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The Best Episodes of March Comes In Like a Lion Season 2

Every episode of March Comes In Like a Lion Season 2 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of March Comes In Like a Lion Season 2!

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This is a gentle tale about people trying to regain something. And it is a tale of battle. Rei Kiriyama had lost his family in an accident when he was young. Now he is a

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    March Comes In Like a Lion Season 2 Episode 1 - Setting Sun / Ramune
    7.9/10(207 votes)

    #1 - Setting Sun / Ramune

    S2:E1

    The After School Science Club merged with a proposed shogi club to become “the Shogi Science Club.” Club activities include Rei teaching the members how to play shogi and Rei being taught various science experiments. Rei realizes that he’s delighted to have a warm place where he belongs at school. With ramune in hand, he heads for the Kawamoto home.

    Director:Hajime Ohtani
    Writer:Yukito Kizawa

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  2. March Comes In Like a Lion Season 2 Episode 2 - Chaos / Kumakura
    7.7/10(189 votes)

    #2 - Chaos / Kumakura

    S2:E2

    Rei is at the Shogi Hall with Nikaidou and other players to watch the live broadcast of the final game for the Meijin Championship between Souya and Kumakura. Meanwhile, veteran player Yanagihara describes the game as “chaos,” but what does that portend for the Meijin Championship?

    Director:Midori Yoshizawa
    Writer:Yukito Kizawa

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  3. March Comes In Like a Lion Season 2 Episode 3 - June / Ladybug Bush (1)
    8.5/10(215 votes)

    #3 - June / Ladybug Bush (1)

    S2:E3

    During a lunch break between matches, Nikaidou pressures Rei to win all his matches so they can battle in the finals. Rei looks on coolly until Nikaidou points out feelings Rei never realized he had. Meanwhile, at the Kawamoto house, Someji, Akari, Hinata and Momo have a brainstorming session about Crescent Moon’s new summer sweet creation. Momo proposes novel ideas, but the usually cheerful Hinata seems down...

    Director:Yoshiko Mikami
    Writer:Yukito Kizawa

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  4. March Comes In Like a Lion Season 2 Episode 4 - Ladybug Bush (2) / Ladybug Bush (3) / Feelings
    9.4/10(358 votes)

    #4 - Ladybug Bush (2) / Ladybug Bush (3) / Feelings

    S2:E4

    Hinata has been friends with Chiho since elementary school, but now that they’re third-year middle school students, Chiho has become the target of bullying by classmates. While other students pretend they don’t see anything happening, only Hinata calls out to Chiho and still tries to be her friend. However, the situation only gets worse...

    Director:Kenjirou Okada
    Writer:Yukito Kizawa

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  5. March Comes In Like a Lion Season 2 Episode 5 - Feelings (Continued) / Confession
    8.9/10(238 votes)

    #5 - Feelings (Continued) / Confession

    S2:E5

    Rei sees his former homeroom teacher, Mr. Hayashida, for advice about bullying. Hayashida offers many examples and concludes with sound advice. After racking his brain, Rei also arrives at his own conclusion about what he can do to help Hina. Meanwhile, Akari has been carrying doubts in her heart about the incident, and opens up to Rei...

    Director:Takayoshi Nagatomo
    Writer:Yukito Kizawa

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  6. March Comes In Like a Lion Season 2 Episode 6 - Small World / Letter
    9.0/10(226 votes)

    #6 - Small World / Letter

    S2:E6

    When Rei visits the Kawamotos, Hinata talks to him about school. Little by little, she confides in Rei about the classroom atmosphere. But one day during lunch, the baseball team’s ace and all-around popular guy, Takahashi, pops in to Hinata’s class?!

    Director:Midori Yoshizawa
    Writer:Yukito Kizawa

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  7. March Comes In Like a Lion Season 2 Episode 7 - Start of the Rainy Season / Hachiya
    8.4/10(191 votes)

    #7 - Start of the Rainy Season / Hachiya

    S2:E7

    Hinata is so enraged by her classmates and homeroom teacher. When Rei arrives for a visit at the Kawamoto home, he treats Hinata with kindness in his own way. On the other hand, the semi-finals of the Newcomer Tournament are here. Rei’s opponent is Subaru Hachiya, the “Irritated Prince of the East.” How will Rei fare against this strong, irritable yet irritating player?

