Chihayafuru, Vol. 5

ちはやふる [Chihayafuru] #5

by Yuki Suetsugu

Chihaya is forced to swallow her tears at her first national tournament appearance when, of all things, she is forced to withdraw from the team competition. Though disappointed and frustrated, she enters the individual competition thanks to her friends' encouragement. The battle between the best players in the world begins, and then she appears. Shinobu Wakamiya, the youngest Queen in the game's history, and the only karuta player who can claim to stand unrivaled.

Genres: Manga, Josei, Comics, Romance, Sports, Contemporary, Graphic Novels

194 pages, Kindle Edition

First published June 12, 2009

About the author

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.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuki_Sue...

Reviews

[Shae · Rating 5 out of 5]

I continue to enjoy the journey that is Chihayafuru. I continue to grow fond of each character, and continue to admire their determination to their various goals. I am so excited to see how this story develops and continues.

[Manami Yamaguchi · Rating 5 out of 5]

Mizusawa high school karuta club didn’t become No.1. But they did their best performance. After that, they played individual match. Chihaya’s opponent was Shinobu Wakamiya who is a queen of karuta. Chihaya is A-rank but she couldn’t win. She started practicing more harder.

[Desi A · Rating 4 out of 5]

never know about Karuta game before, this manga makes me want to see it

[AsianMerr · Rating 3 out of 5]

There were some moments I wish we actually got to see like Desk winning his first match or Mashima getting to the finals of his tourney but they just skip out on it and make those off screen. This whole volume sets up the queen who is your standard perfectionist but hey at least there’s a new bar set (until Arata gets the itch to play again)

[Annemarie · Rating 5 out of 5]

I really loved this volume a lot, it made me smile so much~

[Ana Mafalda · Rating 4 out of 5]

*4.5

[Littlebookterror · Rating 5 out of 5]

Challenger accepted. Enter Shinobu Wakamiya.

Now Chihaya really needs to put in the work if she wants to keep playing at the top level.

[El · Rating 5 out of 5]

4,5

[Beau Manglass · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5

[Laia · Rating 4 out of 5]

4’5

[afton · Rating 5 out of 5]

this is playing out like the best television show airing. particularly love this v0lume because it shows massive character growth in regard to skill and mental

[Amber · Rating 4 out of 5]

chihayas first encounter with the queen !!
this is where her growth truly starts and im so happy for it. she really needed this match to lose so that she could learn. im excited to see how she takes this information and grow from it !!

[Samantha wickedshizuku Tolleson · Rating 3 out of 5]

This volume begins with Chapter 24-29.

That's all for now until I hit editing mode...
Ta-ta Pretties!

[Elle · Rating 3 out of 5]

3 out of 5 ⭐️

A solid volume! It was fun to see Chihaya go against the Queen. It made her dreams feel more tangible and upped the stakes. I also can’t wait for Arata to join competitively again!

[Manisha · Rating 5 out of 5]

~~~~~LOOOOOVED IIIITTTTTTT~~~~~~~~~