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Feb 12, 2018 8:36 AM
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Why it's not so popular on MAL at least?

I saw drama, heartwarming and story development at their finest!

People who watch this anime may understand my point, so why do you think it's not as popular as other animes that get hundreds of thousands of members?

Should it be action to be popular?
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Feb 12, 2018 8:41 AM
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Because it has no waifu bait and its not a battle shounen.
Feb 12, 2018 8:51 AM
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Because it has no waifu bait and its not a battle shounen.


more because it's about shogi.

By the way, I don't really consider this anime that unpopular. The first season had a good popularity.
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Feb 12, 2018 8:52 AM
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Hrybami said:
more because it's about shogi.

And that's exactly what people thinks and why they don't want to watch this show.

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Then say that instead of guessing from what it's not.

It doesn't matter, because people want to watch what i mentioned in my first post.
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Feb 12, 2018 8:54 AM
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Swagernator said:
Hrybami said:
more because it's about shogi.

And that's exactly what people thinks and why they don't want to watch this show.


Then say that instead of guessing from what it's not.
Feb 12, 2018 8:55 AM
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Hrybami said:
Swagernator said:
Because it has no waifu bait and its not a battle shounen.


more because it's about shogi.


I guess people drop it before watching it just because they think it's all about gaming and shogi.

Honestly, when I first read about it I thought it was just a boring gaming anime. But suddenly it got 8.9 rating on MAL, so I decided to watch it and it was really a masterpiece!
Feb 12, 2018 8:56 AM
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Because a lot of people think 3-gatsu no Lion is boring with ugly character designs. Also, truth be told, anime like Hachimitsu no Clover, Gin no Saji, Nodame Cantabile will never be appreciated by a huge number of fans because they don't have OMG! moments but they have more human stories with human characters going about living a human life.
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AnimeNoSensei said:
Hrybami said:


more because it's about shogi.


I guess people drop it before watching it just because they think it's all about gaming and shogi.

Honestly, when I first read about it I thought it was just a boring gaming anime. But suddenly it got 8.9 rating on MAL, so I decided to watch it and it was really a masterpiece!


Yes that's about it. The interesting part of the anime are hidden inside the show so it's not clear from the majority of people if the show is going to be promising. Take Steins;Gates as an example. The anime is literally and clearly a thriller with time travel and psychological themes. You don't need to explore deep in the anime in order to understand that. So that's a lot easier to be convinced with something like S;G instead of something like 3gatsu which is not clearly explicating the best of the anime.
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Hrybami said:
Swagernator said:
Because it has no waifu bait and its not a battle shounen.


more because it's about shogi.

By the way, I don't really consider this anime that unpopular. The first season had a good popularity.


It's not about shogi, shogi is just the excuse.
Feb 13, 2018 3:47 PM
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Not enough tits and ass and fanservice (of all kinds) which is what most people look for in the medium. It's quite sad, but helps prove how lowbrow anime fandom is.
Feb 14, 2018 2:08 PM
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Sequel effect.

People will eventually get around to watching it like every other big sequel.
Feb 14, 2018 5:05 PM
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Beacause Season 1 is Boring.
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Beacause Season 1 is Boring.
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Swagernator said:
Because it has no waifu bait and its not a battle shounen.


What do you mean?

Akari is the best waifu ever.
Feb 16, 2018 4:11 AM

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My guess is that many people don't like melancholic, serious series and are just looking in the anime for moe, kawaii things, they prefer pure enjoyment without feels.
Feb 16, 2018 4:38 AM

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I'm not watching it maybe I can answer.
The main reason is it looks depressing. I watch anime for fun and relaxation, and I wouldn't take the risk to start something that looks very serious.
Another reason (which is not significant) is the character designs. The big mouths and round faces kind of creep me out.
Feb 16, 2018 4:39 AM

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nbyung09 said:
Another reason (which is not significant) is the character designs. The big mouths and round faces kind of creep me out.

