History Manga / Saki

* TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture: An analysis, based on the study of a calendar (shown only in a single frame, so its easy to miss) and on the possible dates of a full moon during the prefecturals, concludes that the only possible year for the series to take place in is '''2050'''. It's no wonder why Nodoka's so interested in IPS reproduction...

* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: The mahjong ClubPresident is usually also one of the most skilled members. There are exceptions, though, such as Team Tsuruga's Yumi, whose sheer skill makes people frequently mistake her for their club leader instead of the more lackadaisical Satomi.

* FanServicePack: Kasumi starts the series very slender. But after years of progression in the manga she becomes the bustiest character in the series, until each breast is the size of her head.

%% * GettingCrapPastThe Radar: Due to overwhelming and persistent misuse, GCPTR is on-page examples only until 01 June 2021. If you are reading this in the future, please check the trope page to make sure your example fits the current definition.

* BatmanGambit[=/=]ForbiddenChekhovsGun: All over the place.

* [[CastFullOfGay Cast Full of Lesbian]]: Oh yes.

* CensorSteam

* FieldPowerEffect

* {{Flashback}}

* GoingCommando: The series is quite famous for its memes about this. The fans certainly like it.

* GrayRainOfDepression: This shows up from time to time in the series.

%%* LoveBubbles: Saki and Nodoka have a fair amount of these scenes.

* OhCrap: Plenty of these moments to go around.
** Chapter 98 features a massive one [[spoiler:by players playing against Saki when she "awakens"]], which causes the competition hall to be shaken by a minor earthquake, and other miscellaneous supernatural phenomena like Iwato Kasumi's H-cups to start ''floating''.

%%* PictureDrama

* ThePowerOfLove [[PowerOfTrust and Trust]]

* RealPlaceBackground: Frequently utilized.

* ShowerScene
** ShowerOfAngst: Nodoka takes one after her loss to and argument with Saki. Saki takes one after she's unable to bring herself to go to see her sister's semifinals match.

* TasteTheRainbow: All sorts of characters, all sorts of fetishes, and all sorts of genres.

* GagBoobs:
** Nodoka is frequently the butt of breast-related jokes.
** In the second ending theme to Zenkoku-hen, Kasumi's enormous breasts (even larger than Nodoka's) stop Kinue's soccer ball after it bounces off Hatsumi's face.

** Chapter 98 features a massive one [[spoiler:by players playing against Saki when she "awakens"]], which causes the competition hall to be shaken by a minor earthquake, and other miscellaneous supernatural phenomena like [[GagBoobs Iwato Kasumi's]] H-cups to start ''floating''.

** Another thing that's noticeable is how certain aspects of some girls gradually grew... [[BuxomIsBetter larger]], as series went on. While this could normally explained away by the onset of puberty, the short time frame of the Nationals (less than a full week had passed since it started) eliminates it as a probable cause. Nodoka's is especially noticeable, but then there's Awaii and Ako from ''Achiga-hen'', who went from somewhat petite the first time they appeared in the main series (Ako in particular, as she's only supposedly a little bigger than almost-flat Shizuno), to "porn-star jigglies" over the course of a few chapters.

* BuxomIsBetter: The first thing Saki notices about Nodoka is that she's "beautiful," which refers to her extremely well-endowed, [[VaporWear braless]] [[GagBoobs chest]]. Most of Nodoka's other friends, her opponents and even the press make note of her chest, although interestingly enough, this does not seem to apply to the much more endowed Kasumi of Team Eisui.

* BuxomIsBetter: The first thing Saki notices about Nodoka is that she's "beautiful," which refers to her extremely well-endowed, {{Gainaxing}}, [[VaporWear braless]] [[GagBoobs chest]]. Most of Nodoka's other friends, her opponents and even the press make note of her chest, although interestingly enough, this does not seem to apply to the much more endowed Kasumi of Team Eisui.

* UnrelatedEffects: The mahjong games are ''full'' of them.

** In the second ending theme to Zenkoku-hen, Kasumi's enormous breasts ([[UpToEleven even larger than Nodoka's]]) stop Kinue's soccer ball after it bounces off Hatsumi's face.

* LoveBubbles: Saki and Nodoka have a fair amount of these scenes.

* PantyShot: {{Subverted|Trope}} -- female underwear doesn't even ''exist'' in this setting.
** And based on the first episode, Nodoka isn't wearing any bra either.
** And [[https://mangadex.org/chapter/247806/14 this]] happened in the manga.

* PictureDrama

* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: There's many characters among the various schools who play mahjong, who often have at least the hints of a personality, even if they don't have a detailed backstory, and even those from schools that get eliminated without much fanfare often have a somewhat unique design. Justified as mahjong match requires four teams of five people each -- 20 in all.

* DangerouslyShortSkirt: The freshman girls' uniform at school includes a skirt that doesn't even reach far enough to properly cover the whole backside. Ironically, the girls show absolutely no concern about these skirts, but a maid café uniform's skirt that's a good four inches longer is embarrassingly short.

* RomanticTwoGirlFriendship: Nodoka and Saki, Yumi and Momo, and Mihoko and Kana. Whether it might be more is up for debate.

* BlandNameProduct: The "DFLL" computer in the commentators' booth, and the book titled "Rord of the Rings".

* RomanticTwoGirlFriendship: Nodoka and Saki, Yumi and Momo, and Mihoko and Kana. Whether it [[SchoolgirlLesbians might be more]] is up for debate.

** SchoolGirlLesbians

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: "Banana?! Banana..."
** In a blink-and-you'll-miss-it moment in ''Zenkoku-hen'' [[note]]beginning of episode 2[[/note]], the fact that, for some reason, Mihoko's uniform is mixed in with the rest of Team Kiyosumi's uniforms in their closet.