3-gatsu no Lion
Manga
3月のライオン
2007/07/13
Character count503,292
Word count221,495
Unique words16,540
Words (1-occurrence)6,308
Unique kanji2,027
Kanji (1-occurrence)245
Difficulty beta
Hard
Volumes16
External Rating
88 %

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 count47,829
Word count21,031
Unique words2,914
Words (1-occurrence)152
Unique kanji957
Kanji (1-occurrence)31
Difficulty beta
Hard
DetailsVocabulary
Volume 2
Character count25,412
Word count11,101
Unique words2,921
Words (1-occurrence)1,776
Unique kanji975
Kanji (1-occurrence)309
Difficulty beta
Hard
DetailsVocabulary
Volume 3
Character count24,074
Word count10,578
Unique words2,927
Words (1-occurrence)1,811
Unique kanji983
Kanji (1-occurrence)351
Difficulty beta
Moderate
DetailsVocabulary
Volume 4
Character count25,096
Word count11,195
Unique words2,948
Words (1-occurrence)1,758
Unique kanji988
Kanji (1-occurrence)332
Difficulty beta
Hard
DetailsVocabulary
Volume 5
Character count26,982
Word count11,670
Unique words3,198
Words (1-occurrence)1,972
Unique kanji1,026
Kanji (1-occurrence)332
Difficulty beta
Hard
DetailsVocabulary
Volume 6
Character count24,404
Word count10,790
Unique words2,854
Words (1-occurrence)1,766
Unique kanji948
Kanji (1-occurrence)300
Difficulty beta
Hard
DetailsVocabulary
Volume 7
Character count25,325
Word count11,192
Unique words3,039
Words (1-occurrence)1,919
Unique kanji1,026
Kanji (1-occurrence)340
Difficulty beta
Hard
DetailsVocabulary
Volume 8
Character count44,908
Word count20,148
Unique words2,813
Words (1-occurrence)85
Unique kanji978
Kanji (1-occurrence)13
Difficulty beta
Very hard
DetailsVocabulary
Volume 9
Character count23,965
Word count10,430
Unique words2,769
Words (1-occurrence)1,680
Unique kanji941
Kanji (1-occurrence)324
Difficulty beta
Hard
DetailsVocabulary
Volume 10
Character count53,357
Word count23,289
Unique words2,975
Words (1-occurrence)2
Unique kanji995
Kanji (1-occurrence)1
Difficulty beta
Hard
DetailsVocabulary
Volume 11
Character count27,999
Word count12,321
Unique words3,135
Words (1-occurrence)1,958
Unique kanji1,013
Kanji (1-occurrence)338
Difficulty beta
Moderate
DetailsVocabulary
Volume 12
Character count28,020
Word count12,112
Unique words3,470
Words (1-occurrence)2,177
Unique kanji1,125
Kanji (1-occurrence)358
Difficulty beta
Hard
DetailsVocabulary
Volume 13
Character count17,348
Word count7,634
Unique words2,218
Words (1-occurrence)1,425
Unique kanji828
Kanji (1-occurrence)303
Difficulty beta
Moderate
DetailsVocabulary
Volume 14
Character count28,750
Word count12,470
Unique words3,271
Words (1-occurrence)2,058
Unique kanji1,040
Kanji (1-occurrence)332
Difficulty beta
Hard
DetailsVocabulary
Volume 15
Character count23,421
Word count10,369
Unique words2,886
Words (1-occurrence)1,825
Unique kanji958
Kanji (1-occurrence)323
Difficulty beta
Hard
DetailsVocabulary
Volume 16
Character count56,402
Word count25,165
Unique words3,791
Words (1-occurrence)870
Unique kanji1,143
Kanji (1-occurrence)130
Difficulty beta
Hard
DetailsVocabulary