Saki’s comment about a possible sanbaiman supports this idea, too. The only difference the call made was to cancel ippatsu, so her ultimate fan count must be just below sanbaiman, namely, 10 fan and baiman.
Incidentally, based on Kana’s comment in the last chapter, Awai had 2 fan before riichi+tsumo(+ippatsu), so she must’ve gotten 6 ura dora, and the ura indicators must’ve been 1 so and east.
well, before that we've seen her chest grow big irrationally quickly, so I think the expectation (even if jokingly) was that it's somehow related to her powers - and now it's pretty clear that yeah her boobs are quantum magic batteries I wonder how she charges them
So Shizu has 3,500 points left. Looking at the point differences, the tension Koromo built up with “Can a Flower Bloom on the Mountain Peak” has vanished.
Looking at the last panel (which I have to admit is stylish), it seems like Ritz has changed the character's concept. In *Achiga hen*, Shizu struck me more as a monster “slayer.” Here, however, there's a suggestion that she herself is the beast. I’m really disappointed, because I was hoping she’d fight using her skills—not superpowers.
FWIW here’s just another interpretation and it’s no more valid than yours, but I don’t think I’ve ever seen Shizu as a skill-based player.
In fact, my impression is that Shizu’s actual skill is low (the lowest in Achiga, never mind Nara), that Achiga was carried hard by the other four players most of the way to the semifinals, and that the only reason Achiga got through the semifinals is that during Achiga’s training*, Shizu woke up to her magical mountain powers that she doesn’t even fully understand yet**. Now, she did display guts and agility in the last hand of the quarterfinal game and she deserves credit for that, but she also got quite lucky there.
She’s hyped up quite a bit in Achiga chapter 20 in the same way as monster players are, with those mountain god silhouettes and spirit lights, and I’ve always interpreted the text to mean that she doesn’t just reset the deep wall to normal but actually alters it in her own favour. So in this sense, I don’t think there’s been any change in her presentation.
Perhaps she felt as a “monster killer” because her ability happened to cancel Koromo’s, Awai’s and (hypothetically) Saki’s? But the way I see it, that’s just an instance of the stronger power drowning out the weaker power.
* Of all Saki material, this is only shown in the Achiga live-action TV series, episode 3, which I genuinely recommend seeing. In the manga and in the anime, I feel her powers came out of nowhere like a deus ex machina. They were never shown or hinted at until that semifinal game, and the explanation from Shizu’s side was short and dry. Something like the scene in live-action episode 3 was sorely lacking, and it might’ve made a perfect flashback during the semifinal. In the manga and anime, it actually looks like she woke up to those powers in the middle of that very semifinal game.
** In Achiga chapter 20, on page 43, Harue comments that Shizu sometimes performs purely intuitive plays that are plain weird, and often they are bad, but sometimes they end up helping her. In that scene, Shizu skips a ron to get a cheaper tsumo, which ended up making it harder for Awai to overtake her one hand later. Although it was one predictable hand, so you could argue that Shizu actually calculated that (and knew through her powers that she would draw her winning tile); but we aren’t shown Shizu so much as acknowledge that, and the placement of Harue’s comment implies that it was intuitive.
I would say Shizu's power is more than just denying other people's powers. Her schtick seems more to do with what the Saki universe likes to refer to as "flow control".
I also don't agree that the tension has vanished. Saki still needs to overcome Shizu's wall control in order to win. Also, the manga has explicitly set up Nelly and/or Awai as Saki's direct opponents, not Shizu.
Ty for the translation! My prediction is that Shizu is going to go wild until Nelly ends her dealership with a massive hand, putting Rinkai in first place for the last round. Saki is going to do whatever soul searching she needs to overcome Shizu's wall control and get some small wins before winning a rinshan suukantsu ron from Nelly, and winning the match
I think it's going to be difficult for Shizu to unseat Awai in first place. What Shizu will probably do is reduce Awai and Nelly's points as much as possible (with a few consecutive wins, just like Awai did to Nelly).
It's said dealer haneman but the score is baiman
ReplyDeleteYes, it might be that the front page's text (editor's?) is wrong.
DeleteSaki’s comment about a possible sanbaiman supports this idea, too. The only difference the call made was to cancel ippatsu, so her ultimate fan count must be just below sanbaiman, namely, 10 fan and baiman.
DeleteIncidentally, based on Kana’s comment in the last chapter, Awai had 2 fan before riichi+tsumo(+ippatsu), so she must’ve gotten 6 ura dora, and the ura indicators must’ve been 1 so and east.
doe you think shizu will be able to catch up or even the scores if she still planing to continue using her power?
