Crunchyroll previously reported on how the pixiv Zingaro gallery in Nakano, Tokyo, Japan is hosting an exhibition based on the artwork of Akagi, a gambling manga by Nobuyuki Fukumoto, as well as a charity blood drive event on May 03, 2017, that pitted the hero and villain of Akagi against one another in a contest to see who could raise the most blood donations.
The rules of the contest were simple: donors could fill out a card to choose who their blood would go toward "saving", Akagi Shigeru or his nemesis Iwao Washizu. Now the results for the "Akagi and Washizu, Which Will You Rescue!?" contest have been announced, and the winner may surprise you:
本日開催「アカギと鷲巣、どっちを救う！？」献血応援イベント、助かったのは、なんと…
— pixiv Zingaro (@pixivZingaro) May 3, 2017
その他(平山幸雄)…！！
皆様の貴重な血液9200mlにより偽アカギが復活しました！ pic.twitter.com/Xl4EnJP0XY
That's right, the winner of the contest is Yukio Hirayama, aka "Fake Akagi", one of the victims of Iwao Washizu. In the manga and TV anime, Hirayama perishes after losing all of his blood to Washizu in a game of mahjong, but pixiv Zingaro is happy to report that they were able to revive poor Hirayama with 9200 millileters (19.4 pints) of donated blood.
The results are a bit of a twist, but excited fans soon took to Twitter with fan-art celebrating the unlikely resurrection of "Fake Akagi":
祝。平山幸雄復活 pic.twitter.com/QjaI9CxYd7
— あさぎ (@asg_smash) May 3, 2017
平山復活おめでとう（血を捧げた参加者様方、お疲れ様でした） pic.twitter.com/FjLWbqpEMx
— ckn (@cknlun) May 3, 2017
お帰り平山さん！！！（二回目） pic.twitter.com/ctqy2MsiRo
— あや (@ak_other) May 3, 2017
前に描いたのが本当になった pic.twitter.com/Nl13pyzzjT
— もとこ (@zero_one_city) May 3, 2017
Truly, blood is thicker than water.
Source: Otakomu
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