"My name is Nao Kanzaki." "I decided to enter Round 4." "Round 4 is a 3-on-3 team battle. called the Kingdom of Sun." "We're up against the Kingdom of Moon." "And the first game is Mr. Fukunaga vs. Mr. Nishida." "Now to announce the Vanguard battle:" "These are the rules of 24-shot Russian Roulette." "each player selects 3 chambers to load with bullets." "that player loses." "393)\cH000000\3cHE1761E}MISS 384)\cH000000\3cH29568F}HIT but the player that "died" must pay the opposing team 50 million in chips." "362)\cH000000\3cH4E9BFA}+50 million 50 chips 347)\cH000000\3cH9B653A}-50 million" "320)}+50 million 50 chips 233)\cH000000\3cHFFFFFF}PASS" "207)\cH000000\3cHFFFFFF}PASS 232)}PASS" "210)}PASS 225)}PASS" "98)\cH000000\3cHFFFFFF}PASS 185)\cH000000\3cHFFFFFF}PASS" "98)\cH000000\3cHFFFFFF}PASS 185)\cH000000\3cHFFFFFF}PASS" "98)\cH000000\3cHFFFFFF}PASS or 10 million yen." "the amount is doubled- -with 5 consecutive passes ending in a "draw." "all chips are confiscated by the LGT representative." "company name]" "Our team found the perfect strategy." "and 13..." "Load the bullets back-to-back. you'd know that more shots were on the way." "Mr. Nishida loaded the gun the same way." "But..." "This game has one other trick to exploit." "That trick had to do with the effect of gravity- -the side heavier with bullets would stop in the bottom position." "it was possible to have a general idea of where the bullets were." "And that's not all--Mr." "Fukunaga created fake gunpowder marks to successfully trick Mr. Nishida into firing the gun." "It's already clear who's won the game." "YOU STUPID" "STUPID" "STUPID IDIOT!" "it hit me... behind this game was an evil trap." "We're heading straight into a terrible trap!" "What trap?" "right?" "So now what's Mr. Fukunaga going to do?" "That's obvious." "Both of them loaded the gun with 3 consecutive bullets." "There's no question the gun will fire this next turn." "Both of them have no other option other than to continue to pass." "385)\frz14.253}PASS 389)\frz349.158}PASS" "That's exactly the problem!" "we'll be heading straight into their trap!" "PASS!" "this turn will be declared a draw." "sir?" "PASS!" "Aaah!" "hence this turn is a draw." "I will pull the trigger in your place." "A bullet was loaded in the chamber this round!" "Both players have done a fantastic job to avoid getting shot." "did you see that!" "?" "All of the chips go to the dealer when a draw happens!" "That's 31 chips in total after 5 passes." "304)}31 CHIPS 350)}DEALER +31 MILLION" "That's basically giving away 31 million to the dealer each time!" "That's the trap!" "Our real enemy... isn't the Kindom of Moon at all." "It's the LGT Office!" "Ho-ho." "is she?" "but... 354)\cH1A00AF\3cHFFFFFF}150 MILLION the LGT only takes back 100 million of that cash in the end." "367)}TAKES BACK 308)\cH1A00AF\3cHFFFFFF}100 MILLION" "That's why the main dealer called the extra 50 million our "bonus." "190)\4cH2C0849\3cH391369\cHFFFFFF}50 MILLION" "But that hides the truth! 391)\3cH2B1579}50 MILLION" "230)}50 MILLION 404)}50 MILLION" "230)}50 MILLION 408)}50 MILLION" "210)}50 MILLION it's 300 million all together." "302)\cH1A00AF\3cHFFFFFF}300 MILLION 31 million goes back to the dealer." "277)}31 MILLION - 199)\cH6F1315\3cHFFFFFF}300 MILLION (MINUS) 310 MILLION" "328)\cH1A00AF\3cHFFFFFF}NEGATIVE 10 MILLION we all go into the red!" "So if we let down our guard thinking that we've won we lose anyway!" "That's why we have to cooperate with our opponents to prevent any more money from going to the LGT Office!" "Not again!" "I'm going to