Chihayafuru
1Kyo said: Definitely Chihaya x Arata. They are perfect together. Arata is the only character I could imagine going out with Chihaya, and Chihaya is the only one for Arata. Taichi is simply too... "normal". He doesn't share this irrational karuta obsession that Chihaya and Arata have. Instead, he is obsessed with Chihaya. I always liked Arata as a character and never understood why people didn't like him as much as I did. His important rule in combination with his absence made him feel more special and mysterious. I rejoice every time I get to see him and appreciate every second he is on screen. And he personifies the image of the most ideal karuta player in my eyes. Truth. Kipo0007 said: To be Honest Shinobu and Arata have more rivalry friendly relationship. I mean most from Shinobus side, since arata has been the only she has never been able to beat in her life. and Arata just respects her as a fellow karuta player.friennd and as the queen. They have their fun moments as friends but thats about it nothing special from either perspective. The one Shinobu-chan looks closer to is actually Suou-meijin. Speaking of relationships, what happened to the @ sensei in twitter several months back from one of the japanese fans asking whether *Hanano-chan has any role to play in helping Taichi get to like Chihaya again* when she completely brushed it off? It felt a bit awkward as if someone hit the nail? I saw similar reactions from other authors when readers actually read ahead of the story. It's more annoying that I cannot seem to find the tweet anymore. =_=" So, my guesses are: Guess 1: *Hanano-chan will try to bring Taichi's fading feelings return for Chihaya whether it's by telling him something or just dating him on a trial basis (we know Taichi is a Chad and someone who does "Trial" dating LMAO)* or Guess 2: *Hanano-chan has been slowly made into someone worthy of Taichi's affections. The moments like confronting Taichi's demonic mother (which I will say the first real moment when Taichi-mama started to change), allowing Taichi to break out of his cowardice and confess to Chihaya (no one could give him such a push - not even Kana-chan) and behind the scenes, her taking responsibility of the club left to die down after the departures of Taichi and Chihaya.* It's not over and either of the guesses may come true. I am leaning more towards the second guess though. |
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| I don't know if Arata and Shinobu will ever be a thing, but she does have a certain "possessiveness" and "protectiveness" for him. In a cute but very determined way! I could actually think she's crushing on him. And they look terribly cute together. Shinobu and Suou ain't my thing..... I just think their birds of the same flock, they care for eachother in their own weird way. They understand the loneliness of being up there, on top of Mount Fuji. And are waiting...... As for Arata and Chihaya.....is never was my cup of tea. But if they end up together can it really be at the finals??....that seems so meh. I mean really.....at least a timeskip with true every day stuff but as is stands, it feels like a bubble that could burst any moment. I prefer the guy that loves her for her "Baka wide open mouth" than her beautiful hakama. |
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| I prefer anyone with Chihaya instead of Arata |
| Well I prefer the guy that stood by her side and helped her reach that dream..... especially since she found out that team dynamics is what she really loves about karuta, thus her future plans for being an advisor/teacher being inspired by their 2 years of Mizusawa team. I also like how Chihaya didn't hesitate to ask serious advice from Taichi for what she should do, convincing her mother. I have a feeling that she still needs his support to do her best in the end. Anyways we'll see which kind of love Sensei really likes. She could easily make different endings and they both would be more than plausible, lol. |
chiakimagotoMar 21, 2020 5:39 AM
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Black_Sheep97 said: well Chihaya still cares about Taichi alot and vice verse and sure taichi has made mistakes bigs ones but he has only been mean to her in regards to her impulsive as opposed to his feelings until recently ofcourse. And Arata at the beginning of the series was also mean to Chihaya. Chihaya has also been very forceful with Taichi tryong to get him into kurata and wasnt really respectful for that. Chihaya is very pure and straightforward so even though she can be forceful, Taichi can still say no to her if he wants. On the other hand, he does things behind her back and hurts her by being sneaky and secretive. Fighting over her like a trophy? I understand the issue of this if he treated her like an object and was only attracted to her based on looks but it isnt its predicated on the fact that Chihaya is obsessed with kurata and one of the primary impetus for playing kurata and one of the ways to gain her affection is to be good at Kurata and play with her in the same way Arata did. It's more than getting close to Chihaya through karuta, Taichi thinks he needs to beat Arata in order to win Chihaya's heart. How was pretending to be her boyfriend awful, no one was troubled by that or hurt by it the only person in some sort of state of emotional duress was taichi as he was dealing with an insecurity through a lie associated with wish fulfillment that he has a feeling that can never be true. The dude is possessive as hell with a girl he's not even dating. What if someone was interested in you and I went and tell them to back off, would you be happy with that? Taichi simply had no right to interfere in Suo and Chihaya's relationship. ----------- Shinobu x Chihaya would be fun. |
