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Originally Posted by Marina2
Well , What koromo said indicated that Shizuno is a good player somehow.......maybe what we haven't seen her "awakening" state yet. Who know, maybe she can throw out something like Tenhou, Renho in her "awakening" state AND in her "awakening" state she will untie her ponytail!!!
OR If Shizu power only work on monster like someone predictions here, the match must be fun!.
Some note on Koromo - her abiliity to prevent other player to reach Tenpai will shut down most players and monsters. I mean, What the point for being strong or having demonic power if you can't even reach tenpai?? Shizu ability may have disadvantage againist Koromo power, so that she can't really do anything. But with Awai and Saki,.......we will see.
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We do see in the Nagano finals match that Koromo's ability is not absolute. Saki broke it somewhere in the middle of the game, for instance, which is evidenced by Kana suddenly regaining her high-point hands and Yumi ron-ing successfully.
Spoiler for Analysis with spoilers for Nagano finals:
I think we need to look at Koromo as a character to analyze that statement just as much as we need to look at Shizu. A big part of Koromo's playing style is, more or less, to shut down all the other player and drown then in despair (her no-tempai ability was first activated before the full moon rose, so it's definitely not a moon-only ability). The first real loss that she has experienced - ever, really, since Ryuumonbuchi only lost in nationals last year due to Touka getting the team DQ'd before Koromo could play - was in the game with Saki where she tried to break all of the other players, and none of them would give up in response. Since this was a life-changing experience for her, it's not beyond expectations to assume that she has developed respect for players that never give up; after all, she has seen three players - not just Saki - that broke out of her ability just because of their determination alone.
It happens, then, that Achiga's captain is more or less the exact same. She never gives up no matter what sort of pressure you put on her, and it is entirely possible that she was able to at least break out of Koromo's field control. Koromo's ability is still hax, of course (she can read other people's hand values and wait tiles), but knowing the Nagano finals match, that could very well be what she means when she commended Shizu - she's dangerous because she never gives up, and she's dangerous because she can reform her hand when the situation arises and break out of any original expectations - and not that she's dangerous because she also has magic mahjong.
Even if Shizu does have an "awakening" state, I don't think that Koromo really witnessed it. Harue did state that the team was never really able to beat Ryuumonbuchi in the end, which indirectly implies that Shizu never was able to beat Koromo. I don't think that Koromo would really take considerable notice of an ability that's not even strong enough to counter her at half power; enough to warn someone that could beat her at max gear.
It would also be a huge deus ex if Shizu was suddenly revealed to have dangerous magic mahjong, which she never ever used before (not even in the match when they were in danger of being eliminated by Kentani!) because it requires the stars and moon to align, just to be able to beat Awai/Saki. Aside from Cold Touka (which didn't really matter since it was only during a practice match), Ritz was always very consistent in her character's abilities, so somehow, I doubt that she'll suddenly hide an ability now.