3-gatsu no Lion
Alt Names: | 3月のライオン March Comes in Like a Lion Sangatsu no Lion Un marzo da leoni Мартовский лев |
Author: | Umino Chica |
Artist: | Umino Chica |
Genres: | Award Winning Comedy Drama Romance Seinen Slice of Life Sports |
Type: | Manga (Japanese) |
Status: | Ongoing |
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. This is a slice-of-life-ish seinen manga, with strong monologues and reflections by Rei. Nominated for the 2nd Manga Taisho Award (2009) and the 4th Manga Taisho Award (2011). Winner of the 35th Kodansha Manga Awards for Best General Manga with Uchuu Kyoudai |
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614 Comments
I see his journey as a character overall as being to a fair extent about growing past and freeing himself from all the negative stuff haunting him from his upbringing, whether from the dad, the sister, internal demons . . . and that family is helping him find a new positive model for relationships and, I dunno, how to live emotionally. So I'd disagree with Recently--I think no way no how is he going to have a romance with his sister. I like the idea of him getting together with Akari, sometime.
Also; dammit, cliffhanger!
The gotou guy isn't that bad also, more about him gets cleared up in vol 5 i think.
Looking back at that chapter (and given the "sister's" character, four year age difference, and the fact that Rei is not physically strong) it looked a great deal more to me as though she raped him. It would also account for her yakuza-like boyfriend beating him up. The "sister" seems to be person almost entirely motivated by her emotions, mainly the negative ones. She is also entirely manipulative. It is a scary combination. If it was just that she was angry and hurt from her father favoring Rei it would be one thing, but in the very beginning, she was taunting him with being unloved and unwanted just after the death of his family. Pretty nasty, twisted character, imho.
Other than that, hoping for a little romance. Rei and Akira please!
I CANNOT wait for the next chapter.