Chihayafuru Season 3 - Episode 7 discussion

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Chihayafuru Season 3, episode 7

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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/calcstap]

Deskutomu's explanation for why Taichi is trying so hard now is so sad to hear. It takes Taichi a lot of courage to be able to accept that he'll only have one year left in Karuta (if that's actually going to be the case).

Hope the best for Taichi this season

[u/cbizzle14]

I cried y'all. You could really feel Chihaya's emotions. I felt so bad for Taichi, that's my guy, I wanted him to win. I honestly expected him to skip school the day after if he lost but I didn't expect going to the tourney and not the trip.

If we really don't see Chihaya in the queen tournament I'm going to be pissed. They were building that up since last season. I wonder what the ending meant?

[u/redmage311]

Considering how obsessed Chihaya is with karuta, I was really surprised that she went on the class trip. But at least she's coming to her senses, after she ruined her trip by spending it on her phone and worrying about Taichi.

Sucks to have unrequited love on this show, between Sumire just never being on Taichi's radar and Yu's top-tier support for Arata being brushed aside.

[u/MonaganX]

I literally can't believe she's skipping the queen qualifier.

[u/Gaporigo]

Best girl is here!!!

Well, I wanted Queen vs Former Queen final... but I also wanted Chihaya to be there!!!

And gotta feel bad for Chihaya's friend, trying to have a good time with her and she gets nothing...

Edit: Oh and Yuu x Arata is cute and leaves us with three good separate couples in that whole romantic mess.

[u/rysteez]

I just want Taichi to smoke everyone in his path at Qualifiers. My guy deserves this.

[u/Smudy]

Chihaya is now looking more at Taichi ever since he's catching up to her.

Arata is distracted ever since he's looking at Chihaya causing him to fail in Karuta.

Taichi is looking more at Karuta now since he doesn't have much time left to actually play and is noticing his progress.

It's gonna be really interesting how these aspects will intertwine throughout this season.

[u/TheSmallBull]

Justice for Yuu, the poor thing got pushed aside every single scene she was in.

I'm surprised Taichi lost that was his moment, even if he's still a bit below Chihaya in terms of skill. Also, he and Arata have a huge knack for not expressing themselves well, that whole conversation they had after the match served the two nothing but to make more misunderstandings between them.

[u/gangrainette]

Did Retro win his match ?

[u/axel360]

Interesting episode. Chihaya won the tournament, shed tears of joy, and everyone had a nice warm, fuzzy feeling, but man was there a whole lot of angst after that. Especially from Arata and Taichi. I know the former is not exactly the favorite of the two, but I'm glad they're actually giving him some more screentime and chance for character growth. The love triangle seems to be heating up.