Majsoul

Majsoul

Majsoul logo
Publisher	CATFOOD STUDIO
Platform	Browser
Year	2018

Majsoul (aka Mahjong Soul, Jantama) is a Japanese mahjong game platform developed by CATFOOD STUDIO. The game has some resemblance to Janryumon, in terms of graphics. The tile layout and graphical hands, as in "physical" hands, are displayed during game play.

Emoticon panel used during games.

Ladder

Rooms

Room	Required Rank	Required Copper Coins (Entry Limit / Entry Fee)
		East	South
Bronze Room	Novice, Adept	0 / 0	0 / 0
Silver Room	Adept, Expert	2500 / 500	3500 / 700
Gold Room	Expert, Master	5000 / 1000	7000 / 1400
Jade Room	Master, Saint	10000 / 2000	14000 / 2800
Throne Room	Saint, Celestial	10000 / 2000	14000 / 2800

Notes:

• The coin requirement is applied as follows:
  • Entry Limit is the minimum coin permission to enter into a specific room.
  • Entry Fee is the actual cost when a match is started.
• Players are not allowed to stream Jade Room / Throne Room matches in real-time. A delay of 5 minutes should be applied when performing a stream.
• In-game Hints are disabled in Throne Room.

Rank Upgrade

Rank		Initial Pts	Upgrading Pts	Penalty of Last Place (East / South)
Novice Shoshin	★	0	20	0 / 0
	★★		80
	★★★		200
Adept Janshi	★	300	600	10 / 20
	★★	400	800	20 / 40
	★★★	500	1000	30 / 60
Expert Janketsu	★	600	1200	40 / 80
	★★	700	1400	50 / 100
	★★★	1000	2000	60 / 120
Master Jangou	★	1400	2800	80 / 165
	★★	1600	3200	90 / 180 (4P)	95 / 190 (3P)
	★★★	1800	3600	100 / 195 (4P)	110 / 215 (3P)
Saint Jansei	★	2000	4000	110 / 210 (4P)	125 / 240 (3P)
	★★	3000	6000	120 / 225 (4P)	140 / 265 (3P)
	★★★	4500	9000	130 / 240 (4P)	160 / 290 (3P)
Celestial Tamaten		10000	-	140 / 255 (4P)	175 / 320 (3P)

Notes:

• Players will not be downgraded in Novice rank, but will still lose upgrading points.
• Players will not be downgraded in Celestial rank. The ranking is sorted by the current points.

Calculations

End-Score Points

Uma Points: 4P: 1st +15, 2nd +5, 3rd -5, 4th -15; 3P: 1st +15, 2nd ±0, 3rd -15.

Starting Points: 4P 25000; 3P 35000.

Formula: EndScore = (MatchResult - StartingPts) / 1000 + UmaPts

Rank Points

Formula: PtsGain = EndScore + RankPts

The result is always rounded up to an integer. (e.g. +60.2 -> +70, -1.9 -> -1)

Rank Points

Room	4P (East / South)				3P (East / South)
	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	1st	2nd	3rd
Bronze Room	+10 / +20	+5 / +10	+0	According to Penalty on corresponding rank	+15 / +30	+0	According to Penalty on corresponding rank
Silver Room	+20 / +40	+10 / +20			+30 / +60
Gold Room	+40 / +80	+20 / +40			+55 / +105
Jade Room	+55 / +110	+30 / +60			+75 / +160
Throne Room	+60 / +120	+30 / +60			+120 / +240

Copper Coins

An example of Copper-coin's calculation

The calculation of copper coins is a bit complex. The whole procedure is listed as follows:

1. Calculate End Score based on final point results.
2. Calculate Copper-coin lost for negative End Scores based on the exchange rate. The lost is always capped to a maximum lost (MaximumLost = EntryLimit - EntryFee) if exceeded the limit (EndScore < -40).

