3月のライオン 16

3月のライオン [Sangatsu no Lion] #16

by Chica Umino, 羽海野チカ

12月。
年末に向けて、冬が本気を出して来る季節。クリスマス。そして年越し。
川本家で過ごす3年目のお正月は、ジグソーパズルを皆で囲んで。
時に惑いながらも、あたたかな幸せをかみしめてゆく。
零と三姉妹の日々はゆっくりと、着実に進んでゆく。
一緒に、考えよう。一緒に歩いて行こう。
一方、白熱する獅子王戦・決勝トーナメント。
零、二海堂、重田…互いに高め合い、切磋琢磨を繰り返して来た島田研の弟分たちが、盤上で熱い火花を散らす。
見据える先は、師との公式戦という舞台。
長い時間を共に歩んで来た同士が、その日々に見つけた答えとは――。

Genres: Manga, Comics Manga, Comics, Seinen, Realistic Fiction

196 pages, Paperback

First published September 29, 2021

About the author

Chica Umino (Jap: 羽海野チカ) is a Japanese mangaka.
Her real name is not disclosed, "Umino Chica" is a pen name.

She began work as a product designer and illustrator.
Umino has a unique drawing style, listing Studio Ghibli amongst her influences, and her characters are remarkably well-developed.

Her most famous series to date is Hachimitsu to Clover (English name: Honey and Clover), a 'slice of life' manga series which debuted in 2000 in Shueisha's manga magazine, CUTiEcomic. The series won the Kodansha Manga Award in 2003 and was nominated for the Tezuka Culture Prize and an award from the Japan Media Arts Festival. It was also adapted into an animated television series in 2005, a live-action movie in 2006 and two individual live-action TV series in 2008.

Her ongoing recent series is Sangatsu no Lion (English name: March comes in like a lion), which began serialization in 2007. The series won several important prizes including: the Manga Taisho prize and Kodansha Manga Prize (general audience) in 2011, the Tezuka Osamushi Cultural Prize in 2014, and the Bunkacho Media Geijutsusai Manga bumon in 2021.

Umino has also provided the illustration for the 2009 anime series Eden of the East by Kenji Kamiyama, as well as 'Tobira o Akete' and the Glass Heart series, including 'Boukensha-tachi', 'Netsu no Shiro' and 'Love Way'.

Reviews

[Jake · Rating 5 out of 5]

I initially started this series with the anime and was afraid that the manga's not going to be as good so I left it for a while, but even in the colorless world of comic book pages this masterpiece still glows gorgeously. These 179 chapters have been like a lengthy argument proving the inextinguishable existence of hope, and it has convinced me like no one ever did. Every story of every character shows just another way that life can be, and there have been so so soooo so many characters (and pets, lots of pets).

Honestly reading the synopsis it does feel like a boring story about a guy playing Japanese chess, but it really doesn't take any knowledge about Japanese chess to cry a million times while reading this. It's just a heartwarming, hilarious, sad, and most importantly, exciting, piece of work, like life itself.

[María Pealva · Rating 5 out of 5]

Después de un año esperando el siguiente volumen no he podido esperar y ha saltado toda la pila de pendientes. Echaba mucho de menos a kiriyama y Hina, me he reido mucho con la competición de puzzles. Creo que esta autora tiene un don para sacar petroleo de las pequeñas tradiciones. Y para postre un analisis de la apertura nakabisha y la ibisha rikisen y cómo los kishi viven el año nuevo. Me encantaría que se tradujeran esas revistas de shogi que siempre menciona. Ahora a esperar el siguiente volumen, estudiando shogi para ganar paciencia.

[Studio RAIN · Rating 5 out of 5]

宗谷名人の実家の話。川本家のクリスマスとお正月。獅子王戦の二海堂－重田戦。そして久しぶりの桐山－二海堂戦がスタート。バックグラウンドで進行する零くんとひなちゃんのラブラブエピソード。

フィクションに出てくる高校生カップルって、設定が高校生なだけで実際の精神年齢がよくわからないことも多いが、この二人はちゃんとちょっと子供っぽく描かれているのが微笑ましくてよい。

名セリフがあったので引用：

運命は公平ではない
―その不公平に対する収められぬ怒りを
ありえぬ程のエネルギーに変え
「このルートで正解だった」という物語に書き換える
―それしか人間に出来る反撃の手は無い

腕さえ上がらぬベットの上で
このクソみたいな設定すべて
「ただの伏線として回収してやる」とあえいだ
代償は既に払った！！
もう恐れるものなど何がある⁉
「強さを獲りに行くのだ」と
何度でも混沌に飛び込むことが出来た（二海堂）

[ivy · Rating 4 out of 5]

When I first began reading this I was really interested in Kiriyama because the way he described his depression felt so familiar to me, but now that I’ve finally decided to finish it I feel at peace knowing he’s comfortable and happier than before just as I am. It’s weird how even now we still have the same thoughts, I feel so connected with the characters. I don’t think I could ever forget just how beautiful this manga is and how beautiful the writing is.

[Carina · Rating 4 out of 5]

I love the way that Rei respects the family not wanting to be involved with their super sketchy dad, and there was one page that I found really relatable (don't know how to link them though). I still have weird thoughts about Rei and Hina dating due to the age gap though...

[Lu · Rating 5 out of 5]

好喜歡這一集，故事到這邊已經走了12年，真是不可思議。
喜歡這集零和日向閃到不行又溫暖心頭的互動。

本集喜歡的一些片段：
1.
「不會每天都是晴天，只要大家輪流互相鼓勵就好了。」
2.
一個要靠別人出力才能成功的夢想，代表計畫本身就不確實。
3.
我告訴自己「此行是要去獲得強韌」，所以才能好幾次⋯跳進混沌當中。
4.
就算沒有動力，我也會去尋找各種方法，使盡全力＆走別條路來登頂！
5.
有時候嘗試新的事物，還會沮喪哭泣。
——然後又繼續練習，就這樣不斷重複，未曾改變。

[Javiera Carrasco · Rating 5 out of 5]

No deja de encantarme cada tomo que sale, de mis historias favoritas por siempre.

Ha cambiado mucho la forma de dibujo o es que ha sido algo más progresivo y yo no me di cuenta? De todas formas me gusta❣️

Cada que leo un tomo me dan ganas de empezarla de nuevo

[wik! · Rating 5 out of 5]

CHORANDO ALTO AQUI DE CASA

[Eressea · Rating 3 out of 5]

只能說這部沒對到我的電波
現在我已經看不懂在幹麻了...

[Khari · Rating 3 out of 5]

。。。なんでそこで終わったの？！全然足りないでしょう！？

あかりは誰を選ぶの？先生か島田？店の隣の空き地を買うか買わないか？零と彼の義理父は仲直りするの？義姉は？

零は自分の好奇心が戻ったはいいことだけど、もっと一緒にいたい！彼の成長がみたい。ひなの大人姿も見たい。いろいろな話の解決がなかったからこの最後はちょっと早すぎだと思う。

私は満足ではない。

[GdP · Rating 5 out of 5]

"Hai iniziato a cercare un'altra strada con tutte le forze che hai. Finalmente sei riuscito a raggiungere il tuo zero."

[LizxBTS Estrada · Rating 5 out of 5]

Que gran número, me gustó mucho espero con ansias el vol 17