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.
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Date: 2010-08-25 07:51 pm (UTC)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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Date: 2010-08-25 07:57 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2010-08-25 07:59 pm (UTC)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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Date: 2010-08-25 08:03 pm (UTC)[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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Date: 2010-08-25 08:07 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2010-08-25 08:28 pm (UTC)And poor Isumi he can't understand anyone at first and seems so lost.
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Date: 2010-08-25 08:42 pm (UTC)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.