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[Anime Review] Chihayafuru - Master - 01-31-2016
Chihayafurun
Drama, Game, Josei, Slice of Life, Sports
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Drama, Game, Josei, Slice of Life, Sports
What is it about?
Chihaya Ayase is a girl who has spent most of her life simply supporting her sister in her model career. That changes when she meets a boy named Arata Wataya, a talented karuta player. After becoming friends, he believes that Chihaya has potential to become a great player. As Chihaya takes on a new dream of becoming Japan's best karuta player.
Why do you recommend it?
This show is so much more than a card game. To Chihaya, the protagonist of the series, karuta is also about creating a dream for herself, and the bonds she formed with her classmates Arata and Taichi back when she was twelve. Before graduating into middle school and going their separate ways, the three agreed to meet again when they all became Class A players.
Did I find this show enjoyable? Well, in a way I did.
I felt that it was really giving a perspective about achievement I had never really thought about. To learn meant failure, to grow stronger meant to feel hardship and to overexert yourself to what phase out the illusions to what you truly desired. At the end of each episode, with the crescendoing music resounding with each episodic climax, I felt the overwhelming desire to watch the next.
The animation for Chihayafuru is absolutely stunning. From the characters to the backgrounds, everything is breathtaking. The OST for the series is gorgeous as well, one of the best I've heard in a long time. They all complement each other to create a unique and wonderful tone for the series.
RE: [Anime Review] Chihayafuru - Jiggly - 02-01-2016
I keep seeing this show pop up. Not sure if it will be my thing, but may try it.