[Sol Falling]

Originally Posted by cedec0

Clue #2) The unatural lack of tsumos in the second hanchan



In the first ten hands of the final round, there were six Rons (60%) and four Tsumos (40%). What is more, these Tsumos are evenly distributed throughout the ten games.

Then Shizuno activates her ability., and we get six straight games without any tsumos.

This strongly suggest that, once Shizuno's ability activates, she can "prevent opponents from drawing winning tiles". (By the way , the "prevent opponents from drawing winning tiles" would also prevent Koromo's Haitei Raoyue)

The reason there aren't any more tsumos is because of Awai's ability, and the fact that she's using it every round. Awai's ability allows her to her to ron the opponent who draws immediately after the last corner in the wall. As for Ryuuka and Himeko's wins, Awai's use of riichi basically lowers her defense. When you riichi, you have to continually discard every tile which does not give you a win. This makes it more likely/easy for Awai to get hit when Ryuuka or Himeko use their hax abilities to win.

Clue #3) Shizuno's complete lack of damage in second hanchan

In the first ten hands of the final round, Shizuno loss points in 50% of the hands (four Tsumos and one Ron). Then Shizuno activates her ability, and avoids all damage in the next six hands.

This suggest that, once her ability is activate, Shizuno can "avoid dealing into opponents hands". (Combined with the lack of Tsumos, this makes Shizuno is immune to all damage.)

The reason Shizu has been able to avoid dealing into Awai is because Harue specifically told her "only play safe tiles after Awai kans". Harue told Shizu the precise weakness of/way to defend against Awai's ability, that's why she hasn't gotten hit. It has nothing to do with her ability. Again, because Awai's ability predisposes her towards Rons, there is a simple explanation for why Shizu hasn't taken any damage.