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 About the Series Chihayafuru is a manga series by Yuki Suetsugu, author of various shoujo and josei manga, such as Your Silver Wings and Flower of Eden. After a plagiarism scandal, her career was put on hiatus for several years - Chihayafuru is her first manga series since coming back from hiatus. It's won several awards and appeared multiple times on top sales charts, so while it's not moving One Piece numbers, it's a pretty good success. An anime by Madhouse (Death Note, Trigun) and directed by Morio Asaka (Cardcaptor Sakura, Chobits) was produced in 2011, with a second season in 2013. About the Story Chihaya Ayase is a tomboyish and energetic girl who becomes fascinated by the obscure world of competitive Karuta, a card game based on Japanese poetry. Introduced to the aggressive style of the game by a quiet and thoughtful elementary school classmate named Arata Wataya, the two quickly become close friends. They start playing as a group with Taichi Mashima, Chihaya’s smart and athletic childhood friend, but eventually, circumstances tear the three friends apart. Come high school, Chihaya is still fervently practicing Karuta. Upon finally being reunited with Taichi, she immediately gets him to - reluctantly - from a karuta club at their school with her. Chihaya has two goals: become the best player she can be, and, hopefully, be reunited with Arata through the sport. About Karuta okay there are way too many rules here and the show explains it itself but basically it's a game where you slap cards with poems on them the poems are all really old japanese poems ill update this section later Characters  Chihaya Ayase CV: Asami Seto (Iona in Wixoss, Lan in Rinne no Lagrange) Poem: Impassionate gods have never seen the red that is the Tatsuta River. The protagonist, with protagonist-like personality traits. Tomboyish, energetic, and good-natured, and, well, impassioned. While she loves the competition, she can be petty towards her rivals, and she sometimes lets her status as the team's best player get to her head. This isn't born of malice on her part - she's just very driven towards her goal of being the best player she can be. Wants to date Kana.  Taichi Mashima CV: Mamoru Miyano (Setsuna in Gundam 00, Okabe in Steins;Gate) Ex-Girlfriends: 1 One of Chihaya's childhood friends. He functions as the straight man to Chihaya's energy, bringing her back down to earth when she needs it and keeping her goals centered in reality. While he can often come across as a buzzkill, he has a good head on his shoulders and knows what she - and the rest of the team - need to do to succeed. However, he can easily get discouraged, and tends to only do things if he's sure he can win. Compared to Chihaya's straight forward way of playing, his is very safe, and calculated, relying more on his memory than his reflexes. Also wants to date Kana.  Kanade Oe CV: Ai Kayano (Mayaka in Hyouka, Saori in Girls und Panzer) Height: Tiny A raw recruit in Chihaya and Taichi's club, Kanade (called Kana-chan by most of the club) is a very traditional girl. She knows all of the poems by heart, her mother owns a traditional clothing store, and she spends most of her time reading classic Japanese literature. She helps Chihaya and the others gain a better appreciation of the sport by explaining the context and history behind the poems, and also provides them with their kicking rad kimonos while they play. Everyone wants to date her.  Yusei "Porky" Nishida CV: Toru Nara (T. Hawk in Street Fighter 4, Scrawcrow in Jormungand) Meatbuns consumed: Infinite An old hand at Karuta, he started playing at the same age Taichi and Chihaya did - but quit after a decisive loss to Arata, choosing to take up tennis instead. After meeting Chihaya, he realizes that tennis could never replace Karuta in his heart, and so joins the club. He has a 'tough guy' demeanor and can often be round around the edges, but he's loyal to his friends and uses his experience with the sport to give tips when the team needs it. Wants to date Kana.  Tsutomu Komano CV: Tsubasa Yonaga (Nagisa in Free!, Jude in Tales of Xillia) Desks clung to: At least one A short, socially awkward boy that's done nothing but study throughout his whole school life. At first resenting Taichi for being the school's top student even without trying, he's eventually convinced - with much carrying - to join the karuta club. While his skills are probably the worst of the team, he has many out-of-the-game skills: gathering information on opponents, as well as coming up with strategies to take advantage of their weak points. Really wants to date Kana.  Arata Wataya CV: Yoshimasa Hosoya (Reiner in Attack on Titan, Sousuke in Free!) Favorite Cellphone Color: Pink A quiet young man from Fukui. He initially had trouble fitting in, but Chihaya and Taichi's friendship gave him a place to belong. However, he moved away from them before too long, and at the start of the series hasn't spoken to either of them in years. While quiet, and somewhat shy, he isn't meek, and can often come across deathly serious about even small things.  Suo Hisashi CV: Hiroki Tochi (Apollon in Aquarion Evol, Twice in Fate/Extra) Age: 28 The current master (strongest male player) of karuta. Despite his lofty position, he has a strange, lackadaisical demeanor that often makes people dislike him. He's so laid back, in fact, that he still hasn't graduated from college. He takes some interest in Chihaya - and hates Taichi, as it happens.  Shinobu Wakamiya CV: Nakamichi Mihoko (Nothing else. Literally nothing else. What the hell.) Birdman Rallies Watched: 1 The current queen (strongest female player) of karuta. A quiet, serious person who, due to her skill at the game, often feels like she's playing alone. However, the right circumstances can unlock a very strong competitive spirit in her, as shown in her match with Chihaya. After their first match, her and Chihaya strike up an odd friendship - with the promise that Shinobu won't let her get a single card the next time they play. Likes cute mascots.  