I can honestly say Saki is the only thing keeping me alive after Haruhi repeatedly stabs me in the face every week. Episode 15 was good for two reasons: One, the fukushou matches ended. Two, the taishou matches started. I guess the fact Momoko is so adorable could be a possible third reason, but I’d rather not bring my sexual drive into this since my opinion tends to get awfully skewed in the presence of charming ladies. That may be why I’m still single.
I find it odd that I’m so infatuated with this shallow debauchery of an anime, when I hate the manga so much. I guess the better art plays a portion of my interests, though I must say I’m quite impartial to the blatant sexual tension that drips off the tiles in every mahjong game. Even how a character picks up a tile has its own unique personality. Some like it rough and grab the tiles using their index and thumb, turning it over in their fingers as they cautiously await the worth of their tenpai. Occasionally there are the unrefined barbaric methods of the amateurs, using their pale white hands to grip the tiles in eager anticipation, barely able to hold back the surge of excitement as it bubbles from the touch. Experienced veterans such as Haramura Nodoka taste the tip of the tiles using the palate of her finger tips paying slow attention to the roughness of the exterior, memorizing the pleasure of every nook and cranny, salivating at the meal that has yet to come. Saki’s a tease and likes to have the tiles stiffen with tension only to be released in a momentous flow of juices when she feel they are ready. It doesn’t take long for them to climax under her gifted hands, though with a sense of dissatisfaction that can only be cured with more teasing.
I like the way they animated the hands. Anyways. They changed the OP and ED without my knowing. Now we get an eye full of socks for the first twenty seconds every episode. Geez, thanks.