Episode guide
Hikaru no Go episodes
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Episode 41 · Three Weeks isn't Enough
Aired Wednesday, July 24, 2002 · 23 min
Determined to get his game back on track, Isumi takes on Ochi with a vengeance. But Ochi is more concerned with his final opponent: Hikaru.
Episode 42 · The First to Pass
Aired Wednesday, July 31, 2002 · 23 min
Now that the Pro Exam is winding down, the stronger players are beginning to distinguish themselves from the weaker ones…
Episode 43 · Hikaru vs. Waya
Aired Wednesday, August 7, 2002 · 23 min
Now that Ochi has passed the Pro Exam, there are only two spots remaining. With only two games left in the exam, Hikaru faces off against Waya…
Episode 44 · Comeback From The Brink
Aired Wednesday, August 14, 2002 · 23 min
As Hikaru takes on Waya to advance towards the pros, Waya notices that his opponent’s game bears a interesting resemblance to Sai…
Episode 45 · Hikaru vs. Ochi
Aired Wednesday, August 21, 2002 · 23 min
Gearing up for the match, Ochi reveals to Hikaru that he has been studying with Akira Toya in the hopes of learning how to beat him in the pro exam…
Episode 46 · The Last Day of the Pro Exam Finals
Aired Wednesday, August 28, 2002 · 23 min
It’s down to the wire as to who will make it into the world of the pros. Will Hikaru upset Ochi, the newly crowned pro, or will Isumi sneak by with his four losses...?
Episode 47 · Into The World of the Pros
Aired Wednesday, September 4, 2002 · 23 min
Now that Hikaru’s gone pro, he can’t wait to play all the top pros, including Akira Toya and his father, Toya Meijin…
Episode 48 · Sai vs. Meijin
Aired Wednesday, September 11, 2002 · 23 min
The ever-busy Toya Meijin has finally decided to participate in the Shinshodan Series on one condition: his opponent must be Hikaru Shindo…
Episode 49 · A Painful Match
Aired Wednesday, September 18, 2002 · 23 min
From newly-turned pros Ochi and Waya to Go-playing veterans Ogata and Kuwabaru Hon’inbo, everyone’s got their eye on this match between Hikaru and Toya Meijin…
Episode 50 · Sai of the Fujiwara
Aired Wednesday, September 25, 2002 · 23 min
In order to better understand why the spirits of Go have kept his soul on the planet, Sai reflects upon his life during the Heian Period as well as when he met Hikaru and faced Akira Toya.
Episode 51 · Kurata 6-Dan
Aired Wednesday, October 2, 2002 · 23 min
Feeling the need to cheer up a depressed Sai, Hikaru takes him to an Amateur Go Festival, where they expose a local merchant selling counterfeit Go merchandise and meet Atsushi Kurata...
Episode 52 · Hikaru vs. Akira
Aired Wednesday, October 9, 2002 · 23 min
All dressed up to receive his 1-dan certificate, Hikaru learns about the Oteai, a series of games that determine a player’s ranking as well as who his first opponent will be.
Episode 53 · The Confession of Sai
Aired Wednesday, October 16, 2002 · 23 min
Toya Meijin falls victim to a heart attack and is rushed to the hospital. Hikaru goes to visit him and discovers that he’s supplementing his recuperation by playing Go on the internet…
Episode 54 · Excited Spirits
Aired Wednesday, October 23, 2002 · 23 min
Now that Toya Meijin is playing Internet Go, the world is abuzz with excitements, watching a professional champion play online…
Episode 55 · Sai vs. Toya Koyo
Aired Wednesday, October 30, 2002 · 23 min
The wait is over! Sai and Toya Meijin face off in a match that has the entire world glued to their computer screens. Who will triumph and discover the Divine Move?
Episode 56 · The Answer to His Millennium
Aired Wednesday, November 6, 2002 · 23 min
With the Sai finally facing Toya Meijin, the entire world of Go sit on the edge of their seat. Who will triumph in this battle of epic proportions?
Episode 57 · Let me play Sai!
Aired Wednesday, November 13, 2002 · 23 min
Now that the match has ended, Hikaru tries to talk Toya Meijin out of his fateful decision.
Episode 58 · One-Color Go
Aired Wednesday, November 20, 2002 · 23 min
After running into Kurata 6-Dan at Ramen Shop, Hikaru challenges him to game of Go…
Episode 59 · Touya Kouyo Retires!
Aired Wednesday, November 27, 2002 · 23 min
Fullfilling his promise to Hikaru, Koyo Toya resigns from playing Go professionally, sending shockwaves throughout the world.
Episode 60 · Farewell Hikaru
Aired Wednesday, December 4, 2002 · 23 min
Hikaru gets invited to a Go seminar and gets an unavoidable request from Ogata to play Sai...
