(L) Saki manga

[Proto]

Originally Posted by juventus95

What's that sparkling thing on Kyouko's eye? Lol Kyouko officially joins the monster club. So much for self-proclaimed normal player.

http://imgur.com/RQGh4QU

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I was wondering about the eye thing earlier. Maybe colors represent a certain trait artistic-wise? It's not like it's actually happening at the table and the players are seeing everyone's eyes sparkle.

Spoiler for new chapter:

Just read the new chapter. Kind of wondering what's on Hiroe's mind. I know she respects Hisa more now, but she actually gives her some small advice now too, and seems really amiable towards her (maybe because she just ate haha).

I would also think she would be at least trash talking Yuan since she's not doing too great.

[Requiem-x]

Originally Posted by mhazaru

Spoiler for new chapter:

Just read the new chapter. Kind of wondering what's on Hiroe's mind. I know she respects Hisa more now, but she actually gives her some small advice now too, and seems really amiable towards her (maybe because she just ate haha).

I would also think she would be at least trash talking Yuan since she's not doing too great.

Maybe she's having fun watching the moron selfdestructing hard. Also, Hiroe is pretty crazy herself, so of course she's gonna identify with Hisa when the latter isn't choking.

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Originally Posted by Proto

http://imgur.com/RQGh4QU

That's my thought too also I had forgotten Yumi had it ( reading manga mainly will do that )
Blue flame are not for Monster, and if I have it right Yumi had the same Black and Blue background when she did the Chan-Kan.
Now I think Kyouko Will mange to do what Yumi tried. ( Kokushi, Chan Kan anyone?)

As Yumi said at that time it could be useful to put some fear in her.

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Ok, finally got to read the chapter. I can certainly see what mhazaru was talking about now.

Spoiler for Spoiler:

It's quite something when Hiroe tells you to slow down the crazy, specially after she just pulled a comedy routine on her own (Choe was so cute thinking about cultural differences), but Hisa is having none of that.

Also, it must be said

"We're high schoolers in summer, after all"

That actually sounds flirty. Like, something that resembles actual flirting Good thing the wife is a tender one.

[King-Slayer]

Maybe Hisa is trying to bait somebody into trying to bust Usuzan and then attack them because other than that I have no freaking clue what she's doing. Other than that I feel really bad for Yuan thinking she had a chance and seeing it snuffed out quickly. Wonder what Choe is going to do next chapter?

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Originally Posted by Requiem-x

Also, it must be said

"We're high schoolers in summer, after all"

That actually sounds flirty. Like, something that resembles actual flirting Good thing the wife is a tender one.

I know, right? I'm glad someone else saw it. I love bad girl/good girl ships, and those two are probably the closest ones to that in this manga.

Originally Posted by King-Slayer

Maybe Hisa is trying to bait somebody into trying to bust Usuzan because other than that I have no freaking clue what she's doing. Other than that I feel really bad for Yuan thinking she had a chance and seeing it snuffed out quickly. Wonder what Choe is going to do next chapter?

I was wondering what she was doing in the last panel. I thought she was going to blow wind out her mouth and knock over some tiles However I remember a picture of her singing...maybe she's about to do that.

[Requiem-x]

Originally Posted by mhazaru

I know, right? I'm glad someone else saw it. I love bad girl/good girl ships, and those two are probably the closest ones to that in this manga.

I wouldn't call Hisa a good girl by any stretch of the imagination. She's the one that lures good girls in.

Originally Posted by mhazaru

I was wondering what she was doing in the last panel. I thought she was going to blow wind out her mouth and knock over some tiles However I remember a picture of her singing...maybe she's about to do that.

The song that brings the end of all things. Rinkai has quite the lineup.

[The Green One]

She'll huff, and puff, and bbbblllllloooowwwww your tiles down!

Sorry couldn't resist.

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Originally Posted by Requiem-x

I wouldn't call Hisa a good girl by any stretch of the imagination. She's the one that lures good girls in.

It's not too hard to see Besides being badass, she's plenty kind as well. My favorite example of that is when she saw off Yumi from the training camp.

Also, found the pic I was talking about for Choe:

[Myssa Rei]

LOL That's from the montage at the end of season 1. Speaking of which, notice the drastic difference between how Nelly was shown in both ending montages.

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Originally Posted by Myssa Rei

LOL That's from the montage at the end of season 1. Speaking of which, notice the drastic difference between how Nelly was shown in both ending montages.

She's smiling around in the first one, and unleashing her power in the second one. That's not a drastic difference, that's her showing her stuff in the latter

[Requiem-x]

Originally Posted by mhazaru

It's not too hard to see Besides being badass, she's plenty kind as well. My favorite example of that is when she saw off Yumi from the training camp.

