"What nice weather, now that spring's ending, isn't it?" "How bright and beautiful." "It's spring." "It's a peaceful afternoon." "Yet..." "Yet, why?" "Why do we have to gather at Doumeki's place and play Mahjong?" "And outside, too!" "Aw, it's okay, isn't it?" "After all, the weather is good." "And your weird movements are much more strange now." "It's not just his movements that are strange." "You're in no position to say that!" "It's ready!" "Then let's start." "Er, I don't know how to play Mahjong." "Oh, really?" "Well, it's fine." "Just do Shiipai." ""Shii?"" "It means to mix and shuffle them!" "I get it!" "I just have to mix them up, right?" "Roll, roll, roll, roll!" "And now that we are done stacking them..." "Tenhou!" "Yuuko, you're good!" "It's a hand where at the start of the round, the pieces you were dealt allow you to call the round." "If you're the dealer it's called "Tenhou," and if not it's called "Chihou."" "I'm feeling great!" "I feel like Akagi-tan, Tetsuya-kun, and Akina-chan are watching over me!" "{TC:" "Not sure about the others but Tetsuya is bound to be "Shoubushi Densetsu Tetsuya"; gambler hero of a manga centered on Mahjong  gambling} {Akagi is the legendary mahjong player from the manga and anime Akagi} {Akina-chan, I dunno about}" "Who're they?" "Okay, let's get this going!" "Mokona gets a Daisharin!" "Chi'itsudorahachi!" "Shousuushi!" "Nagashi-Mangan." "Doumeki-kun, what a man you are!" "So..." "While I was doing nothing, I lost?" "If you say that in "technical terms..."" "Let's keep on playing even though you're dead!" "Watanuki lost his turn as the dealer." "But you're going to recover, aren't you?" "Even if you say that, I told you from the beginning that I don't know how to play Mahjong!" "I guess there's no choice." "What the heck is this?" "I felt like giving a beginner like you the opportunity to study." ""The Legend of a Vagabond Mahjong Player?" {lol akagi}" ""Gambler Momoyo," "True Account of Mahjong."" "Ah, "Professional Gambling."" "What the heck is this?" "Mahjong is a way of life." "It's a game that could even be called life itself. {oh Yuuko, I love you}" "Touch the lives of the great Mahjong players, gamblers intense enough to make you vomit blood." "And what on earth am I supposed to do with "Glasses Gambling Hell?" "!"" "This one is good." ""Those Chosen by Luck, and Those Who Aren't."" "First, please teach me the rules!" "There should be an initiation tutorial buried in there somewhere, so go find it yourself." "Until Watanuki can actually play, let's just play with us three." "What will we do about the rules?" "Because there's a beginner, let's go with iihan-shibari rules and limit the yaku." "Damn!" "I'm telling you, I don't get it!" "{You're not the only one.}" "And yet you're having me play!" "Are you bullying me?" "Is this bullying?" "!" "Oh, this looks good." "Jumbler's Bible, the best initiation manual for egoistic gamblers." "A Kodansha publication!" "Let's see, let's see." "Way... note..." "Number?" "Hey there, "written with the kanji for April 1st,"" "why don't you see how everyone plays while reading the book, Watanuki?" "I didn't ask you anything, black manju!" "Here we go." "I see..." "I'm starting to get this..." "Simply put, among the tiles, there are tiles numbered 1 to 9, and they're divided into 3 different suits: pin, sou, and man." "On top of that, there are honor tiles with kanji written on them:" "the East, South, West, and North winds, and the Zhong, Fa, and Bai dragons." "I've heard something about this, come to think of it." "Three tiles of the same type or number back to back make a "pon."" "When you make four sets like this and have two identical tiles as the "eyes,"" "this becomes a proper hand." "You have to create a proper hand according to yaku scoring rules." "For example, the tan yao yaku hand is completed by using all tiles but 1, 9, and the honor tiles." "Just remember it as completed without 1, 9 or honor tiles!" "I see!" "Well, Yuuko-san!" "Let me join in!" "This time, it won't go the same way as before!" "It was just a moment ago, though." "I really don't understand what's going on." "Why are we going through the trouble of playing Mahjong with these specific players?" "And