Waya Yoshitaka Appreciation Society

[caminante]

Hi everybody *waves.*  Okay, I'm pretty new to this fandom and I'm hoping you can help me with my newbie problem. 

 

So, I have this HUGE soft spot for Waya. I love him, I love his adorable grumpiness, I want to read Waya POV for all of time, basically. And, I especially want Waya/Isumi stories.

 

I'm no stranger to fandom in general, I can A03 search with the best of them, but I'm having some trouble finding all the Waya stories that I so desperately require because a lot of things that get tagged as Waya, or Waya/Isumi are primarily Shindou or Shindou/Touya stories that just have a dash of Waya/Isumi on the side (the classic sidekick problem). So, I find myself wading through A LOT of Shindou/Touya stories scanning for The Real Deal.

 

Also, I'll be honest, I'm complete shit at searching on fanfiction.net and I mostly haven't poked around in the old LJ communities for this fandom yet. I was hoping some of you seasoned Hikago fans could point me towards some of your favorite Waya and Waya/Isumi stories. 

 

If anybody else out there is in the same position as me and is looking for more Waya fics, here are my four favorites of the ones I've found so far (I've ordered them from shortest to longest):

 

Homecoming by thehoyden

Of course, Waya had thought that Isumi would improve his Go while he studied in China - that was never a question.

Short, sweet, Waya/Isumi.

 

Mirror Games by cest_what

Shindou dropped his chopsticks with a clatter. "Waya," he said, his eyes huge, "don't look now, but there's another of you."

This one really ups the game on the typical "Waya and Le Ping are jealous of each other" trope

 

All the Pieces by metisket

Waya got a phone call from Touya Akira on Monday. Looking back on it, that was clearly the point at which he should have given up on the week.

One of the best examples of hilariously adorable, grumpy Waya I've found (Grumpy Waya is my favorite Waya). Also one of the few stories I've read where Waya and Shindou aren't portrayed as particularly close friends, which is an interesting departure from how I read them.

 

Waya in Storyland by flonnebonne

Waya is a character in a story and he knows it. It gives him existential angst.

This one starts out as hilarious, meta crack and then sneaks up on you with real emotions and astute observations on fandom and why we write/read.

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[qem_chibati]

So here are my Ao3 Bookmarks for Waya - http://archiveofourown.org/bookmarks?utf8=%E2%9C%93&bookmark_search[sort_column]=created_at&bookmark_search[fandom_ids][]=3549&bookmark_search[character_ids][]=9869&bookmark_search[other_tag_names]=&bookmark_search[query]=&bookmark_search[rec]=0&bookmark_search[with_notes]=0&commit=Sort+and+Filter&user_id=Qem

Skimming through most of them, the majority are Waya centric (a couple aren't but they are clear from the summary) but not particularly shippy. ^.^;;

Digging through my pinboard bookmarks -(all checked and still live links) starting with the Waya/Isumi:
http://cest-what.livejournal.com/5779.html
Sleepwalking (Waya/Isumi)
Hikaru no Go | Waya/Isumi | 2,000 words | PG

Summary: It's been not quite a year since Waya's seen Isumi. It shouldn't have been long enough for him to come back looking like ... this.
Disclaimer: The world and characters belong to Hotta and Obata, not me. No money is being made from this fic.


ETA: only one of the Waya/Isumi centric ones survived. D:

http://fifthmus.livejournal.com/18187.html
Title: The Good Friend
Author: corbeaun
Recipient: flonnebonne, requests
Characters/Pairing: Waya, Isumi/Le Ping
Summary: Not everything can be fixed, but this time Waya Yoshitaka tries to be the good friend.
A/N: Waya Yoshitaka is 22, Isumi is 25 and Le Ping just turned 18.
Word count: 6,200


http://fifthmus.livejournal.com/16828.html
Fifthmus Fic: Seven Meetings (For nighteevee, from shina_laris)
Title: Seven Meetings
Author: shina_laris
Recipient: nighteevee, requests
Pairing: Waya/Akari
Summary: Seven meetings between Waya and Akari.




