I’m waiting for this spurt of mahjong interest to wear off, but in the meantime I’m still obsessed ^^; As such, here’s a post about 2 things – Akagi and a closer look at the scoring rules. First off, Akagi.

Those looking for oppai, pettanko, nekomimi, bishoujo or whatever other moe need not apply. We’re talking about old men, yakuza, gambling, thugs, and life & death situations mixed in with mahjong.
If that whets your appetite, I think you’ll be very pleased with the offerings of this series. Focusing very heavily on the actual game play, I take back anything I ever said about Saki having a decent amount of mahjong play in it ^^; Here we’ve got lots of strategy revolving around the opponents’ psyche, discarded tiles, choosing which tile to discard to maximize your potential waits without dealing into a ron… good stuff ^^
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