Yumi Hotta is a Japanese manga author celebrated for her bestselling series, Hikaru no Go. This manga, centered around the game of go, is widely credited for the game's recent surge in popularity in Japan. Hotta's creative journey began with the idea of adapting the traditional board game into a manga, inspired by personal experience. Her work offers a compelling exploration of strategy, dedication, and the profound mental engagement that go demands.
Hikaru möchte den Krempel von Großvaters Dachboden verkaufen, doch er weckt den Geist eines Go-Meisters, Sai, der ihn in sein Bewusstsein zieht. Obwohl Hikaru anfangs wenig für das Spiel "Go" übrig hat, trifft er den ehrgeizigen Akira und entdeckt seine Leidenschaft für das Spiel.
Nur drei Japaner können am Hokuto-Pokal teilnehmen. Akira ist bereits gesetzt, also spielen jetzt Hikaru, Yashiro, Ochi und Waya um die zwei freien Plätze. Beim Auswahlturnier kommt es dann zu einer überraschenden Wendung... Die Teilnehmer aus China und Südkorea stehen ebenfalls fest und alle bereiten sich konzentriert auf das Turnier vor.
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! From the beginning, Go has been just fun and games for Hikaru. But now that Akira has turned pro, it's going to take everything in Hikaru's power to catch up to his old rival. Before Hikaru can even take the pro test, however, he must get into the insei school and defeat all the students. And by that time Akira may truly be out of reach!