March 2017, mark your calendars. History happened.
Fukumoto finally got the game of Washizu mahjong to a conclusion.
It started on April 27 1998, in volume 8, chapter 66 of Akagi.
19 years and 229 chapters later, it is finally over.
That's two and a half times as many years, and over four times as many chapters as Miura's 7 year, 56 chapter boat trip.
"Are they still playing mahjong" can now join the other previously never-ending questions as having ended.
Was it really over 200 chapters? Where does the time go?
>>155439948
The speed of the game was inversely proportional to how many chapter it had gone on for, first approaching zero as the other approached infinity.
For the last 3 years or more it was increasingly common to have chapters with not a single tile drawn or dealt.
I can finally post this image and have it be true
>>155439835
This can't be real
>>155439835
How is this not national news in Japan?
It has to be longest "battle" in fiction history.
Longest game of mahjong in history.
It's amazing that a simple game of match two could be so complex.
>>155439835
One single match is equal to the entirety of Naruto and Bleach manga.
>>155440687
longer even
and people say ippo is slow-paced
>>155439835
>>155439835
How long can you keep writing about one mahjong match before you completely burn out?
>>155439835
why?
why did this take so long?
how abrupt can one more chapter be, or is there gonna be a bit of an epilogue after