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| that was quick......but i hate the love triangle. too annoying. |
tofupika said: I get why people think Arata's reason for quitting are good and all, but I still think it's just kinda silly. If I was gunning to become worlds #1 violinist and my mom who supports and helps teach me stuff died during a competition, I think I'd feel more obligated to become #1 then I would to quit right there and relapse into a corner to waste away in. Also, I think the guy's a little socially retarded. If he still wanted to be friends why'd he need to be such a dick to Chihaya. I mean sure seeing her probably reminds him of karuta AKA his dead grandpa who is dead, but still. When it was your responsibility to be with a sick person with whom you know ANYTHING could happen ANYTIME, and at such a particular time you leave him, to make him proud of what you could do and achieve, FOR HIM, and THAT is exactly when that person DIES... Heck, you are BOUND to feel guilty. Arata had full rights to quit the one thing he loved the most at that particular moment. According to him, if he had stayed, he could have helped his grandfather with the sudden stroke. Or at least have been with him in his passing moment. If he had been there at that time, he would have continued with such headstrong determination that he'd have been famous already. Because the passing of his grandfather before his eyes was like his grandpa leaving a legacy and an inheritance to him. It is right. BUT, BECAUSE Arata was NOT there at that moment, that very A Class that he had achieved felt like a curse. The curse that he felt killed his grandfather, and to him, it was in such an ironic manner too. Just LOOK at the situation. He had closed himself off. Now you may question that he was dumb to have gone on like that for 4 years. Well, except for his grandfather, I don't think his parents cared much about his karuta. It hasn't been shown. His neighbour, Yuu, understood that this was his decision, and it wasn't a territory she could invade. There was nobody and nothing to make him move on from that moment. When Chihaya came though, it became an entirely different situation. He found the memories he had chosen to forget. He found the determination that he had lost in HER eyes. He realised that he was living FOR someone (Chihaya mentioning he felt like a karuta god). Chihaya and Taichi, both, made him realise that it was HIS time now to be what his grandfather had been - a master, and maybe even surpass him and make him proud. Orulyon said: The only mistake Arata did was to try to cut his ties with Taichi and Chihaya. That was his only mistake. But the part of stop playing Karuta, you cannot blame him. I totally agree with that. In distancing himself from Karuta, he became more stubborn than he intended to and pushed Chihaya and Taichi away. I guess those two made his fears come alive subconsciously. Happiness and guilt at the same time. He had already decided to let Karuta go. But the sudden confrontation was like shock-therapy. And it worked. :) Anyway, YES, Tachi and Chihaya moment. Pure Epic! I LOVED how Taichi goes on about love with so many long pauses. And how his eyes keep shifting to Chihaya, just the way it did when he was a child. His love for her still remains. DarthObsidian said: I feel kind of bad for Taichi's girlfriend, dating a guy who is trying to get into another girl's pants. If he's going to pursue another girl he should at the very least have the decency to end things with his current girlfriend instead of leading her on and essentially trying to cheat on her. DUDE, he's NOT trying to get into her pants! Eegh! That just sounds so wrong! He's not desperate! Remember that Chihaya had been out of his life for quite a few years and suddenly made a reappearance. His feelings for her have come through again. His girlfriend is there for him, to ease his lonliness, to give him company. Whatever their romance level. But to him, Chihaya has always been special. Right from when he became protective of her since Arata's appearance. The whole "cheating" thing is such a social stuckup idea. It's not the right word to use here. I don't know how to explain it right, but, ah! Give Taichi some space! His old feelings are resurfacing and overwhelming him. He's sorting himself out. He's realising that no matter how many girls he may go out with, his heart won't find the kind of peace it does when he's with Chihaya, despite the fact that "he's not having fun with her" or with her constantly "pissing him off". Yes, despite all those irksome behaviours, he still finds comfort in being with her. His only main threat, is Arata. :P But then again, you can see that Chihaya is so much "in respect" with Arata. :)) LOL. She idolizes him. He has already given her a place as the queen, an aim to follow through, her worth in the world. Without Arata, she'd be nothing. At least, that's what she feels. She's the kind of character who feels aimless (seen in many animes) but the arrival of Karuta and Arata was her turning point. And what a fire it burned in her too!! Let's see how this develops! I am TOTALLY loving the character development, the plot, the movement, the psychologies. It's brilliant!! I Salute the Mangaka!! |
