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Jan 25, 2013 10:31 PM

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such a sad episode :(

Taichi, Wataya going their separate ways :(

yeah Chihaya should have understand that she's not the only gonna be sad after their graduation ;(

Wataya thanking Chihaya and Taichi for playing with him.

the memories they made will never be forgotten.

so finally the past arc is done?

im dying to see more of highschool Chihaya!!!!
Mar 16, 2013 1:59 AM

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The three of team would make a wonderful team!! And i am sad to see them all separated... :(
Mar 16, 2013 4:50 PM

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This is just so damn cute! It's too bad we'll be leaving their childhood behind now, I'm going to miss those adorable little faces of theirs *-*
May 13, 2013 2:43 AM

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Another good episode. A bit melodramatic towards the end.
Jun 14, 2013 8:23 PM

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I CRIED!
Jul 2, 2013 7:36 AM

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Damn awesome episode and great development, I really love they first started with a backstory to strengthen the characters!
Jul 16, 2013 6:42 AM
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I almost cried.
Aug 5, 2013 5:57 PM

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Tengai said:
I almost cried.


Me too.

This is quite unexpectable, it relates me in other ways.
Sep 8, 2013 8:02 AM

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I think the music really makes this even more emotional for me. Also...that ED fade in!!!
-Nothing can stay unchanged. Even so, can you still keep on loving this place?

-Be still my soul; when change and tears are past, all safe and blessed we shall meet at last.
Oct 7, 2013 12:03 AM

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Holy shit I can't believe her shitty family encourages an environment where a child's only dream is to be on the sidelines cheering for her sister. I can understand her sister being a selfish, stuck-up teen, but her mother... really?
Dec 25, 2013 5:03 AM

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5/5

Great, much better bet, much pathos, drama and sweetness.
Plot that fails in a smart and casual to show a trend almost a foregone conclusion.
Narration intense, beautiful BGM! : D
The three main characters are great! * _ *
Mar 21, 2014 2:07 PM
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PrinceHeir said:

im dying to see more of highschool Chihaya!!!!


that.
Nevertheless great arc - so many emotions shown in such a good way - fully enjoying.
Mar 25, 2014 1:49 AM

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1. Game is super boring. I try to picture it as another sport, like basketball

2. Character interaction, especially at the endโ€ฆ man tears.

6/10
May 6, 2014 1:32 PM
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Jan 2013
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Another great episode. Taichi has grown to get along well with Wataya thanks to the karuta game.

It was a bittersweet episode since Wataya will be leaving and Taichi is going to another school.


That fat kid runner up in karuta tournament? o.o
I'm surprised his size has allowed him to get that far since speed and great vision is needed to play karuta.

May 21, 2014 3:37 PM

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That sensei was funny : ''Oh, a shooting star! Nah, just kidding''

And so they will take different paths. Being separated as a child is painful, even more that they were really close, showing sign of some feelings.
ยซTime is passing so quickly. Right now, I feel like complaining to Einstein. Whether time is slow or fast depends on perception. Relativity theory is so romantic. And so sad.ยป
- Kurisu Makise a.k.a. The Zombie
Jun 27, 2014 2:35 PM

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Lol it was so funny and cute when she started taking pictures of her older sister xD

Jul 17, 2014 10:17 PM

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The fucking feels from this episode. Aw, I don't want any of them to separate.
Aug 12, 2014 11:04 AM

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One of the rare anime I just can't stop watching. Really. I may not sleep tonight.
Oct 20, 2014 7:38 PM

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Another solid episode! :)
Dec 11, 2014 6:29 PM

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For something so uninteresting at first glance, this anime really shows potential with this and the previous episode. The characters, especially Chihaya is just perfect. Her middle school self is at times the definition of pure hapiness. I who often value the characters above everything else is absolutely in love with this show as it is right now. Hopefully it can keep up with this level of quality!
Apr 1, 2015 12:59 AM

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Can this childhood arc end already?! It's just turning into some lame "OMG TEH FEELZ ; __ ;" anime.

More crying and angst. *sigh*

I'm getting tempted to drop this anime unless this arc ends soon.

4/10

May 27, 2015 2:19 PM
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*wipes tears* I cried twice, almost thrice in a 20 minutes episode.

The characters are so likable. Even Taichi isn't the awful jerk he have been in the first two episodes. The doctor is funny, too.

Also, the card game is so fun to watch. I actually wish the show would stay in 'the past' for longer, I really like the kids.
Aug 21, 2015 2:48 AM

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nice episode!!!! Sensei was really funny and it's sad that they cannot seem to play karuta together. :( Nice to see their childhood moments



โ˜…โ”โ”โ”€
๐˜๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฎ๐˜บ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต?
๐˜ž๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฌ ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ช๐˜ต ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜บ?


