History FanFic / TheNeverendingRoad

* ArrogantKungFuGuy: Former captain of Taro High, Tamura, is this. By the standards of a pro player, he's weak so Hikaru has no trouble beating him. By the standards of a school club, he's strong in which he is the captain. He's the type Sai hate so Hikaru took up the mantle to put Tamura in his place. What makes Tamura in a bad place is his ignorance of Hikaru's status as Akira Touya's rival thus one of the best players in Japan.

* RealityEnsues: Just because Hikaru is one of the best players Japan ever has in their roster does not mean that Hikaru isn't prone to failure. A chapter had Hikaru note that he was knocked out of a Speed Go tournament early. On the other hand, just because the lower dans are weak does not mean that they don't have the capacity to grow and evolve.

* ArrogantKungFuGuy: Former captain of Taro High, Tamura, is this. He's the type Sai hate so Hikaru took up the mantle to put Tamura in his place. What makes Tamura in a bad place is his ignorance of Hikaru's status as Akira Touya's rival thus one of the best players in Japan.

* CurbStompBattle: Usually Hikaru and Akira doled these out so easily that Waya thought with a little bit of envy that Akira and Hikaru could grip over the type of victory rather than the strength of the said match. Some people were thankful that they were promoted and would be seeded.

* AchievementInIgnorance: Hikaru did not have the fact that he became a pro go player in a three years time sinks in yet. Yes, he acknowledged he was being called genius and all those RedBaron titles bestowed on him despite his displeasure but he never truly gets his achievements mean that much in the Go world. From an outsider's perspective, he did not have a mentor, only played in a school go club prior to insei-hood, and already climbed to the level of Akira Touya in just ''three years''.

* AchievementInIgnorance: Hikaru did not have the fact that he became a pro go player in a three years time sinks in yet. Yes, he acknowledged he was being called genius and all those RedBaron titles bestowed on him despite his displeasure but he never truly gets his achievements mean that much in the Go world. From an outsider's perspective, he did not have a mentor and already climbed to the level of Akira Touya with just ''three years''.

* ComingOfAgeStory: Similar to the original, it continues with Hikaru's maturity.

* UnknownRival: Subverted. It turns out that Toya's study group is actually aware of how Morishita feels about them, and Koyo encourages his students to take part in the rivalry as well to keep their skills sharp.

After a seven year long hiatus the fic started being updated again in October 2018, to which many readers exclaimed in surprised joy.

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

* BunnyEarsLawyer: Downplayed about Hikaru. Hikaru did not arrive into the Go world until he was twelve, thus he has interests that only a Japanese boy would have like food and {{Shounen}} manga like Manga/{{Dragonball}}, something he still keeps up on. Because most of their lives were spent on Go and rarely other things - they definitely have a social circle albeit, among other Go players -, Hikaru came across as weird. He likes to read manga and makes references to what he read and spews out wisdom when needed. He doesn't care much about ranking as long as people acknowledge his strength because he's quite apathetic about his promotion. He is also well-regarded as one of Japan's Princes of Go.

* ChickMagnet: Hikaru. Not only are two girls actively going after his heart, other girls fawned over him. The same could be said about Akira too.

* 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 (like Yashiro) or have a slower progression to achieving a higher level of playing (everyone below the two princes' level) also suffer from this.

* RankUp: Increasing ranks becomes harder after the Otaei system is rescinded (mirroring real life Go ranking changes), however the new system also automatically promotes both Akira and Hikaru to 7-Dan as a result of getting into a League and the rules being retroactive.

* UnderestimatingBadassery: Before his RankUp Hikaru whined about how players were underestimating him due to his low rank. Waya also tried to prove to Hikaru that he should not underestimate the lower-ranking dans but failed to do so. Despite all this there are people who are aware that potential is developing at the lower Dans, and there is increasing talk about how the two Princes of Go are just the beginning of a "new wave".

* AnguishedDeclarationOfLove: [[spoiler: Nase]] accidentally does this on [[spoiler: Akari's]] behalf right after making ''her own'' feelings known. It really messes them both up for awhile, and they take a bit to make up as [[spoiler: Akari]] is understandably pissed, but eventually they work through it.

* BunnyEarsLawyer: Downplayed about Hikaru. Hikaru did not arrive into the Go world until he was twelve, thus he has interests that only a Japanese boy would have like food and shounen manga like Manga/{{Dragonball}}, something he still keeps up on. Because most of their lives were spent on Go and rarely other things - they definitely have a social circle albeit, among other Go players -, Hikaru came across as weird. He likes to read manga and makes references to what he read and spews out wisdom when needed. He doesn't care much about ranking as long as people acknowledge his strength because he's quite apathetic about his promotion. He is also well-regarded as one of Japan's Princes of Go.

