Shion no Ou: The Flowers of Hard Blood.
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Shion no Ou: The Flowers of Hard Blood.

Alternative Titles

Synonyms: Shion's King, Kings of Shogi
Japanese: しおんの王 The Flowers of Hard Blood.


Information

Type: Manga
Volumes: 8
Chapters: 50
Status: Finished
Published: Mar 25, 2004 to Apr 25, 2008
Genres: Drama Drama, Mystery Mystery
Demographic: Seinen Seinen
Serialization: Afternoon
Authors: Katori, Masaru (Story), Ando, Jiro (Art)

Statistics

Score: 7.411 (scored by 925925 users)
1 indicates a weighted score.
Ranked: #37692
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Popularity: #6812
Members: 2,829
Favorites: 15

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Recommendations

The main characters are both girls who are some sort of genuises in the sport they play. The stories are similar in that they recount the trials the girls go through getting to the top. In Shion no Ou it's the boardgame called shogi. In Saki it's mahjong. In both manga, the protagonists are playing the game to get to someone from their past. 
reportRecommended by Guile00
Both are about japanese boardgames. Shion no Ou is a much more serious series though. 
reportRecommended by Lapan