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| THIS IS AN ANIME ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS THE MANGA BEYOND THIS EPISODE. ---------------------------------------- Ah the series' finale and they managed to once again fairly balance the comedy and emotional moments. Chihaya didn't hold back her tears either about Taichi, Arata, karuta, etc. Arata himself has also been through so much. A journey like this after all these years with Chihayahuru's return imo is a delightful experience. So glad this got a third season. This franchise continues to deliver. 9/10. |
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| I am completely satisfied with this anime, this was probably the best seasonal show I seen since Sora Yori. |
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| Her new teacher breaking her dream (and suggesting being housewife is not bad). Karuta teacher was worried without Mamo's character, but everyone's calm and wow, kouhai girl is serious and became the instructor of first years. Main girl describing her feeling to her second year teacher w. poetry. He praised the affect of Karuta. Mamo's character in cramming school. Current meijin is a teacher there?! It seems like Hosoya-san's character trying to create a karuta club in his school. He's couraged up and personally invited kouhais. He heard from the female teacher that Mamo's character left the team. Other than Hosoya-san's character, all members are losing. He's impressed at her instruction. She can see that he is a beginner for team. Main girl is concentrated enough to get cough when drinking at one go. Then receiving text message Hosoya-san's character about the club and that they will meet in next match. OP as ED. |
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| This season has been great, although there were 2 or 3 weak episodes in the second half. Definitely better than the previous two seasons since more Arata. Arata saved Chihayafuru once again. 8.5/10 |
cchiguMar 24, 2020 2:07 PM
| "Life is too bitter, so coffee, at least should be sweet..." - Hikigaya Hachiman (Yahari Ore no Seishun Love Come wa Machigatte Iru) |
| Aw man how many years do we have to wait now for a 4th season!?? Arata always impresses me, best boy in my book |
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| Chihayafuru always delivering, lovely lovely. 9/10 |
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| So Chihaya will wait for the day Taichi comes back and Taichi's with Suo. I hope Taichi improves in Karuta a lot before the next time they play karuta together again. Best season of Chihayafuru so far, had an amazing time watching this. Hoping to see season 4 someday. |
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| Oh god ;________; They decided to go with the happy ending... I mean, I can understand why, it was also talked about in the "Where do you think Season 3 will end?"... But they rushed things way too much! I'm really sad. They cut the scene that shows Tamaru's nasty personality and Chihaya leaving the club (I love how Kana-chan scolds her for her own good there)... And everyone saying that they've lost their Sun/Moon... And Taichi realizing he hated karuta and Suo praising him for being able to handle playing it for everyone else's sake for so long... The talk with the teacher in the beginning made me happy, also her memories and stuff, but from then on I felt like it was a mess. Even some lines seemed to have been recorded faster (like, people saying it fast) so everything would fit. I'm fairly disappointed, but I guess it was the studio's choice for time and stuff like that... I still would've prefered the sad ending... With maybe a post-credit scene hinting at Arata's club or at Taichi coming back or even a scene from far onward, like, the nationals idk... Anyway, 6 years waiting for this season and it finally ended. We were granted marvelous moments, great soundtrack and amazing matches. I really can't believe it's over. Here hoping for a fourth season, of course. I hope we can at least get it. And then a fifth one, just to wrap things up. If there is a 4th season I really hope they do a recap including the scenes that had to be cut off in this ending. God, I'm sad. But still, I will not let a rushed episode make me sad about the whole amazing journey that this season was. Taichi x Chihaya match, the Meijin/Queen matches, Taichi's confession, Hanano's confession, Murao x Arata match... So many scenes that I love so freaking much were finally adapted, including my favorites... I'm so glad we got this season. So, so glad. |
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| Well that was one amazing season! This is probably the anime i enjoyed the most in past 6-7 months. And now is time to tackle the manga cause who can wait for Season 4! |
| well that's just my opinion..... |
| Great series, best of the 3 so far, hope we don't have to wait that long for another series though. |
| The pacing was really fast for this last episode and they left out a very important scene which sort of disappointed me.....I guess if ever there is a S4 they'll somehow squeeze it in.....well it's over and was a great ride again...... |
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| Great series. Didn't think I would enjoy this whole series this much but it's been great. Question is should I read the manga or wait another 7 years xD Btw, any reason despite the anime being out the reviews are considered preliminary? |
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| If anyone wants to start reading the manga, start at chapter 139. This episode was no good at all. Too rushed and skipped many important scenes (like, really really important ones). |
