For this weeks reading I decided to read a piece that was from one of the illustrators mentioned in the suggested readings, but the manga that I enjoyed wasn't listed. Regardless I decided to read Hikaru No Go. The basic idea of Hikaru No Go is that it's about a boy named Hikaru who get's possessed by a spirit that was a Go master and all he's wanted to keep doing is play Go. So now they both play Go and Hikaru becomes insanely great at the game because of his spirit named Sai.
The story that Yumi Hotta wrote for this is compelling and fun even though it's just about a kid, a spirit and a board game that is extremely old. It takes some pretty great writing to make a board game seem interesting, and I believe that Hotta did it well.
As far as the illustrations go, it's really hard to compare to Takeshi Obata. Personally he is one of my favorite modern manga illustrators. His perspective and backgrounds are always on point and the way that he choses his shots for the well drawn characters is pretty phenomenal. Overall a highly recommended read due to the fact that this team is just that good.
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