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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