Introduction to the Soul of Go
The protagonist Hikaru Shindo accidentally discovered an ancient Go board, and the blood stains hidden in it were only visible to him. It turns out that the chessboard belongs to a chess player from the Heian period. The place where Fujiwara Sawei's soul temporarily resides. In order to pursue the "miraculous" Go skills, Sawei's soul never leaves the chessboard in order to find someone who can communicate with him.
His wish was once fulfilled by Honinbo Shuze. Unfortunately, Shuze died young and was too late to reach the perfect state that Sawei pursued. It was not until he met Xiaoguang that the fateful combination of the two began. Xiao Guang’s Go career.
By chance, Xiaoguang met his old enemy in life - Ta Shiliang. Under Zuo Wei's guidance and Xiao Liang's stimulation, Xiao Guang gradually fell in love with Go and his chess skills became increasingly better.
Xiao Liang first experienced Xiao Guang’s (actually Zuo Wei) chess skills and felt wary of fear for the first time. However, after seeing the real Xiao Guang’s strength, Xiao Liang became more and more interested in Xiao Guang. Extremely disappointed. Then he vowed not to let Shindo Hikaru catch up! In "Soul of the Game", the protagonists Hikari Shindo, Sae Fujiwara and Ryo Tasushi grow up together under the influence and encouragement of each other!
Plot introduction:
One day, Shindo Hikaru, a sixth-grade elementary school student, found an ancient chessboard in the warehouse of his grandfather's house. The moment Aguang touched the chessboard, the soul of Fujiwara Sawei, a genius chess player from the Heian period who resided on the chessboard, sneaked into Aguang's consciousness. Aguang began to become interested in Go after meeting Zuo Wei, who sincerely likes Go, and Taya Ryo, a young genius with a famous father.
After entering junior high school, he joined the Go club and had the opportunity to participate in a national competition, which made Aguang start to take Go seriously. He was making rapid progress. In order to advance to a higher level, he decided to quit the Go club and take the college entrance examination. Later, after Aguang successfully passed the college student examination and strengthened each other with powerful opponents of the same age as Watsuya, Ikaku, and Ochi, his chess skills improved astonishingly. However, when facing the professional chess player examination at the beginning, Aguang struggled hard due to lack of experience, and finally passed the preliminaries. In order to overcome his shortcomings, he began to undergo special training in various chess clubs to gain confidence. Finally, he successfully passed the professional chess player examination and stood on the same stage as Tayashi, whom he regarded as his goal. In the Go world where veterans gather, Aguang, who shoulders the mission of creating a new era, is starting to move forward step by step.
Guang passed the professional examination and finally became a professional chess player like Liang, but his record was defeated many times without a fight. Liang is very concerned about Guang's strength, but he always refuses to admit it, causing the two to always quarrel when discussing chess games.
One day, Guang got news from the Chess Academy about the Beidou Cup, which was limited to outstanding young people under the age of 18. Guang excitedly approached Liang and invited him to participate in the qualifiers, and wanted to compete with Liang in the qualifiers. The qualifiers are divided among the pre-selected ones. But Liang told Guang that he was already a Beidou Cup player. ． ． ． ．
What follows is Ikkaku’s new preliminary match, between Ikkaku and Kuwahara.
Hikaru originally made an appointment with Watsuya and others to watch the game together, but on the way he met Menxie (a new member of the same world as Ikaku) who had been defeated by "Hikari" (Sawei). Among the first-tier players, Ikaku won all and Men Xie lost one.) Guangwei tested the gap between himself and Zuo Wei and issued a challenge to Men Xie. ． ． ． ． ．
On the eve of the Beidou Cup, Honda played a game with a person named She at home, and She’s first move turned out to be “Tian Yuan”. ． ． ． ． ．
In the preliminaries of the Beidou Cup, Honda and Hikaru stood together. Out of his study and study of Go, Honda used the tricks he learned from the club on Hikari, but in terms of Hikaru's eyesight, Honda was not yet Have the power to exert the power of this move. ． ． ． ．
Hikaru learned about She from Honda. She’s different chess playing skills attracted Guang deeply, and She also learned about She in Guang’s second game. Light is never simple. ． ． ． ．
Finally, the two met in the finals. There were only two places in the Beidou Cup, and only one could be born among them. Who would get the right to compete? What awaits them will be an unusual and fierce battle. ． ． ．
Story summary:
Shindo Hikari is a sixth grade elementary school student. One day, Xiaoguang went to his grandfather's house to hunt for treasures, hoping to earn some pocket money. Unexpectedly, he accidentally dug out an old chessboard. The moment he touched the chessboard, the soul of Fujiwara Sawei, a genius chess player from the Heian era who possessed the chessboard, entered Hikari's body. Zuo Wei regards Go as his life, and under his influence, Xiaoguang gradually becomes interested in Go.
