A N I M E / O T A K U : PART 6

Chihayafuru 2

Synonyms:

Chihayafull 2

Aired:

January 12, 2013 to June 29, 2013

Source:

Manga

Genres:

Drama, Game, Josei, School, Slice of Life, Sports

Synopsis:

Chihaya Ayase is obsessed with developing her school's competitive karuta club, nursing daunting ambitions like winning the national team championship at the Omi Jingu and becoming the Queen, the best female karuta player in Japan—and in extension, the world. As their second year of high school rolls around, Chihaya and her fellow teammates must recruit new members, train their minds and bodies alike, and battle the formidable opponents that stand in their way to the championship title. Meanwhile, Chihaya's childhood friend, Arata Wataya, the prodigy who introduced her to karuta, rediscovers his lost love for the old card game.

Characters and Voice Actors:

- Main:

Chihaya "Chi-chan" Ayase

Birthday: June 1 (Gemini)

Blood type: B

Height: 167 cm

Weight: 54 kg

School: Municipal Mizusawa High School - Year 2 Class 9 - Karuta Club captain

Karuta Society: Shiranami Society, A Class

Favourite food: Chocolate, pollock squid

Hobby: Collecting Daddy Bear merchandise

A determined schoolgirl who "possesses a remarkable hearing ability." She believes that by persevering in karuta, she will meet Arata again, and begins a karuta club at her high school with Mashima. While she is beautiful, she is considered too weird; her classmates refer to her as a "waste of a beauty." She has been described as a "tomboy trapped in a supermodel's body."

Favourite Song: Poem #17

Even when the gods

Held sway in the ancient days,

I have never heard

That water gleamed with autumn red

As it does in Tatsuta's stream

- Christian, Luci (English)

- Seto, Asami (Japanese)

Taichi "Eyelashes" Mashima

Birthday: April 2 (Aries)

Blood type: A

Height: 172 cm (178 cm)

Weight: 67 kg

School: Municipal Mizusawa High School - Year 2 Class 1 - Karuta Club president

Karuta Society: Shiranami Society - A Class

Favourite food: peking duck, rock oysters

Hobby: crossword puzzles

Taichi is from a wealthy family (His father & Grandfather are both doctors). Chihaya's childhood friend is quite the golden boy. Smart, good looking, and mature, he excells at nearly everything he does which makes him the voice of reason in the Misusawa Karuta Club. While he sees himself as keeper of Chihaya and the less experienced members, he demands a lot of himself both in games and as a leader and can overthink even the most simple situations. Taichi's karuta leverages his incredible memory to give him a sense of which cards might be called next and the ability to out-think opponents. He also has a crush on Chihaya but is hesitant to do anything as he thinks that she only has eyes for Arata.