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.
The year's first auction always begins before dawn.
I. Fish in the ice mist
A row of cold white lamps comes on overhead. On the wet floor, bluefin lie in neat rows on crushed ice.
Buyers walk the rows with torches: the silver of the body and the red of the tail cut are the year's fortune.
II. Otoro
The number on a falling otoro block, marbled fine as frost, is the weight of the spin (base game ×2 to ×20).
III. The opening bell
When 4 auction bells ring together, the auctioneer steps up on his stand with the bell held high and every hand in the hall goes up. Over the next 15 spins the bids keep climbing (×2 to ×500).
3 more bells add 5 more spins.
IV. Sold
The bell falls silent and the auctioneer points — the first fish of the year has found its owner.







