March Comes In Like a Lion [Anime]

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Japanese name: 3-Gatsu no Lion

There's 12 episodes so far, it's slated to run for 22.

Genre: Slice of life, comedy, drama, technically it's a sports anime but it's about shogi/Japanese chess so it's not athletics,
From the mangaka who did Honey and Clover, if that means anything to you. There's also a manga version, and the anime does split itself up into the manga chapters, so you can do either and still be able to follow along to the exact minute with someone consuming the "other" version.





Wiki description:

"Rei is a 17-year-old professional shōgi player who lives by himself. He is estranged from his family and has scarcely any friends. Among his acquaintances is a family which consists of a young woman—Akari Kawamoto—and her younger sisters—Hinata and Momo—who also keep several cats. As the story progreses, Rei deals with his maturing as a player and as a person, while developing his relationships with others, especially the Kawamoto sisters."

I'm half-recommending this one.

The half I'm recommending it for is the cinematography and wild swings in feels. The show takes its atmosphere and visual metaphors very, very seriously, so you get a lot of artsy angles, chill music, and backgrounds that reflect on the mood of what's happening. The first 9 minutes of the first episode showcases that with high-budget first episode animation, but even though most of the rest is an as well animated as that, it evokes a similar style. The wild swings in feels, you can go from cute and adorable to a little nostalgic to PTSD to crippingly sad within minutes of each other.

The reason I'm only half-recommending it is for those who actually want a plot or a build-up to a climax, that's not here (as far as I know). It's just day-to-day living of the characters and some of it is adorable and some of it is funny and some of it is revealing sad things that happened to the characters.

Last season, this series came out every week on a busy anime day, like 10 different series that I watched would release new episodes. This one slowly wormed its way into being the one I looked the most forward to on Saturday, or the one where if I was tired or whatever that I'd save for when I could take in the experience better.

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Best anime in quite a while. I love it.

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I've been rewatching the previous season with a person and the wild swings between crippling depression and chill comf are even more impressive the second time around

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Watched the first episode

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It's a bit slow, but this is a really charming show! I might try and read the manga to catch up with the anime so that if I get into it I can watch whatever of the show is still to be released by then as it happens.

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It's a bit slow, but this is a really charming show! I might try and read the manga to catch up with the anime so that if I get into it I can watch whatever of the show is still to be released by then as it happens.

I'm actually three or four episodes behind myself right now because I got someone else watching it and we've been slowly watching the episodes

Also if you can work it, just keep watching, the manga doesn't have the adorable sound effects and the little girl voices and all that [/quote]

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I'm never gonna catch up if I watch, though! But okay.

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Quality is better than speed

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Episode 12/Chapter 24

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Episode 12/Chapter 25

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Episode 13/Chapter 26

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Episode 13/Chapter 27

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Episode 14/Chapter 28

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Episode 14/Chapter 29

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The lighthearted segments of this show remind me a little of Yotsuba.

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Yeah anyways, if you want to read to catch up, go for it, I just way prefer sound/voice acting/colour <.<

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[Enail]

Yeah anyways, if you want to read to catch up, go for it, I just way prefer sound/voice acting/colour <.<

Just realized how long it'll take me to get through the episodes, did you?

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I kind of went like "Oh yeah, she read Berserk instead of watching it" and was like "Eh, might as well" :p

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I do miss the sound and movement, but it just takes so long watching things when you're behind.

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The contrast of emotions isn't as intense in the manga. But on the plus side, manga Momo has almost-constant sparkles and flowers emanating off her, which is adorable.

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The contrast of emotions isn't as intense in the manga. But on the plus side, manga Momo has almost-constant sparkles and flowers emanating off her, which is adorable.

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You'll change your mind on that eventually <.<

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If I could make some recommendations for specific watching at least, I would suggest watching Chapter 17 (second half of Episode 8 ) for how uncomfortable it is, and both Chapters 30 and 31 (all of Episode 15) because I think the anime aesthetic and sound will add a ton to the experience

My favourite chapter is probably 19 (second half of episode 9) but looking back on it, I think the point will get across strongly in written form too[/quote]

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If I could make some recommendations for specific watching at least, I would suggest watching Chapter 17 (second half of Episode 8 ) for how uncomfortable it is, and both Chapters 30 and 31 (all of Episode 15) because I think the anime aesthetic and sound will add a ton to the experience

My favourite chapter is probably 19 (second half of episode 9) but looking back on it, I think the point will get across strongly in written form too

Okay, will do, thanks!

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Damn, that's even better than the manga!

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Did the anime for these two:

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