Alternative TitlesSynonyms: Chihayafull Japanese: ちはやふる
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Type: TV
Episodes: 25
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Oct 5, 2011 to Mar 28, 2012
Duration:
22 min. per episode Rating:
PG-13 - Teens 13 or older
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StatisticsScore: 8.441 (scored by 22986 users)
Ranked: #1172
Popularity: #324
Members: 47,023
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Each person has to come up with a dream for themselves. However, sometimes you need someone to show you the way. Both of the females try to make their dreams come true, one in finding her dream, and one in achieving the dream she's already found.
the protagonist in both is very similar in personality. both anime are about achieving a dream. In both the protagonist has a school friend that has feelings for her. Both give you a nice relaxing happy feeling. Great animation and ost too.
Ohana and Chihaya are strong-willed female leads. Both series are similar in terms of tone, themes, and execution with regard to character building.
it has the similar feel and almost the same kind of character vibes..
•Both Females have the same view on life
•Both feature people trying new things with new friends
•Both have the same warmhearted feeling to them
•Exploration & Emotion!
Both have gorgeous animation and are about the lead characters pursuing their dreams. They also give a similar feeling when you watch them.
Similar main female leads with straightforward personalities. Both series involve the main character trying to achieve her dream. Both series are also dramatic and emotional at times, especially Chihayafuru.
Both series are lighthearted and contains a small cast of likeable characters in a typical every day life of view.
Both series contains characters who are following a dream and hoping to make it into a reality through hard work, determination, and a little help with the encouragement of their friends.
The series' main characters also has strong wills and determined to achieve that dream.
Both series contains drama, comedy, and a little inklings of romance here and there as the characters interacts with one another (either from the past, present, and what's to come for them into the future).
Both series' main female protagonists also has similar personalities.
Both Chihayafuru and Hanasaku Iroha are coming of age stories about young women struggling to find their place in world. Ohana and Chihaya both search for something to be passion about and their stories follow them through their hard work and determination towards their goals: becoming the best, succeeding and making the people around them feel good. Both stories center themselves around traditional Japanese cultural themes (inn keeping, karuta). Both have beautiful animation and character designs, paired with wonderful costumes. There is also a degree of romance (specifically love triangles) in both series as well as lot of female bonding. Both of these series are exceptionally good and I would highly recommend them to anyone who likes female-empowerment stories or slice-of-life in general.
Both of these shows are about the main character's finding of a unknown hobby. Ohana and Chihaya are also very similar personality-wise.
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Both series centre around a protagonist who becomes aware of and learns to love a classic Japanese game that's faded to 'niche interest' status, aspiring to become the very best and accumulating similarly-minded friends along the way. Although Chihayafuru lacks the mild supernatural element found in Hikaru no Go, Chihaya's motivation of improving to Arata's level of skill function similiarly to Hikaru playing go at Sai's urging and wanting to catch up with Touya.
both feature characters striving to be the best in the world at a fairly niche game
In both, at first the main characters are not interested in the game, and found it boring (Hikaru no Go) until they met(played the game with) someone around their age who is very strong in the game (Go/Kurata). Both of them got inspired by the someone and wanted to keep playing, to improve, to catch up to the someone and to win.
Also, both are rather unpopular traditional Japanese games. There's no club in their schools, they started a club and found it hard to recruit people into their club.
I think Hikaru no Go is the better of the 2. But most likely because Go is much harder to understand, there's more rules, too many strategies and ways to win which bring down the scoring. As there're many people who can't understand a thing after watching several episodes, not getting heated up in the exciting games they played and dropped the series, thus lowering the score ><
Old Japanese game in the center of the plot.
Introduction to a competitive yet uncommon "sport"
Showcases character growth and development both inside and outside of the "arena"
Both contain intensity and bouts of seriousness but manages to incorporate light humor where appropriate.
Chihayafuru although little success maybe is the best anime of this season (winter 2012). Discover the joys of not only an anime very well done and entertaining, with a game unknown but equally interesting. Don't stop at the first episodes, let yourself be carried away by the wonderful episodes! Unknown game, just like Hikaru no Go I do not know if we can call it a common point, but you will also be carried away by this game if you wear a little interest in the anime. Both want us to enter their world and it is successful.
