3-gatsu no Lion
Manga
3月のライオン
2007/07/13
Character count495,324
Word count217,904
Unique words17,981
Words (1-occurrence)6,990
Unique kanji2,059
Kanji (1-occurrence)257
Difficulty Average
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 count46,886
Word count20,597
Unique words3,093
Words (1-occurrence)158
Unique kanji957
Kanji (1-occurrence)31
Difficulty Average
Volume 2
Character count24,895
Word count10,939
Unique words3,088
Words (1-occurrence)1,937
Unique kanji975
Kanji (1-occurrence)309
Difficulty Average
Volume 3
Character count23,631
Word count10,396
Unique words3,108
Words (1-occurrence)1,987
Unique kanji983
Kanji (1-occurrence)351
Difficulty Average
Volume 4
Character count24,671
Word count10,971
Unique words3,061
Words (1-occurrence)1,885
Unique kanji988
Kanji (1-occurrence)332
Difficulty Hard
Volume 5
Character count26,469
Word count11,519
Unique words3,336
Words (1-occurrence)2,103
Unique kanji1,026
Kanji (1-occurrence)332
Difficulty Average
Volume 6
Character count24,031
Word count10,524
Unique words2,971
Words (1-occurrence)1,898
Unique kanji948
Kanji (1-occurrence)300
Difficulty Average
Volume 7
Character count24,931
Word count11,017
Unique words3,182
Words (1-occurrence)2,055
Unique kanji1,026
Kanji (1-occurrence)340
Difficulty Average
Volume 8
Character count44,276
Word count19,936
Unique words2,931
Words (1-occurrence)97
Unique kanji979
Kanji (1-occurrence)14
Difficulty Average
Volume 9
Character count23,587
Word count10,188
Unique words2,943
Words (1-occurrence)1,849
Unique kanji941
Kanji (1-occurrence)324
Difficulty Average
Volume 10
Character count52,589
Word count22,903
Unique words3,161
Words (1-occurrence)2
Unique kanji995
Kanji (1-occurrence)1
Difficulty Average
Volume 11
Character count27,552
Word count11,989
Unique words3,270
Words (1-occurrence)2,106
Unique kanji1,013
Kanji (1-occurrence)338
Difficulty Average
Volume 12
Character count27,554
Word count12,027
Unique words3,705
Words (1-occurrence)2,394
Unique kanji1,125
Kanji (1-occurrence)358
Difficulty Average
Volume 13
Character count17,045
Word count7,502
Unique words2,320
Words (1-occurrence)1,534
Unique kanji828
Kanji (1-occurrence)303
Difficulty Average
Volume 14
Character count28,308
Word count12,341
Unique words3,472
Words (1-occurrence)2,240
Unique kanji1,040
Kanji (1-occurrence)332
Difficulty Average
Volume 15
Character count23,146
Word count10,216
Unique words3,037
Words (1-occurrence)1,971
Unique kanji958
Kanji (1-occurrence)323
Difficulty Hard
Volume 16
Character count55,753
Word count24,839
Unique words4,023
Words (1-occurrence)966
Unique kanji1,143
Kanji (1-occurrence)130
Difficulty Average