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Saki tells the story of a girl's mental and emotional growth as she and her fellow teammates battle fearsome rivals, all gunning for the national high school mahjong tournament, and is a cross between sports action and high school drama.
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Episodes by season
Season01
- S01E01
MeetingApril 6, 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 she - S01E02
ContestApril 13, 2009—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, b - S01E03
ConfrontationApril 20, 2009—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 ti - S01E04
Beat-downApril 27, 2009—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 o - S01E05
Training CampMay 4, 2009—The mahjong club goes to a mountain retreat training camp to improve their skills. The first day is spent mainly having fun, and playing som - S01E06
The Tournament BeginsMay 11, 2009—After arriving at the tournament area, Saki gets separated from her friends, and during this time Nodoka gets hounded by reporters due to he - S01E07
TraditionMay 18, 2009—Nodoka walks into her match holding her penguin stuffed animal which causes a stir among the observers and her own opponents. Nodoka plays e - S01E08
Last NightMay 25, 2009—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 h - S01E09
EnlightenmentJune 1, 2009—The final's first round starts when Ryūmonbuchi representative Jun Inoue accidentally eats Yūki's only taco. The latter cries and causes a c - S01E10
BeginnerJune 8, 2009—Hisa recommends Saki and Nodoka take a nap before their matches, and while Nodoka initially declines, she decides to go so that Yūki does no - S01E11
PrankJune 15, 2009—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 Kazekosh - S01E12
AwakenJune 22, 2009—Mihoko arrives to pass along the information to her companion, and Hisa barely recognizes her. Koromo takes the torn penguin to her butler, - S01E13
FeverJune 29, 2009—The fourth round begins off slow with Nodoka winning a small hand, and as play continues, the players continuously keep on getting draws. Ev - S01E14
ExistenceJuly 6, 2009—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 - S01E15
DemonJuly 13, 2009—Momoko's abilities fall short against Nodoka, whose training matches her real life playing to her online play style, therefore not taking no - S01E16
ConspiracyJuly 20, 2009—As the round continues, Saki finally recognizes Koromo's aura. She starts putting pressure on her opponents by reducing their tenpai probabi - S01E17
NightmareJuly 27, 2009—During the break, Mihoko goes to comfort Kana, and Nodoka catches up with Saki to reaffirm their promise and rebuild her confidence. Fujita - S01E18
ConnectionAugust 3, 2009—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 - S01E19
FriendAugust 10, 2009—Koromo recalls that when her parents died, no matter how many times Touka brought her friends, she still always felt lonely, believing her o - S01E20
SistersAugust 17, 2009—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. - S01E21
Looking BackAugust 24, 2009—The first day of the individuals tournament begins. Tōka faces off against Tsuruga's Kaori and is beaten by her beginner's luck. Another Tsu - S01E22
PromiseSeptember 7, 2009—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 - S01E23
DeterminationSeptember 14, 2009—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. - S01E24
Summer FestivalSeptember 21, 2009—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 - S01E25
NationalsSeptember 28, 2009—All the schools gather for the training camp where Yumi gives Hisa some data on the other opponents in the nationals. Later on, nearly every
Season02
- S02E01
To TokyoJanuary 6, 2014—The other schools who will compete with Kyosumi in the nationals are selected. Among them are Miyamori, Eisui All-Girls, Himematsu, and Rink - S02E02
SupportJanuary 13, 2014—As the day of Kiyosumi's first round arrives, Saki states her determination to reach the finals before she can talk to Teru. After receiving - S02E03
StartJanuary 20, 2014—Nodoka recalls how she met Yuuki in Takatoobara Middle School and joined its mahjong club, where she also met Maho. Back at the training cam - S02E04
East WindJanuary 27, 2014—Yuki makes a strong play during the game's east round, particularly against Suzu. On the second hand, however, Shiromi makes a strong play w - S02E05
Gods and DemonsFebruary 3, 2014—Just as the first player's match is about to end, Komaki makes a strong play against Yuki, knocking Kiyosumi out of the lead. The second mat - S02E06
WitheringFebruary 10, 2014—During the lunch break, as teammates, commentators, and spectators have lunch with their respective groups, Hisa heads to the game room ahea - S02E07
AttentionFebruary 24, 2014—Despite plays by both Hiroe and Kurumi, Hisa keeps the spirit of fun in her heart and get her own play at the end, ending the round with Kiy - S02E08
FortressMarch 3, 2014—Aware of Hatsumi's playstyle, Sae uses her ability to seal off her hands, though they are both surprised by Kinue's play. The rest of the ha - S02E09
SortieMarch 10, 2014—Hatsumi continues to lose points whilst Kinue helps put Himematsu into the lead, though Hatsumi manages to make a huge play before the match - S02E10
FriendsMarch 17, 2014—As the second half begins, Toyone brings out another one of her plays, the naked wait, and moves into second place. Toyone recalls her first - S02E11
ThreatMarch 24, 2014—Kasumi brings out her dormant ability to draw a specific type of tiles to move into the lead, whilst Kyouko starts fighting back by drawing - S02E12
TruthMarch 31, 2014—Whilst pondering Saki's actions, Kyouko manages to move into second place, slightly ahead of Eisui. As everyone is put under pressure to win - S02E13
Old FriendsApril 7, 2014—As everyone besides Saki get together to watch the Side A semi-finals match, in which her old upperclassman from middle school is participat
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