Mahjong Manga

[dwillems]

Tom Sloper\'s site posted a link to an amusing looking manga here:

http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/01/ ... index.html

There is also a manga being fan translated called Saki which I\'ve enjoyed reading, apparently it will be turned into an anime this season. You can read it here:

http://www.mangafox.com/page/manga/read ... ter.70432/

[sir_seagill]

cool, thanks for the link.

Gotta love more anime about mah jong :}

[Benjamin]

Did you see the follow up?

http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/01/ ... index.html

I don\'t know if I look interesting or just crazy :P

[oxoboxo]

Haha the perfect audience right here :D I\'m actually translating the Koizumi Manga right now with my friend! I\'ll post updates as we go! In a world where George Bush can play mah-jong...

[Benjamin]

Finally! Someone steps up to the plate! Thanks oxoboxo, you\'re doing what I should have done a long time ago. I\'ve been reading that manga for over 2 years... :(

[dwillems]

Awesome! Thanks!

[carl]

my favorite is Putin and his \"Baltic Fleet\" with the dora 20

[Benjamin]

Wait til you see the Pope\'s 7 Days of Creation DaiSanGen.:laugh:

[carl]

yeah i was really hoping pope benedict would be in the first volume but he wasnt.

[carl]

oh yeah the first 3 chapters of Ten are on mangafox as well.

http://www.mangafox.com/page/manga/seri ... _kaidanji/

best cheating ever

[sir_seagill]

just finished reading what there was of Saki... it\'s nothing compared to Akagi :P (uninspiring character designs, personalities, unbelievable matches (in a bad way), needless shots of the girls bathing and their legs.. taco powered player??) anyways good for a few laughs, it\'s mah jong so I\'ll watch the anime when it comes out..

The Bush manga sounds interesting too :}

[Benjamin]

Unfortunately Saki\'s kind of typical for most Mahjong manga. Works that are really good like akagi, ten, mukoubuchi or anything by katayama masayuki are few and far between.

The neat thing about Saki is that its serialized in a non-mahjong manga magazine.

[Yttrasil]

Yeah, also read Saki the day I saw this post kept me busy for a few hours I feed on anything that\'s about mahjong. Akagi is still the best though :D

[sir_seagill]

The neat thing about Saki is that its serialized in a non-mahjong manga magazine.

Mmmm... I guess the people who read it aren\'t reading it for the mah jong.. :p

[Benjamin]

sir_seagill wrote:
Mmmm... I guess the people who read it aren\'t reading it for the mah jong.. :p[/quote]

You dont know the half of it:side: Mahjong manga that actually reflects a realistic game is relatively new. Old stuff is all about getting doubleyakuman against gangsters and then having some girl who loves men who are good at mahjong fall in love with you.