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Apr 11, 2012 2:51 AM

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Super lame version or Chihayafuru?
Yes.

Apr 11, 2012 7:26 AM

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Comparing this to Chihayafuru is like comparing a Shounen to a Shojou.


"A Legend is but a tale of a beautiful lie."
Apr 11, 2012 8:00 AM

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A nice surprise. There are far too few mahjong animes, so I'll watch this as long as they keep on actually showing them play mahjong. Nodoka's boobs can make an entire episode watchable, but not an entire series.
Apr 11, 2012 4:24 PM

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I've never actually seen the original (should I?), but I thought this was pretty cute :) Nice characters and did a good job of setting the scene for the rest of the series. Looking forward to seeing who's introduced next episode!
Apr 11, 2012 6:02 PM

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I think it is not a bad idea to finish this one first then start the original after this.


"A Legend is but a tale of a beautiful lie."
Apr 11, 2012 8:38 PM

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Hana Kana!

No pants!

Whatever Nodoka was wearing post-ED!

Ridiculous mahjong!

S2 after this? Better be!
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Apr 11, 2012 9:04 PM

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I guess it would be great if I knew how majhong works but it's still fine, it shows some promise even though I don't think it will be awesome.
Apr 12, 2012 8:50 PM

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NghtmrSrph said:
Kuro and Ako are going to kill me.
I love them both! Among the main original anime saki characters i don't really have a favorite. They are all okay i guess. I think this will be better. There is no shoujo-ai right? That would be great.
Apr 13, 2012 4:05 AM

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x10 more loli? YAY!

I call epic on this one.
Apr 14, 2012 10:17 AM

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Weird time skip.
Apr 15, 2012 3:14 PM

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I remember how excited I was watching Saki, it was never boring and now I finally have another mahjong anime to look forward to
Apr 16, 2012 6:09 AM

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Nice OP, nothing different with Manga, but the OP song is pretty catchy.

And Sukoyan/Kouko on OP!! A plus... Also Shiraitodai's and Kiyosumi's on OP... :3

And Ryuuka/Toki!!
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Apr 19, 2012 6:21 AM

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Nice to see a bit of Nodoka's backstory (and the story in general) from a different point of view with new characters. A little odd to not feature the namesake character in the episode, but I guess that's just how it is as a side story. At first, I felt the episode was a bit slow, but near the end came that shining, exciting feeling that was common in the parent story.

Also interesting to see Kuro's special ability to be luckily gathering the dora in a match. Lots of dora in a hand means she'll be a big hitter for points if she completes a winning hand. Now I'm curious on what other kinds of "h4x" special abilites the other characters would have.
Jul 2, 2012 2:02 AM
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I was thinking about skipping this anime since it's NOT a sequel to the main story of "Saki".

But I finally decided to watch it, and I have to say....I really liked the first episode.

It made me really miss the original Saki and all the great characters from that anime.


BTW, Loli Nodaka was quite wonderful!
Jan 11, 2013 8:58 PM

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Oh dear, the designs looks so moe now. Just wow.
May 26, 2013 6:03 PM

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This was a great start, much better than Saki's. I loved it.
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Apr 23, 2014 8:17 AM

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Nice! I didn't expect to see a side story on Nodoka's past! Well let's see what this anime has to offer, the start sure was nice!
Jul 17, 2014 5:44 AM

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A brigade of lolis playing mahjong, my dream is fulfilled.

I had been meaning to get to this and now I'm starting to see how this pieces together towards the main series and Nodoka. Based on what bits and pieces were referenced in Saki, this set up was different from what I imagined. Looking forward to this side story and more moejong. Got a good laugh out of seeing the penguin plushy thing in Nodoka's room at the end. But holy smokes those melons are outrageously enormous.
Aug 6, 2016 1:30 AM

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Finally I'm back! I've been playing games a lot since there was a lot of new releases. Played Ratchet and Clank(PS4), Dark Souls 3, Uncharted 4 and Hyper Light Drifter. Also finished some of my backlog like Alien Isolation, Nier, Portal 2, and all of the God of War prequels. All that kept me busy for the past like 3 months. But now I can go back to waching anime regularly since there is no game right now that interest me. Until Deus Ex: Mankind Divided which is in like 2 weeks...

Now onto the episode. Aww yeah! Kana Hanazawa! Fucking love her! Pretty good start. So I guess this is the perspective of a different team?
Jul 3, 2017 9:17 AM

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A bit worse than the Saki start, but still fine nonetheless, as someone who likes HanaKana and Nao Touyama a lot, seeing them as main characters pleases me so much.
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Nice and relaxing start. I like the new characters a lot.

Young Nodoka got immediately sexually harassment by Akado. xD



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