Akira Toya tracks Hikaru down at Haze Middle School to demand a rematch, only to be flatly rejected. Key Setting: Haze Middle School and Kaio Middle School. Plot Summary
Stung by the rejection, Akira returns to the prestigious Kaio Middle School Go Club. While playing a match against the club advisor, Yun-sensei, the mere mention of Hikaru's name fuels his obsession to improve and eventually face him again. Hikaru No Go Episode 7
Hikaru has officially started middle school and is trying to establish a Go club with Tsutsui. Akira, still haunted by his previous losses to "Hikaru" (actually Sai), tracks him down at his new school. Akira challenges him to a game, but Hikaru—who is starting to feel the pressure of being a "fraud" and wanting to play his own Go—refuses to play. Akira Toya tracks Hikaru down at Haze Middle
お前とは打たない (Omae to wa Utanai) While playing a match against the club advisor,
Sai beseeches Hikaru to take him to a go club so that he can once more play the game he loves (through Hikaru as an intermediary). European Go Federation Episode 07 | Hikaru no Go Wiki | Fandom