The final three episodes were released in English dub February 2011 when the series was put up for download on the iTunes store.
He stumbles upon a go board which is possessed by the ancient spirit of Fujiwara-no-Sai, a Go Master from the Heian period who had before appeared to Hon'inbō Shūsaku.
Eventually, Hikaru agrees to play Go, and his first opponent is Akira Toya, the son of the national champion.
After watching a match where Kimihiro Tsutsui, the head of the Haze Junior High Go Club, is holding a competition, Hikaru learns that the prize is a book called Assorted Tsumego (Life and death Go problems) from Toya Mejin's Matches.
Akira leaves determined to become a professional and forgets the past, but Hikaru begins to wonder how he can make amends.
Akira skips his first match of the Go professional exam in order to play an internet game against Sai.
Hikaru crosses paths with Ogata when applying for an insei test, though he has to keep track of a game record.
One thing Hikaru has failed to realize is that once he is enrolled as an insei, he may no longer compete in amateur tournaments with the club.
Hikaru faces against Kimihiro, Kaga, and Yuki in simultaneous matches, all to determine if he is worthy enough to enroll as an insei and retire from the Go club.
Hikaru has hit a stumbling block, unable to improve despite playing against Sai everyday.
Hikaru manages to become an A-league insei, joining Kosuke Ochi, Waya, Isumi, Toshinori Honda, Asumi Nase, Yuta Fukui, and others.
He gets ready for the upcoming Young Lion's Tournament, in which the lower-league professionals play against the higher-league insei.
Sai sees Hikaru make a blunder during a match against Shinichi Murakami, yet Shindo is able to turn the tables.
Hikaru soon learns that Korea has been dominating Japan in the Go world, and decides to face Suyong to prove his worthiness.
Hikaru is very calm, cool, and collected for this, having gained experience in the team battles with Waya and Isumi.
Despite this, Isumi begins to dominate the match until he accidentally makes a bad move while under pressure, but illegally changes it before passing the turn.
Isumi is to battle Ochi, in which losing the match would give him no chance of passing the professional exam.
On the twenty-sixth day, Hikaru and Waya are to face off with only one match remaining after they finish in the professional exam.
Sai and Toya face each other in Internet Go, and huge numbers of go fans are watching this, amazed by the superb play on both sides.
After learning that Heihachi's shed had been raided, Sai tells Hikaru to find the Go board.
That may be tougher than originally planned, as not only does Hikaru have to battle with old friends for one of two coveted spots, but he may have a new challenger, in an unorthodox player from the Kansai Go Institute named Yashiro.