"Hikaru No GO" "Hikaru, looks like you're fine with beard-man now" "I actually used him to relax myself" "What a progress" "Now let's go ahead to the playing hall" "It's begun The long, long pro exam" "Only three pass" "I must pass this year" "My goal isn't to pass" "It's to pass with the top record" "Six straight wins?" "Shindo..." "Shindo has six straight wins?" "( Challenger )" ""Pro Exam Game Seven"" "You're finally here" "I was so looking forward to our game" "That I couldn't fall asleep last night" "Sorry but I'm gonna beat you again" "I hear you're collecting a bunch of wins" "But I'm gonna tell you that luck doesn't continue forever" "So if I beat you today will that mean my win streak is talent?" "Brat!" "Such big words" "You were shaking during the prelims yet now you're all relaxed" "I'm not relaxed I am the same with you" "I am nervous when I come here" "What?" "I understand how you are trying to calm me down by distracting me" "It was the same thing during the prelims, right?" "Bullshit" "At first I thought it was a plan to make me lose focus" "A plan to make you lose focus?" "Why would I need to?" "And that loudness is just your natural voice" "Shindo, good morning" "Fuku" "Give me a ride on your bike sometime" "He's really changed" "Damn it." "I can't lose" "Shindo's changed?" "Iijima said something like that, too" "It's lunch time." "Please stop" "The turn during lunch?" "Of course that doesn't matter" "During the prelims you were the one who said to go into lunch during your turn" "You get more time in the main test than in the prelims" "You need to rest in this exam" "What a convenient explanation!" "Hey, what do you mean by that?" "Be quiet" "What?" "This is the resting room" "If you want to be alone you can leave" "You sure are very enjoying yourself" "You must have a job you can return to if you fail the exam" "Bullshit I don't have a job I can return" "I asked the company for leave during the prelims" "But I have to quit for the main exam because this Main Exam is about two months if I missed work every week" "I'd obviously get fired" "Probably wasn't a good job anyway" "What?" "I don't know what kind ofjob it was the company wouldn't approve for so many leaves" "I've had to stick to the part-time work for a while now" "Stick to?" "This is my fifth time taking the exam" "Could you at least remember my face?" "Well, this is my first time I passed the prelims" "You're from Tokyo?" "Yeah" "I come from Nagano" "Transportation costs are about twenty thousands" "I go home on Tuesdays and stay at a friend's place on Saturday and Sunday to save the hotel fees" "I'm staying at a hotel but it's no good" "I think too much and can't get to sleep" "A friend's place is much better to get your mind off the exam" "Sure is nice to be a student in Tokyo" "Why don't you just go to college?" "You're smart, right?" "Aren't you?" "What's the point of going to a third-rate college?" "But there are people who can go to the first-rate school and pass the pro exam" "There was a guy who passed the pro exam during high school then studied to get into the first-rate college" "There's also a pro who's a lawyer" "It's like they have an easy life" "Let's stop talking about this" "All you have to do is win" "It doesn't matter if you're smart or not" "By the way, Tsubaki your voice is too loud" "What?" "Yeah, you say a lot of things that get on people's nerves" "What did you say?" "All right." "Lunchtime is over" "Please begin" "Every person's ability and circumstances may be different" "But within this easy-to-understand race the ones who win many times become a pro" "Hikaru gained a victory over Tsubaki" ""Pro Exam Game Eight"" "After the eight games" "Isumi, Ochi, Waya and Shindo... are continuing their win streaks" "Waya lost" "Against Adachi?" "So you won?" "Waya lost, but there is still only one defeat" "And me too." "Only two losses" "Shindo won again today" "I'll play against Isumi on fifteen day and Shindo on the last day" "And you?" "Terrible!" "Tomorrow is already the tenth day" "Tomorrow...." "After the tenth day..." "Tomorrow, Touya is coming" "I'm going now" "Ochi..." "From what I saw online he's undefeated so far" "So he must be a good player" "What will he say about Shindo Hikaru?" "I want to know... the truth strength of Shindo Hikaru" "Is there really nothing?" "I always feel that... the footsteps of Shindo Hikaru approaching me from behind" "It's Touya" "We've been expecting you." "Please" "Please" "Please" "What?" "He is quite normal" "He's serious" "Ochi" "With this much ability he's likely the top Insei" "But he can't replace me" "If