"Hikaru No GO" "Let me play" "Please let me play, Hikaru" "What?" "What are you talking about?" "If you play, you'll win for sure" "Shindo, you're finally a pro" "This is the moment I've been waiting for" "Handicap?" "If Sai uses a handicap too, then he won't be able to use his usual maneuvers" "I'm willing" "(The Abandoned Game)" "The first hand took 20 minutes" "Looks like it'll be an interesting game" "How will Meijin respond to that?" "Lower right "star"" "I couldn't breath in there" "I'm worn out" "It's the first time I've seen something like that" "He didn't look nervous to me" "Touya should be here" "I'm gonna ask for his opinion on Shindo's long pause" "Oh, it's Ogata Sensei" "Kuwahara Sensei is here too" "Looks like it'll be a long game" "Seeing how long the first hand took Right, Amano?" "Yes" "Shindo really surprised me 20 minutes on the first hand" "Kuwahara Sensei, are you here to see Shindo Hikaru too?" "Yes" "I knew he was different when I passed by him one time" "Passed by him?" "Am that aroused your interest in him?" "That's right, it's his..." "Intuition, he says" "Intuition?" "You underestimate my intuition, cop" "That's why you can't beat me" "Even if it's just intuition, it's impressive just to catch Kuwahara Sensei's attention" "And it's not just Kuwahara Sensei" "Ogata Sensei has take notice of him too" "Touya Meijin even requested to play against Shindo Hikaru" "Oh, he did?" "Requested?" "Waya, who is Shindo..." "Stop asking me that" "He probably gained interest in him because Akira sees Shindo as his rival" "Do you see him as a rival, Touya?" "Well..." "His son has nothing to do with it" "The Meijin himself care about the boy" "Touya Meijin?" "Because he relies on intuition, like me" "13-1 4 "plug""" ""Plug"?" "Shindo is..." "He's avoiding confrontation early in the game" "What is Shindo thinking?" "13-1 7 "forward"" "I won't have a chance unless I attack immediately" "I'll trick him into a complicated battle and then it'll be a battle of wits" "I will create an opening for him to attack" "And when he does..." "It'll open up a path for the black stones" "1 8-1 6 "intercept"" "But he's not playing as I expected" "He's very cautious" "If this continues..." "Things will get even more out of control" "If that's the case... 1 8-9 "block"" "What is Shindo doing?" "He's going over his head" "It's a bad set-up" "This hand is way out of line" "It's a bad set-up" "Touya, he's no match for you" "When this gets eaten, the black stones are finished" "But it's a stone you'd want to go after" "But dad didn't take it" "Hmm..." "Maybe he doesn't want to end the game so quickly" "What do you think, Ogata?" "I think the black is in a bad position" "As to what Touya Sensei is thinking I don't know" "He's a man with good intuition" "The black stone here seems like it can be taken easily" "But if you look ahead..." "It looks dangerous" "I should be careful and not fall into his trap" "This seems like a messy game, but it's actually quite deep" "And that's not all" "Why?" "He's only a Beginner Dan" "and a 1 4-year-old kid" "The atmosphere is a bit strange" "There is great tension in the air" "The fight that began in one corner has spread to the entire board" "Shindo is expanding his battlefield and attacking at random" "It's not gonna work" "It's obvious" "The black stones are finished He's going into a dead-end street" "What exactly is he thinking?" "Touya Meijin is very cautious" "He's aggressive Maybe that's an advantage, but he's doing it the wrong way It's no use against Meijin" "Shindo..." "Look, he resigned" "Just as I expected" "Shindo must be depressed" "Waya" "Let's go They're gonna start talking about it" "I won the bet" "Are you disappointed?" "No, it was a very interesting game" "Ogata" "If there's another game like this" "I'd still bet on the kid" "Akira" "Ah, I'll be there in a second" "Kuwahara Sensei" "You don't understand the game?" "Yes" "Well..." "If you think he handicapped himself then it all