#arata x chihaya

[watayaaratamblr]

They are simply WONDERFUL separately AND together <3

By amazing artist @crumby_joy

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By Charo-chan ....

[kaoruko-han]

Fangirls love to defend their shitty taste by saying that in romance novels male characters are kind to the heroine, and you know how we all know it's true with how they simp for the most abusive and fucked up romance but there's not only that

Fangirls obviously care about appearance but also about the "loyalty" of a male character. It's why it's ok that he treat the heroine they self insert in like shit, because they're still obsessed with her which is still attention

In romance I constantly see the second male lead being stanned not because he is better written than the first male lead but just because his character IS to be in love, so his only goal in life is to have the heroine, contrary to the male lead who dare have a life outside of her

At the end, it's just desire of being obsessed over by a hot guy, more he have nothing in his life than his obsession better he is

[rosyhue-nightss]

Me reading the extra chapter of Chihayafuru

warnings. Lots of negativity and complaining.

The author gatekeeping taichihaya till the end

Crumbs for you guys.

The way I laughed when I saw this. I'm too used to reading gay subtext. Because it definitely looked like a new couple had formed. A totally unpredictable one.

You know what? I'm going to agree with Arata's haters. He is boring. What I used to like about him is that he could be cold and let his negative emotions influence him but the author forgot that part of him and so in the end he just ended up being too nice and composed. And that's boring.

Even so, it's cute that he knows how to iron.

Crumbs. That's my favorite character right there. Yep the one that never actually did anything for my ship.

The chapter is more entertaining if you remove the context from this panel so it looks like Sumire is like "it's hard to get over Mashima-sempai but when I see you I have faith that things will get better" and Arata responds:

That would've been so sad and creepy of him lol

I love his lack of initiative in giving me something, anything that makes him look like someone who was rejected. Go dude give us nothing!

In the end it wasn't clear to me if Sumire and Arata are a thing. I guess if you want to read between the lines it could be a headcanon. A headcanon that no one asked for.

that's all. finally over. Thank God

[kaaguraaa]

Finally after 15 years <3

[greatgoogly-moogly]

My thoughts on Chihayafuru's endgame

so first i wanna give some context bc i thinks is important to know that i started the anime *checks clock* yesterday so yeah i guess you could say i got invested, and well yeah i havent read the manga but after many disappointments with love triangles in anime i felt the need to check how the manga ends, just to confirm how i never get what i want lol. Yes im privy to most of the development that happens in the manga but i love giving my opinion on stuff i have no idea by just making it up and guessing. That said lets begin with my thoughts

Yes i was mainly a Chihaya / Arata shipper and after finding out who she ends up with- i get it and it makes absolute sense

Since the beginning i made up with the idea that this probably would not go the way i wanted to bc i know my luck and how anime works, and to be fair i knew that no matter how it ended as long as the three of them were still friends i would be happy. am i sad? yes, but Taichi is a great guy you just cant hate him bc he doesnt shy away from showing how much he cares, its just that... man im a sucker for characters like Arata and their whole narrative

In my mind Chihaya and Arata are soulmates, they were meant to find eachother, change eachother's lives for the better, just not in a romantic way, they clearly had feelings for eachother with their whole blushes and sparkle eyes, but i see it more like a puppy love very intense first love, not exactly like something that lasts all your like u kno? that said i just love how they complement and admire eachother, hes the one that thaught her the thing she loves the most.

