Yes! Yes! Yes! only he and Hikaru saw it! But Sai is increasingly becoming just an observer.
Still, something thats a nice touch and a bit spooky too is how people automatically make space for Sai in places like the go salons and the train without even knowing he's there.
Oh, I was just thinking that! There's always space for him, no matter how crowded the train gets or how many people group 'round to watch Hikaru play. Don't think ether of them notice.
Yes, but it would be a shame if he was being perpetually sat on or obscured by other characters. There was a nice ficlet by blue_cage about this I remember (second one down, beware spoilers!).
The insei line-up picture was from the front of a chapter (66), where the pics are rather imaginative and frequently nothing to do with the canon. Obata was apparently allowed to draw anything he liked and the picture was always a surprise for Hotta. So Sai sometimes does unlikely or impossible things like carry a goban!
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Date: 2010-07-07 08:56 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-07-07 09:13 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-07-07 09:16 pm (UTC)But Sai is increasingly becoming just an observer.
Still, something thats a nice touch and a bit spooky too is how people automatically make space for Sai in places like the go salons and the train without even knowing he's there.
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Date: 2010-07-07 09:20 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2010-07-07 09:49 pm (UTC)But I think the whole everybody-makes-room-for-the-ghost thing is just poetic licence.
in vol. 1 the teacher walks right through him.
I think they got bored with odd drawings the situation would produce, so they made room for him.
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Date: 2010-07-10 06:45 am (UTC)The insei line-up picture was from the front of a chapter (66), where the pics are rather imaginative and frequently nothing to do with the canon. Obata was apparently allowed to draw anything he liked and the picture was always a surprise for Hotta. So Sai sometimes does unlikely or impossible things like carry a goban!