Xiao Guang heard in the Go class that Go enthusiasts often go to the Go club, so he took Zuo Wei there to play chess. Here, he met the genius boy Ta Yaliang, the son of a famous chess player. In order to test Zuowei's strength, Xiaoguang rashly played against Tayashi, and ended up narrowly defeating his opponent. He didn't know Ta Yaliang's identity and mistakenly thought that Zuo Wei was an ordinary chess player, and he was deeply dissatisfied with this. However, Ta Yaliang was hit hard and extremely frustrated. A few days later, Ta Yaliang challenged Xiao Guang again. Although he was very angry at Xiao Guang's attitude of despising Go, he was helplessly defeated by Zuo Wei again. Ta Yaliang suffered repeated setbacks and became even more depressed.
At the invitation of a friend, Xiaoguang went to Ye Lai Middle School to participate in the school celebration. At the venue, he cracked the Go club's chess question and answer, and thus got acquainted with Kaga of the Shogi club. Kaga discovered that Xiaoguang was very good at chess, so he roped him in to participate in the junior high school inter-school Go competition. In the finals of the team competition, Xiaoguang relied on Zuo Wei's power to defeat powerful enemies. As a result, Haise Middle School defeated the prestigious Haiwang Middle School and won the championship. Unfortunately, someone revealed that Xiao Guang was still a primary school student, so he was disqualified from the competition.
Soon after, Xiaoguang entered junior high school and joined the school's Go club. Although the Go club only has two members, President Tsutsui and Xiaoguang, Xiaoguang is determined to rely on his own strength to participate in the next Go competition and travels around to actively recruit members for the Go club. At the same time, Ta Yaliang was also admitted to Neptune Middle School. In order to compete with Xiaoguang, he made a special trip to Haise Middle School to challenge. However, Xiaoguang knew that he was far from Ta Yaliang's opponent, so he flatly refused the challenge. Ta Yaliang learned that Xiaoguang was about to participate in an inter-school Go competition. In order to compete with Xiaoguang, he did not hesitate to join the Go club of Haiwang Middle School. However, Ta Yaliang's chess skills are as superb as those of professional chess players. His arrival makes the school Go club panic.
Xiaoguang discovered that Mitani in the same grade had outstanding chess skills, so he took the initiative to invite Mitani to join the Go club.
Unfortunately, Mitani often gambled with adults in the Go club and cheated to get money. Xiaoguang wanted to go to stop Mitani from misbehaving. Unexpectedly, Mitani was defeated by his opponent using the same cheating method and defrauded 10,000 yen. Xiaoguang, with the help of Zuo Wei's power, successfully helped Mitani regain the gambling money that was defrauded. With Xiaoguang's unremitting efforts, Mitani was finally moved by his sincere enthusiasm and agreed to participate in the inter-school Go team competition. Ta Yaliang suffered from difficulties from old members in the Go Club of Haiwang Middle School, but he still insisted on competing with Xiao Guang. He heard from his teacher that Xiaoguang would be the final general of Haise Middle School in the team competition, so he did not hesitate to quit the Go club in exchange for the opportunity to serve as the final general of Haiwang Middle School.
In the Go competition, Mitani served as the head coach and led Haise Middle School to pass the game and face off against Neptune Middle School again. Xiaoguang and Taya Ryo faced each other for the third time. He originally wanted to compete based on his own strength, but accidentally learned that Taya Ryo would not hesitate to compete with Zuo Wei, so he couldn't help but hesitate, and still entrusted the competition to Zuo Wei. for. Not long after the game started, Xiaoguang suddenly had an idea and came up with a wonderful move. He decided to play against Tayashi himself to understand the gap between himself and his opponent. However, due to the huge disparity in levels, the result ended in a disastrous defeat. Tsutsui and Mitani were also no match for each other, and Hayase Middle School was eliminated in the second round. Ta Yaliang was greatly disappointed with Xiaoguang's strength and decided to take the professional chess player examination.
