9 - The Authenticity of Genius

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[01:12] nar
    In 1964,
[01:14] nar
    Akagi has resurfaced after six years
[01:15] nar
    alongside the police officer Yasuoka.
[01:18] nar
    However, that Akagi was fake.
[01:22] nar
    Even though he's fake,
    he still displays amazing skill.
[01:25] nar
    But he now faces the real Akagi.
SIGN    Episode 9
SIGN    The Authenticity of Genius
[01:32] ish
    He got it right!
[01:34] nan
    He guessed the shanten number
    before the tiles were even revealed!
[01:39] kaw
    This is interesting.
[01:43] fak
    Boss, this isn't that amazing.
[01:46] kaw
    Meaning?
[01:47] fak
    It's quite simple.
[01:48] kaw
    So you're saying that this
    wasn't based on instinct,
[01:52] kaw
    but that there was a trick?
[01:55] fak
    It's nothing that elaborate,
[01:57] fak
    but anyone could arrive at it
    if they think a bit.
[02:01] fak
    There are 136 tiles in total.
[02:04] fak
    Out of those, 13 x 9, or 117
    tiles, are already uncovered.
[02:09] fak
    Which leaves 19 remaining tiles.
[02:11] fak
    With enough time,
    figuring out what those 19 tiles are
[02:14] fak
    is something even a
    grade schooler could do.
[02:17] fak
    Which means that the remaining
    tiles are the 13 tiles I just opened
[02:22] fak
    and a 1 and 7 of circles,
    1 and 3 of bamboo,
[02:26] fak
    and two of the 9 of characters.
[02:27] fak
    With these 6 tiles, we have
    the remaining 19 tiles.
[02:31] nar
    Fake Akagi's claim is that
    figuring the shanten number
[02:33] nar
    isn't difficult to a player of this level.
[02:37] nar
    Among these 19 tiles,
    there isn't a single set of three.
[02:40] nar
    Based on that fact alone,
    it couldn't be better than 2 shanten.
[02:44] nar
    That's because, in Mahjong,
    a hand can only be in
[02:47] nar
    2 shanten once one set of three
    and the pair are complete.
[02:50] nar
    These 19 tiles do not
    satisfy that condition.
[02:53] nar
    No matter how you pick the 13 tiles,
    you'll get 3 sets of two, no matter what.
[03:00] fak
    Which means the worst you
    could get is 5 shanten.
[03:04] fak
    But the chance for that is fleetingly low.
[03:07] fak
    You might get it once in a few hundred tries.
[03:11] fak
    So it's either a 3 or 4 shanten.
[03:14] fak
    50:50.
[03:16] fak
    Actually, judging from the tiles
    here, a 3 shanten is more likely.
[03:22] fak
    It'll probably be 3 shanten
    six or seven out of ten times.
[03:26] fak
    So even blurting out 3 shanten without
    thinking has a 65% chance of being correct.
[03:31] fak
    It's simple probability.
[03:34] fak
    Not instinct at all!
[03:36] fak
    You might be able to deceive people
    not familiar with probability,
[03:39] fak
    but that won't work on me, Akagi-san.
[03:47] aka
    I see, you are second-rate.
[03:49] fak
    What did you say?!
[03:51] aka
    You're way off.
[03:53] fak
    So you're trying to tell me
[03:54] fak
    you got this not through
    probability, but through instinct?
[03:57] aka
    Who knows?
[03:59] fak
    Then prove it.
[04:06] fak
    Add three tiles to these ten here
    and make it a 4 shanten hand.
[04:11] fak
    But you have to pick
    from these nine tiles.
[04:20] fak
    Pick three tiles from here.
[04:23] fak
    If you can actually make a 4 shanten
    hand with this, I'll believe...
[04:27] fak
    that you have an instinct
    that surpasses probability.
[04:35] nan
    That's impossible.
[04:36] nan
    There are already 4 sets of two.
[04:39] nan
    It's already a 4 shanten hand.
[04:41] nan
    He can't add any more sets of two.
