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
The Insei exams are going on today?
Who's taking it right now?
A guy probably a little younger than me
He'll... Probably pass
Good luck
Match #22 The Insei Examination
Hikaru...
That was
He won't respond to that expansion
The Tsuke you played earlier was a mistake as well
The 3 stone advantage Hikaru started with has already been spent
Hikaru is aware of that as well
That's why his game is getting rushed and he's making mistakes
Against someone as strong as this person....
He's...
Hikaru! You will lose at this rate
Hikaru! If you wish
once again I will... Hikaru!
Hikaru!
He can't hear me
It's too bad that he doesn't have the strength to go along with his concentration
I... I can't do it. I can't win
If I go in too far, he'll crush me
But the gap will just keep on widening like this...
Touya...
Touya!
Hey! Hey!
Don't get so nervous
You don't have to win to pass.
I'm just seeing how strong you are
Oh
Couldn't you have said that earlier mister?
Mister
Hikaru, mister is a little too rude
T-Teacher
What is with that posture!?
I'm sorry
M-My legs are asleep...
I can't hang on....
Just say "excuse me" and break your form in that case~
Couldn't you have said that earlier aswell?
You look like you lost
This is my third straight loss to Fuku
I'm strong agaisnt Waya-kun
I'm terrible against Fuku
It's not good to think so negatively
You're terrible against Touya-Kun too, Waya-kun
No ones good against Touya
Let's stop here
Okay
You should have simply pulled back here
That would've troubled white
This formation is, a little difficult for black
And? What is it?
Did I pass? Or...
He's a little too weak
but it says here he's only been playing for a year
That's some incredible growth
Reminiscent of Kurata 5dan
But, even Kurata-kun, who had a lot of talent got a pro teacher right after he started playing
He doesn't even have that
If he became this strong just from playing in a Jr.High club
He may have incredible potential
Is it true that you don't have a teacher?
ahh...no..
Well, I kinda do..
A totally useless one
What! A totally what one, Hikaru!?
But these 3 matches are...
You didn't read very deeply, and your play is very careless
Oh? They're all the same day?
I played it simultaneously
It was the first time I played 3 games simultaneously, it was horrible!
3 games!? and it was his first time!?
He played this well on his first try!?
Okay. Come here starting next month
Go get your mother
Yeah! YAy!.... Hikaru!
This is the central room
Looks like most of the matches are over
What about a Furikawari here?
That might work
Mark me down too
This is your 4th straight win, Matsura!
There are kids younger than Hikaru
No wonder he passed
There's a pairings sheet over there
Okay, okay
Hikaru! Let's look over there
What?
What would you do if he played here?
This is bad for black
What about a Tsuke?
I'll just pull back
That might be too soft...
Did you pass?
You came to take the Insei exam?
Waya do you know him?
I heard him say "To surpass Touya Akira" in the hall
I used to say that too when I first joined
You got a problem with that?
I played Touya twice during the pro exam
but I don't like him
You played Touya?
What about you? Have you played him before?
Yeah, during a team match for my Go club
He was in the Kaiou Jr.High Go club and...
Go club? Touya Akira!? Really?
I remember hearing Mr. Kuwabara laugh about it with Mr. Nishio awhile ago
About the Meijin's son was participating in a tournament with his Jr.High Go club
So it's for real?
What? What are you talking about?
What an incredible first board match for a Go club match
Between a soon-to-be Insei and Touya Akira
Nope. It was a third board match
Third board!?
I wasn't strong enough to play first board back then
That may have been the case with you... But Touya? Third board? Impossible
He forced the teacher to make him third board because he wanted to play against me
Forced?
Like I said, that's the kind of guy he is
The reson he joined the Go club was just to play against me...
Hikaru! The reson he joined the Go club was just to play against me...
Hikaru!
Hikaru, let's go home
He'll start coming here starting next month Nice to meet all of you
Oh crap...
Touya Akira's what!?
Rival
Rival?
Morning, what are you talking about?
Yeah, the guy coming today he might be really strong
Touya Akira supposedly went to a Go club tournament pursuing him
And he...
M-Morning
Mo-rning
Sai? Isn't everyone glaring at me?
