Hikaru No Go: A Gap in Go? But I'm an Eight-Time King!

A thousand years from now, the art of Go has been lost, and the way of the board is the highest sacred power! The world regards fragments of ancient manuals as divine techniques, until the unlikely duo of Nine-Dan Bian and Xiao Guang bursts onto the scene and unleashes a dimension-crushing storm across the globe!

The abstract-play king, Nine-Dan Bian, bonds with Ke Jie in cat pajamas. He comes with an AI win-rate overlay and an eight-auspicious-stars, ten-loss streak! He deliberately throws every game, then harvests a massive payoff with a single move, blowing up the entire board!

With his Dao heart shattered, Xiao Guang searches alongside Chu Ying, the Go Saint of a thousand years past, for the “Divine Move.” But Ke Jie tells him, “The AI ran the numbers. Even a dog wouldn't play that useless move,” and leaves him sobbing, his Dao heart in pieces!

From deadly schoolyard duels to the national tournament, and then to kicking a resurrected ancient AI tyrant flying--

Everyone else treats Go as a martial art where life and death are at stake, while the two of them treat the board like an online game for a thrilling duo queue!

“What's the rush? My ten-loss streak has just maxed out. Once I play that three-star, five-cost dog move, every last one of you will be on your knees!”

This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance to actual people or events is purely coincidental. Do not imitate.