Yesss I’m so happy Chihaya realized her feelings for Taichi!! I thought my ship was never going to come to fruition. Taichi has always been by her side and supporting her dream. I love Arata, but I feel like Chihaya’s feelings for him were more admiration for being the best karuta player rather than actual feelings of love. I’m just happy Chihaya’s dense mind finally found it’s way to TAICHI!!
I don't think it's forced, I think it's slowly been building to it. Especially because chihaya is so dense and doesn't know her own feelings.
The reason why in the beginning and during the manga she always thinks of arata and has so many flashbacks to him, always sees his face in so many crucial moments and moments with strong feelings - is because he's the best and strongest at karuta in her eyes.
There's the moment when chihaya plays hyoro for the first time and she finally acknowledges him, and he says she's cold because she never has ackowledged him before because she only acknowledges strong players and views him as weaker than her. She can't say anything but "true" to that.
Then when arata finally plays taichi he has the same realisation, that he's never acknowledged him in karuta before or ever thought he could lose to taichi.
In the first instance when taichi left the club chihaya could see his strength in karuta and knew he would be back and with her on the queen stage (that declaration leans romantic for me). When taichi then played karuta with other strong players, chihaya acknowledges his strength. When chihaya became the pillar of the misuzawa club she again acknowledged taichi's strength. When taichi is over at chihaya's house he acknowledges chihaya's strength with her exceptional hearing to her mother, this moment again layers into chihaya's feelings of strength and romance (in this strength perspective it's a passionate and romantic thing to say in front of chihaya to her mother).
Throughout the series we see these themes, but I think chihaya's feeling for taichi grew stronger when she said "my dream is for taichi to reach class A". She loves him and wants to play karuta with him at the same level in the same class. Her feelings continue to grow with her unaware.
Chihaya's sense of the world and herself revolve around karuta, even her love life. So while in the beginning she always thought of aruta because he's strong in karuta, when taichi reached the same level she thinks of him more too, and that is where we see her honest feelings grow now towards taichi.
I don't think chihaya was going to end up with aruta because he was so far away, he became a godly figure of karuta in her eyes. Because she elevated him to that status it would take time to humanise him as a love interest for her, but aruta didn't have that time because he lived away.
If both taichi and aruta lived in tokyo and played karuta by chihaya's side we might have a different outcome. Aruta could see this, which is why in the last chapter he teasingly says to taichi, well if you stayed by her side at 18 I might try to stay by her side at 28. Because he knows chihaya's feelings need to develop in proximity. But obviously I don't think chihaya and aruta will ever get together now because she's committed and fallen for taichi.
Yes it may feel forced if we don't understand chihaya's feelings in this way or this perspective, but I enjoyed the slow burn aspect of it.
idk why yall getting mad over her ending up with tai. chihaya has always held ADMIRATION for arata. he was the one who brought her into the sport and made her realise she can have a life apart from her sister. so hes more of her destined rival than love interest. tai on the other hand has always been there to support chihaya at every single step. initially i felt like his role was to be just "there". but he was very cruical for the story. he always loved chihaya and its pretty understandable she ended up with him. glad how they ended the manga
They def had to break my heart before making it whole again... but I'm SOOO glad she finally realized her true feelings... I also don't know why people are surprised by the outcome because from the beginning Chihaya's feelings for Arata were never romantic... She always associated him with her love for the game, but it never was romantic love, she was just so obsessed with the game she couldn't distinguish the two... But it broke my heart that she had to break Taichi's heart before realizing that herself... but YAY!! I hope they animate it all the way til the end!!!
Spoilers!! . . . . . . . . . . . . . The endgame ship… i dont know what to say. It feels forced ???? The whole time it feels like Chihaya likes Arata. She is flustered when he confesses, without giving any answers, but declines Taichi’s confession. She doesn’t say she likes Arata but it feels so much like it. Why is she saying sorry to Taichi ugh my head hurts.
Concerning the Meijin and Queen’s match, I knew the endgame but couldn’t help feeling upset and we don’t even know what happened to Suou (╯°Д °)╯╧╧
I still liked it overall, it had me really invested in the story and characters.
I don't think it's forced, I think it's slowly been building to it. Especially because chihaya is so dense and doesn't know her own feelings.
The reason why in the beginning and during the manga she always thinks of arata and has so many flashbacks to him, always sees his face in so many crucial moments and moments with strong feelings - is because he's the best and strongest at karuta in her eyes.
There's the moment when chihaya plays hyoro for the first time and she finally acknowledges him, and he says she's cold because she never has ackowledged him before because she only acknowledges strong players and views him as weaker than her. She can't say anything but "true" to that.
