.*
**[09:57] Man**
*This privilege will keep us alive.*
**[10:00] Man**
* Looking back, putting in this*
* condition was priceless.*
**[10:04] Man**
*Because we survived.*
**[10:06] Man**
*Wounded, but still standing.*
**[10:15] Oug**
It's over.
**[10:17] Oug**
He's not going to keep going.
**[10:20] Oug**
The game has been decided.
**[10:22] Yasu**
Well, we didn't get the full 500
million, but this is enough.
**[10:28] Oug**
I'll be honest, I'm relieved.
**[10:30] Oug**
The money was one thing, but if we'd
lost, I would've lost one of my arms!
**[10:35] Oug**
Hey.
**[10:36] Oug**
Get ready to leave.
**[10:38] Guy**
Yes, sir.
**[10:39] Aka**
What are you talking about?
**[10:44] Aka**
It's not over yet.
**[10:48] Aka**
Washizu will keep going.
**[10:52] Oug**
What are you talking about?!
**[10:54] Yasu**
That's crazy!
**[10:55] Yasu**
It's not possible!
**[10:57] Yasu**
This is the time to stop!
**[10:58] Yasu**
What possible reason could
we have to keep going?
**[11:01] Yasu**
Besides, Washizu's exhausted.
**[11:04] Yasu**
He can't even stand up.
**[11:06] Aka**
Of course, we can't continue *this* way.
**[11:10] Aka**
He needs a compromise,
from our side.
**[11:13] Both**
What?
**[11:16] Aka**
So far, all of my wins have
been surprise attacks,
**[11:19] Aka**
taking advantage of Washizu's
misunderstandings and his carelessness.
**[11:24] Aka**
He got caught up in it
and started to sink.
**[11:28] Aka**
Once he noticed, it was irreversible.
**[11:33] Aka**
He hasn't fought me directly yet.
**[11:36] Aka**
Which means he hasn't fought
me at his full capacity yet.
**[11:40] Aka**
But if we keep going, it will be different.
**[11:45] Aka**
It'll be a real face-off.
**[11:48] Aka**
There will be no carelessness
nor underestimating.
**[11:52] Aka**
I want to fight him like that.
**[11:56] Aka**
In a real face-off.
**[11:59] Aka**
Or I would leave here, not knowing
what the real Washizu is like.
**[12:04] Aka**
It would end without me seeing the
true nature and power of Washizu.
**[12:10] Aka**
Seeing him like that,
he looks just like a lone rat.
**[12:15] Aka**
The truth is, at one point,
I thought of him like that.
**[12:18] Aka**
Is it possible though?
**[12:22] Aka**
For such a small person, such a rat,
**[12:24] Aka**
to gain the title of the king ruling
from the shadows in just one generation?
**[12:29] Aka**
Could he have risen to such
a feared, lofty position?
**[12:34] Aka**
No.
**[12:35] Aka**
An ordinary person cannot aggrandize
himself to that degree.
**[12:39] Aka**
There's something to him.
**[12:41] Aka**
Washizu's core is not
the rat we see now.
**[12:46] Aka**
There is something deeper within him.
**[12:49] Aka**
And if that's true, we must see it.
**[12:53] Aka**
That thing deep within,
Washizu's true self,
**[12:57] Aka**
his source of power.
**[13:00] Aka**
So then...
**[13:03] Aka**
Can you push that for me?
**[13:07] Yasu**
Akagi...
**[13:08] Yasu**
Hey, wait.
**[13:10] Yasu**
What are you thinking?
**[13:16] Man**
What?
**[13:17] Man**
What do you want?
**[13:18] Aka**
Break time is over.
**[13:21] Aka**
Get up.
**[13:23] Aka**
It's time to start.
**[13:26] Man**
Stop this.
**[13:28] Man**
That is not possible.
**[13:30] Man**
Washizu-sama is not in
a condition to continue!
**[13:35] Aka**
You okay with that, Washizu?
**[13:37] Aka**
Having this punk talk for you?
**[13:41] Aka**
Here, I'll wake you up.
**[13:46] Aka**
I'm going to borrow one of these.
**[13:53] Yasu**
What the hell are you...
**[13:55] Yasu**
Hey!
**[13:58] Oug**
Akagi, what are you doing?
**[14:00] Oug**
That's your blood!
**[14:01] Oug**
You need to get that transfused back!
**[14:09] Oug**
You idiot!
**[14:11] Oug**
What the hell are you doing?
**[14:12] Oug**
That's dirty!
**[14:14] Oug**
That thing is not sterilized, Akagi!
**[14:18] Aka**
I don't care.
**[14:19] Oug**
What do you mean?!
**[14:21] Oug**
Hey!
**[14:22] Aka**
I mean this...
**[14:29] Yasu**
What?!
**[14:30] Oug**
You idiot!
**[14:31] Oug**
Hurry up and get that out!
**[14:41] Oug**
You moron!
**[14:44] Oug**
How could you do that?
**[14:47] Man**
*H-He's crazy.*
**[14:49] Man**
*What is this?*
**[14:51] Man**
*Where is the good in this?*
**[14:55] Aka**
You awake now, Washizu?
**[14:58] Aka**
I'm throwing it out.
**[15:00] Aka**
As you can see, I'm throwing away the
1,400 CCs of blood I've lost thus far.
