Hikaru no Go fic compendium
I created this journal because I wanted a place to put a big ol' master-list of all the Hikago fic I'd read, enjoyed, and might want to find again. This is that list. It makes absolutely no claims to being representative, catholic, or even particularly fair -- for all that it's grown huge, and has apparently been useful to other people, it remains a catalog organized according to my particular tastes and prejudices, and its primary audience is still me. But if you find it helpful, I'm glad (and would be most gratified if you dropped a comment, if you felt like doing so).

If for whatever reason you would rather not have your fic linked to, just let me know and I'll remove it. Generally speaking I consider anything posted publicly to be fair game for inclusion here.

Because I'm getting tired of scrolling to the bottom of the post so I can add links to this, here is the edit link, although it won't work for anyone but me.

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Top 5
In honor of Shindou's wardrobe and cross-linguistic puns, the five best things to come out of this fandom.

Inertia by rageprufrock
Touya gets married, and it all goes downhill from there.

Waterloo by bookshop
It turns out it's easier to climb a mountain when you're holding someone's hand.

When He Sees It by thehoyden
Hikaru suddenly realises what he's looking at. Contains porn.

Only Happy When It by trixie_chick
Isumi and the rain. WayaSumi.

A Resolution of Territory by arboretum in blind_go round 5, and the postscript, A Pretty Good Year
The arc of adolescence is long, but it bends towards Touya. Contains porn.


The Good Stuff
HikaAki in every shape and permutation.

A Game for Two by thehoyden
Kimi ga ima boku wo sasaete.
Quite possibly my favourite fandom Akira.

Blossoming by thehoyden
Hanami with the in-laws.

A Whole New Apocalypse by bookshop
Hikaru has denial issues.

Flowers and Go by arboretum
It's not that Touya's actually said anything; it's how he says nothing that gets Hikaru all flustered.

This Isn't the Freaking Heian Era by mousapelli
Touya hasn't been paying attention. But then, he's been distracted.

Just Desserts by thehoyden
Delicious pastry treats and benevolent fairy godfathers.
A crossover with the manga Antique Bakery, but you don't need to know it. Although by the end you will probably want to.

A Better Person by mousapelli
Everything Hikaru wants.

Forgetfulness by starlighter
Hikaru leaves something behind.

A Proof by Contradiction (Eight Primary Sources, Fragmentary) by petronia in blind_go round 1
Pieces of two lives.

Mirror Go by ladyseishou
Bickering and airplane bathrooms. Porn.

Name by bookshop
"Akira is brilliant at Go. But Shindou--Shindou is brilliant at life."

Five Years of Valentine's Days (And Then Some) by zoesque
Touya and Valentine's Day.

One Thing by thehoyden
"Competitive boytouching." Porn.

Games Two Can Play by marksykins
Touya has 'normal' interests, too; or, "Touya no Monopoly".

Exhibition Game by mousapelli
It's time for Hikaru to Meet The Parents. Well, mostly the Father.

Going Under 1/3, 2/3, and 3/3 by silverthunder
Some ghosts hunger for things less innocuous than go.

Summer Storm by silverthunder
Waya does not appreciate Shindou and Touya getting their drama all over his couch.

Not Just A River In Egypt by reality_is
Hikaru is defensive, but Akira isn't having it. Porn.
Could we please agree not to use that title for anything ever again?

His Name by K. Huntsman
Growing closer, in spite of everything: a mood piece, with sequels.

The Lacquer Box by penguin474
One button holds two lives together. Pre-porn.

One of Those Moments by penguin474
Akira's world changes in an instant. Drabble.

Go Robot by xenophony
One more robot learns to be something more than a (go) machine.
Yes, that was a Flaming Lips reference. I'm very, very sorry.

A Suitable Memorial by harukami
Hikaru lays his ghost to rest. Contains porn.

Two Hands (But Not of Go) by thehoyden
Hikaru seizes the moment; Akira, as ever, is a little slow on the uptake.

As You Are by tilderific
It's the very early hours of May 5th, and Hikaru doesn't want to be alone.

Normal by insaneidiot
Normality is a matter of perspective.

Crushes, Quizzes by mozzarella
Akari gives Hikaru some romantic guidance.

Circumstantial by relvetica
Waya isn't very observant.

Of Fathers and Sons by ladyseishou in blind_go round 1
Self-explanatory.

Explain It To Me by trixie_chick in blind_go round 1
Akari and the art of Getting Over It.

