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Japanese manga series by Chica Umino

March Comes In like a Lion
First tankōbon volume cover, featuring Rei Kiriyama
3月のライオン ( Sangatsu no Raion )
Genre	Coming-of-age [1] Romance [2] Piece of life [3]
Manga
Written by	Chica Umino
Published by	Hakusensha
English language publisher	NA Denpa
Mag	Young Fauna
Demographic	Seinen
Original run	July thirteen, 2007 – present
Volumes	xvi (Listing of volumes)
Anime television serial
Directed by	Akiyuki Shinbo Kenjirou Okada
Produced by	Akiko Yodo (Aniplex) Ryou Tomoda Fuminari Fukino (Toy'due south Factory) Masahiro Nojima (#1–22) Masayuki Sano (#1–22, Asmik Ace) Tadao Iwaki (#1–22, Shaft) Takahiro Yoshikawa (#one–22) Jun Sakata (#22–44) Kazuhiko Yusa (#22–44, Asmik Ace) Miku Ooshima (#22–44, Shaft)
Written by	Shaft [a] () Akiyuki Shinbo () Yukito Kizawa (scripts)
Music by	Yukari Hashimoto
Studio	Shaft
Licensed by	NA Aniplex of America UK Anime Express
Original network	NHK G
Original run	Oct 8, 2016 – March 31, 2022
Episodes	44 (Listing of episodes)
Live-action films
March Comes In similar a Lion (2017)
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March Comes In like a Lion (Japanese: 3月のライオン, Hepburn: Sangatsu no Raion , lit. "The Lion of March") is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated past Chica Umino. It has been serialized in Hakusensha'due south seinen manga magazine Young Creature since July 2007, with its chapters collected in sixteen tankōbon volumes as of September 2022. It features the life of Rei Kiriyama, an introvert and professional shogi histrion, who gradually develops both his play and his relationship with others.

An anime television receiver serial adjusted past Shaft aired on NHK 1000 from October 2016 to March 2017 and a second flavour aired from October 2017 to March 2022, with each season consisting of 22 episodes. The English language dubbed version was released in four parts by Aniplex of America between December 2017 and Apr 2022. A two-office live-action moving picture adaptation was released in 2017. Denpa will start releasing the English version of the manga from summer 2022. A spin-off of the manga ran from 2015 to 2022.

March Comes In like a King of beasts won the Manga Taishō, the Kodansha Manga Honour in its general category, the Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize's Grand Prize and the manga division's Grand Prix of Japan Media Arts Festival. The story has been praised for the psychological delineation of its characters. The anime adaption has been overall well received, but its art-style received polarized reviews.

Story [ edit ]

The boondocks where the main character Rei Kiriyama lives in is set in Shinkawa which is situated along Tokyo's Sumida River. The Kawamoto family unit's home is set in Tsukuda which is connected to the town Rei lives in through the Chuo bridge. The shogi hall of the manga is set in Sendagaya area and it resembles the headquarters of the Japanese Shogi Clan that is situated there. ^[4]

Rei Kiriyama's parents and younger sis died in an blow in his childhood. He and so started living with the family unit of Masachika Kōda who was a friend of his father. Reaching adulthood, Rei left his foster family thinking he was merely causing trouble. He now lives alone and has few friends. Among his acquaintances are three sisters of the Kawamoto family — Akari, Hinata, and Momo. As the story progresses, Rei deals with his maturation both as a professional person shogi player and every bit a person, all the while strengthening his relationships with others, especially the Kawamoto sisters.

Characters [ edit ]

Main characters [ edit ]

Rei Kiriyama ( 桐山 零 , Kiriyama Rei )

Voiced by: Kengo Kawanishi, Yumi Uchiyama (immature) (Japanese); Khoi Dao, Wendee Lee (young) (English) ^{[5] [six]}

Played past: Ryunosuke Kamiki

17 years one-time at the beginning of the series, afterwards turns xviii. A v dan in the get-go of the series, he is later promoted to six dan. Rei became a professional shogi player while in middle school and his achievements shortly made him one of the about promising players of his generation. After his parents and sister died in a traffic accident, he was taken in by his male parent'south friend Kōda and became his apprentice in shogi. Subsequently becoming a professional shogi player and completing middle schoolhouse, he decided to become independent and not attend high school. However, afterwards feeling a "need" to nourish school, Rei joins a loftier schoolhouse subsequently a ane-year delay. He lives in the city of Rokugatsu-chō (June boondocks).

