March Comes in Like a Lion - Vol. 10 Ch. 97 - Other Home

[MangaDex]

 

[jimmysuzuki]

This is still one of my favorite chapters

 

[geogio13]

Why is it that every chapter of this series is an emotional gutpunch?

 

[Mivy]

Love it so much!

 

[ngkn92]

This broke my heart.

 

[goodhunter]

Wow ... the author really does explore every nook and cranny of the heart doesn't he? The mother is obviously super conflicted, this is someone else's boy who came into the family. That alone is enough reason to make it hard to love that person like your own, especially when it wasn't your choice to bring him in. To top that off, the husband ended up neglecting his own kids and focused on this foster kid instead. The husband related more with the kid than anyone else, and understanding that reality in itself must be painful for the mother. On top of that, she can't even fault the kid. Rei is good natured at heart, and was literally the ideal child while he was with them. And yet she could not help but distance herself from him because of all these conflicted feelings involving her own kids in comparison to Kiriyama. It seems like she understands she's not acting adult-like, nor being very mature about this matter, but she feels helpless regardless as someone who also didn't have the kind of drive her husband or Kiriyama showed. Almost like the teacher who broke down mentally, the mother as well felt too helpless to do anything about it and instead let the more immature side of her heart take over.

But at the core, she also seems like she also feels something very off about Kiriyama as he's somehow acting way too mature for his own age. Her seeing Kiriyama in her dreams, acting like a normal kid would appropriately for his age, gave her a sense of relief. To be able to see him just be a kid. And in this ending there is also a subtle lament for the childhood that Kiriyama should have had, but lost due to his predicament. Man fuck this author brings out emotions from the depth,

 

[maki-sama]

I felt that Kyouko/Ayumu mother dreamed that if Kiriyama was their real son, he will end up growing like Kyouko and Ayumu now in the last few pages. I think she wasn't pleased on the upbringing and was reflecting deep.

 

[Drophobia]

i cried every single times read this and watch the anime 🤧

 

[Konrad2]

Thanks for the translation.

 

[AndyChang]

Rereading this, this was one of my favorite chapters of all manga.

 

[JackHuncho]

The best chapter of the manga so far... I really felt this one.

 

[tabris51]

rei hugging the dog gets me good. It is that compassion in him he could not share with his foster family

 

[nicklablue]

rough stuff

 

[apstorm]

i cried every single times read this and watch the anime 🤧

Only disappointment with this chapter in the anime... it wasn't actually animated. It was just a series of stills, perfectly reproducing the manga visuals.

 

[my0tis]

Man, such a conflicting but beautiful feeling in this chapter

 

[Kaarme]

I wonder if Kyoko has actually visited him anymore, after the much earlier chapters when he was still first year in high school.

 

[Itsa_Bout]

Something that this entire family forgets and should understand is Rei's circumstances. He wasn't good at shogi because of an inherent talent. He did it because he had nothing else left. When Ayumu comments that "working hard is a talent in and of itself", he's not far from the truth. Talent occurs situationally. Had Rei not lost his family, would he still be a professional shogi player? Probably not. He would be a normal kid. It's circumstances that placed him there. Something the father didn't understand when comparing Rei to all his other kids. They didn't work as hard as Rei because they still had him. With that neglect, his kids lost not his presence, but his respect. That is not something you force on your child, to take away that respect in favor of another child.