I rarely watch anime in the Slice-of-life/Sports genres since I don't find them adequately engaging; however Chihayafuru combines both of these in a fashion which makes for an entertaining watch. This review will only be based on the first season.
The story revolves around karuta, a real-life competitive card game popular in Japan. The protagonist, sixteen-years old Ayase Chihaya and her classmates start a karuta club at their school and participate in various national tournaments, ultimately aiming for the championship titles of Master and Queen. Basically that's the essence of the plot.
However what makes this show interesting is the characterization of the protagonists. They are serious
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Mar 10, 2014
Kaidan Restaurant
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Kaidan Restaurant is apparently based on a series of children's books; naturally one would expect its story to be simplistic and its characters to be one-dimensional. Neither is entirely untrue, however surprisingly these apparent shortcomings do not detract from the enjoyment this show provides.
The series lacks a definitive overarching plot and rather consists of an anthology of horror stories centered around a group of school children and the town they live in. The stories are presented by the manager of the Kaidan restaurant to the viewers. They may be experienced or narrated by the protagonists. Though almost none of these stories are genuinely frightening, they ... 
Mar 8, 2014
Bokurano :Ours. A little-known sci-fi anime, yet undoubtedly one of the best and saddest I have yet come across.
Fifteen children are tasked to protect the planet by piloting in turn, a giant mecha and battling a series of mechas from parallel worlds in a inter-dimensional 'natural selection' process. Even one loss means the annihilation of their entire universe, while each victory still requires the life of the pilot sacrificed to fuel the mecha. This fantastic premise merely serves as a backdrop however, against which each character is brought to life in wonderfully realistic complexity. The assigned pilot in each episode must come to terms with the ... |