call time!" "Wait." "There's no time!" "Quiet down!" "Relax." "I can assure you there won't be another draw." "Huh?" "Because the fact is" "Fukunaga and I already picked up on this little profiting trick the LGT is trying to use." "Then all the more reason to" "We already have- -another plan in store." "And that's what makes this round so terrifying..." "{\cH1E00B9\3cHFFFFFF\b1}L{\cH000000}IAR {\cH1E00B9}G{\cH000000}AME {\cH1E00B9}S{\cH000000}eason {\cH1E00B9}2" "And now for turn 12." "Pass." "your move." "Three back-to-back bullets were just fired." "There's only one cluster left... which means the odds of hitting them are 3/13." "I should do it now!" "I'll do it!" "Wait a minute... 124)\cH000000\3cHFFFFFF}PASS" "220)}PASS 124)}PASS" "217)}PASS all I'll get is one chip." "386)}Acquired chips: 1 386)}Acquired chips: 7" "I should pass again... and shoot after he passes again!" "The only problem is whether or not I can count on Fukunaga to pass." "386)}Acquired chips: 15" "But he would make much more money if he drags it out to the fifth pass!" "that's it." "He'll definitely pass on the third time." "I'll shoot after that!" "PASS!" "I'll shoot." "WHAT!" "?" "Mr. Fukunaga claims the table's chips." "Three for me!" "G-G-G-GNH-DAMNIT!" "Twee fo' me!" "Why did he pull the trigger so soon?" "Simple logic. so it makes the bullets stop in a position facing down." "and 11 were already fired." "We know that there are 3 consecutive bullets left to go." "297)}Center of Gravity we can reasonably expect that the next bullet will show up around turn 15." "That's why I don't understand what just happened." "Mr. Fukunaga only passed once." "386)}Acquired chips: 3 124)\cH000000\3cHFFFFFF}PASS" "216)}PASS 216)}PASS" "122)}PASS 386)}Acquired chips: 15 then he could've made much more." "You're right." "But that's because..." "Fukunaga is laying bait." "Bait?" "Mm-hm." "Nishida is definitely going to take it." "Sit back and watch." "He's going to pull the trigger." "And when he does..." "He'll eat lead." "No way...! Mr. Nishida was completely down for the count." "He didn't show an ounce of interest in firing the gun." "But then..." "I'll shoot!" "Eeeeh!" "?" "35)}{\cH1E00B9\3cHFFFFFF\b1}NOT FOR SALE OR RENT." "DO NOT UPLOAD TO ANY STREAMING SITES!" "{\cH1E00B9\3cHFFFFFF\b1}T{\cH000000}ranslator: {\cH1E00B9}s{\cH000000}hrimpy" "{\cH1E00B9\3cHFFFFFF\b1}E{\cH000000}ditor: {\cH1E00B9}f{\cH000000}urransu" "I'll shoot!" "Eeeeh!" "?" "Ack!" "M-mommy..." "He really shot!" "Mr. Nishida was just shot in the head." "As penalty..." "Like I said...he took the bait." "partner." "hm?" "Whoopsie!" "Farther than...expected...pfft" "TIME OUT!" "WHAAAAAAAT!" "?" "Why'd you call time!" "?" "Things were going great!" "but... there's something I just had to talk to you about." "What?" "right?" "you got that right!" "Nishida didn't just shoot..." "I made him." "PASS!" "I'll shoot!" "Eeeh!" "? I should've shot after passing one more time." "I shook his confidence." "Confidence?" "That's right." "And he fell for it." "right?" "He should've passed again." "But it was like he read my mind y'know?" "There could only be one reason why because he knew that turn 12 was going to be empty." "Like hell he did!" "he really did!" "He really does know where the bullets are loaded! you led Mr. Nishida to believe you know where the bullets are loaded." "You got it!" "I cornered him psychologically." "hm?" "W-what does that have anything to do with" "How're you gonna pay it back?" "Look at all the chips you lost" "You're spiraling downhill" "This is the time to fight!" "Think