Tag Archives: Saki: Achiga-hen

@fkeroge’s Super Subjective [Mini] Reviews – Mid-Season Edition: Spring 2012 (Watching)

Posted on June 2, 2012 by Lucas Magnus

Spring 2012 started strong. I mean, real strong. I thought I was going to be overwhelmed by the sheer number of the shows that I have to watch, but I ended up dropping all but six shows out of the … Continue reading →

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Exaggeration in Saki, and Why it Works

Posted on May 10, 2012 by Lucas Magnus

The Saki franchise is pretty much driven by two things: bone-chilling mahjong plays and adorable yuri moments (or moe for those of you who haven’t seen the light yet). For the purposes of this post, I will focus on the … Continue reading →

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Saki: Achiga Chapter Episode 3

Posted on April 28, 2012 by Lucas Magnus

Since I don’t really have much to say about the technicalities in Saki: Achiga-hen that I haven’t already talked about in the past two episodes, let’s talk about pacing and dramatic tension.

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Saki: Achiga Chapter Episode 2

Posted on April 18, 2012 by Lucas Magnus

Since the aniblogosphere is saturated with story movement-oriented episodic blog posts, I’ll try to cover the other aspects of Saki: Achiga-hen.

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Spring 2012 First Impressions – Saki: Achiga Chapter of Side-A

Posted on April 10, 2012 by Lucas Magnus

Back when we did the season preview for Spring 2012, my interest towards this anime called Saki was ignited. I was hesitant to watch it because I didn’t know a single thing about Reach Mahjong, and I feared that I … Continue reading →

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