Haramura Nodoka with a brilliant win over Tsuruga and Kazekoshi!
She's continuing to widen her lead.
Touka...
The true match begins now, Haramura Nodoka!
Hand 14
Existence
It's finally the last hand in the first half of the second to last round.
Kiyosumi High School's Haramura Nodoka is currently in first place,
and what's more, no one else has won a single hand!
She's moments away from a perfect game!
Now, the last hand begins!
Could it be that we'll see Haramura Nodoka accomplish a perfect game?
Perfect, you say?!
But, that's... That's...
That means I'll just be playing second fiddle to Haramura Nodoka!
There's a limit to the amount of ludicrousness I can take!
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South 4th Round Touka dealer
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11th Turn
Ryuumonbuchi Touka is in tenpai on her last chance sitting as dealer.
She's keeping her tenpai secret by not declaring riichi!
Will this be the one blow that blocks Haramura Nodoka from getting her perfect game?
The commentary sure is focused on Haramura.
It'll be more exciting to people if she accomplished the perfect game, I guess.
Well, Haramura's figure is more appealing to the guys...
And how's that, exactly?
On the other hand, Haramura Nodoka's initial hand and draws couldn't be worse!
She's still got a garbage hand, three tiles away from a tenpai.
Is that playing defensively?
She's only three tiles away from chitoitsu.
Well, she's getting a feeling that Ryuumonbuchi is tenpai after looking at her discards,
so she's playing wait-and-see.
Riichi!
Huh? It's not online style to call a riichi if you had a hidden 11 600 point hand!
If Touka was playing like she usually does,
she'd prioritize winning percentages over point totals and keep her tenpai hidden.
It's because you want to stop Haramura Nodoka's perfect game!
That's why you're not acting yourself, Touka!
If I ruined your perfect game by winning with my hidden tenpai, I bet the audience would boo like crazy.
Only a couple of pros would understand!
So, in that case...
Sh-She couldn't have...
I'll declare riichi and yet still win!
I'll stand out even more than Haramura!
She abandoned her logical play just to stand out?!
All you poor fools, defending once again...
I will stand out above Haramura...
Above Haramura!
Just you wait...
Come, my pretty!
Tsumo!
I'll be taking 8000 from each of you!
Dealer baiman!
And what's more, this ends Haramura Nodoka's chance for a perfect game!
Ryuumonbuchi High School, makes a comeback!
Now, shall we play another?
Look at the big-shot who just showed up!
A comeback, huh?
But the game's not over yet.
Nodoka should be able to do it.
Nodoka, especially.
Nodo-chan!
Well, all's well that ends well.
Haramura plays completely like a computer, but Touka sometimes goes off game.
And that can be a weakness for Touka.
Or it could be what makes her so scary.
There are some times I'm forced to realize that Touka is Koromo's cousin.
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South 4th Round Hand 2
Ryuumonbuchi High School made a comeback against Kiyosumi High School with that last blow,
and has sprung right back into first place!
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10th Turn
I have a good feeling about this hand. It's only one tile from tenpai!
If this comes together, I'm keeping it hidden this time.
Ron.
Concealed tanyao. 2600 with one bonus is 2900s.
A concealed tanyao?
Riichi? She declared riichi?
When did she...
Touka unsuspectingly played into her riichi!
I can't believe that!
This has never occurred before.
What's happening over there?
What in the world is happening?
And that ends the first hanchan, you knows?
I can't believe... that I...
...would play into her riichi like that!
I don't believe it! That, I... I could do such a thing!
Such a thing!
Tsuruga Academy's Touyoko Momoko has won 2900 points from the leader, Ryuumonbuchi High School.
And with that, the first hanchan is complete.
And it's over, right after Haramura-san got overtaken...
But! But since this is Nodo-chan... It's Nodo-chan, so I'm sure she'll get 'em in the second hanchan!
Nodo-chan'll do it.
Y-Yeah, right.
You betcha!
Something was off about that last win.