| I think (unpopular opinion) Taichi is just rich, toxic jerk, thinking only about himself and his feelings. Also, he allowed himself into friendzone and act like a little child just because, he is seen as a friend, after a decade of... being friend. Arata is a hardworking genius, but also is shy, and not talking honestly witch Chichaya is something that makes him look bad in my eyes. |
| Everyone who supports Arata x Chihaya and hates Taichi obvious hasn't read or caught up to the manga yet. Just you wait. Taichi will SHINE!! |
BeatStriker said: Everyone who supports Arata x Chihaya and hates Taichi obvious hasn't read or caught up to the manga yet. Just you wait. Taichi will SHINE!! Except that a lot of us have read the manga, and we are still staying loyal to our ship. |
BeatStriker said: Everyone who supports Arata x Chihaya and hates Taichi obvious hasn't read or caught up to the manga yet. Just you wait. Taichi will SHINE!! Yeah , so true!!!! Taichi changed so much!! He becomes a bigger man!! Someone who went way out of his comfort zone! |
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wondergirl5 said: Fionavar said: Except that a lot of us have read the manga, and we are still staying loyal to our ship. WORD! Say it again sista! Being loyal to a ship is one thing, but talking trash about Taichi while he completely changed himself makes it look like you haven't read the manga. This is why Taichi's fanbase is bigger than Arata's fanbase. It's because of these Arata's fanboys who talk sh*t about Taichi when they don't know about him. The only thing they can think of is Taichi's bad ways at the first half of the mangas. As a matter of fact, currently in the manga, I think Taichi is a better person than Arata right now. Oh my, how the tides have turn :) |
BeatStriker said: Being loyal to a ship is one thing, but talking trash about Taichi while he completely changed himself makes it look like you haven't read the manga. This is why Taichi's fanbase is bigger than Arata's fanbase. It's because of these Arata's fanboys who talk sh*t about Taichi when they don't know about him. The only thing they can think of is Taichi's bad ways at the first half of the mangas. As a matter of fact, currently in the manga, I think Taichi is a better person than Arata right now. Oh my, how the tides have turn :) Oh dear.. No ones ever talked trash about Taichi lol. He can be a great character, still doesnt have to mean we have to like him tho. But I love that mentality of Taichi fans about how everyones sooo evil and always poking fun at them. Maybe they should sometimes look into the mirror. |
| There is a bit of toxicity in this thread. Yikes! So, I'm back after catching up with the anime. I have yet to read any further in the manga. I stay as a Taichi shipper. I have always shipped Taichi with Chihaya and that has never changed. Although, I wouldn't mind if Arata and Chihaya was the endgame either. This anime/manga series is incredible and amazing regardless of which couple is endgame lol. That scene in the 2nd last episode was so well done, despite being heartbreaking to watch. I feel like there is more effort put into the Taichi x Chihaya scenes rather than Arata x Chihaya, but that is a personal opinion. As people have seen in Hirunaka no Ryuusei, a first love can easily change just like that. I see Taichi as our secondary male lead rather than first. Chihaya has always had her eye on Arata but never saw Taichi more than a friend. I believe she can fall in love with Taichi if the mangaka wants that to happen. |
| Uhm, my first answer would be Taichi x Chihaya, but in the end I just want a happy end for the character I care for the most, doesn't matter with who or how and if Chihaya should be the endgame for him or not. Arata x Chihaya with the current knowledge I have about the characters is just a platonic romance and it can't be further because they don't know each other and have never cared to. I see that people call Taichi jealous and he is, and he is aware, and he doesn't act in his own jealousy impulses. He is far from a perfect human being but he has never acted inappropriate towards Chihaya or Arata (except that once when he threw a semiangered response at Arata and felt guilty immediately after), he has never acted against their free will or against their fate together. Somebody here says that he treats Chihaya as his property and my question is when and how because he's never interfered with her will beyond his duties as a captain in the club. Oh well, and