Full-time comic artist

What about Touya Kouyo, whose skill level is almost the same as Sai's?

This game will be very difficult.

Even so, Sai still had to play Go with Touya Kouhiro.

"His presence at the chessboard is still as commanding as ever!"

"No matter how unfavorable the circumstances, I finally have the opportunity to play against you!"

Sai's chess moves are like a samurai wielding a sword, relentlessly pressing forward.

Shinoda, a fourth-dan player, was thrilled, because Touya Kouyo, Japan's strongest man, showed no signs of letting up.

He stared intently at the little boy sitting opposite him, a mere fourteen-year-old boy, but the atmosphere during their chess game was exceptionally tense.

It's like being watched by a ghost!

The opponent exuded the aura of an ancient hero who had experienced countless battles!

The opponent kept attacking, playing interesting moves that seemed to put them at a disadvantage, as if they were carrying a komi (a unit of measurement for points). So, without giving them a moment's respite, they hoped to break through their defenses.

"It's really interesting."

The game ended quickly, and without a doubt, Touya Kouhiro won.

"I hope to play against you without any komi. Although I don't know why you chose to play this way, there's something about you that can't be hidden. I look forward to playing against you again!"

Touya Yukihiro considers him to be a player of the same level.

"Let's play each other first next time."

Sai: "Yeah, next time for sure."

Why did the gods resurrect themselves in Xiao Guang's body?

After finishing this game, Fujiwara no Sai was extremely unwilling to accept defeat.

Why is he still alive?

After his match against Touya Kouhiro, he was unable to play his own game of Go and could not comprehend the "divine move," which made him feel lost about his own existence.

After reading Shinoda's fourth verse, I breathed a sigh of relief.

He felt the immense pressure from the comic.

"Indeed, it's wonderful to be able to play chess."

He could sense Fujiwara Sai's resentment and the pain of not being able to have a fair and satisfying battle with Touya Kouhiro.

"It's so great to be able to see this comic book."

Unable to resist the urge to play, he put away his jump and went to find a colleague to play chess.

……

Eiichiro Oda looked at "Hikaru no Go" with a serious expression, puzzled.

Throughout the manga, he asks Hibiki Higashino, who is drawing, "Sensei, will you let Sai become a Buddha?"

Judging from the current trajectory, the main character is growing stronger, while Sai's role is gradually diminishing.

In Hikaru Shindo, another "Fujiwara Sai" appears.

In the story, Sai's doubts and his pain will eventually be resolved.

Therefore, "Sai's popularity in 'Hikaru no Go' is number one, without any controversy."

"Are you going to give up such high popularity? Without Sai, the performance of 'Hikaru no Go' will drop a lot."

Hibiki Higashino glanced at him in surprise. How could someone as seemingly insignificant as Oda be so perceptive?

He silently agreed.

Oda was moved, saying, "To sacrifice the success and future of the work for the sake of the story's plausibility, is this the choice you, teacher, made?"

Hibiki Higashino replied, "This is the future of the work."

While watching "Hikaru no Go," he wept bitterly over the storyline of Fujiwara no Sai's disappearance and cursed the author.

But thinking about it now that I'm older, I realize that such things are unavoidable. Because I genuinely love "Hikaru no Go," I drew storylines that would negatively impact my income, all for the sake of elevating the work, which only made it more moving.

He looked at Oda and said, "One day, you'll be like that too."

Higashino thought of the Marineford War.

This is undoubtedly the most climactic chapter in One Piece.

But right here, Oda had the hugely popular character Ace finish filming.

This brought the story to a grand conclusion.

However, it also lost some readers.

When Hibiki Higashino was reading One Piece, he was initially very interested, but after reaching this point, he didn't want to continue reading. Once he reached the New World, he gave up on following the series.

Therefore, "I believe you will feel the same way as me."

Hibiki Higashino said to Oda.

“Yes,” Oda said, deeply moved. “I will learn from you, but the content of the work is more important. I will never forget this spirit of a manga artist.”

"Ah, this..." Higashino Hibiki was speechless. He scratched his cheek, wondering if he would use himself as an excuse in the future.

He doesn't want to take the blame.

"This is your own decision, it has nothing to do with me! Remember, it has nothing to do with me!"

He firmly denied any connection.

"Huh?" Oda was puzzled. "But this is indeed..."

“It was your own idea,” Higashino Hibiki repeated.

"Yes...right..." Oda was speechless.

After talking for a while, Akemi Akemi finally came to her senses.

"Is Sai about to become a Buddha?"

Judging from her slow-to-realize attitude, no wonder she can't write good plots.

My brain definitely doesn't work as fast as Oda's.

Hibiki Higashino shook his head, feeling helpless and worried that it would affect the intelligence of the next generation.

"Are you insulting me?" Akemi Akemi raised an eyebrow.

"No!" Higashino Hibiki denied it outright.

"But I clearly felt it..."

"This is an illusion!"

……

Sasaki went home after get off work.

Standing in front of the zebra crossing, watching the vehicles coming and going, he thought of Tori Akino Mirai again.

The recent storyline of "Hikaru no Go" is very good, getting better and better, and it can now stand shoulder to shoulder with "Saint Seiya".

This made him put in a lot more effort.

When Sasaki visited Nobuhiro Watsuki's studio a while ago, he said something that Sasaki couldn't forget.

“Mr. Sasaki, don’t you think you’re favoring Tori Akino too much? I’m also an author you’re in charge of.”

It made him feel ashamed.

Because that's really how he is.

Rurouni Kenshin has achieved great success, and the future of mainstream manga is much better than that of Hikaru no Go.

But he felt that Tori Akino's future was limitless, his potential had not yet been fully realized, and he deserved to put in even more effort.

He apologized to Nobuhiro Watsuki, but he still couldn't guarantee that he would not be biased towards Akino Tori in the future.

"Dragon Ball is almost over, right? I should take advantage of this time to quickly start releasing the second volume of Hikaru no Go." He suddenly thought.

The pedestrian crossing light turned green.

He started walking towards the other side.

Walking in the same direction were several junior high school students.

"The recent episodes of 'Hikaru no Go' have been so interesting! Sai was so cool when he said, 'No matter how unfavorable the circumstances, I finally have the chance to play against you!'"

"Yes, yes! It's like a battle between warriors, even though it's a game of chess. It's so exciting!"

"I asked my mom to sign me up for a Go class..."

The two began to walk in different directions, and Sasaki could no longer hear their conversation.

You can feel their love for "Hikaru no Go".

It's a good thing that children can also enjoy Hibiki Higashino's works.

One of the major problems with "Hikaru no Go" is that it is more popular with readers aged 17 and above.

Now the readership is gradually expanding.

He nodded as he analyzed the situation.

Author's Note on the Launch of Chapter 88

It will be available for purchase tomorrow; please subscribe on the first day.

First of all, thank you all for your support, and thank you to editor Liuxing.

He and I discussed it for a long time. He was originally planning to switch careers and write Ultraman fanfiction, starting with Ultraman Super 8, but he stopped that idea.

Indeed, upon closer reflection, writing Ultraman fanfiction wouldn't have yielded the results it has today.

My knowledge of Ultraman comes from the Showa and Heisei eras; I haven't watched many of the newer generation series, so writing about them would be difficult.

Then came this comic book copybook, which I didn't think about for long, maybe a day or two.