Chihayafuru is about Hyakunin Isshu karuta, which is all about jisaku-poemu (自作ポエム “self-produced original poetry”). It’s full of that! Yes, jisaku-poemu is what guys write to girls in modern days by email or texting, and girls get kimoi (freaked out) by that. A cyber love letter. So, jisaku-poemu is not something you want to do, [...]
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