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VioLink said: The main set back of being a sports anime is that it can't help being repetitive, so much so that you slowly start to wish the main character/main team will loose. I guess its the same as how in battle shounen you already know the protagonist is going to win. The crying bit is wasted on me too since Ive seen it so many times after every single match in this show. Its still above average compared to most shows airing I'll give it that. I'm not sure what you're basing "repetitive" on..The fact that they won? Have you not watched the past two seasons? The road to winning this championship was paved through a lot of losing and learning how to play as a team. New strategies and intricacies to their style of play were learned and developed every match, different people stepped up at different times when the team needed them, and finally here they were able to put everything together and inch out a win, in a VERY intense, well written, and flawlessly executed match. I don't see how there's any amount of repetition, it's not like they just go out and win every time Bleach style. I thought they did a good job of making us believe they could very easily lose. |
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ami7mina said: if anyone else noticed, I think that Nishida-san used Taichi or/and was guided by Taichi in a way because Taichi already know the cards that have been already read. Pretty sure they were using the technique Hokuo beat them with at the regional competition. |
| Watched episode 16 to 19, despite 16 being a recap. Those episodes were simply amazing and now we're off to the Individual Tournament, I'm surprised that they wrapped up the Team Championship Finals so quickly, it literally only started in episode 05. Hopefully, they'll be able to wrap up the Individual High School Championship by the end of it. I mean they have 6 more episodes to cover 15+ chapters or more I think....can't remember lol. |
AlexTheRiot said: VioLink said: The main set back of being a sports anime is that it can't help being repetitive, so much so that you slowly start to wish the main character/main team will loose. I guess its the same as how in battle shounen you already know the protagonist is going to win. The crying bit is wasted on me too since Ive seen it so many times after every single match in this show. Its still above average compared to most shows airing I'll give it that. I'm not sure what you're basing "repetitive" on..The fact that they won? Have you not watched the past two seasons? The road to winning this championship was paved through a lot of losing and learning how to play as a team. New strategies and intricacies to their style of play were learned and developed every match, different people stepped up at different times when the team needed them, and finally here they were able to put everything together and inch out a win, in a VERY intense, well written, and flawlessly executed match. I don't see how there's any amount of repetition, it's not like they just go out and win every time Bleach style. I thought they did a good job of making us believe they could very easily lose. I agree. And may I just add that this time the "Chihayafuru" card wasn't even included, so we didn't get the typical "Chihayafuru" comeback moment. Instead, they shifted the focus to the reader and other unpopular cards. And getting introduced to other cards for me was refreshing. |
| Do I have to say that this is one of the best episode from the entire two seasons so far....The scores say it all...Chihayafuru is slowly making its way to my top 5... |
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| I guess I was expecting too much, to expect Chihaya to hug Arata. -3- dam my fangirlness Overall, very nice episode. All dem feels~ (❁´◡`❁)*✲ﾟ* |
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| I cried so much this episode. This is the only show that can make me feel sympathy for the opponents. I cried when Chihaya talked to Arata. I don't even ship them but they're so freaking gorgeous omgggg CRYS 5/5 |
| wow wow intense to the end! Man... I was holding back tears when the group were crying and hugging one another after winning. Damn... I love watching Chihayafuru. |
| Feeling Down? Healing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXr0L4pOnV8 Soothing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UT3o_BBH61c Interesting https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0UpZnSjMko4 Female? Gotcha covered https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8cOqzku9zA ...yeah |
| YAAAAAY Omg so many feels. Intense and wondeful episode. |
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| There is no need to tell more This is the best episode of this season The poem describes Taichi perfectly |
