Category Archives: Satire/Humour

Angry crowds have taken to the streets to fight against headbump. Headbump, known as atamahane in Japanese, is a mahjong rule that states that when multiple people call ron on the same tile, only the next player in turn order gets the win. According to studies, headbump causes lost wages (known in the mahjong worldContinue reading “Protests Against Headbump Pop Up Around the World”

The Dow Jones Industrial Average is down and the S&P 500 falls into correction territory after the M-League game that started on February 22 finished around 40 minutes past midnight in Japan. Early reports indicate that workplace productivity was down and absences spiked throughout Japan after sleeplessness befell the country. In North America, more employeesContinue reading “Stocks Down After Late M-League Finish”

M-League, a Japanese mahjong sports league, was recently named the “World’s Most Watched Literary Event”. Having a viewership of hundreds of thousands to over a million viewers every game day, it easily beats any other televised literary event in the world. In 2021, the Booker Prize only had around 12,000 and the Nobel Prize forContinue reading “M-League Named World’s Most-Watched Literary Event”

Flow (流れ, nagare) is said to be “the term used in professional riichi mahjong to quantify the metaphysical ability of spiritually attuned players to pull in good tiles”. Believers think that calling kan is the only sure way to gain flow. Non-believers say that it’s just an occult belief. Today, we will be looking atContinue reading “How to Harness the Power of Flow”

The band “Unlucky Morpheus” has decided to keep up with the times and change its name to “Unlucky Murakami” The band, known to M-League fans for their M-League inspired songs Top of the ‘M’ and ‘M’ Revolution, made the announcement on Tuesday, a day after Murakami Jun registered his 4th last place in a row.Continue reading “Unlucky Morpheus Changes Its Name to Unlucky Murakami”

Many pro mahjong organizations have been swamped with new applicants after an important announcement was made at the start of the M-League 2021 season. On October 4, opening day of M-League 2021, Nissin announced a contest in which the first player who wins a Chiihou will receive a lifetime supply of Nissin U.F.O. Yakisoba. RightContinue reading “Yakisoba Causes Upsurge in Pro Mahjong Applications”

People Magazine has chosen Kondo Seiichi of the Sega Sammy Phoenix as the Sexiest Man Alive for 2021. Kondo Seiichi is well known for documenting his trip to hot springs and being constantly surrounded by women. On March 4, 2021, Kondo made us all sweat when he won a Riichi/Ippatsu/Tsumo/Pinfu/Tanyao/Iipeikou/Aka 1/Ura 1 in South 4Continue reading “BREAKING: Kondo Seiichi is People Magazine’s Sexiest Man Alive”

The court case between Sonoda Ken of the Akasaka Drivens and Ishibashi Nobuhiro of the U-Next Pirates is now underway. Ishibashi is suing Sonoda for 10,000,000 yen for copyright infringement after Sonoda had used Ishibashi’s signature “Red 5 Discard Trap” on December 3, 2020. The maneuver, which was done in S1-0, cost Ishibashi 5,500 pointsContinue reading “BREAKING: M-League Court Case Now Underway”

The National Institute of Public Health of Japan has released a statement regarding the statements said and actions of Ishibashi Nobuhiro on December 14, 2020. The first incident reported detailed an account of Ishibashi Nobuhiro calling riichi with two visible dragon pons and none of the other green dragons visible. The institute states that, “MerelyContinue reading “BREAKING: Ishibashi Nobuhiro Considered Dangerous to Public Health”