"There are two types of people who play Shogi for a living." "One is a professional player." "The other is one who bets on Shogi." "Also called, True Sword-Masters." "I lost." "That was overwhelming." "In the opening game, without going easy on him, he ended it." "He's ruthless." "Next." "Anyone want to play?" "We are not..." "Even Kakuta can't beat you." "We'll pass." "I've made a name for myself around here." "What?" "Are you related to the yakuza?" "No stupid!" "As a True Sword-Master." "What about me looks like a Yakuza?" "Because your face..." "The face doesn't matter." "Anyway, people wanting to get serious with you are not here anymore." "Are you from the Shogi foundation or something like that?" "I understand." "Because you are too strong." "If you are serious, winning too much is not a good thing." "The True Sword-Masters are too weak" "Purposely loosing at Shogi." "Don't kid me." "Hm." "For people like you we say "A frog in the well knows not the ocean."" "In Akihabara, no matter how much you bet" "There is a person who will be your opponent." "A True-Sword Master who is called "Akihabara's Champion."" "Go and have a look." "You'll understand if you are at the top or not." "This man's name is Sugata Kentaro." "He was aiming to become a professional at the Shogi player foundation." "And when there was only one more step left." "His dream was crushed." "Continuing to pursue his dream, he is only the mere shadow of his former self." "That is the present, Sugata Kentaro." "Now he is earning everyday cash by betting on Shogi" "Since he became serious, 182-Wins 0-Losses." "He hasn't lost once." "The money in here is the result of putting himself on the line and aiming for his dream." "How long..." "How long will I be doing this?" "Forever." "Forever I think." "And then reality was thrown at me." "Shogi is all I have." "I can't do anything but Shogi." "At that time, Sugata didn't know the significance of" "The people or the meetings he will have at this written down place and how they will change his fate greatly." "You could call it his trigger..." "Here?" "Excuse me." "First time?" "To play is 1000 yen." "I am searching for "Akihabara's Champion"..." "Then go in there and in the last room." "But, entering in there is 10,000 yen." "Good luck." "Who is the person called "Akihabara's Champion?"" "Oh." "Do you have confidence in your skills?" "One game is 20,000 yen." "A woman!" "?" "D-damnit." "Shit!" "Wow." "Can I play a game?" "How about a match for 50,000 yen?" "Fine with me." "I won't hesitate with this amount." "You have a lot of confidence." "I'm looking forward to this." "The allotted time is 10 minutes." "Is that fine?" "I don't need 10 minutes." "I only need 5." "If you use up all your 5 minutes, then you lose." "How is that?" "Fine with me but..." "But?" "If it's that, this will end soon." "What do you mean?" "Okay." "Allotted time is 5 minutes." "I go first." "Onegaishimasu." "Onegaishimasu" "Bring it!" "7 minutes 58 seconds later." "I don't believe..." "No..." "This is a lie." "I lost..." "I lost...." "I just came back." "I said it's a good place." "It's an apartment with an autolock because I am a future great actress." "Wait one second, ok?" "Excuse me..." "Can you move?" "I can't believe it." "There must be some kind of mistake." "It's no good." "I can't leave this be..." "Lame..." "He fell hard." "Shogi was his only pride." "Out of the people aiming to become a professional... he is the only who will lose at Shogi and lose his life" "He will be worthless." "With this lose his life has no meaning." "It's OK." "I'm fine." "That was Akihabara's witch." "I'll re-study one more time." "I have to win." "Wrong wrong." "No!" "Wrong Wrong!" "First...cleaning." "Impossible!" "Ah...this is it!" "Yes?" "I waited for you..." "What!" "?" "I came to clean." "Master." "What!" "?" "Why?" "Huh?" "This...is complicated" "Master." "Should I start cleaning from around here?" "No." "Um.." "I..." "Yes?" "What?" "Huh?" "Have I met you before somewhere?" "Ah!" "No way!" "You are Akihabara's Champion?" "I knew it." "You and I played." "You are Akihabara's Champion, right?" "I did not play Shogi with my Master" "You said it yourself!" "Shogi." "No." "Let's play a game!" "Akihabara's Champion." "I am..." "Akihabara's Champion, right?" "I am your maid." "No!" "If you play you will understand." "Alright." "This is your master's command." "Let's play." "No, play!" "I am serious." "You bet 1,000 yen." "And I." "I will bet this." "All I have." "There should be about 500,000 yen." "With this it's a great match." "Doesn't it make a True Sword-Master's blood boil?" "I understood." "Master." "This doesn't feel like reality." "A maid is Akihabara's Champion." "But, it doesn't matter." "This time..." "I will definitely win!" "She's calling for my attack." "This is what I wished for!" "At the Shogi foundation, I aimed for a pro and sharpened my skills." "I will show you the Shogi I fought with." "My...my attack was stopped." "My attack was completely crushed by this woman." "Is that it?" "That's why you were called that." "Akihabara's Challenger." "This girl is real and she's really strong." "I lost." "This was nothing more than a humiliating lose." "Leave." "Take this money and leave." "Now." "But..." "Master is pretty strong." "Thank you very much." "Excuse me." "Master." "Was that a dream?" "It was because she was cute." "That's why I lost." "Yes, that's it!" "She left with everything I own." "Damnit!" "Akihabara's Champion." "Ahhhh. 