March Comes In Like a Lion

A quiet, tender immersion in loneliness and slow healing, warm as a kitchen table but heavy as a long winter.

Created by

Hajime Ohtani, Kenjirou Okada

Genres

Animation, Drama

Starring

Kengo Kawanishi, Izumi Takiuchi, Yumiko Konatsu

Overview

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...

How it feels

Melancholic, warm, earnest and whimsical. Slow-burning and needs your attention.

About

Isolation, healing, family, coming-of-age

Content

Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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