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Is anyone shocked that I went and downloaded episodes 66 through 70 of Hikaru no Go? If so, you must not know me very well.

All right, I admit it, I love the show. It's very good. Truthfully, I didn't like the first two episodes I watched, because the main character struck me as very annoying. So I listened to people talk about it and talk about it, and finally decided 'Okay, whatever, I'm going to watch the ending of this, just to see what all the fuss is about.'

You have to understand, I was expecting to see an obnoxious little twat, not a cute bishounen. Complete with a couple of cute friends and a heated rivalry.

I haven't been a rivalshipper in *years*. Unless you count the period when Ken is evil in Digimon 02. But I'm one of those people who don't really think Daisuke and Kaizer!Ken would hook up until after he turns good and they become best friends. It still looks good in fanfiction, though.

Anyway, yeah. Sorry, LC, but I really do like the Touya/Shindou thing. I still love Waya, though. He's adorable.

... I'm going to end up obsessed with this show, aren't I?

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I was impressed with the character development, that's all I'll say. ;)

I was even more impressed with the Touya/Shindou rivalry, mostly because of the yaoi potential. I like. Muchly. Isumi/Waya... haven't seen much of that, but they are both cute. *fangirls over Waya*

Maybe I will get obsessed with the show and write fanfiction. It's always a possibility. As for the manga... where can I get the manga? If you know, you have to share this information with me.

Please? *puppy eyes*

Well, there'd be the possibility of VIZ publications. *pauses* Or... Well. Toriyamaworld is down, but I could send or IM you the first 13 volumes (that's like... up to ep. 49, 50 or something), and most of the chapters 159 - 189 (final chapter) may be found here (http://drinou69.free.fr/).

Those scanlations aren't as good as the Toriyamaworld ones - the quality isn't as good, and there even are some grave translation mistakes I figure come from translating from the Chinese version, like something Suyeong tells Hikaru - but all in all, they're pretty OK. ^_^

Yeong-Ha is my god. *fangirls* Right up there with our Japanese pro's. ^_^

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Billie ^_^

Thanks. :D I got a link from somewhere to where I can get the earlier chapters, so it's all good.

I wouldn't want to get the Viz publications, for two reasons. One: Viz isn't the greatest when it comes to accurate translations. And two: that would mean waiting for each volume. I'm way too impatient for that.

I'll keep an eye out for Yeong-Ha, then. ;)

Yay! *strikes* ^_^

Sounds like VIZ over there is a lot like Carlsen over here, then... *sighs* Like, they get various offers of good Go-Players (like, a 6th dan who knows HikaGo) to help them with the translation of Go-specific expressions, but of coooourse they can do it on their own. *sweatdrops* Anyway, Yeong-Ha makes his first appearance in Volume... 20, I think. Yashiro, too - keep an eye open for those two! XD~~

Have fun reading! *waves*

You can also find the scanlations for all the chapters here (http://www.vrwarp.com/MangaViewer/). You have to register at the forums first and then hit refresh, but it's a quick and painless process.

*checks link* D.N.ANGEL SCANLATIONS! And past the three volumes I have! *gets completely distracted* WAI! I am going on a downloading spree! More volumes of D.N.Angel! *dances happily* Thank you so much for sending me this link!

Oh... and... Hikaru no Go, too. ^_^;; I'll probably download all of that - in stages, though.

Thank you very much! :D My day is made.