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Series: Saki (咲)

Genre: Slice of Life, School, Mahjong, Yuri?

Animation Production: Ganzo

Number of Episodes: 25

Synopsis:

Miyanaga Saki is a first year high school girl whose family would get angry if she won the family mahjong games. But losing would also have its consequences. Because of this she develops a new way of playing that allows her to stay on the thin line between winning and losing, the +/- zero score, an almost impossible score. In a game that relies mainly on luck, the +/- zero score is harder than winning, but Saki can achieve this every time. Having always hated the game, her friend from middle school, Suga Kyotoro, forces her to play in the schools mahjong club. Her developed skill and superhuman luck has made her a worthy mahjong opponent, even to the middle schools national mahjong champion.

Main Characters and Cast:

Saki Miyanaga: Kana Ueda – Saki is a first year high school student who has the ability to break even after every round of mahjong. She decides to join the Mahjong Club in order to go to Nationals in order to see her sister Teru, who is the favorite to win that tournament. Her skills comes from reading the intangible aspects of the game, such as the opponent and flow. A mahjong move that she tends to favoris Rinshan Kaihou (“A flower that blooms on top of a mountain”) because of the connection it has with her name, Saki (“to bloom”).

Nodoka Haramura: Ami Koshimizu – A first year student with a great love for Mahjong and one of the new recruits for the Kiyosumi Mahjong Club. The reigning Middle School National Champion, Nodoka is often revered by fans and players alike as a genius. Despite her fame, it is noted that her gameplay is flawed due to her making common mistakes and this does not improve until Takei Hisa gives her the idea of holding onto her favourite penguin doll, Etopen, to make her feel more comfortable.

While Nodoka’s real-life gameplay is still improving despite her great skill, her true strength lies within her online persona. Known as “Nodocchi”, she is famed for being even more skillful than most pros, being able to make the most complex decisions within a split second and rarely, if never at all, making any misplays. This fact alone casuses Ryuumonbochi Touka, one of the players from the current reigning champion team, Ryuumonbochi High School, to become very worrisome.

Nodoka is a very pragmatic girl, refusing to believe in any supernatural factors or superstitions involving Mahjong and dismissing them as coincidences. She believes strongly that it is skill, not luck, that determines a winner. She believes in logic so strongly that she even reprimands Takei Hisa on her risky playstyle and can’t comprehend how or why she plays like this.

She is best friends with Yuuki, having known her since their first year in Middle School and understands her the most out of everyone. She is also growing closer with Saki, despite her initial contempt for her. Ever since they promised to work harder in order to reach the Nationals Tournament, the pair have grown to become close friends.

Yuuki Kataoka: Rie Kugimiya – Yuuki is a high school first-year student who attends the same school as Saki and is a member of the mahjong club. She is highly skilled, though cannot stay focused and makes more mistakes as the game progresses, so she is made the first to play at the mahjong tournament. She is often seen eating tacos, which increases her skill when playing mahjong. Additionally, food with names similar to tacos, like takoyaki can increase her skill partially as well.

Mako Someya: Ryoko Shiraishi – A second year student and member of the Kiyosumi Mahjong Club, being the first member to join under Takei Hisa’s leadership. Her family runs a mahjong cafe, which was former mahjong parlor. Being surrounded by Mahjong ever since she was young, Mako is familiar with many scenarios during the course of a game and is able to recall them during gameplay when taking off her glasses.

Hisa Takei: Shizuka Itou – A third year student and the president of the Kiyosumi Mahjong Club. She is also the president of the Student Congress Coucil at Kiyosumi High School, heavily emphasizing the “Congress” part of the name.

A very intelligent and confident girl, she is able to effectively read the weaknesses and strengths of people, inside and outside of Mahjong, and apparently is a seasoned veteran of Mahjong, even to the point of being on friendly terms with a Professional Mahjong player. She is also able to comprehend concepts quicker than most.

Her playstyle revolves around taking chances; while risky, she takes her time, waiting for effective hands that often come out of nowhere, surprising her opponents and taking advantage of their cautious playstyle. She always takes in the flow of the game in stride, finding opportunities in what other players may find to be dead-end scenarios. Despite the risks she takes, she prefers to play this way, believing it to truly reflect who she is and that she wins more easily when betting against the odds.

Touka Ryuumonbuchi: Minori Chihara - One of Ryuumonbuchi’s four heavenly kings. Comes from a very rich family and loves being in the spotlight which leads her to hate Nodoka because of her popularity as the middle school champion.

Koromo Amae: Kaori Fukuhara – Premier member of the reigning champion Mahjong team, Ryuumonbuchi, and one of the most idolized yet feared players in the game. She is said to be possessed by a demon when playing; she even outranked a professional Mahjong player at a previous tournament.

