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Old 2012-05-22, 21:03   Link #788
Myssa Rei
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Originally Posted by Triple_R View Post
*snips*
While this is more of a manga thing than anything, the fact that we'll be seeing Teru in-show a few weeks makes in a little relevant.

In a mahjong-centric narrative, the second instance might make more sense, except for the fact that every time Saki talks about her sister in both the first anime and the manga (with reference to her playing style) suggests the opposite, that Teru was dominating even then (see every time Saki encounters a "monster", where she reacts "It's like that time with my sister!").

Indeed, some of the folk in the manga thread think that Saki's playing style, and her outlook with regards to the moves of her opponents (she OVER-estimates, rather than under-estimates, as seen with when she she goes against Yumi), was shaped by being constantly pitted against Teru.
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