[Hikaru no Go] Hikaru & Akari

[flonnebonne]

Why is it that Hikaru never gets the girl? And don't say it's because he's gay and loves Touya. I mean, Touya is the gayer of the two and he seems to end up going out with Akari more often than Hikaru does, judging by my extensive *cough* survey of HnG fanfic. Yeah. There are hardly any tru wuv Hikaru/Akari stories even on Ff.net.

In the first chapter of the HnG manga when Akari shows up on Hikaru's doorstep with a demure blush on her face, I could have sworn she had a crush on him. So then why is there so little fanfiction that pairs up Hikaru and Akari? Are they just too brotherly/sisterly? Would we rather have Hikaru leave her behind to play Go in order to amp up the angst? Is it just not an interesting pairing? Is it because Akari and Akira's names are annoyingly similar and we don't want to confuse people?

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[svz-insanity.livejournal.com]

I think it's because all the yaoi fangirls scared most of the het shippers in the Hikaru no Go fandom. OK, I lied. I think I've encountered a total of one Hikaru/Akari fic and it was actually pretty good but I've lost the link since. (It was over on ff.net)

I'm certain that Akari liked Hikaru, but Hikaru being the typical Shounen protagonist he is-- was oblivious. Akari didn't want to lose her best friend, so she feigned interest in Go as a way to stay in his life, and actually started to like it. We all know how that turned out-- they ended up drifting apart anyway, with Akari more concerned about the Go Club and Hikaru becoming pro-- they both had lives and and as time went by, they just didn't talk as much as Hikaru wasn't allowed in the Go club.

I think Akari just knew that it wasn't "meant to be" and from what I could see,I saw hints of her liking Mitani. I need to rewatch the series again, but I was so bent on writing a Mitani/Akari fic.

As for Akari/Akira... um, I just don't get the pairing. Have they ever talked? Was I out of the loop of some super sekkrit episode where Akari and Akira profess their ever dying love to each other?

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[ahsirakh.livejournal.com]

No, Akari and Akira never crossed paths in the manga, at least not directly; the only time I recall Akari seeing Akira was when he dropped by the Go club to shout "SHINDOU!" and asked to challenge him again, but I don't think there was another encounter, and that wasn't even a meeting per se.

There were definitely hints of Mitani/Akari that I picked up while going through the series, most notably Akari chasing Hikaru out of the Go club after Mitani realises he's been there, and Mitani sighing when he realises that Akari would have caught his bluff thanks to his peer. I believe there was more than that, but nevertheless I got a substantial vibe.

[flonnebonne]

Another cute Disney icon! You rock at those.

Whoa, you found a good Hikaru/Akari fic? I would be interested in seeing that if you ever come across it again. Not that I'm interested in the pairing, I'm just interested in seeing if someone could make it work.

Yep, I think you've got the Hikaru/Akari/Mitani thing spot on. Regarding Akari/Akira, you must have somehow missed the fifteenth New Year's special episode where Touya wakes up with a hangover and finds Akari naked beside him and Go stones scattered all over the place. Then Hikaru walks in and all hell breaks loose (ie. a threesome)

Okay okay, I don't get A/A either except that there's no evidence against it happening if they ever got around to saying hello to each other. Akari does play Go after all--there, they already have one thing in common, how can it not work?

[svz-insanity.livejournal.com]

Thanks! :D I collect Disney icons the way some people collect stamps.

Here you go. I highly recommend Catwho's gen fic, Fujiwara .

Come to think of it, I think why some people ship Akira/Akari is because they're similar personality-wise. They're both mature, they're friends of Hikaru, and they're reserved and polite. I'm probably making a mountain out of a mole hill... but possibly?

[flonnebonne]

Not just Disney icons, but also AWESOME NARUTO ICONS made from AWESOME NARUTO AMVs!!

Thanks for the fic link! Will read soon. Looks like a long one, so I'm gonna need hot chocolate.

Funny you should say Touya and Akari have similar personalities, because ahsirakh and I were just commenting that they're very different! I do agree that they're both pretty mature for their ages (maybe not at the beginning, but Akari grows up quite a bit), but Touya seems a lot more reserved to me than Akari. And also a lot more intense.

Hm, maybe that's what it is. The sweet, pretty girl who cracks through Touya's reserved shell. I could see that appealing to some writers. And Hikaru can introduce them to each other--who hasn't seen their friends pair off together?

Or maybe I should just go back to my theory about their names being so similar that people feel they have to match them up. Blargh!

[svz-insanity.livejournal.com]

Or maybe I should just go back to my theory about their names being so similar that people feel they have to match them up. Blargh!

Fangirl: Hmm. Akira. Akari. Aww. Kind catchy.

*GOES OFF TO WRITE FIC*

I mean that in total jest. :D I haven't encountered a single good Akari/Akira fic yet.

[flonnebonne]

Neither have I. :) Badfic, though...

It just occured to me that if you had them in a threesome with Ashiwara you would have a Triple A fic. Like the American Automobile Association (I think). And if there was sex in it you could make it an XXX-rated AAA fic. Go me!

Okay, I'm definitely getting hot chocolate now.

[moonythestrals.livejournal.com]

And if there was sex in it you could make it an XXX-rated AAA fic.

I don't even know why I'm still laughing over this. GOD.

[flonnebonne]

*blinks*

Gosh, I barely even remember making that comment. Did I actually say that?

*is flattered*

[moonythestrals.livejournal.com]

hahaha - I don't even remember how I came upon this thread last night at, oh, two-thirty? but it made me laugh.

for, like, a ridiculously long time. :)