Both have main characters who slowly become good at a niche game,and have intense matches.
If you like intense game anime then they are really alike... both are really good... when i was watching Chihayafuru... it was still ongoing... so i really wanted to find something alike.... and i found Hikaru no Go..... they are sooo alike.... both 10/10!!
Hikaru no Go and Chihayafuru both feature characters wanting to become the best at a competitive game after encountering someone who is really strong and inspiring them to enjoy and love Go/Kurata.
Both series and mostly about the main characters growing and becoming better at the game and the friendships they develop on the way. They are both enjoyable series and each made me become interested and want to know more about GO and Kurata.
Some people don't watch animes like these because they believe the shows will be boring show about a game they don't even understand but they will really regret missing out on amazing shows like these.
All the characters are driven by their love for the sport
Both anime have a time progression and character growth
Both show a competitive side of traditional "boring" sport
Both shows have a naive main character
Both shows could of been longer with no problem
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Both are about meeting up with an old friend at a national tournament for a game.
Main characters of both series aim to reunite with their friends in national tournaments of karuta and mahjong, respectively.
- Both stories/plot focuses on their clubs related to their sport/game.
- The group aspires to improve and aim higher and go on training camps for that purpose.
- Both animes are trying to reach the nationals to reunite and face their old friends again.
Group of friends participating in competitions trying to be the best in a certain game. They form a school club used for training and also to find new members to help with their goal.
+Both have Game genre.
+Both have clubs for games.
Game shows that make us discover great Japanese games such as mahjong (Saki) and karuta (Chihayafuru). I do like Chihayafuru the best, because the plot is far more elaborated, the characters are older, and the general atmosphere is more "serious". Also, you can't really expect to understand rules of mahjong watching Saki, while Chihaya can be watched and enjoyed even if you don't know what karuta is, as it is well explained. I ended up liking karuta after I watched Chihaya, but after 5 episodes of Saki I still don't get a thing about mahjong.
- Both stories/plot focuses on their clubs related to their sport/game.
- The group aspires to improve and aim higher and go on training camps for that purpose.
- Both animes are trying to reach the nationals to reunite and face their old friends again.
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Both of these Anime deal with the "100 poets".
Chihayafuru is an amazing sports anime, with a very sweet tone of friendship and love, based on a not too known game: Karuta.
On the other side, Uta Koi is an historical anime exactly about telling the love stories behind the poems who actually compose the Karuta game. The love stories happened to the poets who gave them the inspiration and experience to make beautiful poems.
Both series are josei genre and share some sort of romantic feeling as well.
Personally i've started Uta Koi after i watched Chihayafuru, right because i wanted to understand deeper the poems of the Karuta game; and i have to say that it's very interesting.
Uta Koi's artstyle is particular but at the same time can be great, Chihayafuru's art is gorgeous and both series have a very awesome cast.
I certainly recommend to watch both :D
same 100 romantic poems from 100 different poets
Chihayafuru focuses on the game of karuta which uses the 100 poets.
Chouyaku Hyakuninisshu: Uta Koi is about the 100 poets themselves.
Watching one will probably lead to a greater appreciation of the other.
Chihayafuru is about the game involving the cards with these poems.
Chouyaku visually depicts the interpretation of the poems.
Chouyaku probably aired because of Chihayafuru
In a nutshell, both series has a variety of similarities.
Both series involves the idea of poem and turning it into a story that is insightful and entertaining.
Both series has drama as well as some romance and friendship elements
Both series has josei like artwork and themes.
Both series has a small cast of characters but entertaining to watch.
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School kids work to find enough members in order play in competitions. Even though it is there first time in show, they are quickly noted as the team to beat.
In both of the animes, they play games (Mahjong in Saki & Karuta in Chihayafuru) to win the nationals. Themes such as friendship, dreams, teamwork are elaborated. However, Saki is more on the side of comedy (despite the serious moments), whereas Chihayafuru represents "slice of life" anime genre presenting a better character development, story & drawings.
- Both stories/plot focuses on their clubs related to their sport/game.
- The group aspires to improve and aim higher and go on training camps for that purpose.