The summer vacation is coming. In order to help Zuo Wei find an opponent to play chess, Xiaoguang, who has just learned online Go, uses the pseudonym sai to challenge online. He defeated many overseas chess masters, making Sai's reputation spread like wildfire. Soon after, the International Amateur Go Tournament was held in Japan. The contestants asked the true identity of the mysterious online master Sai, causing an uproar in the arena. Ta Yaliang visited the game and learned of Sai's existence. He challenged Sai, but was surprised to find that Sai's technique was exactly the same as Xiao Guang's. In order not to affect the progress of the game, Tayali decisively surrendered midway and asked to fight another day.
On the first day of the professional chess player examination, Ta Yaliang did not hesitate to give up the game that day and started a game with Sai as scheduled. Although he tried his best to win every step of the way, Zuo Wei's chess skills were so superb that he lost again. Ta Yaliang suspected that Sai's true identity was Xiaoguang, and heard that someone had seen Xiaoguang in an Internet cafe, so he hurried to confirm. Xiaoguang happened to be browsing the web. He denied that he had ever played chess online, hinted Tayaliang not to pursue Zuowei's illusion, and formally challenged him, but Tayaliang left with disdain.
Xiaoguang’s chess skills are increasing day by day in the school’s Go club. One day, he ran into Kishimoto, the president of the Go Club of Neptune Middle School. Kishimoto told Xiaoguang that Taya Ryo had passed the professional chess player examination. If he didn't catch up, he would never be able to surpass his opponent. Kishimoto's words awakened Xiaoguang. In order to improve his chess skills, he decided to take the Nippon Chess Academy Student Examination. However, Xiaoguang forgot that once he became a college student, he could not participate in amateur competitions, which aroused Mitani's dissatisfaction. Finally, at the suggestion of Kaga, the president of the shogi club, Xiaoguang played against Kaga, Tsutsui and Mitani at the same time, one against three. The result was 2 wins and 1 loss, fully demonstrating his own strength. He bid farewell to the Go Club and moved towards a new starting point.
On the day of the college student exam, Xiaoguang was unable to perform to his ideal level because he was nervous. However, the examiner learned that he had only been learning Go for a year and was very surprised at his rapid progress. He discovered from Xiaoguang's one versus three game records that he had extraordinary qualities, so he made an exception and gave him a pass. When Xiaoguang followed the teacher to visit the classroom of the dean, he accidentally revealed that Ta Yaliang once regarded himself as a competitor, which aroused everyone's vigilance. But soon, Xiaoguang became friends with Watani, Ikaku and others, and integrated into the new environment.
At this time, Ta Yaliang had been officially promoted to the first stage. When he heard that Xiaoguang had become a college student, he once again ignited high morale in his heart and decided to leave Xiaoguang far behind. In a routine match with Throne, in order to show Xiaoguang the difference in strength between the two, he was not afraid to face an opponent who was stronger than himself. He pressed forward step by step and showed his sharpness, causing Throne to fall into a bitter battle. Although he lost to his opponent in the end, he left a deep impression on everyone.
The annual Young Lions War is coming, a tournament between young chess players and college students.
In order to compete with Taya Ryo again, Xiaoguang, who is the last of the second group of college students, must be promoted to a group of 16 within three months. He joined Watsuya's teacher Morishita Kudan's Go seminar and worked hard to study chess. However, he failed repeatedly in the training courses for college students and his ranking was stagnant. Zuo Wei reminds Xiaoguang that he cannot be timid in the game and must move forward courageously. Xiaoguang overcame the psychological barrier, got better and better, steadily rose in the rankings, and finally qualified for the Young Lions Competition as he wished. Xiaoguang knows very well that only by qualifying in the first round can he face Ryo Taya. During the game, he cleverly turned his bad moves into good ones, and his opponents fell into a tough fight. Although he failed to advance by one move, Xiaoguang truly felt his own growth, and Taya Ryo also discovered from the endgame that Xiaoguang's strength is no longer what it used to be.