[04:45] nan
    So of those nine tiles,
[04:47] nan
    the only tiles he can pick that
    don't break that requirement are...
[04:50] nan
    These four tiles!
[04:52] nan
    But drawing two of the 1 of bamboo
    will result in a new set of two,
[04:55] nan
    so he can only draw one!
[04:57] nar
    The chances aren't good.
[05:00] nar
    At first, it might seem that
    the chances aren't so bad,
[05:04] nar
    seeing that you can
    pick four tiles out of nine.
[05:07] nar
    However, the chance of actually
    picking these three tiles is under 3%.
[05:12] nar
    The margin of error is paper thin.
[05:15] fak
    So, what will you do?
[05:17] fak
    You'll have to walk a tightrope
    over a pit of defeat.
[05:22] aka
    Sounds interesting.
[05:29] aka
    I'll walk that tightrope.
[05:33] nan
    He's accepting this ridiculous gamble?!
[05:35] aka
    But you're the one who so
    confidently proposed this challenge.
[05:41] aka
    I won't hear any complaints about the wager.
[05:46] aka
    One arm.
[05:51] fak
    That's ridiculous.
[05:52] fak
    There's no way I would
    accept that condition!
[05:56] aka
    Why not?
[05:57] fak
    Because it's not necessary!
[05:59] aka
    So you're saying you're not confident?
[06:01] fak
    I am confident!
[06:03] fak
    But no matter how low the
    chance is, it's not 0%.
[06:07] fak
    Even if the chance is as low as 1%,
[06:10] fak
    there's no way that you
    could wager something
[06:12] fak
    as irreplaceable as an arm!
[06:14] fak
    Don't get me wrong.
[06:16] fak
    I'm not saying that I'm afraid.
[06:17] fak
    I'm saying that this gamble is idiotic!
[06:21] fak
    I won't put my life on the line
    for some amusement or game.
[06:24] fak
    I'm not afraid of dying.
[06:26] fak
    I just don't want a meaningless death!
[06:29] aka
    A meaningless death?
[06:31] aka
    Isn't that precisely what gambling is?
[06:34] aka
    This "meaningless death," as you call it?
[06:38] aka
    That's what I've thought all this time.
[06:41] fak
    We're different types.
[06:44] aka
    It's not about our types,
    it's about the stage we stand on.
[06:48] aka
    You've not yet stepped up
    onto the gambling stage.
[06:52] aka
    That's why you're trying to measure
    gambling with the numbers
[06:55] aka
    you've squeezed out of your brain.
[06:58] aka
    Talk about clueless.
[07:00] fak
    What?
[07:02] aka
    It's like claiming to know the ocean...
[07:05] aka
    when you've only gone in waist-deep.
[07:11] fak
    I see what you're doing.
[07:13] fak
    You never had the intention
    of accepting this challenge.
[07:17] fak
    But simply declining would
    make you look incompetent.
[07:19] fak
    In order to avoid that,
    you claimed to accept the challenge,
[07:23] fak
    then countered with a
    completely ridiculous wager.
[07:26] fak
    Your opponent has no
    choice but to back down.
[07:28] fak
    After that, it was your plan
[07:29] fak
    to use some abstract arguments
    to confuse everyone.
[07:32] fak
    Am I wrong?!
[07:33] akw
    Now, wait.
[07:36] akw
    Akagi, I do understand what you're saying.
[07:41] akw
    But we live in different times now.
[07:46] akw
    You should know that, too.
[07:51] guy
    Here.
[07:53] kaw
    In this day and age,
    everything is measured with money.
[07:57] kaw
    With the fluidity of money,
    always winning isn't a necessity
[08:00] kaw
    as long as the net result is positive.
[08:03] kaw
    That's why I hold this man and
    his statistics in high regard.
[08:09] kaw
    That's two million there.
[08:12] kaw
    That looks like a salary envelope.
[08:16] kaw
    How about it?
[08:17] kaw
    Why don't you wager your
    salary against my money?
[08:21] kaw
    The difference in amount simply
    reflects the different odds.
