Akagi: The Genius Who Descended Into Darkness is a crazy, entertaining mahjong story about the legendary mahjong player, Shigeru Akagi, who battles various strong opponents in the world of darkness. It was also made into an anime in 2005. It is a work that is characterized by its psychological portrayal, and the Washizu Arc, which is essentially the final match, took 20 years to complete, and 13 years after it was made into an anime, so it is a work in which time passes slowly, but we have compiled some of Akagi's most memorable quotes based on the episodes!
① If he died, he'd be saved
After losing money on gambling and taking on stocks, Nango was left with a lot of debt, so he decided to wipe out his debts and play mahjong against a yakuza. But he lost it all! A 13-year-old middle school student appeared before Nango, who was completely cornered.
After that, the game resumes and Nangou's chance comes. However, to do so he has no choice but to discard the extremely dangerous tile Woo-Ping. For Nangou, this is a game he cannot afford to lose, and he cannot afford to throw in the towel here. He tries to choose a safer path than Woo-Ping, but at that moment, a junior high school student behind him, Akagi Shigeru, who would later become a legendary gambler, says, "You'll be saved if you die..."
Akagi doesn't know the rules of mahjong at this point. However, he points out that Nango's will to win has completely died. "You don't have the strength to win, you're just trying to save yourself. This is the last thought process that people who lose a lot at gambling fall into, you're just scared." With those words, Nangou calmly assesses the situation he is in, decides he has no choice but to cross the dangerous bridge, and makes a dangerous whoosh, finding a way out.
② If you're going to die anyway, hit hard... die!
The fourth game of the gambling mahjong game, in which he is risking his life by paying off his debts, finally comes to Nangou. If Woo Ping goes through, he will have a chance to turn the tables, but it is a very dangerous tile that cannot be discarded easily. Nangou holds Woo Ping and tries to discard Liang Ping, but Akagi immediately says to him, "You'd be saved if you died," which makes him change his mind and calmly assess his situation.
In this situation, even if he ran away, he would surely be in a losing position. What he was doing was gambling, and if he couldn't even cross a single risk, there was no way he could win. Nangou discarded Wu-Pin with a desperate determination, saying, "If I'm going to die anyway, I'll play hard... die!" In fact, that was the right answer. If he had discarded Liang-Pin, the player to his right would have won and the game would have been over. Immediately after, the player to his right drew Nangou's Ron tile, and discarded it, causing Nangou to win and take the lead.
③ Double Push
Akagi overwhelms Ryuzaki in a match to wipe out Nangou's debt, and even after Yagi enters the table, Akagi continues to increase his score. Yagi cheats and is hit with a double full hand of reach Dora 8. However, right after that, in the final round, Akagi uses Honitsu, which hints at Tanyao, to create a situation where he is waiting for a single tile, and by intentionally showing Manzu, he forces Yagi to discard Dora Susou, winning.
The game is over, Nangou's debt is cleared, and it seems like the game is over. However, the game is not over. Akagi mercilessly demands a double push from Ryuzaki and the others. The yakuza have their pride, and even though they know they are going to lose, they cannot refuse Akagi's request, and from then on, Akagi has the stage to himself.
④ Leaving no bones behind after the match
After winning the match against Yagi, Akagi also won the match after the double push. The other side was already in a battered state, but Akagi relentlessly declared a double push. "I'm not going to end it yet...! Until I can see the edge of hell, until one of us has completely fallen, I won't leave a bone behind after the match," he said, tinged with the madness of gambling.
However, in the end, the amount was too high, so the match was restarted and it was decided to rematch at a later date. After that, the corrupt detective Yasuoka set up a match with an umpire.
⑤ The more insane it is, the more fun it is...!
When Akagi first met Ichikawa, a blind player who was to face him in a rematch against the yakuza, he aimed his gun at Ichikawa, spinning the magazine and loading only one bullet into it, in order to gauge his status. However, Ichikawa was sure that the gun would not fire. Even though he was sure, he had no plans to be saved, and yet Ichikawa's expression remained unchanged.