KundaliniNov 2, 2011 11:33 AM
| _____ _ _ ______ Within pain, there is desire. _____ _ _ ______ |
| Seriously, sometimes when you read the summary to a show you go, "eh? meh" and then the show is so brilliant in every single way it blows you away. What a rollercoaster, no time wasted at all, and this being a full season! The little details packed in here like the letter notes and the hands almost touching were beyond awesome. I love Chihaya more with every episode. She was so great here, equally forward and shy and still in character. I even like the love triangle, despite the fact that I usually hate them crummy love triangles with a passion. I will now pick up my pool of drool and go rewatch this episode. |
| Loving Chihaya <3. |
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| I feel bad for Taichi... Anyway, lovely episode. |
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| I love every single episode so far. The animation is well done and the color palette is so pretty and warm as usual. I was disappointed that Arata had quit playing karuta though but the ending made me hopeful. But all in all, great episode, I especially loved Taichi here, he's a cutie. I'm excited for the future episodes! I'm hopeful for some new characters to be introduced that will join the karuta club. |
| I don't know, I think this series has lost some steam after episode 2. It feels so incredibly melodramatic that the emotions don't ring true for me and that cheesy chase scene at the end didn't help matters. |
| "Yes, I have been deprived of emotion. But not completely. Whoever did it, botched the job." - Geralt of Rivia |
insan3soldiern said: I don't know, I think this series has lost some steam after episode 2. It feels so incredibly melodramatic that the emotions don't ring true for me and that cheesy chase scene at the end didn't help matters. THANK YOU! I restate again, that last scene made no sense whatsoever |
| Even when I was in crowd, I was always alone |
| I think Arata will start playing again due to Chihaya's influence but i do believe his reason is valid because wouldn't anyone blame them selve if theyre grandpa died doing the thing he loved? |
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| like that scene when Chihaya grabbed Arata's back ... while Taichi trying to hold her hand.. and I'm so happy to see teenager Arata, so cooL .. megane♥ |
| Such a wonderful episode, and some really thought provoking posts from other viewers. A couple of them touch on personal issues, so I'll jump in briefly. When I was in grade 8, I was looking forward to a sports tournament that was being held over a weekend. I was pretty good at the sport, had formed a team with my friends, and fully expected to have a great time over the three days it was being held. Unfortunately my grandmother died two days before the tournament and of course I had to drop out. That in itself is nothing exceptional, we had expected her death, she had been in the hospital as a result of a second stroke for several weeks, and I had no difficulty with understanding the obligations of family mourning--I was even the only grandchild who went to the viewing at the funeral home. However, I still felt guilty because I had not gone to the hospital while she was sick. Probably as a consequence, I gave up that sport--never played it again while I was in middle or high school, and have only played it two or three times as an adult. I can totally understand the sort of reaction that Arata had. As for Taichi and Chihaya, during my first two years of university, I twice fell in unrequitted love with the same girl in consecutive years (we were on the same residence floor) and was twice rejected on the same day (November 11). I was consigned to the friend zone and we continued to be close socially and hang out in the same group but that was it. A couple of years later I had put myself back together and was in a serious relationship with my future wife when I happened to be walking home late one night with my college friends. At one point the first girl linked her arm in mine and we walked together that way until back at the house. It just about punched my heart out of my chest and all I could think of was whether she was signaling something other than friendship (even though by that time I pretty well knew that I was the wrong gender to ever be anything more to her). I was several years older than Taichi, well beyond adolescence and hormonal storms, and still thrown for a loop by the sudden reappearance of a romantic possiblity--however unlikely. I don't blame Taichi a bit. As for Chihaya, I just don't think she's thought about romance or relationships much yet. Despite her looks, she's still pretty backward socially (hence the chocolate for the doctor). |