of what'll happen if you don't close the gap!" "Well..." "I'm sitting pretty so I really couldn't care less." "But what about you?" "I could see the fuse blow in his head!" "And it was that moment that I dangled a lifeline in front of him..." "Lifeline?" "274 million behind?" "In the first game?" "let's finish." "Huh?" "What was that?" "274 million...?" "The chip difference is 214...that's only 214 million." "So why did he say 274 million?" "I got it!" "This guy is thinking" "I'll never shoot again for the rest of the game!" "he's planning on holding out until the last moment to shoot. the final score would be 274 million in his favor." "Wait...if I calculate backwards from 274 million..." "Heh heh..." "I can tell where the bullets are!" "The second Nishida started his mental math I could tell immediately this guy fell for it." "but he's got a good 6th sense." "Too bad his analytical skills stink." "the guy's a doofus." "Quack." "The easiest type to take for a ride!" "Quack quack!" "I got it!" "A 274 million difference would mean he'd stop making money after the 20th turn." "So the next bullet's on turn 21!" "Haha..." "I can keep shooting until then!" "Just you wait!" "I'll shoot!" "Ack!" "Did you get a load of that face?" "huh?" "Hahaha!" "dumbass!" "Ah--Aaaaaa!" "LISTEN!" "Get it back..." "NOW! But it won't make our money come back." "Shit!" "I can't help it!" "I've always been this way!" "Even my twin brother's smarter than me..." "I don't give a damn about your brother!" "STOP!" "Huh?" "everything will be all right." "You won't lose this game." "please...stop despairing." "What's that moron saying now?" "N-nao!" "What the heck was that!" "?" "what are you going to do now?" "Eh?" "That's obvious... we know that two more are sure to follow." "and we'll draw the game." "the game ends." "Our Kingdom will win for sure!" "Well...that's why I called time." "I have a favor to ask of you." "A favor?" "What?" "Please shoot this next turn." "HUUUH!" "?" "Are you nuts!" "?" "There's a bullet in there!" "100% chance!" "please shoot them on purpose." "Nao-chan." "Our team is winning." "We own this game!" "But if I fire the next two shots" "The game will end in a tie." "It's more important that we prevent losing money to the LGT office than winning this game right now." "You're naive!" "Too naive!" "we're screwed!" "Don't worry." "Me and Mr. Akiyama will win our games!" "and advance to the next round!" "Save?" "That's right." "We'll pay off the debts of our opponents with the money we win from this game!" "oh man." "See?" "It's easy." "Nao-chan...your idea..." "CAN GO TO HELL!" "shucks." "If only you'd tie the game... you'd be able to make a lot more money... m-money?" "Yep." "uh...what...way is that?" "you mean you didn't figure it out already?" "Eh!" "? but..." "This plan is guaranteed to make you a killing." "Time is up." "Would both team's players please return to the game room?" "Mr. Fukunaga?" "It's all up to you!" "Nao-chan!" "What is it?" "How's the plan work!" "?" "Do you know!" "?" "Forget this chump change we're aiming for something bigger." "That's all there is to it." "Mr. Fukunaga." "I wonder?" "If only you'd tie the game... you'd be able to make a lot more money..." "I'LL SHOOT!" "Mr. Fukunaga!" "Mr. Fukunaga has just died." "are paid to the Kingdom of Moon." "Why!" "?" "Hmph!" "He did it!" "Yes...but it's not over." "since it didn't affect our winning status." "this next shot will move us down into a tie." "This is where Fukunaga has to make the real decision." "It's turn 17." "We begin with