Nezchan
I think one of the things the recent chapters have shown is that once you take away her big killer skill, Saki's actually kind of toothless. If she's not doing Rinshan Kaihou, she's not really a threat to any good player. Which doesn't really back up the whole "other players just walking past her are frightened of her sheer power" scenes at all.
idk, I find it hard to be impressed with a one-trick pony. At least in the nationals, people like Hisa or Nodoka are far better players overall, and more of a threat.
I think the problem is, every new character has to be even crazier powerful than the last, so Saki is really tame in comparison. Like after all the characters introduced in Side-A, Saki's powers are pretty much whatever lol.
It's the problem similar to making a sequel to something where the characters gotta save the world; now they gotta save the galaxy!
sen
Out of topic but is this worth reading or watching? I know nothing about mahjong but I don't mind giving it a try if there's Yuri in the context.
I knew nothing about mahjong before watching Saki. After watching it I was really interested in riichi mahjong. A few years later, and I love riichi mahjong. Not particularly good at it, but I enjoy it.
I'd say give it a try, doesn't hurt to watch a few episodes. There is plenty of like yuri subtext and plenty of girls to ship with each other. Plenty of blushing too.
