3 Season
74 Episode
Chihayafuru - Season 1 Episode 1 Now the Flower Blooms
Sixth grade was when Ayase Chihaya met Wataya Arata, the transfer student from Fukui. The shy and quiet Arata was hiding a surprising talent. He knew how to play the competitive karuta version of Ogura's Hundred Poets. Chihaya is stunned by the intensity Arata displays when playing karuta.
- Year: 2020
- Country: Japan
- Genre: Animation, Drama
- Studio: Nippon TV
- Keyword: competition, card game, strong woman, training, high school, growing up, romance, slice of life, unrequited love, coming of age, female protagonist, based on manga, old friends, friends in love, anime, school club, karuta, prodigy, josei, japanese high school, spokon, japanese high school student
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- Cast: Asami Seto, Mamoru Miyano, Yoshimasa Hosoya