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March Comes In like a Lion
For the ones who got used to eating alone: sometimes healing looks like someone insisting you stay for dinner. 🍲
Who it's for
Rei is a 17-year-old professional shogi player who lost his family as a child, grew up resented in a foster family, and now lives alone in a bare apartment.
Feelings it meets
What it is
March Comes In like a Lion is an anime series produced by Studio Shaft and directed by Akiyuki Shinbo and Kenjirō Okada, adapted from Chica Umino's manga; two 22-episode seasons aired on NHK from 2016 to 2018. It follows Rei Kiriyama, a 17-year-old professional shogi player who lost his parents and younger sister in an accident as a child and was taken in by his father's friend, a shogi mentor.
Where to find it
Streams on Crunchyroll in the US (per Wikipedia, Plex and JustWatch). Streaming availability rotates; check JustWatch.
Before you start
Heads up: Loss of parents and depression.
Age: TV-PG per Plex and JustWatch (suggested 12+)
And you would accept the seasons of your heart, even as you have always accepted the seasons that pass over your fields.Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet, “On Pain”
