Chihayafuru
ちはやふる
Chihaya Ayase has spent most of her life supporting her sister’s model career. When she meets a boy named Arata Wataya, he thinks Chihaya has potential to become a great karuta player. As Chihaya dreams of becoming Japan's best karuta player, she is soon separated from her karuta playing friends. Now in high school, Chihaya still plays karuta in the hope that she will one day meet her friends again. (Source: Crunchyroll)
Chihayafuru is a tv with 25 episodes, from Fall 2011, produced by MADHOUSE, rated 8.0/10 on AniList.
Synopsis
Chihaya Ayase has spent most of her life supporting her sister’s model career. When she meets a boy named Arata Wataya, he thinks Chihaya has potential to become a great karuta player. As Chihaya dreams of becoming Japan's best karuta player, she is soon separated from her karuta playing friends. Now in high school, Chihaya still plays karuta in the hope that she will one day meet her friends again. (Source: Crunchyroll)
Main Characters
Tags
- Karuta — Centers around the game of karuta.
- Female Protagonist — Main character is female.
- School Club — Partly or completely set in a school club scene.
- Josei — Target demographic is adult females.
- Coming of Age — Centers around a character's transition from childhood to adulthood.
- Love Triangle — Centered around romantic feelings between more than two people. Includes all love polygons.
- School — Partly or completely set in a primary or secondary educational institution.
- Heterosexual — Prominently features a romance between a man and a woman, not inherently sexual.
- Ensemble Cast — Features a large cast of characters with (almost) equal screen time and importance to the plot.
- Primarily Teen Cast — Main cast is mostly composed of teen characters.
- Unrequited Love — One or more characters are experiencing an unrequited love that may or may not be reciprocated.
- Athletics — Centers around sporting events that involve competitive running, jumping, throwing, or walking.