Then there were three. Chihaya chases down a new karuta member. Two more to go!Chihayafuru – 06 is a post from: Typenights
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Episode 6 of Chihayafuru introduces a new character who brings a completely different perspective on Karuta. Oh, yeah, and girls in kimonos. Taichi follows through on his promise to help Chihaya set up the Karuta club, but, as Crusader, on THAT, put it, Taichi just wanted to keep the club all to himself so that [...]
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Episode 6 – Now Bloom Inside The Ninefold Palace Although I had guessed that this episode would be focused on the building of the Karuta club in school along with the introduction of new characters, the episode had turned out to be more than what I had expected it to be. I must admit that [...]
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「けふここのへににほひぬるかな」 (Kefuko Kono E ni Nihohinuru kana)
"Now Bloom Inside the Ninefold Palace"
If you were worried that Chihayafuru was getting a little too melodramatic after episode 5, this week’s effort should be a welcome change. It’s a return to the innocent, childlike exuberance of the first three episodes – and damned if it didn’t actually get me interested in Karuta a little bit, too.
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Despite the trials and tribulations of their meeting with the disenchanted Arata, both Chihaya and Taichi are now finally singing from the same song sheet in terms of the creation of a karuta club at their school. Lo, thanks to a little persuasion of the relevant school staff, the newly created club now has a suitable location as its base, even if it is only a storage room.
With five members
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Episode 06 - Chihayafuru this week tones down the drama for the most part, with it instead focusing on Chihaya and Taichi focusing on getting the karuta club started. As expected, Chihaya herself remains as the childish and energetic girl that she is, while Taichi acts as more of the reasonable guy on the team. [...]
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New characters! We’re introduced to a girl named Oe Kanade, who is in the archery club, but has a tendency to miss practice and isn’t that great at it. Instead, she reveals that she only wishes to wear traditional clothing. … Continue reading →
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The new side-character is really necessary for this series. Up till now, the Karuta in this series could just as well have been replaced with Rock Paper Scissors; we knew that it was a game that involved some cards, but that’s it. Instead, we got to see a lot of Chihaya’s and Arata’s passion about [...]
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