Sai desperately wants to play a game against Hikaru, but Hikaru figures they can play anytime. He does let Sai play against a drunken Ogata (figuring Ogata would be too drunk to notice Hikaru playing like Sai), but then [spoiler] he's too tired to play what turns out to be Sai's last game against hi...
So, there was one thing I liked in this otherwise kind of flat volume, which is that the author is doing "something" with Fujiwara no Sai, and it promises to lead to some character development for Hikaru.The thing is, Hikaru no Go is basically a cross between a bildungsroman and a typical adolescent...