Hikaru no Go

Hikaru no Go (ヒカルの碁) is a popular Japanese anime and manga coming of age story based on the board game Go. First released in Japan in 1998, Hikaru no Go has achieved tremendous success, spawning a popular Go fad of almost unprecedented proportions. The manga is published in Japan 23 volumes comprising 189 chapters (plus 11 "omake" or extra chapters). The anime is comprised of 75 half hour episodes plus extra New Year's Specials in January 2003 and January 2004

In January 2004, debuted in the United States in the English language periodical Shonen Jump published by Viz.

Series Premise

Hikaru, the title character, is a grade school student in Tokyo. While exploring his grandfather's attic, he stumbles across a Go board haunted by the spirit of Fujiwara no Sai, a fictional Go player from the Heian era, who 140 years earlier had also inhabited the mind of the genius Shusaku of the Edo era. Urged by Sai, Hikaru starts playing Go. Thus begins an obsession which will come to dominate the rest of Hikaru's life while captivating the reader's (or viewer's) attention.

Manga Volume Contents

Volume 1

Chapter #1 - Holy Encounter
Chapter #2 - From High Above
Chapter #3 - Point of Defeat
Chapter #4 - Unforgivable Statements
Chapter #5 - Akira, Fangs Exposed
Chapter #6 - Sliced in Half
Chapter #7 - Three Go Problems

Volume 2

Chapter #8 - Should I Lose?
Chapter #9 - Captain, Vice-Captain, Third-Captain
Chapter #10 - Starting Position
Chapter #11 - Sense of Stimulation
Chapter #12 - Growth
Chapter #13 - I Can't Play You
Chapter #14 - Above the Best
Chapter #15 - Copy Go
Chapter #16 - The Plot in the Rain

Volume 3

Chapter #17 - Leave the Go Club!
Chapter #18 - If Only You Weren't Here
Chapter #19 - Ľ1,000 A Game
Chapter #20 - The Third Member
Chapter #21 - The Worst Possible Action
Chapter #22 - Honinbo Shusaku
Chapter #23 - Tsutsui's Anxiety
Chapter #24 - Kaio's Third Captain
Chapter #25 - Pre-Game

Volume 4

Chapter #26 - You Play
Chapter #27 - The Third Match-Up
Chapter #28 - Vision of God
Chapter #29 - Zelda
Chapter #30 - Sai
Chapter #31 - Who is Sai?
Chapter #32 - He is Not Sai
Chapter #33 - Akira
Chapter #34 - Game of Memory

Volume 5

Chapter #35 - Sai vs. Akira
Chapter #36 - Sai's Identity
Chapter #37 - 2nd Semester
Chapter #38 - A 1,000 Years of Selfishness
Chapter #39 - I Want To See Your Ability
Chapter #40 - Commencement
Chapter #41 - Excited Go Club
Chapter #42 - Each's Decision
Chapter #43 - The Next Step

Volume 6

Chapter #44 - Insei Test
Chapter #45 - Black Coffee
Chapter #46 - Trigger Device
Chapter #47 - The Room of Profound Darkness
Chapter #48 - Ouza vs. Akira [1]
Chapter #49 - Ouza vs. Akira [2]
Chapter #50 - Ouza vs. Akira [3]
Chapter #51 - The Place I'd Like to Return to From Time to Time
Extra Chapter-The Haze Jr. High Go Plyers in Honnouji Enjou

Volume 7

Chapter #52 - The Two Study Groups
Chapter #53 - Anxiety
Chapter #54 - Everyone's Tomorrow
Chapter #55 - Welcome to Class One
Chapter #56 - Sai's Disciple
Chapter #57 - Since Then
Chapter #58 - Young Lion's Tournament
Chapter #59 - Touya's Turning Around
Chapter #60 - It's Coming!! Pro Exam

Volume 8

Chapter #61 - Kuwabara Honinbo
Chapter #62 - I Can Play?
Chapter #63 - I've Come This Far
Chapter #64 - The Man of the Pro Exam Prelim's First Day
Chapter #65 - Seeking Three Wins
Chapter #66 - Pro Exam Prelims Day Two
Chapter #67 - Pro Exam Prelims Day Three
Chapter #68 - The Pro Exam, Day 4, And Then...
Chapter #69 - Team Assembled
Extra Chapter Honnouji Enjou Rhearsal

Volume 9

Chapter #70 - Training! Training!!
Chapter #71 - Can't Win
Chapter #72 - Four
Chapter #73 - A Perfect Coincidence
Chapter #74 - Hon Suyon
Chapter #75 - Only One Winner
Chapter #76 - My Name Is...
Chapter #77 - Main Test Begins
Chapter #78 - Flood of Wins

Volume 10

Chapter #79 - Hikaru vs. Tsubaki
Chapter #80 - Substitute
Chapter #81 - Careful Game
Chapter #82 - Moment of Evil
Chapter #83 - The Whereabouts of the Win
Chapter #84 - Waya vs. Ochi
Chapter #85 - Revival
Chapter #86 - Unpredictable
Chapter #87 - Who's This Black?

