#tsukuba akihiro

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Guys, yo!!! I just finished reading the Chihayafuru manga today and damn!!!! 😭😭😭💖💖💖

(I stopped reading it for a while and a friend of mine told me to get back with it. Now I know why!!! 💕💕💕)

Chihaya and Taichi are a couple now!!! 😭💖💘😍

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Back at you with more Chihayafuru! While I’m eagerly awaiting the newest chapter, join me in enjoying Yuki Suetsugu’s wonderful work. I love these caps because of the emotion in them, especially the second one. Suetsugu-san has wonderfully crafted secondary characters that you love and enjoy seeing pop up. The mastery and skill with which she created this manga warms my soul.

[deliciousdetectivestranger]

Many won't like my opinion but I truly don't think Shinobu's grandmother's thinking that Shinobu will create an era where Karuta players flourish is correct.

Yes, it's true that like Plum Blossoms Shinobu blooms before everyone else but she isn't much of a team player. She told Arata during 2and year that exceptional players are those who play alone and was furious at him for creating a team during 3rd year. In fact at the beginning of Queen match against Chihaya despite how much both Koishikawa and Yuikawa have helped her for months kept insisting that she needs no one.

While it's true that the condition to be allowed to stay at her grandmother's house was that Shinobu needs to excel at something and her mother was no help it just highlights the fact that whenever Shinobu looses she unravels so she doesn't get the chance to grow properly.

And if it's the matter of Shinobu not being accepted by peers then neither is Chihaya but the latter does her best to make them understand her passion and she listens to them as well.

Plus Chihaya is the one who knows most players better because she doesn't mind opening herself in front of others and they too confide their feelings, thoughts with Chihaya.

Maybe Shinobu will begin that era but it's Chihaya who will be the core.

[natsumi-no-hotaru]

Chihayafuru #44: I do not know where this love will take me

AKA. In which the god of karuta granted Taichi’s desperate plea for once. 

[Previously: I spent more than a week just trying my damned best to do Shi-chan and her character development justice.]

I sobbed like a baby at the latter half of this episode. There’s no helping the brine from rolling down at the sight of Taichi staking all that he had to help fulfill his beloved’s ardent wish. This is definitely the most emotionally fulfilling episode of the season so far and every moment, every scene is so deftly executed to build up tension and let it crash and wash over the viewer at all the right places. *pour celebratory sake* Here’s to the incredible victory of Mizusawa and the absolutely heart-stopping matches of Taichi and Nishida!

On a side note, I really should stop making bets on the matches’ results lmao. Two consecutive wrong bets really got me thinking about the possibility that my luck is just about as good as Taichi’s lol.

Our prayer to the lord of karuta was heard. 

The captain

“Mashima went there. Three wins, when we are cornered like this... He’s always let his actions speak for him. He’s always thinking about what happens when he loses. Mashima’s trying to change!”

Not only did Taichi step up his game and succeed in pushing the Fujisaki captain into hot water, but he also show his mettle as the capable captain in times of need. Refusing to let Chi-chan shoulder the burden of motivating the team by herself, Taichi decided to lead by example and attack his opponent’s lower right without any hesitation. He no longer needed to rely on Harada-sensei’s teaching like gospel, now that he felt confident enough to strike on his own, using his judgment and instinct. In a way, he has graduated from Harada-sensei and is set on the next stage of growth in his karuta journey. 

“You’re the only coach I’ve ever had.” 

Targeting the chink in his opponent’s armor, Taichi previously sent a multi-syllable card, now having become two-syllable, in order take advantage of the Fujisaki captain’s tendency to cover multi-syllable cards even when it’s not necessary, as reported by the ever reliable scoutmaster Tsutomu. Taichi’s strategy paid off beautifully as his opponent placed the card on his lower right of all places, the perfect spot for Taichi to attack. All he needed was for the card to be read. 

In the moment before the card was read, the tension became palpable with Taichi’s fervent repeats of "Come on” and “Read it”. It certainly felt like the match would take a favorable turn for him, if only this card was read at this exact juncture. Miraculously, his prayer was heard and amazingly enough, not the last to be heard during this match. The tides have turned and it was time for him to ride on those waves. 

Taichi took his sweet time deliberating which card to send next, to the frustration of his opponent. One would think that this critical stage of the game required such careful consideration but it turned out that Taichi was being SNEAKY.

Unbelievably, Emuro committed a fault - a double fault no less! He went for the wrong card on his own side, perhaps due to his heightened caution to Taichi’s attack or as equally likely, fatigue finally caught up with him. He may have hid it better than Taichi but victory over Hokuo should not have been a piece of cake.

“He knew exactly which card he was going to send. He pretended to take a long time so he could reinforce what the field would look like in his mind.”

Both Taichi and Emuro now had the same number of cards left, with the card gap effectively null. What’s even more exciting and promising is that Taichi was not done with the scheming yet. 

Prepping for luck-of-the-draw, huh? Taichi so sneaky lmao. But before Taichi’s scheme was to come to fruition, the Mizusawa needed to clinch a win first, or all would surely be lost. Which is why we need to know how Chi-chan was doing. 

