- Sai's space suit! - I may be imagining it, but it seems like we're seeing more and more shots of Hikaru without Sai lately. I don't know how much of it is simply foreshadowing (not that that isn't being laid on as thick as molasses), but I wonder if they're also trying to show us how Hikaru's not really needing Sai anymore, now that he has pros to play and learn from. - Amused at the number of shots of Kurata talking while he has food in his mouth. - Is Hikaru portrayed as his 6th grade self in that safari shot? - Hikaru's present but absent dad... I guess there's no real reason to mention this again, but I will anyway: I find it hard to believe that that's pure laziness on Obata's part. - Poor Waya... Could Shigeko be any less subtle about wanting to marry him?
I actually think the missing dad is a running gag.
I'm strongly suspecting Obata was getting a little bored of drawing the ordinary world of HnG. Hence the interesting illustrations.
I have also noticed that Sai was not shown in scenes he was at. Maybe because he had nothing to say. At the moment he can't really help Hikaru any more; he's taught him all he had to teach. So that leaves Sai's angsting thoughts of the future he hasn't got, and they've put as much as they could in without over doing it.
'Poor Waya' my grandmother. That boy can take a bit of wheeling, he's good enough at dishing it out. All in fun of course!
I have also noticed that Sai was not shown in scenes he was at. Maybe because he had nothing to say. At the moment he can't really help Hikaru any more; he's taught him all he had to teach. So that leaves Sai's angsting thoughts of the future he hasn't got, and they've put as much as they could in without over doing it. Fair enough. I hadn't really thought of that, but you're probably right. (Then again, I still say it has the nice side effect of really showing that he's not as needed/heeded in Hikaru's life.)
Ah-ha, the 'bonus chapter'. I forgot that. We obviously differ in interpretation of Shigeko's intentions. I thought it was really funny and wrote a ficlet about it for blind go". I suppose she could easily be hinting though (and they certainly look like they might be a couple in the single picture from this story that appears in one of the anime outros).
As for Kurata, he does come over as rather gross. But is speaking with your mouth full considered rude in Japan?
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- I may be imagining it, but it seems like we're seeing more and more shots of Hikaru without Sai lately. I don't know how much of it is simply foreshadowing (not that that isn't being laid on as thick as molasses), but I wonder if they're also trying to show us how Hikaru's not really needing Sai anymore, now that he has pros to play and learn from.
- Amused at the number of shots of Kurata talking while he has food in his mouth.
- Is Hikaru portrayed as his 6th grade self in that safari shot?
- Hikaru's present but absent dad... I guess there's no real reason to mention this again, but I will anyway: I find it hard to believe that that's pure laziness on Obata's part.
- Poor Waya... Could Shigeko be any less subtle about wanting to marry him?
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I'm strongly suspecting Obata was getting a little bored of drawing the ordinary world of HnG. Hence the interesting illustrations.
I have also noticed that Sai was not shown in scenes he was at. Maybe because he had nothing to say. At the moment he can't really help Hikaru any more; he's taught him all he had to teach. So that leaves Sai's angsting thoughts of the future he hasn't got, and they've put as much as they could in without over doing it.
'Poor Waya' my grandmother. That boy can take a bit of wheeling, he's good enough at dishing it out. All in fun of course!
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Fair enough. I hadn't really thought of that, but you're probably right. (Then again, I still say it has the nice side effect of really showing that he's not as needed/heeded in Hikaru's life.)
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As for Kurata, he does come over as rather gross. But is speaking with your mouth full considered rude in Japan?