The Totally Epic HikaGo Reread - Vol. 2

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It's Wednesday again, which means it's time for:
~Volume 2 of Hikaru no Go~

There's a lot happening in this chapter - new characters, tournaments, new schools, and conspiracies in the rain - what was your favorite part?

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I GOT MY (65 year-old, generally unimpressed with anime, etc etc) MOM TO WATCH HIKAGO 1-6 :D :D :D But man, having also reread the manga up to 16 today, it was really hard stopping right before the whole, "Shindou... every game I play, I think about you... How you'd respond to each of my moves..." (♥___♥) thing. But she likes it!! And is going to keep watching tomorrow, and she gasped when Touya resigned in the Fangs Bared match. :(

Oh, some of the panels are so, so beautiful. I'd always thought of myself as liking the anime more, having read the manga admittedly very spottily, but I can feel that changing a little and my love for the manga matching that for the anime. The colors in the animation are so beautiful (and music and voices and etc), but some of the manga panels are so well executed that they don't need anything more. Either way, my chest feels tight whenever I take it in, even with all the moments of sheer peace and beauty. There's so much movement in this series, even with its overarching serenity -- it's hard to describe, I don't know, I'm half babbling here. *_*

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And the art just. gets better. I mean, I have a natural manga>anime bias, but Obata's artistic growth over the course of the series is really something to see <3

Yay for another family convert!