Baccano! Manga Chapter 001



Title- Chapter 1: 1927 NY

Date- December 29, 2015

Volume 01

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Next Chapter → 002

Synopsis
The chapter starts when Firo has a dream where he feels left behind when Luck, Claire, Keith, and Berga have already achieved so much more than he has, in this dream Firo is noticeably younger looking than normal, most likely a reflection of how much younger he feels.

The next day Firo beats up a group of men from beating up a young boy who had attempted to steal from them after one of them made a comment about Firo's girly face. The young boy admires Firo and asks him if he's in the mafia, Firo corrects him and tells him he's in the Camorra and then advises the boy to pick pockets correctly the next time. As he walks away he reflects again about the amount of power the Gandor brothers have compared to him.

FIro than enters the Alveare at the same time Ronnie Schiatto is exiting to handle business with another family; some of the other picottos comment on Ronnie's strength. Sena berates them for not working harder to become more powerful members of the family.

Then Firo catches one of the picottos cheating at poker, and he proceed's to comment on Firo's sharp eyes. Maiza then enters and asks Firo to investigate a casino that has been operating on Martillo turf without permission. Maiza directly tells Firo scout only and not get involved.

The scene then changes to the casino the owners comment on how well business is doing and how the Martillos would be unable to stop them because they are such a small organization. They are then surprised when they see the large payout Firo receives. Firo is then asked to join a poker table he agrees after his initial refusal. Firo wins through a full house on his first hand in the round of Texas hold 'em. But after his initial victory he continues to lose and loses almost all of his chips.

Firo remarks that he doesn't want to lose a lot of the money because he wants to stand out as a useful member of the family not just one who could loose money. Some of the people at Firo's table jeer him for his inexperience, Firo then goes all in as the dealer thinks about how much of a rookie he is. But when the dealer is about to reveal the river card, Firo pins the card to the table with his knife right between the dealer's fingers.

Firo then calls the dealer out for cheating remarks on how he opened a new set of cards when Firo joined the game and didn't shuffle them properly, rigging the game to win in the favor of the other players to scam Firo out of his money. However the dealer remarks that Firo has no proof, Firo agrees and they continue the round, but the dealer makes it clear that if Firo accuses him of cheating his hand will be broken. One man has a full house of aces and queens, but Firo beats his hand with a royal straight flush, the rarest hand. The dealer remarks that the odds are 1/650,000 and is extremely shocked, he then accuses Firo of cheating only for Firo to break the dealer's finger.

It is then revealed that when the table was focused on the knife Firo had stabbed the card with he had switched the cards. Firo then gains the attention of the owners of the business when one of the men FIro had beaten up earlier recognizes him as a member of the Martillos. The owner's then talk about the inferiority of Martillos raising Firo's ire.

But just as Firo is about to square off with the owners, Maiza arrives and tells Firo to wait outside. Firo worries about Maiza's safety believing he has no fighting prowess. But then Maiza exits the casino unscathed and they start walking back to the Alveare. Firo apologizes for being out of line. Maiza advises Firo to follow his own stride or he might lose everything. Firo remarks on his disbelief that Maiza handled everyone in the casino without a scratch.

Then there is a flashback to when Maiza was in the casino. One of the owners rushes Maiza and stabs him, Maiza pulls out the knife and blood begins to flow back into his body to the surprise of the casino owners. The owner calls him a monster, but Maiza remarks that he is very different from a monster.

Referbacks
None, first chapter