Untitled by relvetica
A middle-of-the-night conversation.

The Rumour Mill by harukami
A lie can go halfway around the go world before the truth has got its boots on, but eventually the truth catches up.
I am so much with the ambivalence about this fic. It steps on half a dozen clichés, it's got moments in it when I just cringe, it even has an Akira Makeover, and yet Akira is somehow totally OOC and perfectly in character at the same time, the Hikaru-Akira dynamic is great, and there are also moments where I go "d'awwwww...".

A Study of Motion and Public Indecency by zoesque
Ways to say "I missed you." Porn.

Backing You by issen4
Two misunderstandings and a misused go stone make a happy ending.

5 of Five: Breathe, Falling, Something I Need To Say, Just Like Summer Rain, and Never Let You Go by chaineddove in blind_go round 2
May 5th, five ways.
But seriously? No more May 5th fics. Ever. Please. It is like the frickin' Mirror of Erised at this point.

Snowfall by zoesque in blind_go round 2
Something about new-fallen snow makes everything so simple.

Existentialism by mousapelli in blind_go round 2
Here and now, we are alive.
Shindou and Touya are apparently at Coney Island for some reason.

Third One Between by imbrii in blind_go round 2
Secrets destroy.

Laying Stones by mousapelli
"'No fair!' Shindou whined, collapsing on his back. 'You liquefied my brain with orgasms!'" Copious porn.

Augean Stables by sutlers
Shindou is getting on Akira's nerves. Then, suddenly, on several other things. Porn like whoa.

Untitled by bookshop
"Touya very carefully controls his voice, and says, 'Shindou? Is there something you want to tell me?'" Minor porn. Caution: may cause cavities. Friendslocked.
"This is so full of HAPPY! It's like being given the biggest hug ever. And icecream." —poilass

Leg Room by penguin474
Hikaru is fidgety.

Hanging By a Moment by verloren1983 in blind_go round 3
Touya shows up early. Pornpornporn.

Response by meritjubet
What Akira means to Hikaru.

Unspoken by karolja
"Even if asked, how could Sai say, Yes, I can see your dreams?"

Tedomari by bookshop
"Akira wonders how either of them could have ever thought that this was simple."

Square One 1/3, 2/3, and 3/3 by murinae
Someone who knows something they couldn't possibly know is out to get Hikaru.

Medium by trensaddiction in fifthmus
AU. Akira needs to find a ghost.
Not sure if this is meant to lead off a longer story or not. It stands very nicely on its own.

Resolute by oneangrykate in axial_tilt at InsaneJournal
Touya needs looking after, and that's Shindou's only motivation. Honest.




Hilarity Ensues
Funny with brief outbreaks of crack. All HikaAki, more or less.

A Game For Three by harukami
This is less a fic, more a literary manifestation of The Bad Place. And because of that it is awesome.

Just Breathe by reality_is
Touya has a brand new pair of pants.

Memoirs of a Go Player by flonnebonne
"Still not Meijin."

Adding to the Noise by mousapelli
"TOUYA MEIJIN'S SON FAILS AT GIRLS."
This is a great fic as is, but if I got my wish I'd like to see someone take the same plot point and give it the "serious"-fic workup. It's one of the cleverest insights into Hikaru's psyche I've seen fandom come up with; I'd love to see it explored.

The Sordid Truth by harukami
Where Touya gets his entertainment. Dirty but not exactly porn.

Proper Introductions by trixie_chick
"Hikaru takes Akira 'home' to meet the family."

Not so much coming as... by trixie_chick
The most anticlimactic coming out in the history of the universe.

Plastics 1/2 and 2/2 by issen4
Tesuji interruptus.

The Losers' Circle by flonnebonne
Waya gets propositioned. Three times.
This is a crack!remix; read the serious version, which is gen, sort of, first.

On Top by tilderific
Hikaru is very, very drunk, and Waya hasn't done anything to deserve this.

Dress Me Up by svz_insanity
A lavender shirt, a misunderstanding, and Hikaru pitching the spaz to end all spazzes.
Crosses over with Prince of Tennis at the end, but not in a way that requires you to know anything about it.

Two by nopejr
Akira demonstrates the fine art of pushing Hikaru's buttons. Drabble.

Two by Four by flonnebonne in blind_go round 1
It's good to try something different, but it doesn't always work out, especially if you're drunk at the time.

Lonely Rolling Star by zoesque in blind_go round 1
Akira ♥ Katamari.

