(L) Saki manga

[The Green One]

Spoiler for About next chapter:

Well we're going to need some context here obviously, but these pictures do have some rather....disturbing...implications. Though I have a hard time believing child Saki would have it in her to kick another little girl into the sea/ocean. It makes me think there was some sort of accident that Saki blames herself for. It would seem Teru does as well. Judging by the photo it seems the other little girl is a family friend, or a less likely choice is a third sister who didn't survive the events of that day. We'll just have to see I guess...

[teja208]

I always though the cause behind Miyanaga family break up is related to Mahjong or something which involves mahjong at least, but it seemed to be far more complicated than that. It maybe too soon to draw any proper conclusion, but I have a feeling it has something to do with death or murder.

[Von Himmel]

The flower who bloom over wall of the dead- anon

...lol

if the spoiler picture is true, then yes, I guess the problem is far more complex than we think

[Sumeragi]

*Rubs her hands*

Just as expected.

[Myssa Rei]

Spoiler for About those frames:

I don't think it was a person at all that Saki kicked over the pier. It's like a doll that she threw away in a pique of childish anger to me.

But yeah, BURNING BUILDINGS.

[orangejuicetang]

Originally Posted by Myssa Rei

Spoiler for About those frames:

I don't think it was a person at all that Saki kicked over the pier. It's like a doll that she threw away in a pique of childish anger to me.

But yeah, BURNING BUILDINGS.

Spoiler for :

I don't know, if you look at the picture frame, just to the right of saki is a person who looks extremely like the person looking over the pier in the top right, and the person who fell into the water on the bottom left.

[Sol Falling]

The kicking pic is a shoop. It's just a modified version of the upper right frame, not part of the actual spoilers.

As for the fire (buildings, wheelchair), I guess it's just the black and white colour scheme but without any context I'm thinking those effects could also be water.

[orangejuicetang]

I see. That makes more sense actually, I was a bit curious about the odd way the head was sticking out of the water.

[The Green One]

Originally Posted by Sol Falling

The kicking pic is a shoop. It's just a modified version of the upper right frame, not part of the actual spoilers.

As for the fire (buildings, wheelchair), I guess it's just the black and white colour scheme but without any context I'm thinking those effects could also be water.

I can believe that, it seemed way out of character for Saki.

[tsunade666]

It is indeed edited if you expect carefully. A pretty bad one too. Specially the sfx that's totally out of place and color with the whole frame.

But the most intriguing part is the wheelchair and burning building. It looks like the wheelchair fell into the water and she as looking at the place where it fell.

[night_sentinel]

And here I was thinking that well be getting some nice easy going chapters, perhaps Eisui and Miyamori on the beach, then this happened...

Finally were being thrown a bone about what happened to the family... but wow ... just wow... even if the picture is seriously lacking context, my most optimistic interpretation of that leaked picture makes the worse theories that we speculated feel like fluffy bunnies ... apparently the Miyanagas' problem is more serious than we thought.

Originally Posted by Sol Falling

The kicking pic is a shoop. It's just a modified version of the upper right frame, not part of the actual spoilers.

As for the fire (buildings, wheelchair), I guess it's just the black and white colour scheme but without any context I'm thinking those effects could also be water.

Thank god. My brain is trying to twist itself into pretzels when I saw that image and the implication that Saki might have killed someone in the past. Good thing to know its a shopped image.

Regarding the fire perhaps being water, I think your partially right about that - its more likely that wheelchair is thrown under water than miraculously on fire. On the other hand, the building looks like its on fire to me.

[JW1]

Thank goodness it looks like we're going to get a proper sister-estranging plotline, not some silly "Teru didn't like the way Saki played mahjong" nonsense.

[Triple_R]

I haven't read/spoiled myself on all of the Saki manga, but Myssa Rei recently informed me on the latest big sister estrangement reveal, and so I think I'll comment on it here.

While I completely accept how mahjong is a big deal in the Saki-verse, I'm honestly kind of glad that something more severe than mahjong-based disputes is what caused the estrangement between Saki and Teru.

Those flashback images are somewhat vague, of course, but they clearly imply something very serious.


Knowing that Saki can be a clutzy girl at times, and knowing that Saki has a tendency to get lost at times, I'm going to make the following guess: Clumsy and/or reckless behavior on Saki's part caused the severe injury and/or death of somebody very close to Teru. Maybe it was Saki frolicking around with Teru's friend by playfully pushing her while she was in her wheelchair, and Teru's friend was enjoying it until Saki accidentally went too far and pushed Teru's friend straight off a pier to a watery grave...

Yeah, I can see Teru disowning her sister over that, or something like it. Even if it was an accident, it was a stupid one, and it cost Teru one of her closest friends.

[night_sentinel]

Yeah, whatever the current estrangement is about... it seems to be totally serious.

Anyway, after getting over my shock, I can't help noticing this shot...

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The picture frame... it looks life a family photo... obviously there is Saki at the middle, Teru at the left, and their mom and dad respectively in the back of the Miyanaga siblings...

But, then who are the two figures at the right? (the mysterious blond girl and another mysterious figure that the pane conveniently cut off so we can't see the face.)

Are they family friends? cousins? or still unmentioned siblings that may or may not have died?

And this maybe reading too much on the picture frame, but you will notice that Teru is in front of their mom while Saki is in front of their dad and coincidentally that is exactly the way that the siblings separated themselves.

If we follow basing this on who is close with who on the photo...
Saki is right in the middle of Teru and unknown blond girl... and if we ignore the shopped image ... Saki and blond girl seems to be getting along in the pier and there is no sign that Saki actually pushed said blond girl... but that still begs the question of where is the blond girl right now?!!

