The Totally Epic HikaGo Reread - Vol. 6

[effex]

~Volume 6 of Hikaru no Go~

Chapters 44 - 51 + Bonus Chapter

Happy Wednesday, folks! It's time for more Hikaru no Go, hurray!

Comments

Re: Whoohoo! more grabs!

[effex]

Or they thought the weird bisected bowlcut would make him unique, idk. He is pretty quiet now, you're right, but you can already see hints of the places he's going. Don't know if they meant for him to be as big a character as he ended up being, though.

Re: Whoohoo! more grabs!

[onkoona]

He is quite passive in this poart of the story, maybe that's why he keeps failing the pro-exam, while being best in class...

Re: Whoohoo! more grabs!

[lacygrey]

I think its amazing that they were still working out the scenarios of the later episodes while the earlier ones were just being published. They knew where they were going of course (The overall story had won a prize before being accepted for publication and before the authors had even met one another) but hadn't worked out the details.

I agree about Isumi. I also think he looks older in the anime than at this point in the manga.

Re: Whoohoo! more grabs!

[onkoona]

Making Isumi look a little older than the others, considering he IS older, was a good idea.
I also like the intro duction of an slightly older character at this point in the story as a peer; it shows that Hikaru is slowly entering the world of the grown-ups

Re: Whoohoo! more grabs!

[effex]

[nods] The boy's almost 18 and acts older, despite his insecurities. He should look like it (I'd forgotten he was that much older and was all 'woah' when he talked about turning 18 soon).

Re: Whoohoo! more grabs!

[onkoona]

Well turning 18 means he has to leave the insei program, thus making that a crunch time moment; if he doesn't make pro this time, he'll have to go it all alone, his entire support and training system will fall away. And he has to ask himself that if he can't seem to pass WITH all the support, how is he supposed to do it without next year!?!

Re: Whoohoo! more grabs!

[lacygrey]

It kind of puts Mashiba's jibes in perspective too.