March Comes in Like a Lion - Ch. 210

[ngkn92]

Page 9 and page 10: board is inconsistent. The knight piece threats 2 pieces, our MC moves a piece sideway, then why tf the piece in front of that moving piece is still in front of it.
I want a refund and a redraw
Jk

 

[apstorm]

Wait, what's happening? That's my comment for a different manga (a shitty one), why it suddenly appeared here?

Sometimes the forums do weird things, I think.

Anyway, love the avatar. Wild to think that that was at the very start of the series depicting Rei and Hina together in an art piece, already giving subtle vibes of what would be.

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Anyway, yeah, I kinda predicted something was going to happen to make Shimada realize he wasn't as in control as he thought. This move is taking him by surprise. I said end of last chapter there was probably a very good reason we weren't getting Kiriyama's actual perspective during all this. We've only seen Shimada and observer perspectives, and what they think is Kiriyama's reactions and impressions of what's happening... but that doesn't mean that Rei actually feels the way they think.

Shimada's mistake was thinking the boy was 'a mere human now' back when they separated after the last study group meeting, to be honest. He's not really any different of a Shogi beast. In fact, he's probably gotten even more into the game as he's finding actual enthusiasm for playing. To me, he's probably an even scarier Shogi player than he was before with all his newfound enthusiasm and bliss. I would bank on it being a boon instead of a detriment, and that's something Shimada won't realize until it is too late for this match.

If we were seeing his actual perspective these past several chapters, the tension would evaporate, I firmly believe that.

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Also, general PSA on these chapter numbers again... This chapter will guaranteed shift back several chapters (around 7 based on the overlap between volume and magazine chapters that you can confirm yourself by checking the latter 7 chapters of Volume 17 and comparing them to the 7 chapters after Volume 17 right now listed as 'no volume') once Volume 18 comes out and its chapter content and numbering is used here. This chapter will be overwritten with the appropriate Volume 18, Chapter 210, and the content of this chapter will be shifted to its appropriate chapter number within Volume 18.