3-gatsu no Lion (March comes in like a lion) - Having reached professional status in middle school, Rei Kiriyama is one of the few elite in the world of shogi. Due to this, he faces an enormous amount of pressure, both from the shogi community and his adoptive family. Seeking independence from his tense home life, he moves into an apartment in Tokyo. As a 17-year-old living on his own, Rei tends to take poor care of himself, and his reclusive personality ostracizes him from his peers in school and at the shogi hall. However, not long after his arrival in Tokyo, Rei meets Akari, Hinata, and Momo Kawamoto, a trio of sisters living with their grandfather who owns a traditional wagashi shop. Akari, the oldest of the three girls, is determined to combat Rei's loneliness and poorly sustained lifestyle with motherly hospitality. The Kawamoto sisters, coping with past tragedies, also share with Rei a unique familial bond that he has lacked for most of his life. As he struggles to maintain himself physically and mentally through his shogi career, Rei must learn how to interact with others and understand his own complex emotions. 3月のライオン - 高校生の桐山零は、15歳で盤上の格闘技といわれる将棋のプロとなり、周囲から期待される少年。 しかし、幼いころに事故で家族を失い、引き取られたプロ棋士の家でも疎外されていた彼の心は、孤独で醒めていた。 学校になじめず、自分の将棋に対する中途半端さにも思い悩み、行き詰っていたある日、川本家の3姉妹と出会う。 母を亡くし父も不在ながらひたむきに生き、零のことも気遣ってくれる彼女たちとの日々が彼の心を徐々に溶かし、零は新たな気持ちで勝負に挑んでいく・・・。 それぞれが失った何かを取り戻していく、再生の物語。