Akari Kawamoto ( 川本 あかり , Kawamoto Akari )

Voiced by: Ai Kayano (Japanese); Laura Post (English) ^{[5] [vi]}

Played by: Kana Kurashina

A resident of Sangatsu-chō (March town), she is the eldest of iii sisters. Later on her mother and grandmother's death, she starts taking care of her two younger sisters. In the morning, she helps her elderly grandpa run a traditional wagashi (Japanese confectionery) shop, Mikazuki-dō, while in the evening, she works as a hostess for a bar in Ginza, Misaki, which her aunt manages. Akari gets acquainted with Rei when she finds him on the street when his older shogi rivals got him drunk and abandoned him; she takes him to her dwelling and looks afterward him all dark, which starts Rei's close relationship with the family. She often calls Rei "Rei-kun".

Hinata Kawamoto ( 川本 ひなた , Kawamoto Hinata )

Voiced past: Kana Hanazawa (Japanese); Kayli Mills (English language) ^{[5] [6]}

Played by: Kaya Kiyohara

The second of the three sisters. A centre school student. She sleeps in late in the mornings till the very last infinitesimal and often makes bentos by herself. She calls Rei "Rei-chan". Like her elder sister Akari, she likes taking care of Rei, who develops romantic feelings for her every bit the series progresses. She has a stiff loyalty towards her friends and family unit. She aspires to be as mature as her sister when she gets older. Later she graduates from middle schoolhouse, enrolls at the aforementioned high school where Rei studies and starts dating him.

Momo Kawamoto ( 川本 モモ , Kawamoto Momo )

Voiced by: Misaki Kuno (Japanese); Xanthe Huynh (English language) ^{[5] [6]}

Played by: Chise Niitsu

The youngest of the three sisters. A preschool pupil, she attends a daycare center. Pure and innocent, she has a flake of a selfish streak at times. Her favorite anime character is Bodoro (modelled on My Neighbour Totoro'due south Totoro). She calls Rei "Rei-chan".

Kōda family [ edit ]

Masachika Kōda ( 幸田 柾近 , Kōda Masachika )

Voiced by: Tōru Ōkawa (Japanese); Cam Clarke (English) ^{[7] [6]}

Played past: Etsushi Toyokawa

Rei'due south shogi teacher, a pro eight dan. He was both a friend and rival in shogi to Rei's biological begetter. After Rei's parents and sister died, he adopts Rei and guides him in shogi. He is serious about shogi and is very strict with his biological children when they were studying it themselves. Because of the attention that their father showed Rei, both the Koda children grew to resent Rei and treated him poorly as he was growing up in their household.

Kyōko Kōda ( 幸田 香子 , Kōda Kyōko )

Voiced past: Marina Inoue (Japanese); Lauren Landa (English) ^{[7] [6]}

Played past: Kasumi Arimura

Kōda'due south daughter and Ayumu's older sister. She is four years older than Rei. Beautiful and hot tempered, Kyōko seems to hold a grudge on Rei as she has the habit of exerting a negative influence on him by discouraging him purposefully before his matches. She appears to be in love with Masamune Gotō, a married human being. When she was younger, she was openly hostile to Rei when he first joins the family because she is jealous of the attention her father gives Rei. She aspired to become a professional shogi player but was discouraged by her father as the field was dominated by men and she was not talented enough to be a part of it. She frequently goes to Rei'due south flat whenever she is feeling lonely. Afterward on, she admits to herself that she was unfair to Rei because she realizes that he wasn't trying to steal her family, rather, he just wanted to exist part of ane.

Ayumu Kōda ( 幸田 歩 , Kōda Ayumu )

Voiced past: Marina Inoue (Japanese); Janice Kawaye (English)

Kōda's son and Kyōko'southward younger blood brother. He is of the same age as Rei. After losing to Rei in shogi, he stopped playing at all, and subsequently started confining himself to his room and only playing video games.

Professional shōgi players [ edit ]

Harunobu Nikaidō ( 二海堂 晴信 , Nikaidō Harunobu )

Voiced by: Nobuhiko Okamoto (Japanese); Zach Aguilar (English) ^{[eight] [half-dozen]}

Played by: Shota Sometani

Rei'southward self-proclaimed "all-time friend" and "lifelong rival". A four dan, he has played with Rei since they were children. Even though he appears to be healthy, he is in fact chronically ill, which has contributed to his obesity. He is from an extremely wealthy family. He is modeled after actual real-life shogi actor Satoshi Murayama.

