“Rei Kiriyama navigates professional shogi and personal growth, finding family with the Kawamoto sisters while facing intense competition.”
March Comes In Like a Lion 2nd Season
3月のライオン 第2シリーズ
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Synopsis
Rei Kiriyama navigates professional shogi and personal growth, finding family with the Kawamoto sisters while facing intense competition.
Now in his second year of high school, Rei Kiriyama continues pushing through his struggles in the professional shogi world as well as his personal life. Surrounded by vibrant personalities at the shogi hall, the school club, and in the local community, his solitary shell slowly begins to crack. Among them are the three Kawamoto sisters—Akari, Hinata, and Momo—who forge an affectionate and familial bond with Rei. Through these ties, he realizes that everyone is burdened by their own emotional hardships and begins learning how to rely on others while supporting them in return. Nonetheless, the life of a professional is not easy. Between tournaments, championships, and title matches, the pressure mounts as Rei advances through the ranks and encounters incredibly skilled opponents. As he manages his relationships with those who have grown close to him, the shogi player continues to search for the reason he plays the game that defines his career.
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 133 sampled reviews
What 133 viewers settled on.
Mostly aligned
σ 1.65 · some divergence
5.5 pts
Recommenders 9.5 · others 4.0
↓ 0.95
Running avg · Nov 2017 → Mar 2026
- 8 “My Review Of March comes in like a lion. Anime The story is about a 17 year old boy named Rei Kiriyama he is a professional shogi player. shogi is Japanese Chess But his life is very lonely Rei is...”
- 9 “The second season delivers expanded character development for the Kawamoto family while maintaining Rei's shogi journey, featuring incredible animation and even better characters than before....”
- 10 “To start off, I really enjoyed this season. There are lots of emotions going on. It is like riding on a roller coaster. Although the overall story is about shogi, but there are other elements which...”
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- Format 22 × 25′ eps × min
- Total runtime 9h 10m all episodes
- Aired Oct 2017 – Mar 2018 Fall 2017
- Source Tv media type
- Rated PG 13 - Teens 13 or older
- Ref. BS-12508 catalog
Produced by
- Aniplex Producer
- Dentsu Producer
- NHK Producer
- Hakusensha Producer
- Asmik Ace Producer
- Toy's Factory Producer
Licensed by
- Aniplex of America Licensor