   Room		Entry Limit / Entry Fee	Maximum Lost	Exchange Rate
   Bronze Room		0 / 0	-	-
   Silver Room	East South	2500 / 500 3500 / 700	2000 2800	50 70
   Gold Room	East South	5000 / 1000 7000 / 1400	4000 5600	100 140
   Jade Room	East South	10000 / 2000 14000 / 2800	8000 11200	200 280
   Throne Room	East South	10000 / 2000 14000 / 2800	8000 11200	200 280

   Formula: CoinsLost = EndScore<-40 ? MaximumLost : EndScore*ExchangeRate

3. Sum up the total lost.
4. Distribute the coins proportionally to other players based on End Score.

   Formula: CoinsGain = Sum(CoinsLosts) * EndScore / Sum(PositiveEndScores)

Moreover, the Entry Fee is always applied as long as a match is taken successfully, although it's not shown on the final result.

Chests

Room	4P East				4P South				3P East			3P South			Required Pts to Open
	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Silver Room	+260	+130	+95	+60	+360	+180	+130	+80	+170	+100	+40	+240	+135	+50	1000
Gold Room	+260	+130	+95	+60	+360	+180	+130	+80	+170	+100	+40	+240	+135	+50	1000
Jade Room	+260	+130	+95	+60	+360	+180	+130	+80	+170	+100	+40	+240	+135	+50	1000
Throne Room	+260	+130	+95	+60	+360	+180	+130	+80	+170	+100	+40	+240	+135	+50	1000

Chest Items

Room	Available Items	Quantity
Bronze Room	No Chests	None
Silver Room	Green Presents, Spheres, rarely Blue Presents	1-2
Gold Room	Green Presents, Spheres, rarely Blue Presents	1-2
Jade Room	Blue Presents, Spheres, sometimes Green Presents	2
Throne Room	?	?

Characters

Currently there're 14 characters in game, including 10 females and 4 males.

Available Characters

Females

• 

  Ichihime (一姫) (Default)

  • Height: 154cm
  • Birth Date: January 11th
  • Age: Unknown
  • Blood Type: A
  • Vocal: Maaya Uchida (内田真礼)
  • Interest: Food, Sleep

• 

  Miki Nikaidou (二階堂美樹) (Free)

  • Height: 168cm
  • Birth Date: February 14th
  • Age: 24
  • Blood Type: A
  • Vocal: Chiwa Saitou (斎藤千和)
  • Interest: Gems, Hedgehog pets

• 

  Chiori Mikami (三上千織)

  • Height: 143cm
  • Birth Date: May 23rd
  • Age: 14
  • Blood Type: B
  • Vocal: Yuka Iguchi (井口裕香)
  • Interest: Teddy bears

• 

  Kana Fujita (藤田佳奈)

  • Height: 159cm
  • Birth Date: April 27th
  • Age: 17
  • Blood Type: B
  • Vocal: Maaya Uchida (内田真礼)
  • Interest: Gaming

• 

  Mai Aihara (相原舞)

  • Height: 165cm
  • Birth Date: June 26th
  • Age: 18
  • Blood Type: O
  • Vocal: Yuka Iguchi (井口裕香)
  • Interest: Reading

• 

  Nadeshiko (撫子)

  • Height: 175cm
  • Birth Date: August 14th
  • Age: 21
  • Blood Type: AB
  • Vocal: Chiwa Saitou (斎藤千和)
  • Interest: Beer, Traveling

• 

  Yui Yagi (八木唯)

  • Height: 162cm
  • Birth Date: September 7th
  • Age: 19
  • Blood Type: AB
  • Vocal: Ami Koshimizu (小清水亜美)
  • Interest: Snacks, Coffee, Swimming

• 

  Riu Kujou (九条璃雨)

  • Height: 161cm
  • Birth Date: November 29th
  • Age: 19
  • Blood Type: O
  • Vocal: Ami Koshimizu (小清水亜美)
  • Interest: Taekwondo, Black tea, Clothing

