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Volume Eight -- 4th Day of Pro Prelims Exam ----
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Round 61 -- Kuwabara Honinbo
- Kuwabara Honinbo showed interest in Hikaru when he walked passed him. Weird huh ^^;
- Sai was guiding Hikaru to improve his skill.
- Meanwhile, Akira had rised to 2-Dan.
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Round 62 -- I'm Playing?
- Kadowaki, the former champion of students title went to apply to be an Insei.
- Kadowaki met Hikaru and thought to use Hikaru to test his strength before applying.
- Hikaru let Sai play, and Kadowaki lost. Kadowaki thought that Hikaru is typical Insei and decided to delay his application.
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Round 63 -- I'm Finally Here
- Ogata and Kuwabara were competing for Honinbo title.
- Kuwabara made Ogata nervous about the mistake he might made with the record of the match.
- Meanwhile, the first day of the Pro Prelims Exam had began.
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Round 64 -- The Man of Pro Prelims Exam's First Day
- To pass the Prelim, Hikaru had to win 3 out of 5 matches.
- Hikaru felt intimidated to see adults appearing at the building.
- Hikaru felt worst when he had to play against this bearded, Gorilla-looked alike, loud-mouth man (Tsubaki ^^;) for his first match.
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Round 65 -- Aiming For 3 Wins
- During the break, Tsubaki pulled Hikaru to eat with him.
- Tsubaki totally overpowered Hikaru, Hikaru lost his first match.
- Iijima was surprised to know that Hikaru never actually played against adults.
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Round 66 -- Second Day of Pro Prelims Exam
- Hikaru's mum was worried about Hikaru's grade, but Hikaru concerned nothing else but passing the Pro's Exam.
- The second day, Hikaru lost his calm when he met Tsubaki. He ended up losing again.
- The third day, Hikaru decided to go later so that he won't bump into Tsubaki.
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Round 67 -- Third Day of Pro Prelims Exam
- Hikaru's mum was discussing about Hikaru with Grandpa.
- Hikaru's third match was against Fuku, and Hikaru managed to regain his calm and win.
- Meanwhile, Waya and Isumi were training themselves by playing against people in Public Go Center.
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Round 68 -- 4th Day of Pro Prelims Exam ----
- Hikaru won his fourth match. As for his fifth match, he won by default.
- Waya decided to bring Hikaru to Public Go Center with Isumi, so that Hikaru won't be so scared competing against adults.
- Akira won his first 8 matches and started to play even games with his father.
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Round 69 -- Team Assembled
- Waya suggested to play as a team against the adults. Isumi as first, Waya as second and Hikaru as third captain.
- When they won, Waya suggested another game with 2 handicaps.
- They won again, but Waya wasn't satisfied yet and demanded a third round with 3 handicaps.
- Kawai-San came in and became Hikaru's opponent.
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