makes sense" "Shindo handicapped himself?" "." "But my dad is a Meijin" "That's not possible?" "As to way he did it I haven't the faintest idea" "This kid is really interesting" "This is it" "I'd have liked for us to play without any handicaps" "I don't know why you played like you did but you still can't hide your strength" "He didn't just see I was handicapping myself" "Touya Meijin must have seen through Sai as well" "I felt an experienced aura from you when we played" "I hope the next time we play it'll be an even game" "Yes, someday" "Good game, everyone" "So ever since the first hand..." "He put a handicap on himself?" "." "Why would he do that?" "This Shindo kid is really interesting" "I don't understand him" "I played him two years ago" "I thought he was as good as my father" "But then I played him again six months later and he was as weak as a novice" "Stop kidding me" "Touya..." "That different?" "That's weird" "I don't see a weak player like that as my rival" "People like that makes me angry" "But he..." "One day he said to me..." "If you continue to chase my shadow, then one day the real me will catch up to you" "The next time I saw him he was already an Insei" "And now..." "He played against my father in the Yuko Room" "So you're the one who brought him into the world of pro GO?" "Touya..." "What's your name again?" "Akira" "Touya Akira?" "I'll remember that" "Touya" "How's it going there?" "I don't know what's wrong with Shindo" "He just won't answer any questions" "Oh yeah, the recorder said something strange" "Something strange?" "I hear Touya Meijin said to Shindo that he hoped their next game would be an even one" "My dad said that?" "Is it true?" "When he asked, Touya Meijin was vague in answer" "I guess Yano won't be able to write his story" "My dad is a Meijin" "He actually said that to Shindo?" "Strange" "Hey, aren't you coming?" "Touya..." "I don't think he saw through your strength" "Touya's dad is really good" "He knew it wasn't a wild game" "I hope the next time we play it'll be an even game" "Yes, someday" "You must want to play an even game with him" "Yeah" "But can it happen?" "Can it?" "Come on, Hikaru!" "I'll think of a way Just be patient" "For how much longer?" "I can't tell you for sure" "Don't you know how important that game was to me?" "And your selfishness destroyed it" "Do you understand?" "Ah..." "I..." "I'm sorry" "Man" "It's your own fault for choosing me" "If you chose Shusaku, you'd be a lot happier" "He'll probably let you play" "Oh yeah, you call him Torajiro" "Why didn't Torajiro play?" "Didn't he want to become a pro player" "What a wimp" "That's..." "That was my fault" "I was impatient when I got back I wasn't sure if I'd see you again" "I didn't want to pass up the chance, so I begged him" "I see" "You said Torajiro died young" "It's not because of you, is it?" "No" "Torajiro was a nice guy" "There was a cholera epidemic at the time" "People he knew got sick one after another" "He took care of them, knowing that he'd get infected" "In the end, he..." "Torajiro" "He was really smart and kind" "Yeah, and I'm just dumb and mean" "Hikaru..." "Dad" "I heard that you told Shindo that you hope your next game would be an even one" "Yes" "My dad is a Meijin" "He actually said that to Shindo?" "Who is Shindo..." "Hikaru No GO" "You must want to play an even game with him" "Yeah" "But can it happen?" "Can it?" "Come on, Hikaru!" "I'll think of a way Just be patient" "For how much longer?" "I can't tell you for sure" "Don't you know how important that game was to me?" "And your selfishness destroyed it" "Do you understand?" "Ah..." "I..." "I'm sorry" "Man" "It's your own fault for choosing me" "Torajiro..." "He was really smart and kind" "Yeah, and I'm just dumb and mean" "Hikaru..." "(Fujiwara no Sai)" "Why did God bring me back at Hikaru's side?" "Hikaru is improving rapidly" "As his instructor, I am proud and happy" "But I messed up... my own GO" "I finally got to play with