We've already entered the endgame in the ninth match of the individual tournament.
We're heading toward the climax of this battle for the mere 3 spots in the national tournament!
This is strange.
It's just what Touka experienced during the second to final round...
Ron!
Honitsu, 2900 with the bonus is 3200.
Again?
Hand 23
Serious
In the 3rd South round, Touyoko continues to keep her place as dealer.
Ryuumonbuchi's Sawamura has dealt into a ron twice in a row.
But, Pro Fujita, it looked to me like those were somewhat careless mistakes...
Something just like this happened earlier.
Now that you mention it,
in the team tournament, Ryuumonbuchi Touka played into Touyoko's hand many times in the same way, didn't she?
Perhaps it's something we can't understand from where we're sitting?
Maybe it only happens around the table itself?
A
South 3rd Round Bonus 2 Dealer Touyoko Momoko
Tenpai... But it would be better for me not to win off another person with this hand.
In that case...
I'lls finish it with this.
I can't call a kan... What should I do?
Tsumo! Tanyao, dora 2!
1000/2000 with the bonus is 1200/2200!
That was one of her winning tiles too.
For her to pass that up... She's being careful of my stealth mode?
But... It's too late.
A
Final Hand Dealer Sawamura Tomoki
To finish my comeback, I've just got to win this hand quickly.
Why haven't you entered any tournaments until your third year?
Even if you didn't have enough people to participate in the team tournament,
you could have entered the individuals.
I'm sure you could have aimed for the nationals on your own.
I guess it's a dream...
A dream?
For me, official matches were all about the team tournament.
Even when I was the only member of the mahjong club.
Even when it was just me and Mako.
I was only ever interested in the team tournament.
But even though I didn't care about the individuals...
Did you forget? We'll both be playing tomorrow.
And I know that the president also wants to go to the nationals
by beating her opponents when they're playing with all they've got!
I...
...want to win, too!
Chi!
I'm on fire!
What should I do?
This is weird... I can usually see the tiles better than this.
But I can't see them at all.
Miyanaga-san, how about you don't play with tiles, but try playing mahjong online, instead?
Online?
Right. Battle against opponents where all you can see is their tiles.
That's it...
I can feel it!
The first nan on the table...
Not only is there a high chance of her calling a kan on it, but it's also the round wind.
Usually, one would not discard this tile on this turn.
But, with me as I am now, it can pass.
I saw it!
Pon!
The atmosphere at the table...
...has changed!
How could Kiyosumi's Ms. Rinshan see my discard?
Whoa!
Kiyosumi's Miyanaga was in tenpai with a sanshoku, dora 3,
but she pon'd the nan and discarded the dora, 7 sou!
What in the world could she be thinking?
The tile Saki just called was the first one on the table!
Pon!
If a winning tile would just show up this turn...
Be the one!
No, not it!
Tenpai...
And I guess this is as far as I go...
Kan!
Tsumo. Rinshan Kaihou!
Double South, sanshoku, dora 2.
3000/6000.
Room C has finished!
Kiyosumi's Miyanaga made a comeback haneman with a rinshan kaihou!
Tsuruga's Touyoko Momoko wasn't able to keep her lead at the very end!
How could she see the nan I discarded?
Ah, well, it seems you finally got the upper hand in the end, Saki.
It was thanks to your advice, President.
The online mahjong I played during the training camp came in handy.
When I concentrated, I could see the nan for just a second.
That's what it was.
My stealth was overcome by something like that...
So you could get the same information you do, as if you were playing for real, right?
Um, thank you very much, President.
Hey now... It's not impossible for me to qualify for the nationals yet.
So, Saki, keep playing with all your power.
Right!
Kiyosumi's Miyanaga has gone from 11th to 5th place overall.
She's shortened the distance between her and the top three qualifying spots considerably!
Saki, beat the President?
Now, the draws for the 10th and final game have been announced.
This will be the final hanchan!
In room A, we have the overall leader, Kazekoshi's Fukuji Mihoko!
As well as Ryuumonbuchi Touka, now 4th place after eradicating her out of character performance yesterday!
At the end of the day, I'll beat them all!
