Tohai Densetsu Akagi

Spoiler contains info on the announcement in posted in the latest Kindai magazine:
 

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The Washizu arc should end in three more chapters and the manga itself will be ending in Feb 2018, which could mean 11 more chapters total.
Article: http://mantan-web.jp/2017/02/12/20170211dog00m200030000c.html

Spoiler contains info on the announcement in posted in the latest Kindai magazine:

HOLY BANANA, i wanna read more, what will happen next ? i can't waiiiiiiiiit !

No, Akagi can't kan any more, he only has one tile. You can't kan a discard with an open pon. Also that would be suu kantsu, when one person kans 4 times it isn't a drawn game, it's a yakuman.

I meant Washizu calling kan with his new draw on one of the triplets he's probably going to call soon.

Ehm, I don't know how Washizu and co. forgot that Yasuoka has two of the 9p. And they're transparent too, so they should have noticed.

 

Washizu needs to discard his 9p for his win, Yasuoka can pon that, giving Washizu an additional draw. That draw could be Akagi's 5s or even a tile he can kan. If it really is a kan tile and he calls kan and doesn't win from the dead-wall draw, the game would be an abortive draw because of the 4th kan, and we could have another game to enjoy for 10 years.

No, Akagi can't kan any more, he only has one tile. You can't kan a discard with an open pon. Also that would be suu kantsu, when one person kans 4 times it isn't a drawn game, it's a yakuman.

Ehm, I don't know how Washizu and co. forgot that Yasuoka has two of the 9p. And they're transparent too, so they should have noticed.

Washizu needs to discard his 9p for his win, Yasuoka can pon that, giving Washizu an additional draw. That draw could be Akagi's 5s or even a tile he can kan. If it really is a kan tile and he calls kan and doesn't win from the dead-wall draw, the game would be an abortive draw because of the 4th kan, and we could have another game to enjoy for 10 years.

Oh, don't tell me Washizu is going to become an hero to let Akagi live.

289 chapters and counting vs. 1155 chapters and counting.

 

I think not.

You have to covert those numbers for it to be a proper comparison.

Akagi gets a new chapter once a month.

Ippo gets one every 8.5 days.

Ippo will hit chapter 1200 before Akagi even hits chapter 300.

What. The. Flying. Frag. Seriously. Seriously. Seriously! FFS, this manga will take longer to finish than Ippo.

289 chapters and counting vs. 1155 chapters and counting.

I think not.

What. The. Flying. Frag. Seriously. Seriously. Seriously! FFS, this manga will take longer to finish than Ippo.

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If Akagi calls Pon, he won't be able to draw again until after Washizu. He'll have to go into a closed wait on his 3 or 5 sou and hope that Yasuoka draws the other ton (or that Washizu doesn't).

Plan for the next few chapters:
 
1. Yasuoka draws something (maybe one of the two remaining Tons) but Akagi asks him to discard his 2-sou.
2. Akagi calls Pon, his next draw is the final 2-sou to complete his Yakuman hand.
3. He fails to get the Rinshan draw, but his tile is opaque.
4. Akagi hangs on to the opaque tile, Yasuoka can't get a good draw and Washizu will probably draw one of the Tons he needs. However he will need to discard something to confirm his win but won't have a clue what to discard because Akagi is sitting on an opaque tile.
5. If Washizu avoids dealing in, Akagi will continue to draw opaque tiles for further interference against Washizu. It will probably come down to Washizu's final draw and discard which will determine his death. Since Akagi survives to Ten, the only thing remaining is guessing which tile Washizu kills himself on.

Plan for the next few chapters:

1. Yasuoka draws something (maybe one of the two remaining Tons) but Akagi asks him to discard his 2-sou.

2. Akagi calls Pon, his next draw is the final 2-sou to complete his Yakuman hand.

3. He fails to get the Rinshan draw, but his tile is opaque.

4. Akagi hangs on to the opaque tile, Yasuoka can't get a good draw and Washizu will probably draw one of the Tons he needs. However he will need to discard something to confirm his win but won't have a clue what to discard because Akagi is sitting on an opaque tile.

5. If Washizu avoids dealing in, Akagi will continue to draw opaque tiles for further interference against Washizu. It will probably come down to Washizu's final draw and discard which will determine his death. Since Akagi survives to Ten, the only thing remaining is guessing which tile Washizu kills himself on.

It's like the event horizon, the closer you get to it the slower everything moves. 

I have to say this is the best description for this manga I have ever seen.

