Karmaburn says:

I dropped Saki after two episodes because I don't know crap about mahjong so it confused the Bejeesus out of me. Also, too much pandering to fans of lesbianism. I'm okay with pandering under proper circumstances (see Hatsukoi Limited, for example), but I'm really tired of lesbians.

I don't really understand Mahjongg either, but I at least understand the concepts involved. The way I think of it is this: Shogi is to Chess as Mahjongg is to Gin Rummy.

Like Gin, Mahjongg is about collecting two-three-four of a kind and straight flushes, and suchlike. When you can fill your entire hand with those things, you can score out, and the race is to see who does it first.

Compared to Gin, the rules of Mahjongg are arcane and baroque, and I sure as hell don't understand it at that level, but I've been able to enjoy it based on that limited degree of understanding of what's going on.

As to the yuri, it's all a tease. And it's been declining. There wasn't any of it in ep 6, for example.

Besides, what's wrong with yuri? (He says.)

UPDATE: In response to Karmaburn's post, Pete says:

Now he knows how I feel about baseball shows. Only I get it worse, because there are lots of them. A game without discernable rules or purpose; I deduced that teams compete to collect points, but those are awarded arbitrarily, so the formal objective does nothing to add any sense to the proceedings.

I'm speechless.

UPDATE: Zyl says, "The Yuri Power is strong in this one."

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