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Apr 6, 2009 12:44 AM
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I liked it. Every character so far appealed to me except Nodoka, don't know why. It'll be fun to watch Saki learn to like mahjong and supposedly, the club reaching national level.
Apr 6, 2009 12:46 AM

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It's good that Chinese mahjong and Japanese mahjong are pretty similar (the hands are basically the same) so I pretty much got this. Awesome episode hehe.
Apr 6, 2009 1:45 AM

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pretty epic for a board game

too bad i have no clue what happened lol
Apr 6, 2009 4:23 AM

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considering i don't play mahjong, i seriously don't know what the heck they were talking about...its as bad as hikaru no go...at least in hng they had a dead ghost to make the story interesting....all you have in this one is moe cliche
Apr 6, 2009 4:36 AM

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If I knew the rules it was going to be interesting.I felt like I was watching Yu-Gi-Oh! without knowing what's happening.Every character in this anime reacted so much after every move but they were just playing a table game,lol.
Apr 6, 2009 4:48 AM

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Learning the rules of mahjong isn't that difficult.
Simply playing 10 games or so (even against the computer) will help.
Apr 6, 2009 4:57 AM

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too bad that i only know the rules for the chinese version. the way of winning is the same but too much words i have to learn, richi,tsumo, kan, ron, chi xD


Apr 6, 2009 5:18 AM

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You're right, it's hard to follow if you don't know the rules and I'm one of those people who really can't understand it. But I still enjoyed this so~ much : D


Apr 6, 2009 7:21 AM

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Trully to say, didn't expect from this anime anything. I didn't even wanted to pick this. But thanks God I picked this. First episode was pretty good. Main characters likable and cute, animation/artwork very good with fluid animation, soundtracks was great too. To put overall, loved first episode.
Apr 6, 2009 9:29 AM

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Apr 6, 2009 9:44 AM

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That was actually good. Mahjong will never be this epic again.
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Apr 6, 2009 9:47 AM

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Goal for this summer:
Learn to play mahjong

Felt a bit lost throughout the episode. ;_;


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Apr 6, 2009 10:14 AM

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Panaru said:
........I....I....


No words can describe how happy I am.


this.

and the lightning at the end there was awesome, just like it was in the manga.
Apr 6, 2009 10:43 AM
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Wake wakaranai.

President is sexy though.

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Apr 6, 2009 10:46 AM

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I didn't understand a thing. D:
But the characters are nice.
Yuuki cracked me up.
Apr 6, 2009 11:10 AM

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Wow, there are too many animes I'm enjoying this season, and Saki happens to be one of them. Who would think that Mahjong would be so...epic? lol...

I gotta admit...I love tacos too. lol
Apr 6, 2009 11:11 AM

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How long you can talk about mahjong?! >.<
I don't understand this game, but the characters are quite nice.
Apr 6, 2009 12:36 PM
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Too much moe, too much mahjong and too much drama over a single episode for me. The characters seem both fun and very cliché, but the episode itself is not that funny actually, and on top of that, the music was quite horrible overall. Everything's not bad I guess, and some people may like it I guess too, but this anime is simply not for me.

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Apr 6, 2009 1:50 PM

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I didn't understand anything .___.

Apr 6, 2009 3:09 PM

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Definitely only watching for the MahJong aspect. Not a big fan of the moe yuri slice of life animu genera.
Apr 6, 2009 3:39 PM

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it that's normal that i don,t understand the game?
even though i'm chinese ^^'

pretty nice episode :)
Apr 6, 2009 4:36 PM

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kleeny said:
it that's normal that i don,t understand the game?
even though i'm chinese ^^'
Well, they are playing the Japanese version, if that makes you feel better.
Apr 6, 2009 7:34 PM

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Mawootad said:
That was actually good. Mahjong will never be this epic again.


no kidding, who would have thought that mahjong could be so engaging?!
Apr 6, 2009 7:39 PM

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how many 'gameboard' type of animes are there now?
theres Go, Shougi, Mahjong. what next?
Apr 6, 2009 9:39 PM
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atruong18 said:
how many 'gameboard' type of animes are there now?
theres Go, Shougi, Mahjong. what next?


Life?

Ahhh, monopoly!

(I know it was a rhetorical question. XD)
Apr 7, 2009 8:19 AM

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Moe + Nodoka's Humoungous Boobs = i surrender

(jk i was following the manga and i am happy with the adaptation so far so good.)