Well, like not everything in anime must be a moeblob, nice little change is good from time to time.
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nbyung09 said:
I'm not watching it maybe I can answer.
The main reason is it looks depressing. I watch anime for fun and relaxation, and I wouldn't take the risk to start something that looks very serious.
Another reason (which is not significant) is the character designs. The big mouths and round faces kind of creep me out.


It's cool to know a real reason here!
I'm the same as you, I don't like depressing animes.. I just want to enjoy.

But in fact 3-gatsu no Lion is heartwarming instead of depressing, and it's true.

Personally, I misjudged many animes by looking at their pictures or reading about them, but they turn out to be something I didn't expect.
Feb 16, 2018 7:35 AM

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The genre is crap.
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Feb 16, 2018 1:10 PM

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Cause nobody cares about Shogi. I know shogi is not the main thing of this anime but still

Feb 16, 2018 10:41 PM

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Then maybe I should consider watching it, but after I finish what I'm watching right now first.
Feb 17, 2018 3:53 PM

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Because first season bored most people to death, at least the second part, with Rei running in circles.
Current one is good but the most people are gone.
Feb 18, 2018 12:40 PM

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I haven't watched this anime yet, but just arguing from the concept, a show being great does not guarantee its popularity. There is no definite link between them in the first place.
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Feb 18, 2018 3:08 PM

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Because first season bored most people to death, at least the second part, with Rei running in circles.
Current one is good but the most people are gone.


I found the first season really boring. Is there a chance that I like the second season?
Feb 18, 2018 3:23 PM

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I found the first season really boring. Is there a chance that I like the second season?

Give it a try, S2 is a lot better so far (starting with episode 4 it's really great!) I was bored by S1 too and can say only good things about S2 so far.

It's more dark, more impactful and also very intimate, with character developement finally getting somewhere. It deals with some heavier themes all the while Shaft breaking out of their chains, delivering almost visual perfection and some great direction.

I don't want to hype it too much though as there are still flaws and one or two episodes were just average but overall it flows a lot better than before.
Feb 19, 2018 5:35 AM

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It's notoriously hard to sit through, just look at the high drop rate of this anime in season 1. That's not even counting the people who take 1 look at the cover or synopsis and decide this isn't for them.

Almost all popular shows have relatively easy to sit through and follow the plot, have something to engage the audience every few minutes or so. Step away from that and it won't really have mainstream appeal, not that it is a particularly good or bad thing.
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Well i tried but not liked the pacing so i dropped on the first season,i think is this and the main focus theme of the anime.
Mar 2, 2018 5:50 PM

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BurningSpirit is right - this show isn't "boring," it's painful. I have had to FIGHT to get through this show. I started it when it premiered in 2016, followed it for a cour, put it on hold after episode 12, wanted to drop it. I never did, partly because I didn't want to give in to defeat, and partly because of @HecticLeo and @Bajar continuing to praise it.

Last September I read this, which only made the show look even less likely to ever win me over:
http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-feature/2017/08/22/crunchyrolls-first-staff-picks-feature
I don't give a FRICK about shogi. But I do give at least fifty fricks about sad boys, and Rei Kiriyama is the saddest boy. March comes in like a lion follows Rei as he advances in his professional shogi career, overcomes his past traumas, and attempts to make meaningful connections to the people around him. You. Will. Cry. I promise. Every episode of this dang series had me wiping at my eyes in a futile attempt to save my eyeliner. (...) Also, Rei Kiriyama is a GOOD BOY and I will PROTECT HIM WITH MY LIFE.

I commented: "Maybe I would have [cried] if I cared about anime boys.... :) After twelve episodes I still didn't feel much for Rei. And it is *easy* to make me cry. I even cried watching Girls und Panzer and Brave Witches."