| Anime was a mistake. Heil Manga. |
| Awesome season. I didn't like the focus on Arata cuz he sucks, but lol I REALLY hope that season 4 doesn't take as long lol. Easily in my top 3 anime of the last 12 months. |
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| I will miss this show a lot. It single handedly saved two anime seasons. Based show, 9/10 |
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Hooo that was a good season finale! Kinda wanted to Shinobu make an appearance this episode, but I guess we'll have to wait till season four to see her again 😥 Arata now his own Karuta club. Hopefully Chihaya and Taichi will join back so that they can play against each other at the high school tournament. And Taichi seems to be getting trained by Suo, seems like he hasn't given up on Karuta yet! Such a good series! Hopefully it won't be too long before we get a fourth season. Gonna miss this anime till then! 8.6/10 |
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| Oh damn. After so many fantastic episodes I planned to go with a 10 for this season, but this finale didn't quite live up to expectations, which is a shame. That said, I guess it makes sense to let it end like this, also because one moment in particular deserves it's own episode. Still the best season overall, it had too many breathtaking highlights and was one hell of an emotional rollercoaster. Here's hoping for more Chihayafuru in the future and I'm optimistic. |
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| I wonder if/when another season would come out. The manga doesn't feel like it has that much longer left to go, but there's still quite a lot of content left until the anime catches up. I think overall it'd probably need 5 seasons of this length to get the whole thing in (so another 2x 2-cours if so), which is a lot to ask these days, but I mean we've gotten this far and afaik the manga is pretty popular in Japan so it's not impossible. Can hope at least |
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MaahHeim said: But they rushed things way too much! I'm really sad. They cut the scene that shows Tamaru's nasty personality and Chihaya leaving the club (I love how Kana-chan scolds her for her own good there)... And everyone saying that they've lost their Sun/Moon... And Taichi realizing he hated karuta and Suo praising him for being able to handle playing it for everyone else's sake for so long... The talk with the teacher in the beginning made me happy, also her memories and stuff, but from then on I felt like it was a mess. Even some lines seemed to have been recorded faster (like, people saying it fast) so everything would fit. I'm fairly disappointed, but I guess it was the studio's choice for time and stuff like that... I still would've prefered the sad ending... Right, no wonder why the episode felt compressed and a few things kind of out of place. I was expecting them to sign off on a sorrowful note too given how last episode transpired but here’s to hoping this is just a good sign for continuity in the near future! Technically, it works the other way round but one can dream... Damn, Sakurazawa-sensei sharing the info of not only Taichi's but Chihaya's retirement though. Definitely shook me to my core xD. It's a pity that studying and trying to focus elsewhere didn't do the trick but credit to the elderly teacher there for lending an ear firstly and then with that gold piece of advice. Lots of focus on Arata this episode, and it was quite the treat indeed! Being a team leader and playing a team battle is completely different and it's nice to see how he's slowly starting to appreciate this. Goes to show just how important a piece Taichi was to the foundation of Mizusawa's Karuta Club who managed to master that role from the get-go, with helpful support from Chihaya of course. Those final moments were amazing, Taichi and Chihaya aren't down and out just yet! Just like how Arata was saved earlier from the two, now it's payback time. Really liked that message from this episode, "it is the encounter in life that make life worth living" as they say. Overall, from the anime franchise thus far, this has easily been my favourite season of the three. I believe this is genuinely one of those shows that keeps getting better as it goes on. Character Depth and Drama with a pinch of exhilarating Karuta action and the divine elegance of Literature, I can't have enough of this lol. I'm really glad that they took the 6 month extension now that I look back on the season, the artstyle and animation quality has been brilliant for the most part after all. It's been an eventful season from start to finish but the Omu Jingu matches were probably the highlight for me. Harada-sensei is just too bloody good! Didn't think I would find myself so intrigued by Suo-san either, if I'm to be frankly honest. Man, I need more of this now! Season 4, please! Best seasonal anime I've had the pleasure of keeping up with since SanGatsu no Lion S2 and Re:Zero! Here's a little something for fellow fans (sorry it's not 4th Season announcement or such though): Edit: Managed to stay up till 6 am despite having my Chemistry Theory Paper the day after tomorrow... Well, no regrets. |
