The Totally Epic HikaGo Reread - Vol. 3

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~Volume 3 of Hikaru no Go~

(Is a little late today)

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Comments

[effex]

Humm - the thing I wanted to comment on this volume was how the artist and author handle the kids like kids - a lot of shonen manga treat/draw their junior high/high school characters like they're in their late teens and I'm glad HikaGo avoids that. Sai calls a lot of people (mostly Mitani) 'child' in this chapter and it really drove it home.

Also, is it just me or has Obata's art already markedly improved?

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OH LOOK AT THAT BEAUTIFUL COVER *__*

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I'd forgotten how determined Akira really is. He's like this little angry tornado. *_* And how much I wanted to strangle Mitani -- the way Sai strangles Hikaru, with headlocks and love. Sure, Mitani, keep cheating just to be an asshole and not letting your friends trust you. That's the way to win 'em.

Yuri, ILU. ♥ Even though Hikago doesn't really do major female characters, the minor ones are pretty damn awesome. (Although I'm really sad she didn't come back the way Kishimoto did. She could have verbally bitchslapped people around some more!)

[invitan.livejournal.com]

Rereading this vol makes me want to pet Akira. Poor kid, got misunderstood all the time. You really need to be more sociable! And look at the way he sat while talking to his father. The formality really chills me out.

I totally didn't realise until now that Kuwabara first appeared in this vol! The geezer looks kinda tame though, so no wonder.

[tsukikage85.livejournal.com]

So, that scene where Hikaru's wondering who his opponent in the Kaiou match will be, and suddenly we see these black shoes in a small frame on the bottom of the page and "It's me."... Very well blocked (is that the word?) in my opinion.

I didn't quite get why the girl with the glasses was getting so flustered at Hidaka in Game 25, though... Is she the "Sempai" that Hidaka says was telling her all about last year's game?