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It's a blessing that something as pleasantly effective as Chihayafuru was released at all in today's anime market. It doesn't do anything complicated. That said, the strengths and weaknesses the author developed during her previous work are still in evidence. It is clear that Chihayafuru is still an open story, the ending suggests that something needs to be done. That isn't it, of course. There's season two yet. But that's no way to end a season.

So who should watch a shoujo anime about a team of competitive poetry card playing high school students? To be sure, it has its nuances - it isn't as naive as it first seems, nor are its characters - but in the end its formula is simplicity itself: good characters, an interesting story, and beautiful execution.

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Fantastic sports anime. Honestly one of the most realistic takes on sports I've seen. Seeing characters struggle and fail to achieve what they want, then seeing how they handle and react to the adversity is the epitome of what a real sports anime is all about. There isn't any winning because you are the protagonist here, which I love. The characters are all deeply fleshed out with their own passions, weaknesses, and strengths. They all feel very alive. The music and animation are top notch, and for whats a simple slow paced card game, the matches are truly exhilarating. Hands down a top tier show, highly recommended.

The character design is beautiful. Even though I don't know too much about Karuta other than it being a memory game involving Japanese poems, I decided to check this out because of studio Madhouse being behind it & the character design. I also really like the fact that it's a long series, so that means there will be plenty of character development. Enjoying it quite a bit overall ^^

Chihayafuru was a really great surprise of the season, and now I'm totally addicted on it! Just love the main trio, specially my beloved Mashima Taichi (my fav and the one that have to stay with Chihaya on the end!). That's a different story, with many good characters and well executed, combined with a wonderful art. I totally recommend it! <3

when I thought about karuta, I thought it's a card playing game. no, it's not. it's a sport with memories necessary play. Chihayafuru shows a side to karuta that I don't know, while adding a splash of romance into the characters. energetic, humorous, and lovely characters as well

I have seen Chihayafuru, intrigued by the plot, and found it surprising, engaging, one of the best anime I've seen lately, I look forward the second season, the characters in this anime are able to communicate a strength and a passion not common, every episode is so engaging that I found myself cheering at games of karuta... also the quality of animation and character design are really beautiful, for me deserves a nice 9.75... is almost perfect, if in the second season there will be a deepening of the romantic story, for me definitely will deserves 10.

I was actually really surprised at how good this series is. I am pretty certain is it a series aimed at girls, but the characters and the story is very well done. The series so far is about a girl who makes it her dream to become the "Queen" of karuta, which is a card game involving 100 poems that have to be memorized. I find myself wanting to see the next episode when I watch this series.

I didn't know a thing about Karuta, except that it was a kind of memory game with classic Japanese poems. I was very surprised by the amount of strategy involved in it and by the competitive part of the anime. It's like a sports anime, but with consistent character development, drama, comedy and romance.