Hikaru no Go - Season 1 Episode 18 Akira vs. Sai
Akira skipped his first match of the Pro exams in order to play the match against Sai on the net. Akira is perplexed over the identify of Sai which he thinks might be Hikaru while Ogata has his own thinking. Players all over the world are observing the match. Though Akira lost the match, he feels as though he had finally caught up with 'Hikaru'/Sai. When Akira heard from a Go cafe customer that Hikaru was sighted at an internet cafe, he races to the site thinking that he might be Sai. Hikaru denies he's Sai but gets ruffled when Akira seems to disregard him as a opponent. The episode ended with Hikaru saying 'If you keep chasing after an illusion of me, I'll pass by you eventually'.
Year: 2003
Genre: Animation, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Country: Japan
Studio: TV Tokyo
Director:
Cast: Tomoko Kawakami, Susumu Chiba, Sanae Kobayashi, Yumi Kakazu, Makoto Tsumura, Kentaro Ito
First Air Date: Oct 10, 2001
Last Air date: Mar 26, 2003
Season: 3 Season
Episode: 75 Episode
Runtime: 23 minutes
IMDb: 7.60/10 by 38.00 users
Popularity: 103.062
Language: Japanese
Episode
Eternal Rival
Discovered Weakness!!
Akira Bears His Fangs
Kaga in Shogi Club
Prediction of an Awakening
The Beautiful Match
I Won't Play Against You
The Scheme in the Rain
An Irritating Presence
The Third Member
The Most Inconsiderate Act
You Are The Third Board
Each of Their Decision
The Third Match
The Player On The Net
Who Is Sai?
The Match of Revelation
Akira vs. Sai
Hikaru's Strength
The Road to Becoming a Pro
The Haze Jr. High Go Club
The Insei Examination
The Room of Yuugen
Ouza vs. Akira
Sai's Sword Unsheathed (1)
The Greatest Wall for Hikaru (2)
A Place To Go Back To
The Wakajishisen
Kuwabara Honinbou
Ogata vs Honinbou