March Comes in Like a Lion
3-gatsu no Lion
#28 Most Rated#208 Most Popular#2 Most Rated · 2007
Rei Kiriyama is a child prodigy. Rei Kiriyama is also an orphan who lives alone in an empty apartment. Rei Kiriyama is a teen working in an adult's world. Life is complicated for Rei. He's an up-and-coming shogi player on the verge of turning pro, but he has no homelife, or much of a life period, outside his board game, but thankfully with the help of some life-long friends he has an opportunity start all over again.
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- Winner of the Grand Prize at the 4th Manga Taishou Award in 2011.
- Winner of the 35th Kodansha Manga Award in 2011.
- Winner of the Grand Prize at the Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize in 2014.
- Winner of the Grand Prize at the Japan Media Arts Festival in 2021.
Rei Kiriyama is a child prodigy. Rei Kiriyama is also an orphan who lives alone in an empty apartment. Rei Kiriyama is a teen working in an adult's world. Life is complicated for Rei. He's an up-and-coming shogi player on the verge of turning pro, but he has no homelife, or much of a life period, outside his board game, but thankfully with the help of some life-long friends he has an opportunity start all over again.
(Source: DENPA)
Notes:
- Winner of the Grand Prize at the 4th Manga Taishou Award in 2011.
- Winner of the 35th Kodansha Manga Award in 2011.
- Winner of the Grand Prize at the Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize in 2014.
- Winner of the Grand Prize at the Japan Media Arts Festival in 2021.
Rei Kiriyama is a child prodigy. Rei Kiriyama is also an orphan who lives alone in an empty apartment. Rei Kiriyama is a teen working in an adult's world. Life is complicated for Rei. He's an up-and-coming shogi player on the verge of turning pro, but he has no homelife, or much of a life period, outside his board game, but thankfully with the help of some life-long friends he has an opportunity start all over again.
(Source: DENPA)
Notes:
- Winner of the Grand Prize at the 4th Manga Taishou Award in 2011.
- Winner of the 35th Kodansha Manga Award in 2011.
- Winner of the Grand Prize at the Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize in 2014.
- Winner of the Grand Prize at the Japan Media Arts Festival in 2021.
A classic, virtually flawless in its approach to sensitive themes with memorable, lovable yet flawed characters.
- 100
The kindest tale ever told
- 100
“I say I have no reason to win, but why is it so painful when I lose? I am so half-hearted about everything.”
- 100
More Than Just a Story About Shogi
- 95
People who seem the furthest away are surprisingly more similar to us that we may think.
- 95
An Authentic Depiction of the Human Experience: Welcoming Love, Accepting Loss & Understanding Shogi.