[08:25] kaw
    It's like betting on horses.
[08:30] aka
    I'll bet on a horse, then.
[08:34] yas
    You shouldn't have done that.
[08:37] yas
    That man is different.
[08:40] fak
    Different?
[08:51] fak
    What are you staring at?
[08:54] fak
    Do you think you can see through
    the tiles or something?
[08:56] aka
    Yes.
[08:59] aka
    If I didn't have that degree of intuition,
[09:01] aka
    I wouldn't have been able to
    survive these last six years.
[09:37] nan
    He did it!
[09:41] fak
    No way... He got those exact three tiles!
[09:48] aka
    Well, see you later, Boss.
[09:51] fak
    Hold it!
[09:55] fak
    I almost missed it.
[09:57] fak
    The tiles over here...
    Their order has changed slightly.
[10:02] fak
    If we check,
[10:03] fak
    a 1 of bamboo, a 4 of bamboo,
[10:04] fak
    and a 1 of characters should be missing!
[10:06] fak
    You took them from there!
[10:09] fak
    The tiles you actually picked
    are still in your hand!
[10:13] aka
    Oh, you noticed?
[10:18] aka
    It's a primitive trick, but it's
    pretty effective in practice.
[10:23] aka
    At the very least, more so than
    your lame probability calculations.
[10:28] fak
    Shut up.
[10:29] fak
    Leave the money here.
[10:31] nan
    Akagi...
[10:33] aka
    Don't worry, Nangou-san.
[10:38] aka
    See ya.
[10:40] fak
    Hey!
[10:41] nan
    He has them!
[10:42] ---
    What?
[10:46] nan
    Even if he hadn't switched
    them out, he still had them!
[10:50] nan
    The same three tiles!
[10:52] fak
    No way...
[10:55] fak
    Checking the remaining tiles
    should give us the proof!
[11:00] fak
    They're not there...
    those three tiles...
[11:04] yas
    Don't get involved with that man.
[11:10] yas
    Leave him alone.
[11:17] kaw
    Oh, that's it, Osamu.
[11:21] kaw
    Mentanpin, iipeikou, two dora.
[11:24] osa
    What?
[11:25] osa
    Aw man, I was just in first place.
[11:27] guy
    What a shame.
[11:30] guy
    Yeah, real shame.
[11:34] kaw
    You're back late.
[11:37] tah
    If you'd come home a bit earlier,
[11:39] tah
    you could have joined the fun.
[11:41] tah
    Right, Kawashima?
[11:43] kaw
    Yeah, but unfortunately...
[11:46] kaw
    we're on our last East-South match.
[11:49] aka
    How's it going?
[11:50] osa
    Not good.
[11:51] osa
    They took most of my pay.
[12:01] aka
    Osamu and Kawashima have both been losing.
[12:06] aka
    I see.
[12:07] nar
    This is a setup.
[12:10] nar
    If all three were to win,
[12:11] nar
    the impression that they're
    scalping Osamu would be too obvious.
[12:15] nar
    To avoid this, they pick
    a loser before starting.
[12:19] nar
    Afterwards, only the money Osamu
    lost will be split between those three.
[12:28] kaw
    I hate losing this much.
[12:30] kaw
    It's getting to be too stupid to keep up.
[12:33] tah
    Chill, man. Don't be so down.
[12:35] tah
    Fortitude can still pay off.
[12:36] ---
    Whatever.
[12:38] tah
    Pon!
[12:40] kaw
    How can you have all those?
[12:42] kaw
    Osamu, be careful.
    You're in second place.
[12:45] osa
    Yeah...
[12:48] kaw
    Dealing into a big one will be bad.
[12:50] tah
    Bah, nothing to deal into, anyway.
[12:53] tah
    Figures I'd get a trash hand.
[12:55] kaw
    I don't trust what you call a "trash hand."
[13:01] tah
    That's it! Sorry, Kawashima.
[13:05] tah
    South, toitoi, so 5,200.
SIGN    Toitoi - A hand consisting of all triplets or quads, and a pair.
