Episodes

1. Episode 1

A shogi player becomes obsessed with winning and leaves his family. Many years later, his daughter Asuka sees his success and takes drastic action.

2. Episode 2

Asuka despairs when she is falsely accused of robbery at her workplace and arrested. Her half-brother arrives and offers to help on one condition.

3. Episode 3

Intent on becoming the first female regular professional shogi player, Asuka enters an amateur tournament but loses. She begins training under Todou.

4. Episode 4

Asuka worries that misfortune will continue to befall those around her if she continues with shogi. Todou recalls his tragic past with the game.

5. Episode 5

Asuka joins another female shogi player named Yuna for a meal and hears about the pressure she is facing to give up playing shogi after marriage.

6. Episode 6

Todou visits the shogi association to get Asuka's ban repealed, but Kaori denies him. Later, he and Asuka visit a former shogi association president.

7. Episode 7

Amid the tabloid scandal, Shoichi tells the shogi association that Asuka is his daughter. Meanwhile, Asuka attempts the kishi admission test.

8. Episode 8

Asuka receives a manuscript of the content that was removed from Shoichi’s autobiography and learns the true reason why he walked out on his family.

Overview

The daughter of a genius shogi player channels the pain of her father's abandonment and her mother's death to become an elite competitor.

Details

Genres

Drama

Language

JA

First Air Date

2025-09-29

Seasons

1

Episodes

8

Available On

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Cast

Non

Naohito Fujiki

Kana Kurashina

Shido Nakamura

Kaoru Okunuki

Shoot Mori

Yui Narumi

Tokuma Nishioka

Sayaka Yamaguchi