Ron.
Concealed tanyao. 2600 with one bonus is 2900.
A concealed tanyao?
Riichi? She declared riichi?
When did she...
My riichi is the same as damaten.
I won't play into anyone's hand.
Even if I discard a tile that someone is waiting for, they'll just end up in furiten.
I do not exist.
Momo...
Watch me, Senpai.
From now on, Stealth Momo's got the stage all to herselves.
Hand 15
Demon
A
East 2nd Round
The second hanchan of the second to last round has started
with a shocking deal into a riichi by Ryuumonbuchi Touka.
Ryuumonbuchi Touka has followed her playing into a riichi right at the end of the first half with a second one.
I bet she can't even fathom how she would have played into something like that herself.
Really?
And what, pray tell, was that?!
I, Me playing into a riichi unaware like that... And twice?
There's more where that came from.
A
Eighth Turn
Riichi!
And Haramura Nodoka declares riichi!
She's putting what happened at the end of the first half behind her
and continues her extremely fast and steady play!
Does she intend to continue breezing through briskly in the second half?
Ms. Boobies' feelin' good as usual, I see.
But I'm not going to bail on this one either.
Even if this is a winning tile, you'll overlook it.
And you'll end up in furiten.
Why doesn't she draw?
Impossible!
Ron. 8000.
She saw through Momo when she's in Stealth Mode?
She played into her hand?
Ms. Enemy there is lookin' totally shocked, even though she discarded a risky tile!
I suppose she really couldn't imagine it happening.
Couldn't imagine it?
Yes. It's something that only Nodoka could have done.
Y-You can see my discards?
Or can't you?
There's no such thing as superstitions like "can see them" or "can't see them."
I can see them clearly.
She seems pretty extraordinary herself.
I suppose you could say that Saki here was the one that transformed Nodoka.
The old Nodoka was too focused on the other players being there,
and wasn't able to show her true strength, however...
She metamorphosed during the training camp.
Once she awakened, she could play without care even when sitting right in front of Saki.
As Nodoka is now, even when playing mahjong in reality, she perceives it no differently than online.
So this person doesn't pay any attention to the presence or lack of presence of her opponents?
Momoko-san!
She's up against someone who isn't affected by her powers.
It's got to be quite a shock.
Momo...
My Stealth won't work.
Which means I've got to play mahjong straight-up with this person?
Haramura Nodoka is still on a roll in the second half.
So, what will the big-name schools do?
Yumi-chin, Momo'll be fine.
Yeah...
Kanbara's right.
I'm the one who wanted you, Momo.
But it wasn't just because of your Stealth Mode.
In that case, I should just play to enjoy myself like I usually do.
Even if there's someone out there who my powers don't work on, my feelings won't be broken.
Because I'm playing my best for all the people I'm connected with, too!
Continue just like this, until the end. If I do that, then Miyanaga-san...
Could it possibly end with things like this?
I cannot fathom it!
I will not allow it!
For it to end with me not standing out at all... There has got to be some mistake!
Tsumo. 2000/3900.
That's the end of the second to last round!
In the second hanchan it was Tsuruga's Touyoko and Kiyosumi's Haramura
presenting us with some world-class play!
But in the end game both Ryuumonbuchi and Kazekoshi put up a serious response.
So no one team has an overwhelming point advantage.
Haramura Nodoka continued Kiyosumi's lead through the second to last round,
playing the sharpest, most steady digital style mahjong of this tournament!
How dare you, Haramura Nodoka!
I shall await the day we meet again in battle!
The two top schools from last year are trailing behind two unknown schools in an upset!
And the match has finally entered into the final round!
After a ten minute break, the final round will begin.
Okay, Nodoka is heading back now.
It's Saki-chan's turn next!
Knock 'em dead.
Saki...
I'm countin' on you.
Yes! Here I go.
Haramura-san!
Miyanaga-san!
Please do your best.
Right.
Senpai.
Man, I got beat.
I just couldn't shake Kiyosumi.
It seemed like Haramura could see you.