Well, sure, that's how she got Mihoko in the first place, but there's a difference between being nice and being the wife in the relationship. Maybe a more equal standing is the solution, kinda like Haruka and Yuu.

We didn't get anything from Choe's powers in the new preview, right? Maybe Ritz decided to stick with the singing, in which case this will be the most talkative and loudest match in the series.

[teja208]

Originally Posted by King-Slayer

Maybe Hisa is trying to bait somebody into trying to bust Usuzan and then attack them because other than that I have no freaking clue what she's doing. Other than that I feel really bad for Yuan thinking she had a chance and seeing it snuffed out quickly. Wonder what Choe is going to do next chapter?

Perhaps you are correct. It's Hisa we are talking about. Maybe she found out a way to counter Choe's singing. I don't feel bad for Yaun though. It's just that while she may sound worried with how much point she has left, but I don't sense any concern or responsible about possibly making her team looses. It's like she seem to think she will made it somehow, and just letting the last two players clean up her mess.

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Originally Posted by Requiem-x

Well, sure, that's how she got Mihoko in the first place, but there's a difference between being nice and being the wife in the relationship.

Not sure what that means...why would being nice place you into a stereotyped role? I'm just saying that I would generally expect Hiroe to be a little more snide and Hisa to be a little more understanding.

Maybe a more equal standing is the solution, kinda like Haruka and Yuu.

I agree, but that would imply that there's a setup that doesn't set two partners as equal? That wouldn't be a relationship, then That would just be one person dictating another's life. For example, Mihoko's a sweetheart, but that wouldn't put her below Hisa or whomever in any way, and I don't think Hisa would ever see things that way either

Originally Posted by teja208

Perhaps you are correct. It's Hisa we are talking about. Maybe she found out a way to counter Choe's singing. I don't feel bad for Yaun though. It's just that while she may sound worried with how much point she has left, but I don't sense any concern or responsible about possibly making her team looses. It's like she seem to think she will made it somehow, and just letting the last two players clean up her mess.

Maybe Yuan is used to being in that position if a lot of their matches go the same way. Like, maybe she's very used to the last two players constantly bailing the team out.

[Myssa Rei]

Wouldn't that mean that the first three players of Usuzan are making their last two carry the Cross for them?

*rimshot*

Okay, that was bad, but I'm not really sure what to make of Yuan's performance, and how she'd manage to survive this round, as she's one ron away from getting her team eliminated. Maya's going to have to SERIOUSLY make up for things if she's indeed next, rather than Sawaya.

[Marina2]

Originally Posted by Myssa Rei

Wouldn't that mean that the first three players of Usuzan are making their last two carry the Cross for them?

Is that strange? Many teams we have seen so far have one or two persons in their team to gain the point while other players' main job is to protect/carry the point.

EDIT: Oh, I didn't realize that was a joke.
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[Myssa Rei]

You're missing the joke. Usuzan is a Catholic school. Carrying the Cross. Get it?

And honestly, this is one heck of a cross foisted on their two remaining players. Sawaya and Maya will HAVE to come up with a heck of a hat trick to justify Hayarin's dread of them (which at this point just seems to me like "Oh, you're trying to make a younger version of me. How cute."), or else they'd cement themselves as the biggest jokes of the Nationals.

[Requiem-x]

Originally Posted by mhazaru

Not sure what that means...why would being nice place you into a stereotyped role? I'm just saying that I would generally expect Hiroe to be a little more snide and Hisa to be a little more understanding.

I should've expected that answer. I have nothing and now I'm ashamed.

Originally Posted by mhazaru

I agree, but that would imply that there's a setup that doesn't set two partners as equal?

I'm talking strictly about who starts the fun times.

Originally Posted by mhazaru

That wouldn't be a relationship, then That would just be one person dictating another's life. For example, Mihoko's a sweetheart, but that wouldn't put her below Hisa or whomever in any way, and I don't think Hisa would ever see things that way either

If anything, Mihoko going full housewife would mean she's the one dictating Hisa's life.

Originally Posted by mhazaru

Maybe Yuan is used to being in that position if a lot of their matches go the same way. Like, maybe she's very used to the last two players constantly bailing the team out.

Pretty much went that way with Shindouji, though I don't remember any of their players failing this hard (Kirame went against Teru, that doesn't count).

[Flower]

You know, for the longest time I confused Choe with Awai, and thought that Awai was going to do some kind of devastating operatic aria combined with a killer move that would totally throw Saki into turmoil somehow.

Totally mixed things up, of course.

Will be very interested to see what Choe's singing either actually does or what occassions it....