UMINO CHICA

A youth named Kiriama 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, who hail from a working-class district of

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.

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