6.6/1027 votesLoading...#1 - Fujiwara no Sai
Season 2 Episode 20 - Aired 9/25/2002
This episode is basically a recap of Sai's past journeys, from playing Go in the palace and his eventual suicide, playing Go through Shuusaku and then Hikaru. The second half kind of traces Hikaru's Go journey till the present - the first game btw Hikaru/Akira, set-up of Haze Jr's Go Club, Hikaru letting Sai practise through Internet Go and Hikaru's determination to catch up with Akira. Sai laments to God on why he let him came back through Hikaru and wonders if Hikaru will ever let him play again.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
6.6/1027 votesLoading...#2 - 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
6.6/1027 votesLoading...#3 - 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
6.8/1027 votesLoading...#4 - 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
6.8/1028 votesLoading...#5 - 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
6.9/1027 votesLoading...#6 - 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
7.0/1036 votesLoading...#7 - Discovered Weakness!!
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 10/17/2001
With the recent defeat of the Meijin's son, Hikaru goes about his day normally. However, Akira is obsessing over the game he lost. He won't do anything but stare at the Go board and replay the game that he lost. When he gets word that Hikaru is at a Children's Go Tournament, he rushes there hoping to confront Hikaru and ask for a rematch.
Director: Yuji Sekimoto
Writer: Shikichi Ohashi
7.0/1036 votesLoading...#8 - Kaga in Shogi Club
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/31/2001
Akari invites Hikaru to the Haze Junior High festival. Hikaru reluctantly goes, but cannot find Akari anywhere. So, while walking around he stumbles upon a group of kids around a Go board. Tsutsui, the head of the Haze Junior High Go Club, is holding a competition. The prize is a book entitled "Assorted Tsumego from Touya Meijin's Matches". After seeing this Sai is eager to win it. But, can he with the sudden appearance of the Shougi captain, Kaga?
Director: Masaaki Kumagai
Writer: Atsuhiro Tomioka
7.0/1032 votesLoading...#9 - The Scheme in the Rain
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 11/28/2001
Akira is too good against everyone at Kaio's Go club. The members don't take this sitting down, as three of them plan to take him down.
Director: Saeko Aoki
Writer: Shikichi Ohashi
7.0/1026 votesLoading...#10 - 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
7.1/1032 votesLoading...#11 - I Won't Play Against You
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 11/21/2001
Hikaru is now in Haze Middle School and joins the Go club. Akira Toya is now in Kaio. He pays a visit to Haze and challenges Hikaru to a match. Will Hikaru accept to play him?
Director: Harume Kosaka
Writer: Atsuhiro Tomioka
7.1/1029 votesLoading...#12 - The Greatest Wall for Hikaru (2)
Season 1 Episode 26 - Aired 4/10/2002
With help from Sai, Hikaru overcomes his weakness and finally makes it into the A league. Back at school, Kaga and Kimihiro have already graduated to HIgh School. Now that Hikaru's in the A league, he's slowly reaching his goal of 16th. He's even able to defeat Fuku, someone who not even Waya can defeat. Waya is Hikaru's next opponent, and Waya's confident that Hikaru will lose. That is, until HIkaru accidentally blurts out what the online user Sai said to him. Can Hikaru defeat Waya and prove to Waya that he isn't Sai at the same time?
Director: Shin'ichi Masaki
Writer: Atsuhiro Tomioka
7.1/1028 votesLoading...#13 - A Place To Go Back To
Season 1 Episode 27 - Aired 4/17/2002
Yuuki Mitani decides to go back to the Go Club.
Director: Tetsuya Endo
Writer: Shikichi Ohashi
7.1/1025 votesLoading...#14 - 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
7.2/1034 votesLoading...#15 - An Irritating Presence
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 12/5/2001
Akira is still loathed in the Go club, but he doesn't care. Even the club's sensei has bad feelings about him being there. How long will Akira stay in the club?