Participating in the professional chess player examination is the first goal of the college students. Ikaku, Watsuya and others are among the best among the college students and can be exempted from taking the formal exam. However, Xiaoguang still has to break through the preliminaries. He lost the first two games in a row due to being too nervous, but then gradually recovered and won the last game without a bye, passing the preliminaries with 3 wins and 2 losses. In order to help Xiaoguang accumulate experience, He Gu and others formed a team of three to challenge various Go clubs and defeated many amateur masters, which benefited Xiaoguang a lot.
In the formal examination, Xiaoguang regained his former composure. He faced the challenge calmly. After more than ten rounds of competition, his record was always at the top. However, there are only three professional chess players, and a fierce decisive battle begins between Ochi, Ikaku, Watani and Xiaoguang, who are at the top of the list. Because Ikaku, who had an undefeated record, accidentally fouled during the game, Xiaoguang scored 1 point against his will. Ikkaku was in a low mood and lost 2 rounds in a row. However, he regained his fighting spirit in the match against Ochi and defeated his opponent, making the situation even more confusing. In order to understand Xiaoguang's strength, Ta Yaliang assisted Yuezhi to carry out special training. Unexpectedly, Xiaoguang made a surprise attack during the game, disrupting Yuezhi's position and defeating his opponent. In the end, Xiaoguang unexpectedly passed the professional chess player exam with excellent results.
Xiaguang did not expect that his opponent in his first professional match would be Ryo Tayashi. He came to the arena with full expectations. Unexpectedly, Ryo Tayashi was unable to participate in the match because Takashi was seriously ill and bedridden. . Xiaoguang went to the hospital to visit Tatsuya Ren. In order to fulfill Zuo Wei's wish, he asked the celebrities to compete with Sai online. The celebrity agreed to Xiaoguang's challenge and launched an unprecedented and fierce battle with Zuo Wei on the Internet. The two met their opponents in chess, and the battle was indistinguishable. In the end, Zuo Wei made a superior move and won by half an eye, fulfilling his long-cherished wish.
Zuo Wei had already discovered that his time in the world was running out. He did not tell Xiaoguang, but silently guarded Xiaoguang's growth. One day, Xiaoguang suddenly discovered that Zuo Wei, who had been inseparable from him all day long, had disappeared. He searched for Zuowei everywhere, following the footsteps of Honinbo Shuze all over the country, but still could not find Zuowei's whereabouts. Xiaoguang was at a loss, determined not to play chess anymore, and waited for Zuo Wei's return every day. At this time, Ikaku returned to Japan from the Chinese Chess Academy and came to visit Xiaoguang. He repeatedly asked to play against Xiaoguang, and finally impressed Xiaoguang. Xiaoguang held the chess piece in his hand and couldn't help but burst into tears in an instant. He suddenly understood everything. It turned out that Zuowei had already integrated into his heart. For Zuo Wei and himself, he decided to dedicate his life to Go.
Xiaguang returns to the professional chess world after a few months of absence. He is full of enthusiasm and good news, and once again competes with Ta Yaliang. Although the battle was still lost, Tayashi clearly saw Zuo Wei's figure from Xiaoguang. The two talented teenagers finally settled their differences and became lifelong rivals.
Character introduction
Name: Shindo Hikaru
Birthday: September 20
Blood type 0lt; --emoamp;:o- -gt;lt;--endemo--gt;type
Favorite food: ramen
Hate most: studying
Features: golden dyed hair on the forehead , often wears clothes with "五" (the Japanese pronunciation of [五] is [GO]=碁=[Go])
He has a simple personality and no scheming. Although he is usually carefree, he is very fond of Yi. At that time, his concentration was unparalleled!
Although he has become a professional chess player, his achievements in the chess world are not very outstanding. Only a few people who have in-depth contacts with him know him. His potential is limitless, and he is now striving for the Beidou Cup
Name: Fujiwara Sawei
Age: Unknown
Favorite: Go
Most disgusted: the chess players who framed him and those who insulted Go
Characteristics: long hair, wearing hunting clothes, and wearing a black gauze hat
Experience: A chess player in the Heian era, playing with the monarch Instructing chess, he was framed and committed suicide. He once possessed Honinbo Shusaku (Toraji
ro), and later followed Aguang. Modification is as simple as Aguang. He is a chess fanatic who pursues "God". One of the skills is "spare no effort.