Kai Shimada ( 島田 開 , Shimada Kai )

Voiced by: Shinichiro Miki (Japanese); Kirk Thornton (English) ^[7]

Played by: Kuranosuke Sasaki

In his late 30s, of the same age every bit Tōji Sōya. Viii dan. He is a senior fellow student of Nikaidō, who he takes care of like his own little brother. He is a gentle tempered person and is naturally inclined to look after younger shogi players. Simply he is also an incredibly tough soldier in shogi. He hosts the "Shimada shogi worskshops", which he invited Rei to join. He originally comes from a rural area. In his youth, he had to work long hours on the subcontract and relied on his fellow villagers' donations to support his shogi study in Tokyo. He has chronic breadbasket pain because of the stress from his matches. Takanori Jingūji, the chairman of the Japan Shogi Association, often laments that Shimada is not charismatic or as good looking equally Sōya, the current Meijin, who is his same historic period.

Masamune Gotō ( 後藤 正宗 , Gotō Masamune )

Voiced by: Hiroki Tōchi (Japanese); Ray Hunt (English language)

Played by: Hideaki Itō

In his early 40s. Nine dan. A tall and muscular man with a stern and frightening face. His wife is in a blackout and appears to have been hospitalized for a long time. He was a younger fellow pupil of Masachika Kōda, whose daughter Kyōko he appears to have a very complicated human relationship with, though he calls her a "stalker". Rei sees him as a main antagonist in life for he thinks Gotō is having an affair with Kyōko and breaking her center. He had an altercation with Rei where he punches him when he was confronted for his improper human relationship with Kyōko. Even though she loves Gotō, Kyōko is the i who often helps him go gifts for his comatose married woman. He is generally very forthright and impatient to the point of being arrogant, but he too doesn't hesitate to stand up for Shimada when he overhears some other players making demeaning comments most him.

Tōji Sōya ( 宗谷 冬司 , Sōya Tōji )

Voiced by: Akira Ishida (Japanese); Todd Haberkorn (English) ^[7]

Played past: Ryo Kase

The current Meijin. He has longed for a rival like Rei. Similar to Rei, he became a professional shōgi player in middle school and several players who faced both pointed that their playing styles are very like. He became the youngest e'er Meijin at historic period 21. Later in the story information technology'due south revealed that he has intermittent hearing loss due to unknown causes.

Issa Matsumoto ( 松本 一砂 , Matsumoto Issa )

Voiced by: Subaru Kimura (Japanese); Doug Erholtz (English language) ^{[seven] [six]}

Played by: Hiroyuki Onoue

26 years old. V dan. A quite expressive and enthusiastic person, he tin can be aggressive at times equally well. He comes from the countryside. He is a fan of Akari.

Tatsuyuki Misumi ( 三角 龍雪 , Misumi Tatsuyuki )

Voiced by: Tomokazu Sugita (Japanese); Robbie Daymond (English) ^{[seven] [6]}

Played past: Tomoya Nakamura

26 years old. Six dan. He is oft chosen "Smith" ( スミス , Sumisu ). A bit aloof, he gets along well with Matsumoto.

Takeshi Tsujii ( 辻井 武史 , Tsujii Takeshi )

Voiced by: Yuichi Nakamura (Japanese); Xander Mobus (English)

A nine dan professional shogi histrion, ranked A for the past viii years, Tsujii Takeshi is a lover of wordplay and craves public attention. Other people within the shogi earth calls him 'a waste of expert looks' due to his propensity for dad jokes and terrible puns. He is usually the only one to laugh at his own gags. Tsujii played confronting Rei during the quarterfinals of the 20th Lion Male monarch Tournament.

Shōichi Matsunaga ( 松永 正一 , Matsunaga Shōichi )

Voiced by: Kazuo Oka (Japanese); Steve Kramer (English)

65 years old. A 7 dan. He is a veteran who has been a professional person shogi role player for over xl years. He comes from Fukushima.

Manabu Yasui ( 安井学 , Yasui Manabu )

Voiced by: Mitsuo Iwata (Japanese); Joe J. Thomas (English)

A six dan. Upon losing a match, he lost his temper, thus resulting in him divorcing his wife.

Raidō Fujimoto ( 藤本 雷堂 , Fujimoto Raidō )

Voiced by: Akio Ōtsuka (Japanese); Taylor Henry (English)

Shogi Dragon titleholder. Passionate about eventually dethroning Sōya. He temporarily separates from his wife when he thinks a hostess from a bar has genuine affection for him.

