The WORST episodes of Saki
Every episode of Saki ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of Saki!
Miyanaga Saki is a high school freshman who doesn’t like mahjong. Ever since she was a child, she would lose her New Year’s gift money during her family mahjong game. If she won, her parents would be upset, and if she lost, well, she lost. As a result, she’s learned to play in such a way that her score always remains plus/minus zero: not good enough to win, but not bad enough to lose. When we meet her, she’s being dragged to her school’s mahjong club by an old friend. How will a girl who hates mahjong, yet has become adept at the game as a result of her upbringing, survive in this environment?
#2 - Aspiration
Season 2 - Episode 14 - Aired 1/29/2013
As the third match ends with a play from Takami, Sera mentions to Ako how things may have been worse if Takami was the last dealer. The fourth match soon begins with Arata and Hiroko up against Shiraitodai's Seiko Matano and Shindouji's Mairu Shirouzu. During the match, Mairu puts limitations on her hands so that they'll be worth double when her partner, Himeko Tsuruta, plays in the following match. Meanwhile, Koromo and Hajime visit Saki, where they talk about the time they played with Achiga. Mairu wins the majority of hands, whilst Hiroko manages to use Seiko's weaknesses against her. As Arata also manages to make some wins, she recalls how Harue decided to appoint her club president, thinking of the feelings she is carrying to try and clear the semi-finals that Harue could not. As the match comes to its climax with Mairu scoring a powerful hand, Toki wakes up in hospital.
Watch Now:Amazon
#3 - Aggravation
Season 2 - Episode 15 - Aired 4/2/2013
As the fourth round comes to an end, Ako gives Shizuno her school uniform to wear as she heads to the final round between her, Awai, Ryuuka and Himeko. Himeko starts making strides using the 'keys' Mairu obtained during her respective hands in her round, moving Shindouji to second place. Meanwhile, Ryuuka discovers she is able to use some of Toki's ability to look a turn ahead to a certain extent as a result of Toki constantly resting on her lap. With both Himeko and Ryuuka winning hands, Awai decides to get serious and declares a double riichi. Thanks to Harue's advice, Shizuno manages to avoid falling into her hand and Himeko gets hit instead. When Awai attempts another double riichi however, Shizuno manages to win the hand, bringing the first half of the round to a close. Meanwhile, Koromo explains to Saki that when she played against Shizuno, she found herself being able to perform her signature hand less times than she had hoped. After Shizuno receives some encouragement from Ako, the match resumes.
Watch Now:Amazon
#18 - Beginner
Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 6/8/2009
Hisa recommends Saki and Nodoka take a nap before their matches, and while Nodoka initially declines, she decides to go so that Yūki does not have to cry in front of her and Saki following her match. Mako's turn comes up, and Hisa explains that she takes off her glasses in order to remember past matches she had witnessed.
#19 - Beat-down
Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 4/27/2009
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 one school, Ryūmonbuchi, are extremely skilled and even won the tournament the previous year despite being all first-year students. Hisa asks Saki and Nodoka to help out at Mako's family's cafe, telling them that learning about the real world is also important to improve their mahjong skills. When they arrive at the cafe, they see that it is actually a maid cafe, and they have to wear embarrassing maid uniforms. Patrons can also play mahjong there, and Saki and Nodoka easily win against two customers. After one leaves, a woman who Saki is intimidated by joins them. The woman completely mops the floor with them, and at the end it is revealed that she is Fujita, a professional mahjong player. Saki and Nodoka later find out that Hisa set the whole thing up so that they could also feel what real defeat is like. Hisa explains that the club is going on a training camp to improve their skills.
#20 - Contest
Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 4/13/2009
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, but cannot do both with the special rules. However, when the special rules are removed, Saki ended up winning the game, therefore disallowing her from keeping the zero score. Nodoka is dejected after losing since before Saki told her that she hated mahjong and despite that won, but Saki tells her that playing with her was fun. Saki thinks about what Nodoka said, and even tells her father that she wants to one day play again with her mother and sister like they used to before they left to be professional mahjong players. The next day, Saki joins the club, saying that she wants to play more and win against Nodoka.
#21 - Confrontation
Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 4/20/2009
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 tiles exposed and takes notes, but she is still unable to attain a plus/minus zero score like Saki who can do this flawlessly. Hisa and Mako go and sign up their club for the national qualifiers for high school students. Saki wins a game against Nodoka, Kyōtarō, and Yūki, who is depressed that she cannot possibly win when playing against both Saki and Nodoka. In the next game, Saki lets Yūki win, which makes Nodoka angry since while Saki did it so that everyone can have fun, Nodoka can only have fun when Saki is playing at her best. Saki makes a promise with Nodoka to shoot for the nationals, and the two finally become friends.
#22 - Training Camp
Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 5/4/2009
The mahjong club goes to a mountain retreat training camp to improve their skills. The first day is spent mainly having fun, and playing some normal games of mahjong. The next day, Hisa gives the first years (excluding Kyōtarō) special tasks. Saki plays mahjong online, but is dejected how easily she loses to others. Nodoka has to gain experience playing others in real life when she is more skilled playing online like she is used to when playing at home. Yūki does math drills in order to improve her ability to keep track of the score when playing mahjong. Afterwards, Yūki becomes depressed how she loses so much against Nodoka, Saki and Hisa, and the club president recounts how when she was a first-year, she was the only member of the club, but she kept with it and now she is grateful there are many new members. Yūki continues to play, and manages a win. The next day, Yūki, Nodoka and Saki go to see the nearby waterfall.
#23 - Last Night
Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 5/25/2009
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 how she was the reason why Hisa held on to the hope that more girls would join the mahjong club the next year so that they could go to the prefectural tournament together. Nodoka recounts to Saki how she used to play mahjong only on the Internet due to lack of players, but after entering junior-high school met Yūki and others, leading them to enter into the junior-high tournament, though only Nodoka advanced. The girls from Kazekoshi talk about how their captain, Mihoko Fukuji, does most of the work for the club, and since it is her last year, they want to play as hard as they can so they can go to the national tournament. Tōka dispatches a butler to bring Koromo Amae to the tournament, who had been sleeping all day.
#24 - Demon
Season 1 - Episode 15 - Aired 7/13/2009
Momoko's abilities fall short against Nodoka, whose training matches her real life playing to her online play style, therefore not taking notice of Momoko's lack of presence. The round ends with Kiyosumi retaining the lead. The final round starts with Saki, Kana, Yumi and Koromo, though initially Saki cannot connect the fearsome aura she felt with the petite looking Koromo.
#25 - Enlightenment
Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 6/1/2009
The final's first round starts when Ryūmonbuchi representative Jun Inoue accidentally eats Yūki's only taco. The latter cries and causes a commotion, but Mihoko shares her lunch box with her. As the game progresses, Jun starts to win many hands and pressures Yūki who is gradually losing her confidence. Mihoko opens her right eye and uses her power to read the game's flow in order to help Yūki gain her points back from Jun. Jun gets irritated over the two teaming up against her while Yūki thinks Mihoko is her ally. However, Mihoko surprises everyone with her continuous winning, and both Jun and Yūki finally realizes that she is the true enemy. The first round ends with Mihoko completely dominating the game points for the Kazekoshi team.