[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?

Comments

[flonnebonne]

You actually started watching HnG for the GO? You're the first person I've known to say that. Do you play? I'm surprised that the anime is less Go-centric, since I've heard people complain that the games are too long in the anime. I figured the anime format would allow them to show more of the individual moves being played, and it would be easier for the audience to follow the games, but I guess I'd have to watch a little to actually find out.

I don't get Touya/Akari either except in the "yeah, I guess it could work if you really wanted it to" kind of sense. Waya/Akari makes a bit more sense to me personality-wise, but there's zero canon evidence.

What I'm more interested in is how the fandom decides some pairings are kosher and some are not. When you compare it to, say, the Prince of Tennis or Ranma 1/2 fandom, HnG writers are pretty prudish when it comes to throwing together random couples. I guess it comes with the territory...especially considering how cracked up the PoT anime is. But anyway, like you said, HnG is about Akira and Hikaru fixating on Go and each other, and there's no getting away from that.

[tintenfic.livejournal.com]

I played Weiqi way back when, and liked it enough. Started picking it up again slightly more seriously when people wore me down to watch HnG. I was terrified that this game I liked would be destroyed by the improbable sparkly (think tennis and PoT...urgh, what tennis)

It comes and goes, my interest for Go. Most times what I really like is solving Go problems. My personality is such that I'd spend so much time second-guessing that I end up playing suckily.

The anime showed Go moves being played...way too fast for me. Half the time I had to go online to check which game it was they played. But then again, it's an anime, not television kifu.

It's the whole "Rivals/Buddies" thing, I swear. Tennis...their rivals and buddies switch around waayyyy too much to fixate properly. Not that I don't try to.

[flonnebonne]

I think if I got heavily into Go I'd be the same way as you...I'm not really much for competition or playing under pressure. I like doing Go problems (really really easy ones) more than actually playing.

Whenever I wade into the PoT fandom for a while I feel like it's a game of mix and match with all the pretty boys. Makes you kind of jaded after a while.