Not only will I get everyone's attention, but if I get into the nationals,
we'll also get to go to a Family Restaurant in Tokyo!
Currently in 6th place is Tsuruga Academy's Kajiki Yumi.
If I lose, this will be the final official match I play as a high school student.
But if I win...
If we lose, will we lose the reason for us to be together, Senpai?
Momo, I...
Ueno-san... To be able to play you last, today...
Just great...
I've got a bunch of big shots here.
This isn't gonna be easy.
Although being up against the top players is exactly where I want to be.
And in room B, we have Haramura Nodoka, currently 2nd!
Ryuumonbuchi's Inoue Jun and Kunihiro Hajime,
plus Kazekoshi's Ikeda!
Continuing on to room D, we have Sawamura Tomoki in 10th place,
12th place Touyoko Momoko, 14th place Kataoka Yuuki, and 15th place Someya Mako!
And in room C, currently in 3rd place, Hirataki High School's Nanpo Kazue,
as well as Kiyosumi's Miyanaga Saki, Kazekoshi's Yoshitome, and Tsuruga's Kanbara!
So Nanpo only entered the individuals?
Quite the dark horse, she is.
Kiyosumi's captain... The one that wins by rinshans?
This is Nanpo-san, the person in 3rd place.
I will defeat her!
If I can win this hanchan...
I'll be going to the nationals!
It's the start of the 10th and final match.
Who will be the ones to get the tickets to the national tournament?
There's really only 2 spots left.
True.
Fukuji's lead is so big, she's effectively already won a place at the nationals.
All that's left is second and third place!
I'm in 13th place right now...
It'd be really difficult to break into the top three, but Kana-chan's in 9th place, so there's still a chance for her.
All I can do for her is to stop the people on top from getting any more points.
Tsuruga's President freaks me out, but...
Nanpo-san's in third place; she's the one I'm really up against.
And then there's Kiyosumi's Miyanaga-san.
The one who did all those abnormal rinshan kaihous in the team tournament.
Gotta watch out for her.
If I'm going to the nationals, I'll have to win.
Ain't I got stuck in a tough group.
But for Yumi-chin and Momo, I suppose the 'ole President's gotta lend a hand!
If I only go for chis, that alone can't defend against her kan.
But if I can avoid discarding any tiles that aren't on the table yet,
I can at least lower the chance of her getting an open kan.
Let's just withstand the East round for now.
Riichi!
Riichi, ippatsu, tsumo, tanyao, dora 1.
4000 from each of you.
As dealer, Kazekoshi's Yoshitome gets the first win right off the bat!
Kana-chan, good luck!
Ron! Tanyao, dora 2, 5200!
Damn, I screwed up!
Ron!
Concealed Honitsu, 1 Dora.
8000!
You go, Someya-senpai.
But I ain't gonna lose!
Tanyao, pinfu, tsumo, dora 1, 1300/2600.
So, in room A Kajiki grabs the lead with a 5200 point win.
They're moving on to the second East round.
It's the battle of the big-name club presidents.
None of them want to lose this.
Um, Tsuruga's President is Kanbara...
You serious?!
I already told you during the team finals...
I... I knew that.
Anyway! It's already the last East round in room C!
I can't make any kan again...
Kan!
Ron.
Tanyao, pinfu, dora 1.
3900 with the bonus is 4500.
I just have to keep this up in the South round!
A warm breeze?
What was that?
Now, let us begin.
Riichi.
[Note: Shonpai is a tile that hasn't yet been discarded, and isn't a part of a meld or a dora indicator]
A riichi by discarding a shonpai?
But she's been avoiding discarding tiles like that until now...
Riichi ippatsu Tsumo.
1 ura dora, 2000/3900.
Tsumo! 2000/4000!
Tsumo. Chitoitsu tsumo, dora 1, 1600/3200.
She made a comeback!
She's fast.
Damn her... Changing the flow doesn't affect her at all!
The shonpai is haku, but I have to move forward in the South round.
Riichi!
Pon!
Another shonpai?
Riichi, tsumo tanyao.
3 ura dora. 3000/6000.
She's like a totally different person from the East round.
Thanks for calling that. It helped me a lot.
In room C, it's now the second South round!
Nanpo has suddenly gained momentum!
