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 am as obsessed with this story as these characters are with Karuta.
16 volumes in, we have such a big supporting cast that almost every matchup is memorable and somehow you are rooting for everyone to win. Especially Taichi deserves everything. He has put in a lot of effort not just as a player but also as president of the club and I am happy to see it finally paying off and him getting some of that luck that keeps avoiding him.
This was such a fun volume. Chihaya has grown so much throughout this story, and seeing her struggle and overcome issues in this volume was really fun to read. Taichi's reaction was amazing too.
As always, the story is sublime and the art is great. The characters are lovable and grow a lot throughout the story. Reading the karuta matches keeps being interesting and never gets dull, despite being similar in themes. I love this series.