Thread 283558660

Is mahjong manga/anime ded? Or is it still alive in raws and just no scanlation team picking anything up? Would AI translation work on this type of manga, seems like much tighter context could help with the biggest hurdle machine translation has with japanese (unless it's mahjong in braincrack context ala kaiji)

saki is ongoing

For me, it's Harada Katsumi.

>>283559146
is mahjong actually developed there? Always assumed it's a 'girls life' kinda manga with mahjong being incidental (they need a hook, but it's unimportant, just like solo camping is thinly veiled romance story, camping is just a tool to show more food/single girls that hit on MC)

>>283559320
They play lots of mahjong but it's superpowers mahjong, at least in the main series. Aka the one where they discuss their powers but you don't really see hands develop in a tactical way like you'd expect in so-called "braincrack" stories. To be fair this also applies to a lot of other mahjong manga that don't involve cute girls. It's not that easy to write good mahjong setups.

pic unrelated btw, this one delivers on that side

>>283559409
yeah the last 'proper' mahjong anime we had (Ice cold thingy with subs from anon) was sadly very bad on mahjong side and was mostly yakuza vs SE asian gangs story with blood and gore the main draw, mahjong was just magic to push story forward, shame

>>283559320
>is mahjong actually developed there?
No but boobs are.

>>283559320
in >>283558660 (OP) mahjong is incidental and it's about politicians going super saiyan, so...I assumed we weren't paying mind to such concerns lol.

>>283558660 (OP)
a lot of manga are not translated, like the one magazine Akagi was in only has mahjong mangas

some promotion for Mahjong soul were made last year, including a Gintama collab promo this month https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYjFiQTE3js&t=3s

also touhai is free on youtube. Animation is not that good, but it's nice. live action is better
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9N_osGiilk&list=PLH53FdGQ49l-D9fGFZ4kXSDbrjYyMtrWX&index=1&t=1s

>>283559943
yes and no, it's not an analysing mahjong hand/round manga, but it is totally centered around mahjong and absurdly unlikely hands, so in the end ends up being more mahjong centric even as it is as you say mostly political and ironic, but in theory you can move your thumb so fast to get 13 white dragons

>>283560082
touhai was great as in gripping story, brutal and gory etc, just mahjong was magic, weeee he's surfing the wave now, woooo he's ice cold mahjonging now

>>283560115
>it is totally centered around mahjong and absurdly unlikely hands
well, in that case Saki would also be mahjong, the incidental parts like superpowers don't negate that they play mahjong in a tournament. It is no Pon no Michi.

>OP still trying to force his "braincrack" meme
Why can't you just make a normal fucking mahjong thread

>>283560223
guess i'll give it a go as it's the only thing still running, manga or anime?

You should read Mamiya

>>283560438
too short sadly

Mukoubuchi is nice, why won't they resume translation. It's not akagi level but still was great. Btw Muteki no hito is back from hiatus, but they're taking forever, look on reddit for a fantranslation by one guy, he translated the remaining 18-19 chapters and has a google drive with the pdfs, best of both worlds, liar game with mahjong, top notch

>>283559320
More than Pon no Michi at least