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May 9, 2014 9:45 PM
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So the Chihaya Karuta Club is formed officially ^^

15 matches in one day o.o
Slow down Chihaya, I know you want Kana and Desktomu to improve but it's always best to start out slow.

So it was Chihaya's Birthday on the day they practiced, nice.


When Taichi got the message and looked pale I thought something bad happened and I even thought maybe the girl that gave Chihaya her cards back sent Taichi a message that Wataya got in an accident, but nope it was a Birthday Message sent by Wataya.

So kawaii when Taichi ate the cake in front of Taichi. I see some romance being born between those two.

May 24, 2014 3:46 PM

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So, Taichi has a girlfriend but still can't get Chihaya off his mind. . .
May 30, 2014 4:49 PM

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SwordWielder said:
No one likes Arata more than Taichi? :(


I DO!! Go Arata!!
May 30, 2014 4:52 PM

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banisherx said:
Niiice episode, im apparently the only here rooting for arata.. seems like it's true afterall. Most of the girls go by appearance at first. Im apparently the only one thinking the opposite.

I'm rooting for Arata too!! Yayayay
Jun 27, 2014 5:43 PM

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So much passion :o

Oh and i can't believe she forgot about her own birthday xD

Damn... that ending...

I want Taichi to win but it seems impossible

Jul 15, 2014 6:51 AM

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Oh Jesus... That last part... Taichi, I feel ya. ;_;


Aug 26, 2014 1:53 PM

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Yo a simple message from arata got her wet wtf? xD hahaha thats just too funny no wonder taichi was pissed.
Nov 7, 2014 2:48 PM

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lol he ate the cake
Nov 19, 2014 1:10 PM

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Good as usual.
Dec 27, 2014 7:45 PM
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bakuramariks said:

And Taichi was about to give me a heart attack when he ate the cake in Chi's spoon xD.


;_;
Feb 15, 2015 12:51 PM

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I must say Chihayafuru is very good even if Karuta is a lame game :D
Mar 11, 2015 3:10 PM

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Ohhh...poor Taichi :( He really loves her but she doesn't really notice much.

Wow...Taichi's home was really something...And his mom and sister are awful...
Apr 4, 2015 4:11 AM
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I'm not sure if I'm happy or sad about the ending of this episoode, I think I'm sort of confused about whether I want Chihaya to be with Taichi or with Arata or I just want everyone to carry on just playing the game as they have - assuming that Arata went back to playing karuta.
But that scene with the spoon was hot. And I definitely feel bad for Taichi, because well Chihaya hasn't figured how he feels YET - I hope she will though.
God I've edited this like three times. *-*
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Apr 4, 2015 4:32 PM

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Last part so cute!!!!
Apr 21, 2015 2:51 AM

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So me and Chihaya lean towards Arata more than Taichi :p
Yet I want her to end up with Taichi, because he loves her for way longer than Arata does :(

Also, how dare they talk badly about someones mom :p?
Taichi is stupid for allowing them to, regardless of it being true
Sep 8, 2015 10:21 PM

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Shit, even I'm starting to feel bad for Taichi now. This is why love triangles are bad and should feel bad >_> Dude's gotta take the first step and break up with his girlfriend if he doesn't have any feelings for her. That should make things easier.
Sep 25, 2015 1:44 PM
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That ending!!! Arata is too good, hope he will up with Chihaya.......
Nov 6, 2015 9:11 PM

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How can Chihaya be more annyoing than a shounen protagonist?
Nov 6, 2015 10:00 PM

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Why people ship Chihaya with anyone? It's not like it's gonna happen anytime anyway.
Nov 8, 2015 6:26 AM
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this anime is so mf good.
Nov 8, 2015 7:08 AM
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Arata don't have much screen time throughout the series but still he is the main pillar of Chihayafuru.
Jun 1, 2016 5:38 AM

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Taichi is seriously the best ever.
Damn I want them to be together, too bad eventually it will probably be Arata
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Aug 24, 2016 6:15 PM

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The birthday moment was so touching, i loved it.
Oct 11, 2016 11:00 AM

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Karuta club goes full gear this episode...and then the ironic message comes... I really wonder what happened to taichi's girlfriend
Mar 18, 2017 8:42 AM

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Chihaya's hearing is way too good
What Nikuman's said is totally correct, she's a pushy person. She should stay that way

Indeed, someone please lock Mashima's mom in bathroom xD
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Apr 20, 2017 11:58 AM

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Wow, she forgot her birthday.
Aug 19, 2017 4:29 PM

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Beautiful episode, the small birthday party was so cute.

