In the Heian era, Fujiwara Sai
After a great span of time
Was reborn in the heart of Shindou Hikaru
To master the Move Of God
You are holding me up strong 君が今僕を支えて
I am holding you as well 僕が今君を支える
So let us now while wandering, live together だから迷いながらも共に生きていこうよ
towards the future 未来へと
Even when I'm capricing with my friends 仲間と戯れ それなりで居ても
I feel an emptiness in my heart もの足りながを感じてしまう
Looked at with cold eyes 冷めた目で見られて
I'm blown by the winds of a dry age 乾いた時代の風に吹かれている
Feelings of doubt and courage are back to back 不安な心と勇気が背中合わせになっている
but I'll make these dreams come true now with my own hands だけど今なら夢をこの手で叶えてみせるよ
The days where I'm hurt and about to break 傷ついて壊れそうな日も
The days where I cry and trouble you They all exist 涙して困らせる日もあるけれど
but we will get over it heading 僕達はそれを超えていくんだ
Higher then anyone else 誰より上を目指して
I resign
I thought I saw the Hand of God in you...
Match #15 The Player on the Net
How was this?
Should I simply have connected here?
But what if he went to atari from here?
Is teacher Akira taking the pro exam
Yeah, seems like it
I heard about it from Muroi-san this morning
Is it true Ichikawa-san?
Really!?
That's big news
The world of Go's going to be exciting starting next year
It sure was sudden though.
I completely thought he wasn't going to take it again this year
Did something happen to Teacher Akira?
Who knows?
I asked him how his Go club at school was because he stopped talking about it but...
Akira-Kun said It was just a detour
It dosen't matter Anymore He said
Could I get some over here too?
Okay
The broadcast of the NCC cup's about to begin!
If you subscribe to our magazine for an extra year
You will get a special on the subscription fee
You can even play Go through the internet these days
Why don't you try it once?
29.. Oh here it is!
But is it interesting at all watching a match from this far away?
A pro player uses a big board and explains each move for us
Don't the people playing the game find it annoying? Having people talk so loudly right next to them
I'm sure they enjoy it
What a Go board
Great, seems like Sai's enjoying himself
It's about to begin
Greetings ladies and gentlemen of the audience
and everyone watching on TV
We are about to begin the Fifth game of the first match of the fourteenth annual NCC Cup Go tournament
Between Fujisawa Kikou 9dan and Takada Kouichi 7dan.. welcome
The game will be explained be Murase 9dan and the moves will be read out by Yoshinaga 2dan
Let's get on with the game now
Well, Murase 9dan,
What do you think will be the most interesting point of our game today?
Well, Fujisawa 9dan has a seat in both the Meijin League and the Honinbou league...
I did something horrible to Sai..
I did play his match against Touya instead of him...
Touya...
I'll try it! I can't see it until I play myself
I want to know the gap between him and I
Stop messing around
What I did was bad to Touya too...
He wanted to play against Sai so badly..
How interesting, what an exciting development
Will he go around here next?
25 seconds, 6, 7, 8...
4-12
You were right
I'm not explaining the game for nothing you know?
But what will I do now?
I want to let Sai play every now and then, but he's so strong
It'll make me the master of winning through luck
This is becoming a fierce battle
10 seconds, 1, 2, 3, 4... This is becoming a fierce battle
10 seconds, 1, 2, 3, 4...
4-13
He went here?
I haven't been paying attention at all
has this stone been killed?
Yes, but, maybe he could have gone to atari from this side as well...
Let's try playing it out
This hand here... and this...
Are we going to keep on watching this Tsutsui-san?
Keep on watching.. but it's not over yet
I'm gonna hang around the lobby for abit
Hikaru!
I'm at the limit, I can't just sit around any more
But!
I was looking foward to today so much!
Sai...
Look they're selling books about Go
Looks like they're playing Go on the PC over there
Hey, Sai, let's take a look at it
Did your dad or someone else bring you here?
No, I came with a friend
You don't see much of that these days
Do you have a computer at home?
No, I don't
Are you interested in stuff like the internet at all?
Internet?
This kid is playing someone over the internet right now
He's black and
Look,
His opponet just played a white stone
and now he plays a black stone
Hey, if you play there...
See
What do you think you're doing?
This isn't a computer game
I've got to apologize
I'm sorry for ending the game so suddenly...
What does it say?
Let's see.. Hey jerk off!!
Don't quit the game just because I captured a bunch of your stones! Moron
He typed something in first..
It's interesting
I wonder if this person is a child
A child?
He's a child?
Given what he said, and his nickname
he might be a child
Nickname?
It's a fake identity that you use on the internet
Zelda Huh…
There are kids too?
Neither your face, name,
nor age gets revealed on the internet, so you don't know
It's not just kids, look
people from other nations are here too
JPN is for Japan
CHN is China
CAN is Canada
There's USA, and GER
What about NLD
It's the Netherlands
People on this list challenge each other
or are challenged be each other for games
It's easy to operate
Like if you want to play a game, do this here...
Then you do this...
Wanna try?
Not yet,
But could you teach me
some more about operating it?
You have to register first, right?
Wanna start at loading this homepage first then?
They can't tell your face, age, or real name
First enter in world Igo net and try a search They can't tell your face, age, or real name
First enter in world Igo net and try a search
This is it! First enter in world Igo net and try a search
Sorry for making you play someone so weak
It's okay
And if white goes here?