Other characters [ edit ]

Yūsuke Takahashi ( 高橋 勇介 , Takahashi Yūsuke )

Voiced by: Yoshimasa Hosoya (Japanese); Chris Hackney (English) ^{[vii] [half-dozen]}

A middle school pupil. A childhood friend and classmate of Hinata's, he is her first shell. He is the son of a milkman. He is the ace of his school's baseball team and aims to be a professional. Since Rei became a professional shogi player in heart school, Yūsuke greatly looks up to him. His begetter and grandpa are both fans of Rei. He is very straightforward and encourages Hinata during the time she was beingness bullied. In order to realize his dream to get a professional, he moves to a high school in Shikoku seeking to participate in the kōshien baseball tournament, much to Hinata's sadness.

Someji Kawamoto ( 川本 相米二 , Kawamoto Someji )

Voiced past: Shigeru Chiba (Japanese); Marc Thompson (English language) ^[seven]

Played past: Gin Maeda

The grandad of the 3 Kawamoto sisters. He runs a traditional wagashi shop, Mikazuki-dō (Crescent Moon). Even though he gives off an impression of a grumpy quondam man, he really dotes on his granddaughters a lot, in detail Momo, and aims to live long enough to ship them abroad for their marriages. He is incredibly passionate virtually being the sole male person protector of the family.

Hanaoka ( 花岡 )

Voiced by: Yōji Ueda (Japanese); Doug Stone (English language) ^[6]

The butler of the Nikaidō family, who has been in continuous service for them for over 45 years. A gentle and kind elderly man, he has been taking care of Harunobu ever since he was a babe.

Takashi Hayashida ( 林田 高志 , Hayashida Takashi )

Voiced by: Takahiro Sakurai (Japanese); Keith Silverstein (English) ^{[vii] [6]}

A instructor of the high schoolhouse where Rei decided to join. He is a big fan of shogi and regularly reads shogi magazines. He is the only one in the high school who had heard of Rei being a professional person shogi player though when he outset knew of him joining, he presumed he only had the same surname. He speaks in a very friendly manner with Rei and is often concerned with his well-being, always thinking of ways to help him socialize with others. He later develops feelings for Akari.

Misaki Kawamoto ( 川本 美咲 , Kawamoto Misaki )

Voiced past: Michiko Neya (Japanese); Wendee Lee (English language) ^[6]

Played by: Yuka Itaya

The aunt of the three Kawamoto sisters. She, helped by Akari, manages a bar in Ginza called "Misaki". She has a strong and confident personality and employs Akari to piece of work at her bar so she can at least spend one night a week to dress upward so she doesn't lose herself to a land of only beingness a mother to her younger sisters. She encourages Rei to bring his fellow shogi players to the bar then she tin brand coin off of them.

Eisaku Noguchi ( 野口 英作 , Noguchi Eisaku )

Voiced by: Yūji Ueda (Japanese); Arnie Pantoja (English language)

President of the After School Bunsen Burners Order, a chemistry social club in the school Rei goes to. Because he has a mustache, everyone assumes that he is Rei's teacher.

Seijirou Amaido ( 政治ろ あまいど , Amaido Seijirō )

Played past: Yusuke Iseya

The father of the three Kawamoto sisters. He left them and their mother when Momo was withal a baby to alive with some other woman and returns several years later on, afterward a long fourth dimension without contacting them once. Once Misaki warns Rei about him, Rei makes his own investigation about Seijirou and discovers that he kept leading an irresponsible life, involving himself with other women and abandoning them on his own whim, just like he did with Akari, Hinata and Momo's mother. After Rei exposes Seijirou, the sisters reject his plea to raise their one-half-sis, daughter of one of his other women, and he leaves with her to never return.

Kuro-chan ( クロちゃん ), Mike-chan ( ミケちゃん ) and Shiro-chan ( シロちゃん )

Voiced past: Ai Kayano (Kuro-chan), Kana Hanazawa (Mike-chan) and Misaki Kuno (Shiro-chan) (Japanese); Laura Post (Kuro-chan), Kayli Mills (Mike-chan) and Xanthe Huynh (Shiro-chan) (English)

The iii cats of the Kawamoto household. Kuro-chan the tuxedo cat and Mike-chan the calico true cat were the first two gathered, while Shiro-chan the white cat is a new arrival. They are big-eyed and e'er plainly hungry. Shiro-chan looks strikingly similar an owl at times.

Mikako Kawamoto ( 川本美香子 , Kawamoto Mikako )

Voiced past: Mikako Takahashi (Japanese); Janice Kawaye (English)

The late female parent of the 3 Kawamoto sisters.

