(no spoiler for un-aired manga content, spoiler for original Saki and Achiga-hen)
Episode 3 – Start
( 3.1 – Meaning behind the shape)
Episode 8 -Fortress (1st Hanchan)
Companion piece to Episode 8: Hatsumi (Rock) vs. Sae (Paper) vs. Nodoka (Scissors)
Episode 8.5 – The Devil’s Gate Opens (2nd Hanchan)
Episode 12 – Truth
Faqs
The most epic hand in the Nagano Tournament
The Seeded Team of the 71st National Team Competition
Character Discussion
Saki – Drama CD and its implications
Saki – What does she see while playing Mahjong?
Saki – What do you see (Part II – A comparison with Onee-chan)
Amae Koromo – The Killer Bunny Rabbit of the Moon
Oohoshi Awai – Powering up the fading Supernova!
Kasumi Iwato – Eisui’s Most Dangerous Player?
Team Analysis Eisui: Playing your tiles too close to your chest
Match Discussion
Captain Quarterfinals
Part I – Why is Saki afraid of Kyouko?
Part III – In which Toyone pursues
Part IV – Toyone attacks! And Attacks some more!
Part V – Kasumi invokes Godmode! Literally!
Speculation/Prediction
Toyone vs. Awai! A riichi battle!
Music
Saki Hax Mahjong music – Miyanaga Theme
Zankoku na Negai no Nake de (Inside a Cruel Wish)
Zenkoku OST – Himematsu (Or not really. When, I just comment on the team in general)
Review of Fanmade Visual Novel
Memories of Summer- Saki Route
Memories of Summer – Toki Route
Post with Spoilers for Unaired manga content
Looking ahead to the climax of the tournament.
Strategic Victory – A partial Analysis of the Semifinal Match
Battle for Fifth Place: Why are you happening in the first place?
Saki Nationals: Fifth Place Match-up Prediction Part 1
Saki Nationals Fifth Place Match-up Prediction Part II: Final Ranking Bet
Saki Manga 160 – Miyanaga Family Mystery
Saki Manga 160 – World Cup Toshi Pick
Saki Manga 167 – In which our preconception about Teru is shattered
Saki Manga 168-169: Miyanaga Sibling Reintroduction to Mahjong in Parallel
Rewatch Saki Episode 1 – Miyanaga Siblings Reintroduction to Mahjong in Parallel Part II
Rewatch Saki Episode 1 – Miyanaga Siblings Reintroduction to Mahjong in Parallel Part III
Saki – Miyanaga names, irony, themes and playstyles
Saki – Conclusion of the Fifth Stage Match
Saki Manga 190 – Looking back at Gambling Mathematical Waves
Saki Semifinal Side A Vanguard Match Analysis Part 1 – Shenanigan and Some Setting Exploration
1st Half of the Vanguard Finals – Mysterious Cousins and Rare Yakumans
Fanfiction
Saki Fantasy Mahjong
Side story
To Richer Soil
Play-through
Saki vs, Koromo vs. Yumi vs. Mihoko?
You should check the links, a lot of them leads to the wrong place.
Sorry about that. I'm trying to get a custom domain so some links are borked. Probably.
I'll try to fix it soon.
What happened to the episode 12 analysis?
I would like to know that answer myself. Currently asking the website staff to know what happened to it.
Sigh. Depressing.
Just read all of your post on your blog. I love it so I hope you will have an answer soon about the episode 12 analysis. And any hope to see the episode 10 one day 🙂 ?
Kiukun. I'm glad you found this blog. ^^
As for episode 10, its 3/4 Toyone/Miyamori flashback. So I'm going to fold it into the post regarding them. I'm planning to make a team post for each of the team in the Quarterfinals after the next episode. That is if the spoiler in the next one didn't blow my brains out.
Seriously episode 12 is still missing?
Yeah, no episode12? 🙁
I went and read almost ALL your saki posts in one go, they were amazing, YOU are amazing and terribly interesting. I love your analysis stuff, hopefully you decide to write a few more posts someday.
Sorry about that. I don't think I want to make an episode 12 and 13 post. The fact that my episode 12 post got eaten by the internet still depresses me.
Anyway, in exchange, I'm slowly writing Team OST and Team Strategy analysis for each of the quarterfinals team. Its technically what you'll get anyway when I write my episode 12 and 13 analysis so its win-win!
Are you going to ever continue the Saki Fantasy Mahjong story?
Probably. I have a few unpublished chapter drafts for that story still, I just need the main plot of the manga to advance a little on the subject of Saki-Teru and wth! is their relationship on the girl on the pier so I can decide a few plot elements.