At that time I had a vague plan to catch up, but the motivation to do so started with watching Nodame Cantabile, which quickly became my favorite TV anime of all time, and renewed my interest in fellow high-rated josei Honey & Clover, which I'd put on hold after three episodes in summer 2016. That was a rewarding journey (and much easier to watch than the same mangaka's 3-gatsu) and gave me the willpower to press on with 3-gatsu.

The second cour wasn't as difficult as the first, but the core problem remained my lack of empathy for Rei. I share not only the childhood isolation but also the use of insects for companionship, but no, it wasn't working. I enjoy a good cry, but I was simply not getting that out of this show. I was getting more anger than anything.

Where this show finally got me was Hina's bullying arc, which was amazing. I had to go through 30 episodes of this show to get to what to me is "the good stuff." For all I know it might lose me again. At least I like Rei more now.

I saw one guy say that Gintama didn't win him over until he was 60 episodes in. Yeah, I think I'll be leaving that one on hold at 12 episodes for quite a while longer.
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Slice of life without cute girls main cast and fanservice.

Many monologues and dialogues.

Season one is still in the top 500,tho.

One Piece episode 914 & 915 & 1027 were a mistake and 957 brought the salvation - FMmatron


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MAL is not the only forum that exist on the internet. Also, why even bother about its popularity when users enjoys it?

Mar 3, 2018 2:40 AM
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One of the most overrated boring animes ever pretending to be deep and sad. There are quite a few out there without cute girl main cast, fanservice, have a lot of dialogues and still high rating and popular so it's not the case here.

Main character is so annoying, I dont even feel anything about him after 12 eps, how am I expected to be sad.

Mar 3, 2018 5:36 PM

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Come to think of it, there's irony with a couple of the earlier replies in this thread. Consider how 3-gatsu makes a point to flesh out almost all of its side characters, even the initially annoying or hateful ones. It doesn't leave them as purely wrong, bad villains. It reveals who they truly are, and why, with an uncommon depth of humane compassion.

"But hey, real person out there, what's that, you don't like the show? Then you probably fit into a crude, simplistic negative stereotype of anime fans. Failure to love this show signifies a flaw in your character. Goodbye."
Mar 7, 2018 5:33 PM
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I went to a convention and there no poster of 3-gatsu no lion.

What a sad story, am I right?
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FMmatron said:
Slice of life without cute girls main cast and fanservice.

Many monologues and dialogues.

Season one is still in the top 500,tho.

" without cute girls" kawamoto sisters say hello.

The problem is the show has a huge focus on Shogi. Seasons 2 actually improves a lot on this with characters/drama being more of a focus and Shogi taking a back seat. If you look at the complaints at season one especially. A lot of people seem to want less Shogi and more kawamoto sisters.

A common complaint is with the second half of the first season. A lot of people seem to think it drags and is boring. It has a heavy focus on Shogi and basically no kawamoto sisters at all. Which S2 seemed to do the flip opposite as S2 focused so much on them.
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FMmatron said:
Slice of life without cute girls main cast and fanservice.

Many monologues and dialogues.

Season one is still in the top 500,tho.


There are 3 cute girls in the main cast...wtf.
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Brandon2149 said:
FMmatron said:
Slice of life without cute girls main cast and fanservice.

Many monologues and dialogues.

Season one is still in the top 500,tho.

" without cute girls" kawamoto sisters say hello.


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There are 3 cute girls in the main cast...wtf.


Yeah,they are there,but it's still not about them doing daily stuff(except for some scenes which are hardly enough to draw in a crowd interested in seeing that)like in "cute girl shows". That's what I mean with cute girls maincast.

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Mar 8, 2018 2:36 PM

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Because a slice of life anime heavily focused on drama with no action whatsoever is not for everyone. Don't get me wrong, I freaking love march comes in like a lion and I was outraged that Hina was not in the best girl category at the Crunchyroll award, but I kinda understand why people would not want to watch this.
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I found that a majority of MAL users don't like SOL and call it boring. They like action and ecchi harem. SOL shows don't get good score here like Hakumei to Mikochi.
The West taste is pretty different from Japan I guess since Japanese love these kind of series and Sangatsu no lion is doing great in Japan.
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Isn't this anime pretty populair?