that he hides information from Arata to Chihaya, which I think never happened (in the anime), except when he was an asshole as a kid and stole Arata's glasses I guess. I am not saying that he should totally be with Chihaya. I do want Chihaya to acknowledge and understand him and then decide and whatever decision that comes after that is good. On Arata... again I'm surprised that Taichi is supposedly so toxic for treating Chihaya as his property and then he gets a free pass for some reason? Okay, both are guilty of seeing (not treating, she is never mistreated by either of them) Chihaya as some kind of target but Arata just doesn't know her. Arata is still in love with an 8-year-old girl he once met. Very clear in the for instance. Also, both have toxic thoughts. Talking like it wasn't Arata the one that wished that Taichi wasn't there when he and Chihaya were playing, or like it wasn't him who started the awkward conversation about who does Chihaya belong to. They are not perfect characters and I like that but it's not like one is a saint and the other is a demon. It's not like one is sincere and the other is a liar and a hypocrite. Both are and both are decent enough to never act on their selfish feelings hurting other people in the process. |
jal90May 30, 2020 9:47 AM
| If Chihaya don't end up with Taichi I will be really damn sad...probably I will be sad for many years....I watch this anime since the first season came out...I fell in love with it right away...karuta is such a interesting game I really learned a lot about Japanese literature with this anime...the poems are really beautiful.... Why Taichi? Because I like his personality more he's more human his emotions are real...his love for Chihaya is way superior....I loved how Taichi grew as person and I relate with Taichi a lot....he's that character that always works hard and fails...I see myself in Taichi my hard work my dedication and life still fails on me....I think Taichi will grow even more now that he's away from Chihaya I think this time away from her he will learn to love himself more and put himself first more... I started reading the manga and I see that the only interesting part from me its Taichi and the Meijin arch... Arata he's an ok character but I don't like him very much...I think the relationship of Chihaya with Arata is not love...I think Arata needs Chihaya and vice versa for them to grow as people but I don't think they match well together as a couple...Chihaya affection for Arata is obviously just admiration and she seems him as her idol...someone to look up for but she's confusing that with love... Chihaya was an important person for Arata because it made him more open to others to socialize and make friends...he grew alot as a person thanks to her... Anyway I do think its possible Arata and Chihaya to be together ofc it depends of the mangaka wishes...but I also think its possible for Chihaya and Taichi be together...I have hopes they will be together...They are totally my favorite...if Taichi doesn't end up with Chihaya I hope he ends up with a beautiful and cute girl...but not Sumire u.u I don't like her that much... For me Arata is not an interesting character at all and all his archs are really boring I feel that Arata character development is only related with the game and not with his personality....Arata is not that perfect either and he's also really mean and jealous too but at least Taichi feels guilty about it and tries his best to improve himself as a person...to improve his toxic feelings and behaviors...in my opinion Taichi grew to become a better person than Arata...but that is just my opinion... Right now I just want Taichi to be happy...I just hope he have an happy ending even if he doesn't end up with Chihaya.... |
AnimangaGirlJun 16, 2020 4:58 PM
Saeedlfc said: I don't really care if Chihaya ends up with Taichi as long as the author doesn't do Arata's character dirty in the process. I mean, Arata was done dirty at the very beginning as soon as he had to move away from the rest of the cast and was relegated to being a side character ever since. |
Saeedlfc said: Lemurians said: I mean, Arata was done dirty at the very beginning as soon as he had to move away from the rest of the cast and was relegated to being a side character ever since. I feel like you're trying to take a dig at him, but I mean from this point on, I would have definitely liked to see more Arata near the beginning but I guess the author didn't want to because he was too OP at the sport. No, not meant to be a dig at him. I wish he was more prominent throughout the story than he was. Was kind of set up for failure (in terms of narrative and popularity) by being away from the main events of the series for so long. |
| it was clear arata is the one for chihaya since season 1. just feels bad for taichi, he deserves to be with her just as much but chihaya has already chosen. maybe i'll read the manga now that i finished season 3 and find out for myself. |
 The end of an era. Thank you Wit, Mappa and Isayama. Feeling half happy, half sad. Kawaii waifus and precious best girls <3333 |
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