She is Touka’s cousin, their relationship akin to those of siblings due to the amount of time they have spent together. She prefers to not be seen as a child, despite their small stature and her childish personality. She acts in a very friendly manner, always wanting to make friends with everyone she meets and in hopes of being treated lovingly.

**I was feeling lazy this time. Source for character Review: My Anime List **

Personal Thoughts:

This series was better than I expected. It had well developed characters and a fun story. The Mahjong explanations were excellent and helpful. There were plenty of cute characters and lots of funny moments. One of the few things that was a bit annoying was the amount of blushing, but was easy to get over. Being an avid Rie Rie fan; I was slightly disappointed in her performance for this series. Yuuki was cute and likable, but Koromo was an even better character. I liked nearly all of the main characters, but unfortunately was not fond of Nodoka. Overall I would recommend this series to anyone that likes comedy, school life and doesn’t mind a bit of yuri.

Rating: Rating: .

Opening Theme:

Glossy – Miyuki Hashimoto

bloooomin’ – Little Non

Ending Theme:

熱烈歓迎わんだーらんど – Kana Ueda, Ami Koshimizu, Rie Kugimiya, Ryoko Shiraishi and Shizuka Itou

残酷な願いの中で – Kana Ueda and Ami Koshimizu (episodes 7,10,16,18,22)

四角い宇宙で待ってるよ – Kana Ueda, Ami Koshimizu, Rie Kugimiya, Ryoko Shiraishi and Shizuka Itou

Alright new updates to site. Not to many nor to large.

• More links added
  • Linked a site that you can search for fansub groups and find ratings.
• Added Tab for Livestream
  • More info to come.

So I have added a couple new updates to my site. First update is the tag cloud which I am really enjoying. I like seeing it populate. The second update is in the categories section. I have done away with the drop down box and have made it a hierarchy list. The last update is in my links. I have added a link to ‘My Anime List’. Here you can see what I have watched, currently watching, dropped, plan to watch, and on hold.

For my MAL (My Anime List) I have organized it in such:

Currently watching – Obviously what I am watching ^^

Completed – Another obvious one

On Hold – I have downloaded some or all of the episodes and need to watch the series.

Plan to Watch – Series that I have not downloaded enough episodes to deem On Hold or series that have not yet aired.

Dropped – So many obvious categories fufufu.

Alright, so I have been super busy yet again. Yeah yeah, I know sounds like the generic excuse for life. I have felt like I should post more. So here it is. I have decided to rework some more of the back end things on my blog. Most of which you won’t notice, but I plan to have a bit more organization for myself making it easier to post. Another change I have made is I will be adding Figures and music reviews to my blog. So stay tuned for more to come.

Nyaa~~~

Been super uber busy lately. Again and again I keep breaking my promise for anime reviews. But again I will promise I will get some reviews up.

First off I have just moved into a new house so i have been busy with that. Second I have been working on catching up on some old series I don’t plan on doing a review for unless I see it necessary or I just like it that much. Anyway… for now. またね〜〜

Lately I have been quite busy with many different things. I have been watching some anime which I am still writing up some drafts so I can post on them, but for now… I will leave you with one of my favorite nonsense verses and its variation.

One fine day in the middle of the night,

Two dead boys got up to fight.

Back-to-back they faced one another,

Drew their swords and shot each other.

One was blind and the other couldn’t see,

So they chose a dummy for a referee.

A blind man went to see fair play,

A dumb man went to shout “hooray!”

A deaf policeman heard the noise,

And came and shot the two dead boys.

A paralysed donkey walking by,

Kicked the copper in the eye,

Sent him through a rubber wall,

Into a dry ditch and drowned them all.

(If you don’t believe this lie is true,

Ask the blind man — he saw it too!)

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i see said the blind man to the deaf dog

free admission, pay at the door

pull up a seat and sit on the floor

i’ll tell you a story i know nothing about

in the middle of the morning

in the middle of the night

two dead boys got up to fight

back to back they faced each other

drew their swords and shot each other

a deaf policeman heard the noise

and came and killed the two dead boys

a paralyzed donkey came their way

and kicked them over a 10 foot wall

into a dry ditch and drowned them all

(if you don’t believe this story is true,

ask the blind man, he saw it too!)

The other day I was browsing Youtube and came across a video with many variations to it. The song for the video is called Kumikyoku. In a nutshell you could say it’s just one giant medley of songs. And it just seems some people just have way too much time on their hands. I will post 3 versions of the song. First version will be of a mixed version of the original Kumikyoku. The second will be the original. The thrid will be a mario paint version.

Lucky Star Remix

Original

Mario Paint Version

Song List ▼

I hope you all enjoy it as much as I did. It was quite entertaining. I tried to see how many songs I could pick out before looking up the song list. I got about 15 of the songs right. Well hopefully I will get some anime watching done this week so I can start posting on that.