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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 ... him the earning of making a living on his own.
He has scarcely any friends. Among his acquaintances is a family of three sisters, a young woman, Akari, and two young girls, Hinata and Momo, that lost their parents too and who also keep a numerous number of cats. Another person he know from Shogi competitions is Harunobu Nikaidō, which declares he is Rei’s “best friend,” but Rei thinks other wise.

Art: What can I say?! Chika Umino is a beautiful artist that has such a fresh creative way of making Character designs. She has such a unique style that it’s so sweet. She has great detail in her work, it’s just lovely! I give the rating of a 10!

The Characters are so thought out; they feel so human and genuine with so many different kinds of personalities in the series. I just instantly grew to fall in love with them!

I very much enjoyed this Manga, it was insightful, touching, sweet, funny, educational and all in all very wonderfully enjoyable! I can't wait for the next volume, I just want keep on reading this greatly wonderful series!

Ps: This is my first review, so I really don’t know if I did much of good a job at it and I’m sorry for any mistakes I might of made.