The story
Fiction and adapted settings written by Akitsora Gaming for this title, including invented dialogue and events. This is not a historical or folklore reference. The rules and specification tables define the gameplay and math.
Daylight falls through the lattice window onto a shelf of red cows waiting for paint. The painter picks up his fine brush and lays the first black line along a cow's back.
I. The paint
In his left hand sits a cow fresh in vermilion lacquer; the brush in his right traces its back.
His hand moves, and the cow's head nods — that is what a bobblehead akabeko does.
II. The bell
The workshop's akabeko bell rings, and the number on it is the weight of the spin (base game ×2 to ×20).
III. To the stand
Stamp 4 red-cow seals and the great akabeko goes up on the black lacquer stand. Over the next 15 spins the multiplier keeps growing (×2 to ×500).
3 more seals add 5 more spins.
IV. All heads together
Four cows stand on the straw-gold stands and nod toward the middle together. The painter holds up the best of the day and smiles.