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Well, what can I say...

You've simply made my life more interesting.

I found the idea of the Cylinder Shogi to be extremely interesting.

It's a pity that the equivalent of an horizontal cylinder is out of the question, since the Kings would be giving check to each other from the very beginning of the game!

And giving a full twist before joining the edges of the ...

Ultimate Shogi moeee~~

(from the real 将棋男)

A very, very cute lesson! \ \(=^_^=)/ /

Yokatta!

Thank you very much for replying.

Like lesson #4, these are the things that make shogi so "real"; not just a mysterious board game from the Eastern Asia.

You graduated from Todai?

Somehow I had the impression that you're no common person, despite your genuine modesty.

By the way, thank you for sharing some personal effects, like your 5th dan certificate.

Personally, I have been making a mess out of my life by longing for a record contract and failing in 9 long years together with my progressive rock band from the secluded Italian countryside. I have met a few talented people and many other less talented but definitely crazy ones.

And I am truly ...

This scene was included in a few NGE fanfictions, but I'm afraid that many writers mistook the sound for Go pieces. Above all, if you seriously uphold the thesis of Commander Ikari and Deputy Commander Fuyutsuki playing merely "metaphorically", then uncountable questions will arise from the churc...

Please don't worry about making mistakes.

Trying to understand the teacher's explanation is one thing, but at the same time being ready to detect possible errors surely makes a much more effective learning.

Hello HIDETCHI, I would like to ask you a few questions.

How is the notation for a promotion? And for a drop?

And regarding the Japanese book you showed at the end of the lesson, what do the moves beginning with the kanji 同 consist in?

Thank you very much!

You've improved a really lot since your performance on 15th February, especially in dynamic control and fluency. Congratulations!

I see that you've studied the score very carefully together with your teacher. "Korekaramo gambattekudasai"!!

(A small suggestion: you may apply some more compression...

Impressive!

It surely takes a little bit of courage to start learning the piano at 30. I started at 15 but wasn't able to persevere because I was demoralized by the all those unreachable talents who started at 3 out there.

Even more impressive how much you've accomplished in only three months! (I...

I don't want to sound rude, but would have a suggestion.

How would it be to add in some way on the pieces the first Latin letter of their English name, as listed in the "Abbreviations" column of the shogi pieces table from Wikipedia?

By the way, if I'm not mistaken, beside the piano you play the guitar too. Have you ever thought about applying the techniques of holding a shogi piece to a guitar pick? :)

Like you, I come from a non-English speaking country too, and am honestly impressed by your pronounciation and fluency.

There simply couldn't have been a better choice than having a Japanese teach Japanese chess to the world!