    Director:Yutaka Kawasaki
    Writer:Yukito Kizawa

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  8. March Comes In Like a Lion Season 2 Episode 8 - Midday Moon / Adventurers
    9.0/10(219 votes)

    #8 - Midday Moon / Adventurers

    S2:E8

    When the struggling Rei tells Mr. Hayashida that he wants to help Hinata and her family, his former homeroom teacher advises him to do what he can, one thing at a time. Taking those words to heart, Rei goes on a smooth winning streak with his matches. On the other hand, Nikaidou has suddenly been hospitalized?!

    Director:Tetsuya Miyanishi
    Writer:Yukito Kizawa

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  9. March Comes In Like a Lion Season 2 Episode 9 - Kingdom (1) / Kingdom (2)
    8.9/10(226 votes)

    #9 - Kingdom (1) / Kingdom (2)

    S2:E9

    On the night before she leaves for a school trip to Kyoto, Hinata has dinner at home with Rei and her family, but can't finish the food on her plate because of a stomachache. Rei also leaves the same day as Hinata, but goes to Osaka to challenge Junkei Yamazaki for the Newcomer Tournament final.

    Director:Yoshiko Mikami
    Writer:Yukito Kizawa

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  10. March Comes In Like a Lion Season 2 Episode 10 - Silver Wings / River Scenery
    8.9/10(220 votes)

    #10 - Silver Wings / River Scenery

    S2:E10

    In the world of shogi, one can only continue making an effort, but Yamazaki finds that Nikaidou and Rei never falter and always throw themselves into the “deep end.” Nevertheless, Yamazaki is determined to win and after beating Nikaidou in the Newcomer Tournament semifinals, he faces Rei in the match that will decide the next Newcomer King.

    Director:Takudai Kakuchi
    Writer:Yukito Kizawa

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  11. March Comes In Like a Lion Season 2 Episode 11 - Where the Sun Shines / Small World
    7.8/10(185 votes)

    #11 - Where the Sun Shines / Small World

    S2:E11

    Just when Rei thought he found a happy place within school, that place begins to disappear. Meanwhile, Shimada has a match against Gakuto Sakurai 7th-Dan, as they vie for the right to challenge Yanagihara, the venerable reigning Kishou champion.

    Director:Midori Yoshizawa
    Writer:Yukito Kizawa

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  12. March Comes In Like a Lion Season 2 Episode 12 - Black Mist / Light
    9.2/10(279 votes)

    #12 - Black Mist / Light

    S2:E12

    After Hinata's class returns from the trip, the atmosphere in the classroom changes again in a different and strange direction. At long last, Hinata's guardians are being called in for a parent-teacher-student conference.

    Director:Hajime Ohtani
    Writer:Yukito Kizawa

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  13. March Comes In Like a Lion Season 2 Episode 13 - Small Palm / In the Sun
    8.9/10(216 votes)

    #13 - Small Palm / In the Sun

    S2:E13

    Mr. Kokubu continues to remedy the class bullying problem. As the situation seems to be winding down, Hinata finally get a letter from Chiho.

    Director:Takayoshi Nagatomo
    Writer:Yukito Kizawa

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  14. March Comes In Like a Lion Season 2 Episode 14 - Flowing Away / White Storm (1)
    8.2/10(189 votes)

    #14 - Flowing Away / White Storm (1)

    S2:E14

    Chairman Jinguuji focuses more on attracting customers to the commemorative match between Souya and Rei, though Shimada warns him that neither Souya nor Rei are comfortable being the center of attention. On the eve of their match in Morioka, Rei and Souya attend a reception in honor of it, even though Rei is extremely nervous about playing against the Meijin for the first time.

    Director:Tetsuya Miyanishi
    Writer:Yukito Kizawa

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  15. March Comes In Like a Lion Season 2 Episode 15 - White Storm (2) / White Storm (3) / White Storm (4)
    8.6/10(204 votes)

    #15 - White Storm (2) / White Storm (3) / White Storm (4)

    S2:E15

    The commemorative match begins between Rei and Meijin Souya. There’s a clear gap between their levels, but Rei holds on tight to his opponent, which causes a lively discussion among staff members who are watching the match in a waiting room. However, during the middle stage of the match, Rei makes a move that will probably cost him the game. Even so, he doesn’t give up and continues to play, searching for the best possible move each turn. How will the match turn out in the end?

