March Comes in Like a Lion

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March Comes in Like a Lion
The cover of the first chapter in Young Animal
３月のライオン (Sangatsu no Raion)
Genre	Romance, Sports (Shōgi)
Manga
Author	Chika Umino
Publisher	Hakusensha
Demographic	Seinen
Serialized in	Young Animal (from its 2007 fourteenth issue)'
Original run	July 13, 2007 – ongoing
Volumes	1

March Comes in Like a Lion (３月のライオン, Sangatsu no Raion^?, lit. March Lion, officially translated as March Comes in Like a Lion) is an ongoing manga series by Chika Umino, best known for Honey and Clover.^[1]^[2] It began serialization in Hakusensha's weekly seinen magazine Young Animal from its fourteenth issue in 2007 (published on July 13, 2007).^[3] A television commercial announcing the series was also aired by Hakusensha on numerous Japanese television stations, which was also posted on its official website.^[1]

1 Plot
2 Characters
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Plot

The series is set in Tokyo, following the everyday life of a 17-year old shōgi player, Rei (also known as Zero).^[1] While describing the series, Umino noted that she based the setting of March Comes in Like a Lion on research she conducted herself, whereas in her earlier and most famous work, Honey and Clover, she had already been familiar with its setting.^[2]

[edit] Characters

The protagonist is Rei, a 17-year old shōgi player. He lives by himself, not having a family, and does not go to school and has scarcely any friends. Among his acquaintances is a family, which consists of a young woman, Akari, and two young girls, Momo and Hinata, and who also keep a numerous number of cats.