| Just incredible. As i was reading through the latest Shingeki no Kyojin thread, someone wrote "Best Anime of the Year", and soon someone else disagreed saying that Chihayafuru is a bit better. I had never heard about Chihayafuru before, so i checked it out and im reeaaallly happy that i did. I guess i should thank that guy, since i ended up watching season 1 and all episodes of season 2 in the last two days. The words Taichi said at the "luck of draw" and the emotions which build up through the whole episode ... amazing |
| love the episode!!! finally Mashima kun's card was read!!!!!! he's been dying to get his card XD Chihaya goes for the win!! poor Rion ;( mashima kun's bad luck!! guess no more Ms Fujisaki boobs for you Eromu-kun :P Chihaya sees that they are the winner!!! better luck next time Rion this is what happens when you underestimate your opponent :P Chihaya and Mashima kun seeing Arata! she's crying ;( you should be ashamed of yourself Arata next episode is gonna be the singles!! Arata vs Za Queen!! man i fear season 3 is where we will get to see Chihaya path to becoming Za Queen. |
| Wow agree with everyone else, that was emotional and tense, with the least bit of useless flashback and cheering shout :) It doesn't change the fact that it was an asspull though. How can the opponents that were dominating them lose to them at the end? Even more so with Chihaya's injury. I'll tell you one simple thing about injury, pain, nerve, and brain. When we're hurt, our nerve will send the information to our brain, and there is this thing I forgot what it's called, will automatically force our body to stop to prevent the pain from getting worse, so what Chihaya did there was super unbelievable and fake, she got even more faster than before with her pain, it's totally unrealistic, especially when that's a wrist because it would be very pain to move your wrist. Taichi and Nikuman's victory is less unbelievable compare to Chihaya's, but still quite unbelievable. Author should stop making the team lose at the beginning just to create more tension, where is the season 1 good game sequences writing?? Now I am starting to dislike Chihaya more, she's annoying when she always cry. Crying after she won, crying after she met Arata. Okay I get that you want to cry, but cry silently, don't just COL (cry out loud) in public, that's.. shameless Edit: AlexTheRiot said: VioLink said: The main set back of being a sports anime is that it can't help being repetitive, so much so that you slowly start to wish the main character/main team will loose. I guess its the same as how in battle shounen you already know the protagonist is going to win. The crying bit is wasted on me too since Ive seen it so many times after every single match in this show. Its still above average compared to most shows airing I'll give it that. I'm not sure what you're basing "repetitive" on..The fact that they won? Have you not watched the past two seasons? The road to winning this championship was paved through a lot of losing and learning how to play as a team. New strategies and intricacies to their style of play were learned and developed every match, different people stepped up at different times when the team needed them, and finally here they were able to put everything together and inch out a win, in a VERY intense, well written, and flawlessly executed match. I don't see how there's any amount of repetition, it's not like they just go out and win every time Bleach style. I thought they did a good job of making us believe they could very easily lose. It was repetitive, the that 2 other matches which took 1 episode respectively. Met new opponent, opponent dominates for a while, Mizusawa make a comeback, opponent loses, and has gained more passion for karuta, and coach approves! By the way why the hell did that female coach changes so fast after the match? Lol that was like 160degree change. True, we did not see Mizusawa's victory coming, because it's so unrealistic and unbelievable, no doubt it's intense and touching, but them winning is.. you said it was flawlessly written? Wrong, it's full of flaw, first, how could the other 2 members of Mizusawa that lost, corner their opponent until there were only countable cards of difference at the end of their match? How did they manage to take the cards off their opponent who are A class players. The same goes for Taichi and Nikuman.. meh I am off to dinner now so I'll stop here |
ToG25thBaamJun 7, 2013 3:57 AM
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| I'm so happy... so so very happy. ;-; |
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| They actually won! What an impressive episode, for once he did had his card read! The ending was also quite touching! I wonder what Chihaya will do with her injury the next day with the individual matches. |
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| Too much awesome match for me , Mashima/Nichida THIS TIME U DID IT !! 20/20 for this.. <3 |
| I hate it when Arata makes Chihaya cry but I'm glad that they meet each other. |
| So good! Great pacing...suspense and joy. |
