UMINO CHICA

A youth named Kiriama Rei, who lost his family as a child, endures loneliness to become a professional shogi player. Then, through a chance meeting, he develops a relationship with the three Kawamoto sisters, who hail from a working-class district of

From Viz: Takemoto lives in a run-down student apartment, where his greatest worry is when he'll next be able to afford to eat meat and whether he'll get to class on time. Although he's away from home and living on his own, Takemoto is far from finis

The story is set in the year Showa 44 (1969), and it centers around Takanori Jinguuji, the 27-year-old man who eventually become the head of the Japan Shogi Association in the main 3-gatsu no Lion series.

A collection of short stories originally published in Japan between 2000 and 2004:Fuyu no Kirin (April 2004) Spica (October 2002) Midori no Koiru (August 2000) Hana no Yurikago (December 2001) Yuuhi Candy (June 2000) Innocence o Machinagara (February