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 want to go to the Wakajishisen!
No, I have to go!
Otherwise, I can't say "To defeat Touya Akira" anymore!
I have to go to the Wakajishisen and show him!
That I'm right behind him!
Match #26 Welcome to the A League
Waya!
Shindou... What is it?
Look! I'm in first class!
I'm in first class starting today! First class!
The bottom of first class
Why don't you congratulate him?
When he passes me I will
Waya-kun you're so strict!
But! But! I'm closer to the Wakajishisen now that I'm in first class!
Closer to Touya?
You see, with the wakajishisen...
I have to be in the top 16 right?
First I've got to rise up
To first class
Getting to the top 16 comes after that
Shindou, Its nice to be excited but...
Do you understand?
What?
Your opponents from today, are us, the first class
But, I guess you rose up pretty quickly
Come on everyone, stop pressuring him
It's not pressure, I'm encouraging him
Well, good luck
Good luck
Welcome to first class!
Hikaru, hold yourself together
Nice to meet all of you!
It's time, please begin
Good luck
We have more time in first class than in second class?
I can't be afraid just because my opponent is in first class
I'm in first class too
Hikaru, took his first step in first class
Thinking again?
That move has alot of thought put into it. No wonder he's in the first class
It is strong... but!
I can't cower away from my opponent!
I have to return an even stronger move!
I'm climbing much higher!
Looks like you've really taken a step up Hikaru
Though you have alot of rather worrisome parts
I resign
One win!
This is my first time playing Fuku but...
He doesn't think at all...
The guy from the morning thought so much it threw me off but
Fuku is faster than the guys in second class
The stones flow lightly
The teacher complimented me on my three board play...
Maybe I'm better at fast games
I won by half a moku
Yes, two wins in a row!
I lost!
Sorry
Don't worry about it
Things got a little hard from here
but we kept on playing
Shindou-Kun you took that part and
It got close and I lost track
Fuku, you play really fast
Everyone says so
Hey, Let's play another one
Sure! We've got plenty of time
Go's so much fun
Waya-kun says that alot too
Is Waya good?
He's good.
But I win against Waya-kun for some reason
Maybe it's incredible that I, who defeated Fuku, who can win against Waya!?
Hikaru, It's your turn
I know
You came really far out here
This is my field, My territory!
Okay!
I come down upon the territory of white
and build a tower of black!
Right in the middle!?
Be quit over there! Some people are still playing!
Yeah...
I'm sorry
What about your match? Who won?
Shindou!? That's 2 straight wins
Waya you lose to Fuku?
Fuku, why you!
But its the truth!
I'll tell you this because you're getting cocky
But I'm your next match. So you won't have a third straight win
We'll see!
Why you...
2 straight wins! 2 straight wins!
I'll tell you this because you're getting cocky
But according to Waya, he's your next match
So you won't have a third staight win
We won't know till we play
Yes but...
Speaking of, we've never seen Waya play
I wonder how he'll play against me
Hey, it's your turn Sai
Well then
It's going to be fun!
Yeah...
Good morning
Is Waya here
He is, look
Internet Go is easy
But I know nothing about computers
My cousin said he's giving me his old computer
What's the model?
How am I supposed to know?
Anyways, teach me internet Go for
When my cousin teaches me how to use it
Yeah, okay
Talking about internet Go?
That's when we used that box to play right?
Shindou, you play internet Go too?
So you know how to use computers?
You don't look it
I saw someone play it in a store before
Though I'm the one that played
I don't even have a computer
What
Does anyone good play Go on the internet?
There's quite afew. You'll learn plenty
Pros play on it sometimes too
Amongst the commoners?
They play as a joke sometimes
But they don't use their real name
So you won't know
But this one time, They used their real name
Of course you wouldn't expect him to be the real thing
Did you play?
I thought it was just an amateur using a pros name
I got creamed
Who?
Mr.Ichiryu When I checked, it turned out to be him
Wow...The pros..
It's not just pros.
There was one guy I thought was stronger than the pros
Though he stopped showing up after a little more than a month
Stronger than a pro?
A little more than a month?
Internet Go sounds fun
let's play it sometime
Waya
what's the name of this guy whos stronger than a pro?
Name?
Sai
I thought so
It was Summer last year that Sai was on the net
I only played him once but,
I watched him alot
Seems like I played Waya before
So he must have been one of the guys in your massacered
He was really strong
Not a loss to the best of my knowledge
Not a loss to the best of my knowledge too
It wasn't just amateurs either
A pro in Korea Institute lost too
There are pros in Korea too?
