Life is so unpredictable
(不思議だ ひとは)
Salvation comes to us suddenly like a storm
(こんなにも時が 過ぎた後で)
by unexpected way
(全く 違う方向から)
(全く 違う方向から)
after such a long time has passed...
(嵐のように 救われる事がある…)
(嵐のように 救われる事がある…)
< Story >
The protagonist Rei (lit. "Zero") is a 17-year old professional shōgi(Japanese chess) player, who lives by himself, not having a real family, and has scarcely any friends. Among his acquaintances is a family, which consists of a young woman, Akari, and two young girls, Hinata and Momo, and who also keep a numerous number of cats...
I liked "Honey and Clover"(comic version only, not a movie one if I may say), which was also created by Umino Chika. I guess "Honey and Clover" can easily attract a lot of people who weren't even born and brought up in Japan as it's theme was rather universal such as one-way love, friendship, adlescence and struggle of university students etc. before becoming adults.
All of such questions can be
answered once you read this. Although I don't play shogi at all and cannot
understand details of the shogi rules, surprisingly I found myself
still enjoying this just like I did for "Honey and Clover".
The fact this won the Kodansha Manga
Award(general category) in 2011(shared with Chuya
Koyama's Uchyu Kyodai(Space Brothers))must be
strongly telling many people are feeling in the same way as I do. Although
shogi itself is very deep, complicated and difficult to understand even for
Japanese, please try not only if you liked her previous work "Honey and Clover", but also
even if you didn't really like "Honey and Clover"
as she is trying to create her another best story from
different angle!
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