F R O Z E N T I L E
Welcome!
Behind those dark doors
Waits a table, just for you
So take a seat at the fate you cannot escape!
Sky blue ceiling above you
The rates keep piling up
Let's start dancing above
Those shivering thrills!
Let's look for a way out
As you squirm through the discard pile
What will you freeze up next time, hell itself?
YEAH!
Come, place your bets!
Come on, so close to tenpai!
How much yen does your life cost?
Everywhere people gamble!
Life itself is a gamble!
Have no hard feelings when you join the gambling hall!
Welcome to the gambling hall!
Life only shines when it's at stake!
All or nothing, every gambler's greatest dream!
It's Riichi nomi-
But it's 8,000 points!
This is it, this is mahjong!
One coffee, please!
Coffee.
The low sugar one.
Coffee?
Low sugar?
Could it be?!
Hatakeyama-san?!
Gambling is the best!
The rep match between Ourin-kai and Tayao-
Entered the East 2 round of the first game.
Dealer is K.
Dora is 8s.
This guy!
What's up with him?
I can't see his waves.
If so-
Open Riichi!
I will make the waves!
Good!
That deal-in just now-
Was it this frustrating?
What?
Well, I just thought it wasn't like you, Doujima.
Cutting 5s and taking the kanchan wait for 7s-
You had a way to keep the dora and confirm the Sanshoku.
A four-sided wait that cuts the dora?
Do you want to tsumo it that badly?
Kan!
Fast!
Even if it's the dora..
Why would you add dora to a Riichi that can tsumo any moment?
What was that? An amateur move!
Yeah.
Hatakeyama that I knew wouldn't play such mahjong.
Chi.
To begin with, why is he with Seki?
It was a pure coincidence.
I was surprised myself.
To think that he was a candidate for Ourin-kai's Ichigun!
After all, he was already messed up when I first met him.
Messed up?
Oh, it was awful!
He made fake money with a printer,
And was losing hard at an underground parlor.
When I first met him,
He was about to get his arm cut off.
But you know-
He was smiling!
His mahjong thinking was pretty good.
I thought he could evolve,
So I helped him with a condition attached.
A condition?
It's simple, really.
I just had him stop being human.
Chi.
No man ever took that much drugs in a month.
Because of that, he became so splendid,
And can now show us such wonderful mahjong.
You fuck!
It was all consensual.
He is satisfied with it too.
He is genuinely enjoying it now.
Pon.
No way!
He went for the naked pair wait!
The deal-in to Open Riichi is a yakuman!
What is he thinking?
You see,
He wanted a gamble.
"Gamble" meaning "ruin", specifically.
And now he is enjoying the thrill at the cliff edge of gambling.
Even his body falling apart is part of the gambling joy.
I see now.
So it's the difference in resolve?
Ron!
Tanyao. Five dora. 12,000.
This is fucked up!
So you were enjoying this mahjong by resolving to push yourself to the limit.
Compared to that, I was lukewarm!
Riichi!
Dou-double Riichi!
Tsumo!
Ch-chiihou?!!
Doujima..
Yeah?
Don't "yeah" me!
What the hell is this?
Oops!
The tiles don't match at all!
Guess it's chombo?
Hey!
The fuck are you doing?!
Sorry about that!
Ah, I only have 3,000 points.
Chombo is 8,000 points,
So I guess I went bust and it's over.
Went bust and it's over?
What's even happening?
Fucker!
Don't fucking play around, Doujima!
Now, don't be like that.
Let's go into the second game.
So now-
A bit late, but I declare!
If I lose, I will quit mahjong!
Not only that!
To make sure I can never hold tiles again-
I'll have both arms cut off,
And give them as a present to you!
H-he is betting both arms?
Yeah.
If I lose, cut them off nicely up to this part.
The fight is on, baldy!
After first game, Tayao side is in the lead with Seki and Hatakeyama.
Next, the second game.
The gap with Tayao is a hundred points.
Look at him, he is laughing!
But that's only for now!
Here it is!
Double East, Closed Honitsu, Iipeiko!
Going for dealer haneman!
