Hikaru no Go Chapter 191 Discussion
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- #20
However, the more time passes, the more times are re-read Hikaru no Go, the more I grow to like this ending.
Just think about it. If you were not possessed with this manga, such an ending would not hurt that much. So, maybe this is a question of letting something go?
On the other hand there is no way, there still would not be any satisfying ending. Dragging this manga would be a sin in any case.
I agree that such an unresolved cut leave with the feeling that i is not finished yet, everything continues till this moment (but isn't that exactly IT?! something that makes us strive for more and as with no ther means we have to resort to our own imagination!). Also I have to admit that I still feels like there will be some continuance.
I wonder what is Obata-sensei doing right now. Hope we will see something good from him soon.
- #21
The ending destroyed the very reason I have been reading this manga.
This manga has been making me read it, volumes at a time. The term page turner has a physical manifestation in this series...until the end.
The hand of god...wasn't reached.
The whole subplot about the Chinese player and his computer being the one to achieve the hand of god...dropped.
Im just kind of angry with this. I spent nights awake reading because it was compelling... to have it end like THIS?
- #22
I have to admit, at first I was mad the same way as most of the people here.
However, the more time passes, the more times are re-read Hikaru no Go, the more I grow to like this ending.
Just think about it. If you were not possessed with this manga, such an ending would not hurt that much. So, maybe this is a question of letting something go?
On the other hand there is no way, there still wold not be any satisfying ending. Dragging this manga would be a sin in any case.
I agree that such an unresolved cut leave with the feeling that i is not finished yet, everything continues till this moment. Also I have to admit that I still feel like there will be some continuance.
I wonder what is Obata-sensei doing right now. Hope we will see something good from him soon.
I totally agree. When I read this manga the first time through, I thought - "What's up with the ending? I want more! How could they end it like that!?"
However, rereading it years later and no longer a kid, I realised that the ending was beautiful on its own. There could have not been any better ending than this. We don't need to see them conquer the world - it is their growth that makes this manga so engrossing and also the tale of how a boy matures into a young man. This is the story of Hikaru's Go, and dragging the manga on beyond the Hokuto tournament would be pointless as it has already shown his growth - everyone knows that it is only a matter of time before he catches up with Akira and takes the world with storm - what more is there to show? It's a beautiful ending to one of the best manga I've ever read. Also, why would you care whether Hikaru or Akira won the match? They are going to have many, many more matches in the future as they're both pros. The result of this one match is not important.
The people complaining should re-read the manga when they are older and then they will be able to truly appreciate such an ending.
- #23
And then I went and took a shower and tried to drown myself. Because this series could've been so much more.
@Duelistbluerose: I get your point, and I did think that afterwards- that it was more realistic and all- but storywise, it was a failure. There's a line between story and reality, and in this case, the author should've put more effort into making this ending feel satisfying. I mean, there are good, satisfying endings out there that are also bittersweet and realistic. I think a big reason for why this ending annoyed me so much was because there was no foreshadowing that it was the ending. It just read like a regular chapter that could've taken place in the middle of the series and then- smack, bam- it ends.
Sai didn't need to come back. Hikaru didn't need to win. He didn't even have to find God's Hand either (not that I was expecting him to). They just needed to have some better closure on his personal development and his rivalry with Akira. Ending the series at the end of a match, which he loses to some character who was just introduced a few chapters ago (and who we thus, don't care about that much) doesn't cut it, because it doesn't have that much emotional significance.
Sorry if I sound like I'm ranting, just thought I'd put my two cents here. Hikaru no Go's still one of my favorite series, but god does it have the most awful ending...
- #24
Th ending just fell flat for me. Now I have to give this manga a 8.5, which I will round up to a 9.
It was still a very good manga. Although I kept waiting and waiting for Sai to at least return a little bit at the end (perhaps in Hikaru's dream, or for them to meet again a short while for the final time to say a proper goodbye. Hikaru would be emotional but Sai could say something like "As long as you keep playing go, I will continue to be alive inside of you" or something cheesy like that. I love cheesy endings. This ending certainly wasn't cheesy enough for me, lol
I was also expecting more of Touya Akira finding about about the secret of "Sai" and how it seems to be connected to Hikaru. We never get to see further into Touya's thoughts. But I guess keeping it ambiguous is a good technique on its own too. Plus in a way, he did solve it. He got it right that Sai is Hikaru's "other self" basically, at least in terms of his go playing
But in a way, I do agree the ending was beautiful on it's own. It's a literal "slice-of-life", not the whole life, but simply a slice. Not everything has to end the cliche way I guess. You do have to wonder a lot of things for yourself and in a way, it sort of keeps us interested.
