# 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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