2009-04-06, 01:31 | Link #221 | |
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I know what you mean, Saki seems to be competing directly with K-ON! for most moetastic title of this season. I'm convinced someone from either of these two shows will win the Saimoe this year. |
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2009-04-06, 02:16 | Link #224 |
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God bless our first and main yuri couple.
Yuuki is much more adorable than I thought. [fanboy]Maybe because of Rie [/fanboy] Here hoping to see a great subbing group will take this show.
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2009-04-06, 02:46 | Link #225 |
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I'm all in for an overt lesbian relationship, rather than just subtle messages.
Anyway, this anime looks fun. I'm still a bit lost on Mahjong, but I can always read about how it works. I guess I'll like this anime better if I do so. I'll be looking forward for the next episodes.
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2009-04-06, 03:10 | Link #226 | |
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OR, it's possible that after Yuuki discarded her 5, that there was an entire go around before Nodoka discarded her red 5 which would clear the temporary furiten that wasn't shown in the anime. Frankly they didn't make it clear.
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2009-04-06, 03:43 | Link #228 | |
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They cut a lot of the extra commentary on the hands as well from the "pres", probably for time, but it would have helped explain things a tad better, perhaps. They obviously desperately wanted to reach the rin-shan tsumo at the end of chapter two for the finale of the episode, so I think they rushed things a tad.
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2009-04-06, 08:22 | Link #230 |
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I like sports anime, I like anime with competitions but does the cast really have to be loli's, and one with an oversized breast?
I really want to understand mahjong though but the amount of information (and some of the terms) you receive is just overwhelming. |
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2009-04-06, 10:42 | Link #234 | |
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The first episode of Saki seems to be quite promising. The characters are a bit of a standard set, but we'll see what the show decides to do with them. Hopefully, it'll explore some more interesting territory in later episodes, but it's been decent so far. On top of that, I like the extra emphasis placed on the oh-so-dramatic playing and so forth. Having never played Japanese mahjonng before, I find the scoring systems and the dialogue around them to be a bit bewildering, but that should lessen a bit further into the series. So far this is the most solid anime for me in this new season.
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I've moved those posts to the Saki manga thread, so please take any such discussion there.
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2009-04-06, 11:48 | Link #236 |
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never read the manga or anything related before.....super mahjong with the likes of Hikaru No Go?.....,
errrr....mmm.....well, the 1st ep uhhh, to me, looks like a cross between a typical Harem & a Yuri genre.....ummm...whatever...... uhhh.....Gonzo-brand pantsu......whut?......duuhh..... |
2009-04-06, 11:51 | Link #237 | |
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Saki -> Yoshika Student Congress President -> Minna Nodoka -> (Lynette+Sanya)/2 Yuuki -> Francesca Mako -> Eila in meganekko cosplay |
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2009-04-06, 12:50 | Link #238 |
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That seems rather unlikely, since the Saki comic and Strike Witches OVA both came out in 2006. Not sure about the exact dates, but I believe Saki came out first. And the actual character personalities and final designs of the SW characters weren't finalized until the TV anime in 2008.
Also, I think you're quite exaggerating the similarities. They're just common anime tropes (normal girl, hyper loli, quiet girl, etc) |
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