They probably think a horrible strong enemy's arrived
It's all because you talked about Touya, Hikaru
But...
Did you hear? The guy coming today
Yeah! I heard my parents talking about it Did you hear? The guy coming today
Yeah! I heard my parents talking about it
Touya Akira views him as a rival!
He's in the 7th grade
I'm playing him for my first match today
He's probably really strong...
They were talking about me
Umm... Who's Uchida?
That's me
We're playing here
A girl!?
I got a pairing chart, but it only has last names
She's 5th in the 2nd class. I'm 25th.
I'm starting at the very bottom
Is this room just for the second class?
Are there first class people here too?
They're all here, That half is the first class
You can rise up to first class if you're strong enough?
So second class isn't good enough for you
I-I don't feel that way at all!
It's not that second class isn't good enough for me
But Touya is above first class, Which is above second class
I passed the Insei exam!
I'm not like I was in the Go club anymore!
I resign
Thanks for the game
I totally read that part wrong! I'm such an idiot!
Yeah, I wonder if his game is wrong
You can't get any eyes with this shape
In this situation, if you cut them..
You can get this area better
This made black lose
Looks like he lost
How'd it go?
Uchida won
I resign
And he's Touya's..
Rival?
Moving into here, I think that was a little unreasonable
Really?
Yeah, this happened, right?
Even if you moved here...
Yeah, you'd get crushed
It would be bad if it went like this
There's nothing you can do
2 straight losses...
Nothing to fear from here it seems
Maybe he's just nervous since it's his first day?
Then wanna watch over him a little longer?
Waya, wanna go get lunch?
What are you doing for lunch?
I'm buying it too
Thank you. Come again
Whats your relationship with Touya?
Were you his classmate in elementary school?
You said you played him in a match in a Go tournament for your club
But why a school tournament?
Touya pursue you? That's strange
You're not strong at all
Are you really rivals?
Really! I'm his
and he's my rival!
There's too much of a gap!
I'll catch up eventually!
What's the reason for Touya thinking of you as a rival?
He saw my incredible potential at Go
And that's why he views me as a rival!
Your potential at Go?
Hikaru, that was cool
But... that's a lie
That doesn't matter, I'll make it come true
What? Something else you want to ask?
How was the match against Kaiou?
3-0 loss
Touya is special
but everyone else in Kaiou is also strong
I heard Kaiou's Go club is strong, but..
Kaiou's president's really strong
I tried playing against him in a Go salon another day, but I totally lost
That's not because he's strong, that's because you suck
I hit the wrong button!
Isumi-san! A coffee came out! You drink it Isumi-san!
Drink it? But it's black!
I am the oldest... but black is...
Waya
Don't want it
I guess I'll give it to the teacher
Black coffee, that reminds me
Remember that guy that used to drink black coffee?
In the 7th grade!
Yeah! He used to come here, What was his name?
What's a "Black coffee" Hikaru?
It's really bitter
What kind of a guy would drink black coffee in the 7th grade?
Was he good at Go?
Not at all!
He was here for a year, and then quit
Was he always second class?
Nope. He rose up to first once
I remember playing him
Yeah, I played him too, He wasn't any good
I beat him too
You've both been in the first class since back then?
Being in first class for a long time isn't something to bo proud of
When are we finally going to pass the pro exam, Waya?
I wonder what that guy that got pummeled in first class was doing now
He was really smart!
Yeah, he went to Kaiou Jr.High
What was his name?
He was tall and wore glasses...
He should be in the 9th grade right now...
Now I remember! It's Kishimoto! Kishimoto!
Back then it was...
He didn't look like a Jr.High student Back then it was...
He didn't look like a Jr.High student
Yeah, Yeah and He didn't look like a Jr.High student
Yeah, Yeah and
And those glasses... Yeah, Yeah and
And those glasses...
He's no good
Yeah He's no good
Yeah
It was total domination
Really It was total domination
Really? It was total domination
Really?
But he doesn't look like a Jr.High student
Well, let's get going
Yeah yeah
Yeah, that strong first board from Kaiou you were talking about
What's his name?
Kaiou's first board was...Kishimoto was... always second class...
I...I... will I ever be able to make it to first class?
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…