The ace

It’s not a double but a team fault!!! 

Chi-chan completely dominated the latter half of her game as she now only had 1 card left, in comparison to Rion’s 5.

“This is a battle of sound and reflex. The difference between them is barely perceivable but it exists. Enough of a difference for one to emerge victorious.”

No victory is without its cost. To secure the win that was so close to her grasp, she had to push through the semi-disorienting pain and the extreme fatigue by remind herself of where she was - the room of the final match, sitting in the seat of victory. 

The moment that determined the winner and the loser came like a sudden gust of wind, blink and you would miss it. The slow-mo animation of the wordless exchange between Chi-chan and Rion was alike a fleeting dream sequence. For that instant, it felt like not a single thought of the ongoing competition existed between the two girls but the perfect empathy they shared. 

They both touched the card.

For some reason, the sadness on Rion’s face seemed to be less about the result of her match against Chi-chan but the fact that it had to end. 

Exhaustion claimed her now.

 Awwwww. I love how the veteran members all have this motherly instinct when it comes to taking care of Chi-chan.

Rion refused to lift her head after bowing to thank Chi-chan for the match. Chi-chan has surely left a strong impression her and this is why I feel that they must have felt this sense of connection to one another that went beyond the competition between two opponents.

“No call to announce Mizusawa’s first win...”

It’s Nishida’s turn now. 

The defender

Nishida received Taichi’s pass. Incoming attack from this up-and-coming duo!

It’s easy to forget Nishida in the midst of all the drama of Taichi and Chi-chan. He has long been the bulwark of the team, the one they all lean on for support. Having crawled back from an earlier deficit like Taichi’s, he soon proved his versatility: while he favors defense, he can definitely go out on an attack when the moment calls for it. 

“It takes experience to be able to feel the flow of the game.”

Great minds think alike

“Compared to being Queen, it’s much harder for us to become best in Japan together! Chihaya’s right.

“We’ll have plenty of chances to try to become Master and Queen but we’ll only get to play as a team during our 3 years in high school.”

Fired up by Chi-chan’s dauntless passion and energy, Taichi and Nishida were now so close to their goal. For Taichi, defeat was not even a scenario to be considered at this stage of the game. Their opponents were no doubt very strong but Taichi and Nishida got a neat little scheme going on which may very well pull the rug from under the feet of Fujisaki players. 

He covered it so well!!!

Uh-huh, uh huh. Sneaky sneaky. I couldn’t believe that Fujisaki didn’t pick that up when Taichi made such a show of sending the card, saying it out loud and all.

Yeah, you gotta make the best of this moment. There is definitely no guarantee that you might make it to the final game again. 

Lost at sea vs Lasting legacy

“The mouth of the Yura is where the river meets the ocean. There, love lost its oar in the waters, left with no idea where it will go...”

I love how the cards at this crucial moment are chosen to match perfectly with the inner struggles the two captains are going through. For Emuro, the task of upholding the long-standing legacy of Fujisaki had become certainly heavier than he expected and we might very well not hear the sounds of the mighty waterfall for at least a year with the way the game’s going. For Taichi, he has long grappled with giving his life direction, be it his karuta or his love life that is the topic of discussion. The feeling of being lost at sea - of struggling without an end in sight - is not unfamiliar to him. 

“Chihaya, wake up... I want you to watch my fate.”

Taichi and Nishida pulled off their luck-of-the-draw scheme - both teams now had exactly 50-50 chance of having their card read. But of course, the question that begged to be asked is whether the card on Taichi’s and Nishida’s side would be read first or not. 

As usual, Taichi was torn between defending or attacking, being fully aware of how shitty his luck was. The intimidating air put on Emuro got him astray a little but he soon gathered his wits and was much emboldened after seeing Nishida unhesitatingly attacking his opponent’s card. 

lmao this is probably what everyone went through watching this episode 

The stakes were crazy high, the odds stacked against Mizusawa. Within this mire of tension, it was certainly no easy job to keep one’s head clear. All their hard work came down to this moment of half-luck, half-skill, and a sole desperate prayer for the right card to be read. 

“The one card I need won’t be read. Is that how my life will go? Is everything I do futile? Is it futile to keep remembering [these dead cards]?”

And here comes the bit that absolutely tore me apart - Taichi’s plea for divine intervention from the karuta god for the first and last time. This was the only time he ever gave luck some real consideration, which really said something, given how little stock he put in it. 

“I don’t care if my card is never read in a luck-of-the-draw again. So please... Just today... This one time... Just this once...”

All in for love of the game and of that person’s gaze.

In the blink of an eye. He did it!!!! TAICHI DID IT!!!!!

Like a boatsman adrift...

There’s just no words at all to describe this moment. Absolute history maker. And lord did the tear ducts run freely.

MIZUSAWA IS THE CHAMPION!!!

The mountain scaled and conquered

“If I were the god of karuta, I would side with Mizusawa for their valiant display.”

Sakurazawa-sensei admitted to the inadequacy of building a team who could only deliver strength to the table and nothing else. Emuro regretted looking down on Taichi because he had yet to make it to class A.

“None of our players are capable of defeating Ayase-san. It’s not your fault that you couldn’t win but you need to realize that you lost despite having the advantage.

