{"product_id":"hikaru-no-go-vol-23","title":"Hikaru no Go, Vol. 23","description":"                                            After stumbling across a haunted go board, Hikaru Shindo discovers that the spirit of a master player named Fujiwara-no-Sai has taken up residence in his consciousness. Sai awakens in Hikaru an untapped genius for the game, and soon the schoolboy is chasing his own dream--defeating the famed go prodigy Akira Toya!\u003cbr\u003e\r\n \u003cbr\u003e\r\n Hikaru is in the toughest battle of his life when he faces Ko Yong Ha, Korea's top player in the Hokuto Cup tournament. The stakes, however, aren't for personal glory but for something far deeper, something that differentiates a mere game from a way of life. Hikaru knows what this means to him, but will he understand what it means to the new wave of go players and, indeed, the game of go itself?\u003cbr\u003e\r\n \u003cbr\u003e\r\n \u003cb\u003eFinal Volume!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTakeshi Obata was born in 1969 in Niigata, Japan, and first achieved international recognition as the artist of the wildly popular Shonen Jump title \u003ci\u003eHikaru no Go\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the 2003 Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize: Shinsei \"New Hope\" Award and the 2000 Shogakukan Manga Award. He went on to illustrate the smash hit \u003ci\u003eDeath Note\u003c\/i\u003e as well as the hugely successful manga \u003ci\u003eBakuman\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAll You Need Is Kill.\u003c\/i\u003e\r\n                                        ","brand":"VIZ Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41943887347903,"sku":"9781421528281","price":17.81,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0614\/1689\/8751\/products\/IrPVDVVtyubbor0YCGX6mKBziMOBXxZIqbyFQvYkZfFww_60_60.jpg?v=1663374098","url":"https:\/\/www.popweasel.co.nz\/products\/hikaru-no-go-vol-23","provider":"Pop Weasel","version":"1.0","type":"link"}