When he sees these tiles, his laughing face will go pale!
A dora, is it?
Pon!
Damn, it got called.
With this Seki has at least 8,000 points.
The two are fighting right from the start.
It won't end with just the two of them fighting.
Doujima got a chombo on purpose to start this second game.
Whether it bring fortune or misfortune-
The flow will be determined by this hand!
The other too can't just sit back.
He collected the White.
Doujima still got it!
It comes!
Now he has Sanankou.
These discards favor pair and triplet hands.
He could make it to Suuankou here!
Kan!
K - pair wait for North.
Doujima - 1m, 4m and 9p wait.
Seki - 3s and 8p wait.
Hatakeyama - 4p and 7p wait.
Just how far will their hands grow?
This isn't normal!
Who will catch the flow here?
Kan!
This Kan just now..
You..
No.
This isn't how Doujima wins.
Tsumo.
Ma- mangan.
Oh, you drew the narrow wait, nice!
Doing great in the second game too!
You-
You showoff!
Two arms!
Is that how you win?
You can't see the Suuankou?
Hey now, you are asking for too much.
There is no 5p or 6p left.
Changing the hand to Suuankou is impossible!
And 7p is the kandora indicator,
So only two winning tiles were left.
When you draw it, you gotta call the win!
Heh.
That's why you are fat.
This 4p should be a Kan.
If you do that, the dead wall draw is-
Of course, it's not a rinshan tsumo.
It's a confirmed Suuankou.
After that, you can change the pair wait to whatever you want.
Looks like you failed to get on the waves.
You got a good hand that was too obvious, so you unintentionally started calculating?
I see your limit now.
You talk about the thrill at the cliff edge of ruin,
But you are relying on something at all times.
Your true nature is thinking logically and making calm decisions.
Am I wrong?
The first Open Riichi,
And the naked pair wait after that,
And even the drugs.
You're pushing yourself to the edge with nowhere to run,
But if you don't, you can't actually stand at the edge of ruin.
But Doujima is different!
I don't rely on borrowed strength,
Even if I have a way to run, I don't run.
In this round, I decided I would win a Closed Honitsu or a Sanankou.
That's why I couldn't win on 1m!
Your win is a compromise.
That compromise is your limit.
With mahjong like that, you can't take my arms!
Listen now, baldy!
I'll show you how to ride the waves!
Episode 7
「 Mastermind 」
The second game.
East 2.
Damn Doujima!
That's good spirit, but he didn't win a single time against the baldy!
No.
Points moving around is a surface-level thing.
I think he is feeling it.
The great surge.
Riichi!
It's me..
It's me again!
Damn, he got the first move again!
Heh.
I already see your limit.
That Riichi is more transparent than an Open one.
Take this!
He skipped it?
Well, it is on the cheaper side.
With this flow, he will draw it in no time.
Idiot!
If you are skipping, why didn't you Open?
That's how you were winning!
He is too wary of Doujima, so he lost sight of his own mahjong.
With such half-assed mahjong-
Furiten!
He can't win on that!
Riichi!
Wha-
What the hell?!
I-it's fine!
4m - and 7m!
4m, 7m!
4M, 7M!!
You can't do it anymore.
I'm riding it.
Ippatsu baiman!
So he got on the wave?
At last it comes!
Just like I pictured it!
Did you bring a handkerchief?
You'll be crying soon, so you'll need it!
Tsumo!
2,000/4,000!
Ron!
9,600!
Tsumo!
6,000 all!
Wh- what's up with this guy?!
Ron.
Don't worry, it's on the low side.
A haneman.
Guess that's it for Hatakeyama.
At the end of game 3,
K and Doujima's points are +19.
Great, back-to-back wins!
With this, we overtook them!
Between Doujima, who rejected retreat by himself-
And the baldy who was faking it with drugs-
The difference in their manliness got cleanly reflected in mahjong.
With this flow, it will end right away!
As expected of Doujima, impressive explosiveness!
However, if it's just 38 points gap after 3 games-
It's doable.
From here on, it's our job.
