Things I neither like nor understand:
1) Anime
2) The game Go

Thing I nevertheless like:
1) Hikaru No Go, an anime television show about the game Go

Paul, who at one time belonged to a club of people who played Go on purpose, started out watching this alone, on his computer. But our computers are side by side, and before long I started taking peeks, and then I was taking longer peeks, and then I was interrupting to say, “Who’s that guy? Why does he look like a girl?” and “Is he SUPPOSED to look like a girl? Or do they not realize he looks like a girl?”

Like many great shows, the point is the people and their relationships to each other, rather than the actual game. But you’ll learn about the game, too. I am sorry to tell you that if you play it yourself, the pieces do not make the sound/light effects they do on the show, nor will your hand go to slow-mo, nor will your hair blow back in the wind generated by your AWESOME MOVE.

Paul and I both like to watch it in the Japanese with English subtitles; the English dubbing is so! bad! —Swistle

Link: Hikaru No Go, Vol. 1, on Amazon
Ballpark price: $20