Sep 8, 2015 2:49 AM

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Aww, dat ending feels. I liked this childhood arc, was pretty fun.
Sep 23, 2015 10:30 AM
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Apadravya said:
One of the rare anime I just can't stop watching. Really. I may not sleep tonight.
absolutely
Oct 11, 2015 12:13 AM

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I liked the episode. Kind of emotional with them leaving each other, but I found Chihaya's voice tone REALLY ruin the scene.
Nov 14, 2015 4:14 PM

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I have never seen a bad josei ... one more to the list
Dec 26, 2015 4:24 PM

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Man,three solid episodes in a row and already got me to cry once when Arata started to cry.

If this show keeps it up I can see this going into my favorites.
Jan 2, 2016 8:20 AM
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I'm really liking it, but damn, I didn't sign up for the feels.
Feb 7, 2016 2:23 PM

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"Let's play karuta together forever!" This trio is too cute aaaaa!

I really like all three of our protagonists. I wonder if they'll re-become best friends again in the future.

This series is going great so far, hope it continues that way.
Feb 13, 2016 5:44 PM
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So. Many. Feels. T________T
Feb 21, 2016 3:09 PM

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I must be one of the few who didn't cry. I know, I have an ice heart. But anyways, this looks interesting so far, though Chihaya's kinda strange to me, but what the heck, I'll keep watching. :P
I turn myself invisible.
Aug 18, 2016 5:15 PM

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Chihaya is so nice.
Many feels in this episode.
Great Episode.
Oct 3, 2016 10:21 AM

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I guess this was the last episode of their childhood...thing seem to get interesting
Oct 25, 2016 2:53 AM

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What the heck. This is fastest any anime, or any thing, has got me to tear up. Just three episodes in. This is outrageous, I want my money back. -999/10

Seriously, I'm going to binge the shit out of this.
Mar 16, 2017 6:26 AM

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It's raining pretty heavily today
Also I saw some ninjas cutting onions
Dem ninjas
I didn't sign up for this T_T
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Apr 20, 2017 2:50 AM

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Her sister is the worst sister I can remember, she said that Chihaya should just adore her and do nothing, what a selfish little bitch.
They are going their separate ways now.
Jun 26, 2017 9:29 PM
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When Sentai announced their upcoming release of disks for the first season in English, the topic of learning Japanese and learning karuta came up again. Where to start?

ใ‚€ใ™ใ‚ใตใ•ใปใ›ใ€‚It is not entirely clear where Chihaya picked up the idea to string those seven characters together that way. Arata mentions Mu and Su in that order when he explains his game plan to her but he doesn't give the whole line in that sequence when he explains that seven poems can be identified by the sound of their first character right from the start of every karuta match.

Arrange those seven by the numbers assigned them within the full set of a hundred poems and it looks like this:
18, 22, 57, 70, 77, 81, 87
ใ™ใ€ใตใ€ใ‚ใ€ใ•ใ€ใ›ใ€ใปใ€ใ‚€

There is a different method behind the way those seven poems are arranged on the paper Chihaya uses during the memorisation period ahead of that team match:
ใ•ใ€ใ™ใ€ใ›ใ€ใตใ€ใปใ€ใ‚€ใ€ใ‚
Sa, Su, Se, Fu, Ho, Mu, Me

The reasoning behind the arrangement on that paper is very useful if you’re learning hiragana as well as karuta at this point in the series. This ordering is based on the way hiragana characters are commonly arranged. A, Ka, Sa, Ta , Na, Ha, Ma, Ya, Ra, Wa. This is a very useful string of syllables to memorise.
ใ‚ใ€ใ‹ใ€ใ•ใ€ใŸใ€ใชใ€ใฏใ€ใพใ€ใ‚„ใ€ใ‚‰ใ€ใ‚ and ใ‚“. Vowels first: a, i. u. e, o; then the pairs starting with k (ka, ki, ku, ke, ko); followed by s (sa, shi, su, se, so) etc…

This is the arrangement used to learn hiragana these days. It is also a very widely used ordering when arranging items. Similar to the way items are arranged in alphabetical order. For example. On bookstore shelves in English speaking countries you’ll find the manga series Chihayafuru between B and D. In Japan the manga series ใกใฏใ‚„ใตใ‚‹ will be between ใŸ and ใค . Most likely to be found in the manga section of a store, further divided into shelves for the publishing company, Kodansha, and/or the magazine, Be Love. Nothing starts with ใ‚“. Not in Japanese.

… so that’s why ... sa, su, se then fu, ho and finally mu, me ... on Chihaya’s paper. It is not what she says, though. For Chihaya, musumefusahose might be easier to remember because in this line the string of syllables becomes a short sentence.