Afterwards, Ichikawa makes the same request of Akagi that he did to himself. Ichikawa points a gun at Akagi's mouth and says, "The more insane it is, the more interesting it is...!", to which Akagi replies, holding the gun in his mouth, "The more insane it is, the more interesting it is...!". In the end, the bullet is not fired and Akagi survives. This is a result that both of them are certain of, and neither of them can fully estimate the other, so they end up facing each other at opposite ends.
⑥ I'm going to buy the next 3 rounds with these 8000 points...
At first, Fake Akagi won the match against Urabe, but that was according to Urabe's calculations. He planned to lose on purpose to raise his rating and then win. In the end, Fake Akagi was forced to switch players, and Osamu temporarily took over as a temporary substitute, but in the end, it was a battle between Urabe and Akagi.
In the second round of the South, Akagi ignores theory and goes for a Tenpai immediately. After that, Urabe drops a Ron tile, but Akagi ignores it. Sensing something unsettling, Urabe kicks his own winning tile and goes to check Akagi's waiting tile. However, Akagi pays a penalty of 8,000 points and insists that it was a no-store tile, hiding his own arrangement.
The 8000-point penalty here is a painful expense, but Akagi says it's a small expense, "I'll buy the next three rounds with these 8000 points." It was a necessary step for Akagi, but no one could read his intentions.
⑦ I'll put him on hold until he dies...
The match between Urabe and Akagi ended with Urabe missing Akagi's shot before Akagi could even see the outcome. However, normally, it would seem that there would be no confidence in him missing a shot. Akagi made Urabe suspicious with an incomprehensible way of winning, and ultimately exploited the actions that a person who is cornered would take, the true nature of that person, and the fact that Urabe would choose to "hold".
Without knowing anything about Akagi's waiting, Urabe clings to something. It is "profit", and Urabe, who pursues profit, finally spits out a tile. Urabe is forced to pay the price afterwards, but says he will have a rematch with Akagi someday. However, when Akagi suggests that they risk their lives right now, he backs down. Akagi has completely read Urabe's true nature, that he will not cross any dangerous bridges and will hold back when the time comes.
⑧ Stop it, I don't want to die!
In the anime "Touhai Densetsu Akagi", Fake Akagi, also known as Yukio Hirayama, is drained of blood by Washizu Mahjong and rages around, uttering the line "Stop it, I don't want to die!". It is often written as "Yamero! Shinitakunai!" and the realistic line, which sounds monotone, has become a popular famous line among some.
After this, Nise Akagi naturally dies and is buried in the mountains, but the scene is witnessed, and the Washizu arc, which is the de facto final chapter of Akagi, begins. It is a shocking line that you will never forget once you hear it, and is one of the most famous lines in Nise Akagi. This line only appears in the anime and does not appear in the original manga.
⑨ The chemicals running through your brain...!
Washizu was at a disadvantage in Washizu Mahjong, but the Liangsou that he had as if he had never been in a bad flow up until now has sublimated into a monster of Dora 12 before he knew it. If he wins in any way, he will be in a situation where he can get an extraordinary amount of points.
Washizu is unable to win on the ridge and so he makes the move without Suzuki's insertion in order to draw the remaining I-pin. Immediately after, Yasuoka draws an I-pin, and Akagi and the others advance their hand by calling. However, the I-pin that overflowed due to the call was Washizu's Ron tile.
As Washizu loudly proclaims his theory, beta-endorphin...! Tyrosine...! Enkephalin...! Valine...! Lysine-leucine-isoleucine...! Such brain chemicals run through his brain. However, it is also Yasuoka's Ron tile, and the head is blown away. Suzuki cannot insert it, and the monster hand of Dora 12 disappears into the dew.
Akagi's Famous Quotes
This time, we have introduced some of Akagi's famous quotes that you may be able to use tomorrow. If you know Akagi, you may use some of them in your daily life. There are many other cool and memorable quotes in Fukumoto's works, so if you have the chance, why not look for them?
