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 09:38 pm (UTC)no subject
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!