Please don't feed the trolls! In my next life I want to collide at the corner with the cute transfer student carrying a piece of toast in her mouth...rodac |
DarthObsidian said: Maybe "get into her pants" wasn't the best way to phrase it, but the point is that Taichi wants to be with Chihaya, that's an obvious fact. I just think it's completely unfair and inconsiderate to his girlfriend that he keeps seeing her even though his heart really isn't in it and he clearly wants to be with someone else instead. If I had a girlfriend, and an old crush of mine came back into my life and stirred up old feelings, and I clearly felt like I wanted to be with my crush more than anyone else, I wouldn't keep leading my girlfriend on and keep seeing her even though my heart wasn't in it. I would say "Sorry, but I can't be with you anymore. I like you and all, but I like this other girl even more and it wouldn't be fair for me to keep seeing you if all I can think about is this other girl" or something like that. But that's just my humble opinion. Sure, your point is right. It's wrong of him to lead his girlfriend on. But the fact is, despite the quick pacing of this show, there hasn't been much time between Chihaya and Taichi since they entered high school. What we've seen so far is more about their childhood than their high school life. They've barely met; Chihaya only caught a glimpse of his girlfriend and then she ran off that day, and then Taichi visited her at her Karuta club after quite a few years (since he's taken up football), and that's when Chihaya made Class A. And then because Arata sounded strange, she dragged him to Fukui. During this while, Taichi's feelings for her have slowly re-entered. That whole wanting to hold her hand part, was him deciding for himself whom he cared about more - his girlfriend (whom he realised on the train he didn't love) or Chihaya (on whom his eyes kept flickering back to). :) I'm pretty sure that Taichi's the kinda guy who WOULD break up with his girlfriend before moving on to pursue Chihaya. Although it's obviously hard to come out honest, cos you're afraid to cause hurt. Let's see what happens. If he's a "coward" (as Arata keeps saying, LOL) then we would see him "cheating" on his gf. But if he mans up, then we'll probably see that breakup happening soon. :) Since he asked Chihaya if she loved someone, I'm hoping that he'll want to keep himself free just in case he's able to stir up feelings in her for him. But then again, his competitor (for Chihaya's attention), Arata, has come back, so we'll be seeing him go through a lot of mixed and dubious emotions. rodac said: ...Probably as a consequence, I gave up that sport--never played it again while I was in middle or high school, and have only played it two or three times as an adult. I can totally understand the sort of reaction that Arata had. ... I was several years older than Taichi, well beyond adolescence and hormonal storms, and still thrown for a loop by the sudden reappearance of a romantic possiblity--however unlikely. I don't blame Taichi a bit. As for Chihaya, I just don't think she's thought about romance or relationships much yet. Despite her looks, she's still pretty backward socially (hence the chocolate for the doctor). Yeah.. You stop something out of guilt and if you don't have anyone or anything to make you go back to it, you'd eventually lose touch with it. You'll remember it as something you were good at. Maybe even regret it at some point. I hope you don't. I hope you've forgiven yourself. :) About that girl, I feel bad for you... Unrequited love is just soo... crushing! I've had my share, but I don't think I could call them "love". I never went that far with my heart. Now that I have, and it's not unrequited, I feel like I'm on a whole new level altogether. I hope you're happy with your wife now. (Bless you both, :] ) I hope you can ignite better sparks between you two. :) As for Chihaya, yeah, she's still a kid who's found her ambition through Arata in Karuta. She became so single minded, that she hasn't looked beyond Karuta in her heart. It's gonna be a shock to her and hard to digest when she'll be confronted with such a situation. She'll suddenly realise that perhaps there IS a part of her that wants someone too. I just hope it's not gonna be that because Arata and Taichi are joined by Karuta to her that she'll fall in love with both of them. I'd like to see her character development at that stage. :) Ah, this series is beautiful. :D There's just so much to think about! To talk about! |
| _____ _ _ ______ Within pain, there is desire. _____ _ _ ______ |
| Seriously , this an anime about Japanese card came ! Why is it soo entertaining then ?! XD |
| I really cant wait till next episode! This one was so cute! Glad that Arata dont hate her :3 Those notes from Chihaya to herself were awesome xD |
