History FanFic / TheNeverendingRoad

* OvershadowedByAwesome - Sometimes Ochi comes across as this. He's an exceptional player and wins all of his shown matches against normal pros, but has the misfortune of having to compete with geniuses like Hikaru and Akira, and to a lesser extent Waya. He never wins a game against another important character. Both he and Waya are well aware of their status as this compared to the two "princes of Go" and feel some insecurity about it.
** To a lesser extent, anyone who are not regarded as prodigies (Ochi, Yashiro) or have a slower progression to achieving a higher level of playing (everyone below the two princes' level). Yet Akira experienced this due to the fact in the media, he was always his father's son and not his own hard work. Hikaru, in his own way, lived in the shadow of his mentor, Sai, whom everyone praised; while people were suspicious of his relations with Sai, only two knew Sai is Hikaru's teacher.

* RedBaron - Hikaru was dubbed the Judan Slayer to his displeasure.

** To a lesser extent, anyone who are not regarded as prodigies or have a slower progression to achieving a higher level of playing. Yet Akira experienced this due to the fact in the media, he was always his father's son and not his own hard work. Hikaru, in his own way, lived in the shadow of his mentor, Sai, whom everyone praised; while people were suspicious of his relations with Sai, only two knew Sai is Hikaru's teacher.

* ChildProdigy / TeenGenius - The sensationalist news reported Hikaru and Akira as geniuses, calling them 'princes of go'. Some of their peers and teachers and colleagues constantly admitted they are geniuses.

* ChildProdigy - The sensationalist news reported Hikaru and Akira as geniuses, calling them 'princes of go'. Some of their peers and teachers and colleagues constantly admitted they are geniuses.

* UnderestimatingBadassery - Hikaru whined about how players are underestimating him due to his rank. Waya wanted to prove to Hikaru that he should not underestimate the lower-ranking dans but failed.

** A bit earlier Hikaru unsuccessfully tries to explain the concept of [[DragonBallZ Super Saiyans]] to Isumi.

* HeroicSelfDepreciation - While Hikaru is confident in his abilities as a Go pro, he doesn't consider himself a genius or a prodigy, much rather calling Sai this.

* UnderestimatingBadassery - Waya had this problem, comparing strength. It didn't help that in Hikaru's case, some people underestimated him just for being a low-dan.

* TookALevelInBadass - While Hikaru and Akira improved, Waya and Ochi are doing it on their own terms. Waya chose to go to China with Isumi and came back [[spoiler: beating Yashiro in the Hokuto Cup qualifier for the third person]]. Akira and Hikaru noticed this as well, nothing that while he was nowhere near their level yet, he is improving.

* UnestimatingBadassery - Waya had this problem, comparing strength. It didn't help that in Hikaru's case, some people underestimated him just for being a low-dan.

* TookALevelOfBadass - While Hikaru and Akira improved, Waya and Ochi are doing it on their own terms. Waya chose to go to China with Isumi and came back [[spoiler: beating Yashiro in the Hokuto Cup qualifier for the third person]]. Akira and Hikaru noticed this as well, nothing that while he was nowhere near their level yet, he is improving.

* UnestimatedBadassery - Waya had this problem, comparing strength. It didn't help that in Hikaru's case, some people underestimated him just for being a low-dan.

* AuthorAvatar - Ch70 has the author cameo-insert himself as a Type 2 [[EagleLand Eaglelander]]

* OhCrap - Ch32

* CrowningMomentOfAwesome
** Shindou Hikaru [[spoiler: the Judan Slayer]]
** Anytime Hikaru finds a "Sai-like" move to turn a match around
* CrowningMomentOfFunny
** Ch36's and Chp42's resolutions of the OhCrap moment for [[spoiler: Akari and Nase]] respectively
** "Really," Komiya remarked to Sato, "it was hard to believe seeing this guy, just up from the B League, talking about beating Akira Toya, doing all these great things, then he'd say something like, "What's an Oza?"

''The Neverending Road'' is a ''HikaruNoGo'' ''ContinuationFic'' written by [[http://www.fanfiction.net/u/464938/Leitbur Leitbur]] that follows much of the primary cast following the events of Hokuto Cup at the end of the manga series. On FF.net it's indexed under "Angst", but seems to mostly follow the same level of "Action" the main series does, with a "Romance" B-plot.

* TactfulTranslation - The translator Yokotachi attempts to do this when dealing with the obnoxious {{AuthorAvatar}}'s conversation with Hikaru, but eventually it's subverted when Hikaru loses patience and just tells him to give him a full translation

** A bit earlier Hikaru unsuccessfully tries to explain the concept of [[DragonBallZ Super Saiyan's]] to Isumi.

* TactfulTranslation - The translator Yokotachi attempts to do this when dealing with the obnoxious AuthorAvatar's conversation with Hikaru, but eventually it's subverted when Hikaru loses patience and just tells him to give him a full translation
* TigerVersusDragon - Technically it's Lion Versus Dragon, but the symbolism is functionally the same. Hikaru and Akira are destined to be eternal rivals, pushing each other to levels they couldn't have reached on their own.

* SheIsNotMyGirlfriend - So many times...
* ShownTheirWork - While not a pro himself, the author is at least a mid-level amateur and writes the matches using existing kifu from pro games around the world.

* ShownTheirWork - While not a pro himself, the author is at least a mid-level amateur and writes the matches using existing kifu from pro games around the world.
* YourMileageMayVary

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* BigLippedAlligatorMoment - Ch46's Dream Sequence

''The Neverending Road'' is a ''HikaruNoGo'' ''ContinuationFic'' written by [[http://www.fanfiction.net/u/464938/Leitbur Leitbur]] that follows much of the primary cast following the events of Hokuto Cup at the end of the manga series.

The story mostly focuses on the continued rivalry between [[TheRival Shindou Hikaru]] and [[TheAce Touya Akira]], as well as many of the many pros both above them and the ones following them from their insei days.

** Shindou Hikaru [[spoiler: the Juudan Slayer]]

The story mostly focuses on the continued rivalry between Shindou Hikaru and Touya Akira, as well as many of the many pros both above them and the ones following them from their insei days.

* AuthorAvatar