Ryu to Ichigo

A manga about an authority-hating middle school girl who turns out to be a genius at shogi.

We’ve discussed this on an previous episode.

This is Mitsuharu Yanamoto’s new manga but I find it hilarious because it’s same protagonist from his previous series Hibiki – Shousetsuka ni Naru Houhou. Ichigo is exactly the same as Hibiki was, right down to a “zero fucks given” attitude. The only difference is that Hibiki was a genius writer and Ichigo is a genius shogi player. While it’s pretty audacious of Yanamoto to just repeat what he did with Hibiki – Shousetsuka ni Naru Houhou, I’m really enjoying this series because I love seeing that character-type and I also love shogi manga. My only concern is whether this manga will be successful in Weekly Shonen Sunday as shogi manga don’t typically do well in shonen serializations.

~dakazu