Mr. Nishida." "p-pass." "Mr. Fukunaga." "I've got the perfect plan that could make you a lot more money... a lot more money... a lot more money...guaranteed. THEN I'LL SHOOT!" "Mr. Fukunaga has been shot in the head." "are paid to the Kingdom of Moon." "All of the gun's bullets have been fired." "this game is over." "Kingdom of Moon - 2." "This game ends in a tie!" "YESSSS!" "Why!" "?" "Why did you shoot!" "?" "we couldn't have saved you." "Huh!" "?" "I PULLED THE TRIGGER TO SAVE YOU PEOPLE!" "S-save us!" "?" "What are you talking about?" "HOW THE HELL WOULD I KNOW!" "?" "You mean...what that girl was saying?" "Yeah." "Go ask her the details." "She's the general." "Thank you!" "Mr. Fukunaga!" "out with it!" "Hm?" "Don't "hm" me!" "You know...that plan... then I could make a killing?" "that." "I lied." "MUWAAAAAH!" "?" "right?" "SCREW YOU!" "What're so angry about?" "This is the LIAR GAME." "isn't that right?" "So much for your millionaire dreams..." "AKIYAMA!" "Why'd you cooperate with this!" "?" "I'm aiming for something much bigger." "Like WHAT!" "?" "To expose the lowlife that revived this damned game and then crush them." "We can't let any more money go back to them. the LGT'd be laughing all the way to the bank." "then--!" "No we won't!" "Leave it to me and Mr. Akiyama!" "isn't she?" "do you?" "Unlikely." "It's next to impossible just to make it there." "We will now move on to our center-field battle." "It will pit the Kingdom of Sun's Shinichi Akiyama versus the Kingdom of Moon's Kikuchi Shou." "it is... it is..." "SEVENTEEN POKER." "17 poker?" "bluffing." "the goal is to read your opponent best..." "The epitome of strategic gameplay. as the name implies. with the addition of a joker." "These seventeen." "Only those?" "Yes." "And the rules are the same as ordinary poker." "Five of a kind." "Royal Straight Flush." "Four of a kind." "Full House." "Straight." "Three of a kind." "Two Pair." "One Pair." "This illustrates how hands are ranked strongest to weakest." "Aces... is the strongest hand in the game." "let us hold a mock game." "Would each team please select a representative?" "I'll go." "EEH!" "?" "I'm actually very good at poker. these Kingdom of Moon guys seem like wimps." "I wouldn't be so sure." "You never can tell when they just might make a comeback..." "See?" "It's just as I said." "We won." "The Hindu shuffle is a shuffle that takes cards randomly from the deck and stacks them progressively on top." "The Riffle Shuffle is a shuffle that splits the deck into halves and interleaves the cards." "We will employ these two shuffles each game." "we ask players to cut the deck." "Cut?" "191)}Example: 7 Cards" "A player will designate how many cards from the top they wish to have the bottom of the deck replaced with the top part of the deck." "This is to prevent against cheating." "if you please." "10 please." "each player must place 5 chips onto the table as ante." "hands are dealt." "Yes!" "I've got a pair of aces right off the bat!" "Already a great hand!" "This is when we hold our first betting round." "The bets allowed at this stage range" "From 5 to 15 chips." "5 chips." "The first bet was made!" "you must make an action in response to this." "Your options are as follows: or Fold." "Those three." "That's nothin'!" "Raise!" "Raise means to up the amount of the bet." "Raise the amount as you like." "Sounds good to me!" "Call!" "Call means that you agree with the opponent's bet and are willing to wager on that amount." "please match the number of chips on the table." "The game will then continue." "I can't do anything with