http://paradox-fantasy.livejournal.com/7085.html
Title: In Which Waya and Saeki Come Out of the Closet (But Not Like That)
Authors: chaineddove & umarekawareru
Fandom: Hikaru no Go
Rating: PG
Genre: Crack
Pairing: Waya, Saeki, Ashiwara, Shigeko. We're sure you can figure out the implied pairings if you try.
Wordcount: 1,469
Disclaimer: It is probably fortunate for fandom that we do not own Hikago, as we might be liable to make it explode with an excess of crack.

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/3287020/All_Ghost_Stories_End_Messily
All Ghost Stories End Messily
By: osmalic
Waya Yoshitaka thinks Shindou is being haunted. Shortfic.
Rated: Fiction K - English - Supernatural - Words: 391 - Reviews: 23 - Favs: 36 - Published: Dec 14, 2006 - Status: Complete - id: 3287020

http://flonnebonne.livejournal.com/6508.html
Title: The Losers Circle
Fandom: Hikaru no Go
Characters: Waya, Shindou
Genre: Angsty angst pointless angst
Spoilers: None, unless you consider angsty-face Waya a spoiler.
Summary: Waya receives an interesting proposition from an older Go player. Waya considers

[caminante]

eeeee! *flails* Thank you so much! Well, there goes my productivity for this week :D

[hestialuna]

<3 I love these fics SO MUCH. I'm so glad you're posting your rec lists!!! Now everyone can enjoy them!

I kept looking at the title of this post with a head tilt because I want it to be an acronym. New headcanon: Waya's name isn't actually Waya. It stands for "Why Are You Angry?" :D

[qem_chibati]

Oh! Oh! I know the answer to this! :D

http://archiveofourown.org/works/786455

99 Problems by aoigensou for readerofasaph
Hikaru no Go
General Audiences
No Archive Warnings Apply
Gen
Complete Work
5 May 2013
Tags

No Archive Warnings ApplyShindou Hikaru & Waya YoshitakaWaya Yoshitaka Shindou Hikaru5 Things
Summary

Five reasons Waya Yoshitaka's life is hard.

[caminante]

You win! So true. So true.

[your_insomnia]

Do you know of this Hikago rec list? If you scroll past all Hikaru/Akira recs you will find a couple Waya and Waya/Isumi recs.

And depending on how you feel about Waya/Touya, this might be of interest to you, Waya's Move.

[caminante]

Hey, thanks! I didn't know about this rec list and that's a whole lot of recs! I mean, it's not like I don't love me some Shindou/Touya, it's just ridiculously easy to find those :D Oh man, I think I'll stick with the gen and the Waya/Isumi for now. I can't break two OTPs at once with Waya/Touya ;)

[chagrined]

Here's a few I like!

The Roommate Game (gen, Waya & Shindou)

Rental (Waya/Shindou porn)

Let Us Never Speak Of This Again (Waya/various humor)

Sleepwalking (Waya/Isumi)

I skipped all my Waya/Touya ones since you said you weren't looking for those, heh.

[caminante]

Thanks!

[flonnebonne]

Yay, so much Waya in one place! I am adding this to my memories. :D

The only Waya fics I can think of that haven't been mentioned already are:

Nose Tesuji

Three Perspectives

Unnamed snow fic

Btw "The Good Friend" by corbeaun is like my favourite thing ever! (and it was written for ME)

[caminante]

Thanks for more recs! With such a big endorsement, I guess I'll give "The Good Friend" a try, even though I was just saying yesterday that they'd have to be in their thirties for me to not be freaked out by the age difference between Isumi and Le Ping.

[flonnebonne]

Le Ping is 18 in that one, so Isumi is...27? Still a big age difference, so no worries if you don't want to read it. Totally understandable!