    Director:Yoshiko Mikami
    Writer:Yukito Kizawa

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  16. March Comes In Like a Lion Season 2 Episode 16 - White Storm (4) (Continued) / White Storm (5) / Restart
    8.1/10(189 votes)

    #16 - White Storm (4) (Continued) / White Storm (5) / Restart

    S2:E16

    On the way back home from their commemorative match in Morioka, Rei and Souya are forced to stay in Sendai for a night because of a typhoon. Rei is relieved after they find lodging, but soon gets a phone call from Chairman Jinguuji, who tells him a certain secret. Meanwhile, Nikaidou is out of the hospital and ready to make a comeback in the first qualifying round of the Jeweled King Tournament.

    Director:Yutaka Kawasaki
    Writer:Yukito Kizawa

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  17. March Comes In Like a Lion Season 2 Episode 17 - Burnt Field (1) / Burnt Field (2)
    8.4/10(191 votes)

    #17 - Burnt Field (1) / Burnt Field (2)

    S2:E17

    Rei and Nikaidou are to be the board commentators for the final Kishou Championship match between Yanagihara and Shimada. All of the reporters and staff members that attend the pre-game reception turn out to be old friends of Yanagihara, who has been the reigning Kishou champion for years. Despite the immense pressure of an “away game” for the challenger, Shimada, he is determined more than ever to win his very first title.

    Director:Takudai Kakuchi
    Writer:Yukito Kizawa

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  18. March Comes In Like a Lion Season 2 Episode 18 - Burnt Field (3) / Burnt Field (4)
    9.1/10(275 votes)

    #18 - Burnt Field (3) / Burnt Field (4)

    S2:E18

    It’s the final match of the Kishou Championship and the honorary title of “Eternal Kishou” is on the line for Yanagihara. As the shogi game approaches the final stage, Shimada is dominating. Yanagihara reflects on how he’s been entrusted with metaphorical relay race-like “sashes” from friends who have given up or retired from the professional shogi world. Even while feeling bound by this pressure, Yanagihara continues to play.

    Director:Hajime Ohtani
    Writer:Yukito Kizawa

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  19. March Comes In Like a Lion Season 2 Episode 19 - Being Here / Summer Vacation (1)
    8.1/10(180 votes)

    #19 - Being Here / Summer Vacation (1)

    S2:E19

    Crescent Moon will put up a food stand at the March Town summer festival featuring "sweet chilled rice flour dumpling and syrup," an idea that Akari and Hinata came up with. Hinata also visits Chiho at the beginning of summer vacation. Chiho has gotten her smile back, even though she still bears the emotional scars of bullying.

    Director:Noriko Hashimoto
    Writer:Yukito Kizawa

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  20. March Comes In Like a Lion Season 2 Episode 20 - Summer Vacation (2) / New Year
    8.0/10(178 votes)

    #20 - Summer Vacation (2) / New Year

    S2:E20

    Hinata has been coming up with new ideas for sweets one after another all throughout summer vacation, but struggles to focus on her studies and deciding which high schools to apply to. Rei decides to invite the three Kawamoto sisters to some nagashi somen fun at his school. When Hinata meets the members of Noguchi's Shogi Science Club and Hayashida, she begins considering Komahashi High, Rei's high school.

    Directors:Yutaka Kawasaki, Tetsuya Miyanishi
    Writer:Yukito Kizawa

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  21. March Comes In Like a Lion Season 2 Episode 21 - Passing Time / Spring Comes
    8.6/10(194 votes)

    #21 - Passing Time / Spring Comes

    S2:E21

    Hinata has been studying intently for the high school entrance exams, when she learns in shock that Takahashi, the classmate she has long admired, will be going to a school far away. People she had assumed will always be with her keep leaving her… Depressed Hinata ends up getting a fever just days before the exam. Nevertheless, Rei comes by on the day of the exam, to walk to school with her.

    Director:Yoshiko Mikami
    Writer:Yukito Kizawa

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  22. March Comes In Like a Lion Season 2 Episode 22 - The Other House / Children of March Town
    9.1/10(234 votes)

    #22 - The Other House / Children of March Town

    S2:E22

    Rei finally pays a visit to his adoptive mother's residence, after neglecting to visit ever since he moved out. Afterwards, Rei invites Hina and Takahashi for some monja as a last farewell. But before Hina starts high school, she decides to do something drastic.

    Directors:Kenjirou Okada, Hajime Ohtani
    Writer:Yukito Kizawa

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Season 2 Ratings Summary

"Setting Sun / Ramune" is the best rated episode of "March Comes In Like a Lion" season 2. It scored 7.9/10 based on 207 votes. Directed by Hajime Ohtani and written by Yukito Kizawa, it aired on 10/14/2017. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "Chaos / Kumakura".