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I'm at the very depressing part of the Hikaru episodes. This section of the episodes depresses me to the point where I don't watch them very often. However, since I'm pushing to get the damn socks done for MdS&W, I'm running through the episodes, all of them. *sigh* Even the depressing ones. What does knitting have to do with Hikaru no Go? Not a hell of a lot. Thing is, non-pattern knitting is not inherently interesting enough to keep me occupied. It's soothing and I like it but there are CPU cycles going to waste all over the place with just stockinette knitting. Putting the episodes on and letting them play gives me something else to do while I'm knitting, namely work on my listening comprehension. But none of this makes the episodes any *less* depressing. Buggerit.



Well, actually, it's more about the socks. Sorry. It *could* have been something moderately interesting or enlightening or otherwise useful, though. I don't think I've quite managed to extinguish the possiblity of something more meaningful appearing in a post here despite the fact that I totally have a life made up of distractions for grown-ups instead of a life containing anything real or meaningful.

One of the things I don't like about getting close to the end of a knitting project is that I always worry that there will not be enough yarn for me to be done. This is starting to happen with the socks. I don't *think* I will run out of yarn and I have a backup plan if that actually happens, but the balls of yarn are getting small enough that I am worried about there being enough to finish. Perhaps if I used an actual pattern instead of sort of a general recipe and followed the pattern directions and used whatever yarn they suggested and completed a gauge swatch first and didn't do the, y'know, offroad approach I normally employ, I would not have this problem. But that'd be so boring. There would be someone telling me what to do every step of the way. I'd have to obey. I think that might be the actual problem, there, the obey part but also the boring part. The way I make things now is kind of an adventure. I know what the end will look like when I get there, but the exact route is something I figure out as I'm doing it. This approach does mean that I have a great deal of difficulty making the same thing twice, which is why I'm doing the socks at the same time.

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In HnG, the invisible magical ghost (Sai) disappears shortly after he whups up on Touya Meijin, apparently having existed in this sphere precisely for the purpose of showing Hikaru that game. No more purpose, no more Sai. Then, for the next several episodes, Our Hero goes into existential angst and runs around all over Japan screaming "Shane! Shane! Come back, Shane!" or similar. Shane Sai does not come back.

Eventually, Hikaru decides not to play go anymore so that Sai will come back. This, er, doesn't work either, except as a vehicle for extra helpings of angst because *everyone* is upset that Hikaru won't play, most notably poor Touya, who is getting tired of bending over for Ogata 9-dan not having a partner rival his own age. Anyway, he won't play his ooteai matches and he won't play in the wakajishisen and he won't play much of anyone. It's all very depressing.

Eventually, when Isumi (one of Hikaru's insei friends) comes back from China and forces Hikaru to play him to make up for that horrible game from the pro exam, Hikaru is enlightened and finds his true center and goes off to pursue a long and glorious future playing go with Touya. So, you know, it ends happily... but right now I'm in the depressing part.

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As for the PoT, I believe you're my archival off-site backup copy. I am pretty sure I have a full copy of that here, but I can check if it's urgent. Also, note to self, check for more Yawara.