Gather round, my friends. No hamsters this month, but we have fourty goddamn eight pages of Shinohayu to compensate.
Chapter 68: Formation of birds and clouds (seems to refer to a flexible, free-forming battle formation used by some strategist, can't be bothered looking too deeply into it right now)
Saki:Tanoshii
Mason Rodriguez
Bentley Green
>This hand is pretty far from a chinitsu.
>If possible, I want a shape I could change into a single wait so I could adapt when Shiratsuki-san's wind starts blowing.
Jaxon Howard
>This is a tile you'd normally cut right after drawing if it was live.
Austin Collins
>If I drop the East, I'm in tenpai for tanyao. There are 3 of the 6-pin I'm waiting on remaining, since Shiratsuki-san dropped one a turn ago.
>If you get too mindful of the wind, your hand building won't get anywhere.
>It's like a curse...
Jeremiah Bell
>The wind...
>So it started.
>Even knowing the wind will start blowing again, I can't keep it in.
Connor Martinez
>You sent the wind to Yuzu before she even got into tenpai yet ignored me?
>Then it's tenpai time.
>She could've had a tanyao pinfu if she cut the South...
>Riichiless, yakuless single wait on a South...
Asher Brooks
>Riichi!
>With those discards Shiratsuki-san has a 1-sou there...
>And since there are 4 Haku on the field...
Ethan Green
>Chiitoitsu!
>Mm!
Nathaniel Campbell
>Shiratsuki-san has a single wait on a wind tile with a riichi.
>She's forcing others to draw wind tiles and aiming for a direct hit.
>The possibility is there.
>Either way, I can't rush into a dealer riichi when I'm 1-shanten...
>Is the 6-pin bad?
>Will it get called by the player to my right? No, I'll probably deal in.
Adrian Brown
>Normally, dealing into a cheap hand to rotate the dealer would be excellent, but it'll make me further away from the top.
>I'd rather either of them two dealt in instead.
Cooper Ramirez
>Well, well.
>Looks like this is it.
>Yuzu...
>Not dealing into Moriwaki's hand...
>You might regret it.
Levi James
Carson Wright
>Tsumo! 6100 all!
Christian White
>It wasn't a wind tile...
>You could've probably made it if you kept the West she discarded on the 4th turn.
>Or maybe she went for the exact opposite?
>The more you think about it, the deeper you sink in this swamp.
>And I miscalculated.
>Yuzu is more concerned...
Bump anyone? OP dumps don't bump the thread
Camden Jones
>With winning here than I thought.
>Tsumo! 4100 all.
>And...
Christian Thompson
>This one's a little stronger than I thought.
Dylan Wright
>48 pages
Nice. I wonder if we'll get a yakuman soon. I don't think we've seen one in Shinohayu yet.
Levi Mitchell
>Tsumo.
Benjamin Ramirez
>Honitsu, toitoi, sanankou. 6300 all!
>Shiratsuki Shino!
>Busted...
>Crimson peacock... And here we are with yet another one of Shino's optional yakumans. Did this one appear before? By the way, who's the girl saying this? She's the one who commented on the weather last chapter, but who exactly is she? My memory's wonky.
Joseph Campbell
>The match is over!
Anthony Phillips
I'm out of the loop for Shinohayu but did Shino's ability became like Choe? With the aids of the wind?
Connor Sullivan
Jack Hughes
>Thank you very much!
>...much.
>Yuzu...
Kind of? Last chapter she dumped basically every wind tile in the set into the other 3's hands.
That's only a part of it too.
Cameron Anderson
>Sorry.
>Chihi...
>I'm sorry.
>Because I didn't deal in back then...
>Because I was too obsessed with victory...
Igarashi's crying faces are beautiful as always
Eli Cook
There was a kokushi during Aina's and Shino's match.
She's the reporter who was curious about Chihiro.
Connor Fisher
cute!
Ryder Brooks
>kokushi during Aina's and Shino's match
Oh yeah, forgot about that one.
Dylan Clark
>No. Yuzu, you did nothing wrong.
>It's because I won that unreasonable baiman off you.
>That point difference created a crack she exploited.
>But... Because of how this 5th match ended, you're...
>Yeah.
>Shiratsuki's rush started when Moriwaki was in the lead, so as a result I ended up 3rd.
Ah right, of course.
Jason Morgan
>Guess I'm not making the individuals this year.
>I'm sorry...
>Yuzu, it's not your fault.
>Let's leave it at this for today.
>For your sake, Yuzu...
Logan Wood
>The three of them were such fun opponents!
>Shino-chan!
>Impressive job, managing to come back from that.
>Well played.
Wyatt Baker
Julian Ortiz
Reminder that at least three of these girls are stronger than grandma.
Eli Long
>You...
>Took revenge for me.
>In the end, I did.
>But this was only because I got lucky.
>You could make it there! To the Nationals!
>I'll try.
>The 6th match will be beginning shortly!
Camden Gomez
>Good luck.
>You too, Hayari-chan. We could end up against each other.
>I placed 2nd twice, so...
>We won't be playing against each other this year.
>That's sad...
>Then I'll be going.
>Mhm...
Lucas James
God damn I though this was the final match.
Juan Wright
>The two from Komosawa had such a grave atmosphere about them I exited the match room right away.
>Did you want to reflect on the match?
>Yeah, that. But we have to check out the records first.
Wyatt Scott
>This is the first time I've lost to Shiratsuki-san.
>Against that girl, going in for the kill straight away without ever putting her in a pinch might be the only option.
>But you wouldn't be able to stop the tiny girl's consecutive wins if you went for expensive hands.
>There's that, too.
>Life doesn't always go as planned!
>Makes me remember what Yue says often.