On the other side Taichi and Chihaya's dynamic is the perfect base for a relationship, they are the most comfortable with eachother than with anyone else and well the whole best friends to lovers trope wich is not my fave lol

like i said i havet read the manga so i dont know what happens but i would love a bit more development in Arata/Chihaya's dynamic after the confession, maybe them becoming closer with the purpose of being something more than friends and then being all like "ah, this doesn't feel right" just to realize what they felt wasnt actually love but with a now stronger friendship, and then eventually develop her feelings for Taichi, or at least getting some kind of closure for Arata and Chihaya's feelings, but from what ive heard im not too close ??

anyways my boy Arata was done dirty as well as the shippers (u cant change my mind that there was purposefully a lot of effort in making us believe something was gonna happen, just evil, but ive seen worse so..) but i get why Chihaya/Taichi ended up together

[polyamships]

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: ちはやふる | Chihayafuru (Anime & Manga) Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Ayase Chihaya/Mashima Taichi/Wataya Arata Characters: Mashima Taichi, Wataya Arata, Ayase Chihaya Additional Tags: Canon Compliant, Communication, Relationship Study, Flash Fic, Podfic Length: 0-10 Minutes, Podfic & Podficced Works Summary:

"I came for the end, didn't I?" Taichi argues back.

Arata cracks a half-smile. "I meant be there with us, at the match. I...I always wondered if I should've asked you to be my card boy. I didn't because I thought you'd say no."

[lesbian-kyoru]

Do you like Chihayafuru? I'm on S3 and omggggg I love it sm 😭 rooting for Chihaya x Taichi all the way! But I love else everyone too 💓

ahhh yes, i'm a huge chihayafuru fan! along with fruits basket it is probably my favorite manga ever :')) the anime is wonderful and i hope you'll continue reading after finishing it, as the story gets sooooo good. my favorite characters are arata, taichi, and suo! my favorite ships are suo/taichi, chihaya/arata, and arata/taichi, although i'm a big multishipper and get hyperfixated on different ships depending on my mood haha.

btw i do have several chihaya/taichi fics if you're wanting to read any! i'd recommend this one and this one as they don't contain any manga spoilers :)

[mesaprotector]

my feelings on chihayafuru shipping (manga spoilers ofc)

i was pulling hard for chihaya x taichi basically from the midpoint of the manga, not sure i'm 100% happy with how it happened in the end but happy enough

chihaya absolutely should've rejected arata unambiguously instead of telling him she needed more time though

very bothered the manga didn't make kana x komano totally clear since it was destiny and should've been

shinobu's best match would've been chihaya... except that chihaya is incurably straight (and loves taichi, ofc). i think of shinobu as more likely into girls, but she likes flirting with guys in the manga as part of her desire for attention

arata's best match is yuu, but arata x hanano could've worked with a bit more setup, their interactions at the end of the manga were really good

sudo would only ever date someone older than him (sadly for his fanclub)

suou wins the "most likely to be single forever" award, i see him with nobody

[watayaaratamblr]

"For the rest of my life, I know, I'll always love karuta & I'll always love Arata."

"It doesn't have to be now. Just one day when i get closer, tell me how you feel about me, because I'm coming to be near you"

This is it. This is the love story in Chihayafuru. you can't change my mind.

I love how Rawaa made them wear matching clothes, I love the chosen quotes and I like Arata in the yellow hoodie ^^

Thank you Rawaa, really!

[deducingcircumference]

I spy taichi x arata ksksdhskdh PLEASE

(hi circ 💜)

Gisa hi!!! So the title of “taichi x arata” is fairly self-explanatory 😆

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A boy with glasses, his hand stopped above a karuta card.

Taichi — nice.

Maybe that was when it happened, even if he called it something else — rivalry, an obstacle, frustration.

~

“I love you, Taichi!”

The bloom in his chest. He doesn’t dare look at Arata’s face.

“But… I feel the same way about Arata.”

Taichi pulls up short. So what is she saying?

It’s Arata who says it first, figures it out first. “You want us both?”

The depths of Chihaya’s greed truly take Taichi’s breath away. “That’s not possible,” he says flatly.

It’s Arata who says, “Why not?”

Taichi’s speechless. Don’t they know anything? “Because that’s not how it works!”

Taichi knows how it works, has had it drilled into him since forever. How it works is a boy and a girl fall in love, get married, live happily ever after. How it works is you work hard, go to good schools, work at a good job, retire. You don’t share a girl with another guy.

(And you definitely don’t fall in love with another guy.)