Here right?
Here?
Yup
Here or Here?
Once you've come this far, it dosen't matter
This is okay right?
Just the two of you?
What about Shindou-Kun?
He said something about internet
Internet? Already?
Already?
I went to watch a public pro match with Shindou-Kun yestrerday
But...
He got tired of sitting around, and left half way through
Why's that
What was Hikaru doing then?
He was doing something on the internet
I'm not sure what drew him
But they were displaying internet Go in the lobby
and he listened to the guys explaination the entire time
Until I came out after the pro match
But where did he go to to access the internet?
You can do it at this store that Mitani's sister is working at
Mitani's sister?
My sister's working at an internet cafe part-time
He rushed out of here when I told him where it was
Tsutsui-san, you wanna play?
That's okay
Here
Fujisaki-san, are you starting to understand Go?
I just learned Shichou and Geta
It's off the subject but
It's almost summer, what will we do with the club?
I have summer school so I'm kinda busy
Oh yeah, Tsutsui-san has to prepare for High School entrance exams
From the way Hikaru was acting earlier, Hikaru'll probably be on the internet the entire time
I'll... go to that Go salon again
I'll go to that Go school that Hikaru went to
And once second quarter begin's
I'm gonna get some female members
I want to go to the tournaments too
You can compete in individual matches too
No! A group match is better
I thought so when I was watching you guys play
A group match is definitely more fun!
You're right...
We lost to Kaiou but it was fun
Group matches are nice
Hey let's meet at least once a week during the summer
I can make it once a week at least
Yeah
Wolrd Igo net?
I just have to access this?
But even if I know about computers, I know nothing about Go
Thats okay, I learned how to play on my own
World Igo net
And search
This, right?
You can play against people from all over the world here
All over the world? But do you speak English?
I don't have to speak English
all I'm doing is playing Go
Hikaru. You were looking at a box like this yesterday too.
Though it was flatter..
But the inside's the same
But, what are you trying to do?
I thought I'd let you play all the Go you want
Hikaru, what did you just say?
Well, wait and see
Where did Mitani learn Go?
From our late grandfather
When he was in grade school, He had a teacher that knew how to play
and they played each other alot
After he graduated, he started going to Go salons
Is Yuuki good?
Yeah he is
You didn't know?
Oh really, what about you?
Me?...I'm ...okay I guess
You're only okay and your playing people from all over the world through the internet?
Yeah, right
Sorry, Sorry. I guess your skill doesn't matter
You can handle the rest, right?
Can I really play for free?
It's fine. But don't tell anyone.
and you can't when I'm not working here
Thanks!
Call me when you're about to leave
Later
Well, gotta get a nickname first
All I want? Really?
The name will be...
S A I
Sai!
Well let's go
I'll be in Japan next month for about a week Mom
Yeah, I was chosen as the representative for the US for the International Amatuer Go Tournament
Yeah, about 50 Nations
One rep for each nation.
I became number one in the nation during tryouts
Of course, Asia is strong.
Japan, China, and Korea
America? We were Eighth last year
But thanks to the internet
were rising on strength every year
We can play someone strong when ever we want
And I hear that Japan is getting weaker these days
I'll do my best
A challange right as I was about to hang up
Well Mom, Take care
sai
I've never seen this name before
Well, lets see how strong he is
Here he comes
Master! Could I get a tutoring game...
Right now for the International Amatuer Go Tournament next month
The masters training through the internet
Too bad.. I have no choice then
I'll play you instead though
Yeah, yeah, thank you
Were no match for the master at all
He's the rep for the Netherlands two years in a row!
He's incredible
He was sixth last year! Sixth
He might be able to break Asia's control this year
But what about his real job?
He's so intent on Go he even opened a class like this
Yeah your right
He might get fired from his position as Assistant Professor
Master?
He's a pro! He's a pro
That's gotta be it
You can't tell who it is over the internet
I heard that Asian pros sometimes play over the internet
amongst amatuers to kill time
Master?
Master...
Did you lose?
I was slaughtered!
I thought I'd get a heart attack from how badly I lost
His names off the list now
I'd never heard of him before....
I doubt any of my contacts over the net will know who he is either...
Sai.. I wonder who he is...
Wasn't that fun!?
Yeah
Okay
Were gonna come to play on the net everyday for the rest of the summer
What, You're going to let me play everyday?
I'm gonna make you play until you get sick and tired of it
Yeah
The happiness that I dreamed of 夢に見ていたシアワセなら
I thought someone would bring it to me 誰かが運んでくれると思ってた
Within this quick paced city, all I have are excuses... 急ぎ足の街で言い訳ばかり
and I lied to myself that everyone was doing the same みんなも同じとうそぶいてた
Are you really satisfied right now? 本当にキミはいま 満足してるの？
It was as if you saw straight through me 心の真ん中 見抜かれたようで
If i had not met you あなたと出会えなかったら
I would only have a false smile! 偽った笑顔のまま
I would only have had うわべの態度や言葉を
empty emotions and words 繰り返したね
With the power of your gaze あなたの瞳の力で
I will change from now on 私は変わってゆこう
In order to cast off 昨日の揺らいだ気持ちを
the uncertain feelings of yesterday…