It's done.
After 20 fucking years, this night is finally over.
NANTOKA NAREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
RON
RON RON RON RON
>>156522515
It truly was a roundabout path.
Is it foreshadowing if the event in question happened years ago?
Kind of underwhelming, but in a way it makes sense for it to be that way.
It's sad that Akagi and Ten aren't as popular as they should be. All because people are too retarded to learn the rules of Mahjong, which are very simple besides the point counting which doesn't really matter to enjoy it.
>>156523402
>First round of Washizu Mahjong was in 1997
Jesus. 20 years of mahjong against one guy.
>>156524956
Find a place where the chapter is.
On page 3, there is a timeline that compares volumes to what has happened in history.
the image is too large to post.
>>156522515
So, when are we getting S2 of the anime?
>>156523682
>Is it foreshadowing if the event in question happened years ago?
It's not foreshadowing, because Akagi is a prequel.
now we can finally get our proper Washizu spinoff.
get in the lobby girls
>>156525971
>24 episodes focused on a single round
Please don't. Even with the Hell interlude, this shit will drag on so much it'll feel like Endless 8 all over again.
>>156526313
There already is one
Where do I learn jap mahjong so I can enjoy akagi more
>>156527020
http://www.gamedesign.jp/flash/mahjong/mahjong_e.html
>>156527020
You don't need to, manga opens with Akagi learning mahjong and spoonfeed you every single detail about every single draw with an excruciating slowness.
And I say that as someone who likes it. It's much more readable in bulk anyway.
>>156523682
It's much less foreshadowing but more of a direct allusion/call forward since Akagi is actually a prequel to Ten.
So what happens now?
>>156522515
Where's the sticky? The boat got one and that was only seven years.
>>156527572
Do you think Fukumoto even remembers what was supposed to happen?
>>156527572
more zero
>>156527742
oh i wish anon...
kaiji is weekly though, i think, so if he decides to do more zero, it'd have to be in a monthly magazine? hopefully he doesn't leave us hanging forever...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=223weYs8pnA
>>156524854
Yeah, sometimes I feel this way as well, but other times I'm kinda glad that fkmt's works aren't as overcrowdedly popular.
Mahjong is a kind of easy to play but hard to master sorta deal imo. It's a shame people write off the series before even giving it a try.
>>156528415
Yeah, I'm glad the artstyle puts off a lot of people. What irks me is that among FKMT fans Kaiji and Kurosawa are so overrated compared to the mahjong manga.
>>156528345
[spolier] when my time comes / ill go as myself [/spoiler];_;
who won?
> 25 / 3 / 17 / 4
really?
Just look at this chronology.
Fucking hell.
>>156528537
Kaiji and Kurosawa are both great (the sequel to Kurosawa not as much, though), it's more like the mahjong manga are underrated. Ten is one of Fukumoto's best works, if not the best.
>>156529040
A being overrated compared to B is the same as B being underrated compared to A.
>>156529040
The end of ten was quite a genre switch though
I'm glad that at least the cover of the magazine didn't feature any women for this chapter.
How come it isn't a sticky? this is amazing.
Anyway, it was pretty obvious that it would end like that. Very fitting imo. I just wonder what is next for the series. it has like what, 10 chapters left?
>>156529112
i was so caught off guard how the mahjong suddenly stops and the Heart-wrenching suddenly starts
>>156528537
Kaiji is kind of easy to consume, especially since the anime is so well done, (Or rather, especially since there's no real mahjong)
I do see people liking Kurosawa more often than for instance Ten, but I think this is maybe because Kurosawa can be more relatable?
>>156529731
Kurosawa is more accesible. Not a lot of people want to read 15 volumes of mahjong to get to the last volumes. I'd say it's undoubtedly better, I never really got why people like Kurosawa that much beyond the comedy.
>>156529731
Wasnt kurosawa flavor of the month a few years ago? Meanwhile ten has been translated for fucking ever so nobody reads it other than people that enjoy fkmt in general
>>156529816
The 15 volumes of mahjong are so worth it though... Mostly I see everyone waving around the pagespread with the ant on his hands, and everyone being all shaken.
>>156530010
I don't really know, by the time I read Ten, it was fully scantlated. I really loved it.
>akagi
pshh,who cares about that?where are my boys kaiji and kazuya?
>season 2 never
I don't care that it would be 24 episodes of Washizu mahjong. I just want to hear more of Akagi's voice.
