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Originally Posted by hyperborealis
It's amusing: Taichi is trying to become Arata, a person who doesn't run away, but Arata has to learn to stop being so cool, and run away when it's for the sake of karuta.
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Arata does not run away. He stands for his principles, which might make him look cool to others (Shinobu, I'm looking at you). I think the main thing Arata has to learn is acceptance. He earlier learned to accept his grandfather's death. He just learned to accept team play. Now, he needs to learn to accept that he cannot let his ideals and stellar character get in the way of what is truly important, which is karuta in this case.
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Originally Posted by DragoonKain3
After all, if Shinobu has been disappointed with Arata so far, then that means she has high hopes on him for a romantic reason right?
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LOL Shinobu only so far shows that she wants to play with someone challenging, and who she sees as an equal who loves karuta like she does. Arata is her rival, even if she is not his rival. Maybe something can develop later on, but nothing is in place just yet.
As for the conversation about Taichi and Chihaya, Taichi originally continued karuta is due to wanting affection from Chihaya. So in this regards, it has been about love before other circumstances. He has grown to love karuta, but love still dictates a large part of things.
Let's put it this way. If Chihaya had to suddenly move to the United States, will Taichi still have the same passion to play karuta as he does now, or will he start to delegate things to other members and slowly drift away? He loves karuta right now, but not as much as people give him credit for.