• 

  Xenia (ジニア)

  • Height: 158cm
  • Birth Date: February 2nd
  • Age: 17
  • Blood Type: O
  • Vocal: Mai Nakahara (中原麻衣)
  • Interest: Gaming, Camping, Cooking

• 

  Kaavi (カーヴィ)

  • Height: 165cm
  • Birth Date: October 12th
  • Age: 24
  • Blood Type: A
  • Vocal: Mai Nakahara (中原麻衣)
  • Interest: Gems, Inevitable fate

Males

• 

  Wanjirou (ワン次郎)

  • Height: 165cm
  • Birth Date: January 13th
  • Age: Unknown
  • Blood Type: A
  • Vocal: Yuuki Ono (小野友樹)
  • Interest: Food, Sleep

• 

  Natsuki Shinomiya (四宮夏生)

  • Height: 178cm
  • Birth Date: December 14th
  • Age: 24
  • Blood Type: AB
  • Vocal: Jun Fukuyama (福山潤)
  • Interest: Mahjong, Gaming, Bartending

• 

  Sora Ichinose (一ノ瀬空)

  • Height: 147cm
  • Birth Date: March 14th
  • Age: 13
  • Blood Type: B
  • Vocal: Junko Minagawa (皆川純子)
  • Interest: Reading, Math, Rubik's cubes

• 

  Hideki Akechi (明智英樹)

  • Height: 177cm
  • Birth Date: January 9th
  • Age: 20
  • Blood Type: O
  • Vocal: Shinnosuke Tachibana (立花慎之介)
  • Interest: Horse riding, Playing Go

Bond System

Each character has a unique Bond Value. The value can be enhanced by gaming or gifting to unlock corresponding vocals, at the maximum affection level all voice lines will be unlocked (as well as reading out yakus after winning a hand). Characters can be entangled to unlock new appearance as a skin that can be chosen, accompanying with 3 extra emotes.

Bond Values

Level	Upgrading	Total Required
❤	2000	2000
❤❤	6000	8000
❤❤❤	10000	18000
❤❤❤❤	20000	38000
❤❤❤❤❤	50000	88000

Bond values can be acquired as follows:

• Completing a match in Silver Room or higher:
  • East +40, South +60.
  • Extra bond-value enhancement is applied according to the charge amount. (See Charge-related Titles section)
• Gifting directly:
  • Green Presents +200, Blue +1000, Purple +5000.
  • An enhancement of 50% extra bond-values is applied, if the gift type matches character's interest.

If playing with a max-bond character, the bond values will be tracked such that every 1000 points grants a "bond gift". Similarly to other blue gifts, this can be given to another character to increase 1000 points of bond value, and also can be donated for 5 dust.

Gifts

Gifts can be given to a character to increase your bond with that character (see Bond System section) or turned into gold dust. 50 gold dust can be used at the lucky cat to attempt getting larger rewards, including a new character.

Gift Quality	Resulting Gold Dust
Green	1
Blue	5
Purple	25

Rules

General

• 4-Player East: Yes
• 4-Player South: Yes
• 3-Player East: Yes
• 3-Player South: Yes
• Vs AI: Available in Friendly Match
• Tournaments: Available

Gameplay

• All Simples in opened hand (Kuitan): Allowed
• Gaining yaku upon the claim of a winning tile (Atozuke): Allowed
• Swap calling (Kuikae): Not allowed
• Red fives: 3 tiles (1 for each suit)
• Double-wind pair: 4 fu
• Multiple rons: Available
• Dealership on multiple rons: Dealer keeps
• Bankruptcy (Tobi):
  • Negative points: Applied
  • Zero point: Not applied
• Kandora flipping:
  • Closed kan: Flips immediately
  • Opened kan: Flips after
• Closed kan during Riichi: Available as long as the kan tile is drawn instantly and the wait pattern does not change after the kan.
• Seat wind tie-breaker: Applied

