I was tired of writing my paper, so I went to the living room for tea and found my wife watching a live-action version of "March Lion" on Amazon.com.

Shogi is now considered to be amid an unprecedented Shogi boom.

I can only vaguely remember the rules of Shogi, but I think I have read a lot of manga comics dealing with Shogi.

And when I read those comics, I come to believe,

"Does any professional Shogi player play the game while suffering from the continuous harsh reality?"

Of course, I think comics need drama, but even so, the characters in chess comics -- don't all look happy.

Their agonizing and painful obsession with winning fascinates me.

But if I were to ask myself whether I, too, would like to live a life of unbearable and painful obsession with winning, I would answer, "Absolutely not.

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I was reading the "withdrawal agreement" of the organization called "Shourei-kai" (Japan Shogi Federation), and I felt fear about the contents of the 'forced withdrawal of age limit.'

However, I understand this age limit is correct for maintaining a solid organization.

If there is no age limit, there will probably always be elders, factions, and such, shaping and weakening the organization and even leading to illegal activities, like the ruling party in some countries.

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Speaking of age restrictions, the "Fields Medal," considered the Nobel Prize in mathematics, also has strict limits: once every four years, under 40 years old, and between two and four recipients.

In the case of mathematics, I think that no age limit is needed, given that most of the great proofs in mathematics are done by young mathematicians.

(Andrew Wiles, who successfully proved "Fermat's Last Theorem," received a "special award" in 1998 at the age of 45, but this is an exception.)

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It is best to have someone else do the "bloody life," not me.

It is enough for me to be 'shown' and 'entertained' by the bloody life of another.