>>156528345
>Wonder how it'll go when it's my turn to die?
It was a good way to go, don't worry
>>156529361
welcome to neo-/a/
>>156529361
Well it's been 5 hours and we still don't even have 50 posts, so /a/ doesn't seem to care about it anymore.
>>156532664
orchids??? on his ¿swimsuit?
what a lad
>/a/ doesnt care about akagi
i honestly cant believe its over
the last chapter was anticlimatic as fuck I kind of raged but I thought this one was really nice
i'm getting all sentimental
>>156529361
Just wait for mods to notice, im sure it's coming
>>156534166
I'd rather have a Ten adaptation.
>>156522515
Soon I'll be able to kill myself. Soon...
>>156535380
If only if he was here...
Akagi was 20 volumes too long
RON
>>156537094
RON RON
>>156530967
my jaw dropped on this page. such an incredible series. cant wait for all the FKMT threads for the next couple days
>>156530967
Reading Fukumoto without understanding Mahjong is great.
Rereading with understanding of Maahjong is mindblowing.
>>156537608
I thought Hiroyuki was a faggot the first time I read it because I just couldn't follow along his thought process and the only impression I got was that he was wrong about everything, but rereading it I felt sorry for the dude for being the only one who wasn't possessed by bullshit and got excited every time he did something
>>156536445
Seeing super chill old Akagi in his first appearance would be hilarious.
>>156538141
Definitely agree about the rereading after learning more about mahjong! My second time watching the Akagi anime was really an experience... Just staring at the screen like I can't believe he DID that
>>156529040
Someone with more motivation/redrawing experience than me should edit that portion with the grinning-flying Washizu so that it only lists 9/11, the Iraq War, "Japanese citizens abducted by North Korea," and the Akihabara massacre.
>>156540037
FKMT scans probably has psd files that could be easily edited into that.
Good night, sweet prince, and crowds of angels sing thee to thy rest.
>>156527020
>>>/jp/16893509
http://mahjong.guide/a-beginners-guide-to-riichi-mahjong/
I enjoyed it, now FKMTKrazy can focus on working quicker on Kaiji
>>156542261
Akagi isn't over yet, this is only the end of the Washizu arc. The manga ends in February 2018
>>156542921
pls b funny joke
>>156542989
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-02-12/akagi-mahjong-manga-to-end-in-february-2018-after-27-years/.112151
Besides Kaiji, do we have any FKMT manga actively being scanlated? Is he even working on anything else?
20 fucking years
No wonder Akagi outlived Washizu.
>tfw no interest in mahjong but insanely fucking love one ups and gambling and smart shit
Kaiji, One Outs, Code Geass, Death Note, fucking anything with smart people and tactics and shit. Will akagi be worth it to slog through learning the basics?
>all those anon who died before this chapter
>>156544427
>>156544304
If it helps, knowing mahjong will help you with a number of other mahjong manga as well, or just random mahjong story moments that pop up in whatever you're reading.
>>156528345
Wait what? Did Ten get an anime or something?
Also, STICKY THIS THREAD MODS
>>156544304
You can watch Akagi fine without knowing shit about mahjong
Finally I can get off this merry-go-round
Anybody reading Kaiji? How the hell will he get out of this one?
>>156544250
>inb4 shitting on Liar Game
>>156522515
Fukumoto you crazy autist of a bitch. I bet he's going through a roller coaster of emotions now.
Feels funny it's been already 7 years since I shook hands with him.
I can't believe it's finally over. I still believe in you, Washizu. Please come back to life.
Will we ever see him again?
>>156545730
Will we ever see him again?
>>156544250
Zero is garbage. Ten is top tier most of the time.
>>156544304
Akagi is a guy getting a Royal Flush every single game. You just need to know is that he's extremely lucky.
I can't even comprehend what it would be like to create a single arc for twenty years. Not a story, an arc.
Twenty years
Two decades
People went from the womb, through childhood and became full grown adults
Series like One Piece started and became phenomenons with hundreds of chapters.
The twenty first century was still years away.
The original Playstation was ongoing and getting games when it started. The internet was primitive and hardly used by people at large.
An ARC.
>>156544135
FUCK
>>156532664
I thought his mom was the lady with the black hair and the apron.