Abortive Draws

• Four-wind Discarded (Suufon Renda): Yes
• Four-kan Abortion (Suukan Nagare): Yes
• Nine Different Terminals and Honors (Kyuushu Kyuuhai): Yes
• Four-player Riichi (Suucha Riichi): Yes
• Three-player Ron (Sanchahou): No

Yakus

Yaku Table

Red: Closed-hand only; Green: Decreases 1 han when opened; Blue: Open-hand allowed.
1 Han	Riichi Riichi Fully Concealed Hand Menzen Tsumo Pinfu Pinfu Pure Double Sequence Iipeikou Ippatsu Ippatsu All Simples Tanyao Prevalent Wind Bakaze Seat Wind Jikaze Dragons Sangenpai Robbing a Kan Chankan After a Kan Rinshan Kaihou Under the River Houtei Raoyui Under the Sea Haitei Raoyue
2 Han	Double Riichi Daburu Riichi Seven Pairs Chiitoitsu Half Outside Hand Honchantaiyao / Chanta Pure Straight Ikkitsuukan / Ittsuu Mixed Triple Sequence Sanshoku Doujun / Sanshoku Triple Triplets Sanshoku Doukou Three Quads Sankantsu All Triplets Toitoi Three Concealed Triplets Sanankou Little Three Dragons Shousangen All Terminals and Honors Honroutou
3 Han	Twice Pure Double Sequence Ryanpeikou Fully Outside Hand Junchantaiyao / Junchan Half Flush Honitsu
6 Han	Full Flush Chinitsu
Mangan	Mangan at Draw Nagashi Mangan
Yakuman	Blessing of Heaven Tenhou Blessing of Earth Chiihou Four Concealed Triplets Suuankou Thirteen Orphans Kokushi Musou Nine Gates Chuuren Poutou Big Three Dragons Daisangen All Honors Tsuu Iisou All Green Ryuu Iisou All Terminals Chinroutou Four Little Winds Shousuushi Four Quads Suukantsu
Double Yakuman	Single-wait Four Concealed Triplets Suuankou Tanki Thirteen-wait Thirteen Orphans Kokushi Musou Juusanmen Machi True Nine Gates Junsei Chuuren Poutou Four Big Winds Daisuushi

Notes:

• Pinfu (Pinfu): Tsumo 20 fu, Ron 30 fu
• Seven Pairs (Chiitoitsu): 25 fu
• Ippatsu (Ippatsu) / Under the Sea (Haitei Raoyue) cannot be combined with After a Kan (Rinshan Kaihou)
• Robbing a concealed kan with Thirteen Orphans (Kokushi Musou): Allowed
• Robbing a concealed kan with Nine Gates (Chuuren Poutou): Not allowed
• Responsibility payment (Sekinin barai / Pao):
  • Apply for: Big Three Dragons (Daisangen), Four Big Winds (Daisuushi)
  • Composite yakuman: Seperated responsibility for each yakuman
• Dealer starts with 14 tiles directly (instead of regular 13+1 tiles), each tile can be treated as tsumo tiles when achieving Blessing of Heaven (Tenhou). The last tile in default tile-sequence is treated as the winning tile by default on the result screen. When the hand is composed with another yakumans, it is always treated as the highest yakuman: Single-wait Four Concealed Triplets (Suuankou Tanki), Thirteen-wait Thirteen Orphans (Kokushi Musou Juusanmen Machi) and True Nine Gates (Junsei Chuuren Poutou). In those cases the hand is counted as triple yakuman.

3P-Mahjong

3P-Mahjong (Sanma) is a variation based on regular mahjong, allowing 3 players to start a match.

The ruleset of Majsoul Sanma basically refers to Tenhou. Most of the rules are identical to Tenhou Sanma.

There're two different scoring mechanics ingame, by default Tsumo-Loss is applied in Ranked Matches, while North-Bisection is provided as an alternative option in Friendly Matches.