he did have my strength..." "Then I can learn from his game with Shindo" "How Shindo would match up with me" "We're sorry to keep you waiting" "Are you all right?" "After the game ended you kept staying in the bathroom" "I'm fine" "But..." "I'm fine." "Grandpa, leave me alone!" "Excuse me" "This is Touya Akira" "No wonder everyone wants to play against him" "As a pro, he'll be my rival" "I had heard it was supposed to be Shidougo but you seemed to be seeking a real game" "So I didn't go easy" "Shall we discuss the game?" "I realize the reason for my loss" "With these two hands" "I tried too forcefully to surround this right side, but this is bad" "You cut me off here and I was finished" "I should have gone over here" "That's true." "You seemed to pay too much attention to the territory" "Attacking here would be better..." "Ochi and Shindo play on the last day" "There's still a month and a half..." "If I can pull Ochi a bit..." "That would be enough for the black" "I saw the homepage of the GO Institute" "There are three people undefeated" "You, Isumi and Shindo" "Shindo lost today" "Lost?" "Against who?" "An outsider" "How was the game?" "I don't know" "The pro exam is long" "May he's too tired or lost his rhythm" "It's very common" "So he lost a game" "You seem to be concerned about Shindo" "Yeah, when Shindo became an Insei" "There was a rumor like this" "That Touya Akira saw Shindo Hikaru as a rival" "Though since he was struggling in group two nobody believed the rumor" "As your opinions how do you see Shindo?" "He's not strong enough to be worried about" "My rivals are Isumi, Waya and Honda" "Maybe below them are Adachi, Komiya and Shindo" "I'll say this I have never lost to Shindo" "When was the last time you played against him?" "About three months ago" "Three months..." "That's a long time ago" "I'll say this I have never lost to Shindo" "You'll be playing against Shindo on the last day, right?" "If I can train Ochi until then and let him replace me..." "If you wish" "I'll come as often as possible until now" "Are you saying as I am now..." "I can't beat Shindo?" "No, I'm not saying you can't win" "Your goal is to go undefeated you should play against me..." "I think it would be helpful" "I understand" "Ochi..." "You want to use me to measure Shindo's ability" "I can win without being trained by you" "What's going on, Kousuke?" "I don't even understand why you care about Shindo" "I apologize I'll excuse myself for today" "For today?" "Don't come back again!" "Kousuke" "You can disrespect me now as you like" "I'll someday become your rival" "Go!" "I don't know what happened but please forgive Kousuke for his rude behavior" "I will call you when you are needed" "I hope you will still be available" "I don't need you" "Kousuke" "I'll be waiting" "Kousuke..." "Why Shindo?" "When was he in group one?" "When did he move up the rankings?" "And is now advancing through the Pro Exam with great record of only one loss" "He's changed" ""Pro Exam Game Eleven"" "Honda" "How many games are still going on?" "Just one" "I see." "Not over yet?" "Goodbye" "I somehow stayed at two losses today but the top group isn't crumbling" "You and Ochi are still undefeated" "Waya and Shindo only have one loss" "I have to hang in there" "This is the last year I can remain an Insei" "I'm only a year younger than you so it's the same for me" "My parents say I should be my best" "Until I'm twenty and then give up" "You can take the test until you're thirty" "But I have a feeling that if I don't pass this year then I never will" "You'll play against Shindo next right?" "Could Shindo get lucky and beat you?" "I just need someone to put some losses on you and Ochi or I have no chance" "But then Shindo will be up there" "Shindo will be crumble eventually" "I don't know about that He lost the other day but he stayed strong today and pick up a win" "Yeah, Iijima was saying something like, Shindo's changed" "You'll see when you play against him" "Yeah, Komiya was also said that Shindo had gotten stronger" "Well, Shindo may have put on some strength" "But you still can't lose to him" "Of course" "You'll play against Isumi tomorrow" "Don't get a stomach ache like the day you lost" "If you face things with a healthy mind and body" "Don't get a stomach ache like the day you lost" "Hikaru?" "It's your turn" "If you don't concentrate you'll lose" "I lose to you?" "Have I ever lost before?" "You're getting over confident!" "I'll slice you in half" "Hikaru..." "When did I lose to you?" "Have I ever lost to you?" "What are you doing up there by yourself?" "." ""Pro Exam Game