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An even and unbiased review of various online mahjong clients by the second-place winner of the 2025 Riichi City Tenkaichi tournament (2/2)
Niche mahjong choices, and therefore, Sega.
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An even and unbiased review of various online mahjong clients by the second-place winner of the 2025 Riichi City Tenkaichi tournament (1/2)
Not to brag or nothin’, I just want to get that out of the way so we’re all clear.
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Gapoli Pt. 2: I am going to review a bunch of medal games, and you're gonna either like that or you won't
We can say that an anime is officially “for old people”– or, charitably, "a nostalgia title"– when it gets the pachinko/slot treatment. Incidentally, there are two different Code Geass slots on Gapoli.
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Mahjong Stuff in Pon No Michi 10 - Christmas Mahjong American Style
The Christmas party at the parlor is one of the mahjong-lightest episodes yet, second only to maybe the barbecue.
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Mahjong Stuff in Pon No Michi Episode 9 - Let's Go To The Festival! But First Let's Play Mahjong All Episode
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
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Mahjong Stuff in Pon No Michi Episode 7 - Pai Means Many Things
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.
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Mahjong Stuff in Pon No Michi, Episode 6: T (Tetsuman) Pose
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
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Mahjong Stuff in Pon No Michi, Episode 5: They Tell This Girl They're Gonna Play Mahjong, But Then They Don't
Nothing is impossible in mahjong, though. Play long enough and you will see some things.
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Mahjong Stuff in Pon no Michi, Episode 4: I Never Typed a Title Into This One But It's An Ad For Mahjong Soul
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Mahjong Stuff in Pon no Michi, Episode 3 - You Probably Shouldn't Just Eat Curry On The Table Like That
Though there isn’t a ton of mahjong in this episode, I managed to squeeze quite a bit out. This is actually the episode where I decided to write this series, as the subs were finding such new and exciting ways to blow it on terminology.
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Mahjong Stuff in Pon No Michi, Episode 2: Tsubame gaeshi...
This wasn’t necessary to specify before, but I’ll restate that I’m using Bilibili’s subs, with all of the mahjong-related flubs that they make. There are a few fansub efforts around Pon no Michi that fix incorrect translations, but I conceived of this idea while looking at
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Mahjong Stuff in Pon No Michi, Episode 1: You Probably Haven't Heard of This Manga
This introductory week has to introduce the girls, reveal the parlor, reveal Chombo the mascot character, teach the girls mahjong, and get them in a game all in one shot, so it's very heavy on mahjong stuff. This post is even bigger than the last one, so let&