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.

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 finished growing up. Along with his crazy cast of friends, Morita, Mayama, Yamada, and Hagumi, Takemoto sets out to discover life and his true self. Was adapted into a live action film in 2006 and a live action tv series. In 2003, this manga won the 27th Kodansha Manga Award for shōjo.

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

A youth named Kiriyama 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 (Akari, Hinata, Momo), who hail from a working-class district of the city, and little by little his frozen heart begins to thaw. --- - **Won the 4th Manga Taisho Award in 2011** - **Won the Kodansha Manga Award for General Manga in 2011, which it shared with Space Brothers**- **Won the 18th Osamu Tezuka Cultural Grand Prize in 2014** ---The following links are to AnimeNetwork for the anime: (https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=18166) (https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=19356) (https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=18862)