**[15:05] Aka**
We'll go on from here.
**[15:07] Aka**
How about matches five and six?
**[15:09] Oug**
Akagi!
**[15:10] Oug**
You idiot!
**[15:11] Oug**
What are you saying?
**[15:12] Oug**
Take that back!
**[15:14] Oug**
I'm not going to let you do this.
**[15:16] Was**
What happens now?
**[15:19] Was**
What happens to the blood I
draw after this, when I tsumo?
**[15:24] Aka**
I don't need that, either.
**[15:26] Aka**
You can throw it away
as soon as you draw it.
**[15:28] Oug**
Akagi!
**[15:29] Oug**
Are you even aware of what
you're saying right now?!
**[15:33] Oug**
This is suicide!
**[15:35] Oug**
Akagi!
**[15:44] Was**
300 CCs more.
**[15:47] Was**
I want you to draw 300
more CCs right now.
**[15:51] Was**
As a bonus.
**[15:54] Oug**
You idiot.
**[15:57] Aka**
Looks like you're getting
back into it, Washizu.
**[16:00] Aka**
That's more like you.
**[16:01] Oug**
Hey!
**[16:03] Aka**
But I can't do that.
**[16:05] Aka**
My blood is my life.
**[16:07] Aka**
You can only take it by
winning it from me in a game.
**[16:19] Was**
I just wanted to see how far I
could get by pushing my luck.
**[16:25] Was**
But you're pretty stingy, Akagi.
**[16:29] Was**
Very well.
**[16:31] Was**
For your arrogance in throwing
away your own blood...
**[16:34] Was**
For that conceit...
**[16:36] Was**
I'll kill you.
**[16:38] Man**
Washizu-sama!
**[16:39] Yasu**
Don't worry.
**[16:44] Was**
Now, let's go on.
**[16:46] Man**
Washizu-sama!
**[16:50] Man**
But...
**[16:53] Was**
It's fine.
**[16:54] Was**
There is nothing to fear.
**[16:56] Was**
Now I know what I must do.
**[17:00] Was**
I wasn't using the right
strategy before now.
**[17:04] Was**
To put it short,
that man is utterly mad.
**[17:06] Was**
He's a psycho with a death wish.
**[17:09] Was**
Just think about it.
**[17:11] Was**
He's already lost 1,400 CCs of blood.
**[17:15] Was**
He is literally one
step away from death.
**[17:17] Was**
One more push would be enough.
**[17:20] Man**
That is undoubtedly true,
but that man, he is...
**[17:25] Was**
Just watch.
**[17:28] Was**
I'll win.
**[17:29] Was**
I won't even have to go
until the sixth match.
**[17:32] Was**
I'll kill him sometime in the
East round of the fifth match.
**[17:43] Was**
If there is any justice in the world.
**[17:51] Was**
And yet...
**[17:54] Was**
they seem rather lonely.
**[17:57] Was**
You.
**[17:57] ---**
Sir?
**[18:00] Was**
Come with me.
**[18:10] Oug**
*This is unbelievable.*
**[18:11] Oug**
*What the hell are you doing?*
**[18:14] Oug**
* You should've stopped*
* while you were ahead.*
**[18:19] Oug**
* That is the natural order of*
* things, that would make sense.*
**[18:22] Oug**
* There's no reason to force*
* it into the next match!*
**[18:26] Oug**
* Not to mention that you*
* threw away all your blood!*
**[18:32] Oug**
*You're beyond crazy!*
**[18:35] Oug**
*You're marching off to your own death.*
**[18:38] Oug**
* Washizu said it: this time, it's not*
* about being this or that kind of genius.*
**[18:44] Oug**
*It's not about that at all.*
**[18:46] Oug**
*You're a lunatic.*
**[18:47] Oug**
*Nothing but a lunatic with a death wish.*
**[18:51] Oug**
*I misjudged you.*
**[18:53] Oug**
* This guy is beyond anything*
* we can conceptualize.*
**[18:58] Oug**
*An outlier.*
**[19:01] Oug**
*A lunatic.*
**[19:03] Oug**
* At this rate, I'll get dragged*
* down with this lunatic.*
**[19:10] Oug**
*Straight down into hell.*
**[19:22] Oug**
What is that?
**[19:27] Was**
My last secret savings of 100 million.
**[19:31] Both**
What?!
**[19:34] Was**
With this addition,
I have 300 million left.
**[19:39] Was**
With this, I'm safe.
**[19:43] Was**
I can go forward in the game,
knowing I'm protected.
**[19:48] Was**
And I'll draw that last
600 CCs of your blood!
**[19:57] Was**
There are no exceptions.
**[20:00] Was**
Everyone is equal in
dying after 2,000 CCs.
**[20:05] Was**
You will die.
**[20:11] Was**
I'm sorry I kept you waiting.
**[20:13] Was**
Then let us begin, Akagi Shigeru!
**[20:24] Nar**
The genius wagering a
meaningless death, Akagi Shigeru,
**[20:27] Nar**
and the king of the shadows
wagering his ruin, Washizu Iwao,
**[20:30] Nar**
are yet to reach the
conclusion of their battle.
**[20:34] Nar**
This all happened on August 11th, 1965.
**[20:45] Nar**
And eventually, this battle will
be handed down as a legend.
***SIGN*** 1999 Summer