It’s episode 14 of Shion no Ō. What will Saori do now that she knows Ayumi is a dude? And it’s time to seed the remaining 12 players in the tournament, but Satoru and Koybayashi decide that leaving the matchups totally up to chance just won’t do. What matchups are those two going to come up with?
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It’s episode 13 of Shion no Ō. Shion and Saori both lose, so it’s the end of the three girls in the tournament, right? Well, lucky for them, 3 extra players have to advance to the final tournament on top of the 9 finalists to make it an even bracket, so they each have a chance to advance, but will they do so? And Saori gets a note that Ayumi’s mother is in the hospital and goes visit. Unfortunately for Ayumi, his mother doesn’t know anything about him playing shogi, nor does he dress as a girl at the hospital.
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It’s episode 12 of Shion no Ō. It’s time for all 3 girls to play in their big 3rd round matches - Shion plays against the enigmatic Satoru, Ayumi plays against Shion’s foster-father Shinji, while Saori plays against her training master, current shogi champion, and brother to Satoru Hani-meijin. One of them goes down, but what about the other two?
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It’s episode 11 of Shion no Ō. Hisatani has his next match and things start getting steamy between him and Saori. Meanwhile, we find out the fate of Hisatani’s phone. And why are Shion’s mother and Satoru meeting up secretly at night?
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It’s episode 10 of Shion no Ō, and it’s time for Shion’s second round match against the genius 5th grader. However, her opponent has a secret weapon up his sleeve which may drive Shion way from shogi altogether. Also, the murderer appears to finally be making whatever move he intends on making.
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It’s episode 9 of Shion no Ō. Group A players continue to advance as the time for Saori and Kamizono’s 2nd round match approaches. Will Kamizono be just too overpowering, or can Saori pull off the upset. Also, Mr. Murderer appears to finally show up and shows that he isn’t half-bad at shogi either - but we still don’t know who he is. And always two there are; no more, no less: A master, and an apprentice.
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It’s episode 8 of Shion no Ō. It’s finally time for the open tournament. Who will face off against who? Who will win and who will lose? The first round gets played and the field gets cut in half. Also, what exactly is the history between Hani and his brother Satoru?
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It’s episode 7 of Shion no Ō. Who will win the match between Shion and Saori. Also, Satoru decides that he wants to “learn” from Ayumi as well. Meanwhile, the detectives investigating Shion’s murder decide that they may try to use the proposed open tournament as a trap to catch the murderer. And why does Satoru want to sponsor this open tournament, anyway?
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It’s episode 6 of Shion no Ō, and we start to learn a little about Shion and her foster-father’s past. We also see a version of Hani-meijin that we’re not used to seeing. Also, there’s a new tournament afoot. Will we also get some ideas of who-done-it as well?
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It’s episode 5 of Shion no Ō, and we take out another chunk of episode time to watch a Shogi match, though hopefully this one is presented in a little more easily understood manner than the last one. Also, a scandal rocks the Shogi association, and Hani-meijin apparently decides to say some controversial things about shogi.
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