7.4/10247 votesLoading...#1 - Chapter 1 Rei Kiriyama / Chapter 2 The Town Along the River
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 10/8/2016
Rei Kiriyama moves in to town, and his past is slowly revealed. Alongside battling opponents in shogi, he also wants to find that missing something...
Director: Kenjirou Okada
Writer: Yukito Kizawa
7.5/10207 votesLoading...#2 - Chapter 3 Akari / Chapter 4 Beyond the Bridge
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 10/15/2016
Who was that mysterious figure who stole his mail? And Akari's job is what?! Tune in as we continue to explore Rei's past.
Director: Midori Yoshizawa
Writer: Yukito Kizawa
7.5/10194 votesLoading...#3 - Chapter 7 Hina / Chapter 8 vs
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/29/2016
Will Hina be able to give her home made lunch to the person she is concerned about? Tune in as a fateful meeting unfolds in front of our eyes...
Director: Tomoyuki Itamura
Writer: Yukito Kizawa
7.5/10183 votesLoading...#4 - Chapter 11 Child of God (Part 1) / Chapter 12 Child of God (Part 2) / Chapter 13 Child of God (Part 3)
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 11/12/2016
Does Rei want to go somewhere, or just run away? Let's discover more of the Shogi world as Mr. Hayashida comes to the rescue!
Director: So Toyama
Writer: Yukito Kizawa
7.5/10168 votesLoading...#5 - Chapter 28 Blinding Darkness / Chapter 29 Just a Little Water
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 1/21/2017
Shimada and Rei's battle continues as Rei begins to drown in his embarassment. Watch as their battle finally comes to a close
Director: Yukihiro Miyamoto
Writer: Yukito Kizawa
7.6/10167 votesLoading...#6 - Chapter 26 Black River (Part 2) / Chapter 27 Beyond the Door
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 1/14/2017
Smith prepares for his battle with the intimidating Gotou, and Rei is determined not to lose against Shimada. How will their matches go?
Director: Takashi Kawabata
Writer: Yukito Kizawa
7.6/10157 votesLoading...#7 - Chapter 45 New School Term / Spin-off Fighter
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 3/18/2017
Rei begins a new school year, and embarks on new adventures. While looking back at the past, we'll look forward to the future.
Director: Kenjirou Okada
Writer: Yukito Kizawa
7.7/10182 votesLoading...#8 - Chapter 14 Important Things. Important Matters. / Chapter 15 Teach me Shogi
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 11/19/2016
What will Kiriyama and Takahashi talk about? Will it end well? Let's hope the cute kitties can teach us how to play shogi!
Director: Hidekazu Hara
Writer: Yukito Kizawa
7.7/10170 votesLoading...#9 - Chapter 30 Moonlight / Chapter 31 Lump of Ego
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 1/28/2017
And now begins two of three matches to determine who will go up against Master Souya in the Lion King Tournament!
Director: Yuichi Wada
Writer: Yukito Kizawa
7.7/10166 votesLoading...#10 - Chapter 32 Running Through the Night / Chapter 33 Middle of the Slope
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 2/4/2017
Master Souya's challenger in the Lion King Tournament has been determined! Also, Rei decides to take a step in the direction that will benefit him in the long run.
Director: Sayaka Iwai
Writer: Yukito Kizawa
7.7/10154 votesLoading...#11 - Chapter 48 Chaos / Chapter 49 Kumakura
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 10/21/2017
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
7.8/10177 votesLoading...#12 - Chapter 18 Distant Thunder (Part 2) / Chapter 19 Distant Thunder (Part 3)
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 12/10/2016
Rei has a match with the old Mr. Matsunaga. If Mr. Matsunaga loses one more game, he'll have to retire. How will Rei handle the match?
Director: Sayaka Iwai
Writer: Yukito Kizawa
7.8/10170 votesLoading...#13 - Chapter 34 Silver Thread / Chapter 35 Water's Surface / Chapter 36 Base of the Blue Night
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 2/11/2017
The Lion King Tournament finally begins. Rei continues to grow with his workshop buddies, but also runs into some trouble with his sister.
