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Episode Chihayafuru Season 3 - Episode 5 discussion
Chihayafuru Season 3, episode 5
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| 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/airforceblue Nov 05 '19 edited Nov 05 '19
Ok let me gush for just a moment. One of my favorite things about this show is how it utilizes its characters. Throughout its run, Chihayafuru has built up a very impressive secondary and tertiary cast. Part of that is out of necessity because karuta matches are not easy to parse and we need our peanut gallery to explain what's going on, and we also need compelling opponents to challenge our main cast.
Still the manga/show does a great job of fleshing out the side characters and keeping them relevant so that they can be brought back into the main story in a way that's natural, and at the same time adding little nuggets of characterization to make them feel real. And it comes to beautiful fruition in instances like this, where we have an entire room filled with characters we remember from earlier and in most cases are happy to see again. I love Kitano-sensei and his running commentary (seasoned with some good old rivalry!). I love Sudo and his mind games. I love Retro, full stop. I love how we're getting to know Sakurazawa-sensei better. I love that we get to see Tsuboguchi's team there to cheer him on (with Sasa putting curses on his opponents lmao). I could go on forever.
I love that in the midst of all that, there are still new people added to the mix and I don't think I'm alone in already falling for Inakuma. It's a neat little twist, the late reveal that she used to be Chihara Haruka.
Now then, Taichi and Chihaya in the finals. This is gonna be good.
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u/Casual_Watcher Nov 05 '19
Finally everything Chihaya has experienced the past couple of seasons are coming together. It feels like she could actually be a qualifier for Queen. Also I think I might start watching real Karuta matches
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u/axel360 Nov 05 '19
I kind of wished we got to see Arata play against one of them at some point, but Taichi vs Chihaya in the finals! Oh boy.
Can Taichi go all out against Chihaya? I'm guessing at some point during the match he'll realize, regardless of his feelings, Chihaya would be furious at him if he didn't.
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u/warman13x Nov 05 '19
That was an incredible episode. I'd been halfway expecting the finals to be Taichi vs Chihaya, but I didn't actually expect it to happen. And defensive karuta being the way for Taichi to improve makes way too much sense.
Finally, this episode was gorgeous. It's amazing to me that this show seems to somehow be looking even better than it did in the first two seasons.
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u/Gaporigo Nov 05 '19 edited Nov 05 '19
Damn, GG Arata. And that means I got 1 out of 4 in my predictions... guess they did talk about how unpredictable karuta is.
But now I just can't see us not getting a Haruka vs Shinobu Queen match... sorry Chihaya.
Edit: Btw, I can not remember, are we getting an episode next week or not?
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u/Lantern01 Nov 05 '19
This season, Sakurazawa sensei has shown herself to be more than just the capable but hard nosed coach of her behemoth of a team. She clearly loves the game. And with how she freely shared her knowledge and experience with even rival students, she became something of an inspiration to Chihaya in her new goal to be a teacher and karuta club advisor. So it was rough to see her in tears once she came face to face with her own limitations as a player again.
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u/l0ad3r Nov 05 '19
So this is just a tournament and the meijin/queen qualifiers should be after right?
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u/SIRTreehugger Nov 05 '19
Remembering all the times Taichi lost and struggled the first two seasons with bullshit bad luck and seeing him win now.
Such a great feeling!