him" "That game could have been great" "But it was pushing my luck" "The GO that I know about is too different from theirs" "It's impossible" "If I can't achieve the "Hand of God"" "then why am I here?" "How long must I wait?" "1 000 years ago..." "Everything started from there" "I enjoyed teaching the emperor how to play GO" "But there was another GO instructor in the court" "He challenged me Only the winner could stay" "He mixed a white stone in his dish and made it a prisoner" "When I was about to say something..." "You just..." "Enough" "This is despicable" "How dare you use cheat?" "Liar." "You're the one who cheated" "What a lousy excuse" "You took out a black stone in your dish and made it a prisoner while we weren't looking" "That's nonsense" "Enough!" "Be quiet" "How dare you do this in front of the emperor?" "Continue..." "And I lost because I couldn't calm myself down" "With the charge of cheating," "I was exiled from the city" "I lost all will to live" "Two days after the match I jumped into the river" "But I still wanted to play GO" "I couldn't go to heaven..." "So my soul took shelter in a GO board" "After years and years of waiting finally a boy heard my voice" "Torajiro" "Boy, if you see my tears of regret then let me occupy a small corner of your heart" "And I got my wish of playing GO" "Shusaku, what he called himself, soon became a Honinbou" "I felt that by playing with him" "I'd achieve the ""Hand of God""," "but he died of cholera" "Torajiro, Honinbou Shusaku" "I will never forget the time we spent together" "Never..." "Sai..." "It's this late already?" "Yes, and then you appeared" "Why can't I get this spot off?" "." "Spot?" "What spot?" "It's clean" "This" "Where?" "Here" "I don't see it." "Where?" "Here" "Can you see?" "I keep telling you..." "Can you hear my voice?" "You can hear me, right?" "There are no spots..." "Who is it?" "Thank you, God" "I..." "I..." "I finally... came back to the world of the living" "I was troubled in the beginning, because Hikaru didn't know how to play GO" "You like GO that much?" "Yes" "You still want to play?" "Yes" "Well, sorry, not me" "Hikaru..." "Shindo..." "Hey, can't you just find someone else?" "Probably not" "Okay, fine." "I'll play, but just once in a while" "Huh?" "Where are we going?" "The Go Club" "They're all so old" "There's a kid Can I play with him?" "But he..." "You're looking for an opponent?" "That's where I met Touya Akira" "I think it was meant to be" "Yes, the wheel of destiny is beginning to turn" "Okay 1 7-4, upper right, komoku" "1 7-1, 2, 3, 4" "This is a beginner's move" "I played him three times through Hikaru's body" "1 6-1 7, lower right, komoku 1 6-1 7..." "It's here, right?" "3-1 6 3-1 6" "8-5 8-..." "It's here" "This is not the best move nor is it the strongest" "He's testing me" "He's checking out my strength from above" "Touya is very gifted" "He's about Hikaru's age" "So..." "Please" "Okay" "The people around him doesn't affect him at all" "That time..." "Are you waiting for me to do the opening?" "If that's the case, fine 1 5-1 6, go" "Come on" "I lost" "Sai" "He admitted defeat at the middle game" "He was afraid, but he faced it like a man" "Our third match was played on the internet" "He's good" "I feel a wall higher than when I was defeated by Shindo" "This..." "This is not Shindo" "Could he be..." "The black stone has no way out" "I lose" "Sai, who is this?" "Is this Touya?" "It must be" "Really?" "What do you think?" "Sai..." "He's a talented kid" "His moves are agile and he manages key positions well" "Has Touya gotten better?" "I'm the one... who's gotten better" "Hikaru, you too" "Me too?" "You've seen me play a dozen times" "That's right." "I followed Hikaru... and learned the modern GO" "After I played Touya Akira, he began chasing after me" "And Hikaru after him" "Oh yeah, I almost forget that game" "That game at Hikaru's GO Club when I played Touya Akira" "Touya..." "How much have I caught up to you?" "I want to