[13:08] kaw
    Ah, screw this!
[13:11] aka
    So, they're signaling each other.
[13:15] nar
    These three were signaling each other
    with the first words of their sentences.
[13:21] (Flashback) tah
    Chill, man. Don't be so down.
[13:23] (Flashback) tah
    Fortitude can still pay off.
[13:25] nar
    The "ch" of "chill" signifies character tiles.
[13:27] nar
    The "for" of "fortitude"
    signifies the number four.
[13:29] nar
    So that was a signal to
    discard the 4 of characters.
[13:33] nar
    Similarly...
[13:34] tah
    Bah, nothing to deal into, anyway.
[13:37] tah
    Figures I'd get a trash hand.
[13:38] nar
    That was a signal to discard 
    the five of bamboo.
[13:43] aka
    No wonder he's getting hustled,
[13:45] aka
    if he can't even figure out this simple trick.
[13:49] osa
    Damn it.
[13:52] nar
    Kawashima and his gang keep winning
    quick hands even in South Hand 3.
[13:58] nar
    And at the beginning of South Hand 4...
[14:03] nar
    While everybody is still
    focusing on their own tiles...
[14:09] nar
    Kawashima cheats.
[14:12] nar
    He deposits tiles he doesn't
    need on the left end of the wall
[14:17] nar
    and retrieves good tiles he had
    placed at the right end of the wall.
[14:21] nar
    This cheat is known as uprooting.
[14:25] nar
    A simple, straightforward cheat.
[14:28] nar
    But since your hand shrinks
    for just one moment,
[14:31] nar
    being spotted means it's over.
[14:35] kaw
    That dimwit didn't notice anything.
[14:40] kaw
    What's that look?
[14:41] kaw
    Did he notice?
[14:46] kaw
    Must have imagined that.
[14:51] tah
    I'll be taking this, then.
[14:55] aka
    Sorry. If I had played...
[14:58] osa
    No, I'm the one who blew it.
[15:05] aka
    You guys...
[15:09] aka
    How about a little game with me?
[15:12] kaw
    Tomorrow. We're tired.
[15:18] aka
    Still tired?
[15:21] kaw
    Where did you get that?!
[15:23] aka
    It's easy money.
[15:25] aka
    If you beat me in this little
    gamble, it's yours to take.
[15:30] kaw
    What is this game going to be?
[15:35] aka
    Osamu's hand was in tenpai with a
    closed wait for a the 5 of characters.
[15:39] aka
    If I can't complete it by
    drawing twice from the 14 tiles
[15:44] aka
    in the dead wall, you win.
[15:50] aka
    If I do complete it, I win.
[15:54] aka
    In that event,
[15:55] aka
    I'll take your winnings for today,
    this month's pay, and your savings.
[16:00] aka
    Meaning your bank books
    and signature seals.
[16:02] kaw
    Wh-What?
[16:05] nar
    Normally, nobody would accept this
    reckless gamble for their life savings.
[16:09] nar
    However...
[16:11] kaw
    Sounds fun. We'll accept!
[16:13] tah
    H-Hey!
[16:17] tah
    What the hell are you thinking?
[16:20] kaw
    Look at the table.
[16:23] kaw
    The tile Osamu is waiting
    for, the 5 of characters.
[16:26] kaw
    One's the dora indicator.
[16:28] kaw
    Another in Furuya's discards.
[16:30] kaw
    Where do you think the other two are?
[16:34] kaw
    They're face down in my hand.
[16:39] tah
    That means it's empty?
[16:41] kaw
    That's right.
[16:43] kaw
    He won't get it, no matter if
    he draws twice or ten times.
[16:50] kaw
    That's all of our money.
[16:52] aka
    Very well.
[16:56] aka
    Then, here I go.
[17:00] kaw
    You moron!
[17:01] kaw
    You can't pick the dora indicator!
[17:04] aka
    I can't?
[17:06] kaw
    You can't think you can win
    by picking a tile that's face-up!
[17:11] aka
    That was just a joke.
[17:21] tah
    He changed his hand?!
