Audience reviews
20 · Sample from the first available page, separate from the total number of ratings.
_DearLisette_
Score: 4.6 rounded to 5
Would not be able to recommend Saki to anyone. While the Mahjong portions and matches are entertaining and well done, everything else centers around fan service.
I went in knowing very little about Mahjong, but picked up on some things and researched others. Saki (in reference to the character) has godly luck when it comes to playing mahjong. She doesn’t really have any strategic methods through her gameplay that we have seen besides using the same trick every time. She doesn’t try anything new and more often than not we see others play more than we see her play.
While Saki (character) changes her initial play style, she doesn’t grow as much as various side characters. Her matches often rely on the same approach, which makes her feel less interesting than the…
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Saki is a surprisingly compelling strategy game anime that absolutely is not going to give you any insight into how mahjong is played. If that’s a deal-breaker for you then that’s just how it is, but even as someone who knows literally nothing about mahjong, I found myself consistently swept up in the dramatic and exhilarating games these girls play. Even if it’s not directly spelled out how good each hand is or who has momentum behind them, the cinematography, musical accompaniment, and the emotional inner monologues of the characters and the voice acting conveying said monologues give you a solid feel for how each match is going, when the tide is turning, and how much weight each move has behind it. It’s a shame the actual artwork isn’t able to keep up very often, though. There’s nothing…
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I really like gambling anime and among those were some really great mahjong anime like Legendary Gambler Tetsuya and Akagi, which I watched and thoroughly enjoyed without knowing the rules to Mahjong. I decided to learn richi mahjong as a result and now that I have become reasonably cocmpetant I wanted a new anime to watch and see if I appreciate it more now that I know the game.
I really didn’t know anything about Saki other than it being a Mahjong anime I knew nothing about it. Its actually not really a gambling anime, whilst mahjong is a gambling game, its not played for money just friendly points, and it comes off more as a sports manga with highschool girls trying to get to nationals with their respective clubs.
The plot synopsis isn’t really much more than that, its about a girl na…
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I love the mahjong games. I love the animation, music, and sound effects that go with every winning play. I love how the game jumps from one character to another, all trying to take control of the game with their unique strengths and weaknesses. It's often ridiculous, but also intense, chaotic, and exciting. And speaking as a novice player, it feels true to the spirit of mahjong.
I am indifferent to or outright hate everything else about this show.
Beyond establishing the characters' basic personalities and skills for the mahjong tournament, this anime does very little with them. There's maybe one scene for the MC's family situation and one scene for her yuri-bait partner's family, and we're supposed to be led to believe that these are important parts of their characters. But then for th…
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Probably one of, if not the most intense 38 episodes I've ever seen in my life. An anime about this thing called "mahjong" where all the girls blush too many times it's already considered as a soft yuri at this point.
Story : 10/10
Despite the fact that I don't know shit about mahjong ( had to watch a few videos and guides because the anime explanation wasn't enough ). Watching Saki felt like eating mapo tofu for 15 hours straight. It's so hot damnnnnn. I think I'm still burning.
Art : 10/10
Eh its ok. The breasts of a certain someone is too large though. Don't really know if i should appreciate that or not.
Sound : 10/10
OPs too good. EDs are even better. Yeah, it's perfect.
Character : 10/10
It's pretty much OP MC. However, all the characters doesn't really feel left out so…
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Want to watch a sports anime but don't want to feel like a lazy pos because you're watching a sports anime instead of doing..well sports?
Saki's got you covered.
It's an anime about a group of girls and their guy friend playing riichi mahjong.
Don't know anything about riichi mahjong? You don't have to. Just know it's cool as fuck to shout "Rinshan Kaihou!" like a Dragonball Z character as you win the hand. You don't need to know anything about mahjong to enjoy Saki, and if you decide to learn anything about it you'll quickly realize the amount of plot armor padded on to the main character in this show.
That doesn't matter because it's a blast.
There are over the top dramatics and antics at play over a game of tiles. It's Dragonball Z without the fighting, it's YuGiOh! without the monste…
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This review is the first one I've ever wrote, and I want to write one right now because I enjoyed this anime so much that I even started following it's manga. Basically this anime tells a story about a girl who at first hated mahjong, but decides to play it again because of specific reasons. I enjoyed it a lot because the main character is an absolute monster at mahjong, and can make seemingly impossible things happen. I also loved how the character's relationship improve because of mahjong. It shows how if a person has one thing in common with someone else they can build a strong relationship, and people don't have to be similar to be friends.
