Mahjong Stuff in Pon no Michi - Table of Contents
This is a table of contents for my project "Mahjong Stuff in Pon no Michi", a series of blog posts that explained most, if not all, of the inside mahjong details and jokes in the anime series Pon no Michi. If you've been reading along with the project as it came out, thanks! And there's nothing new here, so don't worry about it.
The idea behind this series was that while "cute girls doing nothing" anime is fairly understandable and somewhat mainstream for English-speaking audiences, the game of Japanese-style (riichi) mahjong– and its accompanying rules, minutiae, and in-jokes– is much less so.
So skipping directly to anything that has anything to do with mahjong– which as it turns out, is quite a lot in this series, down to the names of the characters– I picked through Pon no Michi and explained every single mahjong detail from the point of view of a veteran competitive riichi player who really loves the game.
The first, sixth, and last posts of the project are free. To see the rest, please consider becoming a paid subscriber to the newsletter, where I talk about video games, anime/manga and whatever else strikes my fancy. Projects like these don't come out of nowhere, and these days I have no sponsors but you, the reader. Pay for what you want to see in the world, I say!
Mahjong Stuff in Pon no Michi, Episode 0: Starting from the names
Mahjong Stuff in Pon No Michi, Episode 1: You Probably Haven't Heard of This Manga
Mahjong Stuff in Pon No Michi, Episode 2: Tsubame gaeshi...
Mahjong Stuff in Pon No Michi, Episode 6: T (Tetsuman) Pose
Mahjong Stuff in Pon No Michi Episode 7 - Pai Means Many Things
Mahjong Stuff In Pon No Michi Episode 8 - There's No Way You Made Three Thousand Lanterns
Mahjong Stuff in Pon No Michi 10 - Christmas Mahjong American Style
Mahjong Stuff in Pon No Michi Episode 11 - The New Year and Malaysia
Mahjong Stuff in Pon No Michi Episode 12 (Final) - Janta-kun's Minor Illness
I'd like to write a review of Pon no Michi to go in this last spot, but I'd also like to talk about other things on the newsletter for a little while before I do that.
To those of you who stuck it out through this, thanks again! To any of you who are finding this for the first time, hope you enjoy!