I don't know why I'm so disappointed, but damn.

 

I came over from the anime show to see how it all ended, read up to

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v17, then decided to check the most recent issue in v30, and omg the battle is still going on. I really don't know how to respond to that. I guess the creator is making his money though lol.

It's like the event horizon, the closer you get to it the slower everything moves. You should read anyway, were right on the last few draws (probably) and it's been fantastic up to this point.

I don't know why I'm so disappointed, but damn.

I came over from the anime show to see how it all ended, read up to

poor ten, i hope he at least made it to the top 10 behind ichikawa 

Nice prediction regarding the potential kan on the 2-sou.  Now that Akagi's drawn the Xia for the dora indicator, Washizu's remaining outs are Nan x 1, Ton x 2.  If Akagi does draw the 2-sou, here's my prediction for what could happen next:

 

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As suggested, Yasuoka follows up by discarding the 2-sou, allowing Akagi to kan and bring himself to Suukantsu tempai with his replacement draw.  Akagi draws the Nan for the final dora indicator, choking Washizu's potential outs down to Ton only.  However, Akagi draws a Ton for his replacement draw (potentially the opaque one), and keeps it as his wait.

 

Washizu's chance to draw then comes around, and he draws the final Ton, seemingly cinching his victory.  However, after calling the three dragons off of Suzuki, the penultimate step of their plan would require Suzuki to allow Washizu call his Ton to complete his final set.  The point difference between Akagi and Washizu is presently 39000 points.  Since Suzuki is the dealer, and Akagi is now in a position to head-bump Suzuki's Ton for a yakuman, this would allow Akagi to overtake Washizu for first place.  Thus, although Washizu would be on the verge of victory, Akagi would manage to choke out his winning tiles yet again.

A ron off Suzuki with a yakuman wouldn't be enough to overcome the point difference, it would have to be a double yakuman. So Suzuki can't be suppressed; only Washizu can. In fact, Suzuki kind of wants Akagi to ron off him; that would win the game for Washizu.

Nice prediction regarding the potential kan on the 2-sou.  Now that Akagi's drawn the Xia for the dora indicator, Washizu's remaining outs are Nan x 1, Ton x 2.  If Akagi does draw the 2-sou, here's my prediction for what could happen next:

 

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As suggested, Yasuoka follows up by discarding the 2-sou, allowing Akagi to kan and bring himself to Suukantsu tempai with his replacement draw.  Akagi draws the Nan for the final dora indicator, choking Washizu's potential outs down to Ton only.  However, Akagi draws a Ton for his replacement draw (potentially the opaque one), and keeps it as his wait.

 

Washizu's chance to draw then comes around, and he draws the final Ton, seemingly cinching his victory.  However, after calling the three dragons off of Suzuki, the penultimate step of their plan would require Suzuki to allow Washizu call his Ton to complete his final set.  The point difference between Akagi and Washizu is presently 39000 points.  Since Suzuki is the dealer, and Akagi is now in a position to head-bump Suzuki's Ton for a yakuman, this would allow Akagi to overtake Washizu for first place.  Thus, although Washizu would be on the verge of victory, Akagi would manage to choke out his winning tiles yet again.

If I didn't know that we're caught up to the current releases, I'd think you were spoiling me from the raws and pretending it was speculation. Your theory sounds that legit, it might just happen.

He drew that 2, and I knew he was going to kan. 

 

Now he takes the next dora indicator (to jack his dora count up even higher), then draws another 2, and discards the 3 or 5.  Then Yasuoka discards his 2 sou, allowing Akagi to get a 4th kan, and one final draw to complete the single wait for tsumo.

 

Of course that would be too easy, so there will be some shift back to Washizu for a bit.  But I'm not sure how they're going to stop him once he starts his dragon run.

Nice prediction regarding the potential kan on the 2-sou.  Now that Akagi's drawn the Xia for the dora indicator, Washizu's remaining outs are Nan x 1, Ton x 2.  If Akagi does draw the 2-sou, here's my prediction for what could happen next:

He drew that 2, and I knew he was going to kan. 

Now he takes the next dora indicator (to jack his dora count up even higher), then draws another 2, and discards the 3 or 5.  Then Yasuoka discards his 2 sou, allowing Akagi to get a 4th kan, and one final draw to complete the single wait for tsumo.

Of course that would be too easy, so there will be some shift back to Washizu for a bit.  But I'm not sure how they're going to stop him once he starts his dragon run.

I can tell I've been learning mahjong because I was anticipating that future kan to become a plot point!