Learn some humility.”

I love that Sakurazawa-sensei did the balancing act of consolation and lecture so well. Their opponents are strong, but they were also over-confident and surprisingly lacked experience. The luck of the draw thing was clearly a strong possibility and yet they did nothing to prepare for it. 

The meeting long-in-the-making

She only had eyes for Arata now.

*pat Taichi on back* 

“Did you watch? My team is the best in Japan. I became the best in Japan without becoming Queen.”

You don’t have to worry about that anymore... 

... cos the only team for Arata is the one with you and Taichi. 

*sob* I am so very very sad and so very happy. There’s a ball of emotions stuck in my throat and I’m ... floored by it all. 

After watching this episode, I kinda couldn’t wait to know what the three of them would talk about so.... I watched ahead before writing this post.... ahahaha

Yep, I broke the rules I set for myself. Oh lawd, I can’t wait to talk about Chihayafuru #45!!! Be right back.... well... back soon enough? Lmao. 

Next time then, folks! Stay safe!!

[maci-brainrot]

Taichi is here now

I like to call this bittersweet moment in Chihayafuru 'the unbearable lightness of being'

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Akihiro Tsukuba (Chihayafuru)  » February 28

[stellacolletore]

since there'll be a taichihaya day coming up in april, here's a prelude to my fic for this occasion:

title: save the date

summary: It goes without saying—Chihaya and Taichi's first date is officially Mizusawa karuta club's business.

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[Ooe Kanade]: Everyone! After drying like a seaweed, finally, the time has come!

[Hanano Sumire]: senpai, japanese translation please *confused emoji*

[Ooe Kanade]: Chihaya-chan and Prez are going on a date!

[Nishida Yuusei]: *shocked pikachu meme*

[Tsutomu Komano]: I'd thought this wouldn't happen for another week. It seems like my data is inaccurate. I owe you a milkshake, Hanano-san.

[Hanano Sumire]: told you Komano-senpai. love does not follow logic :P

[Nishida Yuusei]: *shocked pikachu meme*

[Ooe Kanade]: Before we get carried away, let me get to the point. We've got to help those two!

[Nishida Yuusei]: Sure, Kana-chan, Nishida-kun-who's-never-had-a-girlfriend-before could help

[Tsutomu Komano]: Let's hear what she'll have to say first, Nishida.

[Ooe Komano]: Indeed. So, here's our plan. Hanano-san and I will be helping Chihaya-chan (pep talk, hair, dress, and make-up), while Prez will be in your hands, Nishida-kun and Komano.

[Hanano Sumire]: i call dibs on Chihaya-senpai's dress and make-up!

[Nishida Yuusei]: i still think mashima of all people wouldn't need help with this kind of thing

[Tsutomu Komano]: It took Mashima six years to tell Ayase he likes her, Nishida. Remember that.

[Ooe Kanade]: Now all that's settled, let's all do our best, everyone!

[Akihiro Tsukuba]: wait

[Akihiro Tsukuba]: President Mashima and Ayase-senpai like each other???

...Hanano, Nishida, Komano, Ooe are typing

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Chihayafuru Season 3 Reveals Release Date Of A New Trailer

Originally created by Yuki Suetsugo for Kodansha's Be Love magazine in 2007, Chihayafuru has printed more than 21 million volumes in Japan. The first two seasons of the series ran for 50 episodes from 2011-2013, and can currently be found streaming on Crunchyroll and HIDIVE. Sentai Filmworks has licensed the series for a home video release in the United States and they describe the series as such:

"Chihaya Ayase is a beautiful and headstrong young woman with a passion for karuta, a card game inspired by classical Japanese poetry. As a child, Chihaya was introduced to the game by a quiet, gifted transfer student named Arata, and she was instantly drawn to it. Now in high school and reunited with her childhood friend Taichi, Chihaya dreams of finding Arata and the three resuming their love of karuta, only to discover that Arata has quit the game due to personal reasons. Determined not to let Arata's passion go to waste, Chihaya and Taichi form the Mizusawa High School Karuta Club, where they learn that in karuta - as in life - working toward your dreams is the key to winning, even when what you want seems just out of reach."

While the new season of the series was originally scheduled to launch as part of the Spring 2019 anime season, the much anticipated Chihayafuru Season 3 will instead be premiering as part of the increasing jam-packed Fall 2019 anime season in October. Although the new season was hit by this unfortunate delay earlier this year, things now seem to be proceeding at a healthy pace as the anime has now debuted a slick new trailer.

Further confirming that everything is coming along nicely, the newest trailer revealed that Chihayafuru's third season will premiere on October 22nd in Japan. There's also the first look at new character, Haruka Inokuma.

Along with confirming the premiere date of the third season, this new trailer reveals that Maaya Sakamoto (The Vision of Escaflowne's Hitomi Kanzaki) will be providing the voice of Haruka Inokuma. She'll be joining the main cast of Asami Seto as Chihaya Ayase, Mamoru Miyano as Taichi Mashima, and Yoshimasa Hosoya as Arata Wataya.

