History Manga / HikaruNoGo

* HardWorkHardlyWorks: Subverted. The series looks as if it was set up to demonstrate the meteoric rise of Hikaru as a talented Go player. However, despite his immense talents with a thousand year old spirit of a Go genius as a [[SpiritAdvisor teacher]], he is never shown to be capable of dominating his [[TheRival rival]] Akira, who is just as talented as him if not even more, but had started playing much earlier than him.

* TheThingThatGoesDoink: Shown a number of times, most prominently in the Touya residence.

The story follows Hikaru Shindo, an (initially) eleven-year-old Japanese schoolboy, who accidentally releases the ghost of Fujiwara no Sai, a Heian-era {{TabletopGame/Go}} master who killed himself, and whose spirit was trapped in a bloodstained Go board. Once released, Sai's spirit posesses Hikaru, because he is desperate to play Go again, seeking to achieve the Divine Hand, the perfect decisive move. Initially, Hikaru plays for Sai, instructed by their mental link, simply to get him to shut up.

Compare ''Manga/ShionNoOu'', which has a similar premise, only with the game of TabletopGame/{{Shogi}} instead.

* MundaneMadeAwesome: Every game of Go is played like a typical sports game, with speed lines, dramatic angles, and important moves glow. Episode 62 takes this up to eleven, since Hikaru is virtually berserk with worry at the time. Every stone Hikaru plays has an echo, and electricity arcs between the stones at one point.

!This show provides examples of:

* AdaptationInspiration: with PragmaticAdaptation thrown in for the Chinese live action based on the brevity a typical Chinese show has, an hour or so for each episode. Get Over and Bokura no Bouken had been adapted to fit the work. The story beats are still the same, just over a time span.

* MundaneMadeAwesome: Every game of Go is played like a typical sports game, with speed lines, dramatic angles, and important moves glow. Episode 62 takes this UpToEleven, since Hikaru is virtually berserk with worry at the time. Every stone Hikaru plays has an echo, and electricity arcs between the stones at one point.

* UnrelatedEffects: When someone is demonstrating exceptional skill in the game, their fingertips glow as they place down the stone.

* ExactWords: At one point, Akira must play four simultaneous games against a {{Jerkass}} assemblyman and his assistants, and is told that the assemblyman cannot lose. Akira's response? Force all players to a tied game, a nigh-impossible feat that easily cements his skill relative to theirs.

* MulticoloredHair: Hikaru and Ochi.

''Hikaru no Go'' (ヒカルの碁) is a manga written by Yumi Hotta and drawn by a pre-''Manga/DeathNote'' Takeshi Obata, originally serialized in ''[[Magazine/ShonenJump Weekly Shonen Jump]]'' from 1999 to 2003. It follows Hikaru Shindo, an (initially) eleven-year-old Japanese schoolboy, who accidentally releases the ghost of Fujiwara no Sai, a Heian-era {{TabletopGame/Go}} master who killed himself, and whose spirit was trapped in a bloodstained Go board. Once released, Sai's spirit posesses Hikaru, because he is desperate to play Go again, seeking to achieve the Divine Hand, the perfect decisive move. Initially, Hikaru plays for Sai, instructed by their mental link, simply to get him to shut up.

* SpinOff: The live-action instructional series ''"Go Go Igo!"'', presented by [[HotTeacher Umezawa Yukari]], shown after episodes of the anime.

''Hikaru no Go'' (ヒカルの碁) is a manga written by Yumi Hotta and drawn by a pre-''Manga/DeathNote'' Takeshi Obata, originally serialized in ''Magazine/ShonenJump Weekly Shonen Jump'' from 1999 to 2003. It follows Hikaru Shindo, an (initially) eleven-year-old Japanese schoolboy, who accidentally releases the ghost of Fujiwara no Sai, a Heian-era {{TabletopGame/Go}} master who killed himself, and whose spirit was trapped in a bloodstained Go board. Once released, Sai's spirit posesses Hikaru, because he is desperate to play Go again, seeking to achieve the Divine Hand, the perfect decisive move. Initially, Hikaru plays for Sai, instructed by their mental link, simply to get him to shut up.

''Hikaru no Go'' (ヒカルの碁) is a 1999 manga written by Yumi Hotta and drawn by a pre-''Manga/DeathNote'' Takeshi Obata. It follows Hikaru Shindo, an (initially) eleven-year-old Japanese schoolboy, who accidentally releases the ghost of Fujiwara no Sai, a Heian-era {{TabletopGame/Go}} master who killed himself, and whose spirit was trapped in a bloodstained Go board. Once released, Sai's spirit posesses Hikaru, because he is desperate to play Go again, seeking to achieve the Divine Hand, the perfect decisive move. Initially, Hikaru plays for Sai, instructed by their mental link, simply to get him to shut up.

** Speaking of slight expansion, Haze’s Go Club’s counterpart was given a slightly larger role such as a training camp. Coincidentally, Hikaru’s counterpart met Isumi’s counterpart earlier as a result. Ogata’s counterpart was given more screen time including acting as a liaison if drama comes up between the Hikaru Akira dynamic. Yes, the trajectory is slightly changed in the rivalry due to the TimeSkip and more. Akira’s counterpart was still just as obsessed though the minute interaction he even got with his rival just fueled him more. In the original, it was the school match that finally pushed Akira into becoming pro and only interacted with Hikaru through indirect means afterward - except that one time after the online Sai match - until he entered the pro world while it took a good few years for that to happen in the Chinese version.

** Speaking of slight expansion, Haze’s Go Club’s counterpart was given a slightly larger role. Ogata’s counterpart was given more screen time including acting as a liaison if drama comes up between the Hikaru Akira dynamic. Yes, the trajectory is slightly changed in the rivalry due to the TimeSkip and more. Akira’s counterpart was still just as obsessed though the minute interaction he even got with his rival just fueled him more. In the original, it was the school match that finally pushed Akira into becoming pro and only interacted with Hikaru through indirect means afterward - except that one time after the online Sai match - until he entered the pro world while it took a good few years for that to happen in the Chinese version.

** Speaking of slight expansion, Haze’s Go Club’s counterpart was given a slightly larger role. Ogata’s counterpart was given more screen time including acting as a liaison if drama comes up between the Hikaru Akira dynamic. Yes, the trajectory is slightly changed in the rivalry due to the TimeSkip and more. Akira’s counterpart was still just as obsessed though the minute interaction he even got with his rival just fueled him more. In the original, it was the school match that finally pushed Akira into becoming pro and only interacted with Hikaru through indirect means afterwards until he entered the pro world while it took a good few years for that to happen in the Chinese version.

* AdaptationInspiration: with PragmaticAdaptation thrown in for the Chinese live action based on the brevity a typical Chinese show has, an hour or so for each episode. Get Over and Bokura no Bouken had been adapted to fit the work. The story beats are still the same.