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    March Comes in Like a Lion - Vol. 14 Ch. 152 - Autumn Scenery (5)

    It's also the only ship that actually has had serious progress, despite never actually setting sail officially yet. So many more touching moments between Rei and Hina than any other, and that has been by design. From the very beginning of the story. It's made all the more apparent, to me, when...
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    March Comes in Like a Lion - Vol. 14 Ch. 151 - Autumn Scenery (4)

    I know- I came to read this after watching the anime, hoping to see them growing even closer once they started going to the same high school, but they just ended up spending even less time together, it seemed, and even Rei was noting that fact in one of the chapters not too long after where the...
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    March Comes in Like a Lion - Vol. 14 Ch. 150 - Autumn Scenery (3)

    Hayashida should know better, to be honest, but I figure the others are tainting him in the moment.
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    March Comes in Like a Lion - Vol. 14 Ch. 147 - By the Side of the Red Bridge (5)

    Eh... she had the same amount of blush regardless of who she was talking to back when they were saying their goodbyes to Takahashi. She had already stopped seeing him as a potential love interest, I'm pretty sure, and reverted back to 'childhood friend' status. By that point, I'm pretty sure she...
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    Sangatsu no Lion - Vol. 14 Ch. 145 - By the Side of the Red Bridge (3)

    Right... I totally forgot that Shimada had a girlfriend. We even saw her in a dream he had. But because of how much effort he has to put into Shogi on a regular basis just to keep up with everyone else, she suffered and ended up leaving him. Do we seriously want Akari to go through that, as...
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    March Comes in Like a Lion - Vol. 14 Ch. 144 - By the Side of the Red Bridge (2)

    I believe they're actually supposed to be 31, both of them. Someone said so in a previous chapter comment thread, at least. I do admit it's a bit odd... to be honest, she should have matured through the progression of the story up to this point, especially after the bullying arc which is...
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    Sangatsu no Lion - Vol. 14 Ch. 143 - By the Side of the Red Bridge (1)

    Might be a matter of wanting them to bond (Hayashida-sensei is a huge fan, after all, so just getting to hang out with his idol, whether he ends up with Akari or not, seems like a plus for him), as well as let Akari get to know both of them and then decide for herself, maybe? He shouldn't just...
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    March Comes in Like a Lion - Vol. 14 Ch. 142 - Nostalgic Flavor (2)

    What he has going for him is his availability- Shimada can't be on hand nearly as much due to having to work as an observer, commentator, and/or player at official games, but the same can be said of Rei, as well, and he manages to be around relatively often. But is that worth what he lacks in...
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    March Comes in Like a Lion - Vol. 14 Ch. 141 - Nostalgic Flavor (1)

    Actually, Akari is about one to two years older than Hina is younger than Rei (Hina 16, Rei 19, Akari 24, thereabouts). Not that I think that's a sufficient reason to say they don't belong together- age gaps don't mean much to me, outside of situations with minors (which this is, so...
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    March Comes in Like a Lion - Vol. 14 Ch. 140 - Fluffy Treasure

    Oh wow, author cameo in the story.
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    March Comes in Like a Lion - Vol. 13.1 - Akari's Ginza Story

    For me, it's not so much the age gap (as it's almost as much of an age gap between Rei and Hina), or whether or not one is a minor, as it is the fact that Akari thought too much like Rei closer to the start of this story- they were too similar in their desire to just stay quiet and leave things...
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    March Comes in Like a Lion - Vol. 13 Ch. 139 - The Thing Lying Right in Front of Your Eyes

    No, just no. She was far too toxic for him. Sure, she had a fire, but it was a caustic fire. He found a much healthier flame in Hina. I appreciate her growth as a character, here, but she never deserved to be with Rei. I've said the same exact thing. Masachika Koda's obsession poisoned his own...
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    March Comes in Like a Lion - Vol. 13 Ch. 136 - The Smell of Rain

    Well, we did see him reach to catch Harunobu at the same time as Shimada, after all, when it happened. He was closer, so he probably did actually catch him, and then just transitioned into carrying him (again, we already saw him carrying the kid, we're just getting a closer look, now). To be...
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    March Comes in Like a Lion - Vol. 13 Ch. 135 - The Wind's 20,000 Miles (Part 6)

    Ah, but that record that was sent told a different story. Maybe if Nikaido thought of different, yet viable, moves than Soya predicted on that record, yeah, he would have won... But Soya basically said, 'everyone thought this was my end, but this could have happened, too'. Either way, Soya was...
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    March Comes in Like a Lion - Vol. 13 Ch. 134 - The Wind's 20,000 Miles (Part 5)

    ... eh? Where was Namerikawa in this chapter? I'm confused... Whoops, I thought this was the last one... I dunno how that happened.
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    March Comes in Like a Lion - Vol. 13 Ch. 132 - The Wind's 20,000 Miles (Part 3)

    I'll be honest, one look at the line-ups, and I figured they weren't going to meet in the finals, but for Rei to be wiped out instantly... damn. And a revelation that Tsujii has days where he isn't a joke character... frightening. But anyway... even if he made it past Tsujii, Kumakura was...
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    March Comes in Like a Lion - Vol. 13 Ch. 131 - The Wind's 20,000 Miles (Part 2)

    I still don't quite get that nickname... is it because of the last syllable of Harunobu? Or does it have anything to do with him calling Kai Shimada 'Aniji'? Because Kai seems to be the only one to call him 'Bou'...
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    March Comes in Like a Lion - Vol. 13 Ch. 130 - Midsummer's End

    I honestly don't know which one I want to root for, now. I was more on Shimada's side, but... seeing that she's thinking of both of them, I have gone back to waffling on who to support. Shimada really is amazing, though. I just also want to see Hayashida happy.
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    March Comes in Like a Lion - Vol. 13 Ch. 129 - The Wind's 20,000 Miles (Part 1)

    You'd think a woman would give her female characters aspirations of their own, yeah? Or even a peek at what she actually wants in a man, not some other man's idea of 'suitability' for his intended future sister-in-law. (Edit: I say this, and right after this chapter is an Akari-focused...
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    March Comes in Like a Lion - Vol. 13 Ch. 128 - Ginza

    I really liked that white page after the chapter end with Smith and the text "My sympathies". Just a perfect cap for this chapter. Akari x Shimada continues unabated, it seems. But what the hell happened in the gap where Hayashida can't recall?! (to be fair, we're probably going to find out...
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