Production [ edit ]

The English title March Comes In Like a Panthera leo is written on the cover of the manga. Although Umino had not seen the 1992 film March Comes In similar a Lion  [ja] , the movie poster and the title of the movie left an impression on her: "A girl with a black haircut is property a half-eaten ice foam in her oral fissure." This phrase is from the British weather saying "March comes in similar a lion and goes out like a lamb." ^[9] In addition, the supervisor, Manabu Senzaki, commented that the shogi rankings begin in June, and the final game for promotion and demotion is held in March, so the professionals become lions in March. ^[ten] Umino stated that the manga is "a story based on researching and hearing various stories about worlds [she] didn't know" whereas her previous work, Honey and Clover is "a story about a world [she] already knew without having to extend [herself]." ^[eleven] She chose to write something different from her previous work for if it was a failure, people would think she moved to another field too hastily rather than telephone call her a "one-striking wonder". ^{[12] : 9}

Umino said that she wanted the manga to be adapted by Shaft under Akiyuki Shinbo's management and if it was not possible and so the manga "did not need to exist adjusted." ^{[12] : 3} She doubted if they would take to accommodate the manga as unlike adapting a lite novel (like Monogatari ) or making an original anime (such as Madoka Magica ), they would not have much freedom. ^{[12] : five} She thinks that Shinbo usually shows a close up view of the characters rather than showing them from a distance which is a reason she stated for why she wanted him as the director. ^{[12] : 10} Shinbo said that he wanted to make each of the iii settings – Rei'southward room, the Kawamoto house and the shogi hall – singled-out and then as to make the world into a sort of triangle. ^{[12] : thirteen} He besides visited Tsukishima to see the Kawamoto house area and a bridge used in the manga. ^{[12] : 12}

Media [ edit ]

Manga [ edit ]

March Comes In like a Lion is written and illustrated by Chica Umino. The series began in Hakusensha'south seinen manga magazine Young Animal on July 13, 2007. ^{[13] [14]} Hakusensha has nerveless its chapters into private tankōbon volumes. The first volume was released on February 22, 2008. ^[fifteen] As of September 2022 ^[update] , 16 volumes have been released. ^[16]

In North America, Denpa announced in March 2022 that they have licensed the manga English release and the first book is scheduled to exist released in summer 2022. ^{[17] [18]} A spin-off of the manga named March Comes In like a Lion: Shakunetsu no Toki was published in Young Animal from Apr 2015 to March 2022. It features 27-yr-one-time Takanori Jingūji who is the chairman of Japanese Shogi Association in the manga. ^[nineteen]

Volume list [ edit ]

