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“Shizuno revives Achiga's disbanded mahjong club after seeing former friend Nodoka become national champion.”
Saki Episode of Side A
咲-Saki-阿知賀編 episode of side-A
7.34
2,848 rank · 39,901 viewers · 131 favorites
Slice of Life
School
Strategy Game
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Synopsis
Shizuno revives Achiga's disbanded mahjong club after seeing former friend Nodoka become national champion.
The Achiga Girls' Academy in Nara once defeated regional mahjong powerhouse Bansei High School. It advanced into the national team semifinals but lost to the eventual champion, and the mahjong club was later disbanded. Six years later, elementary school student Shizuno Takakamo befriends transfer student Nodoka Haramura. The two eventually enter Achiga Girls', but Nodoka transfers out of the school in the second year. When Shizuno sees Nodoka on television the following year as the national middle school individual mahjong champion, she decides to revive Achiga's mahjong club.
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 8 sampled reviews
6.0
/10
What 8 viewers settled on.
67%
recommend
Score distribution
median 6.5
mode 7
σ 1.73
Agreement
Mostly aligned
σ 1.73 · some divergence
The polarity gap
4.0 pts
Recommenders 7.5 · others 3.5
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No
Score over time
↑ 2.00
Running avg · Jul 2012 → Oct 2025
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 8 “The second half delivers great mahjong games and character moments with cute art that surpasses the original, though the first half suffers from rushed pacing that skips actual gameplay and proper...”
- 7 “Saki: Achiga-hen maintains the franchise's entertaining charm and accessibility even for mahjong newcomers, with likable characters and fitting art/sound design. However, it suffers from extremely...”
- 8 “Saki: Achiga-hen (I'm not going to write the full name as it is just too long...) is sort of like a sequel to the original "Saki" anime. However rather than calling it a sequel, I would much prefer...”
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Medium · 38%
Long · 63%
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- Format 12 × 24′ eps × min
- Total runtime 4h 48m all episodes
- Aired Apr 2012 – Jul 2012 Spring 2012
- Source Tv media type
- Rated PG 13 - Teens 13 or older
- Ref. BS-6398 catalog
Produced by
- TV Tokyo Producer
- Square Enix Producer
- Sotsu Producer
- Lantis Producer
- Pony Canyon Producer