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


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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 46


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Game three for the Master and Queen Matches. Both Chihaya and Suou manage to pull out wins with their backs against the wall. How will Shinobu and Arata fight back against these two opponents who have started to get a hold of the momentum…? Watch as each of their hopes and emotions meet with one another!




Chihayafuru 37


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It's now the semifinals for the East Japan Master and Queen Match preliminaries. Chihaya and Taichi find themselves in intense matches as Chihaya faces Rion Yamashiro from the powerhouse that is Fujisaki, while Taichi faces Sudo. After a string of misfortune, they find themselves at a disadvantage, but Harada-sensei's decision to let them know that Arata has made it through the West Japan preliminary reminds them of how they play karuta. Chihaya begins to focus like never before, this being her final chance. It's time to make destiny into a reality in a battle where every card matters!




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 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 29


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The finals league for the national tournament's Tokyo preliminary. As the teams sit lined up for the final round, Chihaya and the rest of the Mizusawa Karuta Club face off against their archrivals, Hokuou Academy. Karuta has brought Hokuou together as a team under Leero's leadership. Will their unity be able to overcome Mizusawa's?! Meanwhile, Taichi is visiting Master Hisashi Suou. What has Taichi finally come upon while by the side of this genius who seemed to have once left him beaten and battered? These group matches will teach all involved both what it means to be a team and how exactly their friends feel. Who will be the ones in the end to snatch their tickets to Omi?!




Chihayafuru 44


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Chihaya takes on the Queen Match. After overcoming an accident, she leaves her mark in the first game but loses it in the face of Shinobu's flawless play. Meanwhile, Arata doesn't hesitate even as he faces down Master Suou, wrestling away a win. Chihaya attempts to deploy a strategy against Shinobu in game two, but then…!




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 45


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Game two of the Queen Match. Though Chihaya immerses herself into Shinobu's world of poetry and gets within three cards, she tragically loses in the end. One more loss and her path to being Queen will be cut short. Having done everything she possibly can, Chihaya begins to feel a sense of despair. But just then, something steps in to save her! Meanwhile, Arata has put the Master, an all-time great, in check. Suou's back is against the wall, but how will he change when he sees his auntie Yukiko who Taichi has brought to him…?