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Chihayafuru

Show Info

  • Status: Ended
  • First Aired: October 5, 2011
  • Seasons: 3
  • Episodes: 74
  • Networks: Nippon TV
  • Genres: Animation, Drama
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Chihayafuru(2011)
Comeback King
This show finished strong! The final season's average rating was higher than the previous one.

TMDB Rating: 7.6 (58 votes)

Overview

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.

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Chihayafuru

25 episodes • 2011Avg: 1.0

#EpisodeAir DateRating
1Now the Flower BloomsOct 5, 20110.0
2The Red That IsOct 12, 20110.0
3From the Crystal White SnowOct 19, 20110.0
4A Whirlwind of Flower Petals DescendsOct 26, 20110.0
5The Sight of a Midnight MoonNov 2, 20111.0
6Now Bloom Inside the Nine-fold PalaceNov 9, 20110.0
7But for Autumn's ComingNov 16, 20110.0
8The Sounds of the WaterfallNov 23, 20110.0
9But I Cannot HideNov 30, 20110.0
10Exchange Hellos And GoodbyesDec 7, 20110.0
11The Sky is the Road HomeDec 14, 20110.0
12Sets These Forbidden Fields AglowDec 21, 20110.0
13For You, I Head OutJan 4, 20120.0
14For There Is No One Else Out HereJan 11, 20120.0
15As Though Pearls Have Been Strung Across the Autumn PlainJan 18, 20120.0
16The Autumn Leaves of Mount OguraJan 25, 20120.0
17World Offers No EscapeFeb 1, 20120.0
18The Plum Blossoms Still Smell the SameFeb 8, 20120.0
19As the Years PassFeb 15, 20120.0
20The Cresting Waves Almost Look Like Clouds in the SkiesFeb 22, 20120.0
21As My Sleeves Are Wet with DewFeb 29, 20120.0
22Just as My Beauty Has FadedMar 7, 20120.0
23The Night is Nearly PastMar 14, 20120.0
24Nobody Wishes to See the Beautiful Cherry BlossomsMar 21, 20120.0
25Moonlight, Clear and BrightMar 28, 20120.0
Chihayafuru 2 Poster

Chihayafuru 2

25 episodes • 2013Avg: 4.8Golden Era

#EpisodeAir DateRating
1So The Flower Has WiltedJan 12, 20137.5
2As My First Love CameJan 19, 20130.0
3Feel Love DeepenJan 26, 20130.0
4To tell the people in the capital that I make for the islandsFeb 2, 20130.0
5Be as dear now, those were the good old daysFeb 9, 20130.0
6To set the Tatsuta River ablazeFeb 16, 20130.0
7They all exchange hellos and goodbyes at the famous gates of AfusakaFeb 23, 20130.0
8Which shines over Mount MikasaMar 2, 20130.0
9My Only ThoughtMar 9, 20130.0
10Rain takes longer to dryMar 16, 20130.0
11I feel as though my body is on fire with Ibuki mugwortMar 23, 20130.0
12The only sign of summerMar 30, 20130.0
13In my dreams, I creep closer to youApr 6, 20130.0
14People would always ask if I was pining for someoneApr 13, 20130.0
15No matter where I standApr 20, 20132.0
16Wait for the Emperor's ReturnApr 27, 20130.0
17Gust of windMay 4, 20130.0
18My fear is that you will forgetMay 11, 20130.0
19I do not know where this love will take meMay 18, 20130.0
20The fall paddy shacksMay 25, 20130.0
21But its legacy continues to spreadJun 1, 20130.0
22Long Last We MeetJun 8, 20130.0
23To see the beautiful cherry blossomsJun 15, 20130.0
24When I must hide...Jun 22, 20130.0
25I can look up and see the snowy cap of Mt. FujiJun 29, 20130.0
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Chihayafuru 3

24 episodes • 2019

#EpisodeAir DateRating
1May it be that I findOct 22, 20190.0
2The hazed early dawn light comes not from the moonOct 29, 20190.0
3But from the crystal white snow of YoshinoOct 29, 20190.0
4Nobody wishes to seeNov 5, 20190.0
5Mount AmanokaguNov 5, 20190.0
6Tatsuta River AblazeNov 12, 20190.0
7The storm blastsNov 19, 20190.0
8As friends and strangersNov 26, 20190.0
9I recall how my own efforts were in vainDec 3, 20190.0
10Scarlet kadsurasDec 10, 20190.0
11Leaving a hovering mist above the trees and grassDec 17, 20190.0
12So the flower petals are scattered like the snow by the passing stormDec 24, 20190.0
13Yet it is I who withers and wiltsJan 7, 20200.0
14The emotions experiencedJan 14, 20200.0
15As helpless autumn leaves are caught against the flowJan 21, 20200.0
16Takes me away in hasteJan 28, 20200.0
17As my sleeves are wet with dewFeb 4, 20200.0
18The storm will soon carry meFeb 11, 20200.0
19Bring a life of everlasting loveFeb 18, 20200.0
20May the scarlet kadsurasFeb 25, 20200.0
21To restore my faithMar 3, 20200.0
22Just as my beauty has fadedMar 10, 20200.0
23Like a boatsman adriftMar 17, 20200.0
24When winds send waves crashingMar 24, 20200.0

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