Even Touya Akira ditches the exam to play against Sai
I know about that
But anyways, he was an incredible player
Once summer break ended, he disappeared though
I check for his name whenever I play Go on the net every time still...
In hopes of playing Sai again
There were many people who played against Sai
But Sai never spoke to any of his opponents
So his identity is still unknown
But, Sai for some reason, messaged me
After he beat me, he typed in... I'm strong aren't I
Dosen't he sound childish?
Zelda...
Yeah.. you said I'm an Insei
Waya, you're Zelda!?
Hikaru...
How do you know about my conversation with Sai?
It's time, so please begin your games
Good luck
Could it be... he's... Shindou is...
Is Sai?
Can't be...
Impossible!
I said too much again
Hikaru, worry about that later
Hikaru! Concentrate on the board right now!
Hikaru! Can you hear me!?
It's no good if you can't hear me!
Wait... What am I saying?
I saw Sai's matches many times
He's not Sai
Sai is much stronger than this
But...
How should I put it...
I feel Sai within his moves
No! No! Don't think about that crap!
But... Shindou knew about my match against Sai
Is he Sai after all?
No! It can't be!
It can't be!
I resign
We won....
I have... 3 straight wins...
That's it...
I figured it out...
Shindou
You're Sai's student aren't you!?
You were watching my match against Sai from behind him weren't you?
Close! He wasn't behind me, he was infront of me!
If you're learning Go from Sai...
Touya Akira said he was chasing after you right?
Yeah. That's because he saw some of Sai inside of you right?
It sounds kinda right and kinda wrong...
Waya is really sharp
Shindou! Answer me!
How do you know about my match against Sai?
Waya...
It was only coincidence that I saw the match between Sai and Zelda
Remember? I told you that I went to an internet cafe?
There was someone playing Go on the internet there
When I turned to look, the match was already over
And the conversation between Sai and Zelda from then was interesting
So I remember it. That's all
What about him?
He went home right away. I didn't even see his face
Hikaru...
You're getting better at lying
It's all thanks to you
So he doesn't know him...
It was a good game Shindou
The moves, they were interesting
Maybe you will become stron!
Like Sai someday
3 straight wins!? Against Waya!?…
My opponent for the afternoon seemed scared of me
I moved in too far sometimes, and
I resign
I got my fourth straight win
Just when I thought "I'm gonna have all wins from now on!"
I got straight losses from the next match
And I started to doubt wheather I'm getting stronger
Well, I guess you did well
You managed to make it all the way to 16th after all
Now you qualify for the Wakajishisen. Congratulations
Congratulations
Thank you.
And he was getting 10 straight losses in second class recently
But he's still not a rival
He did get over the hurdle in front of him
So Congratulations it is
Doesn't matter to me
And? When is the Wakajishisen?
Touya will be there right?
Is Touya Akira the only thing in your head?
Next month and the month after
On Saturdays we won't have Insei matches
It takes more than a day
It's a tournament between 16 Insei and 16 new pros
It takes 3 days
The first match is all between Insei and pro
It's an even game of course
How was it last year?
The Insei that went past the first round...
There were 5 of them
Isumi-san and I were the only ones that won the second round
But that was it
But you won against pros! wow!
What are you talking about?
You won't pass the pro exams unless you can win against pros
Wakajishisen is a good testing ground
Will Kurata 5dan be there?
He won't. I think he's over the age limit
I'd rather not go up against Saeki-san
A match within your class?
More importantly, We have to get past the first match first
Yeah, Nakayama-san will be there too, I heard
Touya...
I couldn't even respond to you back then...
Want to play now instead of someday?
Now I can
Yeah, Let's play
Mashiba Mitsuru, 17 year old, from the Chiba perfecture
Studied under Mizokuchi Hiroshi 9dan
Touya Akira, 13 year old from the city of Tokyo
Studied under Touya Kouyou Meijin
Ogata-san! Ogata-san!
Welcome...
To the world of the pros
Thank you. Good luck
Tsutsui-san
Thank you very much!
Stop it, I'm the one that should be thanking you
It's thanks to you guys that the Go club was able to continue
Thank you. It was fun
Tsutsui-san...
Take care
Yeah, you guys take care
Yes
Kaga!
Shindou!
Umm...I...
The 3 board match from then..ummm...
Don't worry about it. Take care man
Yeah! I'll be working hard!
I'll be looking forward to the news that Shindou-Kun's become a pro!
Good bye! Tsutsui-san! Please write
Watch me Tsutsui-san! Good bye! Tsutsui-san! Please write
I... really will be working hard!
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…