Clash of samurai spirit! Are the samurai meant to serve the clan, or to serve the people? Rokugo Taito was willing to sacrifice the common people for the sake of the impoverished clan, saying, "If sacrificing the drones can help to save the leader, then the unimportant insects must die." Wakisaka Magobei stood on the side of the people. "No, the small insects are important, too. If we sacrifice the people, the nation's power will decline as well." Ironically, the two men now in conflict were once friends in academy… (Source: Magazine Five, translated)

Ryu Komagata is a junior high school student who has a father who runs an outlandish betting Shogi parlor called "Serious Master" for a living. One day, Keisuke Torafura, a betting Shogi player who had turned his father's fate upside down, appears on the scene. In order to stop his father from challenging him to a fight that would plunge the family to the bottom again if he loses, Ryu challenges his father to a serious game of Shogi, a game he has always hated... This is a legendary Shogi manga that many professional players, including Zenji Hanyu, aspired to become professionals after reading this work! (from ebookjapan)

Note: Cover image shown is volume 2 of the reprint. Cover image of volume 3 of the original series is unavailable.