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] Yen Press publishes an english digital version.[5] 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
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1 | December 25, 2006[6] | 978-4-7575-1782-0 | ||
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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[7] | 978-4-7575-2019-6 | ||
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3 | November 24, 2007[8] | 978-4-7575-2164-3 | ||
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4 | June 25, 2008[9] | 978-4-7575-2316-6 | ||
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5 | March 25, 2009[10] | 978-4-7575-2517-7 | ||
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6 | July 25, 2009[11] | 978-4-7575-2623-5 | ||
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7 | April 24, 2010[12] | 978-4-7575-2859-8 | ||
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8 | June 25, 2011[13] | 978-4-7575-3272-4 | ||
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9 | March 24, 2012 (special edition)[14] | 978-4-7575-3537-4 | ||
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10 | June 25, 2012[15] | 978-4-7575-3635-7 | ||
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11 | April 25, 2013[16] | 978-4-7575-3934-1 | ||
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12 | December 25, 2013[17] | 978-4-7575-4182-5 | ||
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13 | September 25, 2014[18] | 978-4-7575-4422-2 | ||
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14 | July 25, 2015[19] | 978-4-7575-4490-1 | ||
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15 | March 25, 2016[20] | 978-4-7575-4919-7 | ||
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16 | December 24, 2016[21] | 978-4-7575-5193-0 | ||
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17 | November 25, 2017[22] | 978-4-7575-5530-3 | ||
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18 | October 25, 2018[23] | 978-4-7575-5889-2 | ||
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19 | May 25, 2019[24] | 978-4-7575-6133-5 | ||
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20 | March 25, 2020[25] | 978-4-7575-6570-8 | ||
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21 | January 22, 2021[26] | 978-4-7575-7046-7 | ||
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22 | November 25, 2021[27] | 978-4-7575-7592-9 | ||
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23 | September 24, 2022[28] | 978-4-7575-8152-4 | ||
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24 | July 25, 2023[29] | 978-4-7575-8682-6 | ||
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Saki Achiga-hen episode of Side-A
No. | Japanese release date | Japanese ISBN | |
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1 | March 24, 2012 | 978-4-7575-3535-0 | |
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2 | June 25, 2012 | 978-4-7575-3636-4 | |
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3 | August 25, 2012 | 978-4-7575-3709-5 | |
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4 | November 24, 2012 | 978-4-7575-3809-2 | |
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5 | April 25, 2013 | 978-4-7575-3911-2 | |
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6 | August 24, 2013 | 978-4-7575-4052-1 | |
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7 | January 22, 2021[30] | 978-4-7575-7048-1 | |
8 | November 25, 2021[31] | 978-4-7575-7601-8 | |
9 | September 24, 2022[32] | 978-4-7575-8155-5 |
Saki Biyori
No. | Japanese release date | Japanese ISBN |
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1 | March 24, 2012 | 978-4-7575-3538-1 |
2 | August 25, 2012 | 978-4-7575-3708-8 |
3 | December 25, 2013 | 978-4-7575-4183-2 |
4 | July 25, 2015 | 978-4-7575-4698-1 |
5 | March 25, 2016 | 978-4-7575-4938-8 |
6 | December 24, 2016 | 978-4-7575-5194-7 |
7 | March 24, 2018 | 978-4-7575-5677-5 |
