Last week's episode of The Nationals saw Kiyosumi finally pulling into the lead as our titular character's own monstrous power came to the fore - but is that lead going to stay in place as we reach [...]
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Key Events: Some more back-story to Toki wanting to play Mahjong with her friends but wasn’t good enough when she first entered high school. Back to the match and Toki successfully sees 3 turns into the future. After those three turns she tries again to see three turns but couldn’t, however she saw something else. [...]
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「約束」 (Yakusoku) "Promise" The first players' match of the Side-A semifinals is finally over! After a lot of hand-wringing and some stunts that would put the most hot-blooded of shounen protagonists to shame, the other players finally put a stop to the champion's rampage. Bravo, girls. And there are four more to go! Uhm, eventually. Three OVAs have been anounced for Saki Achiga, but I have no idea when they're going to be released, so quasi-final impressions are included here.
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As her past quite literally flashes before her (and our) eyes, the aptly named Toki Onjouji continues to push herself to the limit as The Girl Who Leapt Through Tenpai in a desperate big to stop Teru Miyanaga's onslaught. Despite her physical exhaustion, Toki finds the strength in both her body and mind to break all of the rules surrounding her ability yet further, allowing her to see not two
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gawd I love Itou Shizuka's Student President characters
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Aaaargh!! I didn’t realise I was behind by a whole episode!!! Writing & watching like mad now!!! >_< My impression of this episode: WOAH!! More YURI pairings!! I like the sound of that!! haha (a) Hisa and Mihoko (Miss one-eyed girl) But I’m not a fan of Mihoko and her school so I’ll ignore that… =P I actually [...]
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Given that she hasn't really had much attention cast upon her, it was nice to see club captain Hisa get some time in the spotlight, and that continues to some degree in episode twelve of Saki as we take in the second half of her particular round of the qualifier.Having said that, there isn't all that much Mahjong to be played here, with Hisa using the intimidating presence she built up in the
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