No.	Release date	ISBN
1	February 22, 2008 [xv]	978-four-59-214511-0
Chapter one: "Kiriyama Rei" Chapter 2: "The Boondocks along the River" Chapter 3: "Akari" Chapter 4: "Across the Bridge" Affiliate 5: "Harunobu" Chapter 6: "Beyond the Nighttime Heaven" Chapter 7: "Hina" Chapter 8: "Comparison" Affiliate ix: "A Contract" Chapter 10: "Over the Cuckoo's Nest"
ii	November 28, 2008 [twenty] [b]	978-4-59-214512-seven
Affiliate 11: "God's Child (Part 1)" Chapter 12: "God's Child (Part 2)" Chapter thirteen: "God's Child (Part 3)" Chapter xiv: "Important Things. Important Matters." Chapter fifteen: "Teach Me Shogi" Chapter sixteen: "Image" Affiliate 17: "Distant Thunder (Role one)" Chapter 18: "Distant Thunder (Function 2)" Chapter nineteen: "Distant Thunder (Role 3)" Affiliate 20: "A Gift (Office 1)" Chapter 21: "A Gift (Part two)"
3	August 12, 2009 [22]	978-iv-59-214513-four
Chapter 22: "Year Out" Chapter 23: "Year In" Affiliate 24: "What Lies on the Other Shore" Chapter 25: "Black River (Part ane)" Chapter 26: "Black River (Part two)" Affiliate 27: "Beyond the Door" Chapter 28: "Blinding Darkness" Chapter 29: "Just a Bit of H2o" Chapter xxx: "Moonlight" Chapter 31: "Mass of Ego" Chapter 32: "Run Through the Nighttime"
4	April 9, 2010 [23]	978-4-59-214514-ane
Chapter 33: "Partway Downwards the Hill" Chapter 34: "Silver Thread" Affiliate 35: "Water's Surface" Chapter 36: "Under the Warm Night" Chapter 37: "Torrent" Chapter 38: "Passing Time" Chapter 39: "The Night Passes" Chapter 40: "Kyoto (Part ane)" Chapter 41: "Kyoto (Function ii)" Chapter 42: "Kyoto (Function three)"
v	November 26, 2010 [24]	978-4-59-214515-8
Chapter 43: "When Crimson Blossoms Blossom" Chapter 44: "Tiny Murmur" Chapter 45: "New Semester" Affiliate 46: "Western Sun" Chapter 47: "Lamune" Affiliate 48: "Defoliation" Chapter 49: "Kumakura" Chapter 50: "June" Chapter 51: "Ladybug Bush-league (Role 1)" Chapter 52: "Ladybug Bush (Role 2)" Chapter 53: "Ladybug Bush (Part three)"
6	July 22, 2011 [25]	978-4-59-214516-5
Affiliate 54: "Sentiment" Chapter 55: "Confession (Part 1)" Affiliate 56: "Confession (Part 2)" Chapter 57: "Alphabetic character" Chapter 58: "Start of the Rainy Season" Affiliate 59: "Hachiya" Chapter 60: "Midday Moon" Chapter 61: "Adventures" Affiliate 62: "Kingdom (Part 1)" Affiliate 63: "Kingdom (Role 2)"
seven	March 23, 2012 [26]	978-4-59-214517-ii
Chapter 64: "Silver Wings" Affiliate 65: "River Scenery" Affiliate 66: "The Place the Sun Shines" Chapter 67: "Small World" Affiliate 68: "Black Mist" Chapter 69: "Light" Chapter lxx: "Minor Palm" Chapter 71: "Sunny Place" Chapter 72: "Flowing Thing" Chapter 73: "White Storm (Part 1)"
8	December 14, 2012 [27]	978-4-59-214518-ix
Chapter 74: "White Storm (Part ii)" Chapter 75: "White Storm (Part 3)" Affiliate 76: "White Tempest (Part iv)" Chapter 77: "White Storm (Part 5)" Chapter 78: "Restart" Chapter 79: "Burnt Field (Part i)" Chapter fourscore: "Burnt Field (Office 2)" Chapter 81: "Burnt Field (Function 3)" Affiliate 82: "Burnt Field (Part four)" Chapter 83: "Beingness Here"
nine	September 27, 2013 [28]	978-4-59-214519-half dozen
Chapter 84: "Summertime Vacation (Part ane)" Affiliate 85: "Summer Vacation (Part 2)" Chapter 86: "New Year" Chapter 87: "Passing Time" Chapter 88: "Spring Comes" Chapter 89: "The Children of Sangatsu Town" Affiliate ninety: "The Human Called a Grim Reaper" Chapter 91: "Family (Office one)" Chapter 92: "Family unit (Part 2)" Chapter 93: "Bug" Chapter 94: "Family (Role 3)"
10	November 28, 2014 [29]	978-4-59-214520-2
Chapter 95: "New Days" Affiliate 96: "Dejeuner Suspension" Chapter 97: "Other Home" Chapter 98: "Soft Wind" Chapter 99: "A Boondocks Where information technology Rains" Chapter 100: "Swimming Man (Part 1)" Chapter 101: "Pond Man (Office 2)" Chapter 102: "Visitor (Role i)" Affiliate 103: "Visitor (Part ii)" Chapter 104: "Promise"
