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East Hand 1

Dealer - Takakamo Shizuno

It looks like Oohoshi's going to have another double riichi.

In order to stop that...

Someone needs to get a chi or pon first!

This?

No good...

Nobody could call it.

Then Oohoshi's...

Riichi!

Straight discard into a double riichi?!

She was in tenpai from the get-go.

Which means she was only one tile away from a chihou?!

Round 16 The Path

Kan.

Here it is.

Ron.

Double riichi, four ura dora.

12,000.

Yet another kan full of ura dora!

Another double riichi with a kan leading to four ura dora.

Is this Oohoshi Awai's power?

Looks like I can still win after all.

I was just a little out of focus earlier.

So double riichi is Oohoshi Awai's attack style?

Don't forget the ura dora in the kan.

In the West Tokyo preliminaries, her winning hands had them, too.

Without those, it would just be a double riichi.

Which means that it's safe until she declares a kan.

Ippatsu are basically accidents, so we should just pressure her heavily and crush her first.

I think that's a sound strategy,

but everybody except Oohoshi has a starting hand at least five tiles from tenpai.

We're stuck here...

But Oohoshi wasn't able to win the last hand of the first half.

That's it.

I wonder what was different then.

Hey,

did you tell Ryuuka what you figured out so far?

Yes, during the short break.

In that case, let's keep researching. We'll leave this match to Ryuuka.

East Hand 2

Dealer - Shimizudani Ryuuka

I'm the dealer, so I want to call Toki's tiles,

but Shirouzu Mairu won this hand in the fourth players' match,

so Tsuruta Himeko might win.

In that case, I'll play like I always do: with my own power at full strength!

This hand, too?

Riichi.

So you don't care that our captain won this hand, Oohoshi.

I haven't tried declaring double riichi against you guys yet...

Mind if I give it a shot?

Our captain won this hand with three han, and the reservation was only for two...

I'll get a mangan!

Ron. 8,000.

Amazing, Shindouji! Seriously!

That's surprising.

So there are high school players besides Teru who can beat Awai's double riichi.

I think there should be about ten.

I think the Shindouji combo will overpower it,

even in professional matches.

I've beaten Oohoshi's double riichi before.

Really? You beat Awai's?

Yeah... And I see you don't believe me...

How did you do it?

Well, after the dice were cast and the dead wall was split off,

I connected the walls in a circular shape.

Hehehe

That's evil.

She was sobbing because she couldn't win.

Speaking of not winning, I wonder why she lost the last hand.

Didn't Awai do that on purpose?

East Hand 3

I feel like she was playing seriously.

Riichi.

Oohoshi is the dealer,

so calling to prevent double riichi isn't even an option.

This hand, our captain won without putting in a reservation,

so there's obviously not a key.

I'll have to do my best without anyone's help!

Himeko, don't push yourself too much. She's the dealer right now.

Kan.

Here it is!

Oohoshi declared a kan again.

Oh, well. I can't back down after I've come this far!

I'll push ahead!

It went through!

This is a risky tile...

Ron.

Hm, I guess their combo wasn't active.

18,000.

As expected, ura dora from the kan.

Another double riichi with four dora!

Bonus hand 1.

Did you know?

As long as I stay as the dealer, my double riichi can't be stopped,

and Shindouji's weird combo won't be making an appearance.

I get it. It's the corners.

Corners?

Oh, of the tile wall.

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The wall of tiles that is created initially in mahjong,

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Oohoshi Awai declares her kan right before the last corner,

and then wins right after rounding it.

Well spotted.

It's not easy to figure that out from just the usual videos and and printed data.

The dice rolls were recorded, too, so I counted where the breaks were.

Did you tell Ryuuka about this?

No, I just realized it.

Oohoshi only won one hand with double riichi in the first half.

There's one thing that last hand had in common with the double riichi in the West Tokyo preliminaries.

I realized it right away.

Both times, a hand that only had han from the double riichi got a kan full of ura dora,

and won right after that kan.

But that last hand of the first half...

Oh, the hand Oohoshi didn't win?

I couldn't figure out why that hand didn't go the same way,

so I couldn't say that she'd win right after her kan.

Right now, I regret telling Ryuuka

to just watch out after the kan.

Ron. 18,300.

She knew how many points to call before looking at the ura dora?!

Now,

the second bonus hand!

I won't let you stay as the dealer any longer!

I wanted to save these for later...

Toki!

I can see it!

That's a big one.

T-Toki...

Once more, at most.

