(CR) Saki

[Duo Maxwell]

Koromo is getting much more ridiculous in later chapter, you know .

Originally Posted by Kimichi

Cheap that they didn't show the president's match though...She reminds me of one of those completely broken characters in Shonen shows that they leave their true abilities vague until they come out of nowhere and destroy everyone when the chips are down...

They said she won with all the cheap and quick hands, so nothing interesting to see, really. Until the final....

[Proto]

Please people, easy one the spoilers. We keep scaling up and up on how big the spoilers we give are.

[Emerald Emblem]

But isn't it expected that till the final the leader holds back when necessary?

[4Tran]

Originally Posted by Osamu

Riichi/Reach Mahjong is the name of the European variant of Japanese mahjong

Japanese ruleset should be listed under the name "japanese modern/classic" IIRC.

Really? I was under the impression that it was called Riichi in Japan as well.

Originally Posted by Osamu

Also, is there a mahjong thread on animesuki?

Not as far as I can tell. You're free to start one up in the Games forum.

Originally Posted by Proto

In any case, the Mahjong thread might be a good idea. Then we can stop hijacking this thread with mahjong talk.

I don't think that this is necessary. A lot of viewers don't seem to be familiar with Mahjong, and a deeper understanding of it can lead to enjoying the series more. It's no different than, say some baseball discussion in Cross Game. It can stay unless it starts really overshadowing the Saki discussion.

Originally Posted by Proto

Please people, easy one the spoilers. We keep scaling up and up on how big the spoilers we give are.

Originally Posted by Emerald Emblem

But isn't it expected that till the final the leader holds back when necessary?

I have to agree with Proto here. There really shouldn't be any posts about what's going to happen later on in the manga in this thread. I'm sympathetic enough about the above posts being more about genre conventions than anything actually spoilerish, so I'll leave them unoppressed. But let's leave it at that, and discuss what's already happened in the show instead.

[Emerald Emblem]

Well as long as we don't know specifics and the possibility of a twist it's not a big loss. Anyone could figure out they'd go all out in the final Whether they needed to or not. I don't read the manga BTW.

[4Tran]

It's not really a question of specificity - it's that different people have different ideas of what constitutes a spoiler, so it's more consistent just restrict this thread to what happens in the anime. I'm letting the hints above go for now, but I don't want to see any more of them.

[Emerald Emblem]

Alright, your point is taken.

[tjalorak]

Personally, I thought the cutest parts were Nodoka standing up to um, eagle haired girl while Saki was hiding behind her, and Touka's "undercover" style complete with personal butler.

Yuki and her taco power were pretty funny too. I'm sad they changed the line in the anime to the president commenting about her line up being correct instead of the "they're getting exorcised" in the manga. I found that particularly funny esp. since it seems like at the end of every round, the other three schools' representatives have metaphorical ghosts coming out of them.

I sort of want to hear more of Fujita pro's comments, esp. on the president's playing style (esp. since apparently the two are friends!), but I guess that defeats the purpose since the anime went out of its way to avoid showing the president's skill.

I can't wait to hear Fujita's commentary on Nodoka. So far, she hasn't been impressed even with Yuki's taco power... Hopefully, with the consistent hammering of the other three schools, we'll get to hear some respect from her.

[zzeroparticle]

Well, episode 6 definitely demonstrated why it's always a good thing to have a solid tactician among your teammates. Hisa (club leader) might not be the best mahjong player out there, but she does have an awesome way of using strategy to tilt things in the club's favor.

I also had fun watching Touka being the delusional person she is. Minori Chihara's performance is very much unlike her Yuki persona in Haruhi.

[Kaioshin Sama]

I was trying to figure out why I found Tōka Ryūmonbuchi's voice acting so grating and awful in episode 06 so I went to ANN to found out who did her. Chihara Minori....now it all makes sense. Perfect sense in fact.

[Peanutbutter]

Originally Posted by Kaioshin Sama

I was trying to figure out why I found Tōka Ryūmonbuchi's voice acting so grating and awful in episode 06 so I went to ANN to found out who did her. Chihara Minori....now it all makes sense. Perfect sense in fact.

Her role reminded me of Koihime Musou's Enshou.

[serenade_beta]

Spoiler for ep7:

Fmm... It was more entertaining than the previous episode. The first half was anyways. The overreactions and the faces of the random weaklings (the one on the left was kind of cute, oi!) were the main dish there...
Pretty surprised they let the penguin in, even if they gave a quick check of the outside...

New ED was... cool. Nodoka's breasts are so big, it is disgusting, but I guess it didn't start just now, did it...

The second half... Don't really care so much. The only thing that remained in my head was "Maid-san, kawaii desu!!". There was some scene with the girls on the Geass eye girl getting beat up bu-... oh, it's raining outside.......

..........

[Greenish Growth]

Episode 7:

Spoiler:

So who is the fourth team to move on in the tournament? I can only recall three teams offhand.

[Proto]

They were briefly presented back during ep 3 or 4th when the captain went to register the team for the tourney.

more power to the dark horses

[Midonin]

The second ED, "Zankoku na Negai no Naka de" is going to be the B-side to "Netsuretsu Kangei Wonderland", which releases at the end of this month. I'm looking forward to it. (Of course, it being the end of the month, there's a lot around that time I have to look forward to.)

[Peanutbutter]

Nice episode 7, though I think the pacing is kinda awkward at points, feels like they're dragging out some scenes to last the distance.

Anyway,

Spoiler for Ep 7:

GEASS!!! (Nice to know there's someone else knowing Fukuji and reminded of Geass.

Anyway, I was really looking forward to Fukuji's "We're the strongest" line. Nice delivery, added with the Geass drama. I'll accept that.

Looks like next episode is another filler. Well, more Fukuji is good.

(I'm still waiting to hear Koromo.)

[Chant]

Originally Posted by Peanutbutter003

Spoiler for Ep 7:

GEASS!!!

Enough said.

/Wants to take Nodoka's stuffed animal home >.>

[bayoab]

Originally Posted by Chant

/Wants to take Nodoka's stuffed animal home >.>

You aren't the only one. I'm still amazed that they have only come out with one figure that has the penguin and they still aren't making the plushy as a character good.

[Deathkillz]

ep 7

Spoiler:

I'll be damned if they still can't make the connection between Nodoka and Nodocchi...you would think that the penguin is a big enough hint already in both real life and her in game character. Oh and I justl oved the cheesy way they had her game character grow wings and jump out of her body to lay waste to the other three losers

Shame Saki's game wasn't shown but it was still implied that she killed her opponents. Mahjong is such a scary game.

Touka still makes me laugh with her oujo sama like speech desu wa~ she reminds me of someone else but I just can't put my finger on it who which is annoying me.

Then there is Geass girl

Koromo is also getting so much mention, I can't wait to see her come out and totally lay waste to everyone.

Hmm...the cast in this series is so big I still can't remember everyone's names :/

New ED is nice but Saki really doesn't look female enough to be wearing such a frilly dress. I keep thinking that she looks more and more like a male with each ep.

[Duo Maxwell]

Seems like next week will be anime original episode. Let's see how it will turn out.

And they should stop increasing Nodoka's bust size.