How ever I do understand the point here, together with Kuwabara's well exicuted mind fuck, and having read some of the real life rules for Go playing at tournaments (= full of nitpicking rules and too obvious for words rules), that such mindfucks happen in competitive Go.
At least Sai strongly disaproved, but he was not fast enough to be of any help here. IMHO Sai's too passive, throughout the entire Manga.
Mmm... I think he's forgotten how to be a person (in relationships with other people) - 900+ years thinking about Go non-stop, your non-go-related personality bits slowly fading away, and suddenly there's this kid with, like, normal kid issues. Confidence, self-esteem, stubborness, lack of tact, etc. Sai might be feeling out of his depth.
And he's totally helpless to do anything, to affect anything in the real world. I'm supprised he isn't totaly dressed; his situations is down right impossible!
[nods] It's gotta be the obsession that's kept him going (and maybe he slept? Sort of? While haunting the goban). It make me want to do more research into Japanese folklore and figure out how he'd fit into it.
Yes I always wondered about the length of time he spent in that first Goban before he met Torajiro. (850 years!) Was there no-one worthy enough so he could haunt them in the interveening years? Very unlikely.
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Oh, Godzillabeard. If you have to fuck with middle schoolers to pass your pro prelims you're maybe not cut out for the big leagues.
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At least Sai strongly disaproved, but he was not fast enough to be of any help here.
IMHO Sai's too passive, throughout the entire Manga.
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I'm supprised he isn't totaly dressed; his situations is down right impossible!
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Was there no-one worthy enough so he could haunt them in the interveening years?
Very unlikely.