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divine move spoilers

posted 17 years ago by sokar_goauld
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Do we ever find out what the divine move is?

[–] uthawtar 16 years ago

As far as I know (according to Wikipedia) the divine move is known as "the perfect game" and it involves changing one's position from a losing game to a winning game with one single perfect move. This is said to be nearly IMPOSSIBLE to do in a game of Go. However, when this is done, a Go player is believed to be playing at the level of God. And hence, the Divine move is also known as the Hand of God, or Gods Move.

We can indeed witness "a glimpse" of the divine move in the HNG series. Remember near the end of the TV series, when Sai played Touya's father? Sai came out victorious. However, after the match, Hikaru was able to pick out one single move, a move if used by Touya's father, would change the whole game around and lead to Sai's defeat. And I believe this was why Sai disappeared. Even though he did not play the Divine Move, he witnessed it, and ended his search.

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[–] tamajinn 13 years ago

Thank you uthawtar, that made a lot of sense and shed light on why Sai's purpose was fulfilled after that game.

[–] Etherdave 10 years ago

Akira's thoughts during the first episode ('It's not the best move... it's not the strongest move') are often used to describe the nature of the Divine Move (Kami No Itte), play that typically looks far ahead into a game, rather than be concerned with momentary gain. The famous 'Ear-reddening Move' of Honinbo Shuusaku is considered by many to be as close to Kami No Itte as any go player has come in modern history, and is referenced in Hikaru No Go.