play" "Touya, like the way you're chasing after Sai" "I am chasing after you" "One day I'll catch up to you 13-4" "It should be 1 1-8 and then..." "Hikaru, 13-..." "I want to try" "I'm sorry, Sai" "I can't see if I don't play myself" "I want to what the gap is between us" "1 1-8?" "I want to do it myself" "Now I think about it, it was then that I discovered Hikaru's creativity" "He must feel unwilling" "Stop kidding me" "Touya" "If you continue to chase my shadow, one day I will catch up to you" "You?" "Forget about one day" "Let's play now" "Ever since then, Hikaru made Touya Akira his target" "He defeated Touya Akira and became an Insei" "He also passed the Pro Exam" "You've really improved, Hikaru" "Your name..." "I said I'd remember your name" "Shindo Hikaru" "My name is Shindo Hikaru" "But it was then that I stopped playing, except with Hikaru" "I've finally become a strong player and my chance of playing has increased" "Hikaru..." "Does Hikaru not want me to play anymore?" "I am the one... who's closest to attaining the ""Hand of God""" "God, why did you bring me back at Hikaru side?" "God" "Still no answer?" "Hikaru" "Get up" "Hurry up, get up" "What?" "You're disturbing my sleep" "Get up and play GO with me" "What?" "I haven't eaten breakfast yet" "No" "You can't say no" "We play so that we can attain the ""Hand of God""" "Besides, you're my only opponent" "What's wrong with you, Sai?" "You're acting weird" "No I'm not I have to finish my conclusion" "Hurry..." "Let me sleep for 30 more minutes" "No." "Hey, Hikaru, get up" "Good night Let's play" "Hikaru..." "Hikaru No GO" "(Kurata 6-Dan)" "Hikaru..." "There's a lot of activities here like lectures and seminars" "There are so many people here" "Hikaru..." "Look" "Looks like Sai has cheered up a bit" "But this is really worth this" "I hope the next time we play it'll be an even game" "Next time, it'll be an even game" "I'm sure of it" "I don't think Sai was happy about the ending" "I feel bad for Sai" "Hikaru, let's go see people play" "Let's go watch Ochi's Beginner Dan Game next week" "He and Waya was saying how badly I played that game" "Now it's my turn to tease them" "Hikaru is worried about me" "Hikaru is right" "My selfishness ruined that game for him" "I was wrong, but I want to play so much" "I'll try not to ask Hikaru to let me play as much" "Thank you very much That'll be 1 500 yen, please" "Don't just sell those cheap fans" "We have to sell these expensive GO boards" "Gokiso Sensei" "They're too hard to sell but I did sell three of the others" "Which ones?" "This board made from kaya wood It's on sale for 200,000 yen" "This is real kaya wood?" "Come on, that'll only fool amateurs" "It's only worth 80,000 yen" "Sensei..." "Pass me the marker" "You can't just write "on sale"" "This is more effective" "Sensei, you're a better salesman than I am" "Nonsense I'm a GO player" "Listen, I got you into this event" "You'd better do your work right" "Huh?" "He's going to lose that important stone over there" "Yeah, what's he waiting for?" "He better protect it" "Ah!" "He didn't notice" "Yeah, if it's taken prisoner he's finished" "His opponent didn't see it either" "This is more nerve-wrecking than watching a pro game" "You wanna play, kid?" "You can still sign up" "Play?" "No, thank you" "If you don't wanna play, let me play" "No!" "I'm doing it again I just told myself not to do this" "This board looks nice" "I'd like to have one someday" "Forget about someday How about today?" "Your skills will improve by using a good GO board" "What, only GO boards?" "What else did you expect?" "This one is on sale for 250,000 yen That for 200,000 yen" "All the GO boards are made from high-quality kaya wood" "Kaya?" "This is kaya?" "This is not kaya It looks like it, but it's not" "Sai, what is kaya wood?" "Kaya is a type of wood used to make GO boards" "Your grandfather's board is made from kaya wood" "All good boards are made from kaya wood" "What about mine?" "Yours is cassia-bark