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Chihayafuru

ちはやふる

2011–2020 · 3 seasons, 74 episodes · 23m episodes · Animation, Drama · Nippon TV · Japan · Rated TV-14 (US)

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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Asami Seto, Mamoru Miyano, Ai Kayano, Toru Nara, Tsubasa Yonaga, Yoshimasa Hosoya
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animebased on mangabukatsucard gamecoming of agecompetitionfemale protagonistfriends in lovegrowing uphigh schoolhigh school lifehigh school studentjapanese high schooljoseikarutaold friendsprodigyromanceschool clubschool lifeslice of lifestrong womantrainingunrequited love
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