Saturday, April 17, 2021

Saki 230: Furious Advance

It's this thing Ritz does that we end up cheering for almost every character at one point or another, even the supposed "antagonists"...
Sumire!!
 

15 comments:

  1. Thanks for the chapter!
    "The task of saving Teru", huh? Still waiting for that to get explained at some point.^^

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    1. Yeah, that was interesting. Although I think Sumire already did some "saving" by making Teru interested in mahjong again.

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  2. Thanks for the chapter.
    It looks like Hao will attack in the next chapter.
    It will be a painfull wait for the next chapter. Or at least that's for me.

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    1. If Hao calls riichi, that will definitely throw Mako off lol

      One month wait yeah but we should have Shino and Toki before that.

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    2. Hao realizing the power of riichi spells bad news. Just give her some more time to thoroughly understand the concept of riichi, and she will stand a chance to sweep off the table.

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  3. I said it in the last chapter's comments too, but Shiraitodai has been set up as the underdog after their loss to Achiga. The story of the finals so far has been Teru and Sumire doing their hardest to stop Achiga's devastating winning streaks and score some points, with Kiyosumi and Rinkai chiming in every now and then. Giving a flashback powerup to the underdog is perfectly natural.

    (Yes, Teru got more points than Kuro, but since Achiga overcame a 120,000 point lead in the semis she needed to get a large lead for her team to have any chance.)

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    1. That's complicated because Shiraitodai come here as Champions but only Teru and Sumire were in the winning team. The other three are untested just like Achiga. Their status as favorites was partly because of school reputation.

      The true underdogs are probably Kiyosumi who have no reputation (like Achiga) but they also lost to Rinkai in semifinals.

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  4. I don't think of Sumire as of antagonist there tbh :)
    Thx for translations!

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    2. I simply mean she's playing against the protagonists. If we root for Shiraitodai, then we are rooting against Kiyosumi. Thanks for reading!

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  5. I dont see the shiraitodais as enemies.

    Anyway, thanks for the splendid job, Sir.

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    1. Yeah, I don't see them as enemies either. Only that they play against Kiyosumi, like said above.
      Anyway, I'm glad you're enjoying it.

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  6. wahaha, i seriously think there's nothing like enemy or antagonist in this series. They're just grills who love to play mahjong after all.

    And thank you Akio for all of these translation, I just love this series so much.

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