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


Oct 30, 2017 8:36 AM

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How come Chihaya forgot her birthday. Her parents did not wish her?
Nov 26, 2017 2:08 AM

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It’s impressive that she forgot her own birthday lol

That was an exhausting training camp. I feel bad for the newbies.
Jan 17, 2018 11:18 AM
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Taichi's unexpected reaction of eating the cake out of Chihaya's hands after getting the text message was kind of an arrogant move. Like expressing a subtle "You're mine and I own you. Don't forget that I exist too." Exactly like a wild animal marking a territory.
Ugh. Humans are truly disgusting creatures.

I'm not rooting for couples in this anime; and that's because I don't find any of the characters likeable or interesting so far, except for Arata. I can only care for him and his character as a whole.
Jan 29, 2018 7:32 AM

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youthful said:
Taichi's unexpected reaction of eating the cake out of Chihaya's hands after getting the text message was kind of an arrogant move. Like expressing a subtle "You're mine and I own you. Don't forget that I exist too." Exactly like a wild animal marking a territory.
Ugh. Humans are truly disgusting creatures.

I'm not rooting for couples in this anime; and that's because I don't find any of the characters likeable or interesting so far, except for Arata. I can only care for him and his character as a whole.
I'm not really invested in Arata(, or any of the other characters), what made you like him specifically?
Oct 4, 2018 11:53 PM

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Why do I feel like Taichi is going to be the second lead. The way he took the spoon from Ayase made my heart ache a bit. He was so jealous lmao. Also, Taichi is so pretty like wtf. I cant stop gushing about how gorgeous he is.

Its also funny how Ayase forgot her own birthday. This just shows how she was extremely focused with karuta while they were in camp.

They got me so hyped with every episode. The way they deliver the game is so intense i cant lol

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Feb 2, 2019 2:11 PM
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What a beautiful episode! A lot of awesome moments, very comfy and fun episode. I love this, how did I not know about this anime before xD


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Feb 3, 2019 3:42 AM

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taichi has 110% been in love with chihaya since childhood
Feb 14, 2019 10:59 AM

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The birthday party was beautiful.

lol she forgot her own birthday. It was nice that both Taichi and Arata remembered.

Feb 15, 2019 12:30 PM

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Taichi good luck though she won't notice it :/

Chihaya was really selfish this episode, she really pissed me of this time.
Feb 21, 2019 11:22 AM

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The ending was beautiful. Although I am secretly hoping for Arata to come back and steal Chihaya's heart I think Taichi is a wonderful person as well. I mean he could have kept the text message to himself, but he didn't. It was great to see the whole Karuta Club celebrating Chihaya's birthday in the middle of the night after a hard day of karuta. This was a nice episode overall.
Aug 16, 2019 9:17 AM

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yooo.. this anime is such a feel good anime. It just makes you happy.

Taichi was hesitant on showing Chihaya the message from Arata. I think that even though Taichi likes Arata as a friend, someone that he likes even more is Chihaya and he doesn't want Arata to interfere or stand inbetween them. It's pretty clear that he loves her. Really liking the dynamic of these characters and I'm super interested to see how this continues. The way they build up Arata's character is super cool too. The show makes you wanna see him so bad.
Aug 17, 2019 8:31 AM
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I want to cry
that message scene broke my heart
Aug 22, 2019 11:20 PM

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Is it weird that I don’t really care about the romance aspects at this point? Maybe I will later, but just seeing Chihaya kinda do her thing and everyone having fun together is enough for me, for now.

