It’d be kinda interesting for Shotaro to succeed on his path. The caveat will be that Shotaro’s success story will become so successful, his future students will use it as an ammo against him, spiraling sensei further into depression knowing that it’s a life or death gamble that only a few will make it.
Although the plot seems going towards Shotaro failing
Sure but he can refute that logic with "one success, ten other failures" as prev examples tho other than them keeping in touch or also Being really into Shogi idk how many would know him as a graduate versus the principal going outta her way to make a speech about it. Syol
Think he should have a backup/side hustle idk if it's bad in jp these days but I can imagine ppl having 2-3 part time jobs
But it's not like he ever shut it down without proper research versus just being like "that's too ambitious /unrealistic, just become another cog in the wheel office worker"
Tho I wonder if he'd encourage someone to find a career if they're like "I wanna be a stay at home mom/housewife" bc while some ppl in the west looks down on it, it's still pretty common in jp to where an OL would quit/retire after getting married
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Thanks for the chap
Not that dropouts can't be successful
And him playing while being student, surprised it wouldn't be considered a "respected/traditional game" to the point where they wouldn't allow ppl who didn't graduate high school to participate in big tournaments
Surprised he didnt say "I'm willing to die for it " or so
Wonder if we'll get an Arc with an abused student /controlling parent to where they wouldn't have a reason to live /dream and attempt suicide
And lol wonder if we'll ever get principals backstory
Is wooden board game really worth to bet with?
Unless you're a natural like Magnus, I don't think it is a good idea. He is already struggling in a rank where the geniuses struggle and eating each other. Even if he climbed the rank, he will facing greater giants. But yeah, i'm not an athlete so I don't know their mindset
didn't he commit himself to drop out bc of his losses against the geniuses ? I wonder if there are Shogi streaming channels where he plays against viewers and gets paid Even if he loses