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May 6, 2021 12:34 PM
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To be honest, I found 3-Gatsu very boring. I'm not saying it's bad. I'm just saying it's not my cup of tea.

Quite a few people recommended Chihayafuru to me. I want to watch but it looks very similar to march comes in like a Lion. If I got bored with that, am I likely to be bored with this too? Thanks!
May 6, 2021 1:33 PM
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Chihayaru is more focused on sports while having the drama/romance as secondary, i personally loved chihayafuru and i don’t see it as similar to 3-gatsu no lion
May 6, 2021 1:37 PM
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No they're completely different. Sangatsu is a character drama before anything else whereas Chihayafuru is more similar to a high intensity sport show with a shoujo romance side plot.
May 6, 2021 1:39 PM
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haven't watched 3-gatsu no lion yet, but I can tell you now that chihayafuru is a full on sports anime but with cards; sprinkled with just a BIT of character drama throughout.


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May 6, 2021 1:40 PM
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Eh, it is much less boring than Sangatsu for sure. As for similarities, yes, there are some surface-level similarities.
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May 6, 2021 3:53 PM
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Never saw 3 gatsu no lion. But I personally think chihayafuru is ridiculously overrated. Heres a few reasons why I suffered immense boredom while watching 75 episodes of this crap.

It tries to have the tension of a sports anime but fails, chihaya is probably in my top 5 most annoying characters list, there are too many inner monologues, every scene is drawn out way too long, chihaya is only capable of talking about karuta and nothing else meaning shes incredibly one dimensional, too much drama, characters aren't interesting, chihaya is a selfish bitch who forces her whims on other people, the anime literally talks about nothing but karuta so its boring if you dont care about karuta, chihaya is a PoS who strings guys along in order to get what she wants without caring about others feelings until it becomes a problem for her, chiyaha is boring, chihaya is bland, chihaya is the worst human to grace the earth, I hate her, I hate her, I hate her.

Seriously, if every problem I had with this show was solved except chihaya I would still give this show a 5/10 because she is so insufferable.
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May 6, 2021 5:57 PM
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Similar, and better. While March is a depressing story about a brilliant chess player talking about his negative worldly observations, this one is a brilliant anime about a girl trying to spark an old friendship with their favorite card game. It’s well worth trying out at the very least.
May 6, 2021 7:30 PM
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Halofan1997 said:
Similar, and better. While March is a depressing story about a brilliant chess player talking about his negative worldly observations, this one is a brilliant anime about a girl trying to spark an old friendship with their favorite card game. It’s well worth trying out at the very least.
How does Sangatsu being a depressing story makes it weaker than Chihayafuru?
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May 6, 2021 7:36 PM
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Yes they are very similar in terms of both shows focus on the character development more than the sport (at least from my perspective)
May 6, 2021 7:39 PM

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cchigu said:
Halofan1997 said:
Similar, and better. While March is a depressing story about a brilliant chess player talking about his negative worldly observations, this one is a brilliant anime about a girl trying to spark an old friendship with their favorite card game. It’s well worth trying out at the very least.
How does Sangatsu being a depressing story makes it weaker than Chihayafuru?


Because the quality of most everything else is the same. The one advantage chihayfuru has is that the story is uplifting and creates positive emotions whereas March can often leave you feeling empty. That’s not to say I’m implying March is bad by any means, you can see the score I gave both seasons on my page.
May 6, 2021 7:45 PM
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Halofan1997 said:
cchigu said:
How does Sangatsu being a depressing story makes it weaker than Chihayafuru?


Because the quality of most everything else is the same. The one advantage chihayfuru has is that the story is uplifting and creates positive emotions whereas March can often leave you feeling empty. That’s not to say I’m implying March is bad by any means, you can see the score I gave both seasons on my page.
The quality is the same is such a vague explanation but whatever I guess. I feel that Umino Chika is a much better writer than Suetsugu Yuki, at least in terms of drama, character and dialogue writing. The difference between the impact of the matches of Yanagihara Sakutaro and Harada Hideo speaks bounds about the difference of writing quality to me.
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May 6, 2021 7:49 PM

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Both have at least good supporting cast... but other than that they're not really similar

Sharmat_00 said:
Never saw 3 gatsu no lion. But I personally think chihayafuru is ridiculously overrated. Heres a few reasons why I suffered immense boredom while watching 75 episodes of this crap.

It tries to have the tension of a sports anime but fails, chihaya is probably in my top 5 most annoying characters list, there are too many inner monologues, every scene is drawn out way too long, chihaya is only capable of talking about karuta and nothing else meaning shes incredibly one dimensional, too much drama, characters aren't interesting, chihaya is a selfish bitch who forces her whims on other people, the anime literally talks about nothing but karuta so its boring if you dont care about karuta, chihaya is a PoS who strings guys along in order to get what she wants without caring about others feelings until it becomes a problem for her, chiyaha is boring, chihaya is bland, chihaya is the worst human to grace the earth, I hate her, I hate her, I hate her.

Seriously, if every problem I had with this show was solved except chihaya I would still give this show a 5/10 because she is so insufferable.
woah someone agrees that Chihaya is very annoying. It's also for me one of the most annoying characters I ever saw
May 6, 2021 8:12 PM
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Sharmat_00 said:
Never saw 3 gatsu no lion. But I personally think chihayafuru is ridiculously overrated. Heres a few reasons why I suffered immense boredom while watching 75 episodes of this crap.

It tries to have the tension of a sports anime but fails, chihaya is probably in my top 5 most annoying characters list, there are too many inner monologues, every scene is drawn out way too long, chihaya is only capable of talking about karuta and nothing else meaning shes incredibly one dimensional, too much drama, characters aren't interesting, chihaya is a selfish bitch who forces her whims on other people, the anime literally talks about nothing but karuta so its boring if you dont care about karuta, chihaya is a PoS who strings guys along in order to get what she wants without caring about others feelings until it becomes a problem for her, chiyaha is boring, chihaya is bland, chihaya is the worst human to grace the earth, I hate her, I hate her, I hate her.

Seriously, if every problem I had with this show was solved except chihaya I would still give this show a 5/10 because she is so insufferable.
woah someone agrees that Chihaya is very annoying. It's also for me one of the most annoying characters I ever saw[/quote]

I can't put up with melodramatic bullshit. Its why I hate this show and your lie in april. They were both almost unwatchable. I dont need a great story or tons of action. Just dont put fake ass drama in a show and expect me to bawl my eyes out like a preteen girl. Ugh.
He died doing what he wanted, no matter what, right? I bet he was happy.

Good luck with berserk Kouji Mori, you'll need all the help you can get. We believe in you.

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