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In March Comes in Like a Lion 1x10, Something Given part I & II, it's the Christmas special but Rei's gift is Shogi and sadness.

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Chris Sharpe

Rei yelling in the distance was so cathartic.

BirthdayParty

When you talk about how there's a lot of darkness in the shogi world, and yeah. These people have essentially bet their entire livelihoods on being good at a game. Once you're committed to Shogi, you're kinda stuck there, even if you fall out of love with it. It's not like being good at shogi is a marketable skill in the job market. And you're inevitably going to be playing catch up to everybody else who has been gaining skills and experiences that you don't have. So it's Shogi or some dead end job, or maybe not even that. It's kinda worse than sports in that way, because at least you have your body and physical labor to fall back on. Shogi and games like chess don't even have that. Every loss is a serious blow. Consecutive losses are even worse. All of that takes a mental toll on you. And if you don't have something to keep you going, like genuine passion for the game, then you will inevitably burn out. Which begs the question, what drives Rei and will it be enough to keep him from spiraling in the same way?