I've been burning through this series lately, so my ratings are kind of relative to other volumes, and maybe not so much relative to what I read in general. So "5 stars" for a volume of Hikaru no Go means it's one of my favorite volumes in the series. The overall rank of the series I'd put at about ...
Three of the chapters in this volume cover a single go game. If that sounds boring, it really isn't, and one of the things I like about Hikaru no Go is that you don't have to be a go expert (as I certainly am not) to follow the dialog about go moves. Obviously it helps to know something about basic ...
Not a bad manga, just not my favorite.
Enjoyable read, highly recommend this series.