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Such a disappointment.
Over 38 episodes, story never concludes.
Yuri for no reason.
Magic for no reason.
Artificial intensity for no reason. Mahjong is obviously a fun game, or no one would bother playing it. The creators of this anime went through a lot of trouble building a method to accurately animate all the tiles with high fidelity.
Then they invalidated those efforts by making this a show about magical girls who interact in public virtually naked from the waist up (and sometimes the waist down) and hold hands and blush between matches instead of making a show about Mahjong that WOULD HAVE BEEN INTERESTING just by virtue of showing how the game is played.
And tacos. Don't forget the tacos.
I still have no idea how Mahjong is played, and I WANTED to know.
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I hear lots of people saying that many characters' development are unnecessary, that the mahjong matches are boring, or unrealistic... Let me rant for a bit and I'll get to the actual review.
In reality, the diversity of all the characters makes it all more realistic. I used to play in chess tournaments, and ended up knowing and befriending most of the people playing against me in the tournaments. It's very hard to know nothing about them except their name and their face, so I believe the addition of the opponents' backgrounds is very realistic and necessary.
Second of all, most of those reviews come from people who have never played mahjong, but I have played many times and can assure you that some powers are possible given enough skill. You can calculate what tiles or how many tiles are…
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I started watching this anime because i wanted to watch another mahjong anime as the only one i've watched before was "Touhai Densetsu Akagi: Yami ni Maiorita Tensai". I have to say I'm disappointed in this anime.
This review is solely based on the first season of Saki as i never watched the sequel nor do i plan on watching them.
Plot - 4
I think this is a very average kind of plot and not really unique in any sense, i was hoping that since Saki always gets a score of ±0, it would make the plot more interesting but overall its kind of average. The fact that the anime doesn't really explain the basics of mahjong makes me rate this plot lower than average though. People that don't have prior knowledge to mahjong are probably going to have no clue how this game works. In addition, although t…
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There once was a woman named Saki
Who used to think Mahjong was yucky
But her friends got the chills
When she showed off her skills
She was so unbelievably lucky
Then the Mahjong club was reinstated
In a manner that made it seem fated
And Saki fell in love
With a woman part of The same club and she wished that they dated
So with that comes the start of our story
As they all began playing for glory
When the hour was nigh
They held their heads up high
And they joined the prefectural tourney
Then the girls started showing their powers
And they played like in god mode for hours
There was also in store
Yuri service galore
They were clearly no innocent flowers
But even with a blushing red face
They still played at ridiculous pace
While maintaining their grace
With the skills of an ace
They a…
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I went into this show about a year ago, with not many expectations. And since Zenkoku-Hen is coming up in the following month I thought it was time for a short review.
This is probably one of the most charming anime series I have EVER came across. The characters are fantastic, the OST is good and helps to build a very unprecedented amount of both suspense and action during the Mahjong games (A game myself, that I didn't know any of the rules of till I went into it). The animation looks pretty nice overall, with the characters, setting and the Mahjong games being well presented. Glossy MMM is a superb opening track for the 1st season. While the plot lacks some level of depth, it's very simple to follow and doesn't stop it from being up there with some of my favourite shows of all time.
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what happens when u put 5 girls together, mix in a big-boobed girl, yuri undertones, OP MC, a bit of supernatural- you get saki. I have heard of majhong beofre, but the 1-player matching tile version, not the 4-player match version. watching the first episode, we see the MC do something that is thought impossible, then gets recruited. nothing unexpected. then on to the prefecturals. kiyosumi, an unknown school that saki goes to beats the the demon girl koromo with an amazing last play that knocks her down to go to the team nationals. then the individual tournament, saki, nodoka and fujiki go on to the nationals.
story-8.5. i thought this anime was a little weird, beng based off a game where you sit for hours moving tiles. MFW moving tiles involved supernatural power undertones in the tour…
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Now, I should make one thing clear. I dont have a clue how to play Mahjong. I know nothing of the rules, and even after watching the anime, i still dont. When i first started this anime, I had no idea what i was getting into. Boy, was i impressed. As far as the story goes, the anime uses a typical storyline, a group of high school students, aiming for the Nationals at some sort of sport or game. The characters are great. We have the main character, Miyanaga Saki, who grew up hating Mahjong. As the story progresses, she grows to love mahjong more and more. Same old, same old. She has this ability to score a +/- 0 every game in Mahjong, which apparently, is even harder than winning. Her skill is crazy, to the point where people call her a national class monster. Haramura Nodoka, another main…
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There is nothing more exciting other than *Yuri Moe Bishoujo* playing a Asian table game known as Majhong. Somehow others are irritated by the *Yuri Moe Bishoujo* fact and dropped this series because of that... How wrong are they (lol) orz.