Both are anime on competitive games. Although the art styles are different, the heat of the competition is the same. The main character starts out shaky, but she becomes amazingly good at the game.
Both have are sports and both main characters have the skills and passion for the game that which they play.
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Both of these shows give you this warm, fuzzy feeling that bubbles up inside of you. The artwork is very similar and crisp, and at its core, it's a story about growing up.
Slice of life,breath taking plots, dreams ( well somewhat in Usagi drop)
The premise of both shows sounds very simple and boring! Raising a child in Usagi Drop and passion for a very simple card game named karuta in Chihayafuru. But masterful execution is the main reason that I'm going to say, Chihayafuru and Usagi Drop are two of the most enjoyable shows of 2011 in the same way. Also, similar josei art fits the beautiful and realistic theme of both.
This animes aren't just a slice of life, the character are actually humans, with lifes, emotions and troubles to deal with.
Animes mainly for joung adult people. In with the characters sometimes seem to be more human than people.
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Both are very tender and warm.
Same warm feelings, beautiful design, kind and lovely but a little strange girl as a main character, romantic story
Chihayafuru greatly reminds me of Kimi ni Todoke. They somehow look similar in terms of art, however Chihayafuru is slightly more detailed than the other. They both give a relaxing feeling whenever you watch them.
Kimi ni Todoke mainly focuses on romance, while Chihayafuru focuses on a game called "Karuta". There's a bit of romance as well in Chihayafuru.
the art is very similar, and for me art is a very big thing. they both are very nice animes and although the story isnt the same, they gave me a feeling that they were similar and they both are really good animes :)
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Both anime are josei that has romance and focuses on something (Chihayafuru - Karuta whereas Sakamichi - Jazz). Both anime have themes revolving around one-sided love, Love triangles and dense characters. The only difference they have is that Chihayafuru is focused more on sports whereas Sakamichi no Apollon focuses more on slice of life/romance.
Chihayafuru & Sakamichi no Apollon are both series about deep passion (for karuta in the first one and for music in the second one) with subtle, yet complicated love triangle in the background. They are also stories about great friendship. Both of those series offer amazing character development - characters are complex, mature and beautiful. To put it simply: josei at its best!
Both shows are listed as "Josei", but still aim for all ages in certain, moral ways. They are both based about a trio of friends all with a passion of something big (Sakamichi: Music, Chihayafuru: Karuta), with one or two of them rejecting what they love at certain times. Both contain romance/one-sided love, though Sakamichi focuses on that aspect much more than Chihayafuru (which is more based on competition and sports).
They also both have a yet practical and appealing art style and great use of budget and music when it's needed. The two shows has a similar style of atmosphere, but they are also completely different, suited to each show's style. With the music or sport element for the two, it creates a unique charm for the Josei genre, making both anime much more interesting than one would expect.
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Both are about 'normal' teens who are following the dream to become the best at something.
Both have elements of comedy, romance, slice of life, drama.
Both have great characters (some of them genius at what they do), with lots of friends and rivals.
Both have the same warm feeling of achieving a goal. The goals are totally different, but they both have the main characters as friends who will try their best to achieve their goals
At first glance, these two series don't seem to have much in common. However, Chihayafuru and Bakuman have quite a few similarities that may be overlooked.
Both series features young people trying to do something exciting for the first time in their lives. In Chihayafuru, it involves Karuta. In Bakuman, in involves the creation of manga. As such, both of these series meets the similarities in which these young people try to fulfill their goals, improving their skill in what they do, and at the same time learn more about themselves. Along the way, they befriend new people and also have encounters with rivals.
Both series features a slice of life feeling that progresses with each episode on how these young people improve on what they enjoy to do.
Both series also features comedy, drama, and slight hints of romance throughout later episodes.
Both series are lighthearted and are appealing in their unique ways.
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A girl who tries her best in making her dream come true while she is part of a love triangle between two childhood friends. Chihaya reminds a younger version of Kyoko:)
Kyouko and Chihaya are similar; both have a love triangle; both pursue their dreams.
