Dad's comic life

Chiyoda, Tokyo, a prestigious private junior high school in Tokyo

Class A, Year 1

At this moment, it is the end of get out of class.

"Hey, Shinpachi, do you know Zuowei? Is there really such a person in the history of our Sakura Country?"

The speaker was Amamiya Haru, a classmate of Tianmatsu Shinpachi. He asked Tianmatsu Shinpachi with doubts.

"I'm not Shinpachi from Gintama, you bastard!" Tianmatsu Shinpachi was stunned for a moment when he heard his classmate's words, and then he reacted and immediately refuted the other person's name for him.

However, he soon started laughing again: "So, you have also read "Soul of Go"? Didn't you say that you wouldn't read Go comics to death?"

"There are no absolutes!"

Hearing Shinpachi's words, Amamiya Haru scratched the back of his head.

He felt a little ashamed when he thought about the scene when Shinpachi asked him to read "Game of Souls" when it was first serialized, but he firmly said that he would not touch the manga.

However, he soon put this shame in his heart and continued to ask: "No, now it's not about whether I can watch the spirit of chess, but whether Zuo Wei is a person in history? I watched this The comic is suddenly very curious about this person."

"Stop talking." Tianmatsu Shinpachi waved his hand: "This person does not exist at all, and the other chess master Sugawara Kentada is also a fiction."

To be honest, when he first read this comic, he was also quite curious about Zuo Wei, so he read a lot of historical materials, asked his father, and finally determined that this person was indeed fictional.

"That's it..."

After Tian Matsu Shinpachi said these words, Amamiya Haru was obviously disappointed.

Another friend, Kudo Shuichi, who was listening to the two chatting, also became interested: "Is "Soul of the Game" so good-looking?"

She also likes comics, and has read "The Soul of Chess" on Jiangpu several times, but she has never read it.

After all, Go is synonymous with boring, stubborn, and old men in his eyes. It would be better to think of something as simple and clear as chess, and backgammon is much more interesting than that.

What kind of story could make a friend like Haru Amamiya, who doesn't know much about Go and has no chance of liking such a boring game, become interested in Go?

"It's super interesting! I just realized that Go is so interesting! You can also take a look!" Haru Amamiya and Shinpachi Tianmatsu said in unison.

Then he suddenly remembered something, and then continued: "Speaking of which, Kudo, aren't you the blogger of a super famous blog? If you promote this work, it will definitely be popular. Is it famous?"

"Well...if it looks good, I can take a look and recommend it."

Kudo Shuichi did not finish his words.

After all, it is impossible for him to lose the popularity of his blog just because of the recommendation of his friends.

If it doesn't look good, you will be the one to lose.

"Don't worry, it will definitely look good!"

Both of them showed Metkai's signature teeth and gave a thumbs up: "You will never be disappointed!"

After school, Kudo Shuichi went directly back to his home.

After all, he was from the Homecoming Club and did not participate in so-called club activities.

As soon as he got home, he heard his parents nagging him not to stay at home all the time and to communicate more with others.

Such nagging bored him, so he put down his bowl after eating as fast as he could in his life, then returned to his room, closed the door forcefully, and wow, the world was finally clean.

After finding out the previous issues of Jiang Pu, Shuichi Kudo planned to start reading the Go comics recommended to him by his good friends.

He wanted to see what kind of comics his friends recommended.

Forget it about Shinpachi, his family is a Go family, but Amamiya Haru has always been quite disdainful of Go!

The first chapter introduces the so-called main characters.

In the second episode of "Soul of the Game", Shindo Hikaru defeated Taya Ryo, which made Kudo Shuichi feel extremely satisfied.

At this moment, he substituted himself for Shindo Hikaru. When Shindo Hikaru defeated Taya Ryo, who had a genius aura, his heart was also satisfied.

After he saw Taya Ryo, he knew that this character was probably the future protagonist's opponent.

It often appears in many sports comics. The protagonist is given a seemingly awesome opponent, and then the protagonist defeats it again and again, making readers feel satisfied.

But he soon discovered that the story of "Soul of Chess" was going to be different from what he had thought before.

Taya Ryo is not a supporting character who lets Shindo Hikaru get slapped in the face, he quickly defeated the protagonist.

Generally speaking, if the protagonist loses, many readers will find this supporting character annoying, but Ryo Taiya's serious, focused, and easy-going character makes it impossible for Kudo Shuichi to dislike him.

This kind of plot also made Kudo Shuichi watch it more intently.

After a long time, he exhaled.

This comic is really exciting and completely breaks the conventions of past sports and competition comics.

To be honest, the story of this work is very simple. In addition to the exquisite painting style, it does not have any fancy narrative techniques or divine twists, but it is surprisingly interesting and I can't stop talking about it one after another.

And the reason why this happens is because...

"Yes, it's realism!"

Kudo Shuichi muttered to himself.

Everything is too real, completely different from the kind of sports show that is just for the sake of burning, from the Go teahouse, to the middle school Go club, to the chess academy... It is estimated that there will be various exams, competitions, and title battles in the future.

This kind of comic unfolds the whole world of Go to readers like them, and introduces all kinds of living things that a young man named Shindo Hikari sees on his career path. Therefore, although the story is very dull, it still has strong tension.

Not only are the various exams in the Go world very real, but the characters in them also give him a real feeling.

Under the pressure of age, Ikaku-senpai is very strong but his mentality is prone to collapse, and he is depressed and frustrated.

Kishimoto-senpai recognized his lack of talent and gave up.

They are extremely strict with themselves, are young and immature, are overly competitive and easily become hostile to others, and are overly intelligent, etc.

One after another, the supporting characters naturally show the readers the cruelty of professional competition, the endless pursuit, and the common clichés of sports movies.

To be honest, he was curious at the beginning about how to draw a Go cartoon of two people sitting stupidly. After all, this kind of cartoon is too quiet.

And this work does not start from the action aspect.

Instead, the description starts from the psychology of combat.

For example, subtle psychological factors such as momentum, concentration, and normalcy show the impact of high-level duels.

"The rhythm of the fire..."

After Kudo Shuichi came to his own judgment, he decided to give this manga a push.