* BunnyEarsLawyer: Downplayed about Hikaru. Because most of their lives were spent on Go and rarely other things - they definitely have a social circle albeit, among other Go players -, Hikaru came across as weird. He likes to read manga and makes references to what he read and spews out wisdom when needed. He doesn't care much about ranking as long as people acknowledge his strength because he's quite apathetic about his promotion. He is also well-regarded as one of Japan's Princes of Go.
* ChildProdigy / TeenGenius: The sensationalist news reports Hikaru and Akira as geniuses, calling them 'princes of go'. Some of their peers, teachers and colleagues constantly admit that they are geniuses.

* FriendlyRivalry: Most of the rivalries. Nase and Akari in particular get along quite well despite their mutual romantic interests in Hikaru.

* AnguishedDeclarationOfLove - [[spoiler: Nase]] accidentally does this on [[spoiler: Akari's]] behalf right after making ''her own'' feelings known. It really messes them both up for awhile, and they take a bit to make up as [[spoiler: Akari]] is understandably pissed, but eventually they work through it.
* AuthorAvatar / TakeThatMe - Chapter 70 has the author cameo-insert himself as a Type 2 [[EagleLand Eaglelander]]
* AscendedExtra - Akari and Nase in particular.
* BettyAndVeronica - Hikaru's UnluckyChildhoodFriend Akari giving the option for a more traditional relationship and future versus the older and professional Nase who is a talented Go player in her own right.
* ChildProdigy / TeenGenius - The sensationalist news reports Hikaru and Akira as geniuses, calling them 'princes of go'. Some of their peers, teachers and colleagues constantly admit that they are geniuses.
* ComingOfAgeStory - Similar to the original, it continues with Hikaru's maturity.
* DesperatelyLookingForAPurposeInLife - Akira advises Nase that she needs to find a purpose beyond passing the exam or she will fail it. Hikaru also tells Honda this, to an extent. He notes that the insei and some of the lower dans are aimless and don't seem to know what their goal is beyond achieving their goal of passing the Pro exam.
* DisneyAcidSequence - The Chapter 46 dream and musical number. It doesn't qualify as a BigLippedAlligatorMoment as it is referenced later, and the dream match between Sai and Ogata snaps Ogata out of his slump.
* FieryRedhead - The insei OC Sakamoto is one.
* FriendlyRivalry - Most of the rivalries. Nase and Akari in particular get along quite well despite their mutual romantic interests in Hikaru.
* HeroicBSOD - [[spoiler: After Hikaru's grandfather dies.]] He bounces back much faster than in the main series.

* HeroicSelfDeprecation - While Hikaru is confident in his abilities as a Go pro, he doesn't consider himself a genius or a prodigy, much preferring to call Sai this instead.
* IdenticalStranger- Waya and Le Ping, just like in the main series, but they actually get to meet in a side-story when Waya and Isumi go on a trip to China. Amusingly, after a moment sizing each other up, the two of them end up caring less about the resemblance than everyone else.
* LoveTriangle - [[spoiler: Akari vs Nase for [[CelibateHero Hikaru]]]]

* OhCrap - Chapter 32 is one long one for [[spoiler: Hikaru, Akari, and especially Nase.]]
* 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 (like Yashiro) or have a slower progression to achieving a higher level of playing (everyone below the two princes' level) also suffer from this.

* RankUp - Increasing ranks becomes harder after the Otaei system is rescinded (mirroring real life Go ranking changes), however the new system also automatically promotes both Akira and Hikaru to 7-Dan as a result of getting into a League and the rules being retroactive.
* RedBaron - Hikaru is dubbed the [[spoiler: Judan]] Slayer to his displeasure. Recently another name has popped up, courtesy of Zama Oza: Wizard of Go.
* SheIsNotMyGirlfriend - So many times...
* ShoutOut - The DisneyAcidSequence dream of Hikaru's after [[spoiler: his grandfather's death]] has two: an extended parody of ModernMajorGeneral sung by all of the New Wave to Hikaru, and then another one later when [[{{Manga/Naruto}} Sasuke and Sakura]] are recording [[spoiler: Ogata and Sai's game]].

