March Comes in Like a Lion

Rei Kiriyama is an extraordinary shogi player. Among the few elites to have gone professional as a middle school student, he is considered a genius. But what lies behind his prodigious facade is a teenage boy who suffers immense pressure from both his family and from the high expectations from the shogi community. Rei moves out to live a more independent life away from his family, but his unorganized lifestyle and unsociable personality show no signs of improvement. However, in a twist of fate ...

3-gatsu no Lion was nominated for the second Manga Taisho Award in 2009 and won the fourth Manga Taisho Award in 2011. In the same year, it also won the 35th Kodansha Manga Award in the General category, along with Uchuu Kyoudai. In 2014, the series won the 18th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize Grand Awa...