Name: Taya Ryo
Birthday: December 14
Blood type: AB type
Characteristics : Super serious look
The only son of the top chess player in Japan today, Tayuki Hiroyuki (I guess, I haven’t seen his siblings), so he was not born in a college, so he just debuted. Very few people know about his Go prowess. He won 25 games in a row in his first year as a professional shogi player. Many high-level professional shogi players (such as Kurata 6th Dan
) are very concerned about his strength. He has a quiet (dark?) and precocious personality. Sometimes he speaks and behaves too bluntly and forgets to consider the other party's feelings. This has made Zama the throne and the school student Ochi very unhappy, and he also deliberately played four draws at the same time, which frightened him. Broken
A government official
I don’t have any friends of the same age. When I was in junior high school, I wanted to have a chance to meet Xiaoguang.
Joined the Go club, but was bullied by the senior of the Go club into playing blind chess.
There is no other game in his head, so sometimes the No. 2 netizen feels that he is a bit self-centered.
In fact, he cares about Xiaoguang's strength to death, but he won't admit it even if he tries hard.
Sometimes, there will be an incomprehensible and super beautiful smile on his face.
Taya Xingyang
Birthday: July 29
Blood type: Type B
Xiao Liang’s father, a "celebrity", "Shidan", "Chess Saint", "Tian Yuan", "Throne" five-crown champion.
He is the man who is closest to one of the gods in contemporary times, and he is also the opponent Zuo Wei most wants to challenge.
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After competing with SAI on the Internet, he retired from the Japanese chess world and is now developing in China.
Hidesaku Honinbo
Hidesaku Honinbo, whose real name is Kuwahara Hidesaku, was born in 1829 (Bunsei) 12 years)
Born in Gaoura Town, Innoshima City, his nickname is Torajiro. Xiuce arrived in Tokyo just after he turned nine years old. The next year he won the first rank and was known as "Aki's Little Monk". The most popular thing about Xiu Ce
is that he is undefeated with black stones, which illustrates Xiu Ce's superb chess skills.
In 1862 (the 2nd year of Bunkyu), the cholera that struck Tokyo killed Hidetoshi, and the chess world lost an outstanding figure at the age of thirty-four.
Ogata Seiji
Birthday: January 17
Blood type: Type A
Age unknown. Taya is a disciple of Ninth Dan and has just ascended to the throne of Tenth Dan.
Single, with a beautiful girlfriend. But I love Go more than I love women.
He seems to be very happy to see the showdown between Xiaoguang and Xiaoliang.
One of his hobbies is to use small light to inspire (irritate?) Xiaoliang’s fighting spirit.
He was teased by Kuwahara Inbo's grandfather and was unable to win the title of Honinbo.
(...You are too young, Ogata!)
My favorite outfit is a white suit. Everyone is looking forward to the day when he will come out to compete in a kimono.
This person is the best representative of Xiaohuoda's cosmetic surgery. There have been facial expressions that are so handsome.
I like to smoke light cigarettes, drive cool sports cars, and raise tropical fish.
Ashihara Hiroyuki
At the age of 21, Taya studied under a foreign family.
The Go opponent around Xiaoliang is closest to Xiaoliang in age.
Claims to be Xiaoliang’s good friend.
In the 123rd game, you can find that he went to get a perm.
Morishita
Hegu Yigao's master loves Yigao very much.
Morishita 9th dan and Taya 9th dan were shogi players at the same time. I don’t know if it’s because he didn’t even have half a title, so he regarded Taya 9th dan, who originally had four or five titles, as an imaginary enemy.
And he also warned his fellow chess players every day: "Hurry up and defeat Taya Ryo!" 』
The handsome guy Yamu also used this famous saying to relieve tension.
Although Taya Kudan is his imaginary enemy, he calls him "Xingyang".
To be called like this, the two of them should be good friends.
The biggest difference from Xingyang is that his children do not play Go at all.
