Hikaru No Go Overdose
Posted by erin at July 7, 2003 03:54 PMNo one has really asked me what I did over the three-day weekend, you know, in that chit-chatty way that coworkers tend to ask things. I have systematically excluded all such people from my worktime.
Nevertheless, were anyone to ask, I wouldn't hesitate to tell them: I watched 24 hours, that's 48 episodes of the 75 episode series of, you guesses it, Hikaru No Go. N. and I had already watched episodes 1-24 before our massive marathon. The only episodes remaining are 74 and 75, which were a bit tricky to obtain since the fansubs were completed at the same time the series was licensed.
For some reason, watching a lot of anime makes me want to eat Japanese food. So, before the marathon N. and I dined on sushi at Sapporo East (located at 11th Street and 1st Ave.) where the sushi is always excellent and the music is always 80's rock. The tattooed chefs there serve up the freshest tuna cuts in all of the Village, and at a reasonable price. It's gourmet eating to the tune of Crazy Train.
Then we stocked up on ramen and Pocky and Morning 2 Midnight (12th street and 3rd Ave) and hunkered down for hours and hours of hot, hot Go playing action.
I highly recommend green tea-flavored ice cream mochi. The mochi are small, and only 1 point per piece! It's like a flavor explosion in your goddamn mouth!
I also purchased sugary cereal for Saturday morning Hikaru No Go watching, specifically, Mud and Bugs, which is some kind of Kellogg's/Disney Timone & Pumba cereal. I highly recommend it. I'd also suggest buying it up, as it will probably be discontinued. Despite the marshmallow bits, the cereal is vitamin enriched and only 2 points per cup.
The marathon ended at midnight on Sunday. Although the long-term effects of so much anime-watching are probably unknown, the short-term effects include having the incidental music stuck in my head at all times and a burning desire to play Go. I've also found myself wanting to be a professional Go player, although these thoughts are completely accidental. I intend to play Go, but I don’t want to play it for a living. I don't think you can play it for a living in this country. Even if you could, I wouldn't want to.
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