From: "Bernhard C. März" arcor de> Date: 23 oct 2007 Subject: RE: Shion no Ou Hi, > I've just finished watching first episode, so if you are interested=20= =20 > here is my opinion: I still haven't watched any episode, but I've read the first episode of=20 volume 1 of the manga and if you are interested, here is my opinion: > + very nice remake of manga, which itself was great. or at least i liked= =20 > it. > + many anime fans have tried go because of Hikaru no Go. Now something= =20=20 > similar for shogi exists, too. > - when HnG started, main character did not know anything about go=20=20 > itself and viewer "followed" him as he learned go. In Shion, story=20=20 > begins in time when main character miss her promotion to by a tiny=20=20 > bit. So number of shogi-terms may be confusing for someone who don't=20= =20 > know anything about shogi. E.g. there's a reference to dangling pawn=20= =20 > tetsuji in the first ep. > + story of Shion is not just about shogi. Atmosphere is sometimes dark= =20=20 > and gloomy ... or bloody :-) > - hng had "GoGoIgo" mini series after each episode, in which pro=20=20 > explained more and more rules of go. There's noting like that in Shion. Of course it's good to have a manga or anime or anything other to=20 propagate Shogi, but I'm not sure, if it will work. For example the first volume of this manga was published in October=20 2004. Was there any result because of it in Shogi popularity? I believe not. HnG was able to bring many childs to the game Go. WHAT childs should be the aim for Shogi? In my opinion there was a kind of childs, which like manga and GAMES=20 (!!!) in common. But this childs are captured by Go and I doubt, that this childs can be=20 captured by shogi with an other manga. Hikaru learned Go during the Story. Shion can play Shogi VERY STRONG=20 from the beginning. Maybe (probably) this is the most important thing, that this manga can=20 not work for Shogi, like HnG has worked for Go. For example the shogi position in the first episode is hard to follow,=20 even for me and I will say that I'm not a Shogi beginner. Also Bonanza (!!!) needs a lot of time for it. Even Bonanza find the=20 correct move after a short time, he need much time till he shows that=20 this is the winning move (as told in the story). And this kind of moves, Bonanza normally solves very well/fast. So Shion no Ou is more to become curious about Shogi, but that have a=20 much less effect than teaching the rules inside the story like in HnG. Nevertheless Shion no Ou is nice and I will read/watch more in the=20 future! Bye Bernhard By the way, here is the position of the first episode, I hope without=20 mistake. ;-) White in hand: R G S P3=20 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 +---------------------------+ |wL wN * * wG * * bR * |a | * wK wS bB+ * * * * * |b | * wP * * * * * * wP |c |wP * wP wP * * wP * * |d | * * * * * * * * bP |e |bP * bP bL * wB+bP * * |f | * bP * bP wL+wP * * * |g | * * bK * * * * * * |h |bL bN * bG bS * * bN * |i +---------------------------+ Black in hand: G S N P2=20 White to play ... --^---------------------------------------------------------------- This email was sent to: = shogi-l shogi net EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?a2i6Ys.= aCGIy8.= c2hvZ2kt Or send an email to: shogi-unsubscribe topica com For Topica's complete suite of email marketing solutions visit: http://www.topica.com/?p=3DTEXFOOTER --^----------------------------------------------------------------