Aw, I love this chapter <3 It is so intense and it is so important for the procession of the manga. And both their faces at the end!
Right here I actually do think that Akira is pretty convinced that Hikaru is not Sai. He basically has his heart broken and that is sort of what I am reading on his face. Utter disappointment. I mean, a lot of his actions after this chapter seem to indicate to me that he is trying to give up on a childish dream.
And Hikaru is heartbroken because Akira is not only telling him he sucks, but also that he lost all his interest in ever playing him again. Right now in the manga Hikaru is more invested in the thought of Akira’s rivalry than he actually is in go, I think.
It is really hard to describe Hikaru and Akira’s rivalry. I think it is pretty unique even for shounen manga (and shounen is the best at soul defining rivalries). I continue to maintain that Hotta Yumi is pretty fond of romance and shoujo tropes and simply shifts them a bit to fit the shounen manga format. They are sort of breaking up here, they are just, you know, breaking up in go.
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Right here I actually do think that Akira is pretty convinced that Hikaru is not Sai. He basically has his heart broken and that is sort of what I am reading on his face. Utter disappointment. I mean, a lot of his actions after this chapter seem to indicate to me that he is trying to give up on a childish dream.
And Hikaru is heartbroken because Akira is not only telling him he sucks, but also that he lost all his interest in ever playing him again. Right now in the manga Hikaru is more invested in the thought of Akira’s rivalry than he actually is in go, I think.
It is really hard to describe Hikaru and Akira’s rivalry. I think it is pretty unique even for shounen manga (and shounen is the best at soul defining rivalries). I continue to maintain that Hotta Yumi is pretty fond of romance and shoujo tropes and simply shifts them a bit to fit the shounen manga format. They are sort of breaking up here, they are just, you know, breaking up in go.