Akagi (アカギ)

Draw it.

My blood.

Extract it!

Fine.

Hey, Akagi!

I've been waiting for this moment.

The demon king, once protected by his wealth, has been drawn out at last.

We're on even ground now.

Now...

Let's start together.

Let's start this mad game of Mahjong with both of our blood on the line.

Washizu-sama, are you sure about this?

Hurry up and extract it.

Yes, sir.

Then...

We'll take 70 cc now.

Washizu-sama...

Keep your wits!

There's still more than a 40,000 point gap.

We just need to survive four more hands,

and victory is right in front of us.

That's right.

It's right in front of you.

Your victory... or your death.

We're going on.

South Hand 1, bonus 2.

Try and stop me being the dealer, Washizu.

You have to stop it, or you'll die.

You'll shrivel up and die, just like all the young men you've buried up to now.

Final Episode

Sixth Game

South Hand 1, Bonus 2

The match between Akagi and Washizu

that would later become legend in the Mahjong underworld

is finally reaching its climax.

A mad game of Washizu Mahjong where both bet their blood.

The game now cannot end until one of them is dead...

And that climactic moment is nearly upon them at last.

Stop him.

Stop Akagi.

I've had 70 cc of blood withdrawn so far.

It's a far cry from the 2,000 cc Akagi has lost.

But if Akagi, as the dealer,

scores a direct hit mangan off of me, it will cost me 12,600 points.

Combined with the 70 cc already withdrawn, that would be a total of 1,330 cc.

My victory would not be so certain anymore.

Whatever it takes, I have to kick Akagi out of the dealer's seat.

First, my starting hand.

It's not too bad.

And what about him?

His hand is similar to mine.

We could end up waiting on the same tiles,

meaning it'll be easy for him to make a hand that wins off my discards.

I've got to push ahead of him and win before he has a chance.

Yes, I can kick him out! I can kick him out of the dealer's seat!

A string of useless draws.

Damn it! My hand isn't going anywhere.

I can't have this!

At this rate, his dealer streak will continue.

South winds... They're honor tiles.

If I can call on a south wind, I'll be in tenpai waiting on a 3, 6 of characters.

Suzuki could play into my hand, and I'd kick Akagi out of the dealer's seat...

If only I could call on the south wind.

He has two south winds!

Hey, how much are you in for?

Huh?

How much is your cut?

What are you talking about?

I'm guessing Akagi gets half of my 600 million yen, since he's risking his life.

What about the other half?

Don't tell me you and Ougi are

splitting it fifty-fifty, when he's betting his arm and you're betting nothing.

100 would be a fair amount for you.

But I would give you 200 million.

What?

If you discard one of those south winds.

Please. You can't be serious.

200 million yen...

That's more than a cop like you could make in his entire lifetime.

It's nothing to be ashamed of.

Take the battle of Sekigahara.

Ieyasu won because the enemy commanders changed sides.

What the hell are you getting at?!

I see...

Hey, Yasuoka!

I see.

I'm sure there were commanders who were traitors.

But that doesn't mean everyone in the Western Army betrayed their side.

I'm sure there were also plenty of commanders

who sensed that the odds were against them,

but kept their word until the very end.

Sorry, but I'm more that type.

Yasuoka!

You really think I'd go along with anything he says?

That's fine, that's fine!

You didn't throw your south wind and threw away 200 million yen instead!

No more jokes.

But this tenpai with a 1, 4 of characters wait...

I can't make it a pinfu with the south winds as a pair,

so I have no yaku.

I guess riichi, then?

No. If I deal into his hand now, I'll lose more blood.

My top priority now is to avoid playing into his hand.

It's no good.

Staying defensive is no longer enough.

If this goes on, I will die.

Riichi!

I'll throw my life away if it means kicking Akagi out of the dealer's seat!

I'm aware of the risk!

Washizu declares a tenacious riichi.

However,

the hand goes all the way to the 17th turn, the last before ending in a draw.

Damn it!

Ron.

Pinfu, two dora.

5,800 points, and with the two counters, 6,400.

With the riichi wager, it's 7,400.

That's 740 cc of blood withdrawn.

Washizu-sama...

Don't worry. He won't die yet.

Right?

Hey, what's the hold-up?

Extract the blood!

Excuse me, sir.

Now, then...

With this, you've had a total of 810 cc withdrawn.

Another 1,200 cc, and you'll hit the absolutely lethal amount of 2,000 cc.

We've finally got Washizu in a corner.

Right, Akagi?

Washizu's suffered four direct hits in a row.

Sixth Game

South Hand 1, Bonus 3

With this miracle, Akagi is finally there.

Close enough to actually take Washizu's life.

On one hand, Washizu desperately wants to kick Akagi out of the dealer's seat.

Their starting tiles are similar, and he can't seem to pull ahead with his draws.

They are, indeed, evenly matched.

Ahead!

I need to pull ahead of him, or I won't get anywhere.

That monster will get me again if I let the game drag out.

I don't need any strategies.

There's only me.

I will make a suicide pact with myself!

That has always been the source of my strength.

I need to believe in my own strength.

All right, just a little more now!

I have to win!

I have to win before that monster can hatch his plot!

I'm 99% sure Akagi, the one he can't deal to, is in hidden tenpai.

It's very conceivable that he's in tenpai by now,

yet Washizu-sama hasn't looked at Akagi once this hand.

You're being cold, Washizu Iwao.

You should look at me now and then.

Not so much as a glance, huh?

No other choice, then.

Riichi.

Riichi?

If you deal into my hand, you'll die.

There are three counters, so a 3,900 point hand will be 4,800 points.

That would bring you to the lethal amount.

Wait, the cop is playing into his hand?

This one is safe.

Move forward! Forward!

I've caught up... I've caught up, but now it gets tricky.

At this point, Washizu has four possibilities for tenpai.

Discard the 3 of bamboo and wait on the 7 of bamboo.

Discard the 9 of circles and wait on the 7 of bamboo.

Discard the 6 of bamboo and wait on the 8 of bamboo.

Discard the 8 of bamboo and wait on the 6 of bamboo.

The best option would be to discard the 3 of bamboo or 9 of circles

for a closed wait on the 7 of bamboo.

Suzuki could deal into my hand right away.

With that 7 of bamboo, I'd have a quick riichi ippatsu win.

I could finally kick that monster out of the dealer's seat.

However...

It's possible that Akagi is waiting on the 3 of bamboo or the 9 of circles.

It is possible.

If he's waiting on the 9 of circles, his hand would look like this.

A 6, 7, 8, 9 of circles wait.

If he's waiting on the 3 of bamboo, it would look like this.

A 2, 3 of bamboo wait.

And a look at Yasuoka's hand reveals that if Akagi is waiting on a 9 of circles,

Yasuoka can deal him the 7, 8, or 9 of circles right away.

There is no visible 3 of bamboo,

but it is possible that the single opaque tile he has is a 3 of bamboo.

Which means, regardless of whether Akagi is waiting on

a 9 of circles

or a 3 of bamboo,

either tile could easily be obtained from Yasuoka's hand, putting him in tenpai.

No, whether it's a 3 of bamboo or a 9 of circles,

one or the other should pass.

If I can make one of them pass, I can end this.

Akagi's dealer streak will be over.

But wait... His hand could also look like this...

A suu ankou tenpai.

Suu ankou - Four concealed triplets, a double yakuman when waiting for a single tile.

Tsumo.

Suu ankou.

A dealer yakuman with three counters.

16,000 becomes 16,300 from everyone.