[rosyhue-nightss]

Going through my notes I found the link of my compilation of Arata and Chihaya scenes to edit and I remembered how beautiful animated they are and it's a shame that no one uses them. So I'm going to leave them here even if this tag is almost dead.

Chiharata compilation

I probably won't edit them anymore because I really don't like how things turned out. And I'm not talking about Taichi and Chihaya being endgame, but rather the fact that the author didn't do it well and tried to gaslight me by telling that it was obvious from the beginning. My intelligence hasn't been insulted like this since I fell for queerbaiting.

anyway please tag me if you use them because I would love to see an amv of those two to remember old times.

[a-couple-of-notes]

The Great Femslash February Index Post

When I promised myself I'd start writing more, I probably should have committed to actual original fiction, but I didn't, so here we are. Femslash February 2024. 29 prompts. 29 fandoms. 29 different pairings (I'm very sorry to AO3 people who have subscribed to me for Critical Role stuff. CR is on the list).

I know femslash is traditionally defined as a focus on romantic/sexual relationships between women, but I want to try writing a lot of different stuff this month. So I've thrown in a couple of fics that are queer and have femslash elements, but might not be the traditional kind of femslash story.

The series description on AO3 doesn't have enough space to put all the information about prompt, pairing, and fandom, so I'm putting it here, along with links to each fic, under the cut. The prompt list I'm using is here.

(This post is currently being updated.)

if only - Grace/Freddie, Stray Gods (x)

please be gentle - Cinder/Ilia, RWBY (x)

your life is mine - Myka/Helena, Warehouse 13 (x)

doomed by the narrative - Cassie/Rachel, Animorphs (x)

hands for holding - Gen, Burrow's End x MisMag (x)

it still bleeds - Anthy/Utena, Revolutionary Girl Utena (x)

come back soon - Rachel/Quinn, Glee (x)

living dead - Ashton/Imogen/(Laudna), Critical Role x The Pasithea Powder (x)

in the shadows - Shaw/Root/The Machine, Person of Interest (x)

love is devotion - cisF!Criston/Rhaenyra, Criston/Alicent, House of the Dragon (x)

alternate timeline - Briseis/Calypso, The Song of Achilles x Percy Jackson (sort of) (x)

karma -

goddess - Max/Chloe, Life is Strange (x)

before you go -

haunting -

hourglass -

weapons -

once upon a time -

partners-in-crime - Ruth/Idgie, Fried Green Tomatoes (x)

chose violence -

fantasy - Guinevere/Lancelot, Camelot Rising (x)

anything for you - Jyn/cisF!Bodhi, Rogue One (x)

copycat - Viola/Olivia, Twelfth Night (x)

plagued by the horrors -

your voice - Gen (with hints of transF!Taichi/transF!Chihaya/nb!Arata), Chihayafuru (x)

apocalypse -

diamond - Amy Bradshaw/Lucy Diamond, D.E.B.S. (2004) (x)

made you smile -

and then i found you -

[ridingthewhitechocobo]

Arata & Chihaya

[polyamships]

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: ちはやふる | Chihayafuru (Anime & Manga) Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Ayase Chihaya/Mashima Taichi/Wataya Arata, Ayase Chihaya/Wataya Arata, Mashima Taichi/Wataya Arata Characters: Wataya Arata, Ayase Chihaya, Mashima Taichi Additional Tags: Post-Canon, Polyamory, Polyamory Negotiations, Character Study, Getting Together, Podfic, Audio Format: MP3, Audio Format: Streaming, Podfic Length: 20-30 Minutes Summary:

Arata and Chihaya start dating. It's not what he'd hoped it would be.

[chihayaisaratasqueen]

Arata and Chihaya brightening a morning

Combining and recoloring Yuki-sensei's Official Summer Art of Arata and Chihaya from Twitter. I think this was included in an exhibit. For desktop wallpaper. I'm still testing the first ever display tablet I bought. So far I'm satisfied how convenient to use a display tablet.

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