Chihayafuru: Chuugakusei-hen

小説ちはやふる中学生編
Chihayafuru: Middle School Arc

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Ayase Chihaya is a cheerful tomboy without any ambitious aspirations in life. At school one day, she meets a boy named Wataya Arata who is an outcast at school. Feeling pity despite peer pressure, Chihaya befriends Arata as he reveals to her his aptitude in karuta which institutes Chihaya's dream to become a karuta queen.

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Sep 13, 2012 to Dec 13, 2013

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Chihaya Ayase3851 fan favorites
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Birthday: June 1 (Gemini) Blood type: B Height: 167 cm Weight: 54 kg School: Municipal Mizusawa High School - Year 2 Class 9 - Karuta Club captain Karuta Society: Shiranami Society, A Class Favourite food: Chocolate, pollock squid Hobby: Collecting Daddy Bear merchandise A determined schoolgirl who "possesses a remarkable hearing ability." She believes that by persevering in karuta, she will meet Arata again, and begins a karuta club at her high school with Mashima. While she is beautiful, she is considered too weird; her classmates refer to her as a "waste of a beauty." She has been described as a "tomboy trapped in a supermodel's body." Favourite Song: Poem #17 Even when the gods Held sway in the ancient days, I have never heard That water gleamed with autumn red As it does in Tatsuta's stream (Source: Wikipedia)
Taichi Mashima3304 fan favorites
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Birthday: April 2 (Aries) Blood type: A Height: 172 cm (178 cm) Weight: 67 kg School: Municipal Mizusawa High School - Year 2 Class 1 - Karuta Club president Karuta Society: Shiranami Society - A Class Favourite food: peking duck, rock oysters Hobby: crossword puzzles Taichi is from a wealthy family (His father & Grandfather are both doctors). Chihaya's childhood friend is quite the golden boy. Smart, good looking, and mature, he excels at nearly everything he does which makes him the voice of reason in the Misusawa Karuta Club. While he sees himself as keeper of Chihaya and the less experienced members, he demands a lot of himself both in games and as a leader and can overthink even the most simple situations. Taichi's karuta leverages his incredible memory to give him a sense of which cards might be called next and the ability to out-think opponents. He also has a crush on Chihaya but is hesitant to do anything as he thinks that she only has eyes for Arata. Favourite Song: Poem #16 Though we are parted, If on Mount Inaba's peak I should hear the sound Of the pine trees growing there, I'll come back again to you.
Arata Wataya868 fan favorites
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Birthday: December 1 (Sagittarius) Height: 173 cm, 177cm Blood type: O Weight: 65 kg School: Fukui Prefecture East Hitsufujioka High School Karuta Society: Fukui Nagumo Society - A Class Favourite food: Habutai mochi, Katsu don with sauce Hobby: Karuta, Reading, Math, and cooking Arata Wataya was a transfer student from Fukui that went to Chihaya's elementary school. The grandchild of a master karuta player, Arata inspires Chihaya to take up karuta by telling her that he thinks she has a talent for it. He had difficulty fitting in at Chihaya's elementary school because of his Fukui dialect and his family's poverty. His passion for karuta is inspired by his grandfather, a Meijin (master). After their first game at Arata's house, Chihaya befriends him. His dream is to become a karuta Meijin. After graduating elementary school, he returned to Fukui to care for his sick grandfather. He stops playing karuta because his grandfather died while Arata was competing in a karuta tournament to rise to A-rank. However, after Chihaya and Taichi visit him in Fukui, he regains his resolve to play competitive karuta again. Favourite Song: Poem #76 Over the wide sea As I sail and look around, It appears to me That the white waves, far away, Are the ever shining sky.
Shinobu Wakamiya553 fan favorites
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School: Tsusaki High School - Year 2 (Kyoto) Karuta Society: Current Queen, no society - Super A Class Birthday: April 22nd (Taurus) Height: 160 cm Weight: 48 kg Blood Type: O Favorite Food: Yatsuhashi (a Kyoto traditional confectionery), Soba (Buckwheat noodles) with herring Hobby: Karuta, Collecting Snow-maru merch Shinobu Wakamiya is the current Queen of Karuta, she is also the youngest Queen in history. She is left-handed. Shinobu has been described as someone who is cute, but having the fashion sense of a rock. She often feels as if her opponents are vigorous and active at the beginning of match, but when on verge of losing, it feels as if she was back to playing karuta alone again. Arata and Shinobu know each other very well, she has never beaten him in a karuta match. However, Shinobu has defeated the Meijin on several occasions, suggesting that she may be the world's best Karuta player. Shinobu started playing karuta when she and her divorced mother moved to her Grandma's house and found the box of karuta cards, which she fell in love with. Shinobu became a Class A karuta player when she was in fourth grade. Favorite Song: Poem #40 Though I would hide it, In my face it still appears— My fond, secret love. And now he questions me: "Is something bothering you?"