Of what?

If I hadn't been hospitalized,

I could have stored more in Ryuuka's thighs.

What are you talking about?

Sorry, Ryuuka...

for not being able to lie on your lap more.

Coach!!

That's what you're sorry for?!

Ron.

16,600.

Aren't you going to check the ura dora?

I will, but I don't think it'll change.

It's not just Shindouji!

Shizu, can you make it over those three girls... Those three mountains?

Have you managed to push your way into their depths?

Nodoka once said in an interview

that she played by herself online for about a year and a half.

The time Nodoka spent alone wasn't wasted.

It helped shape who she is now.

All I did was run around the mountains by myself for two and a half years.

Compared to Nodoka, I was depressed at first,

but it's different now.

Because now, that's giving me strength!

The view is great!

You know the paths that mountain ascetics walk for their training?

She ran around those, not to train,

but as if they were her backyard.

A girl... in the mountains?

I wonder what Shizuno found in those secluded places.

Shizu always liked the mountains, didn't she?

She'd suddenly start running,

and even though her sense of direction is terrible, she never got lost.

Even when we taught her about mahjong...

Mountain?

These walls are also called mountains?!

That's right.

Which means that the mountains

I'll be running around will be different every time?!

Yes.

You're getting way too excited.

Yeah, that's what happened, right?

Yeah.

Yuu, what do the dice say?

Um... Right ten.

Ten, huh? Then this hand might work, too.

East Hand 4

Ron.

2,600.

Achiga?!

A hand that cheap?!

Could this be...?

Here comes one of Hiroko's epiphanies!

It's just a guess, but I think Oohoshi Awai switched

to her attack mode in the last hand of the first half.

With that double riichi?

Since then, she's declared double riichi every hand,

and everybody's starting hands were quite slow.

Normally, there'd be no way to win against that,

but the Shindouji combo completely defeated it.

It seems that their starting hands were not affected, either.

They say that even professionals can't handle that combo.

It's more or less certain that they'll achieve a counted yakuman in the third South hand.

That doesn't sound good.

There were three hands where Oohoshi declared a double riichi

that she didn't win, excluding the ones with the Shindouji combo.

One of them was Shimizudani's baiman.

She glided into tenpai and straight to a win.

There's something there.

The problems are the other two.

Yeah, in both, that first-year from Achiga won.

Exactly!

What I just noticed is the eyes of the dice.

What do you mean?

Oohoshi wins her double riichi hands

with the last wall.

The dice decide where the corner will be.

I finally get it.

Yes.

When Oohoshi won her double riichi hands, the dice showed three to seven.

Conversely, when Takakamo won, they showed two or ten.

The corners were deep in the wall!

I was about to say that...

In the last hand of the first half, the dice showed two.

That doesn't seem that deep,

but I guess it was deeper than the other hands.

Oohoshi was able to make her kan,

so I guess her territory begins there.

Territory? Whose?

That would be...

the master of the deep mountains.

South Hand 1

Come to think of it,

ever since around the South round of the first half...

As those hands went on, and we got deeper into the wall,

my field of vision got worse, as if I were in a fog.

Moreover, I see something there...

Ah, jeez!

I will not lose to something so boring!

Riichi!

A double riichi again!

The last corner is really deep...

It looks like this hand will be concluded deep in the wall "mountain," but I wonder...

Back then,

I was alone in the mountains a lot.

Because of that, I feel like I was able to get a clear sense of who I am

and had a lot of time to think.

At some point, my consciousness melted into nature,

and I felt like I had become one with all of the deep mountains.

Right now, the wall "mountain" and my opponents

feel like the mountains from back then!

Now the kan...

I can't?! Again?

Why?!

I see.

Little Koromo's haitei and my rinshan tiles are also deep in the wall.

Don't treat me like a child!

So depending on the dice roll, the fifth player for my sister's team...

So it is her...

Ron.

11,600.

Achiga Girls' strikes again!

A hit on Shiraitodai!

For the first time, Achiga Girls' is in first place!

It is the first time, right?

You weren't sure?!

Achiga...

Beyond the mountain path for training,

beyond the recesses of perpetual change,

the incarnation of the deepest ravines of the mountains, Shizuno, awaits.

Can the flower bloom against her on that ridge?

South Hand 1, Bonus 1

Dealer - Takakamo Shizuno

Achiga... So she can disable people's powers if it's deep in the wall?

However, since I control the openings,

the deep areas of the wall can only be built with the remaining tiles.