>>156544250
Missing Tetsunaki no Kirinji, Mukoubuchi, Naki no Ryuu,
>>156546901
Frankly, it's quite depressing. It just goes to show how relatively recent many of the things we've known and loved are. On an unrelated note, it always makes me laugh when people speak of the successes and failures of changes in society when viewed through the lens of the past ~50 years or so. We have so little time on this Earth, that to declare something a success or failure based on our view of the present seems silly. Even if it is the only way we can view the world.
Polite sage for off-topic.
>>156544135
I hope Kazuya becomes Kaiji's new bro.
God, this was such an amazing ride. I love all of you.
Delaying my suicide was worth it, I can now go off without regrets.
>>156551830
At least wait for the manga itself to end next February, anon.
>>156544304
with basic game knowledge, some things the characters do may surprise (and mindblow) you, the more you're familiar with mahjong, the better you can follow the characters' decisions and try to anticipate their actions and future developments before they happen (or don't).
Also, by understanding the game's yaku (how to form them, how much han they're worth, and how is the han limit table, so that you can anticipate how many points a hand is worth), you'll be able to feel more tension from the situations and the heavy, emotionally intense decisions the characters have to make.
>>156522515
holy shit what
>>156544304
what >>156544847 said; this way you'll also understand how this page is psychological torture.
>>156522515
so, akagi with almost half of his blood taken out just stands and leaves the fuckin building ?
nah, no, nope
with his condition right now he shouldn't be able to stand.
Still, it was a good ride, RIP washisu, may you find your 1 pin in heavens
Quite sad how slow this thread is. It'll probably drop off of page 10 without even breaking 150 posts.
What do you think the last arc will be about?
>>156544250
>Ten in average tier
Washizu will come back.
>>156522515
Oh Akagi is done?
>nope just the washizu mahjong game
Fucking really?
>>156554470
he died literally a perfect death, no way he is coming back
New chapter tomorrow so hopefully spoilers soon.
Akagi going "Washizu won" is pretty bullshit, what he just did is godlike, he had all the odds against him.
Also he walking out like nothing without half his blood is silly, they should be rushing to get him a blood transfusion.
I like that Akagi thinks he will die alone, when the opposite happens, he dies surrounded by people that really cared about him.
I just want to see what made him so chill.
>>156555328
HE DIDN'T EVEN PUT PRESSURE ON THE IV AFTER TAKING IT OUT TO STOP THE BLEEDING
>>156544250
Gin to Kin is still being scantlated, only about 10 chapters to go??
Also
Ten in average tier? What a champ
>>156525677
what?
>>156544135
From what little I can understand from the RAWs, Kazuya is about to bet his life and Kaiji is begging him not to do it, because Kaiji is sure his hand is the winning one?
>>156555328
I think he meant more like, the one who died in the heat of the gamble was the real winner or something.
>>156555981
oh yeah, now that you mention it, you're probably right.
I'm glad it's finally over.
>>156556705
I can see that. At first, I didn't like his art-style, but it grew on me. It's a lot more simple then you see in other manga.
>>156555911
>>156556705
i actually got into fkmt because i saw someone use kaiji crying as a reaction pic and i was like dude i have to see what this is
although i wasnt surprised when i showed my friends and they were all like "uh... yeah i'll stick to my bland yet very pretty K project thanks"
>>156544250
did anyone else watch the liar game live action tv show?
I liked it, acting was kinda cheesy but it was worth it at least for yasutaka nakata's OST
>>156522515
Welcome back
>>156523402
>I was 24 years old when it started, and now I'm 44
That's so bizarre, I'm incapable of picturing FKMT as anything other than a perpetual geezer smoking lucky strikes and playing mahjong for a 60 years.
>>156557596
Oh disregard I'm an idiot, I didn't notice that quote was by someone else.
F
>>156557612
now that you mention it, i wonder about all the milestones that happened in fkmt's life during the run of washizu mahjong like..... damn thats a lot of time.....
>>156545422
Why did it end like that? He had 1.5 fucking years to make sure it at least didn't completely suck balls, why did this happen
I hope they take Akagi to a hospital or something, I mean they all hurried to drive off.
Also it's pretty obvious, but Akagi just refused to receive any money didn't he?
>>156544250
>One Outs
>great tier
it was thoroughly disappointing. Felt like an "akagi for the mass market" that failed to really follow through.
Did you experience magical sand yet anon?
>>156558946
I guess? But honestly Toua and Akagi are very different characters, once I stopped comparing them I had an OK time with One Outs. Still, I wouldn't call it great...
