Happy Hikago Day!
May. 5th, 2012 10:48 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
meteordust"Hikaru, if I remember correctly, you became interested in Go because of Akira, didn't you?
And I was the one who actually played him. So he thought you were a strong player and came chasing after you.
And then when he actually did play you, he was so disappointed...
But you have come a long way, Hikaru."
*Akira Toya would never have been distracted had he not met Hikaru. Akira would have just continued down his own path.
He would never have stopped.
Nor would he have turned back to look...
... and pull Hikaru up to his level.
Indeed, when I think about Hikaru's remarkable progress...
... I get the feeling that...
... the gods sent Akira Toya to help Hikaru grow.*
- Sai, Chapter 50 of Hikaru no Go
And I was the one who actually played him. So he thought you were a strong player and came chasing after you.
And then when he actually did play you, he was so disappointed...
But you have come a long way, Hikaru."
*Akira Toya would never have been distracted had he not met Hikaru. Akira would have just continued down his own path.
He would never have stopped.
Nor would he have turned back to look...
... and pull Hikaru up to his level.
Indeed, when I think about Hikaru's remarkable progress...
... I get the feeling that...
... the gods sent Akira Toya to help Hikaru grow.*
- Sai, Chapter 50 of Hikaru no Go
