Ep. 64: Hikaru challenges a deceptive shopkeeper to a game of Go to recover a stolen authentic keicho flower bowl.
Aired on January 8, 2003
During this side story, Hikaru accidentally breaks Kaga's favorite teacup with a baseball. He and Sai then witness a shopkeeper tricking a customer into purchasing a counterfeit flower bowl. Subsequently, a young girl discovers her grandfather's genuine keicho flower bowl has been stolen, but the shopkeeper refuses to return it without payment. To resolve the situation, Hikaru challenges the dishonest merchant to a match of Go, aiming to win back the bowl for the child. The narrative concludes with the revelation that flowers magically appear within the keicho flower bowl once it is filled with water, highlighting the item's unique properties and the resolution of the conflict through skill rather than force.
Episodes
- Ep. 60 · Hikaru attends a Go seminar where he encounters a drunk Ogata and allows Sai to play
- Ep. 61 · Hikaru searches for the vanished Sai after bloodstains disappear from the Go board
- Ep. 62 · Hikaru confronts an arrogant amateur player in Hiroshima who claims to be Japan's best.
- Ep. 63 · Hikaru Stops Playing Go to Summon Sai Back
- Ep. 64 · Hikaru challenges a deceptive shopkeeper to a game of Go to recover a stolen authentic keicho flower bowl.
- Ep. 65 · Isumi travels to China to improve his Go skills and overcome match anxiety.
- Ep. 66 · Akira Toya receives professional recommendation before meeting Hikaru
- Ep. 67 · Isumi learns emotional control and new strategies to succeed in Go
- Ep. 68 · Hikaru faces abandonment by friends and professional status loss due to match forfeits