6.9/1026 votes#1 - Sai is Gone?
Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 12/11/2002
Hikaru discovers that Sai is missing and searches all over him. Unable to locate him, he travels to Inno Island to visit Shusaku's grave in an effort to find him. Is it true? Is Sai really gone?
Director: Jun Kamiya
Writer: Shikichi Ohashi
7.2/1026 votes#2 - The Top Player in Hiroshima
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 12/18/2002
The #1 Amateur Go Player in Japan, Shuhei, challenges Hikaru to a match while Hikaru is looking for Sai in Hiroshima.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
6.9/1026 votes#3 - I Won't Play Anymore
Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 12/25/2002
Unable to locate Sai, Hikaru makes a vow to never play Go again without him.
Director: Katsuyoshi Yatabe
Writer: N/A
6.3/1027 votes#4 - Keichou Flowerpots
Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 1/8/2003
This episode shows us a young Hikaru, back from 7th grade before the Insei exam. When Sai is disturbed by the owner of a pottery shop, with a face like a toad, Hikaru/Sai must beat the owner who turns out to be a 5dan to prove to everyone what a cheat the owner is. But can he turn around his own play, and win a game someone else has already resigned to help a young girl?
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
6.6/1026 votes#5 - Isumi no Go
Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 1/5/2003
Isumi and other semi-pro's from japan go to a good will competition against pros in china. although he starts off confident an early loss puts isumi into a tail spin of doubt and confusion over his skills. he is presented with a unique opportunity to learn with chinnese pros for a short while. in an overcrowded and extremly talented enviornment can isumi regain his confidence?
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.0/1025 votes#6 - The Fated Encounter
Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 1/22/2003
In this flashback before Akira Toya met Hikaru Shindo, a young children's Go champion challenges Akira to a game at the Go Salon.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.1/1024 votes#7 - Isumi tested
Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 1/29/2003
Still in China improving his game, Isumi challenges Le Ping to a rematch. Meanwhile, Asumi encounters Hikaru and demands to know why he has stopped playing Go.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
6.6/1028 votes#8 - Forfeits
Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 2/5/2003
Hikaru is still forfeiting his Go matches, and everyone round his is worried and confused. Can the young player's friends and familyconvince him to get his game back?
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.3/1026 votes#9 - The Determined Visitor
Season 3 Episode 9 - Aired 2/12/2003
Isumi return from China, now a stronger and more focused player. When he hears Hikaru is losing his games by default he vows to investigate the situation.
Director: Hideki Tonokatsu
Writer: N/A
7.7/1026 votes#10 - Sai was here...
Season 3 Episode 10 - Aired 2/19/2003
After much convincing, Hikaru agrees to play Isumi. However, he will play him for Isumi’s sake, not his own. He will not enjoy the game or get into it. He can’t betray Sai. But when the game of Go becomes intense, is there anything that Hikaru can do? Hikaru ties hard not to betray Sai. He promised him that he would never play again. But can it be helped? Will Sai ever return to him?
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.5/1026 votes#11 - The First Comeback Match
Season 3 Episode 11 - Aired 2/26/2003
Hikaru has finally started to play Go again. He has found Sai within his moves, within his Go. But can Hikaru win his first comeback match against 2-dan Murakami? Everyone is watching. Meanwhile, what will become of the Haze Jr. High School Go club? After the year is over, only one boy will be left. Everyone else will graduate and move on.
Director: Toshiya Niidome
Writer: Shikichi Ohashi
7.2/1026 votes#12 - And so they began to run
Season 3 Episode 12 - Aired 3/5/2003
The Go world is moving. Everything is changing. Hikaru has won his first comeback match and dives into his next one. Isumi is taking the Pro Exam and is on his way to becoming a pro like Waya, Hikaru, and Ochi before him. Akira is beating high level dans. Ogata has taken yet another title. The Go world is shifting; a new wave is coming with Akira in the lead. But Kuwabara will not allow them to surpass him just yet...
Director: Yuichiro Miyake
Writer: Michiko Yokote
7.3/1028 votes#13 - Shindou vs Touya
Season 3 Episode 13 - Aired 3/12/2003
The long awaited day has finally arrived. Hikaru Shindou V. Akira Touya! The two reminisce about the past and the last time they played. It was a little over two years ago. They have both grown stronger since then. They sit down. Hikaru places one black stone and Akira places five white ones. Hikaru is black and will go first. Akira is white and will go second. Hikaru places his first stone down on komoku. Both of them are excited and the match they have both been waiting for has finally arrived…
Director: Katsuyoshi Yatabe
Writer: Atsuhiro Tomioka
7.5/1031 votes#14 - Forever Inside You
Season 3 Episode 14 - Aired 3/19/2003
The game between Hikaru and Akira wages on. They are both into the game and excited about it. Meanwhile, Amano tells news of a junior Japan, China, and Korea Go Tournament. It’s for experienced Go players under the age of 18. Everyone is worried because they have no one who could stand a chance against Korea, or even China, except for Akira. Amano says that they have Hikaru and the new wave that’s coming…
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.6/1030 votes#15 - That Same Old Smile
Season 3 Episode 15 - Aired 3/26/2003
The match between Hikaru and Akira comes to an end. Hikaru tells Akira that one day, he will tell him everything. At night Hikaru has a dream, with a surprise visitor! At the end, the song “Get Over” is played as we see everyone throughout the series. The Go world is changing and a younger generation has arrived!
Director: Tetsuya Endo
Writer: Shikichi Ohashi
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Season 3 Ratings Summary
"Sai is Gone?" is the best rated episode of "Hikaru no Go" season 3. It scored 6.9/10 based on 26 votes. Directed by Jun Kamiya and written by Shikichi Ohashi, it aired on 12/11/2002. This episode is rated 0.3 points higher than the second-best, "The Top Player in Hiroshima".