Nanpo-san really does get going in the South round.
But the person from Kiyosumi looks like she did during the team tournament.
Pon!
So she's still got some fight in that hand of hers?
Miyanaga-san called a pon of the xia? It couldn't be...
Kan!
What?
Tsumo. Rinshan kaihou. 500/1000.
Just like what I saw during the finals...
Kana-chan...
Kiyosumi's captain...
So, you're under my control in the South round, and yet you can still make kan?
You are indeed, a national-class monster.
Interesting.
If I defeat you, that will be proof that Grandfather's mahjong can make it through to the nationals!
Kana-chan, are you doing your best?
I'm doing what I can now...
Can I make a comeback with this?
We promised...
Haramura-san.
Tsumo. 500/1000.
Too fast!
She got me!
The end in Room B!
Haramura comes out on top, all but guaranteeing herself a ticket to the nationals!
Riichi!
Some ura dora would be nice.
Pin tiles are dangerous for any of my opponents.
In that case, I'll discard something that can't be kan'd.
And it went through. Victory is mine.
I have a bad feeling about this.
Kan!
A concealed kan?
Tsumo. Rinshan kaihou, chinitsu, dora 2.
4000/8000!
And that's the end for room C!
Miyanaga Saki makes another comeback win on a rinshan kaihou!
And with this, Miyanaga overtakes Nanpo for 3rd place overall in a comeback victory!
Guess that didn't work.
I'm sorry, Kana-chan...
Was that xia I discarded the last hand the turning point?
I thought I'd win as long as it was the South round,
but I guess this means I'm not strong enough to compete in the nationals yet.
Hard to believe there was an opponent in this prefecture that could outplay Kazue in the South wind.
You did it, Saki! You made it to the nationals!
Um...
There's still matches left.
Oh, right... Sorry...
Riichi!
Pon!
Even if my hand isn't concealed, I can make a comeback with this!
This is where it'll be decided.
The riichi of the player on my right is waiting on sou tiles.
The player on my left is tenpai in one suit?
And Ueno-san across from me has been tenpai for the past 2 turns with a comeback hand.
In that case, take this!
No!
For me to draw this tile now...
Riichi!
A riichi while discarding the dora?
But... Pon!
Not giving up, are we?
Tsumo!
[Note: Sanshoku dokou is a hand containing 3 sets of the same number. Each must be of a different suit, sou, pin and man. Worth 2 han]
Riichi, tsumo, sanshoku dokou, sanankou, dora 1.
3000/6000!
In room A, Takei Hisa makes a comeback win at the end!
Ueno-san, even at the very end, you changed your 2 sided wait to a single wait on the 9 man.
Now, all the rooms have finished their matches.
What are the results?
Here they are!
Kiyosumi's Takei won in room A,
but in the end, it didn't change the overall places!
Going to the nationals, in third place, is Kiyosumi High School's First Year Miyanaga Saki!
In second, also a first year from Kiyosumi High School, Haramura Nodoka!
All right! Nodoka and Saki get to go to the nationals!
Sheesh, got outdone by a bunch of first years.
Nodo-chan, Saki-chan, amazing!
But it's so frustrating!
And in first place, Kazekoshi All-Girl's Third Year Fukuji Mihoko!
Too bad, it wasn't enough.
Yes...
We don't know the scores of the players in the other rooms.
But if Ueno-san had won without changing her wait...
Congratulations on making it to the nationals.
Thank you very much.
Haramura-san...
Miyanaga-san...
I'm so glad.
We were able to keep our promise!
We're going to be playing each other a lot before the nationals.
Make sure to play with all you got just like now, okay?
Sure.
Nodo-chan, your boobs are still #1!
Saki tripped!
Good work.
It really was a lot of work.
So how'd you like the individuals?
It seemed like you never had any interest in it before.
Yeah, I suppose.
I didn't have any interest at first.
But...
It wasn't half bad.
The individuals was fun!
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President, we've got a problem!
Yuuki got an F!
What did you say?
Who cares? Let's play mahjong!
Chitoitsu on a rainy day!
And what's the basis for that?
Like, the humidity of the rain would make the tiles stick together?
How rude! It's my theory!