Twelve"" "What do you think of Shindo?" "Isumi will add another loss to Shindo today" "Touya Akira, that's the answer" "Don't worry, same as always..." "Calm down" "Hikaru, you've done something in the prelims why haven't you done that?" "Oh that!" "All right." "Let's go and do it now" "Hikaru today's opponent has arrived" "Hikaru" "You seem to be concerned about Shindo how do you see Shindo?" "You'll be playing against Shindo on the last day, right?" "If you wish I'll come as often as possible until now to play against you" "You want to use me to measure Shindo's ability" "I have to hang in there" "This is the last year I can remain an Insei" "You'll play against Isumi tomorrow" "It's your turn, Sai" "If you don't concentrate you'll lose" "Hikaru today's opponent has arrived" "( Enchanting Moment )" ""Pro Exam Game Twelve"" "Good morning" "What are you doing?" "But...." "For the undefeated Isumi and the only once-defeated me this is an important game" "Only three people are able to pass the pro exam" "Good morning" "Neither can help but be nervous" "Let's go to the playing area, Sai" "Yes" "All right" "I have to win today" "If I lost today that will make two" "I want to remain at only one loss" "Isumi still hasn't played against everyone, too, right?" "With today's game against Hikaru the top players will begin knocking each other out" "The time has come." "Please make your way into the playing hall" "I still have games with Honda, Adachi, Waya and Ochi" "I want to beat Isumi to encourage myself" "Hikaru, that's the spirit" "Good morning" "Please take your seats" "I have to grab the win" "Grab the win..." "What are you looking at?" "Something written in your hand?" "No, not really" "Please begin" "A game between one undefeated and one loss" "I don't need to hear from Iijima and Komiya" "I know that Shindo is getting stronger" "But I still have the confidence that I am superior to Shindo" "I'm sorry." "There's no cold tea" "Thank you" "So today is the twelfth day things are starting to become clearer" "Yes, some of their records it's very difficult for them to pass" "I wonder how the leaders will fare?" "A match between an undefeated and a kid with one loss?" "The undefeated one is Isumi He's the top or second-best Insei" "But it's not like the top Insei always passes, right?" "That's true Isumi didn't pass last year" "Reaction is quite important, too" "One has the strength but things just don't go right" "Yeah, that can happen" "There's also kids that get on a roll and leap over a wall" "Mashiba was like that last year" "Well, the worse thing is to lose confidence" "Time has filed" "I've better go and pick up the lunches I ordered" "Thank you" "It's lunch-break Please take your break" "It's just starting" "I know" "Shindo" "Isumi is black" "Shindo seems to be in slightly worse shape" "Though they haven't played many hands" "The time!" "Isumi has used more than a half" "Isumi, did you finish?" "Yes" "Now that we are in the middle of the exam the air is getting heavier" "Because we each are facing crucial moments" "I wanna go out and get some air" "It's very hot outside" "You sound like a geezer" "One, two..." "One, two" "Shindo..." "One, two..." "Now raise both arms" "One, two..." "Can we stop now?" "Exercise the body and empty the mind!" "Yes!" "I can't keep up" "Can't keep up?" "He doesn't sound too confident" "Looks like a win for Isumi" "Hikara, louder." "Shout with me" "One, two..." "One, two, three, four five, six, seven, eight" "I'll play against Isumi tomorrow..." "But before that, I have to make sure to win today's game" "One, two, three, four five, six, seven, eight" "One, two, three, four..." "Isumi, I saw your game clock" "You seem to be playing very carefully" "Shindo has only one loss." "Why is it strange that I'm being careful" "You're not afraid of him, are you?" "What's this all of the sudden?" "Have you also excessively raised your assessment of him" "The fact Iijima and Koyima said that he had gotten stronger?" "Actually Shindo is stronger than them" "So of course they'd say that" "It's not just them" "The other day I met with Touya Akira" "Touya Akira?" "I have pros come to my house and teach me" "The other day my grandpa had Touya Akira come" "All he asked about was Shindo" "As if he wanted information on a rival" "Then I said I hadn't played against Shindo... in three months" "He was like that was a long time ago" "What do you think, Isumi?" "Isumi..." "Maybe it was a long time ago" "He seems to be..." "He asked to be the third-captain just in order to play against me" "Asked?" "That's the kind of guy he is" "It's true He's