Making a dream into a reality is no easy task and in both of these series, the heroine tries to achieve that dream. There's plenty of comedy and drama in both of these anime(s) but yet, there are also emotional plots thrown in as well. The heroine are also similar in personality and is involved in a love triangle.
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Both are sports anime with more romance in Cross game. There is a character development and the main characters are childhood friends.
In some ways, I find these two series a bit similar.
Both series involves the main characters following their dreams in a sports-related event. They also have a past with childhood friends involved.
Both series are lighthearted and presents every day life in a realistic way.
There is also comedy, drama, and some romance between the characters from the stories.
The best stories are shown, not told. Both Cross game and Chihayafuru weave masterful stories of ordinary lives and mold characters who are memorable yet genuine. Though both series focus on a sport (baseball in Cross Game, competitive karuta in Chihayafuru), familiarity nor interest in either are necessary, as they are the mere groundworks for laying out the lives of charming characters who could very well exist in an excellent slice of life show without any unifying context. Both shows are about growth - Cross Game examines childhood friends growing beyond a childhood tragedy, while Chihayafuru explores childhood friends, reunited, growing toward their childhood dreams. The nuances of both shows reveals something so precious and rarely seen these days on TV - their humanity. How human we are, how intricately our lives interconnect, how subtly we change, and how this is all beautifully conveyed by our cast of characters under the guise of shooting for Koshien and becoming the karuta Meijin and Queen.
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+Both anime got school clubs.
+Both got many female characters.
+Both got transfer student.
+Both got similar atmosphere where people support main character dream and they try to Recruit new members to the club.
+Both got a annoying teacher , but later she supports the club.
Both series features a group of friends following dreams and trying to make the best out of their lives.
Both series contains comedy, drama, and also some emotions with characters of various personalities.
Both series also presents wonderful animation and life of style like atmosphere.
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Chihayafuru is very similar to Nana.
• Both anime are of the genre josei
• Chihaya is very similar to Nana Komatsu and Taichi looks like Shouji
• Both anime have the same feelings
• Complicated love
both have same feeling when you watch them and one reminds me of another.
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While Nodame Cantabile is about classical music and Chihayafuru is about karuta, both of them revolve around people following a passion most people would find odd nowadays. They are a bit slow paced, but feature very solid character development. Chihayafuru doesn't have the same amount of romance as Nodame Cantabile does, but it's there. And the female leads are just as clueless.
Both series are about girls who enjoy more niche hobbies, and both have the same silly, energetic feeling to their stories. They're both serious about their hobbies, though it's portrayed in a fun, goofy way. Lovable main characters for the most part, though Chihayafuru doesn't quite have the romance that Nodame Cantabile does.
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A motley crew's rise to prominence at a sport can be seen in either show. Every member has their own characteristics, and how they interact and bounce off each other make it fun to watch.
Competition is a wonderful thing. It makes us strive to accomplish, strive to achieve. As such, both of these sports theme are something to keep an eye on. There is drama, comedy, and a storyline that anime fans of sports can enjoy.
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Both anime deals with sports and relationships between members-friendship.Also,they both let us learn more about each individual character and these anime have their own sense of humor.
Animation is great.
Comedic moments and characters with funny quirks.
Both consist of people working as a team.
Different sports, but both have intense match ups.
Heartwarming moments.
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Both of these Anime deal with girls who are passionate about a traditional Japanese game. There is very nice characterization and a bit of outside story involved, one dealing with mystery and the other friendship.
Both are about girls who are excellent players in a certain game, although Shion no ou focus on mystery/psychological and Chihayafuru in slice of life/romance. Also in both, one of the main boys is serious/quiet, wears glasses and becomes friends with the protagonist.
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The girls are both always happy-go-getto and are clueless that theres a guy friend who's totally in love with them. Kei liking Hikari and Hikari being the clueless ,determined ,cheerful girl she is. Taichi being in love with Chihaya and Chihaya being the the clueless ,determined, passionate ,cheerful girl she is.
Both anime are centered around a hyperactive, hard-working girl aiming to be THE BEST (one at karuta, the other at studies, martial arts or anything she can get her hands on). And the important part is that both are inexperienced and DUMB when it comes to obvious romance, which involves their childhood friends and rivals. *sigh* But that's what makes things interesting, right?
