After Yuuki's (eye-rollingly bizarre) taco power last time around, Mako's "special power" seems to be far more reasonable - If she takes off her glasses, she can compare the current state of play in a game to previous hands that shes seen from her many years as a child living with her grandfather in a Mahjong parlour. Unfortunately, that power really doesn't do much at all for her on this occasion, as her comparisons are thrown completely out of whack by the prescence of an almost complete beginner at the table, with her illogical moves giving Mako nothing from her past to compare to. Thus, things really aren't looking up for Kiyosumi as club captain Hisa takes to the table, in an appearance that worries some from the competing schools - It seems that Hisa has more of a reputation behind her than we may have thought. Meanwhile, Sali and Nodoka spend most of this episode sleeping in the rest room, although this could signal the end for Nodoka's penguin lucky charm...
Once again, the focus on actual Mahjong playing for a reasonable chunk of this episode (or at least, it felt like a decent chunk) made for a more entertaining viewing experience, while we were also spared too much in the way of crazy "super powers" or the like to leave this episode's feet firmly planted on the ground - A state of affairs which I can only be grateful for, as I quickly learned last episode that my suspension of disbelief for this particular series doesn't seem to extent to tacos as power-ups or Sharingan-esque Mahjong abilities. Episode elevn looks like it'll be keeping things relatively normal too, so here's to another oddly compelling round of Mahjong action there.
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