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Hikaru no Go

Description

A regular school boy, Hikaru Shindo stumbles upon an old GO board while looking through his grandpa's old storage room for something worth money. From inside the board came an old spirit named Sai who once dedicated his life to GO. Together, Sai continues to search for the move people call "The god's hand" while Hikaru slowly began interest in this ancient game and walks down the road of GO.

Hikaru no GO received the Shogakukan Manga Award in 2000 and creators received Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize in 2003 for the series.

Type

Manga

Related Series

N/A

Associated Names

ヒカルの碁
棋灵王
棋魂
HikaGO
Hikaru - Kì Thủ Cờ Vây
Hikaru's Go

Groups Scanlating

Toriyama's World

Latest Release(s)

v.17 c.148 by Toriyama's World (2126d ago)
v.17 c.147 by Toriyama's World (2126d ago)
v.17 c.146 by Toriyama's World (2126d ago)
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Status in Country of Origin

23 Volumes (Complete)
20 Volumes (Kanzenban)

Completely Scanlated?

Yes

Anime Start/End Chapter

Starts at Vol 1, Chap 1
Ends at Vol 21, Chap 168

User Reviews

Hikaru no Go by Rashid

Forum

2 topics, 25 posts
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User Rating

Average: 8.8 / 10.0 (1156 votes)
Bayesian Average: 8.75 / 10.0

10	37% (427 votes)
9+	26% (304 votes)
8+	22% (258 votes)
7+	9% (100 votes)
6+	3% (31 votes)
5+	1% (17 votes)
4+	0% (5 votes)
3+	0% (2 votes)
2+	0% (2 votes)
1+	1% (10 votes)

Last Updated

January 14th 2013, 1:38am PST

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Genre

Comedy Drama Shounen Sports Supernatural
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Author(s)

HOTTA Yumi

Artist(s)

OBATA Takeshi

Year

1998

Original Publisher

Shueisha

Serialized In (magazine)

Weekly Shonen Jump (Shueisha)

Licensed (in English)

Yes

English Publisher

Viz (23 Volumes - Complete)

Activity Stats (vs. other series)

Weekly Pos #799 increased

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Monthly Pos #1263 increased

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3 Month Pos #1574 increased

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6 Month Pos #1582 increased

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List Stats

On 494 reading lists
On 566 wish lists
On 2857 completed lists
On 94 unfinished lists
On 248 custom lists

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Forum Posts

Silly little question	138 days, 17 hours, 14 minutes ago
The ending!	215 days, 15 hours, 2 minutes ago

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	I loved it
	Rating: N/A by Anonymous April 15th, 2006, 11:47pm
Great series. Hated that Viz/Shonen Jump had to edit it so it can have more of an audience. Though the edits were small, they messed with what the author had originally imagined. Every since I found that out I decided to never buy Viz's edited mangas or any edited manga for that matter.

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	XD Amazing..
	Rating: N/A by celinae March 3rd, 2006, 10:59pm
Edit by mod: WARNING! SPOILERS AHEAD This is perhaps one of my all-time favorite mangas! No other one made me this excited, or this obsessed. I think I actually went a little crazy from Akira's total bishie-ness near the end of the series.. XDXD Though you might think at first that a manga about a game would be boring and have a shabby plot/characters, Hikaru no Go actually turns out to be interesting! The Go games are like matches, and even though there are limitations because people reading the manga probably aren't pros like Shindo-kun, or haven't even heard of Go, the tension visible on each character's face, and the descriptions of what happens certainly make up for it. Shindo-kun is bratty and spoiled, and yes, I really wanted to strangle him around volumes 13 and 14, but even though he's just a kid, you can understand him (or at least understand why he does the things he does). It's really gratifying to see him mature throughout the manga (as well as get cuter XD), and now that I've finished the series, I can see that he really does change a lot because of that one day in the very beginning: Sai... (sobsob) The other characters are really interesting as well, and in combination with the great art and amazing plot, Hikago is a manga worth reading, especially if you like shounen, or don't really mind the lack of romance. And the ending is fabulous, as well! I really regret it ended at 23 volumes.. ;;__;; I wish I could read more!

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	a must read...
	Rating: N/A by Anonymous December 14th, 2005, 9:50am
its an awsome manga n its for everyone, its really cool n exciting. XD i think ppl should relli read this manga...ull definitly enjoyit if u like sports mangas

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	Got GET IT!
	Rating: N/A by Sumirex November 30th, 2005, 8:53pm
One of the first manga I've ever read before I was into all these manga crap (shoujo, shounen, yaoi, yuri, etc). Hikaru No Go is an awesome manga (from memory). I remember having to wait for toriyama translation of the next chapters. I guess what really caught me about Hikaru no go is that the art is amazing and the plot keeps me gripping for more! Anyone who read manga should probably read Hikaru no go! I would never forget this manga due to the fact that it is probably my first admission to the manga world and hence this review might be a bit bias. If you like Hikaru no Go, you might like Prince of Tennis also.