When Will Ayumu Make His Move?

When Will Ayumu Make His Move?
First tankōbon volume cover, featuring Ayumu Tanaka (left) and Urushi Yaotome (center)
それでも歩は寄せてくる
(Sore de mo Ayumu wa Yosete Kuru)
Genre
Manga
Shōgi no Yatsu
Written bySōichirō Yamamoto
Published bySelf-published (webcomic)
Original runApril 22, 2018November 19, 2018
Manga
Written bySōichirō Yamamoto
Published byKodansha
English publisher
MagazineWeekly Shōnen Magazine
DemographicShōnen
Original runMarch 6, 2019November 15, 2023
Volumes17
Anime television series
Directed byMirai Minato
Produced by
  • Shinichi Nakamura
  • Takahiro Suzuki
  • Hayato Kaneko
  • Yoshiyuki Shioya
  • Masahiko Itou
Written byDeko Akao
Music byShun Narita
StudioSilver Link
Licensed bySentai Filmworks
Original networkTBS, BS-TBS
Original run July 8, 2022 September 23, 2022
Episodes12

When Will Ayumu Make His Move? (Japanese: それでも歩は寄せてくる, Hepburn: Sore de mo Ayumu wa Yosete Kuru, lit. "Even So, Ayumu Approaches") is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Sōichirō Yamamoto. The series originally began as a webcomic titled Shōgi no Yatsu (将棋のやつ, lit. "Shogi Guy"), which was published in 2018. The manga was later serialized in Kodansha's Weekly Shōnen Magazine from March 2019 to November 2023. An anime television series adaptation by Silver Link aired from July to September 2022.