11	September 25, 2015 [thirty]	978-4-59-214521-ix
Chapter 105: "A Modest Talk" Affiliate 106: "Fun Dinner" Affiliate 107: "Osaka (Part i)" Affiliate 108: "Osaka (Part 2)" Chapter 109: "Osaka (Part three)" Chapter 110: "Osaka (Part 4)" Chapter 111: "The Night the Cuckoo Sang" Chapter 112: "Sunday (Part 1)" Affiliate 113: "Sunday (Part 2)" Chapter 114: "Gentle Song" Chapter 114.5: "Spinoff: Fighter"
12	September 29, 2016 [31]	978-4-59-214522-6
Chapter 115: "Political party Invitation" Affiliate 116: "The Tale of Elizabeth the True-blue Dog" Affiliate 117: "The Satsuma Arc (Office 1)" Affiliate 118: "The Satsuma Arc (Part 2)" Chapter 119: "The Satsuma Arc (Role three)" Chapter 120: "The Satsuma Arc (Function 4)" Chapter 121: "The Path Lit by the Paper Lanterns (Function one)" Affiliate 122: "The Path Lit past the Paper Lanterns (Part 2)" Chapter 123: "The Path Lit by the Paper Lanterns (Function iii)" Chapter 124: "The Path Lit by the Newspaper Lanterns (Part 4)" Chapter 125: "The Path Lit by the Paper Lanterns (Part five)" Chapter 126: "The Dark of the Summer Festival"
13	September 29, 2017 [32]	978-4-59-214523-iii
Chapter 127: "Distant Fireworks" Affiliate 128: "Ginza" Affiliate 129: "The Wind's 20,000 Miles (Part one)" Chapter 130: "Midsummer's End" Chapter 131: "The Wind'south 20,000 Miles (Part 2)" Affiliate 132: "The Current of air's twenty,000 Miles (Part 3)" Chapter 133: "The Wind's 20,000 Miles (Part 4)" Chapter 134: "The Wind'south 20,000 Miles (Part 5)" Affiliate 135: "The Current of air's 20,000 Miles (Part six)" Affiliate 136: "The Aroma of Rain" Affiliate 137: "The Smell of the Rain, the Smell of the River (Part one)" Chapter 138: "The Smell of the Rain, the Olfactory property of the River (Part 2)" Chapter 139: "The Matter Lying Right in Front of Your Eyes"
14	Dec 21, 2022 [33]	978-iv-59-216024-iii
Affiliate 140: "Fluffy Treasure" Affiliate 141: "Nostalgic Flavor (Part 1)" Chapter 142: "Cornball Flavor (Role ii)" Chapter 143: "By the Side of the Red Bridge (Office i)" Chapter 144: "Past the Side of the Red Span (Part 2)" Chapter 145: "By the Side of the Red Span (Role 3)" Chapter 146: "By the Side of the Red Span (Part iv)" Chapter 147: "By the Side of the Red Bridge (Part 5)" Chapter 148: "Fall Scenery (Function i)" Chapter 149: "Autumn Scenery (Office 2)" Chapter 150: "Fall Scenery (Part three)" Chapter 151: "Fall Scenery (Part 4)" Chapter 152: "Autumn Scenery (Part 5)" [c]
15	December 26, 2022 [34]	978-iv-59-216025-0
Affiliate 154: "On the Night the Stars Fall Upon (Function ane)" Chapter 155: "On the Nighttime the Stars Fall Upon (Part 2)" Affiliate 156: "Azusa Number one (Part 1)" Affiliate 157: "Azusa Number one (Part 2)" Chapter 158: "Azusa Number 1 (Role three)" Affiliate 159: "Azusa Number ane (Part 4)" Affiliate 160: "Azusa Number 1 (Part 5)" Chapter 161: "Path (Part 1)" Chapter 162: "Path (Function 2)" Affiliate 163: "Path (Office 3)" Chapter 164: "Path (Function 4)" Chapter 165: "Path (Function v)" Chapter 166: "Path (Part 6)" Chapter 166.5: "Akari's Ginza Story"
16	September 29, 2022 [16]	978-4-59-216026-7
Chapter 167: "Winter Bell Sound" Affiliate 168: "Dec Rain (Part one)" Chapter 169: "December Rain (Part 2)" Chapter 170: "New Twelvemonth (Part 1)" Chapter 171: "New year (Part ii)" Affiliate 172: "New year (Part 3)" [d] Chapter 173: "New Yr (Function 4)" Chapter 174: "Wintertime Odor (Part 1)" Chapter 175: "Winter Scent (Office two)" [e] Chapter 176: "Wintertime Scent (Part 3)" Chapter 177: "Winter Scent (Part 4)" Chapter 178: "Path ~Path~ (Office ane)" Chapter 179: "Path ~Path~ (Part two)" [f]