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Because people who are on MAL are uncultivated from the world of mangas. 3-gatsu is a really praised in all Japan (people&critics), he won the prestigious Manga Taisho in 2011, her author is already famous for Honey&Clover etc..

Plus some people add animes with the first visual and there is no boobs on it, it's not an isekai etc...

Before the beginning of the first season, nobody put Sangatsu on their ptw, however it was obvious that Sangatsu will become one of the best slice of life of the decade.


I can understand that it's not an anime for everybody but the unknowledge (or lack of curiosity) from MAL's people disappoint me.
Aren't we all fans of animes or mangas ? Why people are only watching some random comedy or shonen ?
I wish that one day people inquire about what is good by themselves. I'm sure that some people don't even know that's Vinland Saga will have an anime although it is one of the best manga ever made.

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Before the beginning of the first season, nobody put Sangatsu on their ptw, however it was obvious that Sangatsu will become one of the best slice of life of the decade.




It's the best SoL i've ever watched, people need to start watching this.
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I just have to leave all the people here who do not watch this precious anime. It had so many great moments, wonderful drama and amazing character development. For me, it deserves a lot of attention.
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It's on the top 10 now guys! People will now take notice and shit on it for being there! But among those haters we will see an emergence of dedicated otakus that will live and breath this anime and whenever a Season 3 gets announced, they will be there giving it 10s left and right and more haters will downvote it! It's an endless cycle, but at least we got exposure!
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Piggybacking off my last comment, I sure am glad that March got on the list while the April Fool's Joke was hogging all the attention. That way hardly anyone will make a fuss about it until later! When they realize how savage they were snuck up on.
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I watched both seasons of this anime and it's one of my top favorite anime. That said I can understand if not a lot of people are drawn to it. Given that a big part of the anime fandom are a younger audience (teens & children) I myself wouldn't have watched it a few years back.

It is a deep anime with an amazing touching story and beautiful expressive visuals. However not everyone will able to comprehend it and connect with it. At least not at first.

Can't wait for season 3! 💘
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Isn't this anime pretty populair?


100k completed. Yes it's popular. And it's overrated too.
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100k completed. Yes it's popular. And it's overrated too.
The concept of overrated and underrated is retarded, people like what they like.

aliquae said:
Isn't this anime pretty populair?
Relative to what? It struggles to find new international fans since the slice of life tag turns people away. Also, the fact that shogi is a good part of the show doesn't help either.

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100k completed. Yes it's popular. And it's overrated too.
The concept of overrated and underrated is retarded, people like what they like.

aliquae said:
Isn't this anime pretty populair?
Relative to what? It struggles to find new international fans since the slice of life tag turns people away. Also, the fact that shogi is a good part of the show doesn't help either.



Compared to Hachimitsu to Clover, it is more popular. It sucks because HxC is a lot better than this cheap drama show with their retarded characters.
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Hrybami said:
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The concept of overrated and underrated is retarded, people like what they like.

Relative to what? It struggles to find new international fans since the slice of life tag turns people away. Also, the fact that shogi is a good part of the show doesn't help either.



Compared to Hachimitsu to Clover, it is more popular. It sucks because HxC is a lot better than this cheap drama show with their retarded characters.
You do you man. Since I am not a fan of rom dramas, for me, H+C was pretty difficult to sit through (plus I couldn't relate to even one character), I had to force myself to complete it and as a result, it ended up being a forgettable series.

I know how much love H+C gets from people and I also agree with how well written it is, but for me, 3-gatsu no Lion is on a whloe different level. Till date, I have never watched an anime as relatable as 3nL.

The one scene where the MC (forgot his name) went on a bicycle tour to find his own self was amazing though.
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3-gatsu having "cheap drama" and "retarded characters" isn't a take I thought I'd ever see, but here we are. xD

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