@atruong18: You forgot Restricted\card Rock Paper Scissors and the last game from Kaiji that i can't remember the name. :>... I would love an anime about monopoly xD
Apr 7, 2009 1:37 PM

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I need to see this in the anime

Apr 7, 2009 1:46 PM

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kind of boring
Apr 7, 2009 2:44 PM

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Static said:

@atruong18: You forgot Restrictedcard Rock Paper Scissors and the last game from Kaiji that i can't remember the name. :>... I would love an anime about monopoly xD

i only watch a few of those animes so i wouldnt know how many games are there.
yea, monopoly anime. the entire game will be CG when you roll the dice, shows your game piece running/racing, houses pop out. lol. now that would be hilarious.
Apr 7, 2009 3:56 PM

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Man, it's like Yu-Gi-Oh, but with Mahjong. Fucking epic. I wanna learn how to play it now. Nodoka pissed me off though, her tits don't sit right, and they just look weird.


Apr 7, 2009 4:54 PM

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i like it so far..but i think the over sized munes kinda ruins it a bit. what's the deal with the hugging in the rain scene? seriously? haha..
Apr 7, 2009 5:36 PM

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Nodoka breasts = lmao

Oh, &Mahjong is Win.
Apr 7, 2009 6:54 PM

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metalsnakezero said:
I need to see this in the anime



Exactly, my friend. Exactly.
Apr 8, 2009 4:10 AM

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Saki fouled. 多牌 excessive tiles


gonzo....fatal mistake
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Apr 8, 2009 5:02 AM

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dtshyk: You're not supposed to look at the tiles in that shot, don't you know anything? :)
Apr 8, 2009 5:22 AM

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I have no idea wats going on. But still the outcome is pretty enjoyable.
Apr 8, 2009 5:35 AM

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Even tho I didn't understand a single word they were talking about I still liked the episode. I guess this show will be all about the moe, huh... ^_^

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Apr 8, 2009 10:23 AM

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I loved it. I watch it mainly for the mahjong, but a little moe is a nice bonus. Horrible Gonzo-3D, but that was expected.

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Now my only question left is what so good about not winning or losing in majong? Certainty its hard to do it but what can you do with it?

There's nothing good about it, but it's so hard that it shows she's got huge skill.

Apr 8, 2009 11:40 AM

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dtshyk said:
Saki fouled. 多牌 excessive tiles


gonzo....fatal mistake


Chombo! 15 tiles!

They should have caught that easily.

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Apr 8, 2009 5:53 PM

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I know the real point to this anime

Yes, it is.
Apr 8, 2009 10:19 PM

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While I enjoyed this episode so far, I am confusing about mahjong. However, interesting series makes me watch more, and that would be Saki. I loved that scene where the lightning at the end.
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Apr 9, 2009 2:22 AM

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Scud said:
Moe + Mahjong + Tea = Awesome.
QFT. Was a nice episode overall; take a bit of Mahjong and remove the absurd noses from Akagi and add a walking pair of breast (read=Kallen,) Lelouch and an annoying loli to it. Need to learn Mahjong, looks interesting.
Apr 9, 2009 4:41 AM

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This was a pretty good episode. I don't watch much game anime because the very thought of it bores me most of the time. But I think this could be a pretty decent series. There are plently of other things going on besides Mahjong. And even the games were intense enough to be on a level of enjoyment. Definitely gonna stick with this one.
Apr 9, 2009 5:46 PM

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I really liked this.
Who knew Mahjong can be...
this epic?



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Apr 9, 2009 7:13 PM

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I'm not one into sport animes...or "bored game" (?) animes. I didn't have much expectations for this...but thought I'd give it a go, and I was surprised. The quality of animation is decent, that characters likeable and the voices are good.

And they made the game actually seem kind of kool and fun. Overall it was a good episode, and now I'm interested to see the next one.

Pretty good =].
Apr 9, 2009 9:53 PM

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I want to learn Mahjong now lmao. That was a fun episode, and I think I'm gonna keep watching. Loli Mahjong ftw.
Apr 10, 2009 3:24 AM
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Well done adaptation of a great manga. Nodoka and Saki's lesbian leanings are an annoying addition. Get your romance out of my moejong!

also Yuuki is hilarious. Can't wait to see if they include the Universal Space Taco Plan.
Apr 10, 2009 8:40 AM

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turey said:
Well done adaptation of a great manga. Nodoka and Saki's lesbian leanings are an annoying addition. Get your romance out of my moejong!


Keep in the lesbians! I didn't even need to put on my yuri goggles- amazing scenes.
Apr 10, 2009 2:21 PM

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Better than expected. Cute and somewhat interesting.

Too bad to music is kinda lame.
Still, this makes my cancels out my disappointment from shangri la xD
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