2012-12-14, 21:15
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The slacking one
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Translations for achiga are finally out, and this has to be the first time I feel a 60-so page chapter of anything feels too short.
Spoiler for Chapter 17:
First of all, the finale to the fourth match was pretty intense: FunaQ finally realizes where, or rather who Arata gets her strenght from, though a little too late, in many ways (see Arata getting her "reward" after the match), and believe it or not, a certain chicken grandmaster hasn't forgotten Harue after all this time, gotta say I didn't see that one coming. And of course, Arata fighting till the very last moment was nothing to scoff at either, keeping Achiga in a solid second place. Well done, chibi buchou, well done.
However, the biggest star was by far, the cutest bondage duo, with Mairu risking it to give her partner a fighting chance and Himeko living up to it by unleashing the KEYBAZOOKA to make DESTRUCTION RAIN FROM THE HEAVENS (kudos if you get the reference), and that was only with the smallest key (I can't wait to see how glorious that moment will look in the anime).
As for the other star of the show, I have to say, while seemingly devastating, Awai's ability is kind of underwhelming in a way, basically inflicting slow start on everyone at the beginning of the match, and it sure doesn't help Himeko and Mairu's ability is apparently the best way to counter it. I can definetly see how it could be a threat to Saki, though, given her playstyle, and speaking of Awai and Saki, I really like how the supernova is having much more fun with mahjong than Miyanaga imouto at this point of the nationals, it just fuels the whole "Saki is the last boss" idea even more.
With so much going on, one might almost forget about little Shizu, though at this point it's pretty obvious that's the idea, she's the one comes through when things get rough, and with Himeko making it rain pain and Ryuuka about to go Dark Dragon on everyone, things won't stay comfy for achiga for too long now. I really doubt she'll show any power, though, it's probably something like Kyoko, she's just careful and thoughtful, as unbeliveable as that might sound.
Smaller details
-HA! Awai WAS mocking Seiko in that page!
-Toki turned out to be much less colder than expected after waking up, thank goodness.
-Ako's uniform actually does look a tad too big for Shizu, at least in the arms, so, I guess the opposite applies for Ako as well. I guess her "reputation" wasn't "good" enough already.
I also have to mention the cover.
By the way, did no one else notice (or at least mention here) that in the latest Saki chapter (the main manga I mean)
Last edited by Requiem-x; 2012-12-14 at 21:34.
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