Then when arata finally plays taichi he has the same realisation, that he's never acknowledged him in karuta before or ever thought he could lose to taichi.
In the first instance when taichi left the club chihaya could see his strength in karuta and knew he would be back and with her on the queen stage (that declaration leans romantic for me). When taichi then played karuta with other strong players, chihaya acknowledges his strength. When chihaya became the pillar of the misuzawa club she again acknowledged taichi's strength. When taichi is over at chihaya's house he acknowledges chihaya's strength with her exceptional hearing to her mother, this moment again layers into chihaya's feelings of strength and romance (in this strength perspective it's a passionate and romantic thing to say in front of chihaya to her mother).
Throughout the series we see these themes, but I think chihaya's feeling for taichi grew stronger when she said "my dream is for taichi to reach class A". She loves him and wants to play karuta with him at the same level in the same class. Her feelings continue to grow with her unaware.
Chihaya's sense of the world and herself revolve around karuta, even her love life. So while in the beginning she always thought of aruta because he's strong in karuta, when taichi reached the same level she thinks of him more too, and that is where we see her honest feelings grow now towards taichi.
I don't think chihaya was going to end up with aruta because he was so far away, he became a godly figure of karuta in her eyes. Because she elevated him to that status it would take time to humanise him as a love interest for her, but aruta didn't have that time because he lived away.
If both taichi and aruta lived in tokyo and played karuta by chihaya's side we might have a different outcome. Aruta could see this, which is why in the last chapter he teasingly says to taichi, well if you stayed by her side at 18 I might try to stay by her side at 28. Because he knows chihaya's feelings need to develop in proximity. But obviously I don't think chihaya and aruta will ever get together now because she's committed and fallen for taichi.
Yes it may feel forced if we don't understand chihaya's feelings in this way or this perspective, but I enjoyed the slow burn aspect of it.
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Yesss I’m so happy Chihaya realized her feelings for Taichi!! I thought my ship was never going to come to fruition. Taichi has always been by her side and supporting her dream. I love Arata, but I feel like Chihaya’s feelings for him were more admiration for being the best karuta player rather than actual feelings of love. I’m just happy Chihaya’s dense mind finally found it’s way to TAICHI!!
I don't think it's forced, I think it's slowly been building to it. Especially because chihaya is so dense and doesn't know her own feelings.
The reason why in the beginning and during the manga she always thinks of arata and has so many flashbacks to him, always sees his face in so many crucial moments and moments with strong feelings - is because he's the best and strongest at karuta in her eyes.
There's the moment when chihaya plays hyoro for the first time and she finally acknowledges him, and he says she's cold because she never has ackowledged him before because she only acknowledges strong players and views him as weaker than her. She can't say anything but "true" to that.
Then when arata finally plays taichi he has the same realisation, that he's never acknowledged him in karuta before or ever thought he could lose to taichi.
In the first instance when taichi left the club chihaya could see his strength in karuta and knew he would be back and with her on the queen stage (that declaration leans romantic for me). When taichi then played karuta with other strong players, chihaya acknowledges his strength. When chihaya became the pillar of the misuzawa club she again acknowledged taichi's strength. When taichi is over at chihaya's house he acknowledges chihaya's strength with her exceptional hearing to her mother, this moment again layers into chihaya's feelings of strength and romance (in this strength perspective it's a passionate and romantic thing to say in front of chihaya to her mother).
Throughout the series we see these themes, but I think chihaya's feeling for taichi grew stronger when she said "my dream is for taichi to reach class A". She loves him and wants to play karuta with him at the same level in the same class. Her feelings continue to grow with her unaware.
Chihaya's sense of the world and herself revolve around karuta, even her love life. So while in the beginning she always thought of aruta because he's strong in karuta, when taichi reached the same level she thinks of him more too, and that is where we see her honest feelings grow now towards taichi.
I don't think chihaya was going to end up with aruta because he was so far away, he became a godly figure of karuta in her eyes. Because she elevated him to that status it would take time to humanise him as a love interest for her, but aruta didn't have that time because he lived away.
If both taichi and aruta lived in tokyo and played karuta by chihaya's side we might have a different outcome. Aruta could see this, which is why in the last chapter he teasingly says to taichi, well if you stayed by her side at 18 I might try to stay by her side at 28. Because he knows chihaya's feelings need to develop in proximity. But obviously I don't think chihaya and aruta will ever get together now because she's committed and fallen for taichi.