Side Story of Saki: Shinohayu the Dawn of Age
No. | Japanese release date | Japanese ISBN | |
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1 | December 25, 2013 | 978-4-7575-4184-9 | |
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2 | September 25, 2014 | 978-4-7575-4423-9 | |
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3 | February 25, 2015 | 978-4-7575-4571-7 | |
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4 | July 25, 2015 | 978-4-7575-4699-8 | |
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5 | November 25, 2015 | 978-4-7575-4811-4 | |
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6 | March 25, 2016 | 978-4-7575-4920-3 | |
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7 | December 24, 2016 | 978-4-7575-5195-4 | |
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8 | November 25, 2017 | 978-4-7575-5531-0 | |
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9 | March 24, 2018 | 978-4-7575-5676-8 | |
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10 | October 25, 2018[33] | 978-4-7575-5890-8 | |
11 | May 25, 2019[34] | 978-4-7575-6134-2 | |
12 | March 25, 2020[35] | 978-4-7575-6571-5 | |
13 | January 22, 2021[36] | 978-4-7575-7047-4 | |
14 | November 25, 2021[37] | 978-4-7575-7590-5 | |
15 | September 24, 2022[38] | 978-4-7575-8153-1 | |
16 | July 25, 2023[39] | 978-4-7575-8683-3 |
Toki
No. | Japanese release date | Japanese ISBN | |
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1 | December 24, 2016 | 978-4-7575-5196-1 | |
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2 | November 25, 2017 | 978-4-7575-5532-7 | |
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3 | March 24, 2018 | 978-4-7575-5678-2 | |
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4 | October 25, 2018[40] | 978-4-7575-5891-5 | |
5 | May 25, 2019[41] | 978-4-7575-6135-9 | |
6 | March 25, 2020[42] | 978-4-7575-6572-2 | |
7 | January 22, 2021[43] | 978-4-7575-7049-8 | |
8 | November 25, 2021[44] | 978-4-7575-7591-2 | |
9 | September 24, 2022[45] | 978-4-7575-8154-8 | |
10 | July 25, 2023[46] | 978-4-7575-8684-0 |
See also
References
- ↑ 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. Archived from the original on October 18, 2012. Retrieved August 24, 2011.
- ↑ "Nodame, Saki Manga Resume after Creators' Illnesses". Anime News Network. July 17, 2009. Retrieved August 24, 2011.
- ↑ "Saki Manga Goes on 3-Week Hiatus". Anime News Network. July 18, 2011. Retrieved August 24, 2011.
- ↑ 《天才麻將少女》 小林立 ["Genius Mahjong Girl", Ritz Kobayashi] (in Chinese). Tong Li Publishing. Archived from the original on June 10, 2012. Retrieved August 24, 2011.
- ↑ "Series - Saki". Yen Press. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
- ↑ "咲-Saki- (1)" [Saki (vol. 1)] (in Japanese). Square Enix. Retrieved August 24, 2011.
- ↑ "咲-Saki- (2)" [Saki (vol. 2)] (in Japanese). Square Enix. Retrieved August 24, 2011.
- ↑ "咲-Saki- (3)" [Saki (vol. 3)] (in Japanese). Square Enix. Retrieved August 24, 2011.
- ↑ "咲-Saki- (4)" [Saki (vol. 4)] (in Japanese). Square Enix. Retrieved August 24, 2011.
- ↑ "咲-Saki- (5)" [Saki (vol. 5)] (in Japanese). Square Enix. Retrieved August 24, 2011.
- ↑ "咲-Saki- (6)" [Saki (vol. 6)] (in Japanese). Square Enix. Retrieved August 24, 2011.
- ↑ "咲-Saki- (7)" [Saki (vol. 7)] (in Japanese). Square Enix. Retrieved August 24, 2011.
- ↑ "咲-Saki- (8)" [Saki (vol. 8)] (in Japanese). Square Enix. Retrieved August 24, 2011.
- ↑ "「咲-Saki- 」第9巻限定版発売決定!!" (in Japanese). Saki Anime Blog. Retrieved January 25, 2012.
- ↑ "咲-Saki-(10)" [Saki (vol. 10)] (in Japanese). Square Enix. Retrieved May 20, 2018.
- ↑ "咲-Saki-(11)" [Saki (vol. 11)] (in Japanese). Square Enix. Retrieved May 20, 2018.
- ↑ "咲-Saki-(12)" [Saki (vol. 12)] (in Japanese). Square Enix. Retrieved May 20, 2018.
- ↑ "咲-Saki-(13)" [Saki (vol. 13)] (in Japanese). Square Enix. Retrieved May 20, 2018.
- ↑ "咲-Saki-(14)" [Saki (vol. 14)] (in Japanese). Square Enix. Retrieved May 20, 2018.
