A little girl and her mother are abandoned by her master shogi player father. After her broken-hearted mother dies of cancer the girl seeks revenge through mastering the domain of her father, namely shogi.
Díl 1A shogi player becomes obsessed with winning and leaves his family. Many years later, his daughter Asuka sees his success and takes drastic action.
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Díl 2Asuka despairs when she is falsely accused of robbery at her workplace and arrested. Her half-brother arrives and offers to help on one condition.
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Díl 3Intent on becoming the first female regular professional shogi player, Asuka enters an amateur tournament but loses. She begins training under Todou.
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Díl 4Asuka worries that misfortune will continue to befall those around her if she continues with shogi. Todou recalls his tragic past with the game.
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Díl 5Asuka 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.
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Díl 6Todou visits the shogi association to get Asuka's ban repealed, but Kaori denies him. Later, he and Asuka visit a former shogi association president.
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Díl 7Amid the tabloid scandal, Shoichi tells the shogi association that Asuka is his daughter. Meanwhile, Asuka attempts the kishi admission test.
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Díl 8Asuka 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.