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| Once again we have pretty much balanced episode in the end of a season. I got used to it (something like that happened in the previous seasons as well) and once again I will say I like that kind of finale for shows like Chihayafuru. :) My only complaint is that it felt rushed... why we did not see Chihaya quitting the club?! :( While this season was the best from the three seasons already released, the finale was not that awesome because of that small flaws about very important stuff for the plot. Arata formed a team and will have to find himself in a new role of a team's leader, so he needs to learnbe a lot. Luckily, he was able to find a lot of members and to learn fast bee things about leadership. :) Can't wait to see his team playing in the next season, maybe even against Mizusawa. ;p I loved how everyone received proper character development in this season and matured throughout it not only as karuta competitive players, but mostly as just characters. We witnessed their evolution, both in karuta and in their personalities. I can't wait to see more of it. So sad there was no official announcement of season 4 by the last episode of season 3... :( I really hope we will be able to see it soon, or at least its announcement. About this season as a whole, it was great. The best up until now, with great characters, music, arts, perfect balance of many different genres. Simply fantastic. :) 10/10 score is fully deserved. If by any chance hypothetical season 4's content will happen to be better, then I might lover it in favor of giving 10/10 to season 4. ;) |
| Overall a good season, but the last episode was kind of bland in my opinion. |
| I think this was the best last episode of the three seasons. Unlike finishing in the middle of nowhere and leaving you wanting for more, it achieves a sense of going full circle that almost feels like a genuine ending. |
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| This was by far the best Chihayafuru season. I'm glad the last episode was focused on Arata. It was super cute! For the first time he actually felt like he's a main character this season. It's good the see Taichi in good hands. Suo is the one he needs right now. I hope we see more of their older brother-younger brother chemistry next season. If it ever happens T_T I don't know what Chihaya is doing lol |
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| Even thought it was a little rushed this episode teared up seeing the new beginnings and beautiful bonds of the three. Starting with the club, while the empress thought the club would be crushed with taichi's departure she was quite surprised and emotionally impressed with how the members are still holding up and doing their duties. Hanano taking up the teaching charge quite admirable, taichi leaving the responsibility to desktomu and nishida before going was touching. And they have quite a good amount of new players from the first years and one of them is a A class player.Quite interesting for the future of the club. Chihaya in total depression, considering herself as the rock that crushed taichi and his feelings realizing after what he was going through. Really heartbreaking, but i cant completely blame her and feel bad for her as well. But Fukusaku sensei giving her wise knowledge of diverting her mind to study and be productive was good to see, which will atleast be beneficial to her in someway. He is really has been a wise figure throughout. Speaking of productive, Taichi setting his mind towards a new beginning focusing on career and academics and showing signs that he indeed misses the club and karuta. But surprise surprise. his special classes teacher turns out to be suo himself xD Didnt see that coming. I guess now Taichi will be under Suo's wing learning Karuta and making a comeback & being more strong. I am glad he didn't quit Karuta. Finally Arata, he is finally making a club. This is was such a refreshing and heartwarming scene. Him coming out of his shy shell and going around recruiting members,spreading the love of karuta, he is growing a lot. And now he finally has a team of his own even though its a little weak for now, but surely will grow strong. Him hearing Chihaya and taichi quitting the club shook him down, but the experience of the team match with fujisaki brought him back and made him understand so much what chihaya wanted to relay him, the joy of playing with a team and reminiscing of his childhood days with Taichi & her and plus the anguish that he is always far away from them, helpless for them out in these dark times and longing to be with the two of them.  But that final scene, chihaya still in that depressed state & when Arata's message arrives, it just brings her back to life and reminds of how it was at the start when Arata was in darkness and significance of Taichis words and now Arata's doing the same as Taichi is in the dark phase and it saved chihaya and restored her hope again for karuta& that taichi too will surely comeback one day. And it seems even Taichi got some inspiration from it as well. Really made me tear up when the music started playing with the flashbacks. Just love this trio & their bonds and hoping for a new season soon to see their amazing journey ahead, it will be worth the watch with all the feels and emotions along with the beautiful game of karuta. |
Thanks for sharing the video! It didn't show up on my recommendations. I always find it so nice to see how many people are involved behind the scenes and their work... Like, we can't say that anime isn't an art form. As a manga reader I was disappointed with how the last episode turned out (expectations were high, and although I already knew they'd go up until a later chapter from the screenshots released for the last episode, I thought they'd do something different), but at the same time I'm well aware that the budget for Chihayafuru is never a lot (since it's a really niche anime and it never sells that well) and that everyone was doing their best to fit what they could of the story in the episodes they were given. It's amazing that we got a season 3 after so many years! Hahhh. But yeah! Ending on a bright note to give us hope for a season 4 for sure! Wishing real hard for the next one already! ♥ |
