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| So she gets "mad" because he's got a girlfriend but there will still be no romance. Why put unnecessary stuff like this in an anime? |
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| Another very good episode :) Hard to believe a show about a card game could be this good! |
| Bijin Chihaya is back :3 The duel was awesome. Good episode. |
| Chihaya was great in this episode. It was predictable that Arata stopped playing, I guess because his grandfather died or something like that, but let's see.... |
| Ughhh I can't get into this anime no matter how many episodes I watch. Guess I'm not in the mood for this type of anime right now. |
| lol at Chihaya's expression when Taichi's gf called him Ta-chan lmao the chocolate sign is very epic! whoa Chihaya won the tournament! |
_kukiyomenaiAug 22, 2015 7:11 PM
  ★━━─ 𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘐 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘺 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵? 𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘐 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘥𝘢𝘺? |
| Agh Chihaya, your being too cruel to Taichi by being so innocent. I suppose that's what he deserves for being such a jerk to Arata as a kid xD I'm guessing Arata's grandfather passed away which somehow led to him quitting Karuta. |
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| Such intensity during Chihaya's match,going into this series wasn't expecting karuta to be so interesting to watch and to keep my attention so much. Gloomy scene prior to the call gave away that Arata quit karuta due to his grandfather quitting for me. |
VanishingKiraDec 26, 2015 5:10 PM
| This anime is genius, why? it takes a boring card game and transforms it into something great. The soundtrack is amazing too. |
| it goes to show you things are bound to change across tome...arata was always seen as someone misreble...something bad must have happened |
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| Godiva chocolate lol What are you a boyfriend at valentine's day? Not the burning eyes of highschool girl That's my only weakness xD Kinda expecting that.. Probably because of his grandpa |
Rayl1ghtMar 18, 2017 7:20 AM
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| I'd love to be able to fall asleep instantly (with eyes open, no less) as Chihaya does... Arata's attitude is mildly annoying, though. |
| Chihaya worked really hard to get to class A. Arata seems to be really lonely, I wonder what happened. |
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| Some of the GODIVA chocolates I ate sucked and their ice cream was so-so. What sucks the most is their shop assistants, at least in my country. That being said, Taichi was really kind to buy the expensive chocolate for Chihaya. Still I ship Chihaya×Taichi, even since the first ep when he's a little jealous jerk. Let's be honest, who's always been so kind & nice like Chihaya in your whole life? At least he's always sincere to Chihaya. |
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| Chihaya had a tough match, but still managed to win. And Arata stopped playing karuta.. |
One Piece episode 914 & 915 & 1027 were a mistake and 957 brought the salvation - FMmatron |
| Arata stopped playing Karuna? What may be the reason? Will he again start playing? Excited to watch all the episodes. |
| Karuta match was surprisingly exciting. Not surprised that Arata has seemingly quit Karuta. No way things could be that easy. |
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| Chihaya managed to win against her opponent and managed to make it to Class A. It was surprisingly fun to watch. |
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| figures that arata would stop playing, it makes more drama. just have to find out the reason why now |
| Come on how could Arata stop playing karuta?! I think it may be related to his gramps, I'm speculating that he died... |
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| I'm not liking Chihaya so far... there's plenty of genki girl types like her and the whole "I have a dream" thing doesn't bring anything new. |
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| Poor Taichi. I could see myself buying the $70 chocolates in a situation like that, so I can really sympathize. LOL. I think Arata quitting karuta was telegraphed pretty heavily, so it wasn’t a surprise. Most likely, his grandfather’s death and/or his father’s influence had something to do with it. Recall the scene of him seeing his father with that woman? Anyway, these episodes are blowing by surprisingly fast. This must have been excruciating to watch weekly back when it first aired. It’s just like those chocolates; you want to keep scarfing them down. |
| Chihaya's skills improved a lot over the years! Whut, Arata stopped playing karuta?! This lariat, by the way, looks to be fun and very interesting to be honest. :D |
| I knew he was going to not play anymore!! I wonder if it's storyline such as 'now my grandfather has passed, I can't stand to look at the game anymore' or something. It's so sad though! It made him so happy as a kid!! |
| I guess Arata either got beat badly or something happened with his grandfather/family. |
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| Back to the present where it looks like Arata's stopped playing? |
| I'm Bruneian and I like anime. And Manchester United. And fat cats. |
| Back to the present! Chihaya finally became an A class karuta player. But wow, who would've thought Arata would end up quitting? He was so motivated as a kid. |
| Finally, the childhood part ended. I really liked this episode, my only complaint is that Taichi definitely sounds different than when he was younger but Chihaya sounds too similar to her past self at times |
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| Predictable, haha. But I like it! C: Maybe he injured his hand or gave up Karuta to work and help pay for his grandfather's medical/funeral expenses (or trauma in the case his grandpa died? v likely considering it's a cerebral hemorrhage + old age-- that combo rarely ends well). But man, Arata's still wearing those type of clothes? I wanted him to grow up super HAWT. Husbando material. Lolololol xD Taichi's gf isn't that pretty :3 he shouldn't have dated her on a whim, smh. Cuz he clearly still has strong feelings for Chihaya. O whales. He can take his beta male L. |
Kokoro_KotashimaJul 16, 2020 5:43 PM
| But ahhh!!! It was a good episode! |
| Happy to see Chihaya reach class A which I assume is a somewhat high ranking in Karuta but damn is it depressive for her to hear Arata stopped playing karuta. |
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| Apparently she's got quite a few roles in Chihayafuyu. I'm a bit disappointed that this one is nameless but here's hoping! The after match theme stood out to me too. It was pretty cute~ There was gonna be some conflict but I didn't think he'd bloody drop Karuta, his one personality trait aside from sucking at losing. I sorta expected him to become an elite St instead so I'm surprised it went this way. |
CalmTeaTimeDec 9, 2021 12:35 PM
| Damn that sucks. Chihaya found personal fulfillment through playing along with others, feels like effort wasted since Chihaya furu can't get back together |
| Arata's grandpa must have died. There's no other reason |
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| The animators injecting all that intensity into those card swipes never gets old. Watching the drain for Chihaya's enthusiasm from winning get pulled was heartbreaking man, not to mention the state Arata was in to give an answer like that. |
| Awesome episode. Chihaya is such a cutie, but I'm sad that Arata gave up karuto 😭 she's just trying to get the band back together, you know? Hope they can all be reunited in the next episode 🙏 |
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| You could see it coming from a mile away, the kid's grandpa passed away from a brain hemorrhage, the kid gets depressed and can never play karuta again or he loses all his interest in the game because every time he plays it it reminds him of his grandpa |
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