Saki: Achiga-hen - Episode of Side-A Episode 4 Discussion

KaitoDash said:
TOKI TIME!!

shizuru1412 said:

Well, Toki is time... LOL.
Different Kanji, though.
Still don't understand her given name means... :S
園城寺 怜 (Onjounji Toki)

prismheart said:
Better announcers for the this series. Nice to see the old crew but I want more focus on the Achiga's girls. They are truly treating this series like a spin-off, but it is still enjoyable.

kuuderes_shadow said:
Is it just me or was Kyoutarou rather different in that scene than in the original? That scene was a filler wasn't it?
Love how Kuro apologised for discarding the 8s.
Think I'm going to have to rewatch this episode at some point to take it all in properly.

Marina2 said:
Be sure to keep manga spoiler low in this topic.

The last one have too much and they are not even in spoiler tag.

Blackbird said:
No you all wrong about Saki, she is the same voice actor, they can't just change voice actor like that, she still alive and work as voice actor.

I know they don't have enough material for completing the other Saki, but still I do hope it will release early.
In the scene of Saki she looks more determinate that what she did on first season

Still no pantsu :)

desolato said:
I remember how excited I used to be week after week watching all the mahjong matches in Saki, but right now I'm not feeling it. Probably must be because we almost right away jumped into the story without really getting familiar with the characters I guess. Or perhaps I just want to watch the story from Kiyosumi's side, heh. And still watching for some Terror Teru..

Blackbird said:
No you all wrong about Saki, she is the same voice actor, they can't just change voice actor like that, she still alive and work as voice actor.

I know they don't have enough material for completing the other Saki, but still I do hope it will release early.
In the scene of Saki she looks more determinate that what she did on first season

Still no pantsu :)

NghtmrSrph said:
Kuro's awesome but Toki's pretty cool too...

Yeah, I know how you feel Ryuuka. Pretty hard to cheer on someone.

Maddo_scientisto said:


We got Saki in 2009, Achiga-hen in 2012 so I doubt we'll get Saki s2 before 2015.

Also I loled again at the start when she think she can beat Saki, someone hasn't made a difference between goals and dreams.
Kuro is much weaker than expected, of course she collect dora but if she cannot finish her hand then it won't help at all against people that use the flow of the game.

If the normal player is a human then Kuro is a shrine maiden, the usual monster is a demon and Saki and Teru are goddesses. She might look strong from an human perspective but amongst monsters she is weak.

shizuru1412 said:


The way it's going now, Senriyama's the next opponent on them, huh?
Hopefully Ryuuka won't take it easy on the team she cheered, lol. XD



.... 2015... o.O
Hopefully they release faster, I mean, Achiga's manga is from 2011 and still on going now... So if Ritz increase the pace, that's possible... *finger crossed* Although I'd hate it if the match is all rushed... =.=
But Kuro is no 1 player on Achiga team, no? And she's pretty much a monster assuming no one bother to exploit her weakness...

Maddo_scientisto said:


With 18 pages every month and the ammount of material to cover it's unlikely to see a canon season before 2015 and I would even go for 2016.

I beleive that the whole point of this spin off is to give a much more detailled background on the other group that will be at the same table as Kiyosumi and Shiraitodai in the final.
I beleive that in Achiga-hen we will see the nationals from Achiga's perspective without insight about Kiyosumi's side. I also beleive that Achiga's final match at the national will coincide with Saki's manga and that we will see the same match at the same time from two different perspective.

I do not see Achiga not making it to the final, imo the whole point of this spin off is because they will make it there.

So this season could end with Achiga making it to the final alongside Shiraitodai. Then in a second season of Saki we will see Kiyosumi's side of the national as well as the real final match of the whole franchise, aka Saki vs Teru.

shizuru1412 said:


Well, I don't see them going to finals (but it's ultimately because I just dislike them- so it's biased. =.=;) , and let's talk about it on the tournament thread. So to avoid spoiler. XD

They're already moving to the quarter finals at nationals next ep, so yeah... same chapter with where Kiyosumi is on now...
Damn, yeah, Ritz better pick up her pace... Oh and since Achiga's members don't do the individual, does that mean their only hope is on team tournament?
And oh lol Nodoka miraculously didn't notice Achiga although they attend the same ceremony, lol.
Probably they're currently afraid to seek Nodoka because of Saki, they've met her and currently scared to think that their childhood friend is actually befriend such a monster, lol. XD

Maddo_scientisto said:

Achiga ain't scared of Saki or Nodoka, they just think that it's akward. Going to see their old friend that they haven't seen in years only to be like "Oh hi, look we also made it here" is not something that everyone would do. The room was big and they were most probably seated behind Nodoka so it was unlikely for Nodoka to notice them.

Still beleive that the final round at the final table will be Saki vs Teru vs Shizuno vs first place of the semi final of B side. Yes I beleive that Saki will not reach first place in the semi final, not because she couldn't but because she want to preserve her strengh to give everything she can against her sister.

Maddo_scientisto said:


Saki manga has slowpoke speed. I think it's retarded for a monthly manga to have 16-18 pages chapters and that sure ain't helping.
Also giving that Saki's manga is at the second national match (Though the match is about to end since it's halfway through the captain battle) and that after this match there's the semi-final and once the semi-final end there's the big final match with Saki versus Teru with probably shitload of flashback about Saki's family backstory and most probably the longest hans ever presented in the manga, I seriously doubt that the national will be finished before at least 50 chapters which means about 4 years.

kuuderes_shadow said:
I wonder if they'll put any more stuff from the main series into achiga-hen.

And Saki isn't in every Young Gangan magazine. Most of the time there has been only 1 release of Saki every month recently, and even that has been short.

kei78 said:
kuro hands are quite hard too deal with.
Dora bomb sure hurt a lot.

But saki should be her arcnemesis.
kan = more dora to deal with so it is do or died yakuman hand _ _"

elior1 said:
right now in the anime of achiga hen we 5 chapters far from the manga since chapter 9 of the manga was finished not long ago

kei78 said:
kuro hands are quite hard too deal with.
Dora bomb sure hurt a lot.

But saki should be her arcnemesis.
kan = more dora to deal with so it is do or died yakuman hand _ _"

shizuru1412 said:

But the pace the series is now, I guess the anime will catch up with manga soon... =.=
(Next two weeks for manga ch 10 = anime ep 6. :/

Eh, but Achiga's the group that sends the ace to go first... :/ And yeah, I feel bad for her opponents.
But, if it's rinshan kaihou, you don't have to open kan dora, though.

elior1 said:
so you think they will slow the pace a little now so it wont catch up with manga so soon?

shizuru1412 said:

Eh, but Achiga's the group that sends the ace to go first... :/ And yeah, I feel bad for her opponents.
But, if it's rinshan kaihou, you don't have to open kan dora, though.