That means she doesn't control everything.

No double riichi?

My starting hand isn't five tiles from tenpai anymore.

This is...

Riichi.

Is it the opposite?

Did Achiga's control over the deep areas

influence the opening turns, too?

This didn't happen even when Teru took me in back then.

What is this?!

Is Oohoshi Awai's control waning?

Then I should...

Body temperature.

Heart rate.

Breathing.

...heighten my five senses to the max.

Looks like tenpai to my left.

That's...

Don't overdo it, Ryuuka.

She's in the zone.

Yes, we should be good now.

Kan.

Ron. 4,200.

She got rid of the south pair to wait to triple up one of the non-yaku winds?

She hoarded my winning tiles!

I'm finally dealer!

The last time!

Toki!

What?!

If she can't see the path,

that means it'll either be a draw or someone else will win.

However, already knowing that is helpful.

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South Hand 2

She ignored it?!

Tsumo. 300, 500.

She ignored the 1,300 win to go for a trash tsumo win?

What was that win?!

That girl...

Shizu sometimes plays completely instinctively.

It almost always looks like a mistake at first glance, but...

She can see something, right?

Yes.

Only two hands left in this semifinal!

The second to last hand: South Hand 3!

It's the third South hand of the second half.

Shirouzu Mairu won a baiman hand in the previous match.

I don't want to give it up, but I don't want to deal into that, either.

It could be anything from a sanbaiman to a counted yakuman.

You can have a yakuman,

but since I'm dealer,

I have to stay on the offensive!

Riichi!

Knock yourself out.

But once again, I couldn't do a double riichi.

What's going on?!

Huh? What is this?

It's only natural that as your hand progresses,

the number of tiles that bring you closer to winning decreases,

but whenever our combo was active, I didn't really feel that.

However, for a while now,

as we keep going deeper into the "mountain," I can feel our captain less and less.

This has never happend since we formed our combo!

Where are you?

Himeko...

Captain!

Tsumo!

8,000! 16,000!

A counted yakuman!

The dealer penalty...

Is there really no way to stop this?

I'm glad I was able to win, but it's still strange.

Until now, the bond we have has never faltered, not even once.

Something deep in the "mountain" was interfering.

It's finally the last last hand!

The point differential!

The tile Achiga ignored in the second South hand... It couldn't be...

Awai shouldn't have declared riichi that hand.

This point differential!

Even if I get a direct haneman hit off Achiga in first place, we'll only be tied.

Because of dealer order precedence,

Achiga will be in second place and we will be out in third!

If Achiga had taken the 1,300 point win instead,

a direct haneman hit would have put us in second place.

I want to drag Achiga down from first place, but it's impossible now!

Last Hand

South Hand 4

What is this?

I can't even do a double riichi in the last hand!

This sucks!

The trash win after ignoring that tile in the second South hand...

Does that mean she's only worried about Oohoshi?

No, maybe she thinks that Shindouji and I won't be going for big hands?

The truth is that I can't call for Toki anymore,

so the best I can do is a cheap but fast win.

That'll be enough to make it to the finals

and drop Shiraitodai out of the tournament.

I'll keep my defenses up

and strike quickly with calling!

I'm the last dealer.

Since I'm the dealer, with the dealer's streak,

I don't need to settle this with one strike.

Luckily, I also have two dora,

so I'm going to win either way and make it to the finals!

Yay, I got it! If I draw the last one, I'm second.

Wait! I'm aiming for second place?

This is humiliating!

Should I declare riichi?

I need to draw it myself anyway, but with the riichi,

I could get an ippatsu or win off Senriyama.

Oh, I missed my chance.

Chi.

All right, I'm in tenpai. If I win, we're in the finals!

Just as I thought.

Even in the relative safety of first place,

you never know what might happen.

Mahjong, the weather in the mountains, and the autumn sky!

Even though it's summer.

Chi.

Still one from tenpai...

These girls are on the offensive.

This!

Kan!

I can still go for it!

Riichi!

Since I'll get the ura dora from the kan, winning off Achiga or drawing the tile myself will put me in first.

Ending in second place is just too lame!

So you've made your move, Oohoshi!

But I'm in third place as the last dealer...

Even if I have to break my tenpai,

I won't pull out now!

That's actually it, you know?

However, if I win off of that, I'll only have a sanbaiman,

and I'll be tied with Achiga.

Achiga will be first because of dealer order precedence, and I'll be second.

I will never allow that!

Chi.

Tenpai!