Ruleset in details

• Starting points: 35000, End points: 40000
• Uma points: First +15, Second ±0, Third -15
• Rinshan-tile amount: 8 tiles
• Tiles from to are not used, thus Mixed Triple Sequence (Sanshoku Doujun) yaku is unavailable.
• When Dora indicator is , Dora is .
• Red fives: 2 tiles ( and )
• Honba point: 200 points for each Honba stick
• No-ten penalty: 2000 points
• Completing a sequence by calling Chii: Disabled
• North can be used for replacement dora "Kita" (Nukidora / Kita).
  • After a Kan (Rinshan Kaihou) yaku is applied when winning a hand with rinshan tile from North replacing.
  • North replacing can be robbed even with non-yakuman hand. However Robbing a Kan (Chankan) yaku is not applied, the hand itself still requires another yaku to win with.
  • North replacing cannot be claimed immediately right after Pon.
  • North replacing is similar to a calling action, thus this can nullify Ippatsu (Ippatsu), Blessing of Earth (Chihou), Nine Different Terminals and Honors (Kyuushu Kyuuhai) and Double Riichi (Daburu Riichi).
  • North replacing does not lead to a furiten of North.
• North is treated as guest-wind tiles (Otakaze), a triplet of North cannot get 1 han as Value Tiles (Yakuhai / Fanpai).
• Due to lacking of North seat, there're no abortive draws of Four-wind Discarded (Suufon Renda) and Four-player Riichi (Suucha Riichi).

Calculation on Scoring Points

Currently there're 2 different scoring methods ingame:

• Tsumo-Loss (default): Identical to Tenhou, winner loses the income from North seat when the hand is completed by Tsumo.
• North-Bisection: The income from North is equally divided and distributed towards every other seats.

The scoring table with Tsumo-Loss is literally identical to regular 4P-mahjong.

When North-Bisection is applied, the scoring table on Tsumo is as follows:

3P-Mahjong Scoring Table (Bisection on North's income)

Non-dealer

	1 Han	2 Han	3 Han	4 Han
20 Fu	－ －/－ [－]	－ 600/900 [1500]	－ 1100/1700 [2800]	－ 2000/3300 [5500]
25 Fu	－ －/－ [－]	1600 －/－ [－]	3200 1200/2000 [3200]	6400 2400/4000 [6400]
30 Fu	1000 500/700 [1200]	2000 800/1300 [2100]	3900 1500/2500 [4000]	7700 3000/4900 [7900]
40 Fu	1300 600/900 [1500]	2600 1100/1700 [2800]	5200 2000/3300 [5300]
50 Fu	1600 600/1000 [1600]	3200 1200/2000 [3200]	6400 2400/4000 [6400]
60 Fu	2000 800/1300 [2100]	3900 1500/2500 [4000]	7700 3000/4900 [7900]
70 Fu	2300 900/1500 [2600]	4500 1800/2900 [4700]	Mangan 8000 3000/5000 [8000]
80 Fu	2600 1100/1700 [2800]	5200 2000/3300 [5300]
90 Fu	2900 1200/1900 [3100]	5800 2300/3700 [6000]
100 Fu	3200 1200/2000 [3200]	6400 2400/4000 [6400]
110 Fu	3600 －/－ [－]	7100 2700/4500 [7200]

Dealer

	1 Han	2 Han	3 Han	4 Han
20 Fu	－ － [－]	－ 1000All [2000]	－ 2000All [4000]	－ 3900All [7800]
25 Fu	－ － [－]	2400 － [－]	4800 2400All [4800]	9600 4800All [9600]
30 Fu	1500 800All [1600]	2900 1500All [3000]	5800 3000All [6000]	11600 5900All [11800]
40 Fu	2000 1000All [2000]	3900 2000All [4000]	7700 3900All [7800]
50 Fu	2400 1200All [2400]	4800 2400All [4800]	9600 4800All [9600]
60 Fu	2900 1500All [3000]	5800 3000All [6000]	11600 5900All [11800]
70 Fu	3400 1800All [3600]	6800 3500All [7000]	Mangan 12000 6000All [12000]
80 Fu	3900 2000All [4000]	7700 3900All [7800]
90 Fu	4400 2300All [4600]	8700 4400All [8800]
100 Fu	4800 2400All [4800]	9600 4800All [9600]
110 Fu	5300 － [－]	10600 5400All [10800]

