I find there's a lot of theatric over-reactions in Hikago, which is part of its appeal. Sai is especially good at this as no one can see him but Hikaru
But its not just Sai: take the reaction of the baseball team to Kaga:
(What is it about Kaga anyway? What's more, there's four (or more) of them and only one of him.)
Could Kaga's implied deliquence be a veiled comment about Shougi (as a rival game to Go)?
Another of these reactions is Nase's date in Go salon they visit. Hikaru no Go is such a gentle story that it provides little opportunity for such terrified expressions.
Sai's phobia of toads*. I do wonder why. I wonder if I should suggest it as a writing prompt on the 'Kifu_archive' - I'm sure someone could think of a good idea for a story about this.
Another funny thing as they graphic style in the manga, notably in Sai's and Touya Akira's side stories. Its Obata's later drawing style but with the characters back younger as they were in an ealier part of the timeline. At this point the first time through Sai had larger eyes and a more ponted nose and Hikaru too seemed less detailed.
There's more reference to the past in Sai's side story than in any part of the manga I think. Perhaps that also is why the tone seems so different. Interesting that he thinks the world has changed more in the last 150 years than in the last 1000.
The anime shows considerable more of the Go than the manga does (though I still find it hard to follow) and those bowls look great in color.
*or frogs, depending on the translation (or else localisation has struck again: its toads in the French version - toads are worse, after all they're inedible ^_^)
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Side stories: Sai, Kaga, Nase
Date: 2010-09-09 08:54 am (UTC)Sai is especially good at this as no one can see him but Hikaru
But its not just Sai: take the reaction of the baseball team to Kaga:
(What is it about Kaga anyway? What's more, there's four (or more) of them and only one of him.)
Could Kaga's implied deliquence be a veiled comment about Shougi (as a rival game to Go)?
Another of these reactions is Nase's date in Go salon they visit. Hikaru no Go is such a gentle story that it provides little opportunity for such terrified expressions.
Sai's phobia of toads*. I do wonder why. I wonder if I should suggest it as a writing prompt on the 'Kifu_archive' - I'm sure someone could think of a good idea for a story about this.
At times in his story it looks as though Sai were really there in the shop and even like he's about to get in a fight at one point.
Another funny thing as they graphic style in the manga, notably in Sai's and Touya Akira's side stories. Its Obata's later drawing style but with the characters back younger as they were in an ealier part of the timeline. At this point the first time through Sai had larger eyes and a more ponted nose and Hikaru too seemed less detailed.
There's more reference to the past in Sai's side story than in any part of the manga I think. Perhaps that also is why the tone seems so different. Interesting that he thinks the world has changed more in the last 150 years than in the last 1000.
The anime shows considerable more of the Go than the manga does (though I still find it hard to follow) and those bowls look great in color.
*or frogs, depending on the translation (or else localisation has struck again: its toads in the French version - toads are worse, after all they're inedible ^_^)