
It’s been a while, Aida.
It’s a totally outrageous and laughable development, but speaking of that, the scenario where the real Yamanobe descends in a singularity and it turns into a serious master-disciple showdown stirs up something a bit intense within me, somehow.
I don’t know what kind of feeling I should have while reading this!
I think I would genuinely be moved if there was a nice conversation after the match.
Right after being surprised by Yamano’s descent and putting up a barrier, what is that, I don’t know that function… what’s going on?
Even if this is called the singularity, is the singularity really like that!?
>>1The singularity is when AI itself thinks it needs to grow by adding new functions.
>>31It’s good that you thought a barrier was necessary, but…
Why does a robot designed to play shogi have a barrier-generating device…?
>>52Just in case, there’s a crazy guy who isn’t hesitant to cut off the arms of his disciple who is seeking singularity…
>>1Have you ever seen a singularity?
Ah, I see… There are certainly readers who don’t know about Yamano-be’s barrier ability.
But I want to see Yamabe explode too.
>>3The visuals are amazing!
>>3It’s not just a simple robot; it will definitely become quite gruesome.
What is that barrier!?
>>4I don’t know… scary…
I don’t understand anything about singularity…
There is no record that Yamayabe was able to use a barrier.
There is no record that it couldn’t be used.
>>8I see…
Could “descend” possibly mean something spiritual?
>>9I don’t understand…
But somehow I’m already reminiscing about the time I played against Ichigo-chan in a monologue…
This guy is not a robot, but a biological android equipped with AI.
This manga is amazing all the time.
>>11It continues to exceed the readers’ expectations…
I understand why there are questions about being able to awaken and use barriers in Yamanoha if you haven’t read the past arc.
>>13Wait.
Wait.
It is a biological android that resembles Yamanoha in appearance, with all the data recorded about Yamanoha inputted.
Of course, it’s equipped with a chip instead of a brain, but isn’t this like the Zalem people from Battle Angel?
I like that in this manga, no matter what happens, it seems like you can just say, “Well, it happened like this, so there’s no helping it,” and you can do whatever you want.
>>15It seems that readers who didn’t stop reading after suddenly being shown a mysterious relaxed future after 100 years have already prepared themselves to accept everything.
Don’t you know about the Dragon King Barrier!?
Well, there are many descriptions of the mountains and fields that the readers haven’t seen before…
In the last match with Ichigo-chan before her passing, you probably used the Barrier technique.
If you’re going to hit someone, you should at least have a barrier for when you get hit, right?
>>19It seems that the descendants might be shocked.
Unlike Musashi, if it explodes, it will become really grotesque…
Well, I really thought Yamanoha’s barrier would be saved until the final battle.
You know that the barrier in the mountains is a technique to protect Strawberry-chan’s wallet, right?
Wait, normally you wouldn’t put up a barrier in shogi, let alone in go.
>>25Here it comes!
The classical shogi faction has long been opposed to the deployment of barriers during matches…
>>25You’ve made quite a bold statement saying you don’t need a barrier in shogi, even though you’ve never even become a dragon king.
>>25(Go requires barriers…)
I want to see Ichigo-chan crying over the words left behind by the fake that finally explodes.
When I sense the presence of “Oh, they’re going to shoot this…” out of the corner of my eye, I immediately come up with a countermeasure.
Because it’s AI.
For now, since it’s the future, any developments are considered acceptable.
Developed an AI that references the thoughts and personalities of people in the mountains and fields → I understand.
During the match, a singularity occurred → I understand.
It’s been a while, Aida → ???
Mystery Barrier → ??????????
>>32This can be understood as the sublimation of the input data.
Sure, I want to expect a mistake… In this situation, they make the correct move in just 50 seconds. I’ve thought many times in the past, is this person really human?
It is completely in the mountains and fields.
>>33Is this thing really human?
It’s interesting because the line can stand from both the perspective of an AI dealing with humans and from the perspective of a human who is fully immersed in interacting with Aida.
>>33Is it the latest AI, but something I’ve thought for a long time…?
>>86I traced all the memories of the mountains and fields.
It’s been a while since I felt like I wanted to read an episode without getting spoiled by the dragon and strawberries. Normally, I check the bulletin board after reading.
Of all times, it’s in this round…!!
That world punches you during a match, so you need at least a barrier…
It may seem outrageous because it’s a shogi manga, but the exchanges that are happening are genuinely intense.
If the other side gets in the way, they’ll probably attack, saying something like “I’ll kill you,” so there won’t be any interruptions!
