The Old Game To Go~

& this game is nothing related to Pokémon~

[ヒカルの碁] a.k.a. [Hikaru no Go]~

[Hikaru no Go: New Year Special -  The Road To The Hokuto Cup]~

Wow…I've always known for a fact that this game's really hard to play…
But…this story has really served to emphasize how crazy-difficult it is?

Well…a number of stuff about this story grew on me…
The characters…the soundtracks…& the game itself!
But it's not like I can now miraculously play it? LOL!

It's just…more like…I've actually bothered to look up actual information about the real world of Go in the present time on Wikipedia!

Like check this out - winnings from a major title match (per match per year) in Japan:

Kisei (棋聖): 45,000,000‎¥ / USD $505,000 - Current title holder: Iyama Yuta~
Meijin (名人): 37,000,000‎¥ / USD $400,000 - Current title holder: Takao Shinji~
Honinbo (本因坊): 32,000,000‎¥ / USD $350,000 - Current title holder: Iyama Yuta~
Judan (十段): 15,000,000‎¥ / USD $164,000 - Current title holder: Iyama Yuta~
Tengen (天元): 14,000,000‎¥ / USD $153,000 - Current title holder: Iyama Yuta~
Oza (王座): 14,000,000‎¥ / USD $153,000 - Current title holder: Iyama Yuta~
Gosei (碁聖): 7,770,000‎¥ / USD $84,700 - Current title holder: Iyama Yuta~

Check out the current (as of today) best & multiple-title holder player in Japan:
Iyama Yuta 井山 裕太
Apparently…just a year ago back in April 2016, this person had become the first player in the whole of Japanese history to hold all seven major titles simultaneously~

Just do the sums people…
How not to be impressed?!
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From a more social-behavioral psychological perspective…by how every turn of each side can & will evoke a response from the other side of the game's board…I feel that taking each & every step in each & every human relationship in the real world might actually resemble making each & every move on an infinite Go board of life…

Some duel it out to the end…fighting over control & territory of the board of life…
Some take their steps without much thought or contemplation…avoiding contact…
Some end up somehow at the losing end of battles they are not even aware of…
Some feel overwhelmed & eventually lose their will to fight…just to name a few~

Interesting~
How about having the duo-colored Go stones dance it all out evenly on the board?


Piece of the Day: 交わる道 - Wakakusa Kei 若草 恵

Quote of the Day: お前、オレの幻影なんか追ってると本当のおれにいつか足もと掬われるぞ! -ヒカル in [ヒカルの碁] 第18局

Translation: If you keep chasing after an illusion of me, the real me will pass you by someday eventually! -Hikaru in [Hikaru no Go] E18