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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