It's interesting that we shift to Isumi here - the manga up to this point has been very (though not exclusively) focused on Hikaru and now we're hanging out with a secondary character in China. Which is good, I think - we need some distance from Hikaru's misery.
[nods] I bet volume 16 seemed really, really long to folks reading it in Shonen Jump. At least, once they got to chapter 139, they only had to wait a week for the next installment.
Le Ring is so much of a little kid compared with Isumi, but still better at Go. I have a feeling that they are using this to show how different, not to mention how much stronger, Go is in China.
Isumi plays the detective after learning that Shindou's been missing games.
Then theres this scene that I can't find in the manga:
The French fandom focalised on this short sequence and it spawned a small hoard of sugar daddy-toyboy fics. I'm wondering how the dub actors voiced it, and whether this was the reason :)
That is correct, several scenes in fact, where Isumi talks to people who also know Hikaru. He even talks to Kawai and Owner-san at the Heart of Stone! I don't think he ever went back there after the team matches....
The reappearance of Mitani, several inches taller and particularly mean-looking, rather changed my image of him
Previously I had this idea, probably influenced by his Samurai outfit in that Omake, that he was this smooth, clothes-concious guy who was just a bit surly about the edges.
Here he comes over as a real tough. I wonder if its the effect of the suspenders/braces?
This comes over strongly as 'Get away from my girl'
The suspenders maybe part of his uniform. So you can get away with stating ne'd wear something completely different when not in school. Of course we've only ever seen him in school (or just out of school) so we have no idea what he'd wear.....
During the whole of this sequence of episodes we are seeing a series of people who crossed the paths of Hikaru and Sai and were somehow influenced. We see a lot of old faces in this run up to Hikaru's game with Isumi.
And finally Hikaru complements Akari on her Go. But she's too busy to notice.
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It's interesting that we shift to Isumi here - the manga up to this point has been very (though not exclusively) focused on Hikaru and now we're hanging out with a secondary character in China. Which is good, I think - we need some distance from Hikaru's misery.
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And I am miffed that they cut the Hikaru vs Isumi game off in the middle.
With watching and reading I did do the next chapter too (chapter 140)
(effex, chapter 139 is in vol 16 too!)
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[nods] I bet volume 16 seemed really, really long to folks reading it in Shonen Jump. At least, once they got to chapter 139, they only had to wait a week for the next installment.
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And poor Isumi he can't understand anyone at first and seems so lost.
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I wonder if this says more about the overall improvement of Go playing over time, or about human aging ^_^
We never do learn Yang Hai's age.
Grabs!
(64 is actually part of vol 18)
64-1
http://onkoona.livejournal.com/43105.html
64-2
http://onkoona.livejournal.com/43323.html
64-3
http://onkoona.livejournal.com/43655.html
65-1
http://onkoona.livejournal.com/43857.html
65-2
http://onkoona.livejournal.com/44161.html
(66 is a story from vol 18)
67-1
http://onkoona.livejournal.com/44298.html
67-2
http://onkoona.livejournal.com/44557.html
68-1
http://onkoona.livejournal.com/44937.html
68-2
http://onkoona.livejournal.com/45170.html
69-1
http://onkoona.livejournal.com/45554.html
69-2
http://onkoona.livejournal.com/45651.html
70-1
http://onkoona.livejournal.com/45928.html
(70-2 really belongs next vol.)
http://onkoona.livejournal.com/46088.html
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I miss Sai!
*boohoohoo!*
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Then theres this scene that I can't find in the manga:
The French fandom focalised on this short sequence and it spawned a small hoard of sugar daddy-toyboy fics. I'm wondering how the dub actors voiced it, and whether this was the reason :)
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These guys have super long fringes/bangs but their hair never gets in their eyes.
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Too bad they get stuck with such interesting fashion, like Akira....
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You should do the same for Sai and his facial expressions - now you have all those screencaps.
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But it's going to have to wait until after BlindGo, as I have some serious writing to do for that.
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Previously I had this idea, probably influenced by his Samurai outfit in that Omake, that he was this smooth, clothes-concious guy who was just a bit surly about the edges.
Here he comes over as a real tough. I wonder if its the effect of the suspenders/braces?
This comes over strongly as 'Get away from my girl'
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And finally Hikaru complements Akari on her Go. But she's too busy to notice.