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| Arata's story remind me of myself when i lost my usb which contained all the pictures i took since i started my photographing hobby.. they were my everything.. that usb was my life and future.. but once its gone, i couldnt touch my camera at all till two years later.. =__= it still hurts and am barely moving forward.. well.. the train scene is so nice.. especially when Arata said "i didnt want you to see what i have become, but i really missed u" T_T.. |
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| Chihaya is so pretty~ Poor Taichi, trying so hard to find a way to get Chihaya's attention. I think he's my favorite for now... I don't mind the card game...much...but I hope to see some romance soon. XD |
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| This just gets better and better. |
| I was tearing up learning about Arata's grandpa, didn't expect to tear up at all but there you go. Good music helps. Team Taichi here. It's a bit annoying how Chihaya is always all Arata Arata Arata, makes me feel so bad for Taichi. :( Also, I agree that Chihaya is very immature. I don't think romance registers at all to her. One of these days something's gonna happen like Taichi confessing to her, and she's going to be very fucking confused. |
DropletNov 4, 2011 9:20 PM
| Great episode as usual. The only thing I hope they do less of are those sudden growing of petals/leafs from the sides of the screen during "emotional" moments. It makes the situation look.... unreal and forced like when Chihaya meets Arata at the bottom of that slope, petals spring up..... Or on the train when she was crying towards the end.... Still, overall an excellent show. I like the energy Chihaya exudes. |
| I've got to say, this season appeared pretty boring to me. Guilty Crown, Un-Go, Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai, Shakugan no Shana, Persona 4, nothing really appealed to me. But then I discovered this diamond needle in the haystack, and holy crap, I've been loving every moment of it. Love to see what's to come. |
| In this episode: Taichi's an opportunistic douchebag, and Arata's a regular douchebag. Still, ARATA ALL THE FUCKING WAY. |
Droplet said: I was tearing up learning about Arata's grandpa, didn't expect to tear up at all but there you go. Good music helps. Team Taichi here. It's a bit annoying how Chihaya is always all Arata Arata Arata, makes me feel so bad for Taichi. :( Also, I agree that Chihaya is very immature. I don't think romance registers at all to her. One of these days something's gonna happen like Taichi confessing to her, and she's going to be very fucking confused. You said exactly what I wanted to say. I really do feel bad for Taichi. He's all nice to her, and all she seems to care about is her dear Arata. Don't get me wrong, I like Arata. What I don't like is how Chihaya seems to only care about him. Also, when Taichi was about to hold her hand, and she just went and pulled Arata from the bike, I felt so bad for him. @ Panaru, I don't really see how either of them are douchebags. I don't see it at all. |
I am a sucker for romance!!!! ] |
| i superlove this anime!!! taichi was so cute when he blushes..reminds me of kazehaya.. i was so excited seeing the grownup arata..his voice become really deep and suave anyway, i cant forget this ep. since it made me cry!!! T__T |
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| One of my candidates for best anime this season. If it keeps getting better and better after every episode like it has been doing so far, oh my, I can see good things |
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| I'm loving this show... It's so sweet. |
wetpantsu said: Chihaya forcing Arata to play when something's obviously wrong was being too selfish. I like her personality as she is now, but I do hope she'd mature just a little bit. No, I don't think that's it. I think that Chihaya knew that something was up with Arata, and the last time she saw him, he was crying with happiness and thanking her and Taichi for playing karuta with him. So she figured that karuta would be a good way to cheer him up. It was poor judgment, but it wasn't selfish. As for Chihaya neglecting Taichi... well, Arata's the one in trouble, and Taichi has a stable life and a girlfriend. Perhaps Chihaya feels that Arata needs her more than Taichi does right now. I love the main trio of this anime. Characterisation looks really strong, the anime is very pretty, and I could very nearly feel tears welling up in my eyes in episode 5, but there were plenty of light and gun moments too. Considering that I've only cried during one anime, and almost cried during another two, and this series is just getting started... well, let's hope the series keeps its momentum going! |
| Lovely episode!!! :D ♥ |
