Saki pulls off the comeback victory for Kiyosumi; Koromo learns to have fun playing mahjong. Previous episode was definitely more exciting, especially with the team-by-team wrap-up in the latter half. LOL at the Tsuruga supervision of Yumi-chin x Momo though, definitely the Besto Couple of this series. Team Kiyosumi run into Team Ryuumonbuchi at the indoor water [...] Related posts:Saki 7Saki 14-16Saki expectation management session one
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For a limited time, Customers at Little BSD in Akihabara can enjoy food and play Mah Jong…Saki Style! Anyone that is fan of the Saki series can celebrate the moment, like playing Mah Jong with girls dressed as Saki Characters and eat food that looks like Mah Jong tiles.  Pure fun! It seems the theme [...]
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Time to get serious.
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With its recent success in Saimoe ‘09 and the lack of running shows to actively follow, I decided to pick up Saki despite my complete ignorance on mahjong. 14 episodes in, and I still do not know a thing about the goddamned game, but I am having loads of fun despite it, and I don’t [...]
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Saki’s epic win over Koromo in episode 19 was unquestionably amazing, with lots of lens flare, typhoons back and forth across the mahjong table, fiery Terminator eyeball glare, and LOL MAHJONG IS FUN LOL. It was also completely ridiculous and unrealistic (surprise!). Obviously that’s par for the course with this series, when we’ve just seen a [...]
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With the team qualifying tournament polished off in spectacular fashion last episode, it's time for many of the characters we've grown familiar with over recent weeks to begin their preparations for the individual tournament. Well, somewhat at least...In essence, what this preparation seems to involve (particularly in the Kiyosumi team's case) is lots of frolicking at a swimming pool in bikinis
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Koromo is fully powering up since Saki’s amazing win from episode 18!! B-L-A-C-K O-U-T!! LOL that’s a bit extreme but Saki is not even slight afraid. On the otherhand, Nodo-chan… Then the game continues. I COMPLETELY cracked up when everyone expected Saki to win on Koromo’s tile!! LOL But no! She goes “KAN”!! NOT AGAIN!!! hahahahaha “No. [...]
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The anime series, Saki is so popular that a mahjong mini-game is now available at the Official Website! In the mini-game, you can play against three computer players. I have no idea how to play Chinese Mahjong, let alone Japanese Mahjong. Apparently they’re different? (Well according to my friends who say so >_>). Despite the fact that [...]
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Online mahjong game to kill time! Okay, not really Saki style, but you should get the idea. The official website for Saki has recently launched a mahjong mini-game for their viewers to enjoy. There’s nothing special about this particular mini-game though, as it’s simply just a mahjong mini-game for anyone to pick up. Plain, simple mahjong. If you [...] Related posts:Team Fortress 2 To Focus More On Competitive PlayK-ON! — Episode 1: Play Starto!Spring 2009 Anime Previews
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The Haramura Nodoka dakimakura is available for pre-order. I haven't gotten a chance to watch Saki yet. The plot seems interesting based on the plot summary at Anime News Network because Saki seems to be similar to Bamboo Blade, except Saki is about mahjong instead of kendo. Bamboo Blade is one of my favorite anime.