Tooru Nara as Yusei Nishida, Ai Kayano as Kanade Oe, Tsubasa Yonaga as Tsutomu Komano, Megumi Han as Sumire Hanano, and Miyu Irino as Akihiro Tsukuba are all confirmed to be returning for the new season as well. Produced by Studio Madhouse, Morio Asaka will be returning to direct the third season currently scheduled for two cours of episodes. Not all cast members will be returning, unfortunately, as both Unsho Ishizuka and Toshiko Fujita have passed away.

Kenta Miyake and Yoshino Ohtori have joined the cast in their stead as Dr. Harada and Taeko Miyauchi respectively. 99RadioService returns from the previous seasons to perform the new opening theme, "COLORFUL," and Band Harassment has been tapped to perform the ending theme song "Hitomebore."

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O artilheiro Olunga ou o líder de assistências Mitoma, quem será o MVP da J.League 2020?

No confronto direto entre os candidatos a melhor jogador do ano no Japão, artilheiro queniano fez seu 28º gol na J1 e Mitoma comandou virada do Kawasaki com duas assistências É possível o prêmio de melhor jogador de um campeonato ir para um atleta que foi titular em apenas 11 de 34 rodadas? No que depender do desempenho em campo, Kaoru Mitoma terminou a temporada na J.League como principal candidato a faturar o prêmio de MVP. Afinal, ele foi o destaque do time que foi campeão com a melhor campanha da história dos pontos corridos na J1. Seria a primeira vez que um jogador na temporada de estreia como profissional receberia o prêmio, mas não o mais jovem – Alex Santos e Shunsuke Nakamura tinham 22 anos quando foram eleitos para a honraria, em 1999 e 2000, respectivamente. Recém-formado na Universidade Tsukuba, Mitoma já está com 23. Outro forte candidato a MVP é Michael Olunga, centroavante do Kashiwa Reysol que marcou incríveis 28 gols em 32 jogos – é o artilheiro com o maior número de gols desde Araújo, que marcou 33 vezes pelo Gamba Osaka em 2005. Apesar de o Kashiwa Reysol não ter disputado o título, o poder de decisão do queniano (que já havia sido vice-artilheiro da J2 em 2019, com 27 gols) é impressionante. Ele teve uma participação em gol a cada 85 minutos. Caso Olunga seja eleito, ele seria o primeiro africano MVP da J.League (até hoje, foram 18 japoneses, oito brasileiros e um sérvio). Hoje o “Engenheiro do Futebol” fechou a temporada com um típico gol ao seu melhor estilo, ganhando disputa contra um defensor e driblando o goleiro no confronto contra o Kawasaki Frontale. Há quem diga que Mitoma pode ficar em desvantagem por ter sido titular poucas vezes, mas o rodízio promovido pelo técnico Toru Oniki, trocando vários titulares a cada rodada e aproveitando o máximo do elenco com as cinco substituições possíveis, foi uma das razões para o sucesso do Kawasaki Frontale. Além disso, Mitoma foi extremamente eficiente nos minutos que teve, com uma participação em gol a cada 64 minutos. O meia igualou o recorde de Yoshinori Muto, que também fez 13 gols no primeiro ano como profissional, em 2014. Mitoma ainda terminou como líder de assistências nesta J1 – hoje ele entrou no intervalo e deu dois passes para gol na vitória de virada por 3×2 sobre o Kashiwa Reysol. Kaoru Mitoma (Kawasaki Frontale) – 30 jogos (11 como titular), 1.603 minutos, 13 gols, 12 assistências – uma participação em gol a cada 64 minutos Michael Olunga (Kashiwa Reysol) – 32 jogos (31 como titular), 2.729 minutos, 28 gols, 4 assistências – uma participação em gol a cada 85 minutos Apenas como comparação, Teruhito Nakagawa (Yokohama F-Marinos), o MVP do ano passado (que tem características e joga em uma função parecida com Mitoma, só mudando o lado do campo), teve 15 gols e nove assistências em 33 jogos (todos como titular) e 2.796 minutos em 2019, o que dá uma participação em gol a cada 116,5 minutos. Correndo por fora entre os melhores da temporada, podemos citar ainda Akihiro Ienaga, que marcou duas vezes hoje e foi um dos jogadores mais consistentes ao longo do ano. O brasileiro Mateus Castro e o australiano Mitchell Langerak, destaques no Nagoya Grampus, também merecem ser citados. A cerimônia do “J.League Awards”, que anunciará o MVP, acontece nesta segunda-feira. Nagoya Grampus garante vaga na ACL; Cerezo Osaka na lista de espera O Nagoya Grampus sofreu e precisou de um gol nos minutos finais para derrotar o Sanfrecce Hiroshima em Toyota pelo placar mínimo, mas garantiu a terceira colocação e a vaga na Liga dos Campeões da Ásia 2021.Em Ibaraki, o quinto colocado Kashima Antlers recebeu o quarto colocado Cerezo Osaka no confronto direto pela possível quarta vaga na ACL – caso Kawasaki Frontale ou Gamba Osaka sejam campeões da Copa do Imperador no dia 1º de janeiro, a quarta vaga do Japão no torneio continental vai para o quarto colocado da J.League. Em um jogo que ficou dramático no segundo tempo, o Cerezo saiu na frente com um golaço por cobertura do lateral Riku Matsuda, mas o vice-artilheiro Everaldo marcou aos 45 do segundo tempo seu 18º gol na J1. O Kashima, que precisava da vitória, pressionou com tudo o que podia nos cinco minutos de acréscimos e quase virou, mas ficou no quase – no último lance, Ayase Ueda acertou a trave. O Nagoya Grampus aproveitou o último jogo da temporada para estrear seu uniforme 2021 e Naoki Maeda fez o gol que classificou o time para a Champions Asiática Chunichi Shimbun O Yokohama FC venceu o Dérbi de Yokohama contra o F-Marinos pela primeira vez desde 2007 – foi também a despedida do atacante Koki Saito (direita), que vai se transferir para o Lommel, da segunda divisão belga Sponichi Resultados da 34ª (última) rodada da J1: 19/12 – (17º) Vegalta Sendai 0x0 Shonan Bellmare (18º) Yurtec Stadium (7.356) 19/12 – (5º) Kashima Antlers 1×1 Cerezo Osaka (4º) Kashima Soccer Stadium (11.251) Riku Matsuda (83′, 0x1), Everaldo (90′, 1×1) 19/12 – (10º) Urawa Reds 0x2 Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo (12º) Saitama Stadium 2002 (19.319) Yoshiaki Komai (52′), Shunta Tanaka (85′) 19/12 – (7º) Kashiwa Reysol 2×3 Kawasaki Frontale (1º) Sankyo Frontier Kashiwa Stadium (5.137) Michael Olunga (14′, 1×0), Yusuke Segawa (46′, 2×0), Akihiro Ienaga (48′, 2×1), Leandro Damião (55′, 2×2), Akihiro Ienaga (81′, 2×3) 19/12 – (6º) FC Tokyo 1×0 Vissel Kobe (14º) Ajinomoto Stadium (14.373) Joan Oumari (85′) 19/12 – (15º) Yokohama FC 3×1 Yokohama F-Marinos (9º) Nippatsu Mitsuzawa (6.766) Takaaki Shichi (9′, 1×0), Masakazu Tashiro (16′, 2×0), Ado Onaiwu (22′, 2×1), Yuji Senuma (73′, 3×1) 19/12 – (3º) Nagoya Grampus 1×0 Sanfrecce Hiroshima (8º) Toyota Stadium (16.825) Naoki Maeda (86′) 19/12 – (2º) Gamba Osaka 0x2 Shimizu S-Pulse (16º) Panasonic Stadium Suita (15.252) Riyo Kawamoto (49′), Shota Kaneko (64′) 19/12 – (13º) Sagan Tosu 2×2 Oita Trinita (11º) Ekimae Real Estate Stadium (8.966) Daiki Watari (32′, 0x1), Tomoya Koyamatsu (49′, 1×1), Yamato Machida (78′, 1×2), Daichi Hayashi (82′, 2×2) Siga o Futebol no Japão no Facebook e no Twitter

