History Manga / SangatsuNoLion

* LawyerFriendlyCameo: Rokugatsu is clearly based on Tsukishima, an island smack-dab in the middle of Tokyo. The fact that it keeps being referred to as a just another town by a river doesn't really mesh with Umiko's insistence on drawing the Tokyo skyline, or by making many Tokyo landmarks only a short train ride away.

* LawyerFriendlyCameo: Rokugatsu is clearly based on Tsukishima, an island smack-dab in the middle of Tokyo. The fact that it keeps being referred to as a just another town by a river doesn't really mesh with Umiko's insistence on drawing the Tokyo skyline, an effect that gets heightened in the anime.

* LawyerFriendlyCameo: Rokugatsu is clearly based on Tsukishima, a island smack-dab in the middle of Tokyo. The fact that it keeps being referred to as a just another town by a river doesn't really mesh with Umiko's insistence on drawing the Tokyo skyline, an effect that gets heightened in the anime.

* LawyerFriendlyCameo: Rokugatsu is clearly based on Tsukishima, a island smack-dab in the middle of Tokyo. The fact that it keeps being referred to as a just another town by a river doesn't mesh well with Umiko's insistence on drawing the Tokyo skyline in many panels, an effect that gets heightened in the anime.

* YearX: In Nikaidou's New Years card, the year is revealed to be 20XX, indicating that the story takes place within this century.

* FriendlessBackground: Rei does not have any childhood friends within his normal life outside of shogi, and was, as he narrates, "always the kid that got bullied." He implies that his teenage years were not that much different when he specifically requests that Hayashida not say anything about his professional career to his classmates. Later volumes elaborate on this.

The series is slated for two upcoming adaptations - a live action film and a TV Anime series produced by Creator/StudioShaft. The latter will be part of the Fall2016Anime season. It is available for simulcast and streaming on Website/{{Crunchyroll}} [[http://www.crunchyroll.com/march-comes-in-like-a-lion here]][[note]]Only in North America, Central America, South America, Australia, New Zealand, United Kingdom and Ireland.[[/note]] and on [[http://www.daisuki.net/pl/en/anime/detail.Marchcomesinlikealion.html Daisuki]].

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* CrazyJealousGuy: Played for humor in Chapter 96. [[spoiler:By the time Hina is enrolled in Rei's high school as a first-year, she starts getting a little attention from guys because of how cute she is. When one of them tries to get closer to Hina by offering to join the shogi club along with her and teach her, Rei basically steps in-between them like roadblock and drives the first-year boy away by beating him in a quick match, justifying it by claiming to be measuring his skill level for entry into the club. Later in the same chapter, he see the same guy trying to have lunch with her and her new friend at the courtyard all the way from the school roof, prompting him to make a mad dash to where they are.]]

--> '''Hayashida''': Gah, geez! All that's been coming out of your mouth is, 'but, but, but!' It's be great if a hundred "buts" would make a door open, but to be perfectly honest, there are no doors like that!

* CrazyJealousGuy: Played for humor in Chapter 96. By the time Hina is enrolled in Rei's high school as a first-year, she starts getting a little attention from guys because of how cute she is. When one of them tries to get closer to Hina by offering to join the shogi club along with her and teach her, Rei basically steps in-between them like roadblock and drives the first-year boy away by beating him in a quick match, justifying it by claiming to be measuring his skill level for entry into the club. Later in the same chapter, he see the same guy trying to have lunch with her and her new friend at the courtyard all the way from the school roof, prompting him to make a mad dash to where they are.

The series is slated for two upcoming adaptations - a live action film and a TV Anime series produced by Creator/StudioShaft. The latter will be part of the Fall 2016 line-up. It is available for simulcast and streaming on Website/{{Crunchyroll}} [[http://www.crunchyroll.com/march-comes-in-like-a-lion here]][[note]]Only in North America, Central America, South America, Australia, New Zealand, United Kingdom and Ireland.[[/note]] and on [[http://www.daisuki.net/pl/en/anime/detail.Marchcomesinlikealion.html Daisuki]].

* GratuitousFrench: The insert song that plays in the first episode of the anime while Rei is heading to the Sendagaya Shogi Hall for his match against his adoptive father is completely in French. Why Shaft chose a French song to play while the protagonists is walking through one of Tokyo's wards is not entirely clear.

Meanwhile, his professional career has entered a slump. Burdened with the heavy expectations placed on him as the fifth to become pro in middle school, his wins and losses are fluctuating as his record and progression into the ranks begin to stagnate. While he's yet to receive any significant negative attention, those that know of him the shogi community wonder what is happening with him as he continues to struggle in a game where he initially shown tremendous promise.

[[folder:Tropes from Untranslated Chapters]]
As the folder title indicates, this section is for tropes that appear exclusively in chapters yet to be translated to English, to be moved when said chapters (or at least the relevant story arcs) are reached. To those who only keep up with the translations, tread carefully.

* CheshireCatGrin: This is practically the default expression of a character introduced in Chapter 102, [[spoiler: the Kawamoto siblings' father]]. The look of the smile by itself isn't all that strange, but given what information the story has told of him beforehand, the way the panels present him, and how certain characters react to his presence, the overly friendly-vibe he gives off with said smile - [[spoiler:especially during the two times he tries to hold Momo]] - comes off as incredibly suspicious and unnerving.
* CrazyJealousGuy: Played for humor in Chapter 96. By the time Hina is enrolled in Rei's high school as a first-year, she starts getting a little attention from guys because of how cute she is. When one of them tries to get closer to Hina by offering to join the shogi club along with her and teach her, Rei basically steps in-between them like roadblock and drives the first-year boy away by beating him in a quick match, justifying it by claiming to be measuring his skill level for entry into the club. Later in the same chapter, he see the same guy trying to have lunch with her and her new friend at the courtyard all the way from the school roof, prompting him to make a mad dash to where they are.
* GagHaircut: [[spoiler:Hinata gets one of these in Chapter 89 while trying to invoke an ImportantHaircut, though it is only made as such through her exaggerated disapproval of her haircut and the comical way its presented as a result. Though once she stops caring about it in chapters afterward, it is no longer presented nearly as bad.]]
* IPhony: By Chapter 102, Rei has swapped out that flip-phone he's had since Chapter 1 with a modern phone. The brand logo on it is Apple's, sans the bite.
* ImportantHaircut: [[spoiler:Hinata attempts to invoke this after Takahashi leaves town, but it doesn't turn out as well as she had hoped.]]
* JustFriends: What Hayashida essentially thinks Rei will be with Hina, [[ShipperOnDeck much to the teacher's dismay]], if Rei continues to play the "guardian" role for her.
* PutOnABus: Not long after the bullying arc concludes, Takahashi is set on achieving his goals of getting into the Koshien, and soon leaves town to attend a far away high school that has larger chances of getting him in.

The series is slated for two upcoming adaptations - a live action film and a TV Anime series produced by Creator/StudioShaft. The latter will be part of the Fall 2016 line-up.

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