The seven "one syllable" poems in her ordering:
ใ‚€ใ‚‰ใ•ใ‚ใฎ ใคใ‚†ใ‚‚ใพใ ใฒใฌ ใพใใฎใฏใซใ€€ใใ‚ŠใŸใกใฎใผใ‚‹ ใ‚ใใฎใ‚†ใ†ใใ‚Œ
ใ™ใฟใฎใˆใฎ ใใ—ใซใ‚ˆใ‚‹ใชใฟ ใ‚ˆใ‚‹ใ•ใˆใ‚„ใ€€ใ‚†ใ‚ใฎใ‹ใ‚ˆใ„ใ˜ ใฒใจใ‚ใ‚ˆใใ‚‰ใ‚“
ใ‚ใใ‚Šใ‚ใ„ใฆ ใฟใ—ใ‚„ใใ‚Œใจใ‚‚ ใ‚ใ‹ใฌใพใซใ€€ใใ‚‚ใŒใใ‚Œใซใ— ใ‚ˆใ‚ใฎใคใใ‹ใช
ใตใใ‹ใ‚‰ใซ ใ‚ใใฎใใ•ใใฎ ใ—ใŠใ‚‹ใ‚Œใฐใ€€ใ‚€ในใ‚„ใพใ‹ใœใ‚’ ใ‚ใ‚‰ใ—ใจใ„ใ†ใ‚‰ใ‚“
ใ•ใณใ—ใ•ใซ ใ‚„ใฉใ‚’ใŸใกใ„ใงใฆ ใชใŒใ‚€ใ‚Œใฐใ€€ใ„ใฅใ“ใ‚‚ใŠใชใ˜ ใ‚ใใฎใ‚†ใ†ใใ‚Œ
ใปใจใจใŽใ™ ใชใใคใ‚‹ใ‹ใŸใ‚’ ใชใŒใ‚€ใ‚Œใฐใ€€ใŸใ ใ‚ใ‚Šใ‚ใ‘ใฎ ใคใใžใฎใ“ใ‚Œใ‚‹
ใ›ใ‚’ใฏใ‚„ใฟ ใ„ใ‚ใซใ›ใ‹ใ‚‹ใ‚‹ ใŸใใŒใ‚ใฎใ€€ใ‚ใ‚Œใฆใ‚‚ใ™ใˆใซ ใ‚ใ‚ใ‚“ใจใžใŠใ‚‚ใ†

http://polygondrill.com/firstkaruta/list/list-musume

Sentai will include a card for the Chihayaburu poem printed with an English translation in their box set but for most of the cards visible in the series, being able to read hiragana characters is indispensable. Learning hiragana may be a good place to start and karuta cards are nicely suited for practicing.

It is not often mentioned in these threads and this comment may not be the best way to approach this topic but I think understanding of hiragana and karuta makes the series so much better. Perhaps Chiahayfuru offers a a nice incentive to get started. I'm pretty sure that's one of the goals the creators of this story had in mind, learning to appreciate the Japanese language ... though their original audience had a bit of a head start when they joined Chihaya and her classmates in an elementary school in Tokyo.

Almost forgot to mention, that ใต in this episode will forever be a highlight of the series.
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Aug 13, 2017 7:56 AM

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As long as we have karuta,we'll see each other again, won't we?

As long as we'll keep playing, we'll see each other again!

I just know it !

Damn that was so nice.

One Piece episode 914 & 915 & 1027 were a mistake and 957 brought the salvation - FMmatron


Oct 20, 2017 3:47 AM

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Don't know why but this episode is waaay sadder after when it is rewatched. Just finished the season 2 and the last scene where arata was crying just kinda popped in my head.


Oct 29, 2017 7:02 AM

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I am crying. This anime is so good.
Nov 23, 2017 9:23 PM

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Some definite feels in this episode.

Dat promise!
Jan 16, 2018 10:47 AM
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Ah, these kids are so precious together (though Arata is a special one to me). Too bad they have to part ways for various reasons.

Now waiting for reunion to happened.
Feb 10, 2018 4:55 AM

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Rewatching it for the third time and the feels is still the best ๐Ÿ˜ญ. This is probably the saddest episode of an anime I've ever seen.


Dec 27, 2018 9:39 AM

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Another great episode.

Nice to see Taichi getting along with the others.

Jan 30, 2019 8:56 PM

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Three episodes in and I'm already crying? God damn. Can't wait to watch more, I'm loving it so far tbh.

Also I'm getting hella Hikaru no Go vibes from this which is awesome cause that anime is great.
Jan 31, 2019 5:21 PM

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this episode must be the last of the childhood flashback, i wanna see the reunion
Feb 1, 2019 8:59 PM
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Awesome episode! So many emotions, excitement... I wonder how glasses' looks now, in highschool, can't wait to see!
Feb 9, 2019 1:43 PM

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Time flew by, and that ending made me tear up.
Apr 26, 2019 4:00 PM

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Haha! I would've never thought that an anime about karuta could be soo interesting to me, I actually teared up a bit at the end.
Not only this, I'm actually kinda getting interested in karuta itself and may try it one day!
Anyway I just wanted to thank my friend Hannah for recommending this intriguing show to me!
PS. Is it only me or does young Taichi kinda look like a girl?


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