List of Saki chapters

Cover art of the first manga volume featuring its title character Saki Miyanaga

Saki (咲－Saki－) is a seinen manga series written and illustrated by Ritz Kobayashi. The series follows the title character Saki Miyanaga who plays competitive Japanese Mahjong, also called Rīchi Mahjong, for her high school club.

Saki is published in the twice monthly Square Enix manga magazine Young Gangan and began serialization in its June 16, 2006, issue.^[1] Kobayashi previously placed the series on hiatus for several weeks in 2009 and 2011.^[2][3] The series is published in Taiwan by Tong Li Publishing under the title Tiāncái Májiàng Shàonǚ (天才麻將少女, literally "Genius Mahjong Girl").^[4] The series has two spin-off manga series. Saki Biyori is a 4-panel manga series written by Saya Kiyoshi, which began serialization in Young Gangan from June 17, 2011. Saki Achiga-hen episode of Side-A is a side-story written by Kobayashi and illustrated by Aguri Igarashi, which began serialisation in Monthly Shōnen Gangan from August 12, 2011. The story follows Nodoka Haramura's former classmate, Shizuno Takakamo, who revives her school's mahjong club with the dream of facing Nodoka in the inter-high national championships. Saki was adapted into an anime television series by Gonzo which aired in 2009 while an anime adaptation of Saki Achiga-hen by Studio Gokumi began airing in 2012.

Volume list

Saki

No.	Japanese release date	Japanese ISBN
1	December 25, 2006[5]	ISBN 978-4-7575-1782-0
Round 0. Chapter 1. "Encounter" (出会い "Deai") Round 0. Chapter 2. "Rematch" (再戦 "Saisen") Round 0. Chapter 3. "Victory or Defeat" (勝負 "Shōbu") Round 1. "Confrontation" (対立 "Tairitsu") Round 2. "Motive" (理由 "Riyū") Round 3. "Mahjong Parlor" (雀荘 "Jansō") Round 4. "Humiliation" (翻弄 "Honrō") Round 5. "Crushed" (惨敗 "Sanpai, Zanpai") Round 6. "Determination" (決意 "Ketsui") Omake. "Fruit Milk and Unseen Stars" (フルーツ牛乳と見えない星 "Furūtsu Gyūnyū to Mienai Hoshi")
First-year Kiyosumi High School student Saki Miyanaga is invited by childhood friend Kyōtarō Suga to visit his mahjong club. Believing Saki to be an amateur player, Kyōtarō and fellow first-year club members Nodoka Haramura and Yūki Kataoka play several games with her. Nodoka, who won the national middle school individual tournament the previous year, wins all three games before Saki leaves. However, club president Hisa Takei observes that each game ended with Saki's total points unchanged; Hisa believes Saki is able to manipulate her own score. Nodoka confronts Saki, who reveals that the habit is a result of playing mahjong with family members who would become angry if she wins and confiscate her New Year's gift if she loses. On the following day, Hisa lends Saki a book that was missing from the library; Saki must play several more games with the club in exchange. In the first game Nodoka, Yūki, and second-year member Mako Someya unsuccessfully attempts to prevent her from manipulating her points. Saki wins the second game when Hisa assigns her an imaginary scoring handicap. Saki's first experience in winning convinces her to join the club, and its members soon begin preparing for the preliminaries of the national high school team tournament several weeks away.
2	May 25, 2007[6]	ISBN 978-4-7575-2019-6
Round 7. "Preliminaries" (予選 "Yosen") Round 8. "First Battle" (初陣 "Uijin") Round 9. "Advent" (降臨 "Kōrin") Round 10. "Fastest" (最速 "Saisoku") Round 11. "Tradition" (伝統 "Dentō") Round 12. "Final Four" (四強 "Yonkyō") Round 13. "Pillage" (奪略 "Datsuryaku") Round 14. "Advance" (前進 "Zenshin") Round 15. "Awakening" (開眼 "Kaigan")
3	November 24, 2007[7]	ISBN 978-4-7575-2164-3
Round 16. "" (危急 "Kikyū") Round 17. "" (素人 "Shirōto") Round 18. "" (盗品 "Tōhin") Round 19. "" (予兆 "Yochō") Round 20. "" (部長 "Buchō") Round 21. "" (裂帛 "Reppaku") Round 22. "" (手品 "Tejina") Round 23. "" (追撃 "Tsuigeki") Round 24. "" (交代 "Kōtai")
4	June 25, 2008[8]	ISBN 978-4-7575-2316-6
Round 25. "" (友達 "Tomodachi") Round 26. "" (理論 "Riron") Round 27. "" (未完 "Mikan") Round 28. "" (異変 "Ihen") Round 29. "" (別人 "Betsujin, Betsunin") Round 30. "" (完勝 "Kanshō") Round 31. "" (阻止 "Soshi") Round 32. "" (先輩 "Senpai") Round 33. "" (決着 "Kecchaku")
5	March 25, 2009[9]	ISBN 978-4-7575-2517-7
Round 34. "" (魔物 "Mamono") Round 35. "" (波乱 "Haran") Round 36. "" (満月 "Mangetsu") Round 37. "" (海底 "Haitei") Round 38. "" (結託 "Kettaku") Round 39. "" (運命 "Unmei") Round 40. "" (独走 "Dokusō") Round 41. "" (自信 "Jishin") Round 42. "" (悪夢 "Akumu")
6	July 25, 2009[10]	ISBN 978-4-7575-2623-5
Round 43. "" (窮地 "Kyūchi") Round 44. "" (砲号 "Hōgō") Round 45. "" (解放 "Kaihō") Round 46. "" (脱却 "Dakkyaku") Round 47. "" (安手 "Yasude") Round 48. "" (超越 "Chōetsu") Round 49. "" (本領 "Honryō") Round 50. "" (怒涛 "Dotō")
7	April 24, 2010[11]	ISBN 978-4-7575-2859-8
Round 51. "" (迷乱 "") Round 52. "" (開花 "Kaihō") Round 53. "" (勝利 "Shōri") Round 54. "" (余韻 "Yoin") Round 55. "" (随想 "Zuisō") Round 56. "" (全国 "Zenkoku") Round 57. "" (四校 "Yonkō") Round 58. "" (合宿 "Gasshuku") Round 59. "" (豹変 "Hyōhen") Round 60. "" (伏兵 "Fukuhei") Extra. "Tsuruga Side Story" (つるがいでん "Tsurugaiden")
8	June 25, 2011[12]	ISBN 978-4-7575-3272-4
Round 61. "" (本物 "Honmono") Round 62. "" (模倣 "Mohō") Round 63. "" (散会 "Sankai") Round 64. "" (上京 "Jōkyō") Round 65. "" (抽選 "Chūsen") Round 66. "" (休息 "Kyūsoku") Round 67. "" (応援 "Ōen") Round 68. "" (始動 "Shidō") Round 69. "" (抱負 "Hōfu") Round 70. "" (東風 "Tonpū") Round 71. "" (怪物 "Kaibutsu") Extra. "" (ふくよかにすこやかに "Fukuyoka ni Sukoyaka ni")
9	March 24, 2012 (special edition)[13]	—
Round . "" ("") Round . "" ("")

