3-gatsu no Lion
March Comes in Like a Lion
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3-gatsu no Lion

Alternative Titles

Synonyms: Sangatsu no Lion, Lion of March
Japanese: 3月のライオン
English: March Comes in Like a Lion
Spanish: El león de marzo
French: March comes in like a lion
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Type: Manga
Volumes: Unknown
Chapters: Unknown
Status: Publishing
Published: Jul 13, 2007 to ?
Genres: Award Winning Award Winning, Drama Drama, Slice of Life Slice of Life
Themes: Childcare Childcare, Iyashikei Iyashikei, Strategy Game Strategy Game
Demographic: Seinen Seinen
Serialization: Young Animal
Authors: Umino, Chica (Story & Art)

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Score: 8.861 (scored by 1979419,794 users)
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Ranked: #272
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Popularity: #228
Members: 70,984
Favorites: 4,194

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Preliminary Spoiler
Feb 2, 2012
Preliminary (19/? chp)
Another masterpiece from the wonderful insightful Chika Umino, the creator of the very successful series Honey and Clover. She really knows how to stir you up in emotions with her unique characters and plot.

Story: What would life be like at the age of seventeen, living on your own with no real family and having to play Shogi to earn a living? This is the life of Rei Kiriyama, who is an introverted quietly awkward boy that’s been through so many traumas in his past, that it makes your heart swell. He is also a professional player of a Japanese board game called Shogi, which gives ...
Oct 25, 2015
Preliminary (62/? chp)
Losing your parents at a young age can influence your later life significantly. Luckily for the protagonist Rei, he is taken in by a family. How did it affect his life, and the relations with other people? From the creator of Honey & Clover, comes the manga "3-gatsu no Lion", a slice of life manga which incorporates dramatic elements.

As mentioned earlier, due to Rei losing his parents, his life is thrown upside down. Insecurity and loneliness plagues his everyday life, even when living in an adopted family, being shogi his only scapeway to avoid confronting his new-found life. Obviously showing talent in Shogi, he ranks ...
Nov 5, 2015
Preliminary (Unknown/? chp)
Sangatsu No Lion is a good manga that is less talked about than many others that it is superior to .

Perhaps it's because of its synopsis which fails at being eye-catching .In any case this is not bad or boring provided you don't dislike slice of life .

On to the review then .

Story - 7
Being slice of life in its purest form ,Sangatsu No Lion doesn't exactly have what you can call a major plot line .This is just the story of a high school shogi pro with family issues .Like a biography ,you cannot exactly pick a point that represents the story even if ...
Sep 11, 2020
Preliminary (171/? chp)
March comes in like a lion is a story about life at its highs, lows and in-betweens, yet portrays the struggle to attain happiness and a place to belong as difficult due to personal struggles the characters undergo. It's a series about living life to the fullest however you can, growing out of one's shell in order to trust others and move beyond pain. It's a personal journey for one young man to overcome depression, another story about a woman whose life has been defined by raising her sisters and yet shoulders on, a clinically sick man who barely struggles to finish his games despite ...
Jan 28, 2024
Preliminary (100/? chp)
Chica Umino is a true multi-talent genius and this work shows why because it excels at so many things that it is unbelievable to me how something like this is allowed to exist. It mixes a truly compelling character drama with excellent sports manga elements, and an outstanding cast of characters that is balanced out with its incredible humor and amazing art. Umino-sensei has an excellent understanding of the human condition because it really is just so balanced; it seamlessly transitions from deeply introspective, relatable moments regarding the pain of competition and the Rei's struggle between self-imposed isolation and trust, to hilariously funny scenes about ...
Dec 16, 2016
Preliminary (Unknown/? chp)
Instead of a review, i think i will just be preaching about my favourite manga, cause i honestly love sangatsu too damn much. I think manga really is a very interesting medium, combining the best aspects of books and films. While books is able to vividly describe the wonders that can be shelved under without much thought in images, images however, is much easier to consume and can still pack quite a punch in conveying feelings. I think manga is a perfect balance of these two aspects and that Sangatsu was truly able to ultilise them in perfect harmony.