wood" "So he's lying if he says it's made from kaya wood" "Hey, kid, watch what you're saying" "What's going on there?" "Please interfere with our business" "I'm not" "Hikaru, take a stone" "What about you doing?" "I thought so!" "The sound is duller than on kaya wood" "That means..." "How dare you place a stone on our product, you punk!" "What's going on?" "Is there some sort of dispute?" "Nothing, just a kid playing with one of our boards" "That's because..." "Hey" "If you keep this up," "I'm gonna ask you to pay for the damaged board" "That board..." "I think I'll wait "til I get better" "Hey, don't go" "All these boards are made from wood" "Placing a stone on it can damage it" "These are all for sale Please don't do it again" "I'm sorry" "This is a board once used by Honinbou Shusaku" "Is this for sale too?" "Wow... 6,000,000 yen" "We just got this from an antique dealer" "This is the board Master Shusaku used when he taught at Takamatsu" "You've been to Takamatsu?" "I went to many places with Torajiro" "Master Shusaku even signed it" "Gokiso Sensei" "Torajiro..." "In Takamatsu?" "Hikaru, that's not Torajiro's signature" "What?" "So that means..." "It's fake?" "You again." "Watch your mouth" "This is the original" "Get out of here" "Ah, sir..." "Original?" "How dare he say that?" "It's not Shusaku's handwriting" "It's absolutely his signature" "See, even a pro says so" "A pro?" "Why is a pro lying?" "You didn't signed it, did you?" "How can you be so rude to Gokiso Sensei?" "What's going on this time?" "How dare you use Torajiro's name to cheat people?" "It's unforgivable" "Unforgivable!" "Huh... what?" "What is it?" "What is it?" "Gokiso Sensei, it's almost time for your lessons" "Please" "Nobody will believe a kid" "You say it's a fake?" "How do you know that?" "It's definitely a fake Those two are lying" "Even the GO boards are not made from kaya wood" "I thought so" "You thought so?" "I didn't think it was kaya" "I think it's new kaya" "Well, I'm not an expert" "Last year's seller taught me a few things" "New kaya wood has beautiful patterns" "It looks like the real kaya wood, but it's actually spruce" "It won't mold or crack So it's great wood for GO boards" "Since kaya wood is very expensive, a lot of dishonest merchants try to pass new kaya wood off as real kaya wood" "What?" "Why did you change sellers?" "Gokiso Sensei recommended him to me" "We couldn't say no" "Why?" "We need a pro to assist the transaction" "I'll keep an eye out on him I'm sorry" "Man" "They ruined all the fun" "Sai, do you still want to go watch the games?" "You're still angry" "Sai..." "Hikaru, look" "That bad guy is lecturing" "That guy is the customers who left without buying a board" "Hmm... there are a lot of faults with your set up" "The upper left is dead" "You can't improve if you don't practice on a good board" "This is too much" "Yeah, he's bullying him" "This is not a teaching game" "I..." "I think it's over" "Who says..." "It's not over yet" "Do your best, mister" "Oh, you have a way?" "Well then, let's continue" "No, I really can't..." "But the kid behind you said he could turn it around" "Why don't you play?" "What?" "Do you want to try?" "After all that talk" "Hikaru, sit down" "He's a pro, you know?" "If you can't do it, I can" "Tell him that if you turn the game around, he'll stop selling Torajiro's board" "Okay" "Do you really want to play?" "If I turn the game around, you'll stop selling Torajiro's board" "Well, let's see if you can do that" "That's a promise then" "If I let Sai play, this guy might make a scene afterwards" "He thinks Hikaru is just an amateur" "If he loses to Hikaru, he'll be too embarrassed to tell anyone" "Okay, Sai, it's your call" "Here goes 1 4-4, one space jump" "Are there any questions?" "Kurata Sensei, it's about time" "All right, we'll end this here" "Thank you..." "Kurata Sensei, may I have your autograph?" "Sure" "I hope you'll win a title this year" "I hope so too" "A "Meijin" title