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meepelous's review against another edition
3.0
OK, so to be completely honest, I've waited a bit too long to review these volumes and they are running a bit together for me. So I know this particular point became more developed later, but this was certainly the start so this is where I shall note it!
As I recall, this is the volume where adults began to play a larger role in Hikaru No Go. Again, I continue to expect this series to degrade as the series goes on but I keep being surprised by the ways that it instead starts to open up. The ways in which we start seeing the adults more as people really helps to solidify the all ages label I've been giving this work. Not particularly common, I really applaud the way in which this series can appeal to people of all ages.
As I recall, this is the volume where adults began to play a larger role in Hikaru No Go. Again, I continue to expect this series to degrade as the series goes on but I keep being surprised by the ways that it instead starts to open up. The ways in which we start seeing the adults more as people really helps to solidify the all ages label I've been giving this work. Not particularly common, I really applaud the way in which this series can appeal to people of all ages.
xterminal's review against another edition
4.0
Yumi Hotta, Hikaru no Go: The Pro Test Preliminaries: Day Four (ViZ, 1998)
Aside from the rather odd choice of title (the book covers the entire preliminaries), another winning entry in the series. Hikaru is used to playing with his study group, but the pro test preliminaries allow anyone, including adults up to the age of twenty-nine, so Hikaru is playing with people he's never played with before. He meets Tsubata, a heavily-bearded, obnoxious adult who seems to take a shine to him, which throws his game off tremendously. Can Hikaru overcome his problems and make it to the pro test? Good stuff. ****
Aside from the rather odd choice of title (the book covers the entire preliminaries), another winning entry in the series. Hikaru is used to playing with his study group, but the pro test preliminaries allow anyone, including adults up to the age of twenty-nine, so Hikaru is playing with people he's never played with before. He meets Tsubata, a heavily-bearded, obnoxious adult who seems to take a shine to him, which throws his game off tremendously. Can Hikaru overcome his problems and make it to the pro test? Good stuff. ****