Saki Achiga-hen episode of Side-A

No.	Japanese release date	Japanese ISBN
1	March 24, 2012	ISBN 978-4-7575-3535-0
2	June 25, 2012	ISBN 978-4-7575-3636-4
3	August 25, 2012	ISBN 978-4-7575-3709-5
4	November 24, 2012	ISBN 978-4-7575-3809-2

Saki Biyori

No.	Japanese release date	Japanese ISBN
1	March 24, 2012	ISBN 978-4-7575-3538-1

See also

• List of Saki episodes

References

1. "バックナンバー No. 12 【2006.6.16号】" [Back Number: No. 12 (2006.6.16 Issue)]. Young Gangan (in Japanese). Square Enix. Retrieved August 24, 2011.
2. "Nodame, Saki Manga Resume after Creators' Illnesses". Anime News Network. July 17, 2009. Retrieved August 24, 2011.
3. "Saki Manga Goes on 3-Week Hiatus". Anime News Network. July 18, 2011. Retrieved August 24, 2011.
4. 《天才麻將少女》 小林立 ["Genius Mahjong Girl", Ritz Kobayashi] (in Chinese). Tong Li Publishing. Retrieved August 24, 2011.
5. "咲－Saki－ (1)" [Saki (vol. 1)] (in Japanese). Square Enix. Retrieved August 24, 2011.
6. "咲－Saki－ (2)" [Saki (vol. 2)] (in Japanese). Square Enix. Retrieved August 24, 2011.
7. "咲－Saki－ (3)" [Saki (vol. 3)] (in Japanese). Square Enix. Retrieved August 24, 2011.
8. "咲－Saki－ (4)" [Saki (vol. 4)] (in Japanese). Square Enix. Retrieved August 24, 2011.
9. "咲－Saki－ (5)" [Saki (vol. 5)] (in Japanese). Square Enix. Retrieved August 24, 2011.
10. "咲－Saki－ (6)" [Saki (vol. 6)] (in Japanese). Square Enix. Retrieved August 24, 2011.
11. "咲－Saki－ (7)" [Saki (vol. 7)] (in Japanese). Square Enix. Retrieved August 24, 2011.
12. "咲－Saki－ (8)" [Saki (vol. 8)] (in Japanese). Square Enix. Retrieved August 24, 2011.
13. "「咲-Saki- 」第9巻限定版発売決定！！" (in Japanese). Saki Anime Blog. Retrieved January 25, 2012.

External links

• Saki official website (Japanese)
• Saki (manga) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia