So I couldn't help myself and read to the end of Hikaru no Go (all 23 volumes). Many years ago, I read a webpage responding to the then recent ending of the manga - so I knew the outcome of the final battle, but got a completely wrong impression of the series. Spoilers follow ( Read more... )

So combining my Go binge with my otaku-ness, I've been reading lots of Hikaru no Go, the shounen manga about the game. For years I rolled my eyes at the application of shounen tournament tropes being applied to mundane activities (taken to its zenith/nadir in Yakitate Japan, the pun-filled manga about competitive bread-making), but having read ( Read more... )

It's looking like Kubo Tite is cornering himself into a premature and anticlimatic ending to his (unintentionally) hilarious series Bleach ( Read more... )