Name: Watsuya Yoshitaka
Birthday: August 12
Blood type: Type 0
Fifteen years old, professional chess player In the first dan, Morishita is a disciple of the 9th dan sect. One of Xiaoguang's good friends from the college. His personality is similar to that of Xiao Guangji, lively
Cheerful, simple and friendly, and he is also the type to make friends easily. He takes good care of Xiaoguang. In order to help Xiaoguang, he even takes Xiaoguang and Yi Jiao to play at the Qi Club. He is a good companion with the slightly older Ikaku. He didn't know what the reason was, but he really didn't like Tayashi's direct and casual way of speaking, just like Xiaoguang. The ID on the Internet is zelda, who was hacked and killed by Zuo Weisai on the Internet
It's very miserable. In terms of playing chess, his self-control may need to be strengthened, because he can easily be influenced by fast-paced opponents (such as Afu) and lose. My favorite brand is adidas, and I really like camouflage clothing. But he looks very handsome in a suit! Thanks to Kohuoda's plastic surgery, he has become more and more tangible despite his original appearance.
I like to quarrel with Xiao Guanghara. His favorite is sushi.
Shirakawa Michio
A student of Morishita's 9th dan sect. I heard that the character is modeled after Ishikura Kudan from the Nippon Chess Academy.
Xiaoguang has taken his Go class and is very happy to see Xiaoguang's rapid progress.
Always smiling. Except Xiaoguang lost his temper when he got into trouble.
Name: Shinichiro Ikaku
Birthday: April 18
Blood type: Type A
Strongest among a group of college students and Ochi Evenly matched. He and Gu Yigao are very good friends. In addition to participating in the study at the Nippon Chess Academy, he also participated in the Nine Star Club. Since he could no longer study in the chess academy after the age of 18, he attached great importance to the professional entrance exam before he turned 18. However, during the match with Hikaru, there was too much noise in his head like "How powerful is Shindo Hikaru?
What is..." and he committed a foul and lost the game. He also failed the vocational entrance exam. I really hope he can pass the exam next time
! He is also one of Ohuda Beauty's masterpieces! His handsomeness during the professional entry competition is truly unmatched! The best quote is "
Shut up and be smarter! 』(People who hate Ochi must be very happy to see this scene~)
Name: Akira Fujisaki
Birthday: May 17
Blood type: Type 0
Note: She is not the heroine, there is no heroine in Hikaru No Go! The same age as Xiaoguang, 14 years old.
Xiaoguang's childhood sweetheart
. Because of Xiaoguang, she is also working very hard to learn Go! The two little ponytails on the head are very cute. In the first few games, it can be clearly seen that Xiao Ming is taller than Xiao Guang. Speculation: Xiao Ming should like Xiao Guang very much. (What do you like about that short winter melon?
?!)
Name: Tetsuo Kaga
Birthday: January 8
Blood type: Type A
Likes: Shogi
Dislikes: Go and Taya Ryo
Hikaru's senior has graduated from junior high school. President of the Shogi Club. When I was a kid, I went to the Go classroom with Xiao Liangqi and beat Xiao Liang once. Because
Xiao Liang's unintentional words (Xiao Liang... really) aroused the dissatisfaction of the elder brother. Although he is the president of the shogi club, he is better at chess than anyone else in the shogi club. He can smoke, is a bit bad, and has a good mind. It doesn't take much effort to get into high school.
Toshii Kimihiro
Month 23 / 165cm / O-type
President of the Go Club of Hayase Middle School. Participated in the inter-school team competition with Kaga and Hikaru and won the championship. When playing chess, keep your hands close to the set stone. With a passion for Go, he founded a Go club. Later, he became the "legendary Tsutsui-senpai" in the mouth of his junior students.
Mitani Yuki
Born on October 15th / 159cm / AB type
In the same year as Aguang, Zeng K cheated at chess to earn pocket money. Later, he was dragged into the Go club by Aguang and became the leader of the Go club. Personality is sharp-tongued and soft-spoken. Allowing Aguang to play chess online for free indirectly contributed to the emergence of "Sai". After learning that A Guang was going to take the college entrance examination, he angrily quit the Go club, but later returned to the club to compete together.
Asumi Nase
Born on May 10 / Type B
A group of students from the college. A beautiful chess player who loves Go.
Fukui Yuta
Born on June 21 / Type O
There is a group of students in the college, nicknamed Afu. Cheerful and optimistic personality. He is good at fast fighting and is Watani's nemesis.