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[filmkomik]

Chihayafuru Part 3 / Chihayafuru Musubi (2018)

Suzu Hirose as Chihaya Ayase Shuhei Nomura as Taichi Mashima Mackenyu Arata as Arata Wataya Mone Kamishiraishi as Kanade Ooe Yuma Yamoto as Yusei Nishida Yuki Morinaga as Tsutomu Komano Mio Yuki as Sumire Hanano Hayato Sano as Akihiro Tsukuba Kaya Kiyohara as Iori Wagatsuma Mayu Matsuoka as Shinobu Wakamiya Kento Kaku as Hisashi Suo Miyuki Matsuda as Taeko Miyauchi Jun Kunimura as Hideo Harada Hiroya Shimizu as Akihito Sudo

Story takes place 2 years after "Chihayafuru Part 2" and Chihaya (Suzu Hirose) is now a high school senior.

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Autograph 4 - Gareth West

Gareth West Ittetsu Takeda in Haikyu!!, Kanichi Konishi (Bowl Club) in Food Wars!, Seiya Takehaya in Tsurune, Haruka Shinozaki in My Girlfriend is a Shobitch, Akihiro Tsukuba in Chihayafuru One Free Autograph on your program book or badge. Prints and Signatures available at table for additional cost.

[singing-seiyuus]

Intro: "Yay! Woohoo!" - Todomatsu

He has such a calming and soothing voice. Like sooo precious. He has quite a lot of roles considering his young age! Hope he can do some voice lines for Sora for KH3 while he's studying abroad :3 I'm kinda surprised that this video is short considering the amount of solo CDs and singles he has. So, if you want more, go check those out! He's also in a group with Hiroshi Kamiya called KamiYu so you can look at that too.

* = not a character song. 3 are Miyu singing covers of the songs, and 2 are KamiYu songs.