>>156559105
Really? He practically felt like a copy-paste. Granted, I only watched the anime, but from what I hear the anime only really covers the best parts.
>>156559274
I meant that Toua is someone sorta driven by his greed, besides the thrill of the gamble. There's a part in the manga when he's like Cool im Rich and buys a fast red car and sleeps with a hooker or smth that was wild.(If i remember correctly.) Akagi wouldn't do that he doesn't actually care about money. Toua doesn't really wanna die either, nor would I categorize him as more than a talented gambler- Akagi's a monster, that's made clear from the start.
>>156559274
Also, Kaitani does look up to fkmt a lot, but I don't think he'd just make a shitter copy of Akagi, I wouldn't say that was his intention. I can't really prove this but I always thought Toua is more apathetic than Akagi in a way too.
>>156526609
it some jurisdictions it is called 'cruel and unusual punishment'; here I suspect it is 'a good few nights in'
>>156522515
Finally.
>>156559274
>but from what I hear the anime only really covers the best parts.
Nah this is bollocks, the rest of the One Outs manga kept getting better all the way through until the end.
>>156522515
I don't believe you.
My favorite round in that match is still Washizu's Chii Toitsu Double Riichi. It was really simple but the metaphors were some of the best FKMT made and the rongasm was amazing
How do you become like Akagi? The man gives 0 fucks all day every day even with half his blood missing.
>>156553580
It's not "half his blood", you retard, it's half of the difference between enough blood to still be alive and a full complement of blood.
All across the country, every single day, ordinary people lose half that amount of blood, have a cup of tea, and go back to work.
>>156544250
>yugioh being on that list
nice touch
I will fight you guys any day about this. Kaiji > Akagi
Both manga and character.
>>156555918
i think kaiji's saying that it will be a tie and they will die both since they dont have any more idols,they are having an emotional breakdonw for the last few chapters
Reminder to read Tetsunaki no Kirinji. Great mahjong manga like Mukoubuchi, less bullshit, more relatable to gaijin scrubs off 7447.
>>156555328
His body had 20 years to replace the lost blood.
>>156564071
I think almost everyone likes Kaiji better as a character.
>>156564549
Only people who never read Ten.
>20 hours
>140 replies
Was a 20 years long game too much, /a/?
>>156564071
There's no need to fight
Kaiji is objectively better than Akagi
>>156563522
>have an IQ of +180
>be a nihilist
>>156564549
I'm gonna have to agree with >>156564588 here. Akagi is one of the best written fkmt characters, and fkmt really went to great lengths to make him feel as real as possible. Being able to understand him so well without relating to his feelingsas in i would be to cowardly to kill myself if i were dying like thatreally makes him a top tier character for me.
>>156565078
False, but Kurosawa objectively the most moe.
Zero Part 3 when
>wachizu mahjong and 17 steps mahjong will never be a playable style in video games.
>>156566356
>wachizu
There's actually a DS game for Washizu Mahjong, it's pretty good too.
>>156555395
maybe exactly that, seeing how Washizu died (*) surrounded by people who cared about him, so he might've thought that it (and the peaceful death) was a perfect death, that he wouldn't be able to have. And/or he's salty that he would've lost if Washizu was able to continue playing.
* Akagi isn't always correct in his judgements, one example being how he estimated tonot need to play the 6th hanchan, however I think that this is the perfect opportunity for him to die, unless he somehow survives and then dies later due to poor health or age (somewhat likeTen's Ginji).
>>156553580
>so, akagi with almost half of his blood taken out just stands and leaves the fuckin building ?
that's why Akagi had shitty health in his old age.
>>156558398
he would've probably blown the money up, likehe did after winning against Urabe.
Akagi Shigeru never loses!Unless it's against Alzheimers
This deserves a sticky mods.
>>156558986
all I remember from recent memory was rescuing a 4-dan from last place by oya mangan ron'ing someone else in the last roundand then some days later pushing a 4-dan to last place by a coincidental tanki (pair) wait (6s) on a pin hon'itsu trap ;_;
>>156563522
#1: don't be afraid https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3MSItkt8MI
#2: overcome the despair and the will to survive
>>156564071
it would be interesting to compare both with "young" Washizu (iirc he's around 40 in his own spin-off) and Ten (and maybe later on, Hiro). Akagi sometimes makes analysis mistakes or gets out-lucked (which are ways he can be won against, in Ten).
