3月のライオン 1

Language Learning

In general, I think this Manga is a fairly good learning resource. The vocab used is, on the whole, pretty common due to its slice of life nature. But, there is still a fair amount of Shogi-specific terminology.

The difficulty is also not very consistent throughout. The character, 晴信 (Harunobu) likes to adopt a kind of antiquated speech style at times. And the difficulty goes up by a whole notch when you get to the Shogi one-page columns. These are interspersed in-between so

content: This manga has an anime adaptation. If you read this there is a good chance that you are farmiliar with the anime. If not, its easy to find a information about the series in english. So I won't say much about the content.

This is not a shogi sports manga, though I imagine if you know or like shogi, that's a plus and there is a lot of talk about shogi and lots of actual moves. I have no idea how much of that is just for flavor or if someone who knows the game would actually be able