(CR) Saki

[einhorn303]

Spoiler for ep 19:

And so they put the climax of the show 7 episodes before it's end. Not much to say except that it was epic. Also, Koromo is so moe~. I really look forward to seeing her be friends with Saki.

Originally Posted by Sister Princess

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[Bambi]

Originally Posted by uis

Dont read it.... spoiler for ep 20 - 23...

I planned to repost it here too, but you was faster
With ep20 pool preview it looks like as confirmed

Ep19:
- i knew winning hand from manga but still loved how they animated it. I have only one remark, it was overly dramatic, at least for my tastes
- Saki is one trick ponny unfortunately , on the other hand everything else will not work against Koromo, she will sense dangerous hands (like Kana's Suu An Kou)
- Kana learnt nothing when she counted with exhaustive draws when she plays with Koromo
- at least someone aimed for Kokushi Musou
- second half was too sweet for my tastes

[andy]

Don't matter how you win , just that you do. As the say in fighting games spam the move if the opponent can't do anything about it .Might be boring but if works why change it .

[tjalorak]

I see TERU! At the end of the preview!! ARGH. Now I'm really excited again for next week for a swimsuit episode. >_> Oh GONZO / Magic Picture / whatever, you sure know how to tease me...

There was no interview. No one asked about Saki's sister. Koromo has mahjong friends though now.

This entire episode was pretty epic. I could not stop laughing throughout.

That heavy church like music during Saki's win was hilarious and the wind, the lightning! The ridiculous poses and tile throw downs! Saki looking like a demented mahjong demon! (Somehow, that smile is even more chilling that Koromo's fire hands.)

Kana and her "I just have to be in tenpai for 30 times in a row and then win on a yakuman!" and Yumi's "I'm going to win forever!" Ahahahaa.

Fantastic episode.

Edit: The Saki VA gang.



Link: http://yasashiisekai.files.wordpress...pg?w=450&h=338

[tjalorak]

Originally Posted by Bambi

I planned to repost it here too, but you was faster
With ep20 pool preview it looks like as confirmed

Ep19:
- i knew winning hand from manga but still loved how they animated it. I have only one remark, it was overly dramatic, at least for my tastes
- Saki is one trick ponny unfortunately , on the other hand everything else will not work against Koromo, she will sense dangerous hands (like Kana's Suu An Kou)
- Kana learnt nothing when she counted with exhaustive draws when she plays with Koromo
- at least someone aimed for Kokushi Musou
- second half was too sweet for my tastes

Nah. Saki's specialty may be kans but it's not like she doesn't know how to win on OTHER hands. She has won on other hands in previous episodes. Also, Fujita-pro mentioned that the only other hand that could get to tenpai against Koromo when she's doing her manipulation thing is ... kokushi musou. IF this is a certain someone's specialty hand, then Koromo must have had a ridiculously bad time against this someone.

Kana learned plenty. Ever since Koromo got rattled by Saki, people have been getting to tenpai and Kana actually DID get to tenpai with a yakuman hand. Heck, she even had a tsumo (if she had wanted it)!

Yumi <3. I loved her "sure, I'll play you again and next time, I'm going to win!" She was so awesome this episode as well. Actually, EVERYONE was awesome, even Tsuruga's president and the two others crouching in the stairwell "supervising" Momoko and Yumi. Nice "supervising." Also, yay! Hand touching!

[ThoHell]

Preview of 20 showed a glimpse of Teru didn't it? Wonder what's going to happen? Gotta wait and see....

[Proto]

Ouch... poor Yumi, she was one tile from that 1-pin being her winning tile. -_- Aw well, I guess I'll be leaving this series for a while while I throw a tantrum. Wake me up when she appears on the screen again.

[Spectrum]

Yumi ;____;
It seems she's gone for Thirteen Orphans often. Maybe it could/should be noted she has a minor specialty in it? Not quite as strong a specialty as Saki's in Rinshan Kaihou or Koromo's in Haitei Raoyue, but it's still there. (Too bad she was utterly stonewalled by Saki sitting on the 1 of Circles)

Still <3 Yumi. Even if I was screaming at the screen "BAKA YUMI. SPIT IT OUT. HUG HEEEEEEEEER. Oh well, I guess holding hands is a start."

(Koromo, they treat you as the youngest because you're so adorable when you're petted. XD)

[Proto]

I planned to repost it here too, but you was faster
With ep20 pool preview it looks like as confirmed

Ep19:
- i knew winning hand from manga but still loved how they animated it. I have only one remark, it was overly dramatic, at least for my tastes
- Saki is one trick ponny unfortunately , on the other hand everything else will not work against Koromo, she will sense dangerous hands (like Kana's Suu An Kou)
- Kana learnt nothing when she counted with exhaustive draws when she plays with Koromo
- at least someone aimed for Kokushi Musou
- second half was too sweet for my tastes
Nah. Saki's specialty may be kans but it's not like she doesn't know how to win on OTHER hands. She has won on other hands in previous episodes. Also, Fujita-pro mentioned that the only other hand that could get to tenpai against Koromo when she's doing her manipulation thing is ... kokushi musou. IF this is a certain someone's specialty hand, then Koromo must have had a ridiculously bad time against this someone.

