3-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