March Comes in Like a Lion (2016)

Animation · Comedy · Drama

This is a gentle tale about people trying to regain something. And it is a tale of battle. Rei Kiriyama had lost his family in an accident when he was young. Now he is a 17-year-old pro shogi player who is burdened with deep loneliness. Rei lives alone in an old town in Tokyo, but after becoming acquainted with three sisters, Akari, Hinata and Momo, he begins to change little by little...

IMDb rating: 8.2 (4,186 votes)
Seasons: 2
Streaming (US): Crunchyroll
Language: JA
Type: TV series

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Cast

Kengo Kawanishi Rei Kiriyama (voice)

Seasons

Season 1 (2016)

7.91 avg 23 episodes 7.5 → 8.1 24 min avg

Season 1 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Chapter 1: Kiriyama Rei/Chapter 2: Kawazoi no machi	7.5	344
2	Chapter 2: Kawazoi no machi/Chapter 3: Akari/Chapter 4: Hashi no mukô	7.6	286
3	Chapter 5: Harunobu/Chapter 6: Yozora no mukô	8.3	304
4	Chapter 7: Hina/Chapter 8: Buiesu	7.5	264
5	Chapter 9: Keiyaku/Chapter 10: Kakkô no su no uede	8.6	301
6	Chapter 11: Kami-sama no kodomo 1/Chapter 12: Kami-sama no kodomo 2	7.7	248
7	Chapter 13: Kami-sama no kodomo 3 (shôzen)/Chapter 14: Taisetsu na mono. Taisetsu na koto./Chapter 15: Shôgi oshiete	7.8	246
8	Chapter 15: Shôgi oshiete (shôzen)/Chapter 16: Omokage/Chapter 17: Enrai 1	8.1	250
9	Chapter 18: Enrai 2/Chapter 19: Enrai 3	7.8	239
10	Chapter 20: Okura reta mono 1/Chapter 21: Okura reta mono 2	8.8	311
11	Chapter 22: Yuku toshi/Chapter 23: Kuru toshi	8.1	237
12	Omnibus Special	7.9	159
13	Chapter 24: Taigan ni aru mono/ Chapter 25: Kuroi kawa 1	7.7	228
14	Chapter 26: Kuroi kawa 2/Chapter 27: Tobira no mukô	7.5	227
15	Blinding Darkness/Just a Little Water	7.7	226
16	Moonlight/Lump of Ego	7.7	223
17	Running Through the Night/Middle of the Slope	7.8	226
18	Silver Thread/Water's Surface/Base of the Blue Nigh	8.0	217
19	Torrent/Passing TIme	7.8	220
20	Passing the Night/Kyoto: Part 1	8.2	226
21	Kyoto: Parts 2 & 3	8.1	222
22	When the Cherry Blossoms Bloom/Small Murmur	7.6	212
23	New School Term/Fighter	8.1	216

Season 2 (2017)

8.63 avg 22 episodes 8.0 → 9.2

Rollercoaster

Season 2 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Setting Sun/Ramune	8.0	232
2	Chaos/Kumakura	7.7	214
3	June/Ladybug Bush: Part 1	8.5	240
4	Ladybug Bush (Parts 2 & 3)/Feelings	9.5	406
5	Feelings/Confession	9.0	264
6	Small World/Letter	9.0	252
7	Start of the Rainy Season/Hachiya	8.4	215
8	Midday Moon/Adventurers	9.0	248
9	Kingdom	8.9	251
10	Silver Wings/River Scenery	8.9	246
11	Where the Sun Shines/Small World	7.8	210
12	Black Mist/Light	9.3	311
13	Small Palm/Sunny Place	8.9	244
14	Flowing Away/White Storm: Part 1	8.2	214
15	White Storm (Parts 2-4)	8.7	229
16	White Storm: Part 5/Restart	8.2	214
17	Burnt Field (Parts 1-2)	8.5	216
18	Burnt Field (Parts 3-4)	9.2	307
19	Being Here/Summer Vacation: Part 1	8.2	204
20	Summer Vacation: Part 2/New Year	8.1	201
21	Passing Time/Spring Comes	8.6	217
22	The Other House/Child of March Town	9.2	265

March Comes in Like a Lion (2016)

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