Yes it may feel forced if we don't understand chihaya's feelings in this way or this perspective, but I enjoyed the slow burn aspect of it.
You deserve more upvotes! ヽ(`Д´)ﾉ ╥﹏╥
idk why yall getting mad over her ending up with tai. chihaya has always held ADMIRATION for arata. he was the one who brought her into the sport and made her realise she can have a life apart from her sister. so hes more of her destined rival than love interest. tai on the other hand has always been there to support chihaya at every single step. initially i felt like his role was to be just "there". but he was very cruical for the story. he always loved chihaya and its pretty understandable she ended up with him. glad how they ended the manga
They def had to break my heart before making it whole again... but I'm SOOO glad she finally realized her true feelings... I also don't know why people are surprised by the outcome because from the beginning Chihaya's feelings for Arata were never romantic... She always associated him with her love for the game, but it never was romantic love, she was just so obsessed with the game she couldn't distinguish the two... But it broke my heart that she had to break Taichi's heart before realizing that herself... but YAY!! I hope they animate it all the way til the end!!!
where to read chapt 50-84 pls
i'm gonna pretend arata and chihaya got together
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Omg I’m so frustrated that my baby Arata wasn’t chosen in the end, even tho the manga kept on insinuating they’d be endgame more than Taichi
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The endgame ship… i dont know what to say.
It feels forced ???? The whole time it feels like Chihaya likes Arata. She is flustered when he confesses, without giving any answers, but declines Taichi’s confession. She doesn’t say she likes Arata but it feels so much like it. Why is she saying sorry to Taichi ugh my head hurts.
Concerning the Meijin and Queen’s match, I knew the endgame but couldn’t help feeling upset and we don’t even know what happened to Suou (╯°Д °)╯╧╧
I still liked it overall, it had me really invested in the story and characters.
I don't think it's forced, I think it's slowly been building to it. Especially because chihaya is so dense and doesn't know her own feelings.
The reason why in the beginning and during the manga she always thinks of arata and has so many flashbacks to him, always sees his face in so many crucial moments and moments with strong feelings - is because he's the best and strongest at karuta in her eyes.
There's the moment when chihaya plays hyoro for the first time and she finally acknowledges him, and he says she's cold because she never has ackowledged him before because she only acknowledges strong players and views him as weaker than her. She can't say anything but "true" to that.
Then when arata finally plays taichi he has the same realisation, that he's never acknowledged him in karuta before or ever thought he could lose to taichi.
In the first instance when taichi left the club chihaya could see his strength in karuta and knew he would be back and with her on the queen stage (that declaration leans romantic for me). When taichi then played karuta with other strong players, chihaya acknowledges his strength. When chihaya became the pillar of the misuzawa club she again acknowledged taichi's strength. When taichi is over at chihaya's house he acknowledges chihaya's strength with her exceptional hearing to her mother, this moment again layers into chihaya's feelings of strength and romance (in this strength perspective it's a passionate and romantic thing to say in front of chihaya to her mother).
Throughout the series we see these themes, but I think chihaya's feeling for taichi grew stronger when she said "my dream is for taichi to reach class A". She loves him and wants to play karuta with him at the same level in the same class. Her feelings continue to grow with her unaware.
Chihaya's sense of the world and herself revolve around karuta, even her love life. So while in the beginning she always thought of aruta because he's strong in karuta, when taichi reached the same level she thinks of him more too, and that is where we see her honest feelings grow now towards taichi.
I don't think chihaya was going to end up with aruta because he was so far away, he became a godly figure of karuta in her eyes. Because she elevated him to that status it would take time to humanise him as a love interest for her, but aruta didn't have that time because he lived away.
If both taichi and aruta lived in tokyo and played karuta by chihaya's side we might have a different outcome. Aruta could see this, which is why in the last chapter he teasingly says to taichi, well if you stayed by her side at 18 I might try to stay by her side at 28. Because he knows chihaya's feelings need to develop in proximity. But obviously I don't think chihaya and aruta will ever get together now because she's committed and fallen for taichi.
Yes it may feel forced if we don't understand chihaya's feelings in this way or this perspective, but I enjoyed the slow burn aspect of it.
after a long battle with myself accepting that taichi will never be the ML and he'll be like those 2nd ML, he became the ML lmaooo
Just checked if this ended alreadya and it did!
Sadly, my ship sank...
literally everyone and their mom knew it would be arata x chihaya
i can't believe we got a taichi x chihaya ending smh
so glad i dropped this
I just want to know who the endgame is ╥﹏╥
It's taichi!! ヾ(☆▽☆)
THANK YOU ╮(￣▽￣)╭