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Originally Posted by Ori

Trust me, don't read the manga ending, it would get you mad, very mad about the whole series, you will feel very ripe off and will probably mess up your opinion on Hikaru no Go for the rest of your life. What ever you do, don't read the manga ending. Just think of the show ending as THE ending.

I think it's been mentioned before. But I'll say it again anyway.

Spoiler:

Some people speculated that this was the way the manga author, Hotta Yumi, wanted the readers to feel what Hikaru was going through.

If you think about it, this is precisely how Hikaru felt when Sai left him. The manga just ended "suddenly", without much warning.

Readers were "outraged", much as Hikaru was feeling when Sai just disappeared and he couldn't find Sai anywhere. All of a sudden, there was no more Hikaru no Go manga.

Readers = Hikaru. HnG Manga = Sai.