3-gatsu no Lion
Manga
3月のライオン
2007/07/13
Character count499,153
Word count221,663
Unique words18,238
Words (1-occurrence)7,175
Unique kanji2,066
Kanji (1-occurrence)259
Difficulty beta
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 count47,272
Word count21,010
Unique words3,101
Words (1-occurrence)164
Unique kanji957
Kanji (1-occurrence)31
Difficulty beta
Average
Volume 2
Character count25,142
Word count11,119
Unique words3,109
Words (1-occurrence)1,959
Unique kanji975
Kanji (1-occurrence)309
Difficulty beta
Average
Volume 3
Character count23,865
Word count10,612
Unique words3,121
Words (1-occurrence)2,010
Unique kanji983
Kanji (1-occurrence)351
Difficulty beta
Average
Volume 4
Character count24,901
Word count11,184
Unique words3,109
Words (1-occurrence)1,943
Unique kanji988
Kanji (1-occurrence)332
Difficulty beta
Hard
Volume 5
Character count26,726
Word count11,723
Unique words3,343
Words (1-occurrence)2,107
Unique kanji1,026
Kanji (1-occurrence)332
Difficulty beta
Average
Volume 6
Character count24,196
Word count10,677
Unique words2,959
Words (1-occurrence)1,888
Unique kanji948
Kanji (1-occurrence)300
Difficulty beta
Average
Volume 7
Character count25,079
Word count11,153
Unique words3,176
Words (1-occurrence)2,053
Unique kanji1,026
Kanji (1-occurrence)340
Difficulty beta
Average
Volume 8
Character count44,598
Word count20,245
Unique words2,924
Words (1-occurrence)93
Unique kanji979
Kanji (1-occurrence)14
Difficulty beta
Average
Volume 9
Character count23,790
Word count10,373
Unique words2,927
Words (1-occurrence)1,822
Unique kanji941
Kanji (1-occurrence)324
Difficulty beta
Average
Volume 10
Character count53,001
Word count23,289
Unique words3,167
Words (1-occurrence)2
Unique kanji995
Kanji (1-occurrence)1
Difficulty beta
Average
Volume 11
Character count27,735
Word count12,179
Unique words3,284
Words (1-occurrence)2,149
Unique kanji1,013
Kanji (1-occurrence)338
Difficulty beta
Average
Volume 12
Character count27,764
Word count12,305
Unique words3,721
Words (1-occurrence)2,401
Unique kanji1,125
Kanji (1-occurrence)358
Difficulty beta
Average
Volume 13
Character count17,170
Word count7,585
Unique words2,305
Words (1-occurrence)1,520
Unique kanji828
Kanji (1-occurrence)303
Difficulty beta
Average
Volume 14
Character count28,515
Word count12,581
Unique words3,473
Words (1-occurrence)2,232
Unique kanji1,040
Kanji (1-occurrence)332
Difficulty beta
Average
Volume 15
Character count23,292
Word count10,393
Unique words3,031
Words (1-occurrence)1,950
Unique kanji958
Kanji (1-occurrence)323
Difficulty beta
Hard
Volume 16
Character count56,107
Word count25,235
Unique words4,068
Words (1-occurrence)1,034
Unique kanji1,143
Kanji (1-occurrence)130
Difficulty beta
Average