The ippatsu is gone,

but I'll still...

...win!

Tsumo.

6,000—

Oohoshi.

You should check for ura dora from declaring the kan.

Right. I guess that's the rule.

You still can't accept your defeat?

How pathetic.

I'm sorry, Oohoshi.

That's no longer...

your territory.

The game is over!

The first match of the semifinals is hereby complete!

But...

In first place is the dark horse Achiga Girls' Academy's Takakamo Shizuno!

Thank you!

Haru...

Haru.

Yeah...

The wall that I wasn't able to overcome in my time...

Since I belong to the group of people who suffered defeat here,

I was afraid that I would not be able

to honestly be happy if we won.

But right now,

all I feel is happiness.

Even more than I could have felt for myself!

Congratulations, everybody.

Thank you.

Haramura!

Haramura went back while you were doing the hero interview.

Oh, man!

She asked me to send you her humble regards.

Oh, and she seemed to be enjoying herself.

Shindouji Girls'

Do you want some of these?

What is that?

A gift from one of my old middle school friends. Tacos.

Tacos?

Why those?

Thank you.

U-Um...

I don't know what to say...

I'm so sad.

I want to go to Ryuuka.

I wonder if it would rain on her thighs right now.

I'm sorry, Teru! I came in second...

We made it through the semifinals, so just win the next time.

I'm going to fix my bad habits in two days and turn the tables.

Me, too! Next time, I'll...

The day after tomorrow, I'll beat you a hundred times, Takakamo Shizuno!

It's warm from your body, Ako!

What are you talking about?

Did you say "warm"?

Oh, yeah. The finals will be held on yet another new, specially built stage.

Only teams that made it to the finals are allowed to go look at it.

So, please take me there,

Captain.

In your current condition,

maybe you could even beat Kuro's dora domination.

I think it's here.

Apparently the soundproofing and radio shielding is better than the other stage.

The glass has been replaced with walls, too.

I hope it's warm.

Let's go, Haru.

Akado...

The pro player, Kokaji...

Long time no see.

It's been a while.

Why are you here today?

Huh? I'm not as scared as I thought I would be.

They got me a room in a hotel nearby until the finals,

but when I'm not at home in my tracksuit, I just can't relax.

So, I thought I'd take a walk to cool down.

She's just like Shizu.

I came here with my students to see the...

How surprising.

Oh, I get it.

These girls behind me are my confidence.

By the way,

I've decided to try my hand at being a profesional player as well.

Once I've watched them win, of course.

kagayaite koko ichiban

Shine, brighter than everyone else

jibun no chokkan wo shinjite

Trust your own instincts

uketotta miracle rush

Miracles are now in your power

All right, let's head back.

ima saikou no kiseki ni norikome

Be part of the greatest miracle of all

Okay.

I'm starving.

Shizu?

joudan ja nai wakaru desho (you know)

You know this is no joke

yudan dekinai kono jijou (good luck)

You can't let your guard down here, so good luck

kyuukyoku no sentaku wa eien no trauma

The last decision will haunt you forever

Nodoka.

Let's play here the day after tomorrow!

kachimake ja nai kireigoto (I know)

I know, as you say, winning isn't everything

hagemashitekurete arigato (thank you)

Thank you for encouraging me

saigo ni wa jibun nan da

In the end it's all up to ourselves

kakugo kimenakucha

We have to go prepared

ki ni naru suggestion

You make intriguing suggestions

Like we used to!

rikutsu wa tokidoki muryoku de dilemma

Sometimes all our theories just don't help

nagasarete mitemo ii no kamo

Maybe we should try going with the flow

unmei ga mawaridasu

Destiny guides our path

Let's go.

detatoko shoubu de hajimeru no

Let's first see how far our luck can take us

kokoro no junbi no arunashi wa matte kurenai

The game will begin whether we are prepared or not

kagayaite koko ichiban

Shine, brighter than everyone else

Okay, let's move out!

jibun no chokkan wo shinjite

Trust your own instincts

Let's crush them!

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Miracles are now in your power

I'll show 'em!

ima saikou no kiseki ni norikome

Be part of the greatest miracle of all

Nodoka, you're too slow!

I bet you don't usually work out.

I'm on my way.

In the 21st century,

the number of mahjong players around the world is in the hundreds of millions,

and the professional players have an avid following.

Even at the high school level, a large-scale national tournament is held every year.

That's where the high school players compete

in order to make it into the league of professionals.

This is the path of the girls who were aiming for the top.