>I forgot why she said it though.
>Missed the release day of a manga, probably.
Jack Stewart
>But even if for someone everything always went as planned,
>That asplanned person would still worry about things that don't go as planned, away from everybody's eyes.
>"Asplanned" isn't a word.
>Shino!
>Kanna-chan.
>Are you...
>I'm here too!
>Thought so.
Xavier Mitchell
>So you're the Shiratsuki-san I keep hearing about...
>Shino... Kanna...
Carson Wilson
Seems like whenever she gets the 1-Sou she can control the 4 wind tiles.
Ayden Martinez
>Yue-chan and... from Komosawa
>The one who beat Kyouka in the team tournament and Yue, huh...
>Don't call me "the one".
>I can hear that. Have some respect for your upperclassmen.
>I might as well have waited for you to go to the toilet if I knew we'd end up in the same room, Kanna.
>Sorry.
>Me and Yue were friendly just now, but things are different now that we're in a match. She beat the crap out of me twice in the regionals, so I want to win this time.
Noah Powell
>My score with Shino in official matches is 1 win, 1 loss, so I wanna win.
>I have to take revenge for Kyouka on the Komosawa girl, plus she's from the team that beat us in the team tournament, so I wanna win.
>Basically...
>I can't afford to lose here!
>Shimane prefecture tournament, 6th match of the Individuals!
>Is starting now!
Landon Smith
>Finally...
>I can finally fight Shino.
>Last year...
>In the 6th grade I lost to Shino, so I couldn't sit at the finals table...
Ayden Young
>It's a little different from the finals back then, but I can finally have the rematch with Shino I longed for...
>And I'll take revenge for Aina-chan while I'm aat it!
>Riichi!
>Kanna!
>I'm not gonna lose this time, Yue...
Jack Hall
>Ron. 8000.
>Tsumo! 6000 all!
John Edwards
>This girl...
>Not only does she use pair or double hair waits that are hard to read, her hand is also fast...
>Of course Kyouka would have trouble...
>This is bad!
>Against Shiratsuki-san, the final match has to be short.
>Should I bust someone?
>Shit. Guess I've got no choice but to do it.
>Wait.
>If I'm getting her low enough to get busted...
>Riichi!
Elijah Torres
Jaxon Smith
>I'm sorry, Kanna-chan.
>Kachou fuugetsu
>Kinkei dokuritsu
Kevin White
>Beni kujaku. (crimson peacock)
>6000 all.
>Busted...
Gavin Cox
>The match is over!
>And it's decided!
>The winner of the National Middle School Mahjong Championship's Shimane Tournament is...
>A first year from Yumachi Middle!
>Shiratsuki Shino!
The gloves are off now. Christ though, poor Kanna.
Hudson Johnson
For games with no red/uradora these girls still have a lot of firepower.
Goodbye Kanna. This matchup seemed like it could have been longer, but maybe Ritz just wants to move on from the individuals.
Logan Morales
Shino be like
Justin Torres
>This hand is pretty far from a chinitsu.
This says Chiitoitsu.
Gavin Gray
Shit, of course it's chiitoitsu, don't know what I was thinking when I typed that when I knew she was talking about seven pairs.
Jaxon Williams
It did. Chapter 46.
Jeremiah Nelson
I miss the early Kanna. Now she is a geek.
Eli Roberts
They really do need to give her some time in the spotlight. She's been jobbing really badly lately.
William Parker
I dropped Shinohayu when she became a joke and will only pick until the anime.
Christian Evans
But Shino is heterosexual. She shouldnt be good.
Justin Anderson
She's a pretty good character. Early Kanna was a genius who could do anything, but then she had to cope with being the only one without powers. Now that we can see that she can't catch up, we'll probably see another drastic change in her character soon. Maybe she'll quit mahjong.
Do we know what future Kanna does yet?
Jack Stewart
Heterosexuality made her an angel among monsters.
Kevin Howard
So is Yuuki along with 50% of the Sakis.
Asher White
The ones that aren't gay are asexual, duh.
Isaac Roberts
Kanna could be the IT company boss. Maybe.
Also I agree, Kanna's progression, while a little sad, is fairly commonplace in life, when the talent you had in your younger years doesn't quite cut it anymore.
Chase Gonzalez
Perhaps in mahjong.
Kanna needs to leave and do her own thing.
Tyler Torres
>Do we know what future Kanna does yet?
We don't know but perhaps she will become rich because she has the soft and hard skills to be whatever she wants.
Logan Barnes
>Do we know what future Kanna does yet?
She wins the Shinobowl.
Mason Torres
Well that's just silly.
Lucas Edwards
The 'old yaku' part of Shino's powers came out of nowhere to be honest. Where would she even know them from? Unless her mom used those rules when they played 3P together, but I don't think it was mentioned before.
Isaiah Wood
I remember hearing about an announcement coming soon. Has that happened yet/when would it happen?
Caleb Jackson
>48 pages
someone should help Igarashi.
Angel Morris
Imma help her, out of her PJs, hah!
Jacob Smith
that's my girl!
Elijah Murphy
Shino chained some (unused) yakuman hands.
Kacho Fuugetsu (no, she's not Aqua)
David Campbell
OP, you're the same guy who buys the magazine digitally, right? Do you have the raws for Saya's new series?
Matthew Powell
Beni Kujaku
Angel Adams
another Crimson Peacock /Beni Kujaku...
Jace Wilson
>Missed the release day of a manga, probably.
they know her well
Oliver Long
thanks for the dump and the translation.
Wyatt Carter
Hello Rena.
Kayden Campbell
I just remembered how much I loved Kanna.
Dylan Hernandez
Kyouka is her mom, you dummy.