Hmm. I do wonder how I’ll feel about this going forward. I wasn’t exactly expecting a romance coming into this, so... It’s not clear what other direction this might develop in, long-term.
Nov 4, 2019 1:11 PM
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At this point I don't even consider this a shojo it's a sportish anime with a bit of romance in the side and is pretty clear best girl Fancy's ararta or it's just pure affection or devotion due to him getting her into kuruta after all she considers him a god of the game
Nov 18, 2019 1:45 PM

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Karuta Club has finally been created! But the headmaster of their school seems to dislike Chihiya, lol.

About Chihiya, she is indeed dumb. I guess she forgot how tired she was when she began playing karuta and lacks general abilities of learning others.

It's awkward, but it turned out that her friends support her dream, just like Chihiya did in the beginning of the show for her sister's sake.
Nov 23, 2019 12:32 PM

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From the beginning of this, I thought I was going to ship Chihaya with Arata - which I did when they were young.
But nooowww - it's got to be Taichi!

He cares so much and he's always been there for her! Even if Arata was grieving when they visited, he still kicked cards at her and was terrible to her where as Taichi gets cake for her and everything!

(Though I hope Taichi has, like, secretly broken up with his girlfriend or something though as it's not good to date her when he's in love with Chihaya!)
Dec 29, 2019 12:32 AM

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Nice episode, really hope these guys can go far together
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Mar 6, 2020 9:28 AM
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Poor Taichi, you deserve better than this karuta maniac!
Mar 27, 2020 4:17 PM

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steshin said:
I really don't get this "I hate Chihaya because she doesn't see how much Taichi loves her bah blah blah!" because, honestly, Chihaya just doesn't see him that way (YET(?), and the manga actually drags Taichi's onesided affections on and on). Can you blame her when someone as clueless as her only sees Taichi as a best friend, and to HER KNOWLEDGE, has a girlfriend? Can you really blame anyone for not reciprocating feelings? Sure, maybe, Taichi will finally have the guts to confess, but it doesn't guarantee anything.

Because face it, while the three of them definitely have a bond, Chihaya is more drawn to Arata. He was the reason she found a dream for herself and inspired her love of the game. His influence over her is overwhelming. I mean, look at how she reacts to anything regarding Arata. Even a small thing like an indirect text message for her garners a stronger reaction from Chihaya, trumping (once again) whatever Taichi pulled.

I'm not saying Taichi doesn't have a chance. He has the advantage of proximity after all, but his biggest obstacle is Chihaya, and to whether or not he can get her to focus on HIM.

The way I see it, the "triangle" won't be resolved in the series. But for the case of the manga, the non-karuta-related question is whether Chihaya can see Taichi as more than a friend or will she finally recognize her attraction to Arata as something deeper?


YES! THANK YOU! It's still too soon to have her be with Taichi. She's so focused on Karuta more than anything. If I were in her shoes, I'd be focused on my dream, too. People are saying that she's clueless (but that's because we're viewers) but irl we'd probably be clueless too. I mean, think about it. If Taichi came up to me and told me he has a gf, I wouldn't want to stand in between them..

At the moment, I'm torn between the two guys. I hope this doesn't get messy.
Mar 29, 2020 8:54 AM

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Playing against the beginner players huh? At first I thought it would only break their spirit and make them realize their inferiority, but I guess that wasn't the case. I feel like training the new players will make Chihaya lose her touch.

Oooh, a cute moment between Taichi and Chihaya!

This was a very heartwarming episode.
Apr 16, 2020 4:11 PM
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This series is determined to make Taichi look as much as a cuck as possible, I feel sorry for the guy.

I found the fact that it was Chihaya's birthday very random, out of nowhere but it was cool nonetheless
May 19, 2020 6:41 AM
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this one really touchy
Jul 17, 2020 6:15 PM

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Look, if you're gonna pull stunts like that to make Chihaya notice you as a man, then break up with your gf first, punk. It's not fair to that girl.

She looked like she was really into Taichi and the first trash thing he did was date her on a whim. Next trash thing was go on a trip with his childhood crush. Third trash thing was set a trap for Chihaya by getting close to her eating her cake, that way she wouldn't be able to get him out of her head as she reads Arata's text (which still failed bc Chihaya has always loved Arata since back then). smfh. What an idiot.
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