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Chihayafuru

Rated 7.668 votes20113 seasons23mTV-14

Chihaya Ayase has spent most of her life supporting her sister’s model career. When she meets a boy named Arata Wataya, he thinks Chihaya has potential to become a great karuta player. As Chihaya dreams of becoming Japan's best karuta player, she is soon separated from her karuta playing friends. Now in high school, Chihaya still plays karuta in the hope that she will one day meet her friends again.

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First aired
Oct 5, 2011
Status
Ended
Network
Nippon TV
Episodes
74
Country
JP

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S1 E1: Now the Flower Blooms

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S1 E1 Now the Flower Blooms

Oct 5, 2011

Sixth grade was when Ayase Chihaya met Wataya Arata, the transfer student from Fukui. The shy and quiet Arata was hiding a surprising talent. He knew how to play the competitive karuta version of Ogura's Hundred Poets. Chihaya is stunned by the intensity Arata displays when playing karuta.

  1. 1Now the Flower Blooms
  2. 2The Red That Is
  3. 3From the Crystal White Snow
  4. 4A Whirlwind of Flower Petals Descends
  5. 5The Sight of a Midnight Moon
  6. 6Now Bloom Inside the Nine-fold Palace
  7. 7But for Autumn's Coming
  8. 8The Sounds of the Waterfall
  9. 9But I Cannot Hide
  10. 10Exchange Hellos And Goodbyes
  11. 11The Sky is the Road Home
  12. 12Sets These Forbidden Fields Aglow
  13. 13For You, I Head Out
  14. 14For There Is No One Else Out Here
  15. 15As Though Pearls Have Been Strung Across the Autumn Plain
  16. 16The Autumn Leaves of Mount Ogura
  17. 17World Offers No Escape
  18. 18The Plum Blossoms Still Smell the Same
  19. 19As the Years Pass
  20. 20The Cresting Waves Almost Look Like Clouds in the Skies
  21. 21As My Sleeves Are Wet with Dew
  22. 22Just as My Beauty Has Faded
  23. 23The Night is Nearly Past
  24. 24Nobody Wishes to See the Beautiful Cherry Blossoms
  25. 25Moonlight, Clear and Bright

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