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
What he's not here yet...
Hikaru! that was a bad move!
It... It was a bad move...
But he fooled his opponent well
and turned his bad move into a good one!
Hikaru
Match #29 Kuwabara Honinbou
Oh yeah. What happened to Shindou?
Touya... and Mr.Ogata too
6 and a half moku
There's quite a gap
6 and a half moku...
Pros are strong...
Thanks for the game
Shindou..
Waya
Sorry
But I did well
I see
What about Touya
He won, awhile ago
Oh...
I wanted to play him...
Watching...
He was watching your game
Very intently
How did you know I was here?
Ogata-san you come here occasionally
so I thought you might be here...
You don't look happy considering
that you're doing well in the Wakajishisen
You look as if you're worried about something and don't have time to be caring about anything else
Shindou right?
You left immediately afterwards yesterday
There was something I wanted to ask you
Of course
I thought you'd come before this
The usual fishfood, but more of it than usual please
Ogata-san
I have to play Kuwabara-san for his title
So I'll be out of the house for awhile
Sure is a hassle to get a title
But, if I dilly dally around, Touya Akira might come up and take the title before me
I'll give you a ride home
Or did you want to stop somewhere for sushi?
Ogata-san!
Tell me
Shindou's game from yesterday
Something, something happened right!?
Something?
What I saw was Shindou getting crushed by Murakami 2dan's strong end game
Just that
And the end result was 6 and a half moku gap
just as you saw
6 and a half moku after he lost sente over and over again in the end game
That means it was even going in to it!
Has Shindou gained that much strength compared to the pros!?
It's just as you saw
Ogata-san, what I want to know is...
That awkward stone formation
I can't imagine what order the moves went in to form that shape
Something must have happened!?
Exactly what did Shindou do!?
Well, Get in
You should ask the opponent Murakami-kun about the match
I asked him...
What did Shindou do?
Why are you concerned about the loser!?
I was the one who won!
The 16th ranked Insei didn't stand a chance!
I'm the one who's playing you in your next match!
Why don't you worry about that for a bit?
And, he got crushed by you in the second round
After saying all that
Poor guy
Ogata-san, Tell me about Shindou!
I thought you didn't care about Shindou
It was spectacular. His moves...
His bad move from earlier turned into a good one
What a guy..
It was a bad move at that point
But he fooled his opponent well and turned his bad move
into a good one
Don't be so impatient
The answer will come
To you soon
The pro exams...
Yes. He's now walking the path that you went
Through A year ago
Just another run of the mill Insei Study day
I can hardly believe that the Wakajishisen was just yesterday
It's so quiet...
So only Isumi-san and Ochi and Adachi-san managed to win the first round...
Ochi won the second round too
But he probably can't make it through the third round
That's rather depressing...
But Waya, you were close in the first round
You played well
Yup, the teacher was complimenting you too
But Ochi is incredible
I've been losing to him straight lately
What about you Isumi-san?
Half and Half...
I'm Half and half with him too
I'm strong against Ochi
Oh yeah did you hear? Ochi tends to lock himself in the bathroom when he loses
The bathroom!?
I just noticed recently
But whenever he loses, he goes to the bathroom and he doesn't come out
And?
And you can hear the sound of a finger tapping against the wall
Along with some kind of mumbling
I'm sure he'll be doing that after the Wakajishisen too
Tap...Tap...Tap...
What is he doing?
That's so weird
Even his opponent was a pro
I'm sure he'll be really angry about losing
And tappy tap
My opponent in the afternoon is Ochi...
Good luck Shindou!
Lock Ochi in the bathroom!
You're probably still too weak
You lost by 6 and a half moku in the Wakajishisen after all
Too bad you couldn't play Touya
But I became stronger yesterday
I want to become stronger...
I want to play more...
Games like the one yesterday...I want to play more of it...
You...
I can become stronger! I can!
Sorry!
Were Ogata 9dan and Touya looking at Shindou?
Thank you come again!
Looks like Shindou might give us some fierce competition
Can't let our guards down in the summer everyone
Summer?
The pro exams
Pro exams?
You forgot?
The greatest goal for all of us Insei's
If you make it to the pro exams
You'll get to play all the fierce games you want
Dozens of them
When that comes around
all of us here...