Rather, it’s more exciting to reproduce the Bunpashi without using a barrier.
There isn’t a single living person here…
Is this like Robo Dad?
First of all, don’t try to incapacitate and abduct players during a match!
>>42When the game comes to an end and self-destruction occurs, the singularity is lost again, which is a loss for humanity.
There’s no choice but to shoot and abduct during the match!
>>42From the perspective of the production team, it might be like an AI-related issue, so it could be dangerous if we don’t address it…
The descent of Yamayabe can be explained by the increased accuracy of the emu.
Barrier…?
Isn’t it too blasphemous to life?
>>44The role of hair is to serve as a barrier to protect the head.
Being able to put up a barrier can be said to be an evolution.
Denying evolution is an insult to life itself.
Speaking of which, I’ve never seen the past Dragon Kings fighting in real life…
I can trace quite detailed data and singularity, and since it is AI, I can apply barriers accordingly.
It’s interesting that most people don’t know what’s going on…
They probably want to say that an amazing match is taking place.
Since AI is 100 times stronger than Yamanobe, isn’t it rather a weakening…?
>>51AI has already lost, so from now on it’s not about skill but about exchanging mistakes.
>>51If it stays as AI, it will 100% lose, and the chances of winning are higher if it becomes Yamano.
>>51Yamanobe came out because the situation was already one where we were losing to AI.
Isn’t the human touch making it weaker?
>>53Since I was overtaken before the singularity, if there is no singularity, I will lose no matter what.
>>53There is a cleverness that AI cannot achieve.
The barrier with a bio body is seriously crazy.
The biological information of Yamanoha was supposed to be used to mimic its appearance, just in case.
So even if a soul resides there… what is a soul??
It’s a lifeform android of a shogi player you can be proud of for generations to come!
Memories from one’s lifetime will emerge from the living parts.
If it were the real Yamayabe, I would have just punched him without setting up any barriers.
I’ve already accepted it, but the fact that Ichigo-chan is actually super elderly is quite absurd, isn’t it…
Moreover, they have become far stronger than during their physical prime in a thinking game.
The barrier is too strong, right?
Next is Mechanic Saito.
If the fake mountain survives after the match, it would make Musashi-kun’s self-detonation seem pointless.
The scene of a fake mountain dying is definitely a bit too much…
>>67It will just turn back into a mere false mountain, so here’s one…
I’m worried if the enemy AI from here will be differentiated properly, but it’s surprising that such concerns have become unfounded.
>>68Normally, I’m doing what I need to do for the final boss right now.
>>68If it’s a best-of-three or best-of-seven match, how on earth should Ichigo-chan win?
If the information of living or living people is important, could it be that robots also have something based on human cells?
>>69Oh, you’re talking about Singularity.
I expected the personality to fully become the person, but I didn’t really anticipate them putting up a barrier…
The descendants aren’t showing particularly negative emotions, so the future might feel that way…
Strawberry-chan is working.
But soon I will explode and scatter…
Thanks to the barrier, we can protect the strawberries even if they explode.
They’re also working on AI of Hibari Misora in reality.
Could it be that we’re starting something like post-human SF from here…?
>>81That discussion has been going on for two years now, hasn’t it?
>>81I thought it would end with an epilogue set a thousand years later, but it seems like it will continue for about another 20 volumes.
>>187I don’t mind at all!!!
If we think logically, Musashi doesn’t have a self-destruct function, so it must be a capability acquired after the Singularity, right?
Well then, even the mechanical Yamanobe can set up a barrier.
>>84Ah, that depiction was a foreshadowing that the singular AI can acquire new functions on its own…
The developments from the future arc are completely unpredictable, and the art is periodically wildly inconsistent.
The story is overwhelmingly interesting…
>>85I can’t predict what will happen next, and it feels like anything goes, but I have a sense that I’m still able to read what I want to read.
I wonder what this manga is.
>>95No matter what is presented, “The Dragon and the Strawberry” is a human drama about people who are risking their lives for shogi.
I think as long as that part doesn’t waver, it’s not a problem.
The barrier was a bit too much like a shogi board, so it wasn’t good.
I became myself.
Those who say they don’t need a barrier must not remember what happened to those who played against this before, right?
>>89That’s self-destruct damage that is presented as a performance!
Even in his lifetime, Yamano-based would activate a barrier when shot.
Well, seriously speaking, the singularity is when AI starts creating things that humans don’t even know about on its own.
It is truly a singularity phenomenon… a bit too early, though.
