Green Eggs and Sai

I am Shindou.
Shindou Hikaru.

I am Sai.
Fujiwara no Sai.

That Fujiwara no Sai!
That Fujiwara no Sai!
I do not like that Fujiwara no Sai!

Would you like to play some go?

No, I would not like to play some go.
I would not like to play some go, although...
I do not like to puke at school.
I do not like it.
It's so uncool.
BLEAARRGGH!

Poor Hikaru in his misery.
Do you need help with history?
I can help you! But not for free.

Ugh, fine! You win, okay?
We'll play some go, but just today.
Look, there's a kid, let's ask him, yay.

Should I, may I cut off his head?

No, you should not, may not cut off his head.
If you do that the kid is dead.
Look, he's upset - it's time we fled!

Hikaru is such an airhead.

Ack, now it's Touya's scary dad.
You go players are all kind of sad.
...Except those shining hands are pretty rad.

Hikaru, would you like to learn to play?
I can teach you! Just say! Just say!
Like Torajirou before you, it's all the same.
I'll do anything to play this game.

Sai, why do you play
after a thousand years?
Sai, why do you play
after a thousand tears?

Because I still love go, both then and now.
I will play it no matter how.

Would you play in a school-based club?

I would play some kids in a club.
I would play them with lots of love.
I still love go, both then and now.
I will play it no matter how.

Would you play it on the Internet?

I would gladly play it on the Internet.
...though I do not know what that is, quite yet.
But anyway, I would play some kids in a club.
I would play them with lots of love.
I still love go, both then and now.
I will play it no matter how.

Insei! How 'bout some insei?
Could you, would you, play some insei?

I would play in an insei class.
The pro exam? I'd surely pass.
I would play games on the Internet.
(Though I still don't know what that is quite yet.)
I would play some kids in a school-based club.
I would play them with lots of love.
I still love go, both then and now.
I will play it no matter how.

Say!
In the dark?
In a room profoundly dark?
Would you, could you, in the dark?

Of course, of course, even in the dark.
From the shadows I would make my mark.
I'd find my rival and meet him there.
When it's your rival you do not care.
And I would play in an insei class.
The pro exam? I'd surely pass.
And I would play games on the Internet.
(Though I still don't know what that is quite yet.)
And I would play some kids in a club.
I would play them with lots of love.
Because I still love go, both then and now.
I will play it no matter how.

Would you play a scary man in white?

Well,
if I would play it even in the dark,
if from the shadows I would make my mark,
if I would play it in an insei class,
if the pro exam I'd surely pass,
if I would play games on the Internet,
(even now knowing what that is quite yet)
if I would play some kids in a club,
if I would play them with lots of love,
if I still love go, both then and now,
if I will play it no matter how,
...then I guess I could play a scary man in white.
But only if he were drunk that night, all right?

Would you find the Hand of God?

I'll find the Hand, please have no fear,
I'll find it, Hikaru - even now I'm near.
Like Torajirou before you, it's all the same.
I'd do anything to play this game.
I'd play a scary man in white.
Well, as long as he were drunk that night,
And I would play it even in the dark,
From the shadows I would make my mark.
And I would play in an insei class.
The pro exam? I'd surely pass.
And I would play games on the Internet.
(Though I still don't know what that is quite yet.)
And I would play some kids in a club.
I would play them with lots of love.
For I still love go, both then and now.
I will play it, Hikaru, no matter how.

What if you had to disappear?

That is an inquiry most queer.
I've lived this long, a thousand years.
I'll play this game for eternity,
mixing the ancient with modernity.
Like Torajirou before you, it's all the same.
You must help me play my game.

But I do not love
this game you love.
It is only slightly cool,
kind of, sort of.

You do not like it.
So you say.
But try it! Try it!
And you may.
Hikaru, Hikaru, what do you say?

Well...
Okay.

Hurray!

(pachi! pachi! pachi!)

...Say!

I like this game you made me try!
I really like it, Fujiwara no Sai!
I'll reach the Hand, though it's pretty clear,
Right now I am nowhere, nowhere near!
But I'll chase my rival and meet him there!
'Cause when it's your rival you do not care!
I'll even play a scary man in white!
Well, as long as he is drunk that night!
And I will play go in the dark profound!
In that room my strength will sound!
And I will play it in an insei class!
The pro exam? I'll kick its ass!
And I will play games on the Internet!
Unlike you, I know what that is, nyeh!
And I will play my classmates in a club!
I will play them with lots and lots of love!
For I DO love go, forever and now!
I will play it, Sai, no matter how!
I'll play this game for eternity!
Mixing your style with modernity!

Aren't you glad I made you try?

I am so glad you made me try,
Thank you!
Thank you,
Fujiawara no Sai.

One day I know that you will be
a great go player, you will see.

Yes, and on my own now,
I can fly.
My future is
an endless sky!

Wonderful!
...but what about Fujiwara no Sai?

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