I started off watching this anime because my brother recommended me it, so if it wasn't for him, I wouldn't have watched it. I started off watching the first season, and I just thought that the art was pretty good, it wasn't the best but the main characters attracted me, Chihaya mostly. So therefore, I really people out there to watch this anime too, or give it a try because it's not too shabby.
So this anime you might think, is just a plain old Japanese card game. It's not, well too Chihaya it isn't. When Chihaya was younger, her school had karuta tournaments which means she would know how to play it a little because their shcool taught her. One day, a new transfer student arrived. and he was in Chihaya's class, his name was Arata, he didn't really talk much, then Taichi started bullying him because he never talked.
I know this Anime isn't finished yet, well it's at 16 episodes, for me, but when you read this the series might have already finished.
Story [9/10] - I gave this anime a 9/10 for story because I like seeing the main character just own people, people at the same time, it's funny, maybe a little romance. I hate it when the main character is completely hopeless and the story line makes no sense, as if for this anime, every thing made sense from the start.
Art [8/10] - The art is very good, it's not like super professional but it works. The art is kind of unique, I don't see this art much at all. The only thing that made me not give the art 9/10 or 10/10 was just the eye lashes, I don't know I guess it's just a pet peeve.
Character [10/10] - The way they made it so Chihaya had a goal in life made it more interesting, from the first episode [ season 1 ] to now, it actually explain a lot about most characters, un-like some animes.
Enjoyment [9/10] - I really did enjoy this anime series, even though this whole anime is about a bunch of people who focus on playing a card game to become the best, it some action in it, like sometimes Chihaya would get in sticky situations where she doesn't know what to do, but if she loses the game, she tries to learn what she did wrong and try to over come it to become a better karuta player.
Overall [9/10] - Overall this anime was great, most people might no know about this anime because I don't see this on top animes, but don't underestimate it, it's very good in my opinion.
