2009-06-15, 23:48 | Link #1202 |
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I guess I should not think about it much, unless they decide to mention something about it.
I'm still trying to figure out the appeal of Saki. Maybe it is the practically all girls cast? So far, I've counted 3 guys. The announcer, the butler, and Kyotaro. It could be the catchy music. I must admit, Gonzo has been making a nice comeback lately.
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2009-06-16, 00:30 | Link #1203 | |
A Proud Lolicon
Join Date: Dec 2006
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- Mahjong. - The animation. So they changed a part of Hajime's flashback. Not like it's bad. In fact, it's a little better in term of character development. I just want to see Koromo's outfit in that flashback (or they could include it later, who knows, since the flashback doesn't really portrait much about Hajime, but emphasize on Koromo instead)
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2009-06-16, 00:44 | Link #1204 |
my sides are in orbit
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Late-watch log, whooo boy. Kids these days and their internet-fu.
Spoiler for eps11:
Gotta love this line: "Etopen is the main character from a picture book about a penguin who wants to become a tuffled puffin." (sic) etopirika = tuffled puffin.
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2009-06-16, 01:15 | Link #1205 | |
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Spoiler for Could it be the fact that she dresses like this:
Also is it just me or was Nodoka not wearing her skirt when she was sleeping there with Saki. Anyway, captain's "skill" is underwhelming to me because really all it is is extreme luck that defies the convention of how the odds should play out in a given hand. Koromo's appearance in this episode makes me think that there might be another side to her that I didn't get with the manga RAWS (after all I'm not a hiragana or Kanji reader). Outside the Mahjong arena she's just a happy go lucky loli that wants to make friends, but because of how she destroys everyone in the arena (which she probably just sees as playing a normal game and having fun) people in the Mahjong world don't want to be around her and instead act afraid or offended by her presence. She actually appears to have the same problem as Saki had with her family and I wouldn't be surprised if that ended up coming up at some point and they ended up bonding. |
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2009-06-16, 01:20 | Link #1206 | |
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2009-06-16, 02:25 | Link #1207 | |
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Respectively, they toned up the fanservice in the flashback by actually giving her a defined chest. |
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2009-06-16, 04:24 | Link #1208 | |
my sides are in orbit
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Shangri-La is the superior GONZO show this season and i watch it too (the tall okama scares me, though), but i watch Saki anyway for the (gasp) drama.
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2009-06-16, 05:44 | Link #1210 | |
A Proud Lolicon
Join Date: Dec 2006
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But who doesn't love that kind of loli? (of course not when you're her victim ). Hisa's play style is what I tried several times before, and you'd be surprised at how effectively it can be. I don't know about high level games, since I don't consider myself a good player or the ones I played against, but most of the time people feel safe and discard the tile that has low or worst odd at winning. This ep is heaven sent to me. Many Hajime's goodness
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2009-06-16, 05:52 | Link #1211 |
Aoba Tsukishima
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They didn't show any mahjong in the next episode preview, dammit. I wonder if Bundou (and the other girls) will make a comeback against Risa in the 2nd hanchan? The tide did seem to turn a bit, but it was mentioned that Risa's defense is "flawless".
I also find it hard to believe that the 2 girls didn't recognize Koromo right away (one seems to not quite remember). How many other bunny ear-wearing loli high school mahjong monster players are there anyways? |
2009-06-16, 05:58 | Link #1212 | |
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Beside, I don't see much news about Koromo anyway. Most of the time it's Nodoka on the news.
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2009-06-16, 06:14 | Link #1213 | |
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My opinion is that Touka is an incarnation of Cao Cao.
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2009-06-16, 07:23 | Link #1214 | ||
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I suppose that Koromo and Ryuumonbuchi came out of nowhere last year to win the prefectural tourney. Which would explain the lack of coverage and interest since everyone, like the reporter in ep.6, probably thought it was a lucky fluke for them to win. I assume that they got beat in the nationals early so they didn't get the extra notoriety. You've got to wonder what kind of monsters there are in the national tournament (aside from Teru and Jindai). Quote:
EDIT: I forgot that Nodoka specifically wanted to go to Kiyosumi to be with Yuuki. Her father wouldn't have complained about her going to a backwater high school like Kiyosumi if she went to Ryuumonbuchi to play mahjong instead. Last edited by Willen; 2009-06-16 at 07:34. |
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2009-06-16, 08:52 | Link #1215 | |
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Spoiler for irrelevant trivia:
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2009-06-16, 09:10 | Link #1216 |
エーレンフェストの聖女
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The manga thread seems dead, so I asked here instead. . . Does chapter 51 has been released yet ?
Now to comment about this episode :P I rarely comment Saki episode, but this one is an exception because it includes Hisa :x Spoiler:
Oh wait, my comment is just about that penguin ;( Hajime's flashback clothes was cool ! It's a little...fancy, but for some reasons, it suits my taste. I'm also looking forward about what Mihoko going to say in the next episode..or if Hisa's going to remember her or not
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