3-gatsu no Lion
Manga
3月のライオン
2007/07/13
Character count494,297
Word count213,734
Unique words17,779
Words (1-occurrence)6,956
Unique kanji2,057
Kanji (1-occurrence)254
Difficulty Average
Volumes16
External Rating
87 %

Rei Kiriyama is a child prodigy. Rei Kiriyama is also an orphan who lives alone in an empty apartment. Rei Kiriyama is a teen working in an adult's world. Life is complicated for Rei. He's an up-and-coming shogi player on the verge of turning pro, but he has no homelife, or much of a life period,outside his board game, but thankfully with the help of some life-long friends he has an opportunity start all over again. (Source: DENPA) Notes: - Winner of the Grand Prize at the 4th Manga Taishou Award in 2011. - Winner of the 35th Kodansha Manga Award in 2011. - Winner of the Grand Prize at the Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize in 2014. - Winner of the Grand Prize at the Japan Media Arts Festival in 2021.

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Genres
Drama
Slice of Life
Tags
Coming of Age
Philosophy
Family
Seinen
Male Protagonist
Board Game
Food
School Club
Subdecks
Volume 1
Character count46,741
Word count20,128
Unique words3,064
Words (1-occurrence)153
Unique kanji957
Kanji (1-occurrence)31
Difficulty Average
Volume 2
Character count24,834
Word count10,735
Unique words3,036
Words (1-occurrence)1,910
Unique kanji975
Kanji (1-occurrence)309
Difficulty Average
Volume 3
Character count23,576
Word count10,236
Unique words3,071
Words (1-occurrence)1,967
Unique kanji983
Kanji (1-occurrence)351
Difficulty Average
Volume 4
Character count24,634
Word count10,761
Unique words3,050
Words (1-occurrence)1,892
Unique kanji988
Kanji (1-occurrence)332
Difficulty Hard
Volume 5
Character count26,411
Word count11,322
Unique words3,297
Words (1-occurrence)2,068
Unique kanji1,026
Kanji (1-occurrence)332
Difficulty Average
Volume 6
Character count24,010
Word count10,375
Unique words2,932
Words (1-occurrence)1,871
Unique kanji948
Kanji (1-occurrence)300
Difficulty Average
Volume 7
Character count24,918
Word count10,815
Unique words3,163
Words (1-occurrence)2,058
Unique kanji1,026
Kanji (1-occurrence)340
Difficulty Average
Volume 8
Character count44,229
Word count19,617
Unique words2,894
Words (1-occurrence)99
Unique kanji979
Kanji (1-occurrence)14
Difficulty Average
Volume 9
Character count23,489
Word count9,972
Unique words2,876
Words (1-occurrence)1,803
Unique kanji941
Kanji (1-occurrence)324
Difficulty Average
Volume 10
Character count52,493
Word count22,451
Unique words3,103
Words (1-occurrence)2
Unique kanji995
Kanji (1-occurrence)1
Difficulty Average
Volume 11
Character count27,451
Word count11,764
Unique words3,228
Words (1-occurrence)2,077
Unique kanji1,013
Kanji (1-occurrence)338
Difficulty Average
Volume 12
Character count27,484
Word count11,751
Unique words3,659
Words (1-occurrence)2,377
Unique kanji1,125
Kanji (1-occurrence)358
Difficulty Average
Volume 13
Character count17,018
Word count7,355
Unique words2,277
Words (1-occurrence)1,506
Unique kanji828
Kanji (1-occurrence)303
Difficulty Average
Volume 14
Character count28,260
Word count12,092
Unique words3,436
Words (1-occurrence)2,214
Unique kanji1,040
Kanji (1-occurrence)332
Difficulty Average
Volume 15
Character count23,084
Word count10,018
Unique words3,011
Words (1-occurrence)1,957
Unique kanji958
Kanji (1-occurrence)323
Difficulty Hard
Volume 16
Character count55,665
Word count24,342
Unique words3,945
Words (1-occurrence)938
Unique kanji1,143
Kanji (1-occurrence)130
Difficulty Average