Ah yes, another rule broken for FF.net. But seriously, I don't (again) have much of a choice. (Side note: Aaarrrgh, the formatting died! I need to redo the whole chapter!)

Replies to Reviews Chapter by Satsuki-sama:

1. Comments up until 2/4:

Thank you very much for reading my poorly done story and all the comments.

In the story, the two boys are 17 years old. They're considered minors until 20, so they would be taken into protective custody or watched over by the police if they stay out too late.

Employed by the Ki-in, Hikaru left his parents house to live on his own, but Akira had pretty much forced him to live with him.

Hikaru is rather estranged from the outside world. I thought it was pretty natural to not know anything besides Go as he had become a pro at 14 years old.

In this story, the police officer was knocked out by Hikaru's charms. Police officers are human too... ^^;

I think Hikaru has this "protect me!" feeling around him, and the characters in Hikaru no Go fall are all just saps when it comes to him.

Me too, though.

The person that saved Hikaru and Akira was, in fact, Ogata. His role in my stories seems to be a strange one -- a senior [senpai] that gets his kicks out of making jabs at Hikaru and Akira.

As a Hikaru-sukii (big Hikaru fan) Hikaru is my favorite character. Even at this moment I'm writing a Hikaru-centric fic.

2. Comments up until 2/7:

Hikaru isn't a prostitute~~! ^^;;

But the comment of the salaryman having good taste made me laugh.

The boys are pros, but they're still underage.

If a scandal or incident of some sort occured, the Ki-in would be involved, so the rules would naturally be a lot stricter on them...

Well, Hikaru was at fault for forgetting to call... ^^;;

It's wonderful and an honor to hear such openhearted comments.

3. Comments up until 2/15:

[Not yet completed]

This isn't really "just like a doujnshi"; it is one.

This isn't directed at the reader, but we're (at least I am) experiencing some confusion over the word... (Translator's note to self: steer clear from any Japanese imported word in the future.)