I was thinking Saki will soon reach 300 chapters but actually "Round/Hand 1" was the 4th chapter (the first 3 chapters were counted differently), so this is already the 301st chapter of Saki. Also, Saki's chapter 1 was published in February 2006 but serialization only started in June 2006. If Round 300 is published next June, it will coincide with the 20th anniversary of serialization.
Thank you!
ReplyDeleteHow many powers does she have yet!? Well, this one is pretty interesting; affecting specific parts of the wall allows for some counterplay.
ReplyDeleteWould that be another power negated by the "make the wall into a circle" strategy?^^
Thanks for the translation.
I completely misinterpreted what Awai meant by "the middle of the wall" and assumed she controlled all the draws near the halfway point. I assume the circle strategy would work since she needs to know where the halfway point of each wall is, otherwise there's no reason for her double riichi to get blocked by it.
DeleteIf only turning the wall into a circle was allowed, it would be hilarious to see that come back but in an official match.
The obscured sections of the wall are where the black fog touches the wall tiles. If the wall was a circle of the same radius as the fog, then all tiles would be obscured, I guess.
DeleteSo far looks like this hand is just Riichi, Tsumo, Nan, so a mangan after all the fu points?
ReplyDeleteShizu specifically said she couldn't see the parts of the wall with the rinshan tiles, so either she lumps in the dora tiles with them and Awai regained control over the kan ura again for a haneman, or Shizu can at least control the kan dora + the last minute call prevented Awai from upgrading to a baiman.
Also interesting how Shizu's sight is blocked, but Saki's isn't. So I guess Shizu can only see the tiles she controls, while Saki's power to see the kan + rinshan tiles disregards powers that control the wall without obscuring it.
Sight should be the same for both Saki and Shizu. The tile Saki can see is not in one of the obscured areas. It's not totally clear if Saki can see the rinshan tiles or not but she shouldn't.
DeleteThanks for the chapter.
ReplyDeleteI hope Nelly will do something.
It would be dissappointing, if she isn't doing anything for the rest of the game.