[The Great Bear]

Review by Greg Smith

In Summary
After all of the build-up and backstory, we finally come to the first major tournament. The games are shown only in brief highlights of declared hands, so those who are still confused about how the game is played, don't expect to be enlightened any further here. The real story, however, is the by now heavily (perhaps overly so) foreshadowed confrontation that will have to come between Kiyosumi and Ryuumonbuchi, especially between Ryuumonbuchi's star Amae Komoro and Kiyosumi's combination of Nodoka and Saki. Perhaps we will see that next episode.