In the anime, Hikaru says this when he plays in a Go tournament for the first time.
Hikaru no Go
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Hikaru no Go
Hikaru no Go is a Japanese manga series based on the board game Go, written by Yumi Hotta and illustrated by Takeshi Obata. The production of the series' Go games was supervised by Go professional Yukari Umezawa. It was serialized in Weekly Shōnen Jump from 1999 to 2003, with the chapters collected into 23 tankōbon volumes by Shueisha.
“To link the far past, with the far future.”
Hikaru's reason for playing Go (Volume 23, chapter 189)
Hikaru no Go