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SaiMoe rages on. Let's see how everyone did on their predictions for today. Mio has a Geass? Strike Witch's Mio Sakamoto took home the gold against Minamike's Yoshino, Hayate the Combat Butler's Risa Asakaze, and Minamike's Riko (how did two Minamike competitors wind up in the same bracket in the first round anyway? That seems odd to me.) Konoka Meanwhile, Negima's slew of moegirls finally took home a win with Konoka Konoe, who kicked Nogizaka Haruka no Himitsu's lead, creamed Strawberry Marshmallow's Nobue Itou, and killed Hayate's Shiori Makimura. Aww. Kyon no Imouto If Haruhi fans are still wrathful about Endless Eight, it may not have stretched outside of the show's lead characters. First Tsuruya and now Kyon no Imouto have won in their brackets; Kyon no Imouto fended off Wagaya no Oinari-sama's Kuugen, Sekirei's Musubi, and Akaneiro ni Somaru Saka's Karen. Momoko Finally, a big surprise: K-On!'s Tsumugi did NOT win her bracket. One hundred and seventy points ahead stands Saki's Momoko Touyoko, with Pani Poni Dash!'s Becky and Utawarerumono's Aruru in the dust behind.  How'm I Doing: Half of my predictions were right, but I expected Haruka Nogizaka and Tsumugi to win their brackets... The Next BattlesThere are no new competitions until August 17th, as a huge chunk of those who would vote in SaiMoe will be attending Comiket instead. That said, the next competitions are:Hayate the Combat Butler's YUKIJI KATSURA vs Koihime Musou's SOUSOU MOUTOKU vs Yozakura Quartet's AO NANAMI vs Clannad's MISAE SAGARAMaria-sama ga Miteru's YUMI FUKUZAWA vs Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei's RIN ITOSHIKI vs Strike Witches' ERICA HARTMANN vs Evangelion's MARI ILLUSTRIOUS MAKINAMIValkyria Chronicles' ALICIA MELCHIOTT vs TokiKake Girl's AKIHA SHISHIDOU vs Kodomo no Jikan's RIN KOKONOE vs School Rumble's YAKUMO TSUKAMOTOTokiKake Girl's ITSUKI KANNAGI vs Macros Frontier's RANKA LEE vs Ef's MIZUKI HAYAMA vs Cooking Idol Ai! Mai! Main!'s MAIN HIIRAGIMy predictions:Yukiji Katsura's comedy is pretty popular in Japan, but I don't think she herself is...so I guess I'll guess Clannad's Misae will take that one. I'm reeeeally curious to see how Mari Makinami does, but I think she's too new to win, so I'd bet on Erica Hartmann. I favor Rin over Alicia but Yakumo is pretty popular too, so I don't actually have a guess for the third competition...and then, how can Ranka Lee lose against the others in her bracket?How did you do with your predictions? And what do you think'll happen next?
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This tournament has just been absolutely incredible. I’ve been on the edge of my seat almost the whole time, even without knowing anything about Mahjong. Saki would draw a tile and I would get more excited, then some hand that I had no idea what it was would come together, even more excitement, then BOOM [...]
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I had to stare at this several times before realizing that it is actually drawn correctly. A first glance suggest it’s Nodoka’s arm on top … but it really isn’t. The right hand sticking out of the sleeve plus the darker skin tone makes it Saki’s arm. I blame Nodoka’s hair, which drapes over both girls’ [...]
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Oh yeah, I was so pumped for this episode to air and it totally delivered. Edge of your seat comeback victory with my love, my anger, and all of my sorrow! Plus Saki uses her Nanoha friend beam on Koromo and the last scenes are full of yuri blushing and hand holding. [...]
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Come the end of the last episode, we were left teetering at the brink, with the end of the Mahjong qualifying tournament final literally a few hands away and Koromo still holding a pretty solid lead. However, with Saki smiling like some kind of crazed, sockless genius, things were never liable to be that clear-cut for this episode....First and foremost though, the start of this episode refocuses
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Aren’t they cute?! I stole the picture from Shizuka’s blog. hehe I must say that I like Shizuka’s kimono (or maybe it’s a yukata) the most!! There’s even Etopen there!!! hahahaha
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Nobody in this anime finds something strange about that extra set of ears?
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After the rebound in Kazekoshi’s score at the end of episode 17, both Kazekoshi and Tsuruga seem to have regained focus through thinking about their other half. :P hahahahaha Koromo has now turned her attention to Saki and as a result allowed the other two players to score some points. In the meantime, Saki is [...]
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Let's sing the Mahjong song~
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I don’t know about you, but I don’t think I would marry any of those girls I see in Saki. The reason being, I don’t want to end up having to fund some fat auntie’s mahjong games while she sits around and plays mahjong all day with her other friends and watch Hong Kong soaps [...]
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