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."
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