Volume 11

Chapter #88 - The First Passer
Chapter #89 - Always Together
Chapter #90 - Come to the Pros!
Chapter #91 - I Have Lost
Chapter #92 - Defeat Shindo
Chapter #93 - Pro Exam Final Game
Chapter #94 - Violent Battle
Chapter #95 - The Second Passer
Chapter #96 - Finally!

Volume 12'

Chapter #97 - The Awaiting Pros
Chapter #98 - The Beginner Dan Series
Chapter #99 - I'll Play
Chapter #100 - Hikaru's Long Thought
Chapter #101 - The Invisible Game
Chapter #102 - Determined To Play Again
Chapter #103 - The Fraudulent Signature
Chapter #104 - Kurata 6-Dan

Volume 13

Chapter #105 - First Pro Game
Chapter #106 - Pressure
Chapter #107 - Confession
Chapter #108 - Alone In The Hospital Room
Chapter #109 - toya koyo
Chapter #110 - Excited Mind
Chapter #111 - Sai, Once Again
Chapter #112 - Sai vs Toya Koyo [1]
Chapter #113 - Sai vs Toya Koyo [2]

Volume 14

Chapter #114 - Sai vs Toya Koyo [3]
Chapter #115 - Sai vs Toya Koyo [4]
Chapter #116 - The Thousand Year Answer
Chapter #117 - Revelation
Chapter #118 - Investigations
Chapter #119 - Test of Strength
Chapter #120 - One-Color Go
Chapter #121 - Touya Kouyo's Retirement
Estra Chapter - Treat Me,Waya-kun!

Volume 15

Chapter #122 - Stupid Hikaru!!
Chapter #123 - I Don't Want to Disappear!!!
Chapter #124 - Goodbye
Chapter #125 - Sai Has Disappeared?
Chapter #126 - Searching for Sai
Chapter #127 - Hiroshima's Strongest Player
Chapter #128 - The Final Clue
Chapter #129 - Come Back!!
Chapter #130 - I Won't Play Anymore

Volume 16

Chapter #131 - Chinese Go Institute
Chapter #132 - Le Ping
Chapter #133 - Isumi Tested
Chapter #134 - Yang Hai's Advice
Chapter #135 - Isumi vs. Le Ping
Chapter #136 - Forfeit, Forfeit...
Chapter #137 - The Final Tournament
Chapter #138 - The Visitor
Chapter #139 - From This Game

Volume 17

Chapter #140 - Resolution
Chapter #141 - First Return Game
Chapter #142 - The Sprinting Two
Chapter #143 - Go World Rumblings
Chapter #144 - Finally This Day
Chapter #145 - Hikaru vs. Akira
Chapter #146 - Hikaru's Go
Chapter #147 - Only I Know
Chapter #148 - The Nostalgic Smile

Volume 18

Sidestory #1 - Touya Akira
Sidestory #2 - Kaga Tetsuo
Sidestory #3 - Nase Asumi
Sidestory #4 - Mitani Yuuki
Sidestory #5 - Kurata Atsushi
Sidestory #6 - Fujiwarano Sai

Volume 19

Chapter #149 - The Strongest Beginner Dan Ever
Chapter #150 - A New Stage
Chapter #151 - Me Too!
Chapter #152 - The Opponent is 7-Dan
Chapter #153 - One Step Forward!
Chapter #154 - The Arrival of Ueshima!
Chapter #155 - The Two That Don't Come
Chapter #156 - Hikaru vs. Kadowaki

Volume 20

Chapter #157 - Memories
Chapter #158 - First Hand, Tengen
Chapter #159 - Kansai Go Institute
Chapter #160 - A Moment's Timidness
Chapter #161 - The Young Lions
Chapter #162 - Graduation
Chapter #163 - The Members Will Be...?
Chapter #164 - Yashiro vs. Hikaru
Chapter #165 - Second Hand,Tengen

Volume 21

Chapter #166 - Yashiro's Loss
Chapter #167 - The Youngsters
Chapter #168 - A Month Before The Hokuto Cup
Chapter #169 - The Burden Of Expectations
Chapter #170 - The Korean Go Association
Chapter #171 - Proof Of Existence
Chapter #172 - Touya's Home
Chapter #173 - First Board Is Touya
Chapter #174 - Hokuto Cup Gathering

'Volume 22

Chapter #175 - Suyon And Yongha
Chapter #176 - Fighting Words
Chapter #177 - Let Me Be First Board!
Chapter #178 - China Vs Japan [1]
Chapter #179 - China Vs Japan [2]
Chapter #180 - China Vs Japan [3]
Chapter #181 - China Vs Japan [4]
Chapter #182 - Defeat Ko Yongha
Chapter #183 - Ko Yongha'[s Big Question

'Volume 23

Chapter #184 - Japan Vs Korea [1]
Chapter #185 - Japan Vs Korea [2]
Chapter #186 - Japan Vs Korea [3]
Chapter #187 - Japan Vs Korea [4]
Chapter #188 - End Game
Chapter #189 - I Call Out To You
Extra Chapter 1 - Fujiwara no Sai Vs Touya Akira
Extra Chapter 2 - Oka And Shouji