The Obligatory "It's Touya's Birthday" Fic by svz_insanity
Hikaru needs a sweater.

Five Inappropriate Uses Of Go Stones Hikaru Has Committed by rageprufrock
Really rather self-explanatory. Drabble.

Go Players in Love (and Other Alien Life Forms) by bookshop
Hikaru and Akira. And things bursting out of people's chests.

Personal Territory by jain in blind_go round 2
Drunk!Touya. Really.

Turnabout by meiface in blind_go round 2
Shindou has his little victories, or so he likes to think.

Three Ways Touya and Shindou Were Found Out by svz_insanity in blind_go round 2
Hikaru is about as stealthy and discreet as a week-dead fish.

Two Pets Shindou Hikaru Never Had (But Touya Akira Desperately Wished He Did) by takewing
Hikaru eats. Akira blurts.

Five Things About Shindou, Touya, and Sex by mirasfics
"Shindou has Issues. Serious Issues. Possibly entire subscriptions. One more embarrassing incident and he will probably be able to endow a library."

An Extremely Unorganized Record of the Events Leading To the Cursing and Subsequent De-Cursing of One Shindou Hikaru by takewing in blind_go round 3
Wherein Shindou Hikaru becomes obsessed with a block of wood. And I don't mean his head. Somewhat porny in places.

In Like A Lion by ukefied in blind_go round 5
Hikaru moves out, and Akira, after a little confusion, moves in.

Things Shindou Hikaru Never Had to Deal with Before Living with Touya Akira by moonythestrals
"7. Losing embarrassingly spectacularly to Touya when Touya undoes the top two buttons of his Oxford shirt halfway through a game, and the top of it slips open enough to show Touya's collar bones when he bows his head over the goban."


Hikaru's Friends Have Sex Lives Too
Non-HikaAki pairings. This section will always be short because good WayaSumi is bafflingly thin on the ground and pairings involving Ogata and Kaga bore me.
...oh god, was that an Ogata/Kaga bunny that just popped into my head?

Soft Drink by tsaiko
Waya is horny, and clueless, and has a can of Coke in his pants.

Homecoming by thehoyden
WayaSumi. Isumi is back. Waya is (still) clueless.

Dangling the Carrot by trixie_chick
WayaSumi. Isumi is nervous and fixated on the age difference. Waya is horny and fixated on Isumi's pants. (With sequels.)

Epiphany by starlighter
WayaSumi. There is one very important reason why Isumi could never have stayed in China.

Foreplay by ukefied
Waya is feeling put-upon. Sort of HikaAki, sort of WayaSumi, sort of slashy gen.

Needless by trixie_chick in blind_go round 1
Another entry in the Waya Is Clueless Files, with extra put-upon!Touya on the side. Tending crackwards.

Kifu by nopejr
Another such victory and Ogata is undone. One-sided OgaAki lust, and other things.

Leaving by zhynchan in blind_go round 1
Why Ogata prefers white. OgaAshi.
I think this is the first "straight" (ahahaha) Ogata/Ashiwara fic I've ever liked.

Misery Loves Company by reality_is in blind_go round 1
Ashiwara unburdens himself on a sympathetic ear. OgaAshi, crack.

Anti-Theft Device by beeblebabe
KishimotoMitani. Two approaches to life.

The Shape of the Stones by issen4
WayaSumi, IsuLePing. There's a fine line between being scared and just being a jackass, and Isumi knows Waya has never been good with fine lines.

The End of the World by mmmdraco in blind_go round 2
Ogata and Hikaru. Explicit sex. Seriously, seriously creepy and twitch-inducing. Possibly the definitive child-molester!Ogata fic.

The Road of No Return by aoyagi in blind_go round 2
OgaAshi, OgaSomeoneElse. "If you won't love me, I'll have you hate me. I won't settle for ignorance."

Questions, Some Answers by zoesque in blind_go round 2
Ogata doesn't do romantic. zomgtehHET.

Untitled by in blind_go round 2
WayaSumi. Even Isumi has only so much self-control.

Oops by imbrii in blind_go round 2
Ashiwara has an encounter in the Institute bathrooms. Whatever pairing you expect this to be, you're wrong.

Sharing Space by jain
Compatible personalities. Isumi/Touya.
There is no way on earth this should work, and yet, somehow, it really does.

