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Hikaru''s career as a professional Go player begins! In his first game, he must face veteran player Toya Meijin, none other than Akira''s father. But to Sai, this round is personal. Then Sai attempts to teach a cheating Go player a lesson he''ll never forget... Will Hikaru''s ghostly master do him proud, or make him like an amateur? -- VIZ Media

Hikaru''s classmate Ochi has won enough games to guarantee his place among the top three players who will pass the pro test. Hikaru, on the other hand, still needs to win more games, and he''ll soon face his friend Waya and Ochi himself, who has been preparing for their match with Akira''s help! When the dust clears, who will be left standing? -- VIZ Media

Hikaru Shindo retrouve un goban oublié depuis des lustres dans le grenier de son grand père. Lorsqu''il aperçoit une trace de sang laissée sur le plateau, une voix l''interpelle. Il s''agit de Sai Fujiwara, un maître du jeu de go de l''ère Heian. 1 000 ans d''histoire dans un manga passionnant autour du jeu de go !

The main round of the pro test has begun. Everyone''s feeling the pressure, no one more so than Hikaru''s friend Isumi, who has failed the test twice before. Fighting off his feelings of self-doubt, Isumi faces his next opponent, who turns out to be Hikaru. But a careless mistake lands the pair in an awkward position! -- VIZ Media

Practicing at Go salons is turning out to be more fun than Hikaru thought. But at one salon he meets his match in Suyong Hong, a sullen 12-year-old who is studying for the pro test in his native Korea. By mistake, Hikaru insults Suyong, and now the only way they can settle their differences is by playing a grudge match! -- VIZ Media

Hikaru faces the preliminary rounds of the pro test, during which he must eliminate not only his classmates at the insei school but also any outsiders who want to take the test. One of them in particular appears to know how to exploit Hikaru''s weaknesses, and poor Hikaru seems powerless to stop him. -- VIZ Media

Sai''s games on the Internet have Go players around the world guessing his true identify. Among them is Hikaru''s rival, Akira, who suspects that Hikaru is hiding behind the screen name "sai." So intense is Akira''s interest, in fact, that he skips the first day of his pro exam for a re-match. And on a rainy Sunday, the battle of wills begins anew.... -- VIZ Media

Akira is beginning a new school year at Kaio Middle School. With his daunting reputation as the Toya Meijin''s son, Akira finds he must prove himself to more than a few mean and jealous classmates. And with the help of upperclassman Yuri Hidaka, Akira finds the confidence to persevere in his hunt to beat Hikaru. Meanwhile, Hikaru is having a hard enough time just trying to find a third teammate to play in the Haze Middle School Go Club. A possible teammate arrives in the form of Yuki Mitani--but will he join their club or continue to swindle old timers for their pocket change? -- VIZ Media

Hikaru Shindo is like any sixth-grader in Japan: a pretty normal schoolboy with a two-tone head of hair and a penchant for antics. One day, he finds an old bloodstained Go board in his grandfather''s attic--and that''s when things get really interesting. Trapped inside the Go board is Fujiwara-no-Sai, the ghost of an ancient Go master who taught the strategically complex board game to the emperor of Japan many centuries ago. In one fateful moment, Sai becomes a part of Hikaru''s consciousness and together, through thick and thin, they make an unstoppable Go-playing team. Will they be able to defeat Go players who have dedicated their lives to the game? Will Sai achieve the "Divine Move" so he''ll finally be able to rest in peace? Begin your journey with Hikaru and Sai in this first volume of Hikaru no Go. -- VIZ Media

Sixth-grade Hikaru Shindo''s discovery of a bloodstained game board leads to an encounter with the ghost of Go master Fujiwara-no-Sai and the formation of an unbeatable Go team.

Sixth-grade Hikaru Shindo''s discovery of a bloodstained game board leads to an encounter with the ghost of Go master Fujiwara-no-Sai and the formation of an unbeatable Go team.

Hikaru Shindo, a pretty normal Japanese sixth-grader, finds an old, bloodstained Go board in his grandfather''s attic, and soon he discovers that Fujiwara-no-Sai, the ghost of an ancient Go master, is trapped inside the board, but when Sai becomes a part of Hikaru''s consciousness, together they make an unstoppable Go-playing team.

Hikaru continue maintenant à parcourir le chemin des professionnels avec assurance. Sur sa route, il croise Gokiso, 7 dan, et Kadowaki avec qui il avait joué autrefois. Chaque partie de go est l''occasion pour Hikaru de progresser et peut-être de s''approcher du coup divin !!

Ce guide propose une analyse sommaire des quelque 200 personnages de ##Hikaru no go##, abondamment illustrée de vignettes tirées de du manga. Une historiette inédite ainsi que quelques données historiques sur le jeu de go complètent le tout. [SDM].

Pour la coupe Hokuto, l''équipe japonaise sera composée de trois personnes. Comme Akira est qualifié d''office, les deux autres places seront attribuées aux vainqueurs des duels : Hiraku / Yashiro et Ochi / Waya Pourtant, les éliminatoires réserveront un dénouement inattendu ! Les membres des équipes chinoise et coréenne ont aussi été désignés Les trois pays sont déjà prêts à combattre !!

Le rêve d''Akira se réalise enfin. Pour la troisième fois, il va pouvoir se mesurer à Hikaru face au goban. Hikaru, qui a gagné sa partie de justesse à la première ronde, décide finalement de confier à Saï la partie avec Akira... Pourtant, en milieu de partie, Hikaru a soudainement envie d''essayer de jouer !

En tant que professionnel, Hikaru souhaite toujours se dépasser et les limites de son potentiel lui sont encore inconnues. Malheureusement, depuis que Saï a entraîné Hikaru dans le monde du go, le destin inexorable s''est remis en marche. Ce moment est-il arrivé ?

Sai''s Internet Go games have people around the world guessing who he is. Akira, Hikaru''s rival, suspects it''s Hikaru himself. He even skips the first day of his pro exam for a re-match with "Sai."

"Hikaru Shindo is like any sixth-grader in Japan: a pretty normal school boy with a two-tone head of hair and a penchant for antics. One day, he finds an old bloodstained Go board in his grandfather''s attic-- and that''s when things get really interesting. Trapped inside the Go board is Fujiwara-no-Sai, the ghost of an ancient Go master who taught the strategically complex board game to the Emperor of Japan many centuries ago."--Cover of v. 1.