Story: 7
There's not much going on in this series other than going to the nationals. Similar to most of the anime, with the help of Yuri settings (lol).
The story reveals around a female (male) leading protagonist Miyanaga Saki with her (his) waifu Haramura Nodoka, wishing going for the High school Majhong Nationals. On their track, they have been playing with several strong players and have overcome/grown stronger to over come them, or simply..... Vip Hacks.
Art: 9
The art they used in this anime is quite the catch, with all the sponsors it sure did…
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This anime is for the mahjong fans, by a mahjong fan....
I am going to state upfront this anime is for mahjong fans and players. As basic understanding of mahjong rules and play is required to understand most of the plays in the game.
Saki is an anime named after its main character, Miyanaga "Saki", a normal high school girl in a rural area of the Nagano Prefecture in Japan. Saki is a girl who detests playing mahjong, because she gets scolded at home whenever she either wins or loses, and has hence developed a style of always playing just to break even. Not winning or losing a single point or dollar, regardless of opponent skill and number of games. For anyone who understands basic mahjong, they would realise to make this happen in reality, the player has to be extremely skilled in:
1)…
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Well, where should I start? Imo, this is one of the most enjoyable anime I've watched. Let me first say that you DO NOT need to know about mahjong to watch this. The anime actually does a good job in making it fun to watch even if you don't know how exactly the game works. If it were the manga you were reading that might be a different idea, but the anime is pretty simple. Other than the mahjong element, it is a very moe anime :) You get to know a lot of characters and of course you'll have your favorites. (mine was Takei Hisa :3) I just felt that this anime caught my attention very easily because of the way the animators make it so intense. You just get really caught up in the moment. The only thing I didn't like was the yuri. But its not like its really a main point, so it didn't bother…
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You are probably thinking it sounds really boring, but in all honesty it's one of the best anime I have ever watched in my opinion. It takes mahjong to the level of superpowers, but not in the pathetic, stupid way some animes do. You don't have to know a single thing about mahjong. You get to know the characters, come to love them, and feel like you are at the table playing with them. You get excited when they get stronger, are amazed by the opponents strenghth, and feel everything the protaganist does. Don't forget to add in a yuri comedy, a club, and a bunch of girl fun. You end up with a anime that keeps your attention and you wanting more. I loved it so much that I learned how to play mahjong because of Saki. If you love any kind of anime where the protaganist has some kind of power an…
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Yet another "cute girls doing cute things" animu. This time it's mahjong. It's a "4-way battle" to head to the nationals and such. And the focus is mainly on cute school girls. Oh yeah; some of [the better players] have weird powers when they play.
This series is mainly about Saki, Nodoka (who looks like a cross between Lucky*Star's Kagami and Miyuki) and their teammates. It's about the other characters and other teams as well...
But hey. I'm here to KILL this animu and receive "not helpful at all" points for being honest.
* The CRAP treatment of one Kyoutaro Suga
* Rie Kugimiya's "mini-b####" return as one Yuuki Kataoka
* "Magical Skirts" and thereby the lack of "panty shots"
* The high amount of lesbianism
* The LOW amount of "straight parings" (if you can call Kyoutaro and that loli-…
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I have to admit I watch Saki with exactly zero knowledge about Mahjong.
saki is a anime series that tells the story of the game mahjong.
rather, japanese mahjong.
when we think about mahjong, then we would normally think that it is a boring game and only played by a particular age group.
(for anyone who loves mahjong, I'm sorry.
but need I remind you, this is the view of ordinary people, not the view of you as a mahjong lovers)
however, saki make the audience see things differently, because it makes the game of mahjong that the added element of action and miracles.
thus resulting in different things when watching it. The mahjong games are SO MUCH FUN to watch!
the scenes when they play the game of mahjong, seemed like a amazing "battle" scenes.
I even felt a sensation that is usually giv…
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