#Shogi demon movie#
#Shogi demon professional#
#Shogi demon series#

She is more competitive against Takara’s rival’s parents than Takara himself is. Surely, Takara’s mother is devoting but she also enjoys herself by attending a good-looking instructor’s Shogi lessons and so forth. However, it seems that is not always the case, actually. Reading this Manga book, what I found interesting is his easy-going mother.Īctually, I had thought mothers whose children taking Shogi lessons were devoted to their children until I met this Manga book. This Manga is about an elementary school boy, Takara who is passionate about Shogi and his mother who supports him. “Hirake Koma!” (Open a Shogi piece) (Kodansha) Let’s enjoy Shogi as Takara’s mother. I felt that he was challenging the opponent and death in front of him concurrently. It seemed that Murayama shortened his life for every single move he made. Murayama often said, “I find a way to live,” when he was in predicament during Shogi matches. However, as I read this Manga, I felt that these fights meant the same one thing to Murayama. I just said that Murayama had two kinds of fights. The Manga “Satoshi – Tensai Habu ga Osoreta Otoko” describes two kinds of Murayama’s fights, fight in Shogi and another one is against his disease. Murayama’s dramatic life is drawing people’s attention.

#Shogi demon movie#

The movie about Murayama’s life titled “Satoshi: A Move for Tomorrow (English title)” with Kenichi Matsuyama as a main character is scheduled to be released this autumn.

He was one of the top players then, and people talked “There are Habu in the East (of Japan) and Murayama in the West.” Murayama rivaled Habu who won the 7 titles for the first time in history of Shogi. This legendary Shogi player died of kidney disease at such a young age of 29.

#Shogi demon professional#

I think that all Shogi players know his name whether they are professional or amateur. “Satoshi – Tensai Habu ga Osoreta Otoko” (Satoshi – The guy scared Meijin Habu) (Shogakkan) This Manga described the life of late Satoshi Murayama, 9th Dan (A kind of ranks given to relatively high-ranked players). I am more than happy if someone falls in love with Shogi by reading this blog and Manga introduced here. So, to help them to do so, I would like to introduce five more Shogi Manga books today. Taking this as a great opportunity, I hope that people deepen their interests in Shogi and even start actually playing Shogi. As a matter of fact, I myself am one of them. I am very sure that this Manga has triggered the interest of many people for Shogi. Its Anime movie is coming this autumn and live-action is also on the way to be released next year. These board games went through constant rule changes until they became what we play today.As many know, “3-gatsu no Lion” (March Comes in Like a Lion)(Hakusensha) is at the zenith of its popularity. Starting in India in the sixth century, these games spread north to China and then eventually to both Japan and Europe. This is just like chess, and there’s a reason for that! Both chess and shogi, along with a number of other board games, share a common origin. The word SHOGI is made up of the kanji characters for “general” and “game.” The players are basically generals controlling soldiers on the board in order to defeat the opponent’s army. The FU character in the title is also part of the word for the pawn piece in shogi. He probably has a long way to go to get to that level though. With shogi being a game of war, MONONOFU as a title must signify that the main character is going to become a board game samurai. Let's first figure out what the name of the manga actually means! It turns out that MONONOFU is an alternate reading of the word BUSHI, which means “samurai,” or in a more general sense, a warrior. Hopefully we can all learn more about shogi along with the main character of Mononofu! You won't become a shogi master in this lesson, but it can be your first step. Shogi is similar to chess, but it also has its own unique characteristics.

#Shogi demon series#

This series is all about the ancient and complicated Japanese board game, shogi. This week's lesson will focus on terms from our newest JUMP START series, Mononofu. We strive to give you useful manga-based Japanese language tips and maybe even a glimpse into the translation process.