Chihayafuru 43


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The first game of the Master and Queen Matches has begun at last! How will Chihaya fight against Queen Shinobu Wakamiya's overwhelming strength?! How does Arata feel as he faces Master Suou in the same room? And what about Taichi…?!




Chihayafuru


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The heated East Japan qualification tournament to decide who will challenge the Master and Queen continues. Chihaya gains momentum when she defeats a speedy sixth grader in her first match. However, a shadowy figure watches over the energetic matches played by these elite competitors. Who will win their way through and earn the right to stand on this much dreamed-of stage? The Master and Queen make a joint appearance at last as the veil is lifted on the highest level of the karuta world!




Chihayafuru 47


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The Master and Queen Matches enter game four at last! The pressure of letting the win get away from them in game three begins to bear down on Shinobu and Arata. Just as Arata struggles, unable to picture a victory, Taichi of all people appears in front of him! The story reaches its climax as Chihaya, Taichi, and Arata all gather in this place they always yearned for!




Chihayafuru 42


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Chihaya arrives at Omi Shrine for the Queen Match. Just as the tension grows, she meets Arata and feels a sense of relief. But an unbelievable mistake awaits Chihaya just as she returns to her room after the pre-final reception...!




Chihayafuru 27


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Taichi faces Arata at the Takamatsunomiya Cup Tournament. Though they both share the rank of Class A, Taichi is overwhelmed by frustration at the difference in level between them that his time and familiarity with the game makes all the more stark. In order to return a smile to his face, Chihaya puts together the ""Taichi Cup,"" an unofficial karuta tournament attended by those who love karuta and who have supported Taichi. A few days later, Taichi happens to be alone with Chihaya in the club room. As the spring breeze comes fluttering in, he opens up to Chihaya about the way he's always felt about her. But this would also be the start of the two embarking on separate paths... Chihaya and the rest of the Mizusawa High Karuta Club have to make it through a spring without Taichi, and the qualifiers for the national tournament are just around the corner!




Chihayafuru 41


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Chihaya polishes her skills for the upcoming Queen Match under Eternal Queen Watarai and former Queen Inokuma. What will Chihaya do as she thinks about the role she needs to play, and what action does Taichi take…? A battle that's special to all begins in the Urayasu no Ma!




Chihayafuru 22


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The time has come for the top challengers who made their way through the East and West Japan preliminaries to face one another and decide who will play in the Master and Queen Matches. Representing West Japan is Megumu Ousaka, showing her tenacity by making it to this deciding match two years in a row, and Arata, who navigated his way through his match with Murao, another member of his club. Facing them from East Japan are former Queen Haruka Inokuma and Harada, a veteran player. These four powerhouses have now come together to play a best-of-three match. It's time for never-before-seen battles to begin between these players who strive to make it to the distant summit!




Chihayafuru 40


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Chihaya punches her ticket at last to the Queen Match after a fierce battle. Chihaya sees where Shinobu, with her unmatched talents, stands, and it is a wasteland beyond anything she could have imagined. Shinobu comes to Chihaya with a proposal in order to achieve her goal of becoming the world's first karuta pro. Meanwhile, Taichi and Arata each have one win and one loss as their feelings for karuta and one another butt heads on the tatami mats! The East-West Challenger Final is determined at last! What is it that they're going to see after this battle they've put their entire youth into?!




Chihayafuru 39


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Game 2 of the East-West Challenger Finals for the Master and Queen Match. Taichi prevents Arata from attacking with his thoroughly defensive karuta. Chihaya struggles with being able to hear “too much.” Everything the three have done has been for the sake of these matches. What will the outcome be…?!




Chihayafuru 30


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"Chihaya and the rest of the Mizusawa High Karuta Club earn their spot at the national tournament for the third time, guided to their destiny by the poems to which they prayed. Waiting for them are the indominable Fujisaki team, Fujioka East's team as led by Arata, as well as Hokuou, partners along Mizusawa's own journey. How will Mizusawa, the previous year's victors, fare against them?! Meanwhile, Taichi goes to a TV recording and witnesses the superhuman abilities of Master Suou as analyzed by science. Just as he searches for his own ideal form of karuta, an unexpected individual appears...! A third and final high school summer. A path blazed together with you in days past."