This month, we have all 3 series thankfully. Shinohayu and Achiga are below while Toki will be up sometime next week.
Shinohayu. Kanna's last hope...?
Achiga. We are still in Saki ch227 but also a continuation of the conversation in Achiga ch26.
Thursday, April 28, 2022
Sunday, April 17, 2022
Saki 244: Enma
The first thing you'll notice about this chapter is that it has quite a few non-inked, no-tone panels. Nothing that we haven't seen before but it's been ages since we had such an unfinished chapter. Ritz must have been at the limit here.
About the chapter's title. Enma is the Japanese name for the King of Hell in Buddhist mythology, also known as King Yama. We could localize the chapter and replace Enma with "King of Hell" but I thought it was better to leave it like that.
Finally, there is one confusing, ambiguous line in page 11 so let's clarify it here. Rinkai's coach says that in semifinals, Myeonghwa got the top score in that "section".
Hmm, okay but what is that "section"? Does it mean the lieutenant match?
But no, that can't be because the top scorer in the
lieutenant match of semifinals was Hisa. Myeongwha was merely 3rd and
she didn't "pull ahead of the others", rather both Hisa and Hiroe
shortened the point gap with her.
Well, it turns out Myeonghwa was the
winner of the first hanchan of semifinals. That's what that "section"
must mean here. This is not easy to figure out because the mid-game scores were not given (this was in chapter 123) and it needs to be calculated manually.
Saturday, April 2, 2022
Saki 243: Crowd
That first double page is very nice but it's hard to say if this really happened or if it's just a symbolic image in Hisa's mind for the many people she has met thanks to mahjong. Dream and reality seem to mix together in this chapter.
Monday, March 28, 2022
Shinohayu 95: Forward
This chapter is a bit longer than usual at 35 pages. Resolution is also higher now just as they did with the other magazine. However, this is the only spinoff this month. Achiga was not released as Ritz couldn't finish the rough draft on time (for the second month in a row). Igarashi even drew a little comic about Ritz confessing to the sergeants the draft is not ready and Sumire responds by shooting an arrow at Ritz lol. Toki was already scheduled to skip this issue. It seems all 3 series will be back next month with color pages though.
Anyway, have fun with Shino!
Saturday, March 5, 2022
Saki 242: Kindred Spirit & Toki 58: Piling Up
With this issue, the digital scans for Saki have now higher resolution. Finally, thank you. Hopefully, they will do this for the other magazine too, the one where Shino/Toki/Achiga are published.
Saki. Hisa's backstory (part 3).
Toki. This is the mahjong equivalent of training with weighted clothing, I guess...
Sunday, February 27, 2022
Shinohayu 94: Regret and Sympathy
Shinohayu. The format of the tournament is not explained in detail but it seems that after the morning matches, an unknown number of players (more than four) advanced to the "final league", which was already mentioned in chapter 92. Then the top 4 players from this "final league" play in the last match of the final to decide the winner.
I'm just saying because it may be a little surprising if some player mentioned in chapter 92 is not present in the final or the other way around.
Saturday, February 19, 2022
Saki 241: Memory
There was a brief post from Ritz saying no Achiga chapter this month. There will be Shinohayu though. Toki does not depend on Ritz but that should be fine as well.
Hisa's backstory (part 2).
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