Episode 10

"Someting Given" is episode 10 of the anime adaptation of Sangatsu No Lion.

Synopsis
Rei practices shogi by himself when Kyouko calls asking for her watch that she forgot at his house. Kyouko asks why she couldn't of come by his place, and Rei thinks back to a time she forced herself on him. He wants to avoid contact with her as much as he can. Rei hates the way Kyouko's poisonous words stick to him like glue, and how he wants to hear every word of it.

Kyouko feels that Rei stole their father. Christmas as children, while Kyouko and Ayumu got toys, Rei got shogi pieces. The meaning behind this gift hurt Rei's foster siblings deeply. Now Rei finds Christmas to be painful, like a report card of how much he is loved by those around him.

In Rei's match against Yasui, Yasui ended the match early afternoon. Yasui muttered to himself upon losing, alcohol on his breath. Rei describes the match to of started carefully, After the lunch break, Yasui made a mistake, to which he only caught shortly after making it. Despite this, Rei still saw that Yasui had a fighting chance, but Yasui didn't see the same. Yasui leaves a Christmas gift behind after the match, one presumably meant for his daughter. Rei chases Yasui down with the gift, Yasui tries to deny it's his, but begrudgingly takes it muttering it's his last Christmas with his family, due to him ultimately getting a divorce.

Rei runs off, out of breath he cries out in anguish. He cries that he has no use for weak players, tired of feeling responsible for opponents that lose. For Rei, shogi is all he has, everything is on the line for him.