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| Fan-freaking-tastic. So glad they won. But dammit Arata you finally show up again and you barely talk. That sexy voice of yours is just going to waste. RAGEEEEEEEEEE. |
| Best episode of the series. Taichi~ |
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| YES!!!YES!!YES!!! Mizusawa comes from behind and wins. Champion's are complete without the vintage We are the Champions song. |
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| 5/5 As I was tense at the end, almost fantastic episode, I'm thinking a thought but it is not so strange, the episode is also reflect on the fact that Taichi addition to being good has finally had too much of his ass! :P Nice storytelling, but it was a little bit explanation fielded to throw in Chihaya and Nikuman! ^^" Excellent screenplay and the soundtrack. Curious to find out what happens between Chihaya and Arata and of course, with Shinobu. |
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| Yay! they won. Chihaya and Arata finally me I bet Taichi is gonna be so jealous lol. |
"I have been wielding a blade since before your were swimming around your father's scrotum." - Kurou |
| Congrats to Team Mizuzawa! I honestly love Kana's interpretation of each poem, how she waited for the reader to read the next verse. Btw, where's Shinobu? |
 "No matter how far you travel, you can never get away from yourself." -- Murakami Haruki |
| My feels. Go Mizusawa for winning! |
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| That was a really nice episode. For a little bit i doubted they would win even if it is pretty obvious they would, i am especially happy for Taichi he works so hard but his efforts don't pay off. I hope he has a happy ending with Chihaya he deserves it more than Arata since he is considerate and hard working, also in order for him to advance in Karuta he has to have much more confidence in himself and take some risks. I especially love how there isn't just one way to play Karuta, each individual tries to use his assets the best way he can and the result is so many diverse games each one gives you a glimpse inside the minds of the people playing it. Nice series great writing :) |
" Our lives are not our own. From womb to tomb, we are bound to others. Past and present. And by each crime and every kindness, we birth our future. " Cloud Atlas |
| This show is incredible. The way they slowly build up the intensity and emotions in the team matches is superbly done. One of the biggest strengths of the series is character development and we get to see a lot of that in Taichi. He's officially my favourite. Looking forward to see how the individual tournament goes. |
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| I don't get it how could they sync their cards. They can't affect what will the reader read anyways.. But it was a great ep. Teared up a bit. |
| Wow....great episode! Too bad they didn't show the last move....we just saw they covered their cards. |
| This was probably the best episode yet. So intense! And that epic soundtrack that played during Taichi's monologues, dayuum Glad they won 5/5 |
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| Thank gods! Not surprised, but I was still panicking. shanimebib said: A certain organ inside my body melted after seeing Chihaya in tears! OMG! This anime! Can never get enough of it! 10/10 for this season, and we are yet to see a quarter of this season! S3 is a must! I love how true this is. I want this as a tattoo or something. Just.. Just *~* Taichi <3 Also I was wondering if this was a low blow or is it illegal, but could Taichi have forced his opponent to fault and lose on a dead card? Or does it not work that way? Like could he have hit the hand protecting that last card? |
KaguyachinchinJan 3, 2016 11:27 PM
Well, I really cried for the first time this season. Perfect episode. 10/10 |
| Zenith of the Highest . MIZUSAWA wa FUJISAKI ~ !!! <3 <3 !! "Cresting waves , Storm blasts" . Enough of a difference . "To set the Tatsuka River ablaze" Seals the deal . IPPON DESU KA !! Synchronization . "I do not know where this love will take me" YOSSHHAA !! REJOICE ~ !!! <333 !! KATA !! KAMI-SAMA ARIGATO !! EXUBERANCE !! TRIUMPHANT VICTORY . PERFECT EPISODE . |
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| OMG they actually won ... epic episode ... |
| This is the most tensed I've been while watching this series. Like I was expecting Fujisaki to win anytime throughout the episode, but then Mizusawa actually won. |
| Loved the match, loved the episode, but my main issue of this season or all these matches in general is that they rely way too much on coincidences. Second issue is that its so damn slow, like this fucking bitch Kana needs to remind me of the poems, go eat a dick already you freak. Great Episode. |
| the intensity... yes they won.... Yosha....glued to the screen.... honestly I had doubts that they will.... |
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| Haikyuu with cards. I'm so glad this exists. |
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