>>156564247
I like the small houserule changes in this one, and how his online digital style helps him, among other things.
>>156555918
We really need Kaiji translated faster
>>156522515
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=phe-t4fKc0c from 3:57 onwards
>>156569137
The digital part gives theoretical aspect of mahjong. It's damn rare, most mahjong manga usually just use power of luck/guts/cheat
I am disappointed in you /a/
>>156570048
We really do.
>>156572041
thanks
>>156572041
Maybe it'll get a sticky once it actually ends. It should.
This is the most happy I've been I remember being in a very long time. This manga is very close to me.
>>156568734
I watched that Akagi live action, it was pretty well done, and the dude that plays Washizu is amazing.
I though the tile Akagi takes at the end was gonna have any signifance in the manga, but it didn't.
oh well.
>>156573140
It was the haku, what Washizu was trying to pon on
>>156572469
Don't get your hopes up
>>156570048
Yeah, the translation is ~90 chapters behind. Hopefully it speeds up when Akagi finishes next year
>>156544250
>Ten so low
>Ten under Tomodachi Game
Consider me triggered
>>156537608
Which chapter is this?
>>156572469
I really hope it does, although I wouldn't be surprised if it didn't.
>>156575886
chapter060
GODFUCKING DAMMIT FUKUMOTO
>>156522515
I can't believe it actually ended.
Did all of you follow every chapter?
>>156578378
I'm pretty sure we've all read every chapter. Fukumoto is just so good.
>>156579078
I hear good things about Kurosawa but I can never get into it. It's just weird to me.
>>156555911
>>156556705
>normies
>non-/a/ reaction images
Every time. Fuck off and killyourselves, crossboarders.
>>156522611
BANG
>All those tracks from the anime that weren't released on the OST
>Even if it gets a S2, they'll change the composer because of weed
>>156578378
Wanted to read every chapter as soon as it came out.
>>156582904
You can't tell me the dude is still in prison
>>156544250
What, you don't like fun games like "you're not allowed to move and I'll set you on fire" and "nitroglycerine air hockey" and "run through this labyrinth filled with deadly traps"?
>>156583053
He'll be shut out of the industry even if he's not still in jail.
>>156583053
Doesn't matter if he's in prison or not. Japan hates drugs so there's no chance he'll ever be hired again
>>156583053
>You can't tell me the dude is still in prison
Doesn't matter, I doubt he'll get hired by any big studios after it.
>>156583053
Doing anything that isn't considered socially normal is pretty much a lifetime ban.
>>156568390
>>156544250
>liar game and kakegurui
>god tier
>ten that low
This unironically triggers me.
>>156583053
>You can't tell me the dude is still in prison
Is he even still alive?
So what happens to Akagi after this?
>>156545955
You're garbage. Zero would easily make the best new FKMT adaptation.
>>156578040
IfKazuya actually dieshere I'm going to be so sad. I love him.
>>156522515
So was this the end of the series or just a really long arc?
>>156585570
Just the arc, series ends next February.
Reminder that Akagi is Hyoudou.
>>156586112
Akagi is dead.
And Hyoudou has none of Akagi's suicidal TRUE GAMBLING obsession.
>>156587004
>Akagi is dead.
In Ten maybe.
>And Hyoudou has none of Akagi's suicidal TRUE GAMBLING obsession.
Not any more, because he couldn't die like Washizu.
>>156587004
Most importantly, they don't have anywhere near the same nose.
>>156587071
>In Ten maybe.
To which Akagi is a prequel story.
Akagi isn't particularly lucky either. He has his moments, but he doesn't have this sort of crazy luck Hyoudou and Washizu have.
>>156587098
This too, Akagi's nose is like a knife, while Hyoudou's is a potato. We all know that Akagi wouldn't lose enough fights to break his nose often enough for it to turn out like that.
>>156522515
Still haven't read a single chapter.
>>156578040
Where are you getting raws?
>>156589688
http://bzland.net/?board=2311.0&action=kitsitemap
Site's full of popups but they're good quality and upload fast. The page that anon posted isn't up yet, though. I think it came out today.
Biggest bro of the entire series right here
>>156572764
How many years have you been following it?
I think I started in 2012, stopped following it, then picked it up again in 2015.
>>156590095
Thank you.
you'll never have the friendship and help of those geniuses, why live
also, you'll never be Akagi and have best partner >>156590339 , why live
Pon!