Unexpected Developments by jain
Complementary personalities. Waya/Touya. Contains porn.
The thing where I mentioned that there's no way on earth this should work? Goes double here. See also this amazing fanart.

Peeping Ping by flonnebonne
WayaSumi. Le Ping causes a scene. Crack. There is also a rewrite from Yang Hai's point of view, but I like the first version better.

The Brief and Abridged History of of Ko Yongha by chaineddove in blind_go round 3
Ko Yongha screws his way to self-discovery.

A Game of Exile by trixie_chick in blind_go round 3
WayaSumi. The grand tour of Waya's insecurities.

Standing on the Edge of Tomorrow 1/2 and 2/2 by doumeki in blind_go round 3
Ashiwara/Saeki. Good things take time, and mistakes.

As the Grass Grows by corbeaun in fifthmus
Yongha is in control. Prelash, KoHon. Slightly porny.

Kids These Days, All Manner of Suspicions and The Break of Day by mmmdraco
Ogata signs up for tennis lessons, because he's been getting careless. Crossover with Prince of Tennis. Ogata/Tezuka sexual tension, heading pornwards.
You probably do need to know a bit about Tenipuri for this one.

Untitled by arboretum
"Waya finds out Isumi is gay on a Wednesday."

Mirror Go by cest_what
Waya gets a taste of his own medicine.


zomg teh Gen
It does exist, although when Hikaru and Akira are in the same place even the gen is pretty fucking gay.

Things That Never Happened: House For Sale by rageprufrock
Touya Akira buys a house, finds a goban, and stumbles over what might have been. AU.
Just so indescribably sad. And I normally hate this genre.

Tea and Paradigm by starlighter
Things change.

Seance de Go by aishuu
It is a dark and stormy night.

Just A Normal Boy by reality_is
"By his standards, Touya Akira is a very normal boy."

A Pleasing Shape Takes Place by issen4
In whispers and fragments, Touya learns about Sai. The tiniest shadow of HikaAki if you choose to look at it that way.

Twenty Diversions by readerofasaph
Isumi doesn't believe.

Things That Never Happened: Soccer by rageprufrock
Friendships and their fates; or, Hikaru no Soccer. AU.

Things That Never Happened: NOBU by rageprufrock
There are many kinds of ghosts. AU.
Dammit. I did say I normally hate this genre, right?

A Boy and His Ghost by flonnebonne
Everything moves in cycles.

Metonymy (The Ragin' Meijin Remix) by mousapelli
"Four Meijin matches that Touya Akira doesn't win, and one that's still up for debate." Very minor HikaAki, and Ogata's foul mouth.

Left-Handed Go by tsukikoushi
What happens when you tell Touya Akira that he can't use his broken right hand for a month.

Sunny Holiday by ukefied
"Hikaru calls it Operation: Break Touya's Shell. (Waya says Hikaru is lame and reads too much manga.)"

Hikaru no Golf by nopejr
Kuwabara-sensei is evil, Akira is phlegmatic, and Hikaru is getting victimized again.

The Games of Wu (The Light That Never Goes Out Remix) by marksykins
To Touya, playing Shindou is the most important thing in the world.

Nightingale Floor by issen4
One of the many names for go is 手談, “handtalk”. Hikaru and Touya-sensei have a conversation about Sai.

In Vino Veritas by issen4
Hikaru gets drunk and bickers... with Kuwabara-sensei. Peripheral HikaAki.

Generation Gap by marksykins
Three Meijin title matches and Ogata Seiji.

Things Left Behind by flonnebonne (fourth ficlet)
Hikaru moves out.

Better Days 1/?, 2/?, 3/?, and 4/? by murinae, initially in blind_go round 1
Nothing good ever comes of waking up in the morning. Possibly preslash.

Reveille by tarigwaemir in blind_go round 1
Of Mitani and second chances.

Destined Rivals by trixie_chick in blind_go round 1
Once is never enough.

Gentle Invasion by penguin474
Hikaru and Akira discuss the importance of context. Preslashy.

Rashomon by mirasfics
Ochi just can't wait to be king.
You will need to join mirabellafic to see this fic. Read the userinfo first.

Schizophrenia by aishuu in blind_go round 2
A boy meets a ghost, and what happens next.
Do not read this fic if you are in a good mood and want to stay that way; it bears a startling resemblance to getting repeatedly kicked in the stomach.

An Incomplete and Cursory List of Hobbies Shindou Hikaru Has Attempted by zoesque in blind_go round 2
There's really very little exposition one can add to a title like that.