Director: Setsuo Takase
Writer: Shikichi Ohashi
7.2/1032 votesLoading...#16 - You Are The Third Board
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 12/26/2001
After Hikaru gets back Yuki's money, Yuki decides to join the club, but refuses to play in the tournament. Tsutsui explains how strong Kaio is and Yuki changes his mind. But will he play without cheating? Meanwhile, Akira discovers that Hikaru is the third board in the tournament and begs the club sensei to put him there. Is Akira willing to give up all his pride and his reputation, just for this one spot?
Director: Harume Kosaka
Writer: Shikichi Ohashi
7.2/1030 votesLoading...#17 - The Room of Yuugen
Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 3/20/2002
Hikaru aims to progress to the first class of the Insei program where Waya and Isumi take the top spots. Both of them wanted to pass the Pro exams quickly this year, due to various personal reasons. Ogata feels that Akira doesn't seem to have much of a fighting spirit recently and bring him to the insitute to show him that Hikaru had gotten into the Insei program. It succeeded in provoking Akira to rev up his pace. Hikaru learns of the new dan series that is to take place in The Room of Yuugen and witnessed for himself, the imposing presence/aura of the room. Meanwhile, the end of the episode marks the start of Akira's first dan match with Zama-sensei.
Director: Shin'ichi Masaki
Writer: Atsuhiro Tomioka
7.2/1029 votesLoading...#18 - Kuwabara Honinbou
Season 1 Episode 29 - Aired 5/1/2002
Ogata and Kuwabara are anticipating their matches for the Honinbou title, both anxious to greet the upcoming wave of pros in the Go world. Meanwhile, a guy who has won many college titles for Go and is well-known among the Insei is planning on taking the Go test.
Director: Katsuyoshi Yatabe
Writer: Atsuhiro Tomioka
7.2/1028 votesLoading...#19 - The Preliminary Starts
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 5/15/2002
Hikaru takes the prelims to qualify for the Pro exams whereas Waya/Isumi are admitted straight to the finals being among the top 8 of the Insei program. Hikaru is intimidated by Tsubaki, a really loud and brash guy, who turns out to be his first opponent. Tsubaki plays mind games with Hikaru and won the match. For Hikaru, the loss highlighted his inexperience with playing with adults since starting go and it represents a hurdle he has to overcome to reach his goal.
Director: Kunitoshi Okajima
Writer: Michiko Yokote
7.2/1027 votesLoading...#20 - Excitement (A.K.A. Excited Spirits)
Season 2 Episode 24 - Aired 10/23/2002
Now that Toya Meiji is playing Internet Go, the world is abuzz with excitement. But little do they know that a challenger of exceptional strength waits in the shadows.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.2/1027 votesLoading...#21 - 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
7.2/1027 votesLoading...#22 - 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
7.3/1035 votesLoading...#23 - Prediction of an Awakening
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 11/7/2001
After loosing the game to Kaga, Hikaru is forced into joining a Jr. high school Go Club Tournament. He is to join Tsutsui and Kaga as the third member for the Haze Jr. High Go Club team for the tournament. But when Hikaru insists that he wants to play for himself, will he come out victorious?
Director: Setsuo Takase
Writer: Shikichi Ohashi
7.3/1033 votesLoading...#24 - The Third Member
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 12/12/2001
A boy named Yuki Mitani solves a challenging problem on the Haze Go club's posters. Hikaru knows they need a third member really badly, and tries to convince Yuki to join. However, he soon discovers Yuki's true strength.
Director: Yuji Sekimoto
Writer: Michiko Yokote
7.3/1029 votesLoading...#25 - Sai's Sword Unsheathed (1)
Season 1 Episode 25 - Aired 4/10/2002
HIkaru can't seem to get any better at Go, despite the fact that he plays with Sai every day. If he wants any chance to get into a tournament and face Akira, he needs to get stronger. Sai reveals the ultimate weakness of Hikaru, he's afraid of Sai, and every other opponent he faces.
Director: Hideki Tonokatsu
Writer: Shikichi Ohashi
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Worst Episodes Summary
"Fujiwara no Sai" is the worst rated episode of "Hikaru no Go". It scored 6.6/10 based on 27 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 9/25/2002. This episode scored 0.0 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Keichou Flowerpots".