81diver

[MangaDex]

 

[Minkulus]

no idea if you guys read the comments here but thank you so, so, so much for your continued work in translating this series. every time i think it can't get crazier, it does. quickly becoming one of my all-time favorites even though i don't know anything about shogi.

 

[Fri]

Same here. This manga is basically the Samurai Flamenco of sport manga. At first it's a somewhat-realistic shogi manga with juuust the slightest feel of strange smell of shenanigans. There's underground shogi, there's shogi in maid costume. then 20 volume later BAM, here we are with taking over the world and evolving humanity to next level with shogi. You feel like a boiled frog. The temperature change so slightly that you didn't even notice you're already in boiling water at the end.

 

[Minkulus]

I think one of my favorite parts of this manga is how it approaches sexuality. From how Chidori is very frank about her age ("you wanna see my tits?! my saggy old woman tits?!") to how the two characters we've seen so far that are gay (or at least, who are men that are in love with men) aren't treated as a joke at all, I think that's really nice. It's a good change from how that kind of thing is usually shown in Japanese media. Surprisingly tender. Thanks as always for the scans.

 

[Fri]

Can anyone help me a bit? I've been trying to find a specific chapter for a while, with no luck. Rather than actually reading the whole manga again, maybe one of you could help me. Anyone remember at which chapter did Young Tanio appear, and there's explanation of his goal to evolve humanity with Shogi or something in that line?

 

[zeldon]

Nothing but respect for the Hi Wa Mata Noboru team for actually completing the series. Thanks for the hard work.

 

[kronix]

this manga started fucking great. It started realistic and with romance. Mid way through the story the shit gets crazy with shit that doesnt make any sense. By the end of the manga you wont even recognize the fuck this is, its like level over 9000 in shitness crazy bullshit.

Dont bother reading this manga, trust me.

 

[GodSama]

I'm blown away by the speed in which they have managed to scanlate this. I used to struggle with TL for 2 SJ length chapters a week and these guys just crushed that.

 

[Fri]

This was a ride. A down to earth manga about underground shogi that end with playing shogi in collapsing building for the fate of Japan. Definitely one of my favourite manga of all time. I'll miss this.

 

[Minkulus]

Copying my comment from the last chapter so people can read it if they stumble on this page by accident (no spoilers don't worry).
Gotta say, this manga was great. It sucks you in with its very otaku-friendly premise of "woah a beautiful woman in akiba is a shogi genius by day and a maid by night!" and then slowly just goes crazier and crazier. If I had read this when I was younger, I absolutely would've picked up shogi as a hobby. I still do want to learn the rules better so I could at least properly enjoy seeing how these games are really playing out. Still, even as somebody who doesn't really get shogi at all beyond the basics of the basics, highly recommend it.

 

[mrf]

Sorry I'll pass

 

[mangzom]

4311

 

[Corb]

The JoJo of Shogi.

 

[4V29LN0n]

I really hate the art. There’s something so disgusting about it. The bloated figure perhaps.

 

[IanO]

As a shogi player, I wanted to comment on that aspect of this crazy manga. This probably has the highest quality and quantity of shogi game portrayal of any manga out there. The games and positions were even chosen appropriately to match the particular drama of each scene. I heard that the pro shogi consultant on this manga used a lot of his own games in this. HIDETCHI describes just one of those games in one of the videos on his youtube channel.

Other manga with good shogi are Mono no Fu and Shion no Ou. I've heard Shogi Players by Moonlight is also good, but I haven't found a translation. Although 3-Gatsu no Lion is an excellent drama about the pro-shogi world, it is lacking in actual shogi. Even the light novel and recent anime Ryuuou no Oshigoto! has a surprising amount of good shogi portrayal.

 

[harlows87]

objectively speaking, 81 diver tops at about 6/10 & since I enjoy it's particular brand of comedy I'll bump it to 7/10 but tbh subjectively speaking, it's gotta be atleast 11/10 for having the best central theme of any manga I've read; a failure trying his hardest not to fail at the one thing he loves and later for the girl he loves. truly an all-time manga!