After a couple of initial victories for Saki, and a third attempt narrowly thwarted, it seemed that everything was going Kiyosumi's way, but that thwarted attempt seems to change the dynamic of the match entirely; Koromo then comes to life to win hand after hand while her opponents can't even get a few decent tiles together, with only a solitary win by Saki gifted to her in a desperate attempt to stop Koromo breaking the pattern at all. What's more, by the half-way stage of the game it seems that Koromo's powers are only increasing, making her an even greater threat as Ryuumonbuchi start looking set to streak away as the unchallenged winners of their qualifier. Of course, this being Saki I'm sure there are a few more surprises in store before this game is up...
After the tension and excitement of recent episodes, I can't help but find myself dragged down a little by the overbearing nature of a player's "special powers" - While I don't have an issue with Koromo as an extremely talented Mahjong player herself, the concept that the entire "flow" of the tiles is broken simply because of her presence actually detracts from rather than adds to any tension as it drains away some of the situation's natural competitive element. That's not to say that this was a bad episode, as it was still pretty enjoyable to watch; come the end of it though I simply didn't find myself perched on the edge of my seat as I have been for other recent episodes.
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As my name suggests, I have been sitting in this chair for 3 hrs. replaying the exact same Saki episode... Unfortunately, even thought I tried, this episode was a dissapointment.
Too much, "blessed by the tiles" and "flows" (as said by Mr. Blogger)
Now if they want me to keep watching this anime, they better start making it like they used to.
*This was a great description Mr. Blogger. ^^
I found this episode rather disappointing as well. I was waiting for Saki to kick ass (mind my language) but of course all that happened was she got beaten to a pulp...I don't mind that they show koromo being feared and is strong but I want Koromo to sunddenly find Saki terrifying or enjoyable of course this no doubt will happen in the next episode. I can't wait...I'm very impatient and the fact that this episode got no where upsets me greatly...
Let's just hope that the next episode might be better than this. By far, this is the worst Saki episode they made(I know you worked hard, but come on!)
I also they would increase their episode production to at least twice a week.
*Suspense is a killer so you better hurry up or your fans will due x3
die*
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