silverthunder | (no subject)

I gave in. I watched more of 'Hikaru no Go'. Is there anyone on my Friends list who *hasn't* seen this anime? Or who has and doesn't like it? If so, you've been quiet about it.

I blame you for talking about it so much. And you for showing me where to download it. And not to mention you and you...

Yeah, so, I decided to cheat and downloaded the latest chunk of it - that 2004 New Years special thing. It was actually pretty good.

1. The characters have personalities with more than one side. I approve of that.

2. Waya's extremely cute. Anyone know any good Waya fanfiction?

3. How the hell do they make a game like THAT seem exciting?

4. Akira = Haku (Spirited Away) = Ken (Digimon 02) = Yuki (Fruits Basket). Do they have the same hair stylist?

5. I went in with the opinion that Hikaru and Akira are going to end up sleeping with each other, and saw nothing to challenge that opinion. If anything, I am even more convinced now than I was before.

All in all, it was good. I may just watch more some time.

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Hee, hee, another soul for the faith! Now you have to see the entire series from the begining. It really is one of the best anime I have *ever* seen. The story and characters feel *real*, even though the main TV series has one fantastic element (a ghost). The characters grow up and age -- the animators age them so subtly you don't even realize it until it hits you that Hikaru and Akira have grown up from cute kids to teenage hotties.

As for Waya, he usually gets paired with Isumi in fanfics/doujinshi. There's a *lot* of SumiWaya (as the pairing is known) doujinshi out there -- almost as much as AkiHika. (I'm making both Waya and Isumi straight in the series I'm writing right now, though).

I might just see the entire series, but for now, I am cheating and downloading the last episodes. *hums innocently* And in my opinion, fanatastic elements only make an anime better. ;)

I liked Isumi, too. ^^ So I could live with that. Waya's just too cute, though, I love him. Honestly, I really liked the characters in this one. There weren't any they focussed on that I actually *hated*, although I came close to disliking Ochi after his match with Waya. But like all the others, he's not one-dimensional and I found at the end that I couldn't totally hate him.

By the way, I decided that since I had seen more of the series and got to know the characters a little better, it was time to go read your fanfics. ^_^ So I did that, and they were brilliant as usual. I'm not exactly an expert on the series, but I thought you did an excellent job. And you need to work on that series fic you only have one part of, hm? ;)

*happy sigh* Good fanfiction... yay...