would be nice" "I might as well put it on ""soon-to-be Meijin""" "I can't let Touya Meijin see this" "Sensei!" "May I have one too" "Okay, how about Kisei for this one?" """Future Kisei, Kurata Atsushi""" "How about a Honinbou one for me?" """Future Honinbou, Kurata Atsushi""" "I will always support you" "Sensei, I'd like to arrange a time for a lesson with you" "I should have picked Kurata Sensei" "What happened?" "I just had a teaching game with Gokiso Sensei" "With Gokiso Sensei?" "And it was awful" "Awful?" "I started with a 5 stone advantage, but it seemed he wanted to show off" "He kept attacking me" "That's too much Was he in a bad mood?" "I hear Gokiso lost a lot of money at the stock market" "He shouldn't be taking it out on other people though" "I was just about to leave when a kid behind me said that he could turn the game around" "Against a pro?" "It's nearly impossible" "Yeah" "If he really can do it, then that kid is better than a pro" "You were the one playing the teaching game, right?" "That kid took your place and turned the game around" "It's over" "There's no way out" "Sai is really good" "He's playing hands I didn't even think of" "This is impossible..." "It must be because I underestimated him" "Or else..." "Let me see..." "Is this it?" "Kurata..." "What are you doing?" "I played a bad game There's nothing to watch" "You'll only laugh about it" "It's over?" "I wanted to see it" "Excuse me" "Our promise!" "Hey, don't forget our promise!" "You won, kid?" "Sai is the one who won, not me" "You turned the game around" "Is it true?" "Or are you lying?" "He is a pro If you really did that, then..." "Huh?" "I think I've seen you somewhere before" "Are you a pro?" "I just turned pro this year My name is Shindo" "I remember" "I read about you on "Weekly GO"" "Yes, the article on the Beginner Dan" "Who is he?" "What's this promise you're talking about?" "Well..." "Welco..." "Kurata Sensei" "Sensei, we don't have anything worthy of your eyes" "There's nothing worth looking at here" "This kaya board costs 200,000 yen?" "What kind of price is this?" "Oh... that's..." "That's..." "What?" "I put the wrong tag" "This is the correct one" "Thank you so much for pointing out my mistake, Sensei" "Is there anything else?" "You already sold some, right?" "Um..." "Please show me the names of the buyers" "Yes, please" "You want to see the names?" "And..." "This thing?" "I've never seen Shusaku's signature" "This is..." "Fake" "Fake" "Are you sure?" "I'm sure" "I'm sure" "Because I said so" "And this" "Please remove Shusaku's board and I'd like to see you in my office" "Because I said so?" "You're really confident" "You know, I wouldn't brag about winning Gokiso" "You'd have to defeat me to be good" "He's just a washed out pro" "Who is he?" "Excuse me, you are..." "What?" "You don't know me?" "I am Kurata The pro player Kurata" "Soon I'll be a Meijin, a Kisei or a Honinbou" "You're that good, Mr. Kurata?" "That's right" "It's not that hard to defeat the top player" "People at the top are barely hanging on even Touya Meijin is cautious" "Mr. Kuwahara is working hard too" "He's just pretending to be calm" "He'll do anything to protect his Honinbou" "But I promise it won't be long before someone else takes it" "Either me or Ogata" "For me, the real threat comes from the players below" "That's why I fear Touya Akira more than Touya Koyo" "The matches with the bottom players will be fierce" "But it'll be a while before I play against him" "Right now, I'm concentrating on getting to the top" "He seems very confident about himself" "What's your name?" "Shindo." "Shindo Hikaru..." "I can't believe you don't know me That's a first for me" "Hey, can you give me a white fan?" "You want it, right?" "Here" "Sensei, that's for sale Please pay for it" "You want it, right?" "Here, take it" "I want it?" "I don't want it" "You don't?" "No way" "Everybody wants my autograph" "I'm a pro too" "I know how to sign too" "You ruined my autograph" "You