Manga like Hoshizora no Karasu

What is Hoshizora no Karasu about?

Status: Finished

Karasuma Waka is a 13 years old girl who adores go. She received this passion for the game from her grand father, a professional go player. She loves go so much that she even forgets to get her hair cut! However, her mother doesn't allow her to play go, since she has a bad image of her father, who once left to play a game while his wife was dying.

One day, Waka sees a game of a very strong professional player called Sagisaka Souji. Impressed by his style, she decides to become pro despite the objection of her mother. The young girl proposes her a bet: if she wins the next tournament, her mother will allow her to become pro, otherwise she will abandon her dream. Can she win her bet and realize her dream?

Tags: Shoujo , Go , Female Protagonist , Board Game

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Chihayafuru

Also known as Chihayafuru.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance , Sports

Chihaya is a girl in the sixth grade, still not old enough to even know the meaning of the word zeal. But one day, she meets Arata, a transfer student from rural Fukui prefecture. Though docile and quiet, he has an unexpected skill: his ability to play competitive karuta, a traditional Japanese card game.

Chihaya is struck by his obsession with the game, along with his ability to pick out the right card and swipe it away before any of his opponents. However, Arata is transfixed by her as well, all because of her unbelievable natural talent for the game. Don't miss this story of adolescent lives and emotions playing out in the most dramatic of ways!

Notes:
It won the 2nd Manga Taisho Award and the 35th annual Kodansha Manga Award for Best Shoujo.
It was nominated for the 20th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize in 2016.

Tags: Karuta , Female Protagonist , Josei , Coming of Age , School Club , Unrequited Love , Card Battle , Love Triangle , POV , Educational , Primarily Teen Cast , Ensemble Cast , School , Tomboy , Heterosexual , Bullying , Slapstick

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Hikaru no Go

Also known as Hikaru no Go.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Psychological , Sports , Supernatural

After stumbling across a haunted Go board, irresponsible Hikaru Shindo discovers that the spirit of a master player has taken up residence in his consciousness. In his pursuit of the "Divine Move," Fujiwara-no-Sai awakens in Hikaru an untapped interest and genius for the game, and soon the schoolboy is chasing his own dream--defeating the famed Go prodigy Akira Toya!

Note: There are 197 chapters total in the original release.

Tags: Go , Coming of Age , Board Game , Ghost , Male Protagonist , Shounen , Primarily Male Cast , School Club , Tragedy , School , Work , Urban Fantasy , Foreign

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