this hand!" "Fold." "Fold means to admit defeat without revealing each other's hands. and the remaining chips are collected by your opponent." "what will you do?" "but every bit counts." "I have to set a good example for the team!" "Raise!" "10 Chips!" "Eh!" "?" "Nao-chan!" "Are you sure!" "?" "Mr. Kikuchi?" "Call." "Both players have agreed to continue." "starting with the player who set the bet." "starting with Ms. Kanzaki." "please!" "Yeah!" "I got pairs of Aces and Kings!" "too." "huh... we move into the last betting round." "You may bet up to 30 chips in this round." "Ms. Kanzaki?" "Okay." "Time to play!" "I bet 30 chips!" "Hey!" "Mr. Kikuchi?" "His hand must be bad..." "I know I'll win!" "I'll play." "Call!" "Yes!" "I've already won!" "Now for the face-off..." "Get ready and reveal!" "Kings and Aces." "Jacks." "Mr. Kikuchi wins." "The 45 chips Ms. Kanzaki placed as bet... are awarded to Mr. Kikuchi." "T-t-time out!" "don't tell me... you're treating this like an ordinary poker?" "Yes..." "I knew it!" "What's wrong with that?" "The rules are the same... But this game is NOTHING like ordinary poker!" "The key to this game is the Joker!" "It determines everything. that leaves 7 cards in the deck after the 10 are dealt." "both of you two traded for 3 cards." "...which means there was only 1 card left." "Practically all were used." "right?" "there were ridiculously high odds that he had it!" "I guess I was at a disadvantage then." "Not disadvantage!" "You were guaranteed to lose!" "What?" "How?" "right?" "you get a Straight." "you're at least sure to get One Pair." "So... and now you've got Three-of-a-Kind." "Do you see?" "Just by having the Joker a Three-of-a-Kind." "That's why your Two Pair had no hope of winning." "Basically it's all about who has the Joker huh." "Nao-chan!" "Don't forget this rehearsal is our only chance to figure out a strategy!" "Right... we held 5 mock hands I lost big time. and the team with the most chips will be declared the winner. but he's still no match for Akiyama." "I wouldn't say that." "he's a terrible enemy to be up against." "What're you talking about?" "Oh?" "Haha..." "I get it!" "No kidding." "This might be it our chance to watch Akiyama bite the dust!" "Would each team's center-field please make their way to the game area?" "What's the matter?" "Something's bugging me." "Eh?" "Kikuchi exchanged 4 cards during the rehearsal." "What's odd about that?" "It's very odd for 17 Poker." "there's only 4 kinds of cards. your are promised at the very least a single pair." "normally you'd keep it and exchange the other useless cards." "See?" "There's no sane reason to be swapping out 4 cards." "why would Mr. Kikuchi do that...?" "Can't say..." "But just maybe...he might have found a way to win." "Please put out your antes. please." "5 Cards." "6." "Hah!" "He got a straight!" "We're gonna win!" "we're not." "Huh?" "Why!" "?" "To get a hand this good right off the bat there's little chance that Kikuchi will stay in." "Let's assume you get a straight on your first hand." "Nao?" "naturally." "I'd take it right to the reveal." "And what would Mr. Kikuchi think when he sees that?" "She's not exchanging...so her hand must be really good." "I Fold." "He'll drop out because it's clear your hand is really good!" "you're right... having a good hand right from the start is really a bad thing." "Akiyama can keep the first bet low--at 5 chips-- to try to keep Kikuchi thinking his hand ain't so great." "Now for our first betting round." "if you would?" "10 chips." "What!" "?" "Idiot!" "Kikuchi will catch