- ↑ "咲-Saki-(15)" [Saki (vol. 15)] (in Japanese). Square Enix. Retrieved May 20, 2018.
- ↑ "咲-Saki-(16)" [Saki (vol. 16)] (in Japanese). Square Enix. Retrieved May 20, 2018.
- ↑ "咲-Saki-(17)" [Saki (vol. 17)] (in Japanese). Square Enix. Retrieved May 20, 2018.
- ↑ "咲-Saki-(18)" [Saki (vol. 18)] (in Japanese). Square Enix. Retrieved May 26, 2022.
- ↑ "咲-Saki-(19)" [Saki (vol. 19)] (in Japanese). Square Enix. Retrieved May 26, 2022.
- ↑ "咲-Saki-(20)" [Saki (vol. 20)] (in Japanese). Square Enix. Retrieved May 26, 2022.
- ↑ "咲-Saki-(21)" [Saki (vol. 21)] (in Japanese). Square Enix. Retrieved May 26, 2022.
- ↑ "咲-Saki-(22)" [Saki (vol. 22)] (in Japanese). Square Enix. Retrieved May 26, 2022.
- ↑ "咲-Saki-(23)" [Saki (vol. 23)] (in Japanese). Square Enix. Retrieved January 26, 2023.
- ↑ "咲-Saki-(24)" [Saki (vol. 24)] (in Japanese). Square Enix. Retrieved August 21, 2023.
- ↑ "咲-Saki-阿知賀編 episode of side-A 7" [Saki-Achiga Hen episode of side-A 7] (in Japanese). Square Enix. Retrieved May 26, 2022.
- ↑ "咲-Saki-阿知賀編 episode of side-A 8" [Saki-Achiga Hen episode of side-A 8] (in Japanese). Square Enix. Retrieved May 26, 2022.
- ↑ "咲-Saki-阿知賀編 episode of side-A 9" [Saki-Achiga Hen episode of side-A 9] (in Japanese). Square Enix. Retrieved January 26, 2023.
- ↑ "シノハユ the dawn of age 10" [Shinohayu the dawn of age 10] (in Japanese). Square Enix. Retrieved May 26, 2022.
- ↑ "シノハユ 11" [Shinohayu 11] (in Japanese). Square Enix. Retrieved May 26, 2022.
- ↑ "シノハユ 12" [Shinohayu 12] (in Japanese). Square Enix. Retrieved May 26, 2022.
- ↑ "シノハユ 13" [Shinohayu 13] (in Japanese). Square Enix. Retrieved May 26, 2022.
- ↑ "シノハユ the dawn of age 14" [Shinohayu the dawn of age 14] (in Japanese). Square Enix. Retrieved May 26, 2022.
- ↑ "シノハユ the dawn of age 15" [Shinohayu the dawn of age 15] (in Japanese). Square Enix. Retrieved January 26, 2023.
- ↑ "シノハユ the dawn of age 16" [Shinohayu the dawn of age 16] (in Japanese). Square Enix. Retrieved August 21, 2023.
- ↑ "怜-Toki- 4" [Rei -Toki- 4] (in Japanese). Square Enix. Retrieved May 26, 2022.
- ↑ "怜-Toki- 5" [Rei -Toki- 5] (in Japanese). Square Enix. Retrieved May 26, 2022.
- ↑ "怜-Toki- 6" [Rei -Toki- 6] (in Japanese). Square Enix. Retrieved May 26, 2022.
- ↑ "怜-Toki- 7" [Rei -Toki- 7] (in Japanese). Square Enix. Retrieved May 26, 2022.
- ↑ "怜-Toki- 8" [Rei -Toki- 8] (in Japanese). Square Enix. Retrieved May 26, 2022.
- ↑ "怜-Toki- 9" [Rei -Toki- 9] (in Japanese). Square Enix. Retrieved January 26, 2023.
- ↑ "怜-Toki- 10" [Rei -Toki- 10] (in Japanese). Square Enix. Retrieved August 21, 2023.
External links
- Saki official website (in Japanese)
- Saki (manga) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia