Hikaru no Go - Season 1 Episode 18 Akira vs. Sai

Name: Hikaru no Go
Genre: Animation, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Released: 26 Mar 2003
Rating: 7.70
Cast: Tomoko Kawakami, Susumu Chiba, Sanae Kobayashi, Yumi Kakazu, Makoto Tsumura

2003-03-26 Japan 23 minutes.

7.70 44 votes

Animation Sci-Fi & Fantasy board game bromance based on manga go shounen anime weiqi

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Season - Episode

3 Season 3 Dec 11, 2002

3 - 1

Sai is Gone? Dec 11, 2002
3 - 2

The Top Player in Hiroshima Dec 18, 2002
3 - 3

I Won't Play Anymore Dec 25, 2002
3 - 4

Keichou Flowerpots Jan 08, 2003
3 - 5

Isumi no Go Jan 05, 2003
3 - 6

The Fated Encounter Jan 22, 2003
3 - 7

Isumi tested Jan 29, 2003
3 - 8

Forfeits Feb 05, 2003
3 - 9

The Determined Visitor Feb 12, 2003
3 - 10

Sai was here... Feb 19, 2003
3 - 11

The First Comeback Match Feb 26, 2003
3 - 12

And so they began to run Mar 05, 2003
3 - 13

Shindou vs Touya Mar 12, 2003
3 - 14

Forever Inside You Mar 19, 2003
3 - 15

That Same Old Smile Mar 26, 2003

2 Season 2 May 15, 2002

2 - 1

The Preliminary Starts May 15, 2002
2 - 2

The Last Day of the Preliminaries May 22, 2002
2 - 3

Team Formed! May 29, 2002
2 - 4

Don't Win Jun 05, 2002
2 - 5

There Is Only One Winner Jun 12, 2002
2 - 6

My Name is... Jun 19, 2002
2 - 7

The Pro Exam Begins Jun 26, 2002
2 - 8

The Challengers Jul 03, 2002
2 - 9

The Dead Moment Jul 10, 2002
2 - 10

Whereabouts of the Win Jul 17, 2002
2 - 11

Three Weeks Isn't Enough! Jul 24, 2002
2 - 12

The First One to Pass Jul 31, 2002
2 - 13

Waya vs Shindou Aug 07, 2002
2 - 14

A Desperate Life Aug 14, 2002
2 - 15

Hikaru vs Ochi Aug 21, 2002
2 - 16

The Last Day of the Pro Exam Finals Aug 28, 2002
2 - 17

To the World of the Pros Sep 04, 2002
2 - 18

Sai vs Meijin Sep 11, 2002
2 - 19

A Painful Match Sep 18, 2002
2 - 20

Fujiwara no Sai Sep 25, 2002
2 - 21

Kurata 6-dan Oct 02, 2002
2 - 22

Hikaru vs Akira Oct 09, 2002
2 - 23

The Confession of Sai Oct 16, 2002
2 - 24

Excitement (A.K.A. Excited Spirits) Oct 23, 2002
2 - 25

Sai vs. Toya Koyo Oct 30, 2002
2 - 26

The Thousand Year Answer Nov 06, 2002
2 - 27

Let Me Play Sai! Nov 13, 2002
2 - 28

One-Color Go Nov 20, 2002
2 - 29

Toya Koyo Retires! Nov 27, 2002
2 - 30

Farewell Hikaru Dec 04, 2002

1 Season 1 Oct 10, 2001

1 - 1

Eternal Rival Oct 10, 2001
1 - 2

Discovered Weakness!! Oct 17, 2001
1 - 3

Akira Bears His Fangs Oct 24, 2001
1 - 4

Kaga in Shogi Club Oct 31, 2001
1 - 5

Prediction of an Awakening Nov 07, 2001
1 - 6

The Beautiful Match Nov 14, 2001
1 - 7

I Won't Play Against You Nov 21, 2001
1 - 8

The Scheme in the Rain Nov 28, 2001
1 - 9

An Irritating Presence Dec 05, 2001
1 - 10

The Third Member Dec 12, 2001
1 - 11

The Most Inconsiderate Act Dec 19, 2001
1 - 12

You Are The Third Board Dec 26, 2001
1 - 13

Each of Their Decision Jan 09, 2002
1 - 14

The Third Match Jan 19, 2002
1 - 15

The Player On The Net Jan 26, 2002
1 - 16

Who Is Sai? Jan 30, 2002
1 - 17

The Match of Revelation Feb 06, 2002
1 - 18

Akira vs. Sai Feb 13, 2002
1 - 19

Hikaru's Strength Feb 20, 2002
1 - 20

The Road to Becoming a Pro Feb 27, 2002
1 - 21

The Haze Jr. High Go Club Mar 06, 2002
1 - 22

The Insei Examination Mar 13, 2002
1 - 23

The Room of Yuugen Mar 20, 2002
1 - 24

Ouza vs. Akira Mar 27, 2002
1 - 25

Sai's Sword Unsheathed (1) Apr 10, 2002
1 - 26

The Greatest Wall for Hikaru (2) Apr 10, 2002
1 - 27

A Place To Go Back To Apr 17, 2002
1 - 28

The Wakajishisen Apr 24, 2002
1 - 29

Kuwabara Honinbou May 01, 2002
1 - 30

Ogata vs Honinbou May 08, 2002

0 Season 0 Jan 03, 2004

0 - 1

2002 New Year Special Jan 03, 2004
0 - 2

Special Edition Aug 08, 2003
0 - 3

Journey to the North Star Cup Jan 03, 2004
0 - 4

DVD Special 1 Jan 01, 1970
0 - 5

DVD Special 2 Jan 01, 1970
0 - 6

Memories Jun 30, 2004

Overview

Akira skipped his first match of the Pro exams in order to play the match against Sai on the net. Akira is perplexed over the identify of Sai which he thinks might be Hikaru while Ogata has his own thinking. Players all over the world are observing the match. Though Akira lost the match, he feels as though he had finally caught up with 'Hikaru'/Sai. When Akira heard from a Go cafe customer that Hikaru was sighted at an internet cafe, he races to the site thinking that he might be Sai. Hikaru denies he's Sai but gets ruffled when Akira seems to disregard him as a opponent. The episode ended with Hikaru saying 'If you keep chasing after an illusion of me, I'll pass by you eventually'.

Year 2003

Studio TV Tokyo

Director

Crew Takeshi Obata (Comic Book), Yumi Hotta (Comic Book)

Popularity 8.9985

Language Japanese