A free campaign for all 17 volumes of "March Comes in Like a Lion," a shogi manga by Chika Umino currently serialized in "Young Animal" (Hakusensha), has begun on the digital comic service "LINE Manga." To commemorate the release of the latest volume, volume 18, on September 29, all 17 volumes will be available for free for five days from September 24 to 28.
The "March Comes in Like a Lion All Episodes Free Commemoration! LINE Manga Gacha" will also be held until September 26th, where you can win up to 10,000 yen worth of manga coins. By reading two eligible serialized works, you can spin the gacha once a day, and by sharing the results screen with an X, you can try again. You can participate every day during the period.
The official LINE Manga X account is running a campaign where you can enter the lottery to win 5,000 yen worth of manga coins. You can enter the lottery by following the official X account and reposting the relevant post. Your chances of winning will increase if you quote and repost with the hashtag "#MarchComesInLikeALionAllEpisodesFree".
"March Comes in Like a Lion" is a manga that has been serialized in "Young Animal" since July 2007, depicting the interactions between high school student professional shogi player Rei Kiriyama and the three Kawamoto sisters. It won the "Manga Taisho 2011" and "35th Kodansha Manga Award" in 2011, and the "Osamu Tezuka Cultural Prize Manga Grand Prize" in 2014. The live-action film starring Ryunosuke Kamiki, released in 2017, also attracted a lot of attention. The first series of the TV anime aired from October 2016 to March 2017, and the second series aired from October 2017 to March 2018.
