User:ChrisH8

I've been contributing a lot to the Saki wiki, so I decided to start an account.

Why Saki?
I first noticed the Saki (anime) in the list of school themed shows at the Anime News Network. It looked to have decently bishoujo high school characters. That it is partially moe was a small positive. That it is mahjong themed was a negative, as I prefer more serious themes. However, from the reviews I read, it rates well from those who don't care too much for mahjong. So I gave it a try.

The appeal
As Saki is hitting her 2 han 70 fu hand to get to plus-minus zero again, I felt a large cold chill run down my spine. That wasn't due to excitement, but at the feeling that I was witnessing greatness. Well, it isn't really greatness, but fictional badass-ness, but my emotions didn't care about that distinction.

I did look up mahjong a bit before and while watching the show, but I didn't stop the streaming too often to go over the details.

I found the writing to be excellent for an anime, with the characters being interesting and the humor being somewhat amusing. I also found the animation and sound to be good, and that the fanservice and the yuri don't hurt the story telling.

I rated the show very good.

Repeated viewing
The Saki anime is available at Crunchyroll to legally stream for free. I re-watched it as I was re-watching some of the shows I rated very good or better. Repeated viewings led me to better appreciate the numerous overlaid details in the story. The humor and the mahjong both improve as these details come further and further to light.

I also started reading the Saki (manga).

I was still getting cold chills and even teary-eyed even after several re-watches.

Later, I also noticed the affect of the yuri on the mahjong. The yuri and the mahjong have a partial feedback affect on each other. I also respect mahjong a bit more now, as it is very popular in China, an up and coming world superpower. Unfortunately, the dramatic over-the-top mahjong action no longer affects me as emotionally as it did previously. Well, it's amazing that it had that affect for so long.

I now rate the Saki anime as excellent, which puts it into my top 4%. I rate the Saki manga as excellent, which is the highest rating I've given for any manga. (Claymore dropped down due to the decreasing quality of the writing that typically follows a heavily shounen based story.)

Other
Here is a link to my sandbox/practice page that I use to test out various improvements to the Saki Wiki pages, especially those with the greatest need.