If I have a nickel for every chapter where a female character who’s known for her shogi skill is thoroughly defeated by the male protagonist, that was released in the past week…
"Oh, she moved her pawn to E7, this must mean she is doing classic Earl formation, a move created by American Earl Freeman, but she doesn't know that I know the counter formation to her formation, which was created by the Russian Vladimoff Schwartdickseee during an international tournament..."
Oh, for a hot second, with the chapter title, I really thought we'd be stuck on move two the entire time!