Hatakeyama-kun, thank you for you work.
From here on, think only of not dealing in.
Don't think about winning.
Just fold from the starting hand.
You can do this much, right?
Ourin-kai was quite good to me,
So I didn't really want to make any moves.
But if it came to this, it's unavoidable.
I'll do it myself.
"I'll do it", he says?
How well can this jack of all trades play?
The fourth game.
East 1.
Interesting.
I'll call Chi.
Riichi.
Geh, this is awful timing!
He will hit the Doujima's unneeded tile like this!
He got tenpai again!
A penchan 3s wait.
That's our Doujima!
Riichi.
There is no mistake.
I am sure of it now.
It's all a single picture painted by a single mastermind.
Yanagi..
That's where he was-
The one who is pulling the strings!
Ippatsu tsumo, 6,000 all!
Seki!
I've got no proof.
But I am feeling it with my entire body.
He is the mastermind behind everything!
It was bothering me this whole time-
The financial prowess of preparing 2 billion in cash,
Building a cross-border organization,
And the guts to challenge the great Ourin-kai!
How could this grinning fool have all that?
No! There is no way!
Everything is in the palm of his hand.
They are just pawns to him!
This man..
He is far more violent and cunning than I thought!
Can't let my guard down!
I see, they got me good.
So, the first thing is-
After the end of fourth hanchan-
We have to be in the lead.
The second thing is-
In the fifth hanchan you can play as you please in general, but-
Just once, you will deal in on purpose to a specified tenpai.
These are the only two conditions, fine?
Yes.
If we do blatant teamplay, it's hard to predict what Takatsu will pull.
Yanagi dying was a miscalculation on my part, too.
To think that there was an Ichigun selection going on there!
That made your position tighter.
Damn Yanagi-
Even in death he is annoying.
What is it, K-kun?
Do you care about that man?
You have something far more precious than that sewer rat, don't you?
You understand, right?
You must do it.
Tsumo!
2,000/4,000!
With one honba.
Shit!
He flushed Seki's dealer turn,
But tsumo is cutting K's points too.
Ron.
2,600.
Yes.
Doujima, you are quite impressive.
Hatakeyama is in shambles,
And K is supporting me from the shadows.
Normally this should be an easy win for me.
But from here on, I will be forcing it a little.
That's where you wave-riding ends.
Ron.
6,400.
No changing players.
Purely a 2v2 match.
That too was his strategy.
TL note: Plan means keikaku
Everything is according to his plan.
Ron.
1,300.
Yanagi, that's because-
The guy you believed in until the end-
Yes.
Damn, they made a comeback!
With this, I somehow cleared the first condition.
This only leaves one.
I need to deal-in on purpose.
A misfire?!
That's enough.
We have a social gathering here.
A lot of guests came too.
Calm down.
Is this a coincidence?
No, could it be?
Yanagi, was it you?
Seki-san.
What is it?
The dice.
Let's get the fifth game going.
This kid!
Just now, he was about to get killed!
His expression didn't even change!
That's how it is, Takatsu-san.
It's fine, right?
We're going to start.
Yeah.
I will wait and see for a bit more.
However-
I will kill you the moment you deal in.
Now this is Takatsu.
He isn't soft.
He pulled the trigger with no hesitation.
I am lucky that it misfired.
After all, I still haven't used my right to a free deal-in.
The question is - where to use it?
And will K do as he promised?
It's so thrilling!
Isn't it, K-kun?
F R O Z E N
T I L E
Plastic Showcase
A broken thermometer,
A 34 degrees fever
Where is the remaining heat?
Where do the peaceful days go?
As we get lost, let's dance
As we dance, let's go crazy
Throwing away the safe tiles,
Choosing the serpent's path
Woo! Woo! Woooo!
Knowing love is painful and itchy,
Can't keep up the poker face
A vague sillhouette, what time does the clock show?
That one, that one-
That one I can't know
Grabbing chance by the tail, but it slips through
But I still chase it - Reach my dream
Aah, living in a heartless miniature garden-
That -
Is my win!
Plastic Showcase
Episode 8
Ready to die