DeleteI think Shizu still has a chance, albeit a very slim one. Shizu would need to steal over 100,000 points from Awai and Nelly directly.
DeleteThanks for the chapter.
ReplyDelete"my batteries are flat" is crazy, I love this shit man
ReplyDeleteThanks for the chapter.
ReplyDeleteAwai's batteries are flat just like her chest.
I really look forward to the next chapter. Finally Shizu is going to attack.
Thanks for the chapter.
ReplyDeleteAwai's power storage is her chest? That's why they shrank within few chapters?
ReplyDeletewell, before that we've seen her chest grow big irrationally quickly, so I think the expectation (even if jokingly) was that it's somehow related to her powers - and now it's pretty clear that yeah her boobs are quantum magic batteries
DeleteI wonder how she charges them
Apparently by playing mahjong naked under the stars
DeleteSo Shizu has 3,500 points left.
ReplyDeleteLooking at the point differences, the tension Koromo built up with “Can a Flower Bloom on the Mountain Peak” has vanished.
Looking at the last panel (which I have to admit is stylish), it seems like Ritz has changed the character's concept. In *Achiga hen*, Shizu struck me more as a monster “slayer.” Here, however, there's a suggestion that she herself is the beast. I’m really disappointed, because I was hoping she’d fight using her skills—not superpowers.
Thanks a lot for the chapter, Akio. Powodzenia!
FWIW here’s just another interpretation and it’s no more valid than yours, but I don’t think I’ve ever seen Shizu as a skill-based player.
DeleteIn fact, my impression is that Shizu’s actual skill is low (the lowest in Achiga, never mind Nara), that Achiga was carried hard by the other four players most of the way to the semifinals, and that the only reason Achiga got through the semifinals is that during Achiga’s training*, Shizu woke up to her magical mountain powers that she doesn’t even fully understand yet**. Now, she did display guts and agility in the last hand of the quarterfinal game and she deserves credit for that, but she also got quite lucky there.
She’s hyped up quite a bit in Achiga chapter 20 in the same way as monster players are, with those mountain god silhouettes and spirit lights, and I’ve always interpreted the text to mean that she doesn’t just reset the deep wall to normal but actually alters it in her own favour. So in this sense, I don’t think there’s been any change in her presentation.
Perhaps she felt as a “monster killer” because her ability happened to cancel Koromo’s, Awai’s and (hypothetically) Saki’s? But the way I see it, that’s just an instance of the stronger power drowning out the weaker power.
* Of all Saki material, this is only shown in the Achiga live-action TV series, episode 3, which I genuinely recommend seeing. In the manga and in the anime, I feel her powers came out of nowhere like a deus ex machina. They were never shown or hinted at until that semifinal game, and the explanation from Shizu’s side was short and dry. Something like the scene in live-action episode 3 was sorely lacking, and it might’ve made a perfect flashback during the semifinal. In the manga and anime, it actually looks like she woke up to those powers in the middle of that very semifinal game.
** In Achiga chapter 20, on page 43, Harue comments that Shizu sometimes performs purely intuitive plays that are plain weird, and often they are bad, but sometimes they end up helping her. In that scene, Shizu skips a ron to get a cheaper tsumo, which ended up making it harder for Awai to overtake her one hand later. Although it was one predictable hand, so you could argue that Shizu actually calculated that (and knew through her powers that she would draw her winning tile); but we aren’t shown Shizu so much as acknowledge that, and the placement of Harue’s comment implies that it was intuitive.
I would say Shizu's power is more than just denying other people's powers. Her schtick seems more to do with what the Saki universe likes to refer to as "flow control".
DeleteI also don't agree that the tension has vanished. Saki still needs to overcome Shizu's wall control in order to win. Also, the manga has explicitly set up Nelly and/or Awai as Saki's direct opponents, not Shizu.
Ty for the translation! My prediction is that Shizu is going to go wild until Nelly ends her dealership with a massive hand, putting Rinkai in first place for the last round. Saki is going to do whatever soul searching she needs to overcome Shizu's wall control and get some small wins before winning a rinshan suukantsu ron from Nelly, and winning the match
ReplyDeleteI think it's going to be difficult for Shizu to unseat Awai in first place. What Shizu will probably do is reduce Awai and Nelly's points as much as possible (with a few consecutive wins, just like Awai did to Nelly).
ReplyDeleteThank you
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