The East-West Challenger Finals for the Master and Queen Match. Though Arata and Taichi had once stepped away from karuta, both they and Chihaya are able to savor the joy of being in this place together. Momo Yuikawa, representing the West, throws off Chihaya's pace by playing her own style of karuta. Meanwhile, Taichi uses new tactics to attempt to overcome the wall that is Arata and battle Master Suou…?! It's time for best-of-three matches as they all seek out a landscape that none have ever seen before!
Yuki Suetsugu (末次 由紀 Suetsugu Yuki, born September 8, 1975) is a Japanese manga artist. Her career was put on hiatus after she was discovered of being accountable for plagiarism, including tracing. She later resumed her work on March 2007.
She debuted in 1992 in Kodansha's Nakayoshi magazine with Taiyō no Romance. Her works later moved to Bessatsu Friend magazine, also published by Kodansha.
On 2009-03-24, her work Chihayafuru was chosen for the Manga Taishō.
I like this story more and more. I love that the main characters have changed so much and that they are doing their best in every karuta game. But the one that certainly surprised me a lot was Taichi (again). Taichi: I love you.
I had no idea we could add manga to our Read list in GR. It's not fair that each volume has 4-5 chapters max. I have read 38 volumes till now and won't stop until the author stops creating this.
Chihayafuru was the first ever anime I loved where I wanted to keep reading the manga, no matter what. It sort of has a strange energy that it radiates every time I go into it.
It has always been a thing I turn to when I'm lacking motivation in life.
Manga lovers aside, I think everyone should read this. Because the author surely has some good insight on life.
I know the ratings for these from me have been low recently and it’s pretty much because the matches that have happened recently have been pretty obvious when it comes to winners and the stakes feel nonexistent, they sprinkle some drama in it but it doesn’t really hit as hard. I’m only interested in one of these matches, the other feels like fodder because we know who’s winning and they kind of break the fourth wall saying someone will win quickly so I’m waiting for it to happen so we can focus fully on the other
wtf taichi la coupe de cheveux ?? très stylé qu'il soit devenu un véritable challenger, ça épaissit la relation taichi arata bon chihaya je m'en fais pas trop pour elle