My one-sided beef with The Summer Hikaru Died

6/26

Originally posted on Napo 5/26

Last summer I discovered this anime called Hikaru no Go. It is about a teen named Shindou Hikaru discovering his grandpa's cursed goban that had trapped the spirit of Fujiwara no Sai, a master go player from the Heian period. From then on begins Hikaru's coming of age slash pseudo sports anime style journey to becoming a pro go player with the help of Sai.

It is absolute peak and I will not stop recommending it to everyone till I die!!

So, as any fan of… anything really, I began to search the internet for fanart, fics, fanblogs etc. etc. of the show and manga. But unbeknownst to me, during the same summer a manga known as The Summer Hikaru Died got an anime adaptation. Comparing the popularity of a newly anime adapted popular manga to a late 90's/early 00's anime/manga about a board game, Hikago obviously lost. Most times when I tried to search for something Hikago related, this smugly smirking white haired boy would show up.

Using his full name would work better, right? So searching “Shindou Hikaru” would grant better results?

But do you know what the full name of Hikaru from The Summer Hikaru Died is?

INDOU HIKARU!!!1!

I do not care how good The Summer Hikaru Died is and how like 1/5 of the profiles I've seen on Spacehey and Napo have it listed in their interest section, I will not watch it out of this grudge I've developed!!

TLDR: please watch Hikaru no Go