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Hikaru’s Go Season 2 Episode 4 Don’t Win At a Friendly Go festival, Akira was invited to play a 4-way game with a council member and his three assistants. Though originally told to lose the game, Akira decides otherwise when the council member shows disrespect to Go by placing a cup on a Go board.Continue reading “Hikaru’s Go Season 2 Episode 4”

Hikaru’s Go Season 2 Episode 5 There Is Only One Winner Isumi, Waya and Hikaru decides to go to a recommeded Go Salon and Hikaru bumps into a rude young boy at the convenience store. Sai advises Hikaru not to pursue the incident as he senses that the young boy had some issues with himself.Continue reading “Hikaru’s Go Season 2 Episode 5”

Hikaru’s Go Season 2 Episode 6 My Name is… Hikaru plays a Korean Insei-equivilant at a Go Salon. hikarus-go-ep-6

Hikaru’s Go Season 2 Episode 7 The Pro Exam Begins The Pro Exam has finally begun, and the intensity reaches new heights after the pairings are chosen. Everyone seems so tense, except for Hikaru, who is unusually calm. Thanks to Waya and Isumi, Hikaru has learned how to handle the pressure. However, could their actionsContinue reading “Hikaru’s Go Season 2 Episode 7”

Hikaru’s Go Season 1 Episode 28 The Wakajishisen The top 16 in the A league all take part in the Young Lions Tournament. If Hikaru can manage to get past the first round, he’ll finally get to face Akira again. Meanwhile, Isumi faces an old rival, and everyone wants Isumi to put him in hisContinue reading “Hikaru’s Go Season 1 Episode 28”

Hikaru’s Go Season 1 Episode 29 Kuwabara Honinbou Ogata and Kuwabara are anticipating their matches for the Honinbou title, both anxious to greet the upcoming wave of pros in the Go world. Meanwhile, a guy who has won many college titles for Go and is well-known among the Insei is planning on taking the GoContinue reading “Hikaru’s Go Season 1 Episode 29”

Hikaru’s Go Season 1 Episode 30 Ogata vs Honinbou Ogata and Kuwabara Honinbou continue their set of matches for the Honinbou title. They are on their final match, both having won the same number of games. When Ogata plays a sealed move for the first time, will he be able to follow up his actionsContinue reading “Hikaru’s Go Season 1 Episode 30”

Hikaru’s Go Season 2 Episode 1 The Preliminary Starts Hikaru takes the prelims to qualify for the Pro exams whereas Waya/Isumi are admitted straight to the finals being among the top 8 of the Insei program. Hikaru is intimidated by Tsubaki, a really loud and brash guy, who turns out to be his first opponent.Continue reading “Hikaru’s Go Season 2 Episode 1”

Hikaru’s Go Season 1 Episode 22 The Insei Examination Hikaru is losing the game in his anxiousness to win it. He freaks out when he realised that he didn’t necessarily have win the game to pass as the purpose is for the examiner to gain an idea of his strength/potential. In reading the kifu, theContinue reading “Hikaru’s Go Season 1 Episode 22”

Hikaru’s Go Season 1 Episode 23 The Room of Yuugen Hikaru aims to progress to the first class of the Insei program where Waya and Isumi take the top spots. Both of them wanted to pass the Pro exams quickly this year, due to various personal reasons. Ogata feels that Akira doesn’t seem to haveContinue reading “Hikaru’s Go Season 1 Episode 23”