Other notable roles: Natsume Tomoharu - Asura Cryin', Hyuuga Akito - Code Geass, Tsukuba Akihiro - Chihayafuru 2, Tadakuni - Danshi Koukousei no Nichijou, Young Emiya Kiritsugu - Fate/Zero, Sugawara Koushi - Haikyuu!!, Tachibana Chizuru - Kimi to Boku, Episode -  Kizumonogatari, Ootori Tsubasa - Metal Fight Beyblade, Ritsu Kageyama - Mob Psycho 100, Young Minato Namikaze - Naruto: Shippuuden, Todomatsu - Osomatsu-san, Hyakuya Yuuichirou - Owari no Seraph, Kyouhei -   Pokemon Black and White,  Hiroyuki Sanada - Soredemo Machi wa Mawatteiru, Takao - Towa no Quon, Haru - Tsuritama, Astral/No.96 - Yu☆Gi☆Oh! Zexal

[natsumi-no-hotaru]

Chihayafuru #43: My fear is a promise unfulfilled

AKA. Time moves forward and the long-frozen heart of the young queen beats again.

[Previously: The passion of the injured girls of Mizusawa. And 4 inspired boys]

On Shi-chan, baka!Arata and the teams tournament

Sprinkled throughout the tournament arc are brief glimpses of Shi-chan, whose presence on the day of teams’ matches was accidental, in all senses of the word. While she commanded attention and had a point to make in every single scene, be it to remind Arata of lowering his head when needed, nag at him (and get nagged in return), or scoff at karuta players fooling around before their game, such appearances felt more like pleasant distractions - breaks from the intense matches - rather than something of substance. She is, after all, just a spectator to Arata’s drama, a peripheral presence at the teams’ matches. It is only until this episode that those bits and pieces came together to form a Shi-chan-centered narrative, delicately twined around the main storyline in its delivery of solid character development for a most remarkable girl. 

The translated title of this episode, “My fear is that you will forget”, comes from poem #54, which was composed by a noblewoman as an expression of the doubt and unease she felt regarding the constancy of her newly-wedded husband’s vow. Depending on the translation you read, the first verse may vary somewhat in tone and phrasing, ranging from fear of oblivion by a beloved (”my fear is that you will forget your promise to never forget me”), the heavy burden of remembrance (”If remembering me will for him in future years be too difficult”), the hardship of lifetime fidelity (”To never forsake is a vow so hard to keep - and so long a time!”), to reluctance to place one’s faith in the uncertain road ahead (”Because that future, until which, you say, you will ‘never forget’, is so hard to rely on”). Regardless of their differences, these interpretations all, to a certain degree, echo in the second verse the desperate desire to freeze the moment of requited feelings in light of inevitable future disappointment. The message is as realistic as it is sentimental: a “happy ending” depends on where you stop the story. 

“We should keep Shinobu-chan away from children her age. She’ll learn to go easy on her opponents. The more alone she is, the stronger she’ll become.”

In a subtle fashion characteristic of Chihayafuru, the poem is meant to evoke Shi-chan’s resignation to loneliness in the midst of the very world that she reigns over. Solitude has long dogged her footsteps: from a tender age, she was left to her own devices, and the only source of solace came from the karuta cards that she grew enamored of and loved her in return. For a moment, things took a turn for the better when she joined the local karuta society and played against children of her age. Yet, even in this place where she clearly belonged, she was made to isolate herself from her peers, groomed to be the Queen. And as soon as she took her rightful place, few were resolved enough to surpass her, to pose a serious challenge or even to just face her with all they had. 

“Shinobu-chan... We don’t belong to teams, so we can only focus on making ourselves stronger. 

Our love for karuta is real, but think about it: our beloved world of karuta can only grow through the recruiting, teaching and encouraging of new players. It’s the team players who keep this game alive.”

In the past, before Chi-chan caught Shi-chan’s attention, it was Arata who was Shi-chan’s constant rival at junior tournaments. He seemed to be one of the few who could give her a real challenge, likely defeating her more often than not, and in spite of her losses, she was always up for a good game with him. He certainly meant more to her than he would ever expect, judging from how she took the initiative and reached out to him when they met by accident at the stairs to Omi Jingu. She could have chosen to ignore him, after all, they have not been each other’s opponent for 4 years, not to mention Arata’s long break from karuta. Yet, she teared up on seeing him, which spoke volumes of her high regard of him, regardless of whether it was out of sadness that he didn’t initially recognize her (he soon did thanks to the mole under her left eye!) or his gentle and caring inquiry after her rapid weight loss (after her appearance on TV for the Queen’s match) or dare I say, his disappearance from the karuta world. While Shi-chan exuded the pride of a Queen in tauntingly bringing up the prospect of losing to Arata in matches in spite of his long absence, she also showed Arata the “temper of a Kyoto woman”. For a person so indifferent to all but karuta and Daddy Bear, a display of such strong emotion is quite telling of Shi-chan’s  anticipation of Arata’s return to his rightful place in karuta.

Shi-chan’s attachment to Arata became all the more evident with her timely intervention in the organizing committee’s deliberations over Arata’s punishment. To prevent his disqualification from the individual tournament, Shi-chan went as far as to discard the very pride she displayed hours before that, pressurizing the organizers with her own forfeiture if Arata was not allowed participation. When Arata was about to protest her involvement in his case, she gently but firmly rebuked him: “Can you not disappoint me any further? Do you not want to play against me?” Like the noblewoman apprehensive of the pain of disappointed hopes, Shi-chan could hardly bear any more disappointment, especially coming from those who could challenge her. 

