Saki (2009)

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 sh…

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,…

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 t…

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…

The mahjong club goes to a mountain retreat training camp to improve their skills. The first day is spent mainly having fun, and playing so…

After arriving at the tournament area, Saki gets separated from her friends, and during this time Nodoka gets hounded by reporters due to h…

Nodoka walks into her match holding her penguin stuffed animal which causes a stir among the observers and her own opponents. Nodoka plays…

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…

The final's first round starts when Ryūmonbuchi representative Jun Inoue accidentally eats Yūki's only taco. The latter cries and causes a…

Hisa recommends Saki and Nodoka take a nap before their matches, and while Nodoka initially declines, she decides to go so that Yūki does n…

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 Kazekos…

Mihoko arrives to pass along the information to her companion, and Hisa barely recognizes her. Koromo takes the torn penguin to her butler,…

The fourth round begins off slow with Nodoka winning a small hand, and as play continues, the players continuously keep on getting draws. E…

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 s…

Momoko's abilities fall short against Nodoka, whose training matches her real life playing to her online play style, therefore not taking n…

As the round continues, Saki finally recognizes Koromo's aura. She starts putting pressure on her opponents by reducing their tenpai probab…

During the break, Mihoko goes to comfort Kana, and Nodoka catches up with Saki to reaffirm their promise and rebuild her confidence. Fujita…

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 recalls that when her parents died, no matter how many times Touka brought her friends, she still always felt lonely, believing her…

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.…

The first day of the individuals tournament begins. Tōka faces off against Tsuruga's Kaori and is beaten by her beginner's luck. Another Ts…

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 goo…

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…

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 othe…

All the schools gather for the training camp where Yumi gives Hisa some data on the other opponents in the nationals. Later on, nearly ever…