My introduction to this series happened in 2016, when the first season of "March Comes in Like a Lion" aired. Not a big sports fans, and I know nothing about shogi (Japanese chess), so an anime about a shogi player sounded interesting enough to me. I was pleasantly surprised that this anime didn't have much to do with shogi but instead gave us a wholesome slice of life plot, where shogi is in the background and the characters are the stars.
Rei Kiriyama is a highly skilled shogi player who became a professional
at a young age. However, he leads a solitary and emotionally distant
life, haunted by a tragic past. He lost his family in a car accident and
has had to fend for himself since then. Despite his success in shogi,
he feels empty and disconnected from the world, until he meets the Kawamoto family.
Through his interactions with the three sisters and other shogi players, Rei begins to find meaning in his life and learns to confront his inner demons. In terms of animation, the color palette and the watercolour-ish style were really pleasant to watch. The pacing of the plot was a bit slow, but the emotional highs and lows were well portrait (the shogi matched were cool too), you wanted to get to know the characters more. The other good thing is, there is a second season and a whole manga you can catch up on, if you liked the show.
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