{"product_id":"hikaru-no-go-vol-12-9781421515083","title":"Hikaru No Go, Vol. 12","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! \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHikaru's career as a professional Go player begins! In his first game, he must face veteran player Toya Meijin, none other than Akira's father. But to Sai, this round is \u003ci\u003epersonal\u003c\/i\u003e. Then Sai attempts to teach a cheating Go player a lesson he'll never forget... Will Hikaru's ghostly master do him proud, or make him like an amateur?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\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\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Viz Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51720778154258,"sku":"9781421515083","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_43f2b742-39c8-48aa-a2c1-14ebd327e929.jpg?v=1762935716","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/hikaru-no-go-vol-12-9781421515083","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}