History Manga / Saki

Coinciding with the announcement of schedule for ''Manga/{{SakiAchiga-hen}}'s'' extra episodes, a new season for the main series, entitled ''Saki: Zenkoku-hen'' (National Tournament), has been greenlit. The sequel will air in 2013.

* [[DeadLittleSister Dead Female Relative]]: Though her ''actual'' fate is unclear as of this point (and whether she's actually ''dead'' or simply disabled), whatever happened to the other girl in the Miyanaga family picture [[http://www.batoto.net/read/_/132343/saki_ch102_by_u-scanlations/14]] had a profound effect on both Miyanaga sisters, and likely also played a factor in how their family broke apart.

* HeyItsThatVoice & NamesToKnowInAnime: See [[Characters/{{Saki}} the character sheet]] for details.

* BunnyEarsLaywer: It seems that the more powerful a mahjong player, the quirkier she is. Miyanaga Teru is one of the few players who comes off as 'normal'.

* BadassAdorable: Saki easily qualifies as this given her shy and quiet nature. Koromo also certainly qualifies, and to a lesser extent, Nodoka could possibly qualify as well.

** ''{{Yu-Gi-Oh}}''! meets Mahjong.

* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotAwesome: Mahjong with special effects and camera angles; we're not just talking dramatic music and lighting, this has winged creatures, transformation and ''lightning''.
** This trope made the fandom [[AffectionateNickname start calling this series]] ''Mahjong Ball Z''.
* TheWorfEffect: Kazekoshi Girls' School has a Mahjong club membership of at least 78 people and a reputation as THE school to go to for girls who play Mahjong. They were the reigning champions for years until the Koromo started attending high school. Once they reach the final rounds of the regional tournament and get ready for some revenge, every single member of their team besides the captain gets completely dominated.
** Part of the problem is that Kazekoshi plays very standard and conventional mahjong and are flustered when they meet players with unconventional playing styles. Note that in the two rounds where Kazekoshi faced conventional players (round 2 and round 4), they played reasonably well.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: When Saki faces the Koromo, she begins her comeback with an utterly trash hand that kicks off a winning streak, and completes it with a counted yakuman direct hit. [[spoiler:This is exactly how Teru's special ability, the Absolute Teru Field, works.]]

''Saki'' is a manga based around the game of {{Mahjong}}, with an anime adaptation by {{GONZO}}. The anime has been licensed by crunchyroll and can be viewed for free on [[http://www.crunchyroll.com/library/Saki their site]] (though only in certain regions).

* CainAndAbel: [[spoiler: Teru and Saki]]

** Considering that one character causes a localized power-outage by ''concentrating really hard'', the show probably crosses the line from [[CharlesAtlasSuperpower Charles Atlas Superpowers]] to legitimate supernatural abilities.

* DarkIsNotEvil: [[spoiler: Ryuumonbuchi]]

* DidYouJustHaveTeaWithCthulhu: Koromo returning Etopen to Nodoka, as Koromo [[spoiler: tries to ask Nodoka to be her friend.]]

* ForeShadowing: When Saki faces the Koromo, she begins her comeback with an utterly trash hand that kicks off a winning streak, and completes it with a counted yakuman direct hit. [[spoiler:This is exactly how Teru's special ability, the Absolute Teru Field, works.]]

* GirlsLove: Nothing explicitly stated, but a ''lot'' implied.
** SchoolGirlLesbians

* TrueCompanions: Ryuumonbuchi

** Saki's inability to swim. A minor detail during the early parts of the manga, but with

* [[DeadLittleSister Dead Female Relative]]: Though her ''actual'' fate is unclear as of this point (and whether she's actually ''dead'' or simply disabled), whatever happened to the other girl in the Miyanaga family picture had a profound effect on both Miyanaga sisters, and likely also played a factor in how their family broke apart.

* DeadOlderSister: Though her ''actual'' fate is unclear as of this point (and whether she's actually ''dead'' or simply disabled), whatever happened to the other girl in the Miyanaga family picture had a profound effect on both Miyanaga sisters, and likely also played a factor in how their family broke apart.