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Monday, March 22, 2004


   Bishie of the Week
**Note: Read at your own discretion. May contain spoilers for the anime/manga***

Since I just finished Hikaru no Go, it's only expected that I start off the week with: *sounds trumpet*






Name: Fujiwara no Sai
Name Meaning: Unknown, but if you spell Sai in a different way in kanji, it means hippo or rhino (reference in the anime)
Age: Unknown, but rumored to have died in his early to mid twenties
Likes: Go of course.
Dislikes: Toads ^.^
Hair Color: It's purple in the anime, but is constantly changing in the manga; however, it's predominantly brown.
Japanese Voice Actor: Chiba Susumu

Background: Sai was a Go master who taught the Emperor how to play Go during the Heian Period. When he was charged with cheating during a very important game, he was exiled from the city. Sai drowned himself soon after that, but his spirit came to possess a Goban (a board for playing Go). He wants to continue playing Go until he is able to achieve the "Hand of God." 1,000 years later, he meets Shindou Hikaru and the story starts from there... (It's corny, I know, but it's still good ^.^)

Personality: This is the ultimate deciding factor to why I like Sai. He has a kind and caring personality with an almost neurotic obsession with Go. (Who am I kidding? Almost... ^.^) Although he's over 1,000 years old, he can be pretty childish at times, tending to glomp and whine when Hikaru doesn't let him play, but that's what I like about him. Even though he's a ghost, he's very much human. He becomes jealous that Hikaru is of the living world and he is, well, dead. -.- He also develops feelings of insecurity when he sees how much progress Hikaru has made for himself in only two years time. This leads Sai to realize that Hikaru will be the one to reach the "Hand of God" and major character development ensues here. This is to show that no matter how Hot the bishie, they have their flaws and I love Sai for this reason. ^.^

Most Memorable Performance:
At Hikaru's first team match with Haze Jr. High:
Sai: Ahh, it's so exciting. I want to play.
Hikaru: You don't have to do anything today, Sai. I'll be playing.
Sai: *looks shocked* Demo, Yesterday, Hikaru told me there was a game today and you had me do your History homework.
Hikaru: I said there was a game today, I didn't say you were playing.
Sai: *sobs* Hikaru's so mean. Hmph. Hikaru's going to lose so badly today.
Hikaru: Whatever.

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