this just looks too suspicious." "Suspicious." "Oi, it's your turn, Watanuki." "Get moving!" "Even a cow can play slowly!" "Right, right, right!" "No 1s, 9s or honor tiles!" "Crap, no good." "I just have a tsumo." "I wouldn't have expected it, but you're quite harsh." "No meaning!" "No, actually, I don't have a tori yet." "Ah, speaking of which." "Catching up will be a bit of a problem, it seems." "That's right." "Does he want to be the dealer soon?" "Well, he will be for the last game." "Yeah, either way it's impossible." "So, how is it?" "It's your first time playing Mahjong." "It's quite an interesting thing, right?" "It's difficult!" "The ones I want won't come, and I keep getting the ones I don't!" "The point of the game is to avoid them and to create a high-value hand!" "Well, sure, yeah, but..." "Let me take a little look, then." "I was trying to get a proper tan yao hand!" "One with no 1s, 9s or honor tiles!" "But, but!" "Let's see." "He was in tenpai for a Kokushi." "I don't get it." "Well, I sure don't either." "Watanuki, still not ready?" "Like an ill-prepared, long-winded speech." "Like a poorly-made gun that misses the target." "Like the thoughts of an idiot that go nowhere." "Ah, that's perfect." "Hey, cut it out with the negative adjectives, please!" "You're all ganging up on a beginner like me!" "Good afternoon, Watanuki-kun." "Nya?" "Himawari-chan!" "Good afternoon." "What's the matter, Himawari-chan, coming to a place like this?" "I came to give back the book I borrowed from Doumeki-kun." "What?" "Thank you!" "It's okay." "Damn it, that Doumeki." "He's exchanging books with Himawari-chan behind my back!" "Also, if you'd like, I have this." "We were practicing cooking, and made a little too much." "What?" "Cake?" "It's a cherry tart." "You should all have some!" "Yay!" "Himawari-chan's handmade cake!" "Nope, the one who made it was a friend of mine." "You really shouldn't have, Himawari-chan." "Oh, it's fine." "That's amazing." "Watanuki-kun, you can play Mahjong?" "Ah, no." "Today is my first time, but I can't get it at all." "So, leave this one here, and..." "If I get rid of this one, it'll be a riichi?" "And then you'll win?" "Amazing!" "Amazing, amazing, amazing!" "Ah, it's nothing really." "Here." "That's..." "Oh, this tile won't  pass through!" "{Meaning that someone is sure to call on such a useful tile}" "Ron!" "{AHAHA HOLY SHIT PWNED}" "Shinroutou!" "Nikoniko Chi'toidoradora!" "Pin-fu yanpekou doradora!" "Gah!" "You did it, Watanuki-kun!" "A royal beating!" "See you later, Himawari-chan!" "We'll eat up that cake!" "Ah, pon!" "Pon-pon!" "Pon-pon-pon!" "This is..." "What's going on?" "Mokona, I can't underestimate you." "If Mokona is gathering another set of three, I might not make my Daisangen." "But it looks like Mokona just likes gathering patterns." "I can't tell..." "Yuuko-san, what just happened?" "Watanuki, you just made Mokona's yakuman certain." "If she wins, it's 32,000 points." "What?" "If Mokona scores this turn, it'll be your responsibility to pay up." "Ah, damn!" "How's that?" "Ron!" "I got them all gathered!" "Yay!" "Mokona was doing a Furiten." "But she can't win with that." "It looks like she doesn't care too much." "It's her way of gaming." "If she can gather them prettily, then it seems it's fine." "And thanks to that, Watanuki was saved." "Let's leave him alone." "It's more interesting like this." "Yuuko-san." "All things aside, why Mahjong all of a sudden?" "More than the actual Mahjong, the mixing of the tiles is the important thing." "Well, let's start up the very last game!" "You're still trying for a comeback, Watanuki?" "Please don't talk to me!" "I'm in the middle of thinking!" "Yes!" "Riichi!" "Yuuko, great play!" "Second riichi!" "Mokona, that's not a bad one yourself!" "Third riichi." "Once again, that's quite a fierce waiting move." "Does this mean I'm in a huge pinch?" "Who knows?" "I have no idea what kind of hand you have, Watanuki." "But!" "Stop your whining." "It's your turn, Watanuki." "No mercy!" "Could this be?" "You're in tenpai, right?" "Yeah, so what?" "I'm just a beginner." "That's not what I meant." "I'm saying you're about to get a winning hand on the next move!" "I know that!" "Ame-Warashi, what are you doing here?" "More importantly, you got this one, so put this here." "Come on!" "Clinch it already." "Even a..." "Even a cow could do it this slowly, right?" "{reference to earlier}" "Rii—" "What are you doing?" "Your hand is open, so you can't do a riichi, you idiot!" "{TC;" "Even the CC didn't have the full line, the only uncertain part is the "it's open"} {let me handle this!" "iris} {iris TC:" "An open hand has called on another player's tiles." "A Riichi can only be called on a closed hand.