[DeepL Translation - needs review] Introduction to Volume 1: Ichika, a female professional chess player, made her professional debut in her teens in a shocking manner, and was in the limelight. However, after an incident, she lost all desire to play Shogi and continued to lose. Then one day, a man she had met on a blind date party in an attempt to escape marriage pushes a boy of elementary school age on her. Ichika is perplexed, but she has no choice but to move in with him. She has no mater...
Comedic pro shogi story with a not so cool gimmick
Synopsis: Ichika was a child prodigy in the shogi world. She's still active as a pro player but since a tragic accident she's been in a slump and keeps losing. Cue a random sequence of events that leads to her taking care of the 10 year old son of a man she barely knows.
In trying to make this work, the kid ends up looking up to her as a shogi player and helping her out of her slump and it could all be a very cute 'found family' development.
Here's what's not working for me: