History Manga / Saki

''Saki'' is a manga based around the game of {{TabletopGame/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/saki their site]] (worldwide except Japan).

* [[AbsurdlyPowerfulStudentCouncil Absurdly Powerful Mahjong Club]]: Implied. Clearly ''something'' has to have been going on for the Kiyosumi Mahjong Club to continue existing for as long as it had prior to Nodoka, Yuuki, and Saki joining, despite its low numbers (Hisa being the sole member left during her Freshman year, and only her and Mako during her sophomore year). If Hisa had ''also'' been in the Student Council for just as long however...

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''Saki'' is a manga based around the game of {{TabletopGame/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/saki their site]] (though only in certain regions).

''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/saki their site]] (though only in certain regions).

* BadassNormal: Nodoka certainly fits the bill, as does Yumi of Tsuruga.
-->'''Yumi''': ''(after predicting the Matsumi sisters' draws in Achiga-hen)'' Sorry to disappoint, but I don't have a weird power like Onjouji of Senriyama.

* BattleAura

* TheWorfEffect:

** Too good not to include, TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}} meets Saki in [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5588822/1/Saki_The_Gamer this fic]].

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* [[AbsurdlyPowerfulStudentCouncil Absurdly Powerful Mahjong Club]]: When viewed from a distance, the building of the Mahjong club looks really out of place. It's a Medieval European-style ''house'' on the rooftop of a typical modern Japanese school building. The actual student congress is normal, occupying a room that's just enough to hold meetings.
** In the manga the club room is much more utilitarian.

* AdaptationExpansion: The second anime season shows Saki passing by team Achiga, shown from her viewpoint. It's ''Shizu'' who has demonic aura, instead of her. Both of them actually feeling creeping terror of each others, while in the Achiga manga it's only Shizu who get the feel.

* NoblewomansLaugh: Touka

* TokenMiniMoe: Yuuki and Koromo both easily qualify as this. ''Especially' Koromo...

* TokenMiniMoe: Yuuki and Koromo both easily qualify as this.

** Additionally, occasional narration is provided by Creator/JojiNakata. He also occasionally voices Nodoka's seemingly nameless father.

** ShowerOfAngst

* OvertookTheManga: The last match of the regionals ended in the manga two days before it ended in anime.

* {{Retcon}}: ''Zenkoku-hen'' replaces the Training Camp from the end of the first season with one that hews closer to the Training Camp as shown in the manga. Indeed the Training Camp shown in the flashback from ''Zenkoki-hen'' is almost a frame-to-frame faithful adaptation of the equivalent chapters. [[BrokenBase Not ''everyone'' is happy with this fact though]], as retconning the first season's Training Camp also invalidates an important event between Saki and Nodoka. The latter group now just treats the first season Training Camp as BroadStrokes, with the ''Zenkoku-hen''[=/=]Manga Training Camp as more accurate, but preserves the scene between Saki and Nodoka.

* SequelHook: The scenes during the ending credits showcase new characters from other schools competing in the nationals, and hint at the inevitable showdown with Teru.

** The anime for the main series as well, with ''Zenkoku-hen'' having more in common with the adaptation of the spinoff ''Achiga-hen''. This due to the span of time between adaptation s(six-odd years) as well as a change of studios (GONZO to Studio Gokumi).

* PantyShot: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]]; The girls look like they're not even ''wearing'' underwear.

** Nodoka being that big was a Gonzo adjustment as in the manga, she's merely busty.

* GagBoobs: How do you know when you've made your character too ridiculously top-heavy? When doujin (even the H ones) draw them smaller.

Coinciding with the announcement of schedule for ''Manga/{{Saki Achiga-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 2014, this time animated by Creator/StudioGokumi.

** Additionally, occasional narration is provided by {{Joji Nakata}} . He also occasionally voices Nodoka's seemingly nameless father.

** Somewhat subverted if you compared Kiyousumi to Tsuruga, which really is a newcomer in mahjong tournament, complete with their resident total beginner Kaori. Kiyousumi in the other hand has an intermiddle champion, Hisa who have experience in Intermiddle and ever defeated Kazekoshi's captain and Saki who is a national class monster. Now if you look at the match-up, it was obvious that Kiyousumi is the only school who have a chance to beat Koromo.

* TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture: An analysis, based on the study of a calendar (shown only in a single frame, so its easy to miss) and on the possible dates of the prefecturals, concludes that the only possible year for the series to take place in is '''2050'''. It's no wonder why Nodoka's so interested in IPS reproduction...

* TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture: Not readily apparent, but the study of a calendar (shown only in a single frame, so its easy to miss) reveals that the series is actually set during ''at least'' '''2030'''. It's no wonder why Nodoka's so interested in IPS reproduction...
* UnderestimatingBadassery: Some of the players on Eisui All-Girl's School's team didn't think much of Kiyosumi because the regional tournament they won only featured twenty schools[[note]]even though there were actually 58 teams - translation error?[[/note]], but still give them some respect because they managed to beat Koromo and the rest of Ryuumonbuchi. [[spoiler:Then Hisa won Kiyosumi's first match by dropping one of the other schools below 0 points. In the third match. Before Nodoka and Saki even got to play.]]