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3gatsu no Lion
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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 a life-ish seinen, with strong monologues and reflections by Rei.
Nominated for the 2nd Manga Taisho Award (2009).
Type
Manga
Related Series
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Associated Names
3 Gatsu no Lion
3月のライオン
3月的狮子
3月的獅子
March Comes in Like a Lion
Sangatsu no Lion
Groups Scanlating
Latest Release(s)
Status in Country of Origin
4 Volumes (Ongoing)
Completely Scanlated?
No
Anime Start/End Chapter
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User Reviews
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User Rating
Average: 8.7 / 10.0 (148 votes) Bayesian Average: 8.49 / 10.0
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37% (55 votes) |
| 9+ |
27% (40 votes) |
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17% (25 votes) |
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12% (18 votes) |
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3% (5 votes) |
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1% (2 votes) |
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0% (0 votes) |
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1% (2 votes) |
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1% (1 votes) |
Last Updated
July 11th 2010, 8:18am PST
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Year
2008
Original Publisher
Serialized In (magazine)
Young Animal (Hakusensha)
Licensed (in English)
No
English Publisher
N/A
Activity Stats (vs. other series)
Weekly Pos # 618  (+93) Monthly Pos # 559 (+13) 3 Month Pos # 771  (-170) 6 Month Pos # 639 (+124)
List Stats
On 837 reading lists On 483 wish lists On 19 unfinished lists On 72 custom lists
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| Absolutely Fantastic by Crenshinibon on April 28th, 2010, 9:45pm |
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I'm going to be honest and admit something a little embarrassing: it took me a couple tries to really get into sangatsu no lion. I'm not quite sure what it was that initially made things difficult for me. Maybe it's just that the plot seems so superficial at first glance. The whole setup is laden with cliches and rife with the potential for petty melodrama. Initially I think I just wrote it off as such.
The reality, however, is quite different. Reading a little more closely, there's a strange depth to the storytelling. My personal impression is that this is the result of the script being written almost in the style of a novel- unlike we usually see with most continuous projects, there are very clear events that seem to have been planned meticulously in advance, all gradually progressing towards a highly intentional ending. As a result, the pacing is fantastic. Everything has relevance, and the atmosphere is changed in order to deftly guide the reader's interpretation. Even the aforementioned cliches to the setup are wonderfully subverted by infusing reality into the personalities and situations, and lightening the melodrama with appropriate touches of humor.
The art, while slightly flowery for a seinen project, still suits the environment perfectly well, and its technical aspects are up-to-snuff.
Give it a read.
Rating: 8.6 / 10.0 |
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| Shows much potential by smearedink on October 8th, 2008, 4:47pm |
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This series, although only having six chapters, shows much potential as to be expected from Umino Chika. I can see that this is going to be unique because the reader does not have a firm grasp on the genre of this novel and it can really go anywhere as of now. Here's to an update soon, and that the project will sustain.
Rating: 8 / 10.0 |
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| I want more... by bozou on August 25th, 2008, 8:05pm |
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| I wish for more chapters. I really like how the story is going so far. I want to know what's going to happen next because the characters have their own issues to deal with and it is interesting to see what they will do when the time comes that they have to face it. |
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| duhh by Dubby on February 21st, 2008, 10:14pm |
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Of course it looks shoujo-ish! The mangakas last series was Honey and Clover, a josei manga/anime. People don't just suddenly pop out new genre-cliches artstyles out their asses
But the manga itself seems interesting so far =D We'll see how it goes from there |
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| shoujo? by rpgotaku on January 24th, 2008, 4:09pm |
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well...drawinig style looks kind of shoujo-ish...but interesting story...something i'd read...haven't seen the romance part come in yet but if it turns out how i wish it would...i'd give it a 10...but...we'll see..lates
Rating: 9 / 10.0 |
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| plot by newbie56k on November 29th, 2007, 5:05pm |
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| do u know how cuute that plot sounds?? |
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