Title: Tower of the Future Vol 1 Author: Saki Hiwatari Publisher: CMX ISBN: 9781401208141 May Contain Spoilers Takeru seems like your average kid, stressing about high school entrance exams and prone to flights of fancy.  When tragedy strikes his family, he discovers that he didn’t know his parents [...]
Read the rest of this entry Entry meta

At the Forbidden Planet in Union Square, there was a point when they had copies of every single volume of Tower of the Future on the discount manga rack, except for volume 1. Usually, I would’ve taken that as an opportunity to start collecting the series even though I don’t have the first book.  But [...]
Read the rest of this entry Entry meta

Chizumatic: And I just watched the first [episode]. And you know what? It was really good! As to the yuri elements, well, yeah there’s some of that. [...] It’s suggestive to the people who are looking for yuri elements, but it can also be read completely innocently. The initial story of recruitment of Saki reminded me about Bamboo [...]
Read the rest of this entry Entry meta

Before I start my rant, let me justify that my take on this anime is REASONABLY objective as I have not read the manga. However, I do note that I’m a big fan of Marimite which may sway my view slightly given the seiyuu involved. Anyway, as I mentioned earlier, this anime was a VERY pleasant [...]
Read the rest of this entry Entry meta

Up until now, my only experience with Mahjong has been with the version known occasionally as Shanghai, as befits my preference to solo in MMORPGs. I’ve always been meaning to learn, however, partly because learning new things is invariably useful, and partly because people keep talking about it and I feel a little left out. Hell, [...]
Read the rest of this entry Entry meta

I liked Saki when I picked up the manga end of last year, and was psyched to find out the anime was going to be shown this season.
Read the rest of this entry Entry meta

Now despite the title of this post, I am not making a dig at the more well-known Zero (who is in this show), but rather, the power of Miyanaga Saki, our protagonist, to score 0 for each full round of mahjong. Saki remains one of my more anticipated shows of the season, and if you [...]
Read the rest of this entry Entry meta

Enter Saki, the next item up for flaming at jaalin’s grill and bistro. You want that well done or burnt to a crisp?
Read the rest of this entry Entry meta

This has to be a first for me, a show lived up to the hype (at least to me). I was worried, because I was getting extremely excited about Saki and I was beginning to worry that it might let me down. Well, it lived up to the hype and then some, the first episode [...]
Read the rest of this entry Entry meta

Thanks to Crunchyroll's simulcasting, Saki is available to watch streamed and subbed instantly and legally for free. This is especially since Saki is a show you couldn't enjoy without knowing what was going on. Unfortunately, it may not be a sow you could enjoy at all. Or is it?! I can't tell!!! This was one very confounding first episode. It was like a constant barrage of things that were totally great and things that all completely sucked all flying around and colliding. It's an episode that should mean an instant drop, but I can't justify not at least watching the second episode in light of the numerous good points to the show.
Read the rest of this entry Entry meta