The problem with Saki is that with her the game totally loses its mind game aspect and totally devolves into a luck based game, unlike the style of people like Koromo when she's not going for a Haitei, Mihoko or Yumi, which may be the reason I never feel satisfied when she literally pulls a win out of her... dead wall.

[Peanutbutter]

The final game was just too exaggerating. They really worked the anime medium to its fullest.

So from here on, anime has exceeded manga, or to be more specific, 3/4 through.

I'm interested to see how they'll end this in 6 more episodes.

Spoiler for lolgonzo:

They actually made a mistake with Saki's hand in the final game.

Manga, it was 1112222333345-pin.

Anime, it's 1112222333344-pin.

So actually when Koromo threw that 1-pin, Saki could have ron on 123 123 123 123 44-pin, which is Chinitsu + ryanpeikou + pinfu = 10 hans, or 16,000 points. So all that talk of "It's still 12,000." was already wrong by then.

Spotted another mistake, I think.

In the final game, Yumi's first discard, in the manga, it was the west wind. Here, it becomes 7-pin. Her west wind discard kinda negates most people's thoughts that she's going for Kokushi Musou but now they changed that in the anime and it's kinda obvious. Still that's gotta hurt, Saki's faster than you.

[serenade_beta]

Spoiler for ep19:

Finally over... It was okay. The usual cheat attack and overdramatic (the part where Saki dealt the final blow was even more than usual though...) animation.
Koromo's drama over friends wasn't really emotional or anything. Meh...

I guess the best parts of this episode was the laugh I got when Saki suddenly started talking out loud. And the part where she kept on telling how fun Mahjong (bullying Koromo) was. When, of all people, she says it, it isn't very convincing, what a mysterious thing.


But more importantly...

Finally...
Finally... It has come... GONZO's turn......
Welcome, everyone, to GONZO's world... BUWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
And right away, let's go to the pool for fanservice! As expected of Gonzo!

[Proto]

Sometimes I wonder if you actually read the other posts on the threads you post in, sb.

[Bambi]

Originally Posted by Proto

Ouch... poor Yumi, she was one tile from that 1-pin being her winning tile. -_- Aw well, I guess I'll be leaving this series for a while while I throw a tantrum. Wake me up when she appears on the screen again.

She and Momo was in preview, so I guess it'll not be Kiyosumi only episode

[serenade_beta]

Originally Posted by Proto

Sometimes I wonder if you actually read the other posts on the threads you post in, sb.

I do. Why ask?

[Peanutbutter]

Originally Posted by Bambi

She and Momo was in preview, so I guess it'll not be Kiyosumi only episode

I bet everyone's gonna be there.

The question is, are they able to create swimsuits for everyone? Oh wait, they already did.

[Vash002]

So anyone thought that during Saki's speech about "Mahjong is fun" she was actually thinking: DEAL IT! DEAL IT!, anyone? Lol.

[Proto]

I do. Why ask?

Hmm... because many people have mentioned several times that Gonzo barely has anything to do with the series at this point.

[cynicalicious]

Yumi still needed a Pei as well. She was close, though... but she was never going to get the Kokushi to come together. Shame. Might have made it more interesting.

I was kind of hoping that we'd see the reporter go into pursuit mode, but I guess not, huh? (What reporter wouldn't be all over that story, though? That's just weird.)

And yeah, I was thinking what Saki was really saying "Mahjong is fun (but it's more fun if you dump that 1-pin). It's really fun. (I'll be your friend if you give me that 1-pin. C'mon little girl, give me that 1-pin. I have candy for you.)"

What I thought was more interesting was Koromo's line about "being reborn." I had no idea mahjong was that powerful. Ah, but it was over-the-top fun, not to be taken seriously.

People who want realism... seriously, you've been watching the wrong show since the beginning. The whole +/- 0 thing at the very start was the tip-off that this wasn't going to be a show about realism.

[tjalorak]

Despite the animation studio's mess up of 12k, assuming they meant to do what the mangaka did, then Koromo has some pretty good intuition of people's hands. Koromo knew Saki's hand previously was a 2k and then a 12k. Of course, Saki's usage of the dead wall means she can change her hand, which throws it off...

How would Saki know that Koromo had the 1 pin anyway? Her "powers" only seem extended to the dead wall... That being said, she seemed pretty confident she was going to win that last hand. When Fujita-pro says loved by the tiles, I think she means the fact that Koromo picked up a 1 pin instead of the 5 manzi Koromo was expecting.

[serenade_beta]

Originally Posted by Proto

Hmm... because many people have mentioned several times that Gonzo barely has anything to do with the series at this point.

Hmm? The part where Gonzo is placed as cooperation in the ED credit?