March Comes in Like a Lion｜Anime

2023.03.17

“March Comes in Like a Lion” is a Japanese manga and anime work about shogi (Japanese chess) by Chika Umino.
It has been serialised since 2007; a TV anime and live-action film adaptation were announced in 2015, with the TV anime airing from 2016 and the live-action film released in 2017; since 2010, it has won numerous other awards, including the 35th Kodansha Manga Award in the general category and the 18th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Award Manga Grand Prize, among others too numerous to mention. It has won so many different awards.

Synopsis

Rei Kiriyama is a 17-year-old professional Shogi (Japanese chess) player living alone in downtown Tokyo. He is the fifth junior high school student in history to make his professional debut as a shogi player, but he lost his family in an accident when he was a child and is deeply lonely both in his life and on the board.
Then three sisters, Akari, Hinata and Momo, appear in front of him. As he comes into contact with them, Rei slowly regains warmth in his heart. An unimaginable battle awaits Rei, in which professionals from all walks of life put their brains, bodies and souls on the line!
This is a story of growth in which Rei gradually expands his world through interaction with a group of curmudgeonly professionals.

March Comes in Like a Lion | Recommendations

“March Comes in Like a Lion” is an animated film with a wonderful visual representation of the main character and other characters, and a quiet, relaxed atmosphere that is very comfortable and heartwarming, as if you were turning the pages of a novel one by one.
The music, such as piano music, also fits the atmosphere of the work very well. There is also comedy from time to time, and the animals’ voices are a nice accent.
The story that has nothing to do with the main story is interspersed from time to time, and you can feel the relaxed atmosphere of the work, making it a good work that is both relaxing and heart-warming.