7 yen?" "Ah, Ken-chan beat me again." "Sugita-kun is strong." "He can become a professional" "Suzuki 8-dan Congratulations." "This is the Shogi Association." "I lost." "Here are your withdrawal Shogi pieces." "Accept them." "I'm sorry." "What?" "Why?" "Even though this is expensive." "It's a diamond!" "I'm telling you this is a fake, Risa-chan." "I can't put a price on it." "No No." "The person who gave it to me said it was real." "For now, wait..." "Sir, please." "Yes." "Please take this." "Yes." "Hm..." "Ah, this is..." "This is 15,000 yen." "What?" "Wait, wait a minute mister!" "These are dirty." "You are taking these for 15,000 yen?" "Then why won't you take my ring?" "Because it is fake." "Risa-chan, will you please stop" "My customer is still here." "Hey." "You don't have to cry..." "But these are very...um..." "You studied, didn't you?" "No." "Thank you very much." "Yes Yes." "Risa-chan." "You go back now too, ok?" "Could he be...?" "I will definitely get them back." "Come on, give me some money." "I have a promise with my friend." "Quit messing around!" "Work!" "How stupid my daughter is." "If you give me money I will work." "In there." "Thanks." "MINE!" "Ouch!" "You are a horrible father!" "Who!" "?" "You stupid daughter!" "I found him, Aniki." "To challenge Akihabara's Champion, I need 20,000 yen." "Until I make 20,000 yen I will wait." "Today I will definitely..." "I found you." "You!" "?" "What?" "You remember me?" "Well...yeah, because your face is scary." "You piss me off." "Not paying attention to what people say." "Stupid." "Want to play?" "I have..." "Wait." "Today." "My friend came with me." "It's Hida." "This is bad." "You've helped Kakuta." "Today, will you let me play you?" "A 200,000 yen challenge 20!" "?" "I only have about 3,000 yen on me." "It can't be helped." "What will you do?" "With this difference in money, do you want to put holes in him?" "Don't look at me." "Yes." "Your hoodlum face is an eyesore." "Yes." "I am simply going to defeat this boy so bad that he won't feel like playing Shogi ever again." "Son." "You should stop." "That person is a famous gangster" "If you get in debt you will have to deal with people like him." "Champion!" "?" "I will become this guy's sponsor." "Are you serious?" "This boy, over me?" "He's strong." "Really?" "Um..." "If I win, we split the winnings." "Here..." "I can't run now..." "If I win..." "I will take my share and make you come to my house as a maid and clean my house." "The allotted time is 20 minutes." "20 minutes and you lose." "Yes." "You first." "Let's start." "Onegaishimasu." "I understand this person is pretty strong." "Is it that unexpected that I would be beating you?" "Since the opening moves you've been planning on running." "Don't make me take over you." "I won like this for 10 years." "This is his winning pattern." "10 years?" "Since I've started playing Shogi, entering the foundation and aimed to be a pro" "It's been 20 years." "I've bet 20 years." "This place!" "I've come to this place to face this old man..." "He's starting to make a come-back" "As to be expected, with these skills you were a 3-dan at the Shogi foundation." "There's a lot of boys like you clinging onto Shogi." "Be quiet!" "I understand where you are going to move." "With this you can't become a pro." "Be quiet!" "Don't strain yourself." "If you lose here, it's not a shame or you could make an excuse." "Because you can't beat a street True Sword-Master, you couldn't become a pro." "Say that after beating me." "How can you get out of this situation?" "The Crossed Rook." "Here it is." "His special attack." "There is no one who can turn the game after this." "Your reading is weak." "What's wrong?" "You only got 6 minutes remaining." "Lose?" "I lost again?" "Your Shogi is too shallow!" "Shallow?" "I've heard that before." "Your Shogi is too shallow" "You just splash around in the shallows." "What do you mean?" "Dive deeper." "Into here." "Dive?" "Yes" "Dive into this 9-by-9, 81 space board." "Dive to the end of the world." "Diving into this board will make you a Shogi player." "but Sensei." "My Shogi is winning Shogi." "I like that confidence." "But...at this rate you can't become a 4-dan." "You won't become a pro." "It was just as Sensei said" "I couldn't become a pro." "But here I am playing Shogi." "Looking at that dream from a totally different place." "My dream is so precious, I pawned my Shogi pieces that I value above life." "But, but, I..." "I definitely can't quit Shogi" "Shogi is..." "Shogi is my everything." "That's why, now..." "Dive!" "Into this place of 81 spaces." "Dive" "Who is this guy?" "The atmosphere changed" "What?" "You must be kidding me!" "To a little boy like you..." "Too weak." "A comeback." "The rook." "Stay in there!" "Yeah!" "Aniki!" "Aniki!" "You withstood the situation in the middle of the board and attacked you opponent's mistakes." "It's your win." "That feeling." "I dived!" "Into the 81 spaces." "What's your name?" "Your name?" "I don't know why I said that but the words suddenly came out." "Hachi-One Diver." "Hachi-One..." "Diver?" "I found you."