Chihayafuru, Vol. 18

ちはやふる [Chihayafuru] #18

by Yuki Suetsugu

The High School Karuta Tournament has come to an end and Chihaya has come back to school with the rest of the team, each of whom have made steps forward after earning solid results. Chihaya also practices hard for the preliminaries so that she can play against Shinobu in the Queen Match, but she's shocked to learn that her school trip is scheduled for the same time as this initial tournament. Meanwhile, her injured right hand makes a full recovery at last. The time is right to enter the Yoshino Club Tournament, and waiting for her in Class A are Taichi, Arata from Fukui, and plenty of rivals. It looks like an all-out brawl is about to break out!

Genres: Manga, Josei, Romance, Sports, Slice Of Life, Contemporary, Comics

174 pages, Kindle Edition

First published September 13, 2012

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

[Bianca · Rating 5 out of 5]

sudou my heart is yours.

[Mavoc · Rating 3 out of 5]

3-3.25 stars

[Littlebookterror · Rating 4 out of 5]

We love a good training montage!
It's so easy to root for everyone in this story which makes the appearances of a new character, a past Queen no less, even more exciting. No matter who ends up losing, I don't think I could be disappointed. Unlike with other sports manga where there is still the thrill but deep down, you kind of now the protagonists will pull through, it's not the case here. Even the best, most technical players or the best listeners can have bad days, feel the exhaustion from the past games or just have bad luck which order the poems are read.
(And I love how there some growing... animosity? tensions? growing between Chihaya and Taichi. Ever since we learned that Taichi very much has the skills to win when Chihaya is not around, makes this very interesting.)

[El · Rating 4 out of 5]

3,75 stars

[Annemarie · Rating 4 out of 5]

This series is just so much fun. It's so nice to see everyone progress and get better.

[AsianMerr · Rating 2 out of 5]

Another one of those volumes that moves way too fast. I will say it was obvious how it was gonna end as soon as we met the new character in this volume.

[afton · Rating 5 out of 5]

chihaya’s hand is back in action and she’s definitely more centered :) a 6dan queen has entered the match and things are about to get interestingggg

[Ana Luisa · Rating 4 out of 5]

Son los duelos individuales del torneo, todos complicados y locos. Taichi, tu puedes ;u;

[Julia]

This is a great manga that deserves to be read, I started reading after I watched the anime and was happy I did so.