483 – Triple Dip 79 – March Comes in Like a Lion, Real, The Darwin Incident
On this episode we talk about broken chairs, two-page spreads, Plus-sized Misadventures in Love!, Wombs Cradle, the Water Margin Podcast, and more! Then, we discuss March Comes in Like a Lion, Real, and The Darwin Incident for a Triple Dip!!!
Continue reading338 – One Shot 36 – Mermaid in the Bottle & Leaper & Mine-kun is Asexual
On this episode we answer lots of emails and dakazu reads about the devastation on the Sanriku Railway during the 2011 Tohoku tsunami in Santetsu! Then we review Isaki Uta’s Mine-kun is Asexual, Mermaid in the Bottle, and Leaper! All three doujinshi are available from Irodori Comics!
Continue reading337 – One Shot 35 – Sawanabe Zombie & Ikyoudo
This week we agree that Yusuke is superior to Gon, we celebrate the licensing of March comes in like a Lion, and we review Kakio Tsurukawa’s Sawanabe Zombie and Ikyoudo while complaining about comic book movies! Both titles are available from Star Fruit Books!!!
Continue reading3-gatsu no Lion Shouwa Ibun – Shakunetsu no Toki
A prequel to March comes in like a Lion that looks back at the professional career of it’s Japan Shogi Association chairman, Takanori Jinguji.
I love March comes in a like a Lion. It’s one of my favorite series and the recent anime was amazing. While I’m not a fan of most manga spin-offs, this one is damn good and artist Hideaki Nishikawa deserves all the credit.
Their art work is tonally very different from original creator Chica Umino but equally captures the fiery emotions of the different professional players who appear throughout the story. It perfectly matches the series tagline of ‘scorching times’.
I also appreciated how this book put a lot of focus on food of the Showa era.
~dakazu
March Comes in like a Lion
An amazing manga about a teenage professional shougi player and the people he interacts with that help him break out of his introverted self.
The anime was my favorite anime from last year and we’ve talked about it a lot. I’m super excited to watch the new season that’s starting soon!
~dakazu