Isolated from her peers, Shi-chan was raised to hone her strength and reach the peak of karuta in absolute devotion to the cards she loved. It’s no wonder that she would consider the teams’ matches little more than “recreation” and dismiss the participants to be lacking in their commitment to karuta. After all, the goal of the high school teams’ tournament is not necessarily to be the best karuta player, nor to compete against the Meijin or Queen. Shi-chan was so used to have her passion in karuta unmatched and inadequately requited that she had long distanced herself from the hustle and bustle of the karuta world. Yet, deep down she still wanted to make connection and share her passion, the way she reached out to Arata. 

By the end of the match, Shi-chan has been given new hope. While she may still feel “sick” - chagrined as an outsider to the excitement of competing in teams, she could count on the enthusiasm and determination of Queen-hopefuls like Chi-chan, Yama-chan (lol), and Ousaka Megumu. Perhaps there is something to be said for freezing the moment and ending it when it’s good but there might also just be enough for Shi-chan to hold on to the promise of not letting her be alone, as assured many times by Chi-chan.

Heart palpitating, fists gripped tight in search of worthy opponents abound

Now that I’ve said my piece on Shi-chan and the seeds of her lovely character development that finally came to bloom, it’s time to return to the gang, starting with my darling Taichi.

The boys

Picking up from last episode, except for Chi-chan who found her groove, things are not looking great for the rest of the gang. There’s no denying that they had great kiai spirit but that alone would not make it easier for them to even out the lead their opponents had. Nishida was down by 3 cards, Taichi 4, Chi-chan 6 (!!!) and the two Tsu-duo (Tsutomu and Tsukuba) 7. However, not all hope is lost.

“I’m happy when I forget you but then I feel encouraged when I remember you.”

The gap between Taichi and the Fujisaki captain widened again as Taichi’s too good memory worked against him, causing him to recall the card placement of the previous game and commit a fault. Yet, amazingly enough, Taichi avoided being pulled into the spiral of self-doubt, thanks to his inferiority complex rooted in Arata - the very thing that had proved his downfall in trying to move up to class A. I love the dynamics between Taichi and Arata - well so far we’ve only seen things from Taichi’s perspective so hopefully we’ll get to hear from Arata about Taichi soon - this push-pull dynamic, like the tides. The more Taichi wants to not think about Arata, the more he does.

Having ascertained Emuro’s skills to be lesser than Arata’s, Taichi regained his confidence (which took quite a hit last episode) and even went so far as to consider his opponent’s lead as the handicap he intentionally gave, the way Harada-sensei would when playing with him. 

Uh-huh, uh-huh. He did it, didn’t he?

Tsukuba-kun has had a rough day so far. What spanned over a dozen of episodes aka. the teams’ tournament actually took place in one single day (and has yet to end!) and it was certainly no easy thing to keep playing one match after another, albeit with a break, and losing every single one of it. Tsukuba-kun’s determination and resilience to face his opponents with all he had is incredible, understated as it was. 

“There are two cards you absolutely have to be good at.”

Like Taichi finding encouragement in the words of Harada-sensei, so did Tsukuba gain extra confidence from the guidance of his supportive teammates. The two cards that Tsukuba must be absolutely good at are the ones starting with the syllable Tsu, and it’s so touching and sweet that the entire gang boasted that these 2 cards were their good cards too. 

“I don’t really get how you can be sentimental about looking at the moon,...”

And he got it!

Lmao

The center stage 

The tide continued to turn in Mizusawa’s favor as Chi-chan took one consecutive after another in spite of her injury, which caused the inexperienced Yama-chan aka. Rion much consternation. 

Rion was somewhat at her wits’ end when she received timely encouragement from an unlikely-but-not-totally-unexpected source.

“While most players slap away at the cards, Rion was special. She was beautiful.”

While pulling on pigtails of the girl you like/admire is a little too old-fashioned, it is nonetheless refreshing to hear such candid and honest confession, albeit only to himself. He constantly searched for beauty and found it in her, but refused to act in any other way but tsundere (way more tsun than dere....) to the point of vowing to keep up the bullying unless she could win this match, which to him, was like a red carpet all laid out for her alone. I truly hope that his brand of tough love would be properly conveyed to Rion at some point in the near future because it felt very genuine (reminded me a little of Bakudeku dynamic after the Ground Beta fight lmao). 

“Win, Rion! If you can’t win in such favorable circumstances, you’ll get picked on again by me!”

But to be fair to Rion, playing against an opponent like Chi-chan, who reminded even Yamashiro-san of Meijin Suou, was never meant to be a bed of roses. 

“I was worried that it would be unfair for me to participate as a reader, but your opponent’s game sense rivals yours.”

Well, it was still somewhat unfair but the fault lied with Coach Sakurazawa for seeking to win with Rion. In a way, it is unhelpful in the long run to Rion because she should be given guidance in adjusting herself to other readers, not encouraged to only play well with a particular reader. I hope that Rion would see the merit in opening herself up soon, instead of shutting herself away in the cocoon of her grandma.