For Wanting Nails by dijeron
"Sometimes, a pebble is allowed to find out what might have happened -- if only it had bounced the other way." (Terry Pratchett)
This is one of those fics I hesitate to rec; the writing feels unpolished, and there are parts I just plain don't like, but somehow the whole thing has an arresting quality.

Enough Blame to Go Around by rageprufrock
Insecure much there, Touya?

Kono Dorobouneko! by i_rite_gud
Nase steals Akira's toy.

A Change of Pace by tarigwaemir
The challenges of making time for a game.
See what I meant when I said even the gen is pretty gay?

Par Delictum 1/? by viridian_magpie
Mitani recovers consciousness in a back alley. Lots of swearing. Possible preslash.

Rush Hour by ai_ling
Sai and Hikaru, in transit.

Monsoon by nighteevee in fifthmus
Ogata spreads his bad habits around.

Priorities by karolja
Moving in, and the proper order of things.

5 media-related things and go by tatami_mat
They're the only ones who understand; everyone else gets it wrong.
Another entry for the "really really gay gen" files.

Kuwabara is Dead by flonnebonne
"Kuwabara Honinbo is going to die today at 3:26pm, but he doesn't know that yet."

Letters by arboretum in bookshop's charity ficathon
Hikaru receives a note from the past.
BAWLING.


Heeeeeyyyyyy, meta-meta-meta-meta...
Love letters to canon, etc.

elektra3's ship manifesto.

harukami's Hikaru no Go picture post.

ina's timeline of events in Hikaru no Go.
I did not know that Hikaru's game with Ko Yeong-ha was on May 5th. Once again, the canon one-ups fandom.

kamitra's master list of Hikaru no Go characters, with names in kanji and kana.

flonnebonne's compendium of glorious, glorious butt shots.
It tells you something about me that I found this post and immediately thought of no less than three other favourite ass shots that she'd left out.

svz_insanity's Hikaru no Go primer and ship manifesto.
Plus a bunch of fic recs at the end.

Official character sketches from the end of the last volume of the manga, part one and part two, scanned by dumbimps.

ontogenesis's extensive reference photos of the Nihon Ki-in.
It's amazing how realistic the manga depiction was.


Oh, The Places You'll Go...
Large concentrations of HnG fic, of varying quality, for the truly insatiable appetite.

Collected works

The collected works of reality_is.
The collected works of trixie_chick.
The collected works of tsaiko.
The collected works of mousapelli.
The (few) collected works of bookshop.
The collected works of aishuu, at quillofferings.
The collected works of issen4.

Rec lists

reality_is's recs.
daisy_chan's recs.
best_of_hikago. (Long dead, and I'm skeptical about the "best", but...)
aishuu's recs tagged "hikaru no go", at rec_a_day
There is a decent-sized list of recs at the end of svz_insanity's Hikaru no Go primer/ship manifesto.
The "akira/hikaru" tag on del.icio.us.

Aggregations

Jumpy Boys!: Hikaru no Go.
Skyehawke: Hikaru no Go.
Fanfiction.net: Hikaru no Go.

Fora and communities

hikago_yaoi. (HikaAki slash only.)
igo_yaoi. (Ecumenical slash.)
hikago_djs. (Scanned doujin, some translated, some not.)
hikarunogo. (All things HnG including gen and *gasp* het.)
The hikagoyaoi.org forums. (The main site's been in hibernation for some time.)

And we mustn't forget the pretty, pretty pictures

zoesque's guide to Japanese fanart sites.
So, so many pretty, pretty pictures. I just did the Homer Simpson catatonic drool thing, but that's OK, because nobody saw me.

svz_insanity's massive repository of random HikaAki fanart.

ladysorka's high-resolution scans of the Hikaru no Go artbook.
Originally scanned by Toriyama's World, the people who scanlated the manga and started this whole thing.

dumbimps draws Waya kissing Touya.
OH. MY. GOD. SO AMAZING.




The Gay What I Wrote
Occasionally I write, too.

Personal Care
Akira. Hikaru. Morning routines.

Adulthood
Sometimes the rules change, and nobody tells you.

Brief Encounter
I was invited to speculate on how Waya lost his virginity.

Apologetics
"'Yongha's really not so bad,' Suyon suddenly blurts, and Hikaru almost chokes on his burger."
Either a microfic or a maxidrabble.


See also my fic and random lines tags for everything I've written, in various fandoms.