on!" "your move." "I'll call for now." "he stayed in... he's feeling him out." "The real problem is here." "there's no way he'll stay in to the end." "Mr. Akiyama can't afford to exchange cards..." "Mr. Akiyama?" "3." "WHAT!" "?" "He gave away his straight!" "it's imporant to keep Kikuchi in retard!" "Mr. Kikuchi?" "I'll take 3 as well." "Time for our second betting round." "Mr. Akiyama?" "10 chips." "huh." "His hand must have gotten worse after all." "Ngrh!" "Mr. Kikuchi!" "Call." "Mr. Kikuchi stayed in!" "Wha...?" "Time to face-off." "Ready...and... reveal!" "Mr. Akiyama has Three-of-a-Kind Aces." "Jacks and Kings." "The Kingdom of Sun wins the hand!" "Yahoo!" "He won!" "Lucky for us!" "That's it...that's what it was about..." "Eh?" "Akiyama!" "That had nothing to do with luck!" "That was all planned out!" "How?" "right?" "he's guaranteed Three-of-a-Kind or higher." "the hand doesn't weaken if he trades cards!" "that his hand could become a Full House or Four-of-a-Kind!" "the damage inflicted... is barely anything!" "I see! but not the case in this 17 card Poker!" "And trading those 3 gave the impression that his hand wasn't any good!" "amazing as always." "He figured out that much in so little time..." "Go!" "Go!" "too." "74)}CHIP SCORE 131)}Kingdom of Sun in the lead by" "222)}Chips 371)}Chips" "374)\3cH473826}Chips 451)}Chips" "455)}Chips 342)}Akiyama" "344)\3cH473826}Kikuchi 423)\3cH473826}Team total" "422)\3cH473826}Team total 431)}Team total" "261)}Kikuchi 435)}Chips" "277)}Chips 251)}Akiyama" "416)}Team total 268)}Chips" "432)}Chips we had already stolen a huge lead." "He did it!" "Mr. Akiyama is unstoppable!" "TIME!" "Ha!" "Look at them panicking!" "This game's already over!" "you've already won!" "Who knows..." "Don't be so s-h-y!" "We've got nothing to worry about!" "Get a load of Mr. Modest!" "We had yet to realize..." "The fearful trick Mr. Kikuchi had in store..." "What's going on out there?" "You're doing exactly what he wants!" "Why're you shaking?" "Scared?" "Me?" "Doing what he wants?" "You guys have no clue..." "Those last two games were all according to plan." "What are you talking about?" "I spent these last two turns perfecting it my unstoppable plan!" "Looks like Kikuchi's figured it out" "this game's hidden exploit." "Akiyama's last hope has flown out the window." "Plan?" "Yes... the way to control the Joker!" "You're lying!" "There's no way you can" "I CAN!" "H-how!" "?" "we hadn't the slightest clue that the ordinarily invincible Mr. Akiyama" "was about to be beaten to a pulp." "I'll tell you my unstoppable plan!" "Just you watch" "I'll have the Joker in my hand on the first turn." "It'll be...the leftmost card." "Now to begin our third hand." "What?" "!" "The Joker is really on the left!" "D-does he have special powers!" "?" "Mr. Kikuchi had successfully created a superior plan..." "One that trumped... even Mr. Akiyama himself." "62)}Next Episode Preview 35)}{\cH1E00B9\3cHFFFFFF\b1}NOT FOR SALE OR RENT." "DO NOT UPLOAD TO ANY STREAMING SITES!" "337)}Kikuchi's {\b1\cH1E00B9}unstoppable {\cHFFFFFF}plan" "Akiyama..." "DIE!" "405)}unleashes its {\b1\cH1E00B9}fury{\cHFFFFFF}!" "What the HELL!" "?" "Impossible... 343)}It the {\b1\cH1E00B9}Kingdom {\cHFFFFFF}of {\b1\cH1E00B9}Sun... 399)}...already {\b1\cH1E00B9}ruined{\cHFFFFFF}!" "?" "Yaaay!" "NOOOO!" "...was once a star boxer... and Nao Kanzaki... done for?" "STUUUUPID!" "HAHAHAHA 347)\cH1E00B9}Akiyama{\cHFFFFFF}... 415)}...in his biggest {\b1\cH1E00B9}pinch {\cHFFFFFF}yet!" "AKIYAMA!" "YOU'RE DONE FOR!" "I have to...end this terrible game!"