Mangan or above

	Non-dealer	Dealer
Mangan	8000 3000/5000 [8000]	12000 6000All [12000]
Haneman	12000 4500/7500 [12000]	18000 9000All [18000]
Baiman	16000 6000/10000 [16000]	24000 12000All [24000]
Sanbaiman	24000 9000/15000 [24000]	36000 18000All [36000]
Yakuman	32000 12000/20000 [32000]	48000 24000All [48000]

The calculation on Tsumo is finished by the following steps:

1. Calculate the scoring points based on 4P-Mahjong.
2. Equally divide North seat's payment (round up to whole hundreds).
3. Append the half North payment to other seats.

E.g. A non-dealer wins with a hand of 40fu 3han.

1. Based on 4P-Mahjong, dealer should pay 2600, while non-dealer 1300.
2. North pays 1300, half of the payment is 650 -> round up to 700.
3. Dealer actually pays 2600 + 700 = 3300, while non-dealer 1300 + 700 = 2000.

Tournaments

The tournament lobby has been made available, and Yostar launched the first Catfood Bowl Tournament.

Titles

• Primal Fire:
  • <CN> For players participated in a closed-beta early access from June 8th, 2018 to July 2nd, 2018.
  • <EN / JP> For players registered during Grand Launch period from April 25th, 2019 to May 6th, 2019.
• Light of Firefly <CN>: For players attended in Majsoul's live event held in Shanghai Firefly Animé Expo during October 2nd, 2018 to October 4th, 2018.
• Approved Player <JP>: For the player who winned the VTuber Mahjong Tournament Match (Shirakami Fubuki Cup). Currently hold by 鴨神にゅう.
• The First Saint: For the first player who acquired Saint ladder. Currently hold by 天才麻将杏杏 <CN>, 阿撰 <EN> and 3週間 <JP>.
• The First Celestial: For the first player who acquired Celestial ladder. Currently hold by 咲畑梨深 <CN> and ハピリット <JP>.

Charge-related Titles

The following titles are acquired by satisfying enough amount on charge. The title gets upgraded when acquiring the next level, accompanying with corresponding rewards and bonus effects.

Title		Charge Amount (VIP points)	Gifting Frequency (per day)	Friend Amount Limit	Bond Value Enhancement	Shop Refresh (per day)		Log Collection Limit
						Free	Total
Base (No Title)		0	2	50	0	0	5	20
Soul Contractor	Lv. 1	6	4	+0	+50%	1	6	25
	Lv. 2	30	6	+10	+75%	1	7	30
	Lv. 3	60	8	+20	+100%	1	8	35
Soul Enlightener	Lv. 1	100	10	+30	+120%	1	9	40
	Lv. 2	250	12	+40	+140%	1	10	45
	Lv. 3	500	14	+50	+160%	2	11	50
Soul Creator	Lv. 1	1,000	16	+60	+200%	2	12	55
	Lv. 2	2,000	18	+70	+200%	2	13	60
	Lv. 3	3,000	20	+80	+200%	3	14	65
Soul Excelsior		4,000	22	+90	+200%	4	15	70
Cat Food Supplier		5,000	25	+100	+200%	5	20	75

Notes:

• A fast calculation between VIP points and actual cost can be done by the following formula:
  6 VIP points = 6 CNY <CN> / 1 USD <EN> / 120 JPY <JP>.

External links

• Official site on Union-game
• English / Japanese site on Yostar
• English guide on Riichi Reporter