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In January 2004, the manga series debuted in the United States in the English language periodical Shonen Jump published by Viz.
Series Premise
Hikaru, the title character, is a grade school student in Tokyo. While exploring his grandfather's attic, he stumbles across a Go board haunted by the spirit of Fujiwara no Sai, a fictional Go player from the Heian era. Urged by Sai, Hikaru starts playing Go. Thus begins an obsession which will come to dominate the rest of Hikaru's life while captivating the reader's (or viewer's) attention.