I will start documenting the animes that I have watched over the past year and it’s impact on me.

Hikaru No GO was one of those anime that focuses on a Japanese traditional game, GO. I love watching this anime as the characters developed. No violence whatsoever but very informative and educational. This introduced me into the world of GO. At first I thought it was really boring, hey we are talking about GO here but the writer turn it to something very interesting and without knowing it I was trying to learn GO. Most GO books are written in Japanese or Chinese and the english ones can be ordered online but shipping is very expensive. Luckily, Kinokuniya already have one of those beginners book and there is even a free go board inside ( cardboard board and stones) . There are also some internet learning materials, were you can solve some GO problems ’twas really very interesting solving them. I got to the 10th problem, though it took me a while to solve it though. Although I got the basic idea/rule of the game, it is still very hard to master and I still have a long way to go before understanding a single game :D.

Definitely a good anime for kids and adult to watch, who knows you might end up getting a Honinbou Shusaku title

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