「繋がる者 / 兄の意地」 (Tisunagaru Mono / Ani no Iji)
“Wearing His Pride / Those Connected”

This series keeps me on my toes. Animation, story, music, and characters. So well put together.

「くだけてものをおもふころかな / さねかづら」 (Kudakete mono o omou koro kana / Sanegazura)
“Crushed and All Alone, Thinking Over What Has Been / Trailing Vine”

Never thought I’d get to experience Arata’s many faces. So adorable. More Arata please!

「地下への」 (Nezā he no)
“Into the Nether”

We get to experience a Maki, Iris, and Tamaki beatdown. Latóm

「これやこの」 (Kore ya kono)
“As Friends and Strangers”

It’s qualification time for our favourite karuta players. All except one of course.

「黒と白と灰色 / 発火の極意」 (Kuro to Shiro to Haiiro / Hakka no Gokui)
“Black and White and Gray / The Secrets of Pyrokinesis

Up, up and away!

「あらしふく」 (Arashi fuku)
“As Storms Sweep”

As she aspires to become Queen, new dreams emerge. I wonder what it would be like to have Chihaya as a teacher.

「にしきなりけり」 (Nishiki narikeri)
“Tatsuta River Ablaze”

Head to head. Heart to heart. What’s to become of these two?

「俺たちは家族」 (Ore-tachi wa Kazoku)
“We Are Family”

It all comes crumbling down.

「たかさごの / あまのかぐやま」 (Takasago no / Ama no kaguyama)
“Nobody wishes to see / Mount Amanokagu”

What are you waiting for? Chihayafuru has only just begun. Binge it if you must because this series has stolen my heart yet again, even after so long.

「鍛冶屋の夢」 (Kajiya no Yume)
“The Blacksmith’s Dream”

It’s fresh, it’s new, it’s crisp. It’s Vulcan’s hairdo.