Ep. 13: Akagi manipulates Urabe into discarding a winning tile using psychological tactics
Aired on January 4, 2006
Ishikawa reveals that Urabe discarded the specific tile Akagi needed to win, leaving everyone stunned. Kawada demands an explanation from Akagi, who details how he studied Urabe’s habits through Osamu to predict his moves. Akagi intentionally sacrificed 8,000 points to conceal his true skill level, subtly influencing Urabe to discard only tiles he believed were safe due to his fear of losing money that was not his own. Following the match, a wounded Urabe vows to defeat Akagi someday. Akagi then proposes a bet involving his 32 million debt against Urabe’s two hands, leaving the dazed Urabe unable to respond.
Episodes
- 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
- Ep. 17 · Akagi secures victory through strategic discards while Washizu observes his genius