Hikaru no Go: Endgame, Vol. 23
by:
Takeshi Obata (author)
Yumi Hotta (author)
Reads R to L (Japanese Style) all ages.After stumbling across a haunted go board, Hikaru Shindo discovers that the spirit of a master player named Fujiwara-no-Sai has taken up residence in his consciousness. Sai awakens in Hikaru an untapped genius for the game, and soon the schoolboy is chasing...
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Reads R to L (Japanese Style) all ages.After stumbling across a haunted go board, Hikaru Shindo discovers that the spirit of a master player named Fujiwara-no-Sai has taken up residence in his consciousness. Sai awakens in Hikaru an untapped genius for the game, and soon the schoolboy is chasing his own dream--defeating the famed go prodigy Akira Toya!EndgameHikaru is in the toughest battle of his life when he faces Ko Yong Ha, Korea's top player in the Hokuto Cup tournament. The stakes, however, aren't for personal glory but for something far deeper, something that differentiates a mere game from a way of life. Hikaru knows what this means to him, but will he understand what it means to the new wave of go players and, indeed, the game of go itself?Final Volume!
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781421528281 (1421528282)
Publish date: May 3rd 2011
Publisher: VIZ Media LLC
Pages no: 190
Edition language: English
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Series: Hikaru no Go (#23)
It's the final volume, and time for the final Hokuto Cup matches. [spoiler] Akira wins, Yashiro loses, and Hikaru loses (by 1/2 point, ugh). Hikaru finally finishes saying what he was going to say earlier, about why he started playing Go: "I started playing Go so I could link the distant past to the...
Hikaru no Go, Vol. 23: Endgame by Yumi Hotta My rating: 1 of 5 starsRead on September 25, 2014 Frustrating and Unsatisfying manga. I've been DUPED.I have never before felt so UNSATISFIED with a manga that I have been fairly enjoying. This manga managed to capture my attention eventhough I have zero...
The End. So, this is partly a rating for the last volume in the series, Volume 23, "Endgame," and partly a rating for the entire series, and overall, I give it a 3.5. There were some really inspiring moments and some games I really enjoyed, and on average it was, while not brilliant, enjoyable as he...