Hikaru no Go: Hokuto Hai e no Michi (2004)

Hikaru is given a phone call asking him to appear in the Japan/China/Korea Junior’s Tournament but he finds out he will have to take part in a preliminary tournament to choose Japan’s three contestants. Upon discussing this with Akira, he discovers that Akira has already been chosen for the tournament and will not be taking place in the preliminaries. Hikaru then decides not to visit Akira’s Go Salon until he takes his place on the team with Akira. That may be tougher than originally planned, as not only does Hikaru have to battle with old friends for one of two coveted spots, but he may have a new challenger, in a promising player from the Kansai Go Institute.

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Dieses Special spielt nach der TV-Serie und erzählt Hikarus Weg zum Hokuto-Cup, dem internationalen Junioren-Team-Go-Turnier zwischen Japan, China und Korea, an dem nur drei ausgewählte Go-Spieler unter 18 Jahren für ihr Land antreten dürfen. Touya Akira steht schon vor den Ausscheidungsspielen als Kandidat fest, was Hikaru noch mehr anstachelt, einer dieser drei Spieler zu sein.

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