Kuwabara Honinbo
The same surname as Honinbo Shusaku (Kuwabara Shusaku).
Perhaps they are descendants of Kuwahara Inbo.
Grandpa Kuwahara Inbo vowed to maintain his status as Honinbo in order to compete with the new generation of shogi players.
So Ogata Judan was defeated by his psychological games. (Ogata, defeated!)
He is a grandfather who believes in his sixth sense. He only became interested in Xiaoguang's strength because he passed by Xiaoguang.
(Maybe because he is a descendant of Honinbo Shusaku...you can feel the fluctuations of the hat-wearing ghost)
His interest seems to be: teasing young chess players They... (Victims: Ogata Judan and Mashiba Hatsudan)
Strong gambling character
Atsushi Kurata
21 years old. Because he learned Go in a very short time and grew up very quickly, he was called the No. 1 young chess player.
He first appeared in the 104th game and formed a strange fate with Xiaoguang.
Its personality should be very rough and not very friendly to children.
(A bowl of ramen doesn’t cost much. When I saw Xiaoguang, I said “I won’t treat you to it!”... a stingy professional chess player!)
Interest It's a signature.
Kosuke Ochi
Kosuke Ochi, a Nippon Chess Academy student who was admitted as a professional chess player at the same time as Fujimitsu, was the first overall pick.
Two years younger than Shindo, he is the kind of person who cares very much about his results (playing chess),
and refuses to admit defeat,
( You must have encountered this kind of people when you were studying! You also hate it when you worry about your grades!)
Every time you lose, you will hide in the toilet to review the game, and then you can hear the knocking on the toilet door. The sound,
People who don’t know about it will think that the toilet is haunted, it’s scary~~
Hong Xiuying
A graduate student of the Korean Chess Academy (equivalent to a graduate student in Japan), He has a Korean character who refuses to admit defeat and is arrogant and looks down on Japan's chess prowess. When he was at a low ebb, he got back on his feet after playing a game of chess with Xiaoguang.
Ichiryuu
Ichiryu, Unknown name.
The holder of the title of Chess Saint, occasionally likes to play chess with others online.
Once he met Ta Shi Xingyang while playing Go online, but he mistakenly believed that the opponent was an imposter.
Underestimate the enemy and lose.
Zama
My real name and age are unknown.
Because of Xiao Liang’s unintentional words, Xiao Liang was electrocuted on the chessboard.
(But it was also because Xiaoliang cared about Xiaoguang that he changed his combat strategy)
Some people on the Internet called him Zama Old Dog.
His hobby is biting fans. Nippon Chess Academy must have made a lot of money from fans because of him!
Mashiba Mitsuru
The guy who was admitted as a professional chess player at the same time as Xiao Liang, in fact, his strength is worse than some college students. He is only a professional chess player. It is just luck that he was admitted to the chess level. There have been conflicts.
Note: Such people are easily tempted by the dark Go world and fall into the dark side. (He is a guy who is easy to dislike at first sight!)
Analysis of the success of "Soul of Chess"
No one can deny that "Soul of Chess" was so successful, but at the beginning , and not many people would have thought that "Soul of Chess" would be such a success.
Sometimes I really admire the imagination of Japanese cartoonists. I feel that any subject can be drawn into works. Take sports comics as an example. Football, basketball, baseball and other ball sports have long been It is commonplace, and swimming, boxing, etc. are also favorites of many people. All these things can be said to be like a hundred flowers blooming. However, even so, there are still only a handful of comics about chess, especially Go.
In fact, this is also easy to understand. Before coming into contact with "Soul of Go", most people's impression of Go was still as "an old man's stuff". Let alone understanding it, even seeing the squares made them feel dizzy, let alone What a keen interest in it. So as soon as "The Soul of Chess" was released, some people questioned whether a comic with such an obscure theme could really be successful?
However, practice is the only criterion for testing truth. Facts have proved that "Soul of Chess" is not only a success, but also a sensational success. A huge wave of "Chess Soul" has set off in Japan and throughout Southeast Asia————
In terms of business, not only has the popularity of the comic series of "Chess Soul" remained high, but the single volume has also sold like crazy. Cumulative sales have reached 18 million copies. As soon as the cartoon was aired, the ratings skyrocketed, even reaching an astonishing figure of 37.5. What is this concept? You know, in Japan, even some TV series starring popular idols cannot reach this level. In addition to comics and animations, "Chess Soul" has also launched games one after another, as well as character books, CD radio dramas, music CDs and a large number of peripherals, all of which are very popular.