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MaahHeim said: So you think maybe if they had 25 episodes, it would have worked better?Oh god ;________; They decided to go with the happy ending... I mean, I can understand why, it was also talked about in the "Where do you think Season 3 will end?"... But they rushed things way too much! I'm really sad. They cut the scene that shows Tamaru's nasty personality and Chihaya leaving the club (I love how Kana-chan scolds her for her own good there)... And everyone saying that they've lost their Sun/Moon... And Taichi realizing he hated karuta and Suo praising him for being able to handle playing it for everyone else's sake for so long... The talk with the teacher in the beginning made me happy, also her memories and stuff, but from then on I felt like it was a mess. Even some lines seemed to have been recorded faster (like, people saying it fast) so everything would fit. I'm fairly disappointed, but I guess it was the studio's choice for time and stuff like that... I still would've prefered the sad ending... With maybe a post-credit scene hinting at Arata's club or at Taichi coming back or even a scene from far onward, like, the nationals idk... Anyway, 6 years waiting for this season and it finally ended. We were granted marvelous moments, great soundtrack and amazing matches. I really can't believe it's over. Here hoping for a fourth season, of course. I hope we can at least get it. And then a fifth one, just to wrap things up. If there is a 4th season I really hope they do a recap including the scenes that had to be cut off in this ending. God, I'm sad. But still, I will not let a rushed episode make me sad about the whole amazing journey that this season was. Taichi x Chihaya match, the Meijin/Queen matches, Taichi's confession, Hanano's confession, Murao x Arata match... So many scenes that I love so freaking much were finally adapted, including my favorites... I'm so glad we got this season. So, so glad. This episode felt super rushed that I decided to read the associated manga chapters and then became very sad myself. I wish for an OVA to expand on Chihaya losing to that Tamaru girl while Nishida wanted Chihaya to take control and keep the noobs in line. Only reason I can imagine the cut all this for a happier note ending is they are not confident it is getting another season. Nice to see Arata in a situation not involving a competition or at work. He was even nice to Yuu. |
| @1Kyo Chihayafuru doesn't sell well, ever. They can never plan on a 4th season, only hope... It doesn't mean that a 4th season won't ever happen, but since, as always, it's unlikely, I believe the production made the decision to rush things to give a happy ending to the season... We can only hope that if the 4th season comes around, they fix it and show the scenes that were skipped. @MetaKite It would've! If they had just one more episode, it would've been so much better. They had to take 5 chapters and shove it all in this one episode. I mean, not "all". They selected a few scenes and went with those, focusing mostly on Arata's team since it's the "light" that could give this season the happy ending they wanted. Usually, they adapt 2 chapters per episode, if in need, 2 and a half (something that happened twice this season, I think). 2 chapters per episode is the ideal lenght, but 2 and a half chapters can still make do... But cutting scenes and jumping here from there to cover 5 chapters just felt wrong. It would've make more sense if they had focused more on the Mizusawa issue/Taichi issue to follow what happened on the last episode and give us proper conclusion on it, and then, maybe, show Arata's message by the end of the episode, to show that something had happened to him and that was a small hope that things could go back to normal... Or something? In any way it would still be hard to fit the rest in the episode. I guess the production really did what they could to reach the ending they had planned, but it's really disappointing and painful nevertheless... I hope you read from chapter 139 until chapter 143, those will give you a better explanation on what happened to Taichi/Chihaya/Mizusawa... |
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| I'm so relieved that Chihayafuru S3 turned out to be the same level of quality as the previous seasons. I was worried because Madhouse seemed like they were in a long slump with the last great series they produced being SoraYori. That was in the beginning of 2018. If they couldnt get back on their game with their best long running series (sorry Overlord, its not even close), then not only would it have been a huge disappointment for Chihayafuru fans but also a sign that there truly is no hope left for the studio. Needless to say, my fears have been quelled. May this beloved series and studio continue to see more love and success in the future. |
| Just as Taichi told Chihaya that Arata will eventually come back when he was separated from the group, Arata told Chihaya that Taichi will come back after he quit the club. A bit of an emotional last couple episodes, especially for the legions of Taichi fangirls out there, but that was a nice note to end on. I don't know if we'll ever get a season 4, but I sincerely hope so, as I'm not a manga reader. It was tough to say goodbye to this and Eizouken without knowing if they'll return in like a 48 hour span :( |
| *Mourning the disappointment of The Promised Neverland season 2.* |
