Catelogies: Raw Manga,Award-Nominated Work,Award-Winning Work,Bespectacled Protagonist,Board Game/s,Dead Family Member/s,Loneliness,Loner Protagonist,Prodigy,Serious/Studious Character/s,Shogi
Associated Names
Sangatsu no Lion
3月のライオン
3月的狮子
3月的獅子
3gatsu no Lion
March Comes in Like a Lion
Description
Kiriyama Rei is a 17 year old professional shogi player and very good at it, but in real life, he has nothing. Quiet and not very social, Rei has no family, no friends, and he doesn’t go to school. He is acquainted with a neighboring woman named Akari who is single-handedly raising her two younger sisters, Momo and Hinata. It’s life-ish seinen, with strong monologues and reflections by Rei.
Nominated for the 2nd Manga Taisho Award (2009).
Genre
Drama Seinen Slice of Life Tragedy
Author(s)
UMINO Chica