The critics, who have always been harsh, did not reserve their words of praise. "Soul of Chess" was not only a box office hit, but also a critical success. It has received rave reviews from all parties and has high hopes for this work. Although it has only been published for a few years, "The Spirit of Chess" has already joined the ranks of classic comics.
In terms of influence, "Go Soul" has made a huge contribution to the development of the Go industry. In the few years since the series was published, Japan's Go population has rapidly increased from more than 3 million to more than 4 million. What is particularly important to point out is that the vast majority of the nearly one million Go players in this increase are teenagers. In recent years, Japan's Go population has experienced an age gap and is gradually getting older. The Go Academy has been struggling with the promotion and popularization of Go.
The emergence of "Soul of Go" not only brought a lot of fresh blood to the chess world, but also attracted more comic fans to pay attention to Go. This situation is also the same in other Asian countries where "Soul of Chess" is very popular. China's authoritative Go magazine "Go World" also conducted a large-scale special report on "Soul of Go", and the influence of "Soul of Go" is evident.
All of this can no longer be summed up by the simple word "success". So, the question is, there are so many shounen comics, why is a Go-themed work so successful? In fact, there are many reasons.
First of all, we must thank the original author Yumi Hota. It is her superb screenwriting skills that allow us to see such a wonderful story. Yes, the first thing that attracted us in "Soul of Chess" was the gripping and climax-filled story.
At the beginning of the chapter, Hota set up a clever creative formula and threw out the biggest gimmick of the whole game - the thousand-year-old chess master is possessed by an elementary school student who doesn't understand Go at all, and this one can't even move chess pieces. The elementary school student who took the game defeated the talented boy Ta Yaliang with the help of the power of the chess master. (At this point, the animated version was more straightforward and straightforward, omitting a large scene of Guang Guang in the Go classroom. Guang Guang met in the first episode, triggering the biggest dramatic conflict in the whole drama. ) At this point, our curiosity has been completely piqued, and we can only crane our necks to wait to see the subsequent development of the plot. After experiencing the dark and exciting period when Xiaoguang beat all the invincible players in the world, the main plot gradually emerged - the growth of Xiaoguang, and we began to follow Xiaoguang's footsteps and embark on a long road of learning Go. A large number of characters began to appear, and a real Go world gradually unfolded before our eyes. I just praise Hotta for never letting us down. Whenever we think the plot is going to get boring, we will be invigorated and excited by the sudden climax. Starting from the mysterious Internet master Sai, with Xiaoguang's gaffes again and again, and Xiaoliang and others' keen insights (laugh~), Zuowei's secrets flicker and appear, affecting the hearts of the viewers. Whenever a secret is questioned and the past is covered up for various reasons, there is always an excitement like walking on a tightrope. Because of this, there are more and more mysteries, the conflicts between characters are getting bigger and bigger, and the tension of the drama has reached its peak. The rapid growth of Guang and the struggles of all the chess players are so exciting and attractive. Remember the thrills of professional exams? The twenty-seven games were tense and relaxed, light and heavy. The fate of each character deeply affects our hearts. The nervous feeling of not knowing who the winner is until the last moment can still be clearly recalled. , such a large and long exam was handled by Hota in an orderly manner and with climaxes one after another, which is really admirable.
In addition to the exciting and tense plot, the intricate relationships, deep ties and emotions between the characters strongly attract us. The mutual pursuit between Guangliang, the sincere friendship between Zuo Wei and Guang Li, and the powerful dialogue between Zuo Wei and Taya Yukihiro are all impressive. In addition, the beautiful and classic lines are also a major charm of "Chess Soul". Zuo Wei's emotion about thousands of years, Guang said in front of the chessboard "I am the god here!", and Liang's murmur: "You play. Your chess is everything you have."...Everything touches people's hearts.
In addition to the exciting and fascinating plot, the success of "Soul of Chess" also lies in the creation of a large number of fleshed-out and charming characters. Guang, Liang and others are very popular, and Zuo Wei has become a popular idol figure and has become another classic character in the history of animation. Hota