Saki Episode 9

This episode is pretty much so exciting which I think makes this anime worth watching. There's a lot of tension and surprise in the mahjong battle, even if you have no idea what they are doing you can feel the emotion and the stress the character is having thanks to the special effects in the anime during the mahjong battle.

The first round of the battle to qualify to the nationals starts with Yuuki aka Taco-chan going against Jun of Ryuumonbuuchi, Mihoko of Kazekoshi and Mutsuki from Tsuruga Academy.

Before the battle starts Taco-chan had her taco eaten by Jun who kinda think the taco is for her. Poor Taco-chan was crying having her source of power eaten though Mihoko who is so kind gave Taco-chan her bento. The bento seems to help calm down Yuuki who is now powered by tako(octopus)







In the start of the first round Jun is playing for a fast win, which I think is kinda of a strategy to intimidate her opponents early in the game which worked. She is a player who can read the flow of the game, something like an instinct that knows the opponents have a good tile combination and have a feeling the tiles that the opponents need or will get to win. Jun focuses on Yuuki by not giving her the chance of getting any winning tiles and also steals Taco-chan to win most of the time.



The battle got pretty much exciting with Mihoko with her eye's that seems can see the opponents Mahjong tiles turns out to be the real threat to the other players which surprises both Jun and Yuuki. Yuuki's word ealier kinda bites her back as Mihoko easily takes the lead and winning the battle.






A really good episode, can't wait for the next one. Oh, lets not forget...



Also a bonus Saki image which I found amusing.

Are they playing strip mahjong in that picture? 8)

I liked this episode just as much as the rest. I'm glad that the Kazekoshi girl came out on top instead of that manly Jun. 8) And I think it is funny she has some supernatural power in her right eye that makes her awesome at mahjong. Sharingan perhaps? :roll:

Bonus image came from the latest issue of Megami magazine, which I bought recently. Nodoka and Yuuki must have been losing rather badly to be that naked. :D

ITT: Saki Anime features geass.

I'm sure they're playing strip mahjong. From the image it seems like Saki is working together with the other two to make Nodoka lose the game. Also anybody notices that the club president not wearing anything on her her lower part?

Also, I found a nice image of Koromo

I'm not a lolicon but I must admit that from time to time there are certain characters, which happens to be from the "loli" category, that I can immediately be so very fond of. Koromo's one of them I suppose. :D

I like the fact that not only does she have a very cute side to her personality, as shown in the latest episode(10), but also has insurmountable confidence to boot. I just hope that it wouldn't come back to hunt her cause it would definitely break my heart to see her cry... if ever she loses.

The next episode(11) should finally reveal what Hisa has been hiding up her sleeves all this time. :D It should prove to be another fun episode to watch! I just hope to see less (if none of it would be too much to ask for) of Nodoka and Saki holding each others hand... please GOD, let there be no more of that. :razz:

Here's Koromo who's seemingly just like a stuff toy herself. :lol: Kawaii~

I'm most definitely rooting for her to WIN! (sorry Saki and to the entire Kiyosumi gang, but you've just got to lose!)

I was about to write a topic on episode ten when I read your post Hermit, lol. Agreed Koromo have to be the most adorable character in this anime. I kinda agree with Fujita pro you kinda want her as your children. I share the same sentiment with you on the Yuri part, I wish they would focus more on the Mahjong battle more. To me the Yuri part is kinda unnecessary but then there are different people would enjoy this anime for that reason, I think...

Perhaps it would be best if you could just replace the topic title into episode 10 and tweak your initial post a bit. It's not like the series gets too much attention anyway... but that's up to you of course. There's absolutely nothing wrong with the way you create your episode discussion threads and I can definitely see the effort that you put into every single one of them. Though I doubt that I'll be posting anything on that one (if ever), considering that I've already posted in here. :razz:

I'm doing a new topic, though I do understand this series doesn't get much of an attention which kinda drowns due to K-on! popularity which also happens to some of the anime released on the same season. I don't mind much though, as long as there are people like you and me who enjoys the anime, its all that matters. Don't worry about not posting in the new episode topic since you and me kinda already talked about it here, haha.