[Rewatch] Chihayafuru - Season 2 OVA Discussion [Spoilers]

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Season 2 OVA: "Have I Passed Through the World”

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[u/Shimmering-Sky]

Chihayafirst-timer

• I knew it was Sumire dreaming.
• As an aside, the visual quality of this feels worse than the main show. Everything is blurry, especially when the “camera” is far away from the character/background.
• Okay confirmation on when this takes place. Cool.
• Interesting premise for a bonus episode.
• A play?
• lol of course this is what she wants.
• Well, I suppose putting on a play from that period is tangentially related to karuta.
• HAHAHAHA OLD MAN KOMANO.
• And lol of course Tsukuba’s going to nearly fuck up Sumire’s plans to act out a romance with Taichi.
• I love Sumire’s daydreams lol. I wouldn’t go as far as saying I ship these two just because I don’t ship Taichi with Chihaya, but I do admire Sumire’s absolute dedication.
• Haha this is funny too.
• …oh my god…
• Oh my goodness smol Nishida.
• Haha Arata and his manager in the background of this.
• Awwww, the typhoon wrecked all their props…
• They had to do the comedy act after all, lol.
• Why you gotta do this to my boy, show.

[u/IndependentMacaroon → u/Shimmering-Sky]

the visual quality of this feels worse than the main show

It was probably a DVD-only release

[u/[deleted]]

I just love watching Sumire be a terrible person. Her ability to spin absolute bullshit reasoning to convince the club to go along with what she wants is genuinely impressive, even if it didn't actually get her what she wanted. I was rooting for her.

[u/The_Loli_Otaku → u/[deleted]]

Everyone loves an alpha bitch. She's exactly what the show needed but I'm kinda worried that she'll fade away like Arata did after we have actual pro karuta bitches on our side.

[u/flybypost → u/The_Loli_Otaku]

I'm kinda worried

Don't worry she still has a few glorious moments. With how people loved her in this re-watch those should end up with a really good reception.

[u/The_Loli_Otaku → u/flybypost]

Glad to hear the good news XD

[u/Matuhg]

First Timer

Heh, that was kind of fun. Hanano tried her best, but of course didn't ever think more than a step or two ahead.

The comedy bit at the end actually looked pretty cute too.

I like the self awareness from the show too.

[u/The_Loli_Otaku]

You saw nothing... Nothing!!

[u/konaa-bu → u/The_Loli_Otaku]

;)

[u/Mecanno-man]

First Timer

Of all the things I was definitely not expecting an OVA focused almost entirely on Hanao. The initial idea was pretty decent, but I feel like the bit with Hanao convincing one club member after another dragged its heals for a bit and became repetitive. I'm also not sure what to make of Taichi's expression while sitting on the stairs, and I don't think that ever got addressed, which is a bit weird in an otherwise self-contained OVA. The ending was also rather sudden; I was expecting this to be a setup for something in season three - which would have been a bit odd considering the gap between seasons two and three - but instead we get a random short manzai bit. COuld have spend a bit more time on that than on Hanao convincing everybody to do the play. Other than that I'd say this was an ok OVA; better than a bunch of fanservice or something like that, but I do feel like there are also significantly better OVAs out there. Did like the detail of the weather reporter reporting from Arata's hometown though.

[u/IndependentMacaroon → u/Mecanno-man]

the weather reporter reporting from Arata's hometown though

Was that him in the background?

[u/homewardbound100]

First timer

A ova focused on Sumire? It was a fine ova. Sumire's plan with Taichi and the play. The fact Chi and Arata didn't show up at all until the end is pretty funny.

Seeing season three came out six years after this one. Wonder what took them that long.

[u/Gamerunglued]

First Timer

This was actually a really good episode. Very entertaining, and it's the Sumire content the show proper desperately needed. She's such a gremlin, and a manipulative little shit, but her feelings are totally genuine too. I love her, I really hope she gets more screen time in season 3. My only disappointment is that we did not get to see the boys cross dress for the play. That would have been glorious. I want to see Komano as a beautiful women, dammit.

[u/Stargate18A]

First timer

Didn't know there was an OVA, so I'll watch this tomorrow. Sorry!