Hikaru Shindo (￩ﾀﾲ￨ﾗﾤ ￣ﾃﾒ￣ﾂﾫ￣ﾃﾫ Shindￅﾍ Hikaru) is a fictional character in the anime and manga series Hikaru no Go.
Hikaru, who at the beginning of the series is a sixth grader in elementary school. While looking for things to sell from his grandfather's (Heihachi Shindo) attic he finds a Go board, Hikaru sees a blood stain on it while a companion, Akari Fujisaki, could not. He then is possessed by the spirit of Fujiwara-no-Sai and faints as a...
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Hikaru Shindo (￩ﾀﾲ￨ﾗﾤ ￣ﾃﾒ￣ﾂﾫ￣ﾃﾫ Shindￅﾍ Hikaru) is a fictional character in the anime and manga series Hikaru no Go.
Hikaru, who at the beginning of the series is a sixth grader in elementary school. While looking for things to sell from his grandfather's (Heihachi Shindo) attic he finds a Go board, Hikaru sees a blood stain on it while a companion, Akari Fujisaki, could not. He then is possessed by the spirit of Fujiwara-no-Sai and faints as a result. Later he finds out about Sai's past as the Go instructor of the emperor in the Heian era and that he had possessed another boy some 200 years before Hikaru. Sai's passion and desire to achieve the highest level in Go kept him in this world. Sai pressures Hikaru into playing Go with Hikaru as his hands since as a ghost he lacks a physical formand as a result of playing for Sai, Hikaru develops a passion for Go and slowly becomes a stronger Go player. An important factor in the development of Hikaru's passion for Go was an encounter...
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