Shizzu

cant say whether it was yumi hotta's intention or not but the way she wrote adolescent depression has been one of the best depictions i've ever witnessed. hikaru's coming of age story might be one of the top best and it leaves me with a bittersweet sort of feeling that he continues to play go with a heart full of love but is still isolated in his grief... the rematch with isumi made me want to die but i also felt such an overwhelming sense pride towards hikaru, and i’m glad he found solace in realizing he could still pursue what he loved so deeply, and in those moments, be as close to sai as he possibly could.... i just hope that one day hikaru could be satisfied with himself and say with confidence that he was sai's pupil...

Hikaru no go is a sorrowful story about grief and the loss of childhood that pretends to be a light-hearted sports shounen and it always makes me want to bang my head into a wall. AUGH hikaru...that smiling child vanished somewhere into that solitary room. What are you supposed to do when the person who was so important to you that it devoured your life just leaves. To everyone else Hikaru suddenly became a lonely person who would look at the game he loved with such sad eyes. auugjggbbg hikaru