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| This anime is good and everything but i think they were pushing the drama to much and trying to hard in places overdoing it. Though the drama was done well in other places such as the flashback of the death of his grandfather you actualy cared at this point and other places, but they just overdid it in others. Im also not a fan of grabby guys that grab onto girls and pull and try to force them places just because the guy wants to do something like Taichi did to Chihaya, tbh hes also one of those guys that dates some girl while hes still constantly chasing after someone else and only looking at the other person and would drop everything with his girlfriend to do a single thing for the other girl. So if Chihaya innocently asked Taichi to do something but it conflicted with something with his girlfriend Taichi would blow off his girlfriend for Chihaya in an instant and make up a lie. That is the sort of person he is and it kind of makes him a crappy person along with the grabby pushy thing. I also wish Chihaya would stop bringing every little thing back to karuta, i know this show is based off it and the 3 of them but not every little thing is about karuta or should be brought back to it such as at the end when Arata was cycling next to the train trying to shout to them Chihaya says "Im so glad, he doesn't hate it! It's not that Arata hates karuta anymore!" i mean come on really you need to bring it back to karuta again here? Arata misses them as friends thats why he chased them but all she thinks about is karuta at this point? |
DragoonDeusNov 8, 2011 7:27 AM
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| I love how they managed to build everything up towards this moment. Although the whole idea behind it is kinda cliché, I still liked it. Can't wait to see the next episode. |
Slicer22 said: (...)Chihaya says "Im so glad, he doesn't hate it! It's not that Arata hates karuta anymore!" i mean come on really you need to bring it back to karuta again here? Arata misses them as friends thats why he chased them but all she thinks about is karuta at this point? LOL. Good point. I agree. Also, i thought it was sweet of Arata not to scream just Chihaya´s name, but he also called for Taichi. It was sweet to know that Taichi is also an important friend to him. (ok i guess if he only called Chihaya´s name it would be more like a love confession, not a friendship, lol). |
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| Oh! come on Arata is just being stupid. First even we accept his reason for not playing anymore there is no reason for him to act hostile and like an idiot. That alone is irritating as fuck. Second his overreacting like hell about his grandpa. So what? He was an old man with health problems his death was something to be expected. A simple natural thing. So what if he was out playing Karuta at the time? Was seeing him dieing so important? |
Monad said: Second his overreacting like hell about his grandpa. So what? He was an old man with health problems his death was something to be expected. A simple natural thing. So what if he was out playing Karuta at the time? Was seeing him dieing so important? without offense, but are you human? because even animals get depressed when a friend of them dies=_= perhaps you dont know the meaning of true attachment? Arata´s grandpa was like a father to him or even more important to him than his absent mother. He was not just a crappy old fart grandpa. When the most important person to you dies, come to this thread and re-think of what u just said. Just because a person is old and we´re expecting the person to die at any moment, although we are prepared, doesnt mean we will not suffer and that we will follow the behavior we thought we would. Perhaps 20% of the people smiles and moves on, but i can assure you 80% of people enters in depression. I hate people who judge other people´s situations without thinking about how the other person feels. Everyone has their own way to deal with pain, for Arata was to be emo. and he has the right to. period. No offense was intended. Everyone has their own opinions, but for god´s sake, at least dont call stupid to Arata, because in case you havent noticed in the beginning of the thread there are people saying that would react like that, and even people saying that went through those type of situations and did the same. So somehow, you just called them all stupid. dude, that was so not nice. |
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| At least we know now that Arata will be up on his feet again. |
| Huh, first ep i teared up in. Seems like things are picking up from here on! |
| First things first: TAICHI!!! You came so close to holding her hand, I was pretty much screaming DO IT DO IT AND THEN YOU TRIED AND THEN HE CAME T_T Poor Taichi ♥ ANYWAYS ARATA LOOKS EXACTLY THE SAME LOL. Except his voice is so deep now OTL Ah, so his grandpa, huh ... well, that really sucks :S Well at least it looks like he's gonna start trying again ... YES KURATA CLUB!!! Should be awesome XD Man, marathoning this shouldn't be so easy for me haha XD |
| Wow! Such a great episode! I cried as Yuu was explaining what happened to Arata's grandpa...so sad! I hope Arata moves on and perhaps plays karuta in his grandpa's honor. |
| I swear Taichi looks like Sailor Uranus from Sailor Moon! Or is it just me who thinks that? |
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