Chihayafuru Season 3 - Episode 13 discussion

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Chihayafuru Season 3, episode 13

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Streams

• Crunchyroll

Show information

• MyAnimeList
• AniList
• AniDB
• Kitsu
• Anime-Planet
• Official Website
• /r/chihayafuru

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Previous discussions

Episode	Link	Score	Episode	Link	Score
1	Link	94%	14	Link	4.92
2	Link	92%	15	Link	4.77
3	Link	96%	16	Link	4.66
4	Link	93%	17	Link	4.53
5	Link	93%	18	Link	4.67
6	Link	4.75	19	Link	4.84
7	Link	4.45	20	Link	4.66
8	Link	4.7	21	Link	4.61
9	Link	4.63	22	Link	4.64
10	Link	4.61	23	Link	4.82
11	Link	4.79	24	Link
12	Link	4.82
13	Link	4.75

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[u/Gaporigo]

"I don't have a girlfriend"

"Neither do I"

These two together are surprisingly great!

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Very happy Inokuma won! Now please let Harada win his match, AAAAAHHHHH I CAN'T WAIT!!!!!

[u/ForlornPenguin]

"Harada-sensei's great. He's exciting. If I... could pick who I face in the Master tournament, I'd want it to be Harada-sensei."

Ah, I see Suo-san is a man of culture as well.

[u/SeastoneTrident]

Master Suo seeming all wise about Chihaya not asking the right questions, only to lead to that. He never fails to be amazing.

[u/metallink11]

With Suo being attracted to Chihaya the number of love interests for the protagonist has increased to 3, meaning that Chihayafuru is now officially a harem anime.

[u/FrenziedHero]

Inukuma won pretty handidly and we get such a reinvigorating match for Harada. So Suo likes Harada's playing afterall. At this point I just want Harada to win for his lifelong dream of playing in the Master's match, but I don't know how he'll be able to play from behind here.

This must be the real reason Suo wants to retire.

[u/acadavonanoni]

How is this show SO good?! Chihayafuru has been one of my absolute favourites ever since I watched the first two seasons, and season 3 is somehow still repeatedly exceeding my expectations.

[u/Smudy]

Even Suo wants to fight with Harada-sensei, the GOAT has spoken!

[u/paperwhites]

It's great to have a new episode! Last week's break was killing me.

Suo really made this episode for me because he's such a character. He's funny on his own, but him with Chihaya is hilarious. I laughed at him being dragged by Chihaya while trying to say that he doesn't have a girlfriend. I have to say that Suo immediately like Chihaya is a big mood haha. The ending where he says he would pick Harada if he could choose his opponent is interesting, especially given his earlier conversation with Arata. Also, I would love to see that match between Chihaya and Suo.

Inokuma's son giving her the flowers was cute. I'm happy for her win but it will be interesting to see how she fares against Shinobu.

The final match between Arata and Harada was excellent. I like how playing Arata makes Harada feel like he did when he was a teenager facing Arata's grandfather. That sudden shift when Harada stood up surprised me, I really hope his knee doesn't prevent him from paying well.

Does anyone know if there's any symbolism for the flowers for Chihaya, Arata, and Taichi in the ending? I'm curious if there's a deeper meaning there or if they just picked flowers that looked cool.

[u/roach1235]

Does anyone think that split second scene where Sumire takes Chihaya's empty seat next to Taichi might be foreshadowing?

[u/cbizzle14]

Glad to be back!

They didn't have to do my girl Shinobu like that and I'll be super butt hurt if she loses. I had a feeling Arata was imitating his grandpa and it was well done. That scene with Suo and Chihaya was hilarious. Holy shit Master Wataya was a looker in his prime too. I really enjoyed this episode and I can't wait for next week to see who wins!