I want the raws so bad right now... sigh 2 more days to go...


@ Triple_R
Nice theory, but I wonder what the hell the burning building symbolized ? The hospital burning? their house burning?

I still maintain though that Saki hasn't actually killed anyone accidentally or not... or else Saki would probably be more guilty and more self-loathing or probably committed suicide judging from her personality.

Heck, even if Teru forgive Saki over it, Saki certainly would never forgive herself. So whatever Saki did must be something less heinous than leading someone to their death even accidentally or else Saki will never seek reconciliation with Teru.

[uis]

more spoiler pic from futaba...

Spoiler for 102 spoiler:

There are also a pic that show one of Usuzan member but that picture already deleted. Dunno that true or false.

There are many theories about Saki and Teru past. The popular on in 2ch and futaba now is saki sibling actually have 4. Teru is the 2nd and Saki is the youngest. The eldsest one probably died in that accident (that picture) and the 3rd one is actually one of Kei harem huhuhu... that Tsuiki Moko.

[Myssa Rei]

Spoiler for Comment on new pictures of chapter:

Oh hey, it's nice how the main manga acknowledges the events of the sidestory. It's kind of funny how Nodoka never realized until THAT morning that the Achiga team was composed of her old friends.

And poor poor Kuro, even when drawn by Ritz, she's STILL kind of sad to look at during her match.

[Requiem-x]

Spoiler for Next chapter:

Yuuki better not be badmouthing Kirame there . And I guess that's why Nodoka goes check on side-A's semifinals, gotta say it's really nice to see her shocked, then again, if I saw one of my childhood friends get raped in national TV, I'd be pretty shocked myself.

Also, Kuro looks so different in Ritz's artstyle, and Kirame looks more...sharp, in a way.

P.S: Myssa, Nodoka is kind of a mahjong NEET, so it makes sense she doesn't pay much attention to other people's matches.

[Myssa Rei]

Requiem-x: Actually, if I'm reading it right, it's actually Nodoka who's commenting on Kirame, and not Yuuki. And do recall these three went to middle-school together, with Kirame as the sempai (see the extra chapter of the main manga where Nodoka transfers to Nagano).

night_sentinel: I understand how hair colors mean NOTHING in Saki, but wouldn't it be funny if blondie is related to Awai?

P.S. The pictures make it PAINFULLY clear that not only does Nodoka not wear panties, she doesn't wear a bra either. The sheer amount of jiggle is mind-boggling. It's going to be weird seeing it animated someday.

[Triple_R]

Originally Posted by night_sentinel

Yeah, whatever the current estrangement is about... it seems to be totally serious.

Anyway, after getting over my shock, I can't help noticing this shot...

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The picture frame... it looks life a family photo... obviously there is Saki at the middle, Teru at the left, and their mom and dad respectively in the back of the Miyanaga siblings...

But, then who are the two figures at the right? (the mysterious blond girl and another mysterious figure that the pane conveniently cut off so we can't see the face.)

Are they family friends? cousins? or still unmentioned siblings that may or may not have died?

And this maybe reading too much on the picture frame, but you will notice that Teru is in front of their mom while Saki is in front of their dad and coincidentally that is exactly the way that the siblings separated themselves.

Well, now that you draw my attention much more closely to it, I think there's an obvious implication being made by that picture.

Spoiler for Obvious Theory:

The woman off to the side that we can't see is a woman that Saki's dad had an affair with. The blonde-haired girl is a child that resulted from that affair. The blonde-haired girl would hence be Teru's half-sister.

Now, going off of this, there's two possibilities here:

1) When it came out that Saki's dad had cheated on his wife, and even fathered a child with that other woman, it naturally split the Miyanagas apart. Teru sided with her mother, while perhaps Saki was more forgiving of her father and tried to keep the family together, which Teru objected to given what her father did. Teru and Saki are full biological sisters, and at least part of their estrangement is due to them taking different positions in this severe family dispute.

2) Saki herself is the daughter of Teru's dad and the other woman. Teru and Saki are hence half-sisters themselves, and given the circumstances surrounding that, it becomes very easy to see why Teru would deny that she has a sister. Teru refuses to consider Saki her sister because Saki is the child of the woman that Teru blames for her parents' separation. This would be more dramatic, but also more convoluted and could raise some difficult questions plot-wise.

@ Triple_R
Nice theory, but I wonder what the hell the burning building symbolized ? The hospital burning? their house burning?

I still maintain though that Saki hasn't actually killed anyone accidentally or not... or else Saki would probably be more guilty and more self-loathing or probably committed suicide judging from her personality.

Heck, even if Teru forgive Saki over it, Saki certainly would never forgive herself. So whatever Saki did must be something less heinous than leading someone to their death even accidentally or else Saki will never seek reconciliation with Teru.

Well, maybe Saki didn't outright accidentally kill the girl, but rather just accidentally hospitalized her... and then a fire at the hospital did the rest.

Or maybe the burning building is purely symbolic, who knows?

I definitely think that wheelchair indicates that somebody at least got injured, though. And that injury (or worse) is somehow tied into why Saki and Teru are estranged from each other. Saki accidentally being responsible for that is probably the easiest way to get from there to where we are now with the sisters being estranged. But the simplest solution, while certainly worth considering, isn't necessarily the right solution of course.

[tarajis]

Originally Posted by Myssa Rei

night_sentinel: I understand how hair colors mean NOTHING in Saki, but wouldn't it be funny if blondie is related to Awai?

I was thinking on the same line... but my theory is that blondie is Awai herself... this could explain why Awai never uses honorifics when talking to Teru and closeness between the two... could they be cousins?