That's the first time I'd ever played someone like that.
I think I'm starting to doubt myself a little...
What are you saying?
If you look at the point totals from the start of the round, it's clear who was the most effective.
Even in just two hanchan,
those points are quite a days work when you're up against the two top schools from last year
and the reigning middle-school champion Haramura Nodoka.
You're the best, Momo.
S-Senpai...
I love ya!
Stop it! Not here!
Welcome back.
Welcome back, Touka.
You didn't really stand out.
You did get the highest value hand in the second to last round...
But it's more important to stick in people's minds than to get in the record books, you know?
Touka, that's not it!
You did great, really!
So then, it's the final round!
In the lead is the newcomer, Kiyosumi High School.
Haramura Nodoka passes the baton to a fellow first year, Miyanaga Saki!
And from the second place school just as unknown, Tsuruga Academy, comes the third year Kajiki Yumi!
And suffering in last place, the perennial Kazekoshi All-girls
second year Ikeda Kana continues her efforts from the previous year as their taisho!
But there is the player known as Ikeda's fated rival...
Miyanaga-san?
Again? This feeling, again...
Showing us god-like play in last year's tournament,
the reigning MVP,
Ryuumonbuchi High School's second year, record holder for most points gained in last year's national tournament...
Amae Koromo!
The schools are putting all their faith in these final players!
The final round is finally commencing!
Welcome back, Nodoka.
I have returned.
Nodoka, you have visitors.
Welcome back, Nodoka-senpai!
It's you two!
So these two are underclassmen from your old middle-school?
We came to cheer you on!
Maho insisted on coming no matter what.
Aw, those are some nice underlings.
Hey, you jerks!
Why didn't you come cheer me on? I'm also your senpai from middle school!
I kinda overslept until noon...
You don't have enough spirit!
Fix that now!
I don't wanna...
What did you say?!
You're a co-conspirator!
Wait right there!
So you were together with them last year?
Yes. But we were eliminated from the team tournament immediately.
So that means this year was the first time you experienced a finals with everyone's feelings riding on you.
Yes!
First time for me as well.
And me too.
Good work, Nodoka.
Let's go root for Saki.
Of course!
Hey! Get a grip, you guys!
Let's have a good game.
Sure. A good game to you as well.
So this is Kazekoshi's taisho?
And that's Tsuruga's...
So then, the last person...
Th-That girl...
That girl was Amae Koromo?
Any way you look at it, she's just a little kid.
You're one to talk.
Say what?!
Amae is sixteen.
One year older than you all.
Although her skills might be more than one level above yours.
She's that good?
You sure can't tell from the looks of her.
Miyanaga-san.
I guess it wasn't this girl, then...
So, what in the world was that evil chill I felt just before?
The final round will begin shortly.
I have to concentrate.
It begins.
Okay, time to begin demon banishing.
It's the start of the final round!
After a mere two more east-south rounds, only one school will get to go to the nationals!
Will Kiyosumi move on through to the inter-high school tournament after taking the lead in the center round?
Or will the two finalist schools from last year show us their pride?
I don't think Ryuumonbuchi's Amae is going to finish the tourney without doing something first.
It is true that Amae maintains a number of records at the inter-high school tournament,
but it just makes us look forward to how she'll play this time even more.
Ah, Koromo is so cute...
Forget what I just said.
There is another who has hands that play with glee.
[Press Room]
Man, this article on Ryuumonbuchi's Amae Koromo just isn't coming together.
That's since Amae always refuses interviews, right?
Ah well, let's center it around the viewpoint of Kazekoshi, then.
How about Kiyosumi?
Now that Haramura Nodoka's turn is over, there's nothing that makes them stand out, right?
Although, her family name is "Miyanaga"...
Perhaps she has some connection to Miyanaga Teru?
You've got to be kidding me...
It's her!
Huh? What is this?
That girl!
It's the person we passed by before the start of the qualifiers.
It couldn't be...
So she ended up being Kiyosumi's fifth member after all...