The person who gave up the win was her...
That person's heart is wavering.
It wasn't just a normal mistake.
In this hanchan, the only time anyone played into a riichi was the last round.
The players really are quite steadfast this round, aren't they?
If they were, then they wouldn't have played into her hand like that.
So that means...
Did she let her guard down after that baiman? I don't think it's that...
After a five minute break, the second hanchan will begin.
So I'm the only one getting her butt kicked.
Good work.
Captain...
Momo, are you here?
Heres.
So there you are.
Took a while, didn't it?
The finals sure are tough.
It took me a while to disappear.
Think it'll work?
Yes.
Senpai?
Can yous see me?
Yes, I can see you.
But...
But the other people at the table can't see me anymore.
[Damaten/Yamiten, closed hand tenpai without calling riichi]
My riichi is no different from a damaten.
I won't play into anyone's hand.
[If you riichi and don't ron on the first opportunity, you will be in furiten for the whole round as well]
Even if I discard a tile that someone is waiting for, they'll just end up furiten.
I do not exist.
Momo...
Watch me, Senpai.
From now on, Stealth Momo's got the stage all to herselves.
Just one is enough.
As long as one person sees me... watches me...
Ever since I was little I was told I didn't have much of a presence.
Unless I was singing and dancing, no one would notice me.
Even my shadow was weak.
In order for most people to communicate with other people,
they collect information and act in various ways, which takes time or money.
And when you weigh all the troubles and the other things required for communication,
why not just get rid of them all?
And before I realized it, I had abandoned all communication.
Ever since I was a kid I'd just been spurred on to continue non-existing.
However...
However, there was one person...
You will never be able to find me.
I'm Kajiki Yumi of the mahjong club, third year!
System: Default Player has entered the room.
Kaju: Hey, it's been a while.
No one should have been able to find me. I shouldn't even had existed.
But that person...
[Tsuruga Academy Waiting Room]
Welcome back.
I'm back.
How's Momo?
It seems like she's finally disappearing.
Finally.
Susobana High School also took a while, didn't it?
That's because Susobana's a strong school.
They got themselves up to third in this fall's prefectural rankings.
But even so, by the second hand in the south wind Momo had completely disappeared.
Although the guys in the finals are pretty crazy.
I thought that Momoko-san was in the occult club...
Well, Momo was already in the club room when you were there, Kaori.
Huh? Is that true?
Yumi-chin found Momo before you joined the club, you see.
Here.
Thanks.
Found?
I guess it was just about one month ago...
The deadline for the team tournament entry was approaching and we didn't have enough members.
We figured I could count on my childhood friend Kaori doing what I said,
but we couldn't find the last person.
We tried a lot of things to get people to join.
One of them was setting up a mahjong server on our school's LAN and attracting players.
System: Default Player has entered the room.
Someone's here!
Our first catch...
Proceed with caution.
Roger.
System: Default Player has entered the room.
She came again.
Yeah!
That's the strong person from yesterday, right?
Yeah...
All right!
System: Default Player has entered the room.
Kamaboko: Would you like to come to the mahjong club's clubroom?
I'm not really interested.
System: Default Player has entered the room.
Kamaboko: Would you like to come to the mahjong club's clubroom?
I'm not really interested.
Kaju: And why is that?
I'm not really interested.
Kaju: And why is that?
Because you will never be able to find me.
I'm not really interested.
Kaju: And why is that?
Because you will never be able to find me.
I'm not really interested.
Kaju: And why is that?
Because you will never be able to find me.
System: Default Player has left the room.
Kaju
Mukkii
Kamaboko
Oh, sheesh...
She didn't come today, did she?
It's not like she'd come everyday, you know.
I wonder what she's like?
Who knows.
From what we've played with her, she's got skills and a good temperament.
I hope she'll join our club.
Yeah.
But Yumi-chin was the one who wanted that playing style and personality the most.
Why? Why would she say that?
Because you will never be able to find me.
Why?
I'll find you.
Huh, what's this?
