“Failed mahjong pro Miiko learns from ex-champion Namidame in this educational manga series.”
Utahime Obaka Miiko
打姫オバカミーコ
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Failed mahjong pro Miiko learns from ex-champion Namidame in this educational manga series.
Miiko is a girl with a problem. She’s passed all the tests and become a Mahjong Pro, but she stinks at Mahjong! She was starting to even hate the game, but then she runs into a man who used to be a top-tier mahjong pro named Namidame in a parlor and asks him to teach her how to play right! The two strike a connection and Namidame vows to help Miiko work her way up to the top leagues. He gives her a new lesson each chapter, and we as the readers also learn along with Miiko! This “Mahjong for Dummies” series by prestigious Mahjong Mangaka, Katayama Masayuki, is a must-read for anyone who wants to get better at Japanese Mahjong! Let’s learn together!
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A Manga Publication
- Format 135 × 15 ch × vol
- Total read 18h 00m approx
- Published Jan 2004 – Jan 2010
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M59875 catalog