God. She's annoying and yet, she's a loli. My heart is torn in two...

Steve: For those of you who have been following my Saki posts, you can tell that I’ve been very annoyed with this anime for a lot of reasons. However, I can’t stop blogging it because one, I don’t want to drop it without a good enough reason and two, I can’t swap it with anyone else either. I’m stuck with this anime so I’ll make the best of it. Tomorrow, I have tests and here, I am procrastinating by blogging Saki. Good job Steve.

This episode of Saki is like the earlier ones. I really don’t like it and at the same time, there are scenes that make me laugh… in disbelief. I’m not sure what GONZO is trying to accomplish with this anime since they are throwing in every stereotypical sports formula into one anime. Are they trying to use up all their money and then merge with a larger company? Forget that. That is a discussion for another day.

A few days ago, Minnie got upset at Yui’s idiocy in her K-ON post. If you think Yui is stupid Minnie, get a load of the characters in Saki. Almost all the characters are stupid beyond belief and that is why I tell you not to watch it. Why am I still watching it then? So I can review it…

Stupidity #1: Tight-Fitting Clothes

I call her Miss Big Boobs. Miss Big Boobs likes to wear tight clothes to show off her boobs, even at home in front of the computer. Her father tells her not to stay up and not to play around. I believe he is talking about her school uniform that shows off her boobs when he’s talking about the latter.

Stupidity #2: People Notice Miss Big Boobs’ Boobs

No. Don’t let the news reporter lady fool you. It’s not Miss Big Boobs who is beautiful. It’s her boobs. However, what’s so gorgeous about her boobs? Miss Big Boobs has boobs that look like hanging balloons. More than that, GONZO thinks we don’t notice the boobs so they have to emphasize it by having the camera man comment on her boobs this episode. Good job GONZO!

Stupidity #3: Shadowed Faces

I always find this stupid in Tales of the Abyss and I find it stupid here too. First of all, look at her hair. At the tournament, let’s find someone with the exact hair color and hair shape! That girl is Saki’s sister. Bingo. Let’s say that she decides to change her hair style and hair color… she’ll look like any other character in Saki! They all look similar anyways! Why the shadow then?

Stupidity #4: The Ever Changing Brain

I know his personality hasn’t changed that much but his amount of brain cells sure does. Even though it has only been three episodes, Kyou keeps switching back and forth from saying stupid things to smart things. In this episode, I wholeheartedly agree with his statement above. Saki refuses to win because of that lame reason? Is he being smart this time around? Then… you watch him for the rest of the episode…

Stupidity #5: Taco Love

She wants to become a taco. No. She will become a taco if she doesn’t eat tacos. Where did that come from? I also like how we need a definition of what a taco is. Epic win.

Stupidity #6: Split Screen Overuse

I know split screens were popular with the old Yugioh anime and a lot of the shounen anime in the old days. Is it back again? I hope not. Watching Saki, I realize how annoying it is. Please no more split screen usage! The background music that accompanies these split screens are a wreck too…

Stupidity #7: Couple?

I am an eccentric fanshipper. I admit it. I’m a fanboy of any crack pairings thrown my way. I wear harder shipping goggles than Minnie and Marissa’s combined. I did not see this coming. I did not see this couple emerging. Where was it before? Why did it seem out of nowhere? Oh right. It’s because Miss Big Boobs and Saki stole all the screen time with their yuri love…

Stupidity #8: Denied.

Sex play denied.

Stupidity #9: Touchy touchy.

Remember back in episode 1 when Miss Big Boobs jump down and hug Saki? Remember that? Was that necessary? Remember back in episode 2 when the two girls sit close to a bench? Was that necessary? Now for this episode, was it really that necessary once again for Miss Big Boobs to press her boobs against Saki? I’m not complaining because I like the yuri hints but still. Must they make it so obvious? I like my yuri subtle…

Stupidity #10: Beautiful Girls With No Personalities.

Thank you GONZO for blessing us with beautiful young ladies who all love to play mahjong! They are all going to compete against one another with lightning and exaggerated plays to boot! I love anime. It’s so unlike real life. The mahjong club I passed by were filled with boys with a couple of girls here and there. Most straight boys (that leaves you out Kyou) don’t play mahjong. No way. They don’t! (It’s up to you whether I’m being sarcastic over the Internet or not)

Stupidity #11: Love Makes the Possible Impossible…

Because Miss Big Boobs love Saki so much after her motivational speech about them both going to the competition together, Miss Big Boobs blush and have a gust of wind blow her hair to signal this. I want wind to blow through my hair to tell me I like someone…

It's love! Time for the conclusion!

Conclusion

If you guys haven’t noticed, not everything I listed up there are stupid. I didn’t want to change stupidity # to something else because I’m lazy. Anyways, this anime has little to no potential to be good… if taken seriously. If you are only watching it for the LOLZ and weird entertainment, by all means continue. I think I will blog this from now on after all. What happen to GONZO back in the days when it actually produce quality anime? Not everything is bad about this anime though. There’s the president that proves to be still be an interesting character to watch. Anyways, time to study. Steve out.

Steve’s Overall Rating Meter: 6/10

Steve’s Anticipation for Next Episode: 6/10