punk!" "How dare you put this ugly writing beside mine?" "It's not too different from yours" "It's really bad Not at all like Torajiro's" "Forget it" "You're weird" "It's time for my lesson" "I'll remember your name Honinbou Shusaku's handwriting expert" "Handwriting expert?" "That's a compliment" "Don't regret it" "Sai, did you have fun today?" "Yes..." "An expert of Shusaku's handwriting" "But he's only a kid." "What a weird kid" "Hikaru No GO" "A "Meijin" title would be nice" "I might as well put it on ""soon-to-be Meijin""" "Who is he?" "Excuse me, you are..." "What?" "You don't know me?" "I am Kurata The pro player Kurata" "Soon I'll be a Meijin, a Kisei or a Honinbou" "For me, the real threat comes from the players below" "That's why I fear Touya Akira more than Touya Koyo" "The matches with the bottom players will be fierce" "I'll remember your name Honinbou Shusaku's handwriting expert" "(Hikaru vs. Akira)" "The Beginner Dan Series Ochi won and Waya lost" "When March came around..." "What?" "I don't believe it!" "Waya, be quiet!" "Sensei, Shindo says he doesn't know what a "Oteai" is" "What is this big competition, Waya?" "Big competition?" "Man, I've never seen anyone so stupid" "He doesn't even know how to keep game records" "You have no right calling me stupid" "Oteai are games that determine your Dan level" "He doesn't know about Oteai and he's already a pro?" "That shows how fast Shindo is improving" "That's right" "When I think back to when he was in my class" "I still can't believe it" "It's because there's a good teacher like me" "Really?" "Well, I'm glad you both passed" "We Upper Dan players can't be idle either" "You guys will be playing the lower Dan in both the Oteai and title prelims" "You'll need more training" "So..." "Oteai is the competition that determines your Dan level" "You play ten games each year and your advancement in Dan is based on your winning record" "Saeki is now 4-Dan Tsuzuki and I are both 7-Dan" "I can't wait to get to 5-Dan" "Saeki, Ashihara from Touya's group is 4-Dan too, right?" "You have to get to 5-Dan before he does" "Sensei, you always compare us to Touya's students" "The Oteai games begin first" "And then the title prelims begin in the summer" "You'll have an average of two to three matches a month" "That's not much" "If you pass the preliminary, you'll be swamped with matches" "Touya Akira is now in the 2nd prelim for the Honinbou and Meijin titles" "He'll be playing more and more and become the center of attention" "You guys have to stop Touya Akira from climbing up!" "Saeki, don't talk about Touya's group in front of Sensei" "It looks funny" "It's okay." "This is a special day" "I'm going to the Beginner Dan Orientation" "You mean the presentation of new pro players" "You don't even know how to do a necktie" "You're only a junior high school student" "Ochi and Touya are junior high students too" "What kind of a world is this?" "I'm so worried" "Did you bring your health report and resume?" "Yes" "Oh yeah, Saeki also said I should open a bank account" "A bank account?" "Oh, money will be sent there directly" "Oh, I'll need to file income tax too, but that comes later" "Income tax?" "Waya" "You're early" "Oh, it's Shindo" "Ah, Mr. Kurata" "It's too late to get my autograph now" "I don't want it" "Kurata" "Do you know Kurata?" "I met him at a GO event" "He's weird" "Who is he anyway?" "He played and won the most games last year" "Won the most..." "A lot of players are being honored today" "The Best Player is Touya Meijin" "And there are other awards like Best Female Player" "Touya Akira is getting awarded for" ""Best Winning Percentage" and "Longest Winning Streak"" "Best Winning Percentage" "Longest Winning Streak..." "Those awards are the main events We're just extras" "Extras..." "Extras?" "So what?" "Touya Akira was an extra too last year" "That's true..." "He got to where he is today by winning game after game" "Game after game..." "Shindo..." "I wonder who my