Okay, now this week definitely tops the previous week for lack of mahjong-related content. Of course, we’re also drawing close to the end and I don’t have to explain things twice. But the mahjong content in the show is actually also going down, even though the girls spend
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The Christmas party at the parlor is one of the mahjong-lightest episodes yet, second only to maybe the barbecue.
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An episode that looks like it’s going to be about an unusual local festival is actually a full episode of the girls trying to out-cheat each other at the mahjong table. I find this series is frequently caught between trying to be about the girls playing mahjong and the
If I could only offer you a single piece of advice for the Mystery Dungeon series— and the traditional roguelike in general— it would be to think before you move. Your greatest weapon in this game is the fact that it is turn-based. It’s easy to forget this, as
There’s actually very little mahjong content in this week’s Pon No Michi, and quite a few scenes that I found weird and confusing, so forgive me if I walk off the path a little bit and tear into this show a little bit. It’s eight episodes in
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I wanted to make absolutely sure this went up today, as today is Pi Day (3/14). It's possible that all the delays in my life have led up to this moment.
My first experience with the works of Akira Toriyama was from a pack of bootleg playing cards. One day in the 90s on the drive home from school, a friend showed off these flashy, foil-covered, tacky playing cards with the most amazing art on them. Some kind of family of
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A lot of anime that take place in remote, picturesque Japanese towns are specifically trying to push tourism to their real-life settings, betting on the “otaku pilgrimage” effect proven most famously by Girls & Panzer. Pon no Michi— which, if you didn’t notice, is actually punning on the name
Gran Turismo 7 is a beautiful video game and I legitimately relish driving cars in it. I love its approach, its perspective, the sheer love it displays for its all-consuming obsession with autosport. Also, every time I play GT7, it asks me at least once if I am very rich—
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Nothing is impossible in mahjong, though. Play long enough and you will see some things.
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Nier from Granblue Fantasy is the evil catgirl. This is 2B from the videogame Nier: Automata in the fighting game spinoff of Granblue Fantasy where Nier, an evil catgirl, is also present.