There is unique and impactful use ...
Apr 18, 2020
Preliminary (152/? chp)
It takes until the fifteenth page of the first chapter till the protagonist Rei speaks. Before then, he's woken up from an unpleasant dream, mechanically dressed himself, walked through the city, and arrived at his appointment to play his stepfather in a professional shogi match. Rei beats him, but refuses to answer the usual fatherly questions - "How have you been? Have you been eating properly?". Seemingly resigned, the last thing his stepfather says before leaving is "Ayumu and Kyoko have been very worried about you". Once alone, Rei only says one word in response: "Liar". The overwhelming impression throughout the first half of ...
Sep 24, 2019
Preliminary (163/? chp)
March Comes In Like a Lion has skyrocketed into my top 10 list of anime and manga at blinding speeds. There is so much about it to talk about because it is a story that encompasses so much.

I have a hard time trying to explain to people what the plot is about. Yes, it is a story of a young shogi player that lives off of the earnings of his matches, but it is so much more. On one hand it is about the lives of professional shogi players everywhere and all the mentality, personality and back story that has built up each of them ...
Jun 19, 2019
Preliminary (130/? chp)
One of the best manga I've ever read. The story, Art, potraying the emotions of characters in such a wonderful style. Really Beautiful.

The story of a teenage boy who has already started living in the world of adults and still trying to find the emotions and life that a normal teenager goes through.. Beautiful story indeed.. There are so many characters with different personality and background and the manga goes through everyone's story, delivering it in a level that seems as important as a protagonist. Writer really did a good job vis a vis this aspect. The Art style is simple and yet ...
Feb 12, 2022
Preliminary (188/? chp)
The commendable part of sangatsu no lion is the way it worked through the development— instead of the MC-meeting-others-and-learning-from-them or other-characters-meeting-the-MC-and-changes-from-them kind of focused lense, SNL works both ways. MC meets other characters and they exchange experiences to contribute to the development of one another. Add to this detail, the fact that the MC is a 19-year-old boy Kiriyama deep into the world of Shogi that's consisted of people in different age ranges— you get to see young ones learn (new gen) and an adult to change things (veterans).

It also makes the whole jam-packed of characters, which is a usual pitfall of animanga content, very ...
Jan 31, 2021
Preliminary (148/? chp)
March Come in Like a Lion was something that I could ever want from a manga of this nature. It has a subdued and relaxed atmosphere that masks a tsunami of inner turmoil that lurks underneath the story of most of the main characters, and even some of the side characters as well.

The story revolves around Rei Kiriyama, probably one of my favorite protagonists to ever exist. When we first meet him he has little to no self esteem and is haunted by his traumatic past and his difficult family life. All he has in life is shogi, which is something he admits he never ...
Jan 13, 2020
Preliminary (166/? chp)
THIS REVIEW (kind of) CONTAINS SPOILERS

I feel very conflicted about this series. Because I think what it does, it does well. Really well, even. But I often found myself very irritated while reading it. Why? One thing: the way this manga changes direction very abruptly, going into long arcs on new topics. (I will go into what those topics are here, if you consider that spoilers, but I won't give any spoiler-y details about what exactly happens.)

It starts off mainly about three things: shogi, Kiriyama's family/past, and the sisters he meets and builds bonds with. So far so good. I think it gives you a ...
Jan 16, 2022
Preliminary (156/? chp)
Its a good manga but I just find it boring most of the times.

First of all, I don't find shogi interesting at all even though I think the story does well to explain it, so from that its almost half the story kinda skimmed through. I hoped to invest myself in the game but I just couldn't, although the system and the preparation for the matches to happen were enjoyable to learn about. I find most of the characters uninteresting except the mc, his crazy step sis, the three sisters and the baseball player. The moment the story isn't about character development, I find it ...
Nov 11, 2021
Preliminary (185/? chp)
Despite starting off with an excruciatingly slow pace, 3-gatsu no Lion, after a certain point opens up and turns into a beautiful story about a pro Shogi player that's only a school student.

The characters are all likable, from the three girls of the Kawamoto family that's supporting each other against the cruelty of life, to the main character Rei Kiriyama that has always wanted a place that he belongs to. Even the many pro Shogi players that we come into the story through Kiriyama's career all have very detailed and engaging stories about their own circumstances.

Overall, I think the characters of this manga is what ...