Thread: Licensed + Crunchyroll Chihayafuru Season 2
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Old 2013-02-11, 00:58   Link #444
HandofFate
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Originally Posted by SeijiSensei View Post
I'd have to rewatch season one, but don't the genders compete separately at the professional level like they do in Go and Shougi? Chihaya wants to become "Queen" not "Meijin." It's a big issue in Shion no Ou, too.

As a Westerner, I never understood the rationale for this at all. Since physical strength is largely irrelevant in these games, it seems purely a patriarchal notion about womens' abilities versus mens'. Women don't play professional poker at separate tables, for instance.
I just add that in Pro Go, males and females do compete against eachother.
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