Ep. 12: Akagi Seizes Victory Through Strategic Coincidence and a Naked Wait
Aired on December 21, 2005
Akagi deliberately forfeits multiple opportunities, allowing Urabe to win the hand and increase the point gap to over 70,000. Following a series of coincidences, Akagi recovers in the next hand, reducing the deficit to 22,500. During the final hand, Akagi manipulates Urabe into dealing the specific tiles required for his win. He achieves a naked wait, holding only a single tile. Confident in his victory, Akagi stands and heads toward the exit, stating that Ishikawa can manage the remainder of the game independently.
Episodes
- Ep. 8 · A man claiming to be Akagi demonstrates mahjong skills to a yakuza boss
- Ep. 9 · Akagi defeats a fake genius and outsmarts cheating factory workers
- Ep. 10 · Akagi observes a rigged match where Urabe proposes escalating bets up to 32 million points.
- Ep. 11 · Akagi refuses to play until Osamu does, then dominates Urabe with strategic penalties and calculated waits.
- Ep. 12 · Akagi Seizes Victory Through Strategic Coincidence and a Naked Wait
- Ep. 13 · Akagi manipulates Urabe into discarding a winning tile using psychological tactics
- Ep. 14 · Yasuoka recruits Akagi to hunt a mahjong-playing serial killer targeting yakuza members.
- Ep. 15 · Akagi plays a high-stakes mahjong game against a corrupt police officer murderer.
- Ep. 16 · Akagi raises stakes in high-stakes mahjong match against Washizu