}" "Ame-Warashi, I know you've had quite the long trip, but could you please stop spoiling our Watanuki?" "What do you mean by "our?"" "I guess you're right." "He's just so thick that I had to." "That one comment was too much!" "But wouldn't you feel frustrated, losing this one like this?" "It looks like you've got quite a big one coming." "We'll see." "Oh!" "How pretty!" "It's Zashiki-Warashi!" "{I swear he's looking at Wata's tiles}" "They're all gathered in green!" "Ryuuiisou in tenpai?" "You can't say things like that out loud, for god's sake!" "Eh!" "Um..." "I'm sorry." "Crap!" "This development wasn't expected." "We all have riichi too, but..." "If it's not Mokona's atari-hai, I'll have to discard it like this. {lol not a clue -iris}" "This is bad." "Pass." "If it's a pin or a ro-pin, then I win." "If it's a green tile, then without a doubt, it's Watanuki's." "It's not." "Let me tsumo, number one, don't be green!" "Don't tsumo!" "Don't you dare tsumo!" "It's here!" "Tsumo!" "Did you win?" "Ah, I won!" "Ah, I'm sorry." "Don't give me that!" "You almost turned your back on a yakuman hand worth 48,000 points!" "Eh, how many points do I have?" "Negative points." "That's Watanuki for you." "He has a deep bond when it comes to attracting spirits, but absolutely no luck with Mahjong." "We look forward to doing this again with you!" "{DS:" "CC say "o ato ga yoroshii you de", but I'm not familiar with the expression or with what translation would be appropriate.}" "Watanuki, you're at -91,700 points!" "A loss is a loss, Watanuki." "I get it, I get it." "I lost, right?" "You don't see such a complete failure that often!" "Well, excuse me." "I'm sorry." "It's my—" "Ah, it's nothing to do with that." "It's his fault." "Well then, how shall we have you pay this off?" "What?" "You aren't going to add this to my part-time's duration, are you?" "At my rates, you would have to work until the next century." "That's impossible!" "Then." "Strip!" "What?" "!" "It's strip-Mahjong!" "That woman's spirit..." "She looked happy." "The sound of clacking Mahjong tiles is said to bring good fortune." "Is that so?" "If there are people who wish for tranquility, it can become a farewell present to the deceased." "She must have decided to go to her intended place." "She was smiling, right?" "I'm sure Kohane-chan would be happy." "A party?" "Right now?" "That's right." "Watanuki, how much do you think you lost?" "Jeez." "I get it!" "Once we get back to the shop—" "No!" "I want to eat right now!" "I want to drink right now!" "Yay!" "Let's do some flower viewing!" "Eh, right here?" "!" "It's the house of someone you know perfectly well, right?" "Fine, I get it." "I'll be borrowing your kitchen then, Doumeki." "Okay." "Um, I'll help." "Wait, wait." "Things like that always end in disaster with you!" "Mokona too!" "Mokona will go too!" "What are we making?" "Let's see." "Hm, since it's for flower viewing..." "Make it edible, okay?" "With this, the request is fulfilled." "It's fine like that, right?" "Yes." "Just by reading scriptures, it wouldn't have been enough, so..." "No, it seemed that for her, it was also a nice enough present." "I'll take the compensation of your grandfather's prized sake, then!" "Okay, I'll go get it." "Please do!" "Here's to nice encounters, and to the beautiful one who leaves with the seasons." "Cheers." "For a cat-girl who is supposed to hate water, what is this about?" "You have a well at your house, Yuuko-san, so why go out of your way to..." "I'll have you coming and going back and forth a few more times." "That water was incredibly heavy, though." "Did you feel something?" "Promise me that you won't overdo it." "Next time on holic Kei:" "Water Gathering"