my rival and I'm his" "Everyone thought it was just the new kid trying to make himself sound impressive" "Touya also watched his game at the Young Lions Tournament" "I thought it was because he had been sitting behind Shindo" "But right now, Ochi is saying" "Touya was asking all about Shindo" "Does Touya really see Shindo as his rival?" "It can't be" "But I had the feeling that it might be true it might be true" "From the time I saw the game between Shindo and Suyon" "Shindo's hand that appeared to be a mistake" "It was so he could attack the upper left territory" "If I was the one who played against Shindo" "I had no confidence that I could beat him" "Whether I could have even played as well as Suyon" "Who would have imagined that" "Shindo would grow this much when he became an Insei" "Touya..." "Could it be that he knew?" "That he can see what Shindo is becoming?" "The one Touya is chasing... is the future Shindo?" "It's like my last opponent Why did he attend the Pro Exam?" "Everyone here thought that he wanted to lose to each of us" "He's a bad player" "Isumi" "Waya" "Let's go to the game hall" "It's almost time" "Yeah" "No!" "Stay confident" "Isumi" "When Shindo played against Suyon he was just able to release ability beyond himself" "Stay strong" "It's time." "Please begin" "Only three can pass" "I was here like all of you thirty years ago" "Good luck" "Thank you very much" "Thank you very much" "What about Shindo and Isumi?" "They are still playing" "Isumi has the advantage" "Shindo's in trouble" "He's in the second count?" "Isumi has used up his given time" "Now he has to play each hand within a minute" "He won't be pushed by the lack of time and make a mistake" "Shindo has gotten stronger but there's nothing to make Touya worry so much" "I won't lose even without borrowing Touya's strength" "But Isumi..." "I'll play against him next week" "But before that..." "I'll face Waya" "Waya is one of the guys I have to watch out for" "He beats Honda and appears to be on a roll" "I'll watch Waya" "I can see the finish line" "Don't panic" "It's very difficult for Shindo to come from behind" "Calm down" "But why am I still worried about something?" "I have to hang in there" "This is the last year I can remain an Insei" "Shindo Hikaru My name is Shindo Hikaru" "I just have to keep going like this" "Don't think about it" "Don't care about the Touya and Suyon in Shindo's shadow" "I put the wrong side!" "Idiot" "Why did I go to the left?" "You go to the right here" "That wasn't I intended to" "Because I think of Touya and Suyon" "Sai, did his finger come off the stone?" "Sai, did you see that?" "If your finger comes off and you move the stone that's an automatic default loss" "Hikaru No GO" "It's very difficult for Shindo to come from behind" "Don't think about it" "Don't care about the Touya and Suyon in Shindo's shadow" "Did Isumi's finger come off the stone?" "If your finger comes off and you move the stone that's an automatic default loss" "Game fourteen Who will win?" "Sai, did Isumi's finger come off the stone?" "It looked like it did but I can't be sure" "If it did come off that's an automatic default loss" "Hikaru..." "Isumi is quiet" "Is that because it did come off?" "." "Or..." "Should I say something?" "Or ask him?" "Ask him if his finger separated from the stone" "What?" "You're going to ask?" "Hikaru?" "Isumi is undefeated and I have one loss" "There are only three can be the pros" "Hikaru" "Don't you want to continue this game?" "Don't you have strategy from coming from behind?" "But it probably won't work" "I've lose this game already" "If I say something it might become a win" "I want the win" "This Pro Exam even Isumi hasn't passed for many years" "Each win is so important" "I want the win" "Isumi isn't saying anything because... he probably wants the win as much as me" "Hikaru, what I am saying is..." "Isumi..." "I have lost" "His finger ... did come off" "Well, I just pick up a huge win!" "A huge win" "The Shindo game is over?" "Shindo is recording the game?" "Shindo won" "From that board..." "No way!" "What happened?" "Sai" "Why am I feeling so sad?" ""Pro Exam Game Thirteen"" "Isumi isn't himself" "He must still be stuck on yesterday's loss to Shindo" "Not even talking to me today" "This isn't like you, Isumi" "It must have been a shock to lose but why drag it with you into the next day?" "An unfocused mind will cost you" "Everyone here can't neglect this problem" "Me either" "I have lost" "All right" "I may be able to pass this year" "What are you doing, Isumi?" "I'm going!" "The next game is against Ochi" "No, this is a horrible