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