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.
Tsukuba and Tamaru saying, "I want to become someone real," was really beautiful. Tsukuba was boosting himself by lying to others and Tamaru was basically lying to herself but they both came to the same conclusion. Believe in yourself and put in the hard work so that you don't need to rely on lies because your confidence and competence is genuine.
Art Style: Something about the art this volume is so beautiful. There was one panel in particular where Chihaya looked positively magnificent. However, the drawings of the babies are horrifying. Plot: I’m not even done with this volume but I was already shocked. Sakurazawa Sensei is retiring from the club as advisor and getting married?! And then I find out that she’s not retiring and, honestly, seeing her cry hurt me too. Then, the way this volume ended just leaves me feeling great with how Tsukuba and Tamaru finally acknowledge certain things about themselves and how they want to become the ‘real deal’. Characters: Yuki Sensei has done a good job at writing the characters and making me attached to them. I don’t dislike Tamaru as much as I did anymore. I think I just didn’t like her because she liked her ego being fed but that didn’t mean that I condoned others bullying her. I guess I just needed her to stop doubting her abilities as well as accepting that she needed to be a cheerleader for herself before letting anyone else’s cheers get to her. Then, Tsukuba. It’s always a ‘I like him in this moment, not that one’ because he’s certainly pleasant but he has his moments where I just find him annoying. Like whenever he changes the names of the participants in the lineup or whenever he lies to his younger brothers about being the team’s ace and how he brought them to victory. When he admitted that he stopped lying and how he’s been trying to become the ‘real deal’, I felt pride. Verdict: This volume is as great—if not, better—than the previous one. I love the characters’ developments and the focus on Sakurazawa Sensei in this one. I also loved the scene with Fujisaki preparing for the match. Great volume.
I really hate the fact that they chose to skip straight to this tourney instead of just giving us some growth in between. Made it pointless, I will say I found it annoying that the big plot line of this volume was “is the sensei pregnant”? Like why would we care as the reader? Besides that I like the TV chapter and the Tsukuba growth!
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if only i could control what animes they make aaahh 'i want to become someone real'; i'm so proud of these kids. also sakurazawa sensei what a woman!!! talk about role models.
Este volumen me encanta porque vemos reflejado en los diferentes personajes el gran trabajo que les ha costado llegar hasta ahí. Todos los equipos, más los segundos o terceros lugares del año pasado han trabajado muy duro para ser los mejores y esa es la clave en el karuta, la perseverancia y no perder el amor por el juego. Lo mismo sucede con Shinobu y Suo, ambos reina y meijin del Karuta, un genio y una chica que da todo de sí cada día para ser la mejor. El ver con otra perspectiva su pasión, tanto Shinobu como Taichi, Chihaya asume el rol de capitana y no sólo de excelente jugadora. ¿Qué será de ellos en las finales de equipos?.