As mentioned here, a new Go manga will be released in this month.
This is the second Go manga being released after 21 years that is on a major weekly magazine and is fully supported by Nihon Kiin. In between Hikaru no Go and this manga, there were other Go themed manga too such as Hoshizora no Karasu (2013 ~ 2016) and Gunbu no Pair Go (2021 ~ 2023).
I’ve consolidated some of the information I could find about this manga. I will try to share more information once it is released too.
Japanese Title: 伍と碁(Go to Go)
English Title: Go and Go (tentatively named by me)
Title meaning: The second Go (碁) just means Go, the game we all love. The first Go (伍) can mean the number 5 or a group of 5 people, usually used to refer to a small team in army. If you read or watch Kingdom probably you’ll have heard of it too (another nice Manga/Anime!). I guess it refers to the 5 characters that the main character has to overcome in the story. I’ll just name it Go and Go for now until somebody else can come up with a cooler name after finding out the story.
Synopsis:
The story follows Akiyama Kosei (秋山恒星), a protagonist who excelled in various fields such as baseball, soccer, and academics, but experienced a setback in the world of Go. As a high school student, he returns to the game, vowing to take revenge on the five young prodigies who once defeated him.
Author: Hasuo Toto
Go Strength: Learnt for about 8 years but hasn’t played much with people so actual strength is unclear.
Author Comments:
“I hope this manga will become one that is enjoyed by both who know Go and don’t know Go. It will be great if more people can read it!!”
Illustrator: Nakazato Haruna
Past titles include a manga called “Blast” which has 3 volumes. It is about the high school life of the main character in the Wind Orchestra Club who has no talent but has the passion for music. You can see a sample here (in Japanese).
Go Strength: Currently learning through a Go app called 囲碁であそぼ (Let’s play Go)
Supervised by:
Iyama Yuta (Oza, Gosei, Judan)
Terayama Rei 6P
First chapter planned release date:
27th Jan 2025 on the Weekly Young Magazine
First volume planned release date:
May 2025
Will share more information once they are available! Will definitely share also once the first chapter is released!
No wonder I couldn’t find it on Bookwalker, lol
Thanks for the heads up! 
You can read other Go manga in the meantime lol
Thanks for the information!
Thanks! I’m curious to read this. Can anyone comment on the chances of it being translated into English? Also, what are the typical timelines for translations?
Given that it’s not released in a Shonen magazine, I would say the chances are low unless it gets popular. Here are the manga in Weekly Young Magazine.
10 more days to release of the first chapter!
Perhaps there could be some fan subs made, given the percentage of english speaking go players who learn japanese