* 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.
* StepfordSmiler - Downplayed. Hikaru is still grieving for Sai [[spoiler: and his grandpa]]. While outwardly he has bounced back to his normal self, he still hasn't moved on.
* TactfulTranslation - The translator Yokotachi attempts to do this when dealing with the obnoxious [[AuthorAvatar Author Avatar's]] conversation with Hikaru, but eventually it's subverted when Hikaru loses patience and just tells him to give him a full translation
* TookALevelInBadass - While Hikaru and Akira have improved the most, Waya and Ochi are also doing this on their own terms. Waya chose to go to China with Isumi and came back, [[spoiler: beating Ochi in a match and later Yashiro in the Hokuto Cup qualifier for the third person]]. Akira and Hikaru notice this as well, noting that while he's nowhere near their level yet, he is improving.
* 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.
* UnderestimatingBadassery - Before his RankUp Hikaru whined about how players were underestimating him due to his low rank. Waya also tried to prove to Hikaru that he should not underestimate the lower-ranking dans but failed to do so. Despite all this there are people who are aware that potential is developing at the lower Dans, and there is increasing talk about how the two Princes of Go are just the beginning of a "new wave".
* UnknownRival- Subverted. It turns out that Toya's study group is actually aware of how Morishita feels about them, and Koyo encourages his students to take part in the rivalry as well to keep their skills sharp.

* RedBaron - Hikaru is dubbed the Judan Slayer to his displeasure. Recently another name has popped up, courtesy of Zama Oza: Wizard of Go.

** A bit earlier Hikaru unsuccessfully tries to explain the concept of [[Manga/DragonBallZ Super Saiyans]] to Isumi. He also references Manga/OnePiece in his dream prior his match with Ogata.

* StepfordSmiler - Downplayed. Hikaru is still grieving Sai [[spoiler: and his grandpa]]. While outwardly he has bounced back to his normal self, he still hasn't moved on.

* AuthorAvatar - Chapter 70 has the author cameo-insert himself as a Type 2 [[EagleLand Eaglelander]]

''The Neverending Road'' is a ''Manga/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.

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

* CharacterDevelopment - In large amounts for many.
* ChildProdigy / TeenGenius - The sensationalist news reported Hikaru and Akira as geniuses, calling them 'princes of go'. Some of their peers, teachers and colleagues constantly admitted they are geniuses.
* ComingOfAgeStory - Similar to the original, it continued with Hikaru's maturity.
* DesperatelyLookingForAPurposeInLife - An advice Akira gives to Nase to find a purpose beyond passing the exam unless you would fail the exam and to an extent, Hikaru to Honda. Hikaru noted that the insei and some of the lower dans are aimless and didn't seem to know what their goal is beyond achieving their goal of passing the Pro exam.
* DisneyAcidSequence - Chapter 46 dream and musical number. It doesn't qualify as a BigLippedAlligatorMoment as it is referenced later, and the dream match between Sai and Ogata snaps Ogata out of his slump.

* FriendlyRivalry - Most of the rivalries. Nase and Akari are doing fine despite their romantic intentions for Hikaru.

* HeroicSelfDeprecation - 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.

* OhCrap - Chapter 32
* 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).
** Not even the Princes of Go are exempted from this either, from the pressure and expectations as well as personal reasons. 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.
* RankUp - Due to the Otaei system rescinded, ranking upward became harder to make. Both Akira and Hikaru were officially 7-Dan as a result of getting into a League and the rules being retroactive.
* RedBaron - Hikaru was dubbed the Judan Slayer to his displeasure. Another recently popped up coined by Zama Oza, Wizard of Go.

* ShoutOut - The DisneyAcidSequence dream of Hikaru's after [[spoiler: his grandfather's death]] has two: an extended parody of ModernMajorGeneral sung by all of the New Wave to Hikaru, and then another one later when [[{{Naruto}} Sasuke and Sakura]] are recording [[spoiler: Ogata and Sai's game]].
** A bit earlier Hikaru unsuccessfully tries to explain the concept of [[DragonBallZ Super Saiyans]] to Isumi. He also referenced Manga/OnePiece in his dream prior his match with Ogata.

* StepfordSmiler - Downplayed. Hikaru is still grieving Sai and his grandpa. Sure he bounced back to his normal self; he just still haven't moved on.

* 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 Ochi in a match and later Yashiro in the Hokuto Cup qualifier for the third person]]. Akira and Hikaru noticed this as well, noting that while he was nowhere near their level yet, he is improving.

* 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. Additionally, there were people who are aware that potential is developing at the lower Dans and that the two Princes of Go are merely just the beginning.

* 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, noting that while he was nowhere near their level yet, he is improving.