| What a great season. Totally worth the long wait. Now, just like everyone else here I'll have to live in despair waiting for another season that might or might not happen. I hope Madhouse surprises us once again soon... like in less than 6 years, please!!! If not I'll try to read the manga. I can't leave these lovely characters in oblivion. |
| @MaahHeim , I think this ending was the worst part of this season, unfortunately. The creators packed too much content into it, making the plot of this episode quite a mess. Why? Simply because we saw a lot of informations only mentioned that could be treated like something not important, while they were important as hell, like mentioned by many people earlier circumstances in which Chihaya left her beloved club. If you say they rushed with adapting 5 chapters into one episode, while usually they went with 2 per episodes, then it's obvious this episode felt as it felt. I won't change my score given to Chihayafuru, of course. I am just disappointed that such a great season had that kind of chaotic ending with unbalanced pace. ;p It would've been better if we had received 25 episodes in total. By that 24th episode could've been for Chihaya leaving the club etc., and 25th episode could've focused on Taichi and mostly (and of course) Arata struggling to form his own karuta club. I would love to see OVA telling everything that was mentioned in ep. 24, but was not expanded as it should have been. @MetaKite , agreed. I haven't checked how manga depicted events missed in ep. 24, but I had in mind that for sure they were not as rushed as in anime. Reading further about everything that was skipped made me sad as well. I hope we will see OVA one day. Unadapted, important material from manga deserves to be adapted. If we will not be getting it, then I might just read the manga, lol. I'm worried we still haven't received any official announcement about Season 4. I had fingers crossed and wished to see it by the end of the last episode of Season 3. About episodes, I think as well - even though, as I mentioned earlier, I am not familiar with manga - that perhaps 2 episodes instead of 1 could've solved the problem of skipping a lot of important material or rushing everything by packing many too many threads of scenes into one episode of an anime adaptation. Anyway, which chapters cover events of this episode? |
| It's been SUCH a wild ride since I started the series back in January but wow!! I'm really gonna miss Chihayafuru. I don't know if I could survive waiting for 6 years for another season, man. |
| Holy shit, that last scene just set the foundations for Season 4. Taichi says, "I'll be there", looking forward, leaving a kind of double entendre about whether he's merely responding to Suou, or also spiritually to Arata. It looks like Chihaya and Taichi might be able to set aside their differences to answer Arata in this perfectly set up circle, with Chihaya saving Arata's karuta in Season 1, and now Arata responding in kind (thanks to @taupecity for this idea). Man, the subtext is just what I love about this show. They NEED to finish this. |
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| Being a manga reader, I just have one thing to say: I’m so disappointed with this episode |
SapertinnyMar 25, 2020 11:29 AM
MaahHeim said: Thanks for sharing the video! It didn't show up on my recommendations. I always find it so nice to see how many people are involved behind the scenes and their work... Like, we can't say that anime isn't an art form. As a manga reader I was disappointed with how the last episode turned out (expectations were high, and although I already knew they'd go up until a later chapter from the screenshots released for the last episode, I thought they'd do something different), but at the same time I'm well aware that the budget for Chihayafuru is never a lot (since it's a really niche anime and it never sells that well) and that everyone was doing their best to fit what they could of the story in the episodes they were given. It's amazing that we got a season 3 after so many years! Hahhh. But yeah! Ending on a bright note to give us hope for a season 4 for sure! Wishing real hard for the next one already! ♥ Sure, no problems! And I know right, it’s very pleasing to see how much care and effort goes into these productions. Anime is an art form through and through, there’s no doubt about that. Yeah, I know how niche this series, unfortunately, is. Season 3 was only made possible because of the dedicated fans of the franchise and possibly the Karuta Society in real life (since Chihayafuru has proven to be quite effective in pooling in casual fans of the sport and whatnot). Despite how much I yearn for more, I’d still come to terms if this is the last instalment of the anime franchise. Coming back after 6 long years itself is most gratifying for me, honestly, and I’ll be forever grateful to MadHouse for making this happen. You made a good point about trying to get as far ahead of the source material as possible due to limited budget. That really lightens my mild disappointment of the finale, so thanks for that! |
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| At least this ending of S3 much better than ending of S2 lol Looks like this was an epilogue of upcoming team match between Mizusawa vs Arata's team. I have a strong feeling that Taichi and Chihaya will come back in the club for Arata's sake because they been longing to play against Arata in a team match since S1. Overall great season A lot of memorable moments happened personally gonna give this a 10/10 |
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| hmmm that was a good episode to end it all...nice |
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| Season 4 when? 10/10 from me. |
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