The first trailer of the domestic web drama "Chess Soul" was released, adapted from a well-known Japanese manga

The first trailer of the Chinese web drama "Soul of Chess" was released today (October 21). The web drama is adapted from the Japanese manga of the same name. It is directed by Liu Chang and starred by Hu Xianxu, Zhang Chao, and Hao Fushen.

Trailer:

Official plot summary: In order to earn some pocket money, Xiaoguang, a sixth-grade elementary school student, went to his grandfather's house to look for treasures and accidentally found an old chessboard. The moment he touched the chessboard, the soul of the chess player Chu Ying, who was possessed by the chessboard, entered Xiaoguang's body. Later, Xiaoguang met a young genius, Xiaoliang, in the school's Go club. In order to test Chu Ying's strength, Xiaoguang rashly played against Xiaoliang and won a small victory. He didn't know Xiaoliang's identity and mistakenly thought that Chu Ying's chess skills were mediocre, which made him deeply dissatisfied. However, Xiaoliang was hit hard and extremely frustrated.

A few days later, Xiaoliang challenged Xiaoguang again. Although he was very angry about Xiaoguang's contempt for Go, he was defeated by the chess soul Chu Ying again. From then on, the two became chess rivals who loved and hated each other. Under Zuo Wei's guidance, Xiaoguang made rapid progress and gradually became interested in Go. In the end, in a fierce battle with his rival Xiaoliang in the national competition, Chu Ying played a wonderful game, but Xiaoguang actually saw a higher move. Xiaoguang finally could play independently through his own efforts, Chu Ying's help and the training with Xiaoliang, and ignited the real chess soul in his heart.

The original author of "Hikaru no Go" is Yumi Horita, the manga is drawn by Takeshi Obata, and supervised by Yukari Umezawa, a female chess player from the Japan Chess Institute. The single volume has 23 volumes. It was adapted into a 75-episode animation.