Director: Takashi Kawabata
Writer: Yukito Kizawa
7.8/10167 votesLoading...#14 - Chapter 39 Passing the Night / Chapter 40 Kyoto (Part 1)
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 2/25/2017
Match Four of the Lion King Tournament begins in Kyoto. We find out a little more about the Challenger, and the reasons he continues to persist.
Director: Hajime Ohtani
Writer: Yukito Kizawa
7.8/10150 votesLoading...#15 - Chapter 66 Where the Sun Shines / Chapter 67 Small World
Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 12/23/2017
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
8.0/10189 votesLoading...#16 - Chapter 16 Image / Chapter 17 Distant Thunder (Part 1)
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 12/3/2016
Let's continue to learn Shogi! In this episode, we'll also discover a little more about Rei's Father, and not to mention that special guest he has..
Director: Midori Yoshizawa
Writer: Yukito Kizawa
8.0/10175 votesLoading...#17 - Chapter 22 The Old Year / Chapter 23 The New Year
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 12/24/2016
All of Rei's matches are done for the year, but a small tragedy happens as the year comes to a close. Will Rei be able to overcome it?
Director: Seimei Kidokoro
Writer: Yukito Kizawa
8.0/10170 votesLoading...#18 - Chapter 46 Setting Sun / Chapter 47 Ramune
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 10/14/2017
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
8.1/10217 votesLoading...#19 - Chapter 5 Harunobu / Chapter 6 Beyond the Night Sky
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/22/2016
Showdown between Rei and Harunobu in a shogi match! Will Harunobu finally defeat his lifelong rival? Tune in as we celebrate the end of Obon.
Director: Seimei Kidokoro
Writer: Yukito Kizawa
8.1/10102 votesLoading...#20 - Chapter 24 What Lies on the Opposite Shore / Chapter 25 Black River (Part 1)
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 1/7/2017
Rei runs astray a little bit, but gets right back on track. Can he bear the cold jokes from his latest opponent, Tsujii, and emerge victorious?
Director: Yoshiko Mikami
Writer: Yukito Kizawa
8.1/10163 votesLoading...#21 - Chapter 37 Torrent / Chapter 38 Passing Time
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 2/18/2017
The Lion King Tournament is underway, although things are not looking good for the challenger. Still, he will not give up, and is determined to press forward.
Director: Yoshiko Mikami
Writer: Yukito Kizawa
8.1/10167 votesLoading...#22 - Chapter 43 When the Cherry Blossoms Bloom / Chapter 44 Small Murmur
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 3/11/2017
The fourth match of the Lion King Tournament has finally ended. But for some reason, Rei finds himself in a very unfamiliar territory.
Director: Yukihiro Miyamoto
Writer: Yukito Kizawa
8.1/10156 votesLoading...#23 - Chapter 76 White Storm (Part 4, Continued) / Chapter 77 White Storm (Part 5) / Chapter 78 Restart
Season 2 Episode 16 - Aired 2/3/2018
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
8.1/10148 votesLoading...#24 - Chapter 83 Being Here / Chapter 84 Summer Vacation (Part 1)
Season 2 Episode 19 - Aired 3/17/2018
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
8.1/10148 votesLoading...#25 - Chapter 85 Summer Vacation (Part 2) / Chapter 86 New Year
Season 2 Episode 20 - Aired 3/24/2018
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.
Director: Yutaka Kawasaki, Tetsuya Miyanishi
Writer: Yukito Kizawa
The Worst Episodes of March Comes in Like a Lion
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Rei is a 17-year old professional shōgi player, who lives by himself, not having a real family, and has scarcely any friends. Among his acquaintances...
Genres:AnimationDrama
Network:NHK G
Worst Episodes Summary
"Chapter 1 Rei Kiriyama / Chapter 2 The Town Along the River" is the worst rated episode of "March Comes in Like a Lion". It scored 7.4/10 based on 247 votes. Directed by Kenjirou Okada and written by Yukito Kizawa, it aired on 10/8/2016. This episode scored 0.1 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Chapter 3 Akari / Chapter 4 Beyond the Bridge".