(L) Ryuuou no Oshigoto! [LN]

[AP24]

It's amazing that Ryuuou is ranked 1st or 2nd for 3 years straight. Usually this can only be accomplished by series with high popularity level like Index, SAO, Oregairu.

[thefreakmike]

Quite the pleasant surprise that Ginko outranked both Ais XD
Maybe the author realizes how popular she is and will pull a Youjitsu, making her win the lolio bowl XD

[bakato]

Originally Posted by AP24

It's amazing that Ryuuou is ranked 1st or 2nd for 3 years straight. Usually this can only be accomplished by series with high popularity level like Index, SAO, Oregairu.

I take it as a testament to the strength of its story despite the the cover being highly misleading in the context of the industry.

[whiteshadow]

I'm just happy that ginko is being appreciated

[tsunade666]

nice results. though I didn't expect for ginko to rise above both Ai or that blue Ai is not in the kid. but at least fav black Ai is there.

[Hell_ping]

There was an interview featuring the author, Haganai's author and Henneko's. All three voted Ginko as their favorite girl.

At this point the fans will riot when first Ai wins.

[dragon1412]

I don;t think there will be a riot though, Ginko fans doesn't seem overpower enough for that to happen

[DanielSong39]

Based on the anime I thought Ai Hinatsuru was a slam dunk; she's given the most development and has the closest relationship with Ryou. They had an omiai, engagement, wedding, and honeymoon, LOL.

Maybe the light novel is different from the anime?

[Kuroageha]

Originally Posted by AP24

It's amazing that Ryuuou is ranked 1st or 2nd for 3 years straight. Usually this can only be accomplished by series with high popularity level like Index, SAO, Oregairu.

The author is doing a good job through researching and other reasons that were exposed and talked about before already.

Originally Posted by Hell_ping

There was an interview featuring the author, Haganai's author and Henneko's. All three voted Ginko as their favorite girl.

At this point the fans will riot when first Ai wins.

You're wrong there though .

Originally Posted by DanielSong39

Based on the anime I thought Ai Hinatsuru was a slam dunk; she's given the most development and has the closest relationship with Ryou. They had an omiai, engagement, wedding, and honeymoon, LOL.

Maybe the light novel is different from the anime?

The usual characters development anime adaptations cut because otherwise it would be purely exposition.

Originally Posted by dragon1412

I don;t think there will be a riot though, Ginko fans doesn't seem overpower enough for that to happen

Yeah, last volumes gave protagonism to red Ai whose opponent was Ginko so it's also the reason why blue Ai didn't have much screentime. It had to, Jin didn't have much screentime before that.

[thefreakmike]

BTW, isnt there any news on when the next volume will come out?

[AP24]

Vol 10 will be out in February 2019

[thefreakmike]

Thanks pal

[AP24]

For female pros, you can actually tell how talented a player is just from her rank and the age she achieved her latest rank.

Average female players that increase their ranks mostly by winning a lot of matches would reach female 2-dan at around 30 years old, 3-dan in their mid-30s and 4-dan in their 40s.

Ryou and Machi reached female 4-dan before they turned 20 and should reach 5-dan in their 20s. If Ginko was a female pro from the beginning, she would have reached female 5-dan at the age of 12 or 13.

Ten-chan is currently female 2-dan. She will be 3-dan if she wins a title once, 4-dan if she wins 3 times and 5-dan if she wins 7 times. There are 6 female shogi titles so she has 6 chances every year although two of the titles currently belong to Ginko. But so far out of all female players, Ten-chan is probably the closest to Ginko's level.

As for Ai, it's likely she will be female 1-dan in the next volume. She needs to be a title challenger to reach Ten-chan's current rank soon. So far Ai's level is probably closer to Ryou's and Machi's.

[sasabit]

Is there any hope for red Ai? Or is it just a contest between blue Ai and Ginko for main heroine?

[Kuroageha]

Originally Posted by sasabit

Is there any hope for red Ai? Or is it just a contest between blue Ai and Ginko for main heroine?

I wouldn't even call it a contest at all. Blue Ai stands above them all. IMO it's one of the series where fighting against main heroine is a pointless struggle .

[kuudererules]

Cover for vol 10 and limited edition
Release at Feb 14, 2019

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[AP24]

According to the synopsis, it will focus on the other JS girls participating in an elementary school level tournament and Yaichi will be training them. It will also focus on Ai and Ginko's official matches.

Ai is currently in the Joryuu Myouseki tournament (which is the LN's version of Joryuu Meijin) and the volume will show her facing off against a mysterious female pro player who is standing in her way of passing the preliminaries and entering the main stage. I'm guessing later in future volumes Ai will be facing against strong opponents like Ryou, Machi and others during the main stage and then face Rina during the title matches. Finally after defeating the strongest female pro players, Ai will face Ginko who is the strongest of all female shogi players in the next Joou title matches.

[Aling11]

Whoa is there any way to find the v10 Ginko cover without the texts?

[AP24]

It's difficult to find volume cover without texts. Also, Vol 10 preview is out and here's what I know.

Spoiler for Vol 10 preview:

In the beginning of the volume, Ai had already reached the Joryuu Myouseki preliminaries final and her rank is Joryuu 1-kyuu. Ten-chan already lost in the preliminaries 1st round (which should have happened between Vol 6 and 7). The one who defeated Ten-chan will face Ai in the preliminaries final. If Ai wins the match she will reach the league stage (which is a series of matches in round-robin format that will decide who will be the title challenger).

Ai's opponent is in the same generation as Azami and Tamayo and her nickname is "Immortal Wings". She was the first female elementary school Meijin and considered the most gifted female player of her generation. If she had become female pro from the start she would have been the first Joou instead of Azami. It seems she was in the Shoureikai but she didn't even reach 1-dan and was forced to drop out.

The JS girls are planning to participate in an amateur tournament for elementary school students. Ai can't participate because she's a paid professional player. It is shown in a colored pic that a girl named Kannabe Maria is participating and she is probably the current elementary school Meijin and Ayumu's little sister. The girls will have training sessions with Yaichi at their school.

So Ai and Ten-chan won't face off in Joryuu Myouseki tournament, that's too bad but maybe they will in another tournament. After several volumes, Ai is finally getting a focus on one of her matches. I wonder if the author will introduce more new female players that are comparable to the female title holders.

[Aling11]

If Red Ai doesnt become main heroine I will kms by smashing my head with tofu