The game came to a turning point as both Chi-chan and Rion reached for Said world grants no change at the same time - which is way before the unique syllable was read. The card was on Rion’s side so she got it instead of Chi-chan, who experienced another painful jolt in fetching the card she lost. It seemed for a moment that Chi-chan would lose the favorable momentum from getting nearly 10 cards in a row but the sight of a person she much admired imbued her with new resolve to fight with all she got, even if she would have to miss the individual tournament on the next day. 

Correct, Chi-chan. 10/10.

In spite of the physical pain and mental anguish she was going through, she still had her eyes focus on the prize of the day and took time to remind the boys of their goal. 

The game became more intense as Chi-chan and Rion had another close call that prompted the referee to step in and arbitrate, even though neither of them made the request. Coach Sakurazawa questioned her strategy to use Rion, seeing how she was struggling in a match rigged in her favour. 

But she didn’t and Chi-chan refused to give up.

I’ve never lost a match with Grandma as the reader. I was convinced that I could defeat the Queen if Grandma was reading. 

Game over for Mizusawa?

At this juncture, Mizusawa was already down by one match. Tsutomu tried his best but his opponent got fired up after seeing Rion struggle to win and more or less, blew him away. Nishida and Tsukuba had yet to lose but things were not looking good for them either. Equally alarming is Taichi who had yet to narrow the gap of 5 cards, in spite of his improved performance midway thru the game. 

“He wants to attack, but the last 5 cards have all been on his side!”

Taichi’s luck or more like lack of it is surely gonna be the death of me, i swear. 

Taichi’s superb memory proved to be both his boon and bane as he lost 2 cards to his opponent due to his finding it hard to forget. the card placement of previous games. In a way, he was facing an exemplar of the captain he aspired to be - one not inclined to over-rely on his memory and armed with sound tactics, confidence, stamina and a calm and collected demeanor that rivals Arata. Luckily, the awareness of his opponent’s superiority only served to spur him on and push him to trust in himself. Unwavering, he took to the same path that Chi-chan set on - attack the lower right, while also covering his card.

“I don’t need you, Harada-sensei.”

The gap between Taichi and his opponent was lessened to 4 cards, but Mizusawa soon recorded another loss. It was not great timing but to be fair, it was amazing that Tsukuba even held on as long as he did, and won a certain degree of recognition from his opponent.

The situation certainly looks dire for Mizusawa. The chance of them getting 3 wins is pretty low. If I am to make a bet, I think they will get 2 wins - one from Chi-chan and the other, hopefully from Taichi because he really really needs a boost, all the more so for the individual tournament just around the corner.  

MIZUSAWA, FIGHTO!

Until the next time then, folks. Stay safe. 

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"3D Kanojo: Real Girl" Live-Action Film Reveals Teaser Poster & Trailer for September 14 Release

The official website for the upcoming live-action film adaptation of Mao Nanami's 3D Kanojo: Real Girl romance manga has posted a teaser poster visual introducing its main heroine Iroha Igarashi portrayed by 21-year-old Ayami Nakajo (Nino Arisugawa in Anonymous Noise) and the male protagonist Hikaru Tsutsui by 20-year-old Hayato Sano (Akihiro Tsukuba in Chihayafuru), along with a 60-second teaser trailer. 

   The live-action film is directed by Tsutomu Hanabusa, who has been working on many adaptations based on popular shoujo manga series, such as Kazune Kawahara's High School Debut (2011), Momoko Kouda's Heroine Shikkaku (2015), and Kanan Minami's Although I’'m a minor, I'm not a child (2017). It will be distributed by Warner Brothers Japan from September 14, 2018.

  Teaser poster visual

＼＼ティザーポスター解禁／／ 美女とオタクの大純愛スペクタク��⁉️ 女子の憧れシチュエーションとして有名な壁ドン…のはずが、色葉( #中条あやみ )が筒井( #佐野勇人）を逆壁ドン楽しげな色葉と圧倒される筒井の表情にもぜひ注目してください#映画3D彼女 9.14（金）公開 pic.twitter.com/EfX4gRd2no

— 映画『3D彼女　リアルガール』公式 (@3Dkanojomovie) 2018年4月23日

  Teaser trailer

  Message from Nakajo and Sano

    Meanwhile, Takashi Naoya (Touken Ranbu -Hanamaru-)-directed TV anime adaptation has been also

aired in Japan since April 3. As reported, 31-year-old actress Sayaka Kanda, best known as the Japanese

dub voice of Anna in Walt Disney Animation Studios' 2013 film Frozen, is voicing Ezomichi, the main

character in the in-universe anime Magical Girl Ezomichi that the male protagonist Hikaru Tsutsui loves.

   TV anime key visual

  Source: "3D Kanojo: Real Girl" live-action film official website 

  ©2018 Movie "3D Kanojo: Real Girl" Production Committee

©Mao Nanami/Kodansha, Anime "3D Kanojo: Real Girl" Production Committee

  By: news+feed@crunchyroll.com

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“thanks, hanano-san, for joining the karuta club. tsukuba too.” - chihayafuru chapter 245