I bet everyone'll be surprised.
Captain...
No...
The player that Ueno-san entrusted as their anchor...
Could this person also...
Kana, there isn't just one!
There are two demons!
The demon I must defeat... is that one!
Riichi!
Kan!
Well, thanks for that.
Nice of you to take a risk like that even though you're in the lead.
Something about that girl reminds me of Miyanaga Teru.
Could the player that Haramura Nodoka was interested in be her?
[Rinshan kaihou: After kan, one draws an extra tile from the dead wall. If one wins with that tile, they earn an extra han]
Tsumo. Rinshan kaihou. 1600/3200.
Rinshan kaihou?!
Kiyosumi High School's Miyanaga Saki draws first blood!
Will she continue to expand her lead?
Now that I think about it, her play records...
It's an interesting coincidence, but Miyanaga Saki also won with a rinshan kaihou in yesterday's first round.
The odds of that happening are quite low.
It'd be nice if you could call it mere coincidence.
So? Is there any connection with Miyanaga Teru?
No... No, no, no, this has to be a coincidence...
Even if her hand was coming together, she just called that kan because she's a beginner...
A
East 2nd Round
Calling a kan like that thoughtlessly is not standard play.
This big hand is coming together!
I've got the feeling I'll win this one! If I weren't in last place, I'd love to declare riichi now.
I sure hope I can get this sure-fire win!
Kazekoshi All-girl's Ikeda is looking at a big payoff baiman hand at best, with a three-way wait in a hidden tenpai!
Can she mount a comeback from last place?
Kiyosumi High School's Miyanaga is also in tenpai!
However the unneeded 5 and 8 man are both winners for Kazekoshi!
Are we going to see her play into her hand?
Riichi.
Riichi with a single wait on the 8 sou?!
What the heck is that?
Kiyosumi High School's Miyanaga didn't take the two-sided wait,
and what's more, two of the 8 sou have already been discarded!
What in the world could she be thinking?
A single hell wait? Just like our president!
Now, now... Don't lower her to my level.
Saki wasn't choosing a bad wait on purpose like me.
She was simply choosing a wait that enables her to declare a kan.
Kan.
Tsumo. Rinshan kaihou.
Inconceivable!
Can this even be happening?
Two rinshan kaihous in a row!
This is truly an incredible occurrence!
What the hell?
What the hell is she?
Don't get in my way!
A
East 2nd Round Hand 2
I've got a concealed set of my own wind seat wind, which is also the dora.
One more call and I'll be in tenpai.
Pon.
Kiyosumi High School's taisho can't see the bottom yet.
Just looking at her play records,
the probability of her calling is comparatively higher than her declaring a kan, however...
But if you were to do it, then that pon...
Huh?
Tsuruga Academy's Kajiki broke up her hidden dora seat wind set?
Now she doesn't even have a yaku.
Kan.
Not again!
This will be the third rinshan...
There's no need to take that tile from the dead wall!
Perhaps you didn't hear me?
When you called your kan, I believe I said ron!
[Chankan: Winning by taking ("stealing") a tile used by another player to extend a pon to a kan. A yaku worth 1 han]
Chankan.
That kan is not to be.
It's a Chankan!
An even rarer yaku has reared its head!
We've got strange things going on and it's only the east second round!
She threw away a mangan wait on the 3 and 6 sou to win with that?
I can't even understand why she'd even consider that!
Kana, you can do it!
What is the meaning of this?
She was targeted perfectly!
So Tsuruga Academy's captain figured out Saki's play in just two hands?
Yumi-chin, you rock.
Really?
Senpai's the best!
Momoko-san!
You were here, Momo?
That worked merely out of coincidence.
It might be many years until I win win by chankan again.
However, if she truly is some monster...
It's not a bad idea to feed her a little bit of fear...
Next Episode
Conspiracy
Special Training!
Let's see how long you can hold your breath putting your face in a bowl full of water!
And what good will this do?
First person to raise their head loses!
Then just lift your head whenever!
Um...