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Hikaru No Go, Vol. 13: First Professional Match (2008)

by Yumi Hotta(Favorite Author)

4.22 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

1421515091 (ISBN13: 9781421515090)

languge

English

genre

Graphic Novels & Comics

publisher

VIZ Media LLC

series

Hikaru no Go

review 1: So I am reviewing this for a number of volumes up to like 19. I just chose this one randomly and I will not say and spoiler's. First off I started reading this series because I was bored at the time. When I first read it I had no idea Go was an actual game. later to find out my school had a club for it. And began my love of this series and the game. I found so far what I have read to be very entertaining. I just love how the plot has developed and how the artwork has changed/grown. Overall so far decent series.
review 2: Now that Hikaru is a professional go player, his first pro game is against... drum roll... his long-time rival, Akira Toyo.And I am knocking a whole star off for the heavy-handed plot device of having Akira's father, Toyo Meijin, have a heart a... morettack just before the game. I mean, are you really going to do this until the last volume, Hotta? Just how many times can you postpone the big grudge matches that the series has been building towards?So, now that the Meijin is in the hospital, he is playing a little Internet go to occupy his time. Hikaru finds out, and arranges a game with Sai, who has been begging for a chance to play the Meijin again since they first met.After some negotiating, Meijin agrees. So we actually commence one of those epic battles the series has been building towards: Fujiwara-no-Sai vs. Toyo Koya Meijin. And with the mysterious "Sai" back online, the entire go world ends up watching this online game between the two legendary players.Yeah, everything about this volume was kind of contrived. Still a good story, and the art really carries the "cyberspace" confrontation between two epic figures over a virtual go board, but Hotta needs to find a new angle to the story. You can only spend so many volumes on one or two climactic games. Speaking of which, this volume ends mid-game.So, next volume has epic potential, but it also has jump-the-shark potential if Hotta pulls another artificial plot device out of a hat to avoid a resolution in the Sai vs. Meijin match. less

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