Saki Picture Book to be Released in January

To celebrate the 15th anniversary of the Saki series (started in 2006), a book with illustrations drawn by Ritz Kobayashi will be released next year on the 22nd of January 2021. This is Kobayashi's first picture book. It will contain more than 250 color illustrations, including new drawings commissioned specifically for this book. This may explain, at least in part, the current break in the series until December.

Promotional art for the book

Saki 224: Cumulative Effect & Toki 44: Outset

That's young Shino and Kokoro on Saki's title page by the way. The background is the Kinjo Stone Road in Naha, Okinawa. Kokoro is from Okinawa but when did Shino get there!? A little vacation after the InterElementary tournament?

Saki ch224 (Mega)

Saki ch224 (Mediafire)

 

Operation Defeat Fujishiro Nanami has officially begun but can Sera and friends really do it?

Toki ch44 (Mega) 

Toki ch44 (Mediafire)

 

 

EDIT: And MakoMeshi ch16 by Spectacular Scanlations:

MakoMeshi ch16 (Mangadex) 

Shinohayu 82: A Visit to Her Mother's Home

This chapter's original title kinei means 'for a woman who no longer lives with her parents (due to marriage or other reasons), to go back to her parents' home to see if they are doing well'. It's one of those cases where the Japanese have a simple two-kanji word for a complex and very specific meaning. A nightmare to translate but I think "a visit to her mother's home" seems fitting.

I may have said this before but the name of the mahjong world champion is always written in katakana like this ニーマン (pronounced neeman). It could be Niemann but it could also be Neaman, Neiman, Nyman or any other similar names. Ritz used the name Niemann in her previous work so I think that supports the Niemann theory.

EDIT: changed it to 'heart' in the last pages.

Shinohayu ch82 (Mega)

Shinohayu ch82 (Mediafire) 

 

Saki 223: Cooking

It's like MakoMeshi but with mahjong instead of food. And Saki, not Mako, is the main character. Sounds weird, I know, but If you like MakoMeshi, you may like this too. 😜

 

Except the real main character is Hisa:

Saki ch223 (Mega) 

Saki ch223 (Mediafire) 

 

 

Saki 222: Wound

In the first pages of this chapter, Ritz went full power with no-pan shots and the like (in color!) so just a fair warning before you open page 1 and find Kunihiro's body part in your face. The rest of the chapter is just a normal chapter.

 

Anyway, this chapter's title is just a different word for 'injury/wound'. In chapter 220, I used 'injury' so this time it's 'wound'.

Saki ch222 (Mega) 

Saki ch222 (Mediafire) 

 

 I'll skip putting the cover this time or the warning above would be pointless.

 

Also, MakoMeshi ch15 by Spectacular Scanlations:

MakoMeshi ch15 (Mangadex) 

Toki 43: Breakup & Achiga 25: True Dragon

This month, it's Toki and Achiga-hen. Shinohayu will continue next month. Magazine cover included in the Achiga file.

Is Fujishiro Nanami truly evil inside or is she just shaking up the Sera-Hiroe-Izumi relationships so they can be more honest with each other? Very few, if any, evil characters in Saki, so that's a first. Well, maybe Niemann in Shinohayu but she's an adult and we hardly know her.

Toki ch43 (Mega) 

Toki ch43 (Mediafire)

 

The new Achiga-hen is like the manga adaptation of a future anime that may never exist. Same story but extended scenes, additional shots and normal-sized boobs!

Achiga ch25 (Mega)

Achiga ch25 (Mediafire) 

 

 

Saki 221: Nightmare

 As a general rule, when speaking of a new unknown character, if the gender is not mentioned, the neutral "they" will be used. Even though they are almost certainly female. But if the information is not given in the original version, then it's probably best to keep it that way, just in case.

The Hisa Crisis and the sergeant match:

Saki ch221 (Mega)

Saki ch221 (Mediafire)

 

And MakoMeshi chapter 14 (by Spectacular Scanlations):

 MakoMeshi ch14 (mangadex)