Happy Hikago Day!!!!!

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Hello, hikarunogo!

On this most special day, to celebrate Dreamwidth, Hikago fandom *on* Dreamwidth, and to celebrate, of course, our favorite Go players, here by request is the 3rd annual

TOP 5 MEME!

Previous incarnations are here and here!


How to play:
- comment here, and I and/or other people will ask you for one of your top-5 Hikago related things! Like, it could be 'top 5 favorite fics,' top 5 favorite characters, top 5 favorite sexually-suggestive go positions, AND SO FORTH. anything/everything you guys can think of!

Ready? LET'S FIVE!

Comments

[midnightbex]

Ooooh. I like this one!

1. Isumi - Everything Isumi does in China, but especially the scenes with Le Ping. It's such great character growth for him.
2. Waya - I love the way Waya reacts to all the odd things going on with Hikaru. The best scene for that is when Waya and Ochi are watching Hikaru's first-dan match with Touya Meijin and he just keeps repeating 'he's our friend' everytime something happens.
3. Mitani - I really wish Mitani had gotten more time in the arc because he was a very interesting contrast to the other Go players. He was decent and good for the level he was playing at, but he was such a bastard about everything. I love when he would taunt Tsuitsui, especially the scene where he and Tsuitsui played their first game.
4. Kishimoto - I love everything about Kishimoto, I can't lie. My favorite canon scene for him is actually about him, but he's not even in it! It's when Hikaru is talking to Waya and the other insei and they're remembering 'that kid who drank the black coffee' and Hikaru realizes it was Kishimoto and is completely embarrassed because he couldn't beat him!
5. Kurata - My favorite scene with him is when he's gone to visit Touya Meijin after his retirement. Kurata stops to talk to Akira on his way out and it shows a side of Kurata we don't often see. He's thoughtful and slightly worried, but also hopeful about the future of Go and staying ahead of the people coming up behind him.

[jetsam]

Kishimoto!

[midnightbex]

He is totally the greatest. There is not enough Kishimoto love in hikago fandom. :D!

[jetsam]

He's clearly one of the most important characters too. Without him, Hikaru wouldn't have gone anywhere. Alas for the people who haven't yet realised this ^_~

[midnightbex]

Yes yes yes! He's the person who pushed Hikaru into trying for the insei program and not settling for just having fun in Go club. For all that Akira got him interested in Go for himself and Sai got him to play at all, if Kishimoto hadn't been there to convince him he needed to start running he'd never have caught Akira. You are definitely right! ^_^

[jetsam]

Exactly that XD

[pingviini]

Ah, Kishimoto!

[midnightbex]

He is my favorite minor character, more people should love him! :D