Saki Achiga-hen: Episode of Side-A
English title: Saki Episode of Side A
Japanese title: 咲-Saki-阿知賀編 episode of side-A
Type: TV
Episodes: 12
Premiered: spring 2012
Source: Manga
Genres: Slice of Life
Studios: Studio Gokumi
Producers: TV Tokyo, Square Enix, Sotsu, Lantis, Pony Canyon
Duration: 24 min per ep
Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older

The Achiga Girls' Academy in Nara once defeated regional mahjong powerhouse Bansei High School. It advanced into the national team semifinals but lost to the eventual champion, and the mahjong club was later disbanded.

Six years later, elementary school student Shizuno Takakamo befriends transfer student Nodoka Haramura. The two eventually enter Achiga Girls', but Nodoka transfers out of the school in the second year.

When Shizuno sees Nodoka on television the following year as the national middle school individual mahjong champion, she decides to revive Achiga's mahjong club.