Hikaru no Go: First Professional Match, Vol. 13
by:
Yumi Hotta (author)
Hikaru Shindo (author)
A normal sixth grader who finds himself dealing with a centuries-old ghost and a board game that's even older.Hikaru and Sai are both scheduled for matches with their greatest rivals--Akira Toya and his father, Toya Meijin. How will Sai play without revealing his secret identity? And will Akira's...
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A normal sixth grader who finds himself dealing with a centuries-old ghost and a board game that's even older.Hikaru and Sai are both scheduled for matches with their greatest rivals--Akira Toya and his father, Toya Meijin. How will Sai play without revealing his secret identity? And will Akira's father stand in the way of Hikaru's long anticipated rematch with his son...? The suspense is getting unbearable!After stumbling across a haunted Go board, irresponsible Hikaru Shindo discovers that the spirit of a master player has taken up residence in his consciousness. In his pursuit of the "Divine Move," Fujiwara-no-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!
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781421515090 (1421515091)
Publish date: October 7th 2008
Publisher: VIZ Media LLC
Pages no: 210
Edition language: English
Category:
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Games,
Contemporary,
Asian Literature,
Japan,
Sequential Art,
Graphic Novels,
Comics,
Sports And Games,
Sports,
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Go
Series: Hikaru no Go (#13)
Hikaru learns that he's going to be taking part in the Oteai, the rank promotion tournament, and his first opponent is Akira. Unfortunately, [spoiler] Akira has to forfeit - his dad, the Meijin, had a heart attack. Toya Meijin recovers enough to win his last match against Ogata. Then he keeps a prom...
Now that Hikaru is a professional go player, his first pro game is against... drum roll... his long-time rival, Akira Toyo.And I am knocking a whole star off for the heavy-handed plot device of having Akira's father, Toyo Meijin, have a heart attack just before the game. I mean, are you really going...
Not a bad manga, just not my favorite.