Manga by author Ikezawa Haruto - Status ongoing

Awkward Takara Shinobu has always been rejected for being incompetent, a "dunce". No matter how hard he tries with studies or with people he always fails. And now he's stuck going to a back-up high school far from home. Due to a miscommunication, he winds up living in a share-house dedicated to training shougi pros. Introduced to the world of shougi, Shinobu has finally made a connection with people who understand and accept him. Howevernow he wants to go pro too!?

Professor Noah Minami Umberbach is not your average archeologist! For one, he's prone to whipping out his gun and blowing up stuff to make dramatic entrances. But that's just his eccentric nature and he's a man on a mission. A mission that may very well be the most important mission of all time. And he's dragging unlucky student, Kotobuki, along for the ride!