
At least he shows some interest in Keika though. Other than that, he’s par for the course but he becomes surrounded by the attention of a bunch of little girls much to the chagrin of his closer female confidant. I will mention his breakdown during the last half was a decent change of pace, although him just acting out of anger and “needing the support of everyone he’s met along the way” was just as to be expected. In the very least, Yaichi is already established to be a prodigy at his craft and instead of climbing his way up to the top, he only needs to defend his position as a title holder. In that series, the protagonist switched between Tama and Kojiro.
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Remember, the last honest sports series I’ve exposed myself before prior to this was me going back to finish Bamboo Blade and then reading the rest of it. Yaichi wasn’t too much of a standout example of his character archetype, but to be fair, I generally don’t watch enough sports series to be either impressed or jaded from this. I’m not necessarily against the latter story-structure but there’s plenty of bad examples than good ones. I guess the premise of defending one’s hard-earned title is still a bit better than watching the same climb from the bottom we’ve seen so many times. However, this doesn’t take the competitive nature out of Yaichi’s character as he undergoes at least one training arc to learn a new style of play and has a breakdown down the road. The important distinction being that he’s actually recognized as a prodigy who earned a prestigious title at only age sixteen. Yaichi returns home one day to find that very girl waiting for him inside and after being inspired by her talents, he decides to uphold his promise and take her under his wing.Ī slightly more unique case in a sports/competition series where the main character is already in the upper ranks of skill. Months later, Yaichi finds himself in a slump and generally being unable to fully live up to his title.

Out of gratitude, Yaichi offers to do something for her in return and she asks him to have her as his disciple after he wins his title.

During his title match, Yaichi almost blacked out from the sheer pressure of the match while returning from the bathroom if it wasn’t for a young girl who handed him some water. RnO focuses on the titular Ryuou, Kuzuryu Yaichi, one of the youngest holders of the Ryuou title in the competitive shogi world. Ryuuou no Oshigoto isn’t exactly the replacement Bamboo Blade, which I sadly haven’t had the time to talk about around here, but it still provided me something entertaining every Monday to sit through while I worked out. Every now and then I need something really light-hearted and apparently sports/competition based to tide me over until something interesting comes around every season. I’m no exact stranger to series like this, although I’m not sure what to really classify these types of series as to begin with.