Akito Sudo gently caress this guy Why should I watch Chihayafuru? Because It Is Good The show is, well, poetry in motion, with the matches coming across beautifully - even though the characters are just slapping cards, the show is a visual treat when it gets going. here's some gifs:   Besides the matches, the characters have so much enthusiasm for what they're doing that it's easy to get swept in with them. The game is a little esoteric, even silly, but the show gives it a lot of respect and clearly has a lot of love for it. If I'd just heard of the game via word-of-mouth of random googling, I probably would have dismissed it, but the show does a great job convincing you that, yes, it's totally a legitimate sport. The characters are all likable and bounce off of each other well, both in comedic situations and in more serious ones, and while the show is shoujo at its core, it never pushes aside the sport for the sake of the romantic drama - heck, there's barely any romantic drama at all, and when it does happen the characters are so well-established that it feels earned. At the end of the day, Chihayafuru is just a very genuine show, with genuine characters, and I really like it for that. A lot of shows can feel a little manufactured, and self-aware humor is growing more and more prevalent. I can appreciate a show that just goes for what it wants to do without any shame. The comedy works, the drama works, it gets you to care about the sport, the characters are all engaging and likable - what's not to love? Where can I watch Chihayafuru? If you're in Australia, it actually did get a DVD release there, I think. Hooray for you. Besides that, it's on Crunchyroll. Can I talk about the manga? Yes, but put anything that hasn't been covered by the anime in spoiler tags. Who do you want to date? 
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poo poo ill take 'japan lover' or 'asia,' beef waifu. plz save me
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Feb 11, 2015 08:20
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also i put 'round around the edges' instead of 'rough around the edges' in porky's bio but im keeping that because holy poo poo
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Feb 11, 2015 08:21
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i dont want to have to watch chihayafuru s3 through my red cyborg vision
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Feb 11, 2015 21:01
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Raenir Salazar posted:Wait. I just spent five minutes trying to find news of this, can you link me?
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Feb 11, 2015 21:23
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PunkBoy posted:I'm finding that I really like the card game aspects of the show. Like, I find the strategies and mind games to be absolutely riveting stuff. And Taichi is pro at yomi (the japanese word for reading the mind of your opponent)
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Feb 11, 2015 23:04
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Beef Waifu posted:I've been busy the past two days, sorry.
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Feb 12, 2015 08:59
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There isn't any hard evidence but the manga has only recently gotten to a point where there's enough material for a season 3. So if they're going to do one, we'll find out over the next year.
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Feb 14, 2015 05:10
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PunkBoy posted:Just started season 2 and I'm not a fan of these new members so far.
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Feb 16, 2015 11:28
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also sometimes sumire turns into a lucky star character and that rules
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Feb 16, 2015 11:33
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sumire is cuter without the makeup on
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Feb 17, 2015 06:45
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Senerio posted:Everyone knows that Chihaya's going to marry a card game.
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Feb 20, 2015 11:30
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Terper posted:Poor Shinobu.
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Feb 20, 2015 22:36
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Raenir Salazar posted:
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Apr 7, 2015 13:56
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I missed that scene, that's amazing if that pre-dated Chiahayafuru.
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this is like a japanese guy watching an american show with the white house in it and going 'woah, this is amazing if it predates independence day'
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Apr 7, 2015 13:57
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Yes_Cantaloupe posted:This makes me feel like I'm five and at Walmart and my mom won't buy me a toy. I want to fall down crying and screaming. People stare. My face grows hideous as tears mix with mustache wax. My desperate pleading for season 3 is no longer intelligible. My mother is forced to pick me up bodily and carry me from the store, leaving her intended purchases behind. uh hrm
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Apr 11, 2015 17:21
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dude789 posted:I somehow missed this thread until now. Chihayafuru is good.
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Aug 3, 2015 10:25
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Sentai's licensed the anime. They'll be releasing it on DVD. No word on if there'll be a dub or not.
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Sep 14, 2016 22:34
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Toshimo posted:Durarara: 2010 - 2015
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Feb 9, 2017 20:57
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Yeah there's a brief scene of him having a scrapbook of Chihaya's sister's modeling stuff and then him adding a couple of newspaper clippings of Chihaya's karuta stuff and Chihaya crying happily about it. It was ages ago though in the manga and I dont think hes showed up since then.
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