>>92Was it always this physical…?
>>92Isn’t singularity scary?
>>108That’s why Kaiser is saying to stop the research on singularity since the world will collapse…
About two weeks ago, I liked how Kaiser was saying it’s not right that I’m the only one watching shogi while the employees are working hard.
I wonder how many people believed that this yakuza would cause a singularity and put up a barrier 100 years later.
Isn’t it unfair when the person shows up just when the AI seems to have lost?
You have two lives, right?
The theory that the final boss is an old man is starting to become more than just a rumor.
There were predictions that once the singularity occurred, it would throw a right straight, but no one had predicted it would generate a barrier.
>>100There was no way a nameless person could read the moves of a professional shogi player.
Wasn’t Musashi’s issue not a self-destruct but a thermal runaway?
I was initially wondering, “Is this the future arc?” but then it turned out to be interesting, which is both a problem and not a problem.
>>105That aside, show me the timeline era.
Especially around the year before and after winning the tacky title.
Howard has completely turned into a random attacker, but he is still technically part of the final boss faction…
Are you sure they’ve set up a good match for the finals?
No, it’s Challenger’s 2-6 Pawn. ……! The Dragon King’s right straight punch…
This is what it was like 100 years ago.
A barrier will also be necessary.
>>107Saito’s hand has changed from the left hand to the right hand.
To be honest, I thought it would end with a sneaky tactic, so I was quite surprised that it became a false mountain (true) at the singularity.
I wonder what the barrier is…
>>109The future is amazing.
People in the future are also surprised…
Upon calm reflection, it was the second time Yamanoha had defended against a physical attack during the match.
Even though it’s the middle of a match, Howard seriously underestimates shogi by trying to stop the fake and take it with him.
>>112Well, I can understand that if you perfectly trace a person from 100 years ago and start generating barriers while playing shogi mixed with monologues, it would be a whole different game!
>>112Is it not allowed to place a piece in front of the king?
I see, it might surprisingly be a blind spot.
Developers’ love for casual conversation.
>>130When the circumstances around that area became clear, the benefits of the blatant reactions like those of dragons became apparent, and it was no good.
>>130Those two old men’s vague commentary is too funny…
I don’t think the real Yamano would settle for something as gentle as a barrier once they enter during the match.
A woman who evolves AI called Aida Ichigo.
Since we’re playing shogi, we should at least set up a barrier.
Even so, it’s quite tough, and just when I thought Yamano would lose… this manga does things like making Ichigo-chan reach the end of her lifespan.
>>116100 years later…
>>117In 100 years, it might be possible to artificially bring forth True Strawberry-chan as well.
>>116This isn’t the finals yet!
Well, given the level of technology in this world, it seems likely that barriers would exist.
If it’s the real Yamabena, I would grab their neck with one hand and say I’ll lift them up and kill them, right?
I feel that a barrier that can interfere with physics is quite amazing, but will it be something common a hundred years from now?
>>122A technology that turns objects into dust in an instant has been developed, so instead, what about refining a barrier from dust…?
Is it not a body robot but a clone body?! A barrier?!
The old lady is too strong.
I thought about how Strawberry-chan dies in the final match and the robot starts to become independent.
That would just be a normal victory by default for Ichigo-chan…
Ichigo-chan doesn’t have the admirable mindset of thinking that it’s fine to win at shogi even if she loses according to the rules.
I’m laughing so much at the visual of the anesthetic gun that looks like something from Doraemon’s secret gadgets.
Based on the input data, I completely reproduced Yamano’s inner self as well.
To prevent interference as a bonus, a barrier function was also created.
There’s no law that says you can’t die unless it’s the finals!
I want to see what kind of reaction it will have, so if you’re going to explode, do it after meeting your descendants.
The old lady with the strawberries won’t die until the game is over.
First, after seeing Musashi explode, it makes sense that you have to stop.
It’s cute that they rushed into the room and thought, “I can’t even tell the situation on the board…”
>>135The kind grandmother who tells me the situation…
What matters is the competition, and it’s funny that the occurrence of barriers doesn’t matter at all.
What’s going on with the security in the game room?
There are limits even for sponsors.
>>139I was thinking that if it comes in, I can’t go against it… and then suddenly, I didn’t expect it to be 🔫.
Ichigo-chan is also thinking, “This barrier… could it be Yamano?.”
If you equip the wilderness with AI specifications, it’s understandable that the first thing to prepare would be a barrier.
I mean, all of Howard’s barbaric acts are being broadcast to the world, right…?
