Saturday, March 2, 2019

Saki 201: Cooperation

There are good news and bad news. The good news is we have another complete 16-page chapter. Actually, I can't remember the last time we had one of those "rough draft" chapters, so that's good. The bad news is Saki is taking a little break until May 17th (2½ months). Most likely, this is to prepare for the next volumes' releases in May (Saki 19/ Shino 11/ Toki 5). Still, it's a pretty long break. It would be nice if the author or the editor could schedule this better but no. We should still have more Shinohayu and Toki in the meantime though.

Saki ch201 (Mega)
Saki ch201 (Mediafire)

25 comments:

  1. Fanservice, mahjong commentary, and a promise of some action from Satoha. Great chapter, satisfying enough to not feel too bad about hiatus.

    Thanks, tanoshii!

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  2. btw, why Ryuuka and Toki naked?
    ofc, I don't blame it... I just want to know...

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    1. I didn’t even notice! I guess I spent too much time ogling Hajime on the preceding page…

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  3. Too bad about the 2m+ break but at least it stopped at the right part. More Toki & Ryuuka fanservice is always welcomed.

    Also since there's gonna be a break, current point/ranking assuming I calculated right:

    Shiraitodai-1625-60 = 156500
    Kiyosumi-1217+34-60 = 119100
    Rinkai-419-34+240 = 62500
    Achiga-739-120 = 61900

    Hype for the 2nd hanchan!
    Thanks for the translation!!

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    1. Thanks for calculating the points.
      Suddenly, Kuro in last place -_-

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    2. I really wish Kuro will win this vanguard match in particular and Achiga will win in general.

      But the title of the manga is not "Kuro" or "Shizuno"... T_T

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  4. I definitely want to see satoha with loose hair next half.
    Thx for translations.

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  5. For a second I really hoped that May 17 is a typo. >_< so we really have to wait 2 months? My heart breaks. Still thanks for translating this amazing Manga. I rewatched the Saki franchise 9 times already. Can't wait for another season someday <3

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    1. Another anime season would be nice. Maybe someday.

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  6. i cant help but to comment about Ryuuka and toki just got some Hot Time together! lol

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  7. btw,
    looking at teru's hand..
    seems like a Daisangen,
    So it really is a consecutive yakuman Afterall..

    how terrifying it is if they cant stop it

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    1. Yes, definitely Daisangen. If no one stops it, sooner or later someone goes bust and Shiraitodai wins. That's why Teru is vanguard.
      On the other hand, it can be stopped with only a little cooperation from the other players.

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    2. It might even be Daisangen Suuankou. Her power might give her a double yakuman, even if the ruleset only counts it as a single.

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    3. Yes. It's most likely Daisanged Suuankou but since there are no double yakumans in this tournament she will get reset next hand anyway.
      But she got reset there w/o winning extra 48k :)

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    4. its kinda dissappointing imo, how in Achiga, they show how freaking hard it is to block teru,

      but here, they just like, boom, we cooperate, ez pz

      cant wait for Bgm for final tho,
      the achiga one when they first fight teru was awesome and suspensefull

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    5. In Achiga, Teru is blocked as soon as Toki realizes she must cooperate with Kirame. She doesn't even use future vision or anything. It doesn't seem hard at all. The same happened here.

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    6. There we have some difference.
      1) Kuro knows she needs to cooperate and cooperates. In Achiga she was basically afk bashing herself most of the time;
      2) Satoha is top - 3 player in individuals, unlike any of previous Teru opponents;
      3) Yuuki was also taught by Hisa what to do in details.
      So we have stronger players + already knowing what to do, so it's seemingly easier. Although Teru still scored much more points.

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    7. correction: in the first time toki cooperate againts teru, when hanada won,
      toki does use her Future vision in order to see whether her discard will be dealt by hanada or not.

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    8. Not in the manga. She does in the anime though.
      Here's the relevant manga page:
      https://dynasty-scans.com/chapters/saki_achiga_hen_episode_of_side_a_ch08#44

      This might be one of those cases where Ritz and Aguri had to cut down panels to save some precious little time in order to meet the anime deadline. Either that or the anime staff changed how it happened.

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  8. I was looking for this at Dynasty Scans since I didn't want to download it but it doesn't seem to be uploaded there?

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    1. I guess the staff at Dynasty Scans hasn't upload it yet, but you can also read it at Mangadex. I really don't mind either way.
      https://mangadex.org/group/2428/akio-translations

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  9. :D everyone think same too

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  10. Oh. This is intense! The hiatus is hearbreaking but at least I have something to look forward for May.

    Thank you for your hard work!

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