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Hikaru no Go
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Chihayafuru
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at first they don't have much passion for the game, but after a while, they come to love it.
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In both mangas, the main characters (Chihaya and Hikaru) are introduced to a japanese competitional game since they are kids (in Chihayafuru the sport is karuta, and in Hikaru no Go it is the board game called go), of which they became hooked on. They both try to became the best in the respective sport,aiming for the title of "Meiji" (the master of the sport), in Chihaya's case she strives to became a "Queen' (the best female karuta player). For achieving their dream they go to various tournaments, and have to catch up to defeat their rivals (for Chihaya is Shinobu,for Hikaru is Akira). For
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In both, at first the main characters are not interested in the game, and found it boring (Hikaru no Go) until they met(played the game with) someone around their age who is very strong in the game (Go/Kurata). Both of them got inspired by that person and wanted to keep playing, to improve, to catch up to the someone and to win.
Also, both are rather unpopular traditional Japanese games. There's no club in their schools, they started a club and found it hard to recruit people into their club.
Both tell the story of someone who learns of a game and lets that passion envelop and give meaning to their life. Both show characters who become very meaningfully invested in the acitivity they pursue and learn and grow with friends as they do so. Both also have a nice cast of side characters and show the MCs moving toward an ultimate goal (for Chihaya, it is to become Queen while for Hikaru it is to reach Akira/Sai)
The difference is Chihayafuru is josei and geared to females a bit more with a female lead. It also has romance, which is absent in Hikaru no Go.
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