GO" "I always beat Fuku" "I'm wasting the win I took from Isumi yesterday..." "Damn it" "I can't get yesterday's unfinished board out of my head" "Yesterday's board was..." "I was worried about this" "Yesterday's bitter game is still in Hikaru's mind" "He should have already resigned today's GO" "But he's still playing" "Nine and a half points loss" "Yesterday's game..." "I hadn't give up yet" "It may not have worked, but I had a plan to come from behind" "But with the default win dangling in front of my eyes" "I jumped on it" "I wanted the definite win" "It's because I'm weak" "I went for the default win because I'm weak" "Hikaru" "Hikaru let's continue yesterday's game" "I will play in place of Isumi" "Let's settle things in your mind then taking another step tomorrow" "I want the strength to believe in myself" "I want to become stronger" "I'll never play like I did yesterday and today" "Hikaru, that determination... is well worth a loss or two" "Come on, let's start" ""Pro Exam Game Fourteen"" "Today's opponent is Waya" "I need to stay focused" "This might be my biggest hurdle to passing undefeated" "Frankly, Waya is scarier than Isumi right now" "Isumi lost to Shindo and Waya" "The game against Shindo, Isumi lost probably due to a mistake" "But Isumi rarely makes mistakes" "Was he thinking about something else?" "Was it because you were afraid of Shindo?" "Cause the day you played against Shindo, I talked about Touya" "Because of that you got nervous and made a mistake" "Is that it?" "I won't tell others" "You don't want others to know that you are afraid of Shindo" "Am I wrong?" "Say something" "Isumi" "Ochi, what were you talking about with Isumi?" "You weren't asking him about his game against Shindo, were you?" "He's not telling me anything" "So of course he won't tell you" "I don't know how he lost" "But he should just forget about it" "I don't understand why he is keeping it all to himself" "It was a mistake" "I took a peek at the board" "I thought that Isumi would likely win" "So I went to see Waya playing" "Then it ended" "There's no way the tables could have turned that quickly" "A mistake?" "Isumi who carried over this shock of losing to Shindo into his next game against you" "Shindo who most likely got too excited from his big win and lost to Fuku" "You can't say much good about either one" "You're right" "Your face looks like you have no doubts about passing" "Yeah." "If I can beat you today that will be true" "Good morning" "Good morning" "It is time" "Please come to the game hall" "Isumi, he is still down" "Why did he make a mistake like that anyway?" "I felt that he's thinking about something else" "Hikaru" "Yeah, I know I shouldn't worry about others" "I need to concentrate on myself" "That's right" "I know." "I'm fine" "I'm calm today" "It's time." "Please begin" "Please" "Today was a definitive win" "My mind is nice and calm" "Oh yeah, what about Isumi?" "Can I stamp the sheet, too?" "Ochi..." "Then Waya is..." "Waya..." "I played well controlled the left area" "But he got around me there" "It got really close and the result was a two and a half points loss" "Damn it" "What about you?" "I won" "Waya, Isumi..." "Lost again today" "Against Fuku" "That's it for this game" "I misread this area" "Looks like I have to place more stones at the beginning" "The Pro Exam doesn't end" "Won't playing against me mess up your rhythm?" "No, it's a good break" "Did you read the Weekly GO?" "Touya grade two won his first-round game in the Meijin Tournament First Preliminary" "And?" "He won in the second round of the Honinbou Tourney and Fuji Cup" "He hasn't lose a game since becoming a pro." "How impressive!" "And he is saying he'll spend free hours playing against you" "You should have him come" "I have no need for Touya" "I beat Waya today and I've already beaten Honda" "I'll keep this up and pass undefeated" "Undefeated?" "Yeah, that would be great" "But you haven't played against that Isumi kid yet, right?" "Didn't you tell me he's your biggest rival?" "That's what I thought..." ""Pro Exam Game Fifteen"" "I will pass undefeated" "That will give me great confidence as a pro" "Isumi is in bad condition I won't lose to him" "Of course I won't lose to Shindo, too" "There are no worries Yes, no worries" "I don't need you, Touya" "So you even lost to Fuku yesterday" "Frankly, I'm disappointed" "I always thought you'd be my biggest hurdle to going undefeated" "You worried too much about Shindo" "I shouldn't take you as my rival" "But you can make it easily for me..." "Ochi to reach my goal with undefeated pass" "Shut up" "Please start"