Chapters not yet in tankōbon format [ edit ]

These capacity accept yet to be published in a tankōbon volume.

Anime [ edit ]

An anime television series adaptation was appear in the Immature Animal magazine's 19th issue of 2015 on September 25, 2015. ^[35] The series is produced by Shaft and directed by Akiyuki Shinbo and Kenjirou Okada, featuring character designs by Nobuhiro Sugiyama and music composed by Yukari Hashimoto. ^[36] The anime's offset opening and ending theme songs are performed by Crash-land of Chicken, ^[37] titled "Respond" and "Fighter", respectively. ^[38] Yuki performed the series' second opening theme song, titled "Goodbye Bystander", while Kenshi Yonezu performed the series' second catastrophe theme song, titled "Orion". ^[39]

Season one of the anime began airing on October 8, 2016 and finished airing on March xviii, 2017 with a total of 22 episodes. ^{[eight] [36]} A second season, announced at the stop of the kickoff flavor'due south final episode, ^[xl] premiered on October 14, 2017 and finished airing on March 31, 2022 with a full of 22 episodes. ^[41] The serial aired on NHK G at 23:00 on Saturdays. ^{[42] [xl] [43]} It was besides simulcasted by Crunchyroll. ^[44] The serial was licensed by Aniplex of America and Anime Limited for North America and the Britain, respectively. ^{[45] [46]} Aniplex of America released the English dub of the showtime season in 2 Blu-ray discs, the first one-half of the season was released on December nineteen, 2017 and the second on April 10, 2022. ^[47] The second season was also released in two halves, the first on December 18, 2022 and the 2d on Apr ix, 2022. ^[48]

Live-activeness films [ edit ]

A 2-part live action film adaptation of the same name directed by Keishi Ōtomo, starring Ryūnosuke Kamiki and distributed by Toho and Asmik Ace was released in ii parts in 2017, with the starting time role released on March xviii and the 2d released on Apr 22. ^{[49] [50] [51]}

Reception [ edit ]

In 2009, the series was nominated for the 2d Annual Manga Taishō, ^[52] and it won this award in 2011. ^[53] Also in 2011 it won the Kodansha Manga Award in the general category (shared with Chūya Koyama's Space Brothers ). ^[54] In 2014, information technology won the Grand Prize of the 18th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize. ^[55] In 2022, the manga won the manga division'south Thousand Prize of the 24th Nihon Media Arts Festival. ^[56] On Kadokawa Media Factory's Da Vinci magazine "Volume of the Year" list, March Comes In like a Panthera leo topped the list for 3 consecutive years from 2015 to 2017, ranked quaternary in 2022 and 8th in 2022. ^{[57] [58]} In meridian manga for male readers category of Kono Manga ga Sugoi! , information technology ranked fifth and tied for 7th(with Drifters ) in 2012 and 2017 respectively. ^{[59] [60]} The anime was listed as one of the meridian 25 anime of 2010s by Anime Feminist. ^[61] The second season was placed as "runner-up" in IGN's "best anime serial of 2022" list. ^[62]

Marion Bea of Anime Feminist praised the exploration of the characters' lives and struggles. She likewise praised the portrayal of the characters' psychology and the depiction of others' support in solving one'south bug. ^[63] Both seasons of the anime adaption was given iv stars out of 5 past Allen Moody of THEM Anime Reviews. He liked how Kyoko is shown to have a vulnerable side nether her external cruelty and how the Kawamoto sisters are portrayed when Hinata is being bullied although he did not detect the sisters very interesting earlier. He disliked Kyoko'due south out-of-graphic symbol comical presentation in Gotou'due south apartment and her absence from the story taking place during the second flavor. He constitute the story relatable to his life. ^{[64] [65]} Chris Beveridge of The Fandom Post also praised the portrayal of the characters and their lives. ^[66] He liked Nikkaido'due south backstory and his connection with Shimada. ^[67] Merely he establish a part of the story a fleck too long that deals with shogi and the other players. ^[68]

Bea commended the use of surrounding environs in portraying the characters' emotional state, for instance showing them struggling to keep swimming or surrounding them with snow. ^[63] Moody criticized the employ of sense of humour specially where, according to him, the characters "launch into an uncontrolled rant". He found the artwork pretentious, he particularly disliked how the Kawamoto sisters are given a "cartoonish" look in contrast with other characters in the anime adaption. He as well criticized the repeated use of water to depict the graphic symbol'southward emotional state and of slow-motility caput turns. ^{[64] [65]} After watching the first episode, Amelia Cook of Anime Feminist establish the fine art management unconventional. Only unlike Moody, she liked the fine art-way and praised the transition from the expression of Rei'south depression to the presentation of humour saying that it was skillfully done. ^[69] Beveridge gave the anime an audio grade of "B+" maxim that it would not concenter a lot of attention. He gave the video an "A" praising how Shaft presented the details, animation quality and colour blueprint in the serial. ^[66]

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References [ edit ]

External links [ edit ]

• March Comes in like a Panthera leo at Young Animate being (in Japanese)
• Official anime website (in Japanese)
• Official anime website (in English)
• March Comes In like a Panthera leo (manga) at Anime News Network'southward encyclopedia