[17:22] kaw
    Wait!
[17:23] kaw
    Who said that you could
    change your hand?!
[17:26] aka
    Two draws naturally includes
    changing the hand.
[17:30] aka
    I can't compromise that rule.
[17:33] aka
    I bet you have the last two
    5 of characters tiles, anyway.
[17:38] aka
    How shamelessly greedy of you
    to try to win big money
[17:41] aka
    with zero risk.
[17:46] kaw
    It's a double pon wait for a
    west wind or 6 of characters.
[17:49] kaw
    I think there's still one west
    wind left in the dead wall.
[17:53] kaw
    It's a 1:12 chance.
[17:56] kaw
    There's no way he'll get it.
[17:58] kaw
    All right, we'll accept that.
[18:01] kaw
    Go ahead and draw.
[18:05] kaw
    There's no way he'll get it.
[18:07] kaw
    1:12 chance for that west wind.
[18:12] kaw
    That's the tile I switched out!
[18:15] kaw
    He did notice that I cheated!
[18:23] aka
    I win.
[18:26] aka
    I'll just take these.
[18:32] ---
    What do we do now?
[18:38] osa
    Is this my salary?
[18:40] aka
    It's your share.
[18:42] aka
    I won using your hand.
[18:45] aka
    Call it a rental fee.
[18:46] aka
    See ya.
[18:47] osa
    Where are you going?
[18:49] aka
    I'm quitting this job.
[18:50] oaw
    What?
[18:51] oaw
    Wait a minute!
[18:58] oaw
    Did you draw the 6 of characters and the
    west wind by chance during that bet?
[19:03] aka
    There's no way anyone could
    get those by chance.
[19:06] aka
    I had picked up and switched
    out the 6 of characters.
[19:11] osa
    I had no idea...
[19:13] aka
    Remember when I picked
    up the 5 of characters?
[19:16] osa
    Yes.
[19:17] aka
    When Kawashima complained
    and told me to put it back,
[19:20] aka
    I picked up the 6 from the discards
    and switched it with dead wall tile.
[19:28] aka
    Humans are strange.
[19:31] aka
    They're alert when you're drawing a tile,
[19:34] aka
    but let their guard down
    when you return the tile.
[19:38] aka
    Even more so while they're focusing on the 5.
[19:41] aka
    They would never realize that
[19:43] aka
    the seemingly unrelated 6 was replaced
[19:46] aka
    with something else in the discards.
[19:48] aka
    It's a psychological blind spot.
[19:50] osa
    You're right, I didn't notice.
[19:53] osa
    But what about the west wind?
[19:55] osa
    You picked that from
    Kawashima-senpai's wall.
[20:00] osa
    You never touched that wall.
[20:03] aka
    I didn't need to switch for the west wind.
[20:07] aka
    He was uprooting tiles
    almost every hand last night.
[20:12] osa
    Uprooting?
[20:13] aka
    It's a cheat that replaces
    unwanted tiles with good tiles.
[20:17] aka
    By counting the honor tiles in his discards,
[20:19] aka
    it was obvious that the tiles he switched
    out were the east or west wind.
[20:24] aka
    The challenge was figuring out
    which of those tiles was the west.
[20:30] aka
    But if you think about it,
    that was easy, too.
[20:32] osa
    Easy?
[20:34] aka
    Whenever he used this cheat,
[20:36] aka
    he had the habit of putting the
    most useless tile to the very left.
[20:39] aka
    That time, Kawashima was the dealer.
[20:43] aka
    Meaning that the most useless tile
    could not have been an east wind.
[20:46] aka
    Isn't that right, Kawashima-senpai?
[20:53] kaw
    Don't think you'll get
    away with this unscathed.
[20:58] nar
    The genius who descended into
    darkness, Akagi Shigeru.
[21:02] nar
    Destiny was about to be
    set in motion again,
[21:05] nar
    accompanied by large waves.
[22:16] nar
    Next time, "The Announcement
    of the Counterattack."
SIGN    Next Episode
SIGN    The Announcement of 
    the Counterattack