The Totally Epic HikaGo Reread - Vol. 15

[effex]

~Volume 15 of Hikaru no Go~

Chapters 122 - 130

Comments

[lacygrey]

This part is why Ive heard so many people describe the series as heartbreaking.

It has a lot more impact in the anime. For one you can't control the rate its coming at you. There is much more pathos too, the music etc.

I tend to think that the disapearance of Sai and how fans react to this has generated more fanfiction than any other idea. People interpret it in different ways. I also find it pretty religiously ambiguous, which is probably wholly deliberate.

[onkoona]

This is the ending of one of the two core plot lines.
And this one ending with death/parting, is bound to make an impact.
And yes, this is why I'm writing fanfic, and my HnG fanfics will always involve Sai; he had no chance here, nor in his living life. There are so many things I want him to do yet, he's just too young to die.

[lacygrey]

His disappearance didn't make proper sense to me until vol 17. Then it made profound sense, but only from Hikaru's point of view. So yes, I'm glad to read fics about Sai.

[onkoona]

I am aware that writing a Sai-comes-back fic negates a large point of the canon plot. But in fanfic you can just write what was left unwritten, even changing the intent of the canon. IMHO.

[lacygrey]

Yeah, in fanfic you're the boss!