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The current life of the characters are strongly linked to the past. Both are enjoyable, simple and sweet. You will see many similarities between these two if you check them out.
The drawn out character development in the first 2 ep's has been engaging and similar to Ano in that you know there is a reason behind, a searching for someone/something and that may be the crux of the whole show, not a mystery like Gosick, Dantalian or UN-GO, but a relational story like Ano that requires 'the group' to be together to succeed.
It looks fantastic so farstill need to be impressed
Story 8
Characters 9
Visual 9
Fan Service 0 (0=none, 10=Unwatchable)
Fun 7
Overall 8.5/10
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Chihayafuru and Akagi both focus on a game though in the case of Akagi it's Mahjong and with Chihayafuru it's Kurata.
Also like Chihayafuru Akagi dramatises aspects of the game to make it more interesting: in Chihayafuru the swipe of the card and in Akagi the slamming of the tile. Surprisingly it's one of the aspects that make both enjoyable to watch during the games.
As a warning though Akagi focuses on the game much more than Chihayafuru with only small amounts of plot between long games and tends to be more serious.
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In both a devoted girl helps a team to get to a major tournament.
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Typical shojo animes. But Chihayafuru focuses more on Karuta matches, while Hiiro no Kakera focuses more on bishonen battles. Chihayafuru is way more enjoyable though, because Hiiro no Kakera is a bit too cliche.
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Like funny, but developed characters pursuing their goals? Both series will cater to your needs then.
We get to see a lot of competition, but also get to know the characters outside the matches. There is also real team spirit and the relationships between the players also develop. Both have a great sense of humor as well. These animes really raised the level of the 2012 winter line-up.
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The stories aren't similar at all, the idea behind the anime's are completely different, and the characters have little in common. However both Natsume Yuujinchou and Chihayafuru are very warm-spirited anime. In Chihayafuru and Natsume Yuujinchou you find yourself smiling unconsciously when the main characters succeed at one of there goals or a nice emotional moment happens. The most striking similarity between the two is the inter-character relations. Both characters are able to make friends because of their various skills and personalities and this friendships blossom into strong bonds which I think are the basic foundations which make each of these anime so great. Natsume makes fiends with the spirits that continue to bother him and Chihaya is able to conquer the challenges that face her because of her friends.
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They have a heart warming feeling. In both anime the male character fell for the female protagonist but the female either rejected, acted innocent or didn't know of their feelings. Also the both female protagonist have a dream to fulfill.
Both anime feels the same so I'm pretty sure that if u like this anime u will like the other.
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This anime is the same calm, soothing atmosphere at the Hachimitsu to Clover, Nodame Cantabile and Nana.
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Both series are Josei focused on character interaction and development with a driven female lead and elements of romance.
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Both series have a similar color pallet and have the idea about middle school friendships as a central aspect. Not only that but both show about how middle school can have it's ups and downs.
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both about childhood frindes grow apart from each others in the depth of real world.
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The main characters have similar personalities to each other when it comes to dealing with people, despite the fact one is a tom boy and the other is a girly girl. Similar tone runs through both Anime.
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The atmosphere of Chihayafuru reminded me of Ookiku Furikabutte. In essence, they are quite different since one is about Karuta and the other is about Baseball but the drive of the characters and the in depth analysis of the sport makes both series similar and equally enjoyable.
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Both are 'feel-good' anime that really touch your heart and bring in realistic yet soothing events and plots that always leave you feeling calm and relaxed.
Both anime are also being aired in the same season, so you have a lot to look forward to this Winter!
Grab a hanky, because both will indubitably leave you in tears!!♥
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Both animes starts with a cardgame
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Chihayafuru reminds me so much Bokura Ga Ita because they have love triangle , and the art is very similiar.
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The plot wasn't really similar (in K-On, it's about a band, and in Chihayafuru, it's about competitive karuta), but it still had the same atmosphere. Both main characters are similar in some ways. They both have a dream they want to achieve (in K-On, it's playing in a band, in Chihayafuru, it's to become the karuta Queen). They're both cheerful and air-headed. Also, in both anime, a few friends start a club and try to get more members (they're not always successful though).
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