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.
Sai does look really happy here. (wonders if the scantilation will still be there for long) The Sai-Kadowaki game seems harmless enough and Hikaru thinks it doesn’t matter - though of course it does to Kadowaki. The long and short of it is that Hikaru ends up with one less strong competitor for the prelims and pro exam this year, so perhaps its not so unimportant. Sai was helping him pass an just an incy-wincy bit there!
So happy! And huh, you're right - if Kadowaki had been in the prelims chances are good Hikaru wouldn't have gotten the automatic win (not that he'd play against Kadowaki in the end, just that the number would be thrown off).
Oh yes, but that was clear wasn't it? Kadowaki is pretty much garenteed to pass next time, and that means in less than two years Hikaru can be facing him in the dan games.... And it'll be Akira at the Jr High tournament all over again!
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Date: 2010-06-30 08:48 pm (UTC)But loved the look on Kadowaki's face when he realised he was got whooped by a mere insei!
I must admit I really don't like the squence with beardzilla, I understand why it is there but the first time around was good enough for me.
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Date: 2010-06-30 09:19 pm (UTC)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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Date: 2010-06-30 09:25 pm (UTC)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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Date: 2010-06-30 09:30 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-06-30 09:34 pm (UTC)I'm supprised he isn't totaly dressed; his situations is down right impossible!
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Date: 2010-06-30 09:38 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-06-30 09:43 pm (UTC)Was there no-one worthy enough so he could haunt them in the interveening years?
Very unlikely.
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Date: 2010-06-30 09:47 pm (UTC)Sai does look really happy here. (wonders if the scantilation will still be there for long)
The Sai-Kadowaki game seems harmless enough and Hikaru thinks it doesn’t matter - though of course it does to Kadowaki.
The long and short of it is that Hikaru ends up with one less strong competitor for the prelims and pro exam this year, so perhaps its not so unimportant. Sai was helping him pass an just an incy-wincy bit there!
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Date: 2010-06-30 09:54 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-06-30 10:12 pm (UTC)Kadowaki is pretty much garenteed to pass next time, and that means in less than two years Hikaru can be facing him in the dan games....
And it'll be Akira at the Jr High tournament all over again!