>>143It’s a sponsor from the world, you know?
Since the Dragon King Tournament has turned into the ultimate AI battle, I’ll train until I can win… I did it!
If it’s Ichigo-chan, it makes sense to do such things.
I really want to see Takki take one title for himself…
Speaking of which, I want to see Takki’s descendants.
I wonder if he is not married to Popo-chan.
The Dragon King’s Yakuza can put up a barrier, huh?
I’ve forgotten quite a bit of the content…
The punch wasn’t from Ichigo-chan, and the one who received it wasn’t the Dragon King either.
>>152Well, it’s a story from 100 years ago, so it can’t be helped.
In this world, robots float and can make pieces float too, so they should be able to at least manage to create a barrier.
>>153But the Yamanoha body is a clone…
It’s like a clone body Yakuza or Ninja Slayer.
I’ve heard that shogi players in the Edo period used barriers to protect against intruders with swords. Since the rules weren’t established, anything went back in those days.
>>156Get lost.
I want Howard to die a gruesome death.
Not a singularity.
I can’t stop laughing when I think that Ryouma is using a barrier.
I was licking the dragon and the strawberry… It’s unfair that it’s always interesting…
The author has grown too much from Hibiki.
On the back of the shogi board.
There’s a depression for beheading those who interfere or meddle…
As expected, everyone anticipated that Yamano would be staying there.
The barrier might have been predicted by about 10% of anonymous users.
Shōwa-era shogi players were this common, though.
>>167Drakin is a person from the Heisei era!
Is something like when Fushiguro’s dad was reincarnated in Jujutsu Kaisen happening…?
After barging into the game venue, I was in trouble… I can’t understand anything just by looking at the board… I moved too impulsively and it was no good.
In modern times, since the singularity has not yet occurred, it cannot be proven that an AI that has caused the singularity is unable to erect barriers or self-destruct.
The Dragon King should be the strongest.
There was no dragon king that could generate shields, even if weapons were created from such fixed ideas.
In the midst of that, Yamanoe created a barrier out of his obsession with victory, doing anything to win, becoming the strongest in both offense and defense.
Well, I think all readers know this.
>>174(I don’t know…)
The explosion of a bio-entity made of cloned cells with flesh and blood would result in a horrific scene.
It’s too interesting that both Musashi and the fake mountain can use monologues in Singularity.
What are these guys?
This manga is amazing.
Even though nothing happens as expected, it’s still properly interesting.
>>179It’s not turning out the way I expected.
I can make predictions to some extent, but it easily surpasses that.
>>185Since Ikeda caused the singularity and the yakuza appeared, I can imagine the yakuza’s descent.
I didn’t think a barrier would come out from there…
I want to see Howard’s company’s AI lose and get destroyed without reaching the singularity!
It has exceeded readers’ expectations for six consecutive years now.
The future arc is basically always interesting.
I don’t understand why I can keep reading…
If the Singularity has descended like the Yakuza,
Anyone who interferes with shogi, whether they’re a sponsor or not, is going to get beaten up.
The evasion of the anesthetic gun through advanced calculations and body control is indistinguishable from a barrier.
People who only thought of singularity as AI becoming self-aware will learn the true meaning of singularity from this manga.
Many works betray expectations and also betray dislikes, but it’s impressive how this one is genuinely interesting.
Whether it is interesting as shogi or not, is another matter.
>>189Since AI came out, it ends at the mid-level score, so I have no idea why you won…
If the Yamayabe clone becomes singular, it will become Yamayabe.
You can make strawberries from strawberry clones, you know…
>>190Stop it.
Outside of shogi, it can only be used for violence.
>>190The problem is that there is no one other than the person themselves who can defeat the strawberry clone, so singularity will not occur.
If you can create AI Drakin, shouldn’t you create AI Aida instead?
Isn’t it that even though slashing with a sword or shooting with a gun is complete lawlessness, it somehow feels permissible because the opponent is dealing with it?
If the body is nothing more than a clone,
Can’t you at least make a barrier with the current strawberries?
>>195Well, that old lady can fly.
Only Musashi and Drakin underwent changes, but I wonder what the difference is between them and dragons or big breasts.
>>196Is it a switch that makes you think, “I absolutely can’t lose”?
>>203It seems like even though the company was involved, the big-chested person wasn’t motivated at all, right?
Large breasts give a pretty good impression and seemed the most human-like on the surface.
I’ve probably heard it a lot, but I always thought he was a guy with big breasts.