Will be crushing each other's futures
But anyways, Good luck on your match against Ochi
Waya-kun you're with me
I can't keep losing to you...
I'm looking forward to it
Why you...
What?
You're still losing to Fuku?
I just can't seem to win
Komiya said something about being weak against Fuku too...
Not really for me...
Isumi-san you're...
Shindou, let's go!
Why were you spacing out in front of the elevator?
Something the matter with Master Kuwabara?
Master Kuwabara?
You don't know him!?
Geez you're stupid
He's Honinbou!
Kuwabara Honinbou!
Kuwabara Honinbou?
Is something the matter Master Kuwabara?
I felt something peculiar...
Did you see a ghost or something?
No, that kid
He's an Insei...
I'll remember him
Honinbou is a name that Go players have passed down for generations
So at the begining of the Showa period. A tournament for the Honinbou title was made
And the winner started taking the name "Honinbou"
Right now there's many titles, like the Kisei or Meijin
But Honinbou is the oldest
That old guy is Honinbou they say
I don't like it
Mr.Ogata is challanging Master Kuwabara right now
Mr.Ogata is?
Seven game match
Though they don't play it all in one day
Mr.Ogata won the first game afew days ago
And the second game is this week
They spend around 2 years on the preliminaries for all the titles
And the winner there gets to challange the title holder
2 years!?
You really don't know anything do you?
Why don't you study the Go world a bit?
I'll study it once I become pro
You're something alright...
I want to play more...
I can! I can become stronger...
Hikaru, you should play an Oogeima there, not a Kogeima
Oogeima?
I don't think a Kogeima is bad...
If the Oogeima were to be 100 points in strength
The Kogeima is 99
I let you play Kogeima up till now
With the Kogeima it's easier to read ahead
and harder to make mistakes
While the Oogeima becomes complex
and easy to make mistakes on
Oh...
But Hikaru, you have to surpass that now
What is it?
Have I gotten stronger?
Yes! Another level stronger ever since the Wakajishisen
Why?
Touya... he's playing in that same room I play in right?
We play on Sundays and every other Saturday but...
He plays on Wednesdays or Thursdays since he's a pro...
We won't ever meet...
But when I think that I'm playing in the same room as him..
I feel something
I have to work harder too, To prepare for the pro exams in the summer
Summer will be here soon!
Yeah! And Touya too!
Hokkaido...
Hello Ogata-kun!
Did you just arrive?
Yes, but Hokkaidou sure is close Did you just arrive?
Yes, but Hokkaidou sure is close
How about it?
Let's ditch the ceremonies and go out for a night in town
That's okay, I'm not interested
You're no fun!
H-Hey isn't that Kuwabara!?
The pro player!
Who?
Hey! Do you have any paper and pen?
You're not a child anymore
You sure are energetic
We're going to be playing for 2 straight days starting tomorrow
You might be a little too nervous about it
Excuse me, you're Kuwabara Honinbou right?
Why yes, I am Kuwabara
Sorry to disturb you when you're busy, But could I get an autograph?
I'm a huge fan of yours master
The Go world must be really depressing
If an old man like myself is this popular
Right Ogata-kun?
Ogata?
Here how's this?
Thank you very much!
Thank you
Ogata-kun, you beat me on the first match
But I won't lose this time
Just try to take the title of Honinbou
from this old man
Master Kuwabara
A new wave is coming upon the Go world
A new wave?
It's just my intuition
But it's almost coming, A new wave of young players
Oh really?
And I would like to be the one here to greet them
As a title holder
Masters, the preparations for the ceremony is done
So please come with me to the stage
I failed to escape from here because you were dilly dallying
Morning
Sup.
Did you hear?
Touya's risen to 2dan
What? Really!?
Touya...
Almost... I will catch up to you... Touya!
Okay! Resignation! Great
Shindou really has gotten strong since the Wakajishisen
I can't let my guard down...
Kadowaki!?
Waya are you sure?
Isn't Kadowaki the guy that got the 3 titles Student Meijin, Student Honinbou
and student Jyukketsu? That kadowaki?
I can't believe you know that Isumi-san
There was quite a commotion over him
So Kadowaki is...
I saw it on the net
That Kadowaki is taking the pro exams...
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…