Episode guide
Saki: Saki
25 episodes · premiered Apr 6, 2009
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- Episode 1: Meeting Apr 6, 2009 · 25m Saki Miyanaga is a skilled mahjong player, but she hates the game since she would be punished by her family whether she won or lost when she played with them. Upon entering high school…
- Episode 2: Contest Apr 13, 2009 · 25m Playing under special scoring rules, Saki plays the next game while trying to keep her plus/minus zero score and winning at the same time, but cannot do both with the special rules…
- Episode 3: Confrontation Apr 20, 2009 · 25m It has been a week since Saki joined the mahjong club, though Nodoka is still distant to her. Nodoka plays a game by herself with all the tiles exposed and takes notes, but she is still…
- Episode 4: Beat-down Apr 27, 2009 · 25m Hisa announces to the club that they are now signed up for the national qualifying tournament, and she hands out the rules. Yūki sees that one school, Ryūmonbuchi, are extremely skilled…
- Episode 5: Training Camp May 4, 2009 · 25m The mahjong club goes to a mountain retreat training camp to improve their skills. The first day is spent mainly having fun, and playing some normal games of mahjong. The next day, Hisa…
- Episode 6: The Tournament Begins May 11, 2009 · 25m After arriving at the tournament area, Saki gets separated from her friends, and during this time Nodoka gets hounded by reporters due to her having won last year's national junior high…
- Episode 7: Tradition May 18, 2009 · 25m Nodoka walks into her match holding her penguin stuffed animal which causes a stir among the observers and her own opponents. Nodoka plays extremely well, and of the competitors from…
- Episode 8: Last Night May 25, 2009 · 25m The Kiyosumi team takes the train back to town since they do not have enough money to stay in a hotel near the tournament. Hisa tells Mako how she was the reason why Hisa held on to the…
- Episode 9: Enlightenment Jun 1, 2009 · 25m The final's first round starts when Ryūmonbuchi representative Jun Inoue accidentally eats Yūki's only taco. The latter cries and causes a commotion, but Mihoko shares her lunch box with…
- Episode 10: Beginner Jun 8, 2009 · 25m Hisa recommends Saki and Nodoka take a nap before their matches, and while Nodoka initially declines, she decides to go so that Yūki does not have to cry in front of her and Saki following…
- Episode 11: Prank Jun 15, 2009 · 25m The third round starts and Hisa puts to work her strategy of sticking to the bad waits in order to get the big scores, knocking off Kazekoshi's lead. Hajime Kunihiro helps gain a slight…
- Episode 12: Awaken Jun 22, 2009 · 25m Mihoko arrives to pass along the information to her companion, and Hisa barely recognizes her. Koromo takes the torn penguin to her butler, who fixes it, and she returns it to Nodoka…
- Episode 13: Fever Jun 29, 2009 · 25m The fourth round begins off slow with Nodoka winning a small hand, and as play continues, the players continuously keep on getting draws. Eventually, Nodoka is able to get more into the…
- Episode 14: Existence Jul 6, 2009 · 25m Tōka makes a slight comeback, ruining Nodoka's perfect run, but then falls into a play laid by Tsuruga's Momoko Tōyoko, whose presence is so small her calls for riichi cannot be heard by…
- Episode 15: Demon Jul 13, 2009 · 25m Momoko's abilities fall short against Nodoka, whose training matches her real life playing to her online play style, therefore not taking notice of Momoko's lack of presence. The round…
- Episode 16: Conspiracy Jul 20, 2009 · 25m As the round continues, Saki finally recognizes Koromo's aura. She starts putting pressure on her opponents by reducing their tenpai probabilities and playing two haitei raoyue moves in a…
- Episode 17: Nightmare Jul 27, 2009 · 25m During the break, Mihoko goes to comfort Kana, and Nodoka catches up with Saki to reaffirm their promise and rebuild her confidence. Fujita warns Koromo to play mahjong properly.
- Episode 18: Connection Aug 3, 2009 · 25m Remembering the pact she had made with Mihoko, Kana gets a burst of confidence and regains a lot of points. Yumi also gets a good play, and Koromo, having paid all her attention to Saki…
- Episode 19: Friend Aug 10, 2009 · 25m Koromo recalls that when her parents died, no matter how many times Touka brought her friends, she still always felt lonely, believing her only worth is in mahjong. Koromo's powers cause a…
- Episode 20: Sisters Aug 17, 2009 · 25m As a reward for winning the tournament, and to train for the individuals, Hisa takes everyone to a pool, where Saki admits she cannot swim. They run into the Ryūmonbuchi group, who…
- Episode 21: Looking Back Aug 24, 2009 · 25m The first day of the individuals tournament begins. Tōka faces off against Tsuruga's Kaori and is beaten by her beginner's luck. Another Tsuruga girl informs her team mates of an opponent…
- Episode 22: Promise Sep 7, 2009 · 25m It is the second day of the individuals, and Yūki is shocked to find the day will consist of east-south round games. Yūki gets off to a good start in her first match, but when the south…
- Episode 23: Determination Sep 14, 2009 · 25m Momoko continues to put the pressure on Tomoki and Hisa keeps racking up strong plays, while Saki is still unable to use her usual strategy. Saki remembers her training using online…
- Episode 24: Summer Festival Sep 21, 2009 · 25m Kyōtarō tells Saki about an upcoming summer festival and she invites the rest of the club to go too. Hisa sends out invitations to the other schools to join them for Kiyosumi's training…
- Episode 25: Nationals Sep 28, 2009 · 25m All the schools gather for the training camp where Yumi gives Hisa some data on the other opponents in the nationals. Later on, nearly everyone takes an interest in ping pong while Mako…