first opponent will be" "Yes, Hikaru will start from there" "Maybe me" "The opponent might not be a Beginner Dan" "It could be a 2-Dan or 3-Dan player" "Touya..." "I'm finally..." "I'm finally here" "I'm a pro like you now" "You'll look at me differently now, right?" "Touya, I..." "Finally..." "Why is he being so stuck-up?" "He didn't have to ignore you like that" "Man, he really pisses me off" "Getting all snotty just because he happens to be kind of good" "Kind of good, that's all" "Good morning" "Morning" "What's wrong?" "I won't just catch up to him" "I will pass... that bastard" "There" "Touya" "Did you see the match-ups for the Oteai?" "They should have been sent out by now" "That kid's not here yet?" "Shindo's your first opponent" "I know" "Testing..." "We will soon begin the award ceremony and presentation of new pro players" "Will the guests please move to the 2nd floor hall?" "The award ceremony..." "I will catch up to Touya..." "I will pass him" "That's it" "That's all from the GO Player's Association" "Please take out the papers from the envelope" "I will explain them to you one by one" "This is the match-ups for the Oteai" "That's right This year's schedule is listed here" "It's all there" "Where's my name?" "At the end" "The player to the right of your name is your first opponent" "Shindo Hikaru..." "There it is." "My first opponent is..." "Touya?" "My first opponent is Touya Akira" "You will be informed of the game dates by mail" "The Lower Dans play on Wednesdays..." "Touya and the Upper Dans on Thursdays..." "You're playing against Touya Akira Isn't that what you wanted?" "Does Touya know?" "He's already challenged you" "The look in his eyes when he passed by you is the best proof I think he already knows" "Hikaru, show him how good you are now" "Okay" "Just you wait and see, Touya!" "(1 0-Dan Finals) (Game 2 of 5)" "(Game #2 Ogata 9-Dan) (Wins by 3 1/2 moku)" "You may have forced me to resign in game one, but now we're even" "I'll be looking forward to game three" "I'm home" "Hikaru, you got a postcard from the GO Institute" "It's finally happening" "April 4th" "My first game as a pro is against Touya" "Saeki" "You're late" "Late?" "We still have 30 minutes" "Hey, I came early to help you ease the pressure" "On my first game, I came really early" "But when the game started I was so nervous I couldn't even play" "You don't look nervous though" "I guess it's because I know my opponent" "I'm more excited than nervous" "Touya..." "Waya and Ochi aren't here today" "Shindo, wanna go eat with us?" "You can also order in, if you want" "Order in?" "Let's eat out today" "The arena is pretty much like the one at the Insei" "The difference is that..." "You get tea for the pro matches" "You can also bring your own drinks, like Coke or coffee" "Who are you playing today?" "A female player named Sakurano" "Shindo, looks like you're more relaxed now" "You looked stiff when you walked out of the elevator" "What?" "Really?" "But you don't wanna be too relaxed Let me give you a tip" "What?" "Think about Morishita Sensei's face" "You have to defeat Touya Akira" "Wow!" "What pressure" "I finally have the chance to play against Touya Akira" "Hikaru has improved a lot I'm really looking forward to it" "It's gonna start soon" "Hikaru..." "The same Touya as before..." "Last summer, the 3 Captain Match between Kaioh and Haze Jr." "Highs" "That time, Touya chased after Sai" "And now, I'm sitting here in order to catch up to Touya" "I know how he must have felt back then" "To be able to play an opponent that you fear" "How jealous I am of that" "What a happy thing that is" "When will I feel that joy again?" "Touya Akira I'm your opponent today" "Not Sai, but me" "How slow" "Touya..." "Please" "Please" "Touya..." "Shindo, please come with me" "Touya won't be able to make it" "What?" "He just called" "Other people are talking about it as we speak" "Touya Meijin has collapsed" "He's on his way to the hospital in an ambulance" "Huh?"