Kamaboko (192.168.43.3): Yahoo~
Mukkii (192.168.43.5): Free time!
Kaju (192.168.43.2): Calm down.
It's our local IPs. The last number block is different for each of the three of us.
In our school's LAN, the second to last number is different for each room you're in.
So you're going to force her to show herself?
You're serious about this, Yumi-chin.
Mukkii (192.168.43.5): Free time!
Kaju (192.168.43.2): Calm down.
System: Default Player has entered the room.
Kaju (192.168.43.2): Calm down.
System: Default Player has entered the room.
Kaju
Mukkii
Kamaboko
Kaju (192.168.43.2): Hey, it's been a while.
Only two days.
This number is...
Um, that one is...
First year, class A.
Yumi-chin?
S-Senpai!
Um, um... "Let's have fun playing mahjong today..."
I'm Kajiki Yumi of the mahjong club, third year!
Who is it? Where is she?
I want you!
I've said it before, but you guys will...
will never be able to f
Just... one person... is all I need!
will never be able to find me!
You're an interesting person, you knows?
If you... If you'll have me...
I finally...
I finally found you.
The second hanchan of the second to final round will begin shortly.
And now that's known as Yumi-chin's "Class 1-A trespassing" incident.
That incident was you, Kajiki-senpai?
When I think back, it's clear that finding the gold medalist in not-existing, Momo, wouldn't be so easy,
but when I couldn't find her even after entering the specific classroom...
I just thought "she should be here" and shouted it without thinking.
I want you!
But that's exactly what ended up making our little princess interested in you.
Yumi-chin's strange behavior pierced through that unearthly barrier.
The second hanchan of the second to final round is starting!
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East 1st Round Fukabori dealer
First, we have someone who stands out like mad, and another with parts whose existence is quite obvious.
But there's someone the complete opposite.
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Tsuruga Academy 1st Year Touyoko Momoko
It's not like I don't exist.
It's more like I'm an anti-existence.
And this anti-existence even extends to my discards!
Riichi.
We can hear it fine on the monitor,
but next to her it's not only her presence that disappears. Even her voice can't be heard.
And Momo purposefully makes loud noises with her point sticks and tiles.
I've got a splendid tenpai once again!
Riichi!
You sures about that?
It's a dora.
Ron.
Riichi, ippatsu, dora 1.
5200!
Wh-What is this?
I played into her riichi twice?
Did you actually declare riichi out loud properly?
Sure I did.
She unsuspectingly played into her riichi again?
An unbelievable miss.
Touka...
What happened?
Yup, she really didn't hear Momo's voice.
That person from Ryuumonbuchi did it again.
I can't believe that she'd play into that riichi just like that.
Perhaps what's going on to the people over there is different from what we see here.
Many people are watching me on the camera.
And I suppose there are quite a lot of people watching this match.
But I only need one person to be watching me.
Watch closely, Senpai.
This is my thanks for you finding a place for someone whose existence is as weak as mine, Senpai.
Winning this team tournament is the one thing I can do for you, Senpai.
No one was able to find me.
And because of that, I abandoned all communication with other people.
But there was a person who called out for me in front of everyone.
Even though I shouldn't have been there, she shouldn't have been able to find me!
I want you!
What a strange person.
So that's why I'm going to do my best, for her!
There's nothing wrong with putting some effort into communication.
Because that time can be fun, too.
Senpai, Kajiki-senpai!
Thanks for waiting!
It was you, Senpai, that taught me how fun it can be!
I'm not going to be scared if people can't see me anymore.
Because to me, Senpai...
I'm gonna do my best!
Next Episode
Demon
I'm getting this kokushi musou! Just waiting on the 1 pin... Out with it!
An 1 pin closed kan.
[Sometimes a special rule is used which allows you to ron a closed kan on kokushi tenpai]
With these rules, I can't steal a kan when it's concealed.
Then how about this? Tsumo!
Kyou-chan, you can't put a fried egg on the haku.