2013-03-09, 00:54 | Link #642 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2011
|
dare ? ahhh poor shinobu-chan & got scolded too
but finally an Arata episode. ah looks like shinobu's really hung up on Arata, with Arata always beating her in the first round. looks like Shinbu's views on Karuta( and team play)really clashes with Chihaya. Arata seems to be leaning now towards chihaya's views. or rather returning to it. that ending ouch, that would really hurt. much so because I understand why Arata did it. Still the sensei is very much in the right. wonder how it can be resolved. loved how it was superimposed on what was happening on shinobu's side and her disappointment about the birdman competition.
__________________
|
2013-03-09, 01:14 | Link #643 | |
SIBYL salesman
Join Date: Feb 2011
|
Quote:
Er, to make this post more meaningful: I thought it was interesting (if I interpreted it correctly) that Arata wanted to make his presence unknown to Taichi & Chihaya (observing like an unseen "god", maybe?), and yet Murao blew it for him. Hopefully, it didn't negatively impact the team (I'm looking at you, Taichi). |
|
2013-03-09, 01:56 | Link #644 | |
AS Oji-kun
Join Date: Nov 2006
Age: 74
|
Quote:
__________________
|
|
2013-03-09, 07:04 | Link #645 |
Anime-Only Viewer
Graphic Designer
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: USA
|
Yeah, it is not confirmed, but it is the only thing I can think of right now. Hence, my line of thought is the way it is. I believe that the series has to put Arata, Chihaya, and Taichi together again for that dynamic to be better played out. Arata is supposed to be one of the 3 main characters, but he is out of the spotlight so much of the series so far. It just makes more sense that they come together for their final push in High School, and for Arata to grow that way as well. He can't be a loner forever, and it would be too cruel for the author to do that to him.
__________________
Last edited by thundrakkon; 2013-03-09 at 14:33. Reason: Name correction, from Taichi to Arata |
2013-03-09, 10:07 | Link #646 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Virginia, USA
Age: 62
|
If this season has a recap episode like the 1st season's recap episode, I wouldn't mind too much. I thought the 1st season recap episode which mixed in all those little omake vignettes was hilarious.
__________________
|
2013-03-09, 11:02 | Link #647 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Mandaluyong, Philippines
|
It's a very good episode. Some focus and development on Arata, one of the protagonist with the least screen time. No hard feeling to the guy he socks.
Poor Shinobu for raining on Birdman competition, she was so much looking forward to it. Weird as she may be, it's what I like about her character. |
2013-03-09, 11:23 | Link #648 | ||
Kana Hanazawa ♥
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: France
Age: 37
|
Quote:
Quote:
The omakes were indeed very funny, but if I had to choose, I'd rather have no recap episode at all.
__________________
|
||
2013-03-09, 11:29 | Link #649 | |
AS Oji-kun
Join Date: Nov 2006
Age: 74
|
Quote:
Oh, and did anyone else think it strange that Shinobu was wearing her school uniform? We saw her in casual clothes during that phone conversation a few episodes ago. Heck, even the high school competitors aren't wearing their uniforms. What's up with Shinobu? Was she also wearing her uniform in the manga version of her encounter with Arata? By the way, even though I love both Chihaya and Kanade, this old guy thinks Shinobu is the sexiest female in the show.
__________________
|
|
2013-03-09, 11:39 | Link #650 | ||
Kana Hanazawa ♥
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: France
Age: 37
|
Quote:
Quote:
Incidentally, Chihaya and the others came in their uniforms as well (both this year and last year). They changed right before the competition started. Excellent taste. It's the sex hair and her icy eyes that are doing it for me. The mole adds a touch of sexiness as well.
__________________
|
||
2013-03-09, 17:36 | Link #652 |
Me, An Intellectual
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: UK
Age: 33
|
That was a great episode thanks to the new perspective of Arata. Truth be told I was starting to feel like episodes with the karuta club were treading the same ground even with the new members, so Arata's POV was a refreshing change that had lots to offer. And yeah I think Shinobu is sexiest as well.
__________________
|
2013-03-09, 19:29 | Link #653 |
Seishu's Ace
Author
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Kobe, Japan
|
Sexiest girl in Chihayafuru? Heh, I never really thought about it believe it or not.
I don't think it precisely answers the question, but if I was going to ask one of them out, it would be Kana.
__________________
|
2013-03-10, 12:37 | Link #654 |
Lost at Sea
Join Date: Mar 2010
|
This week's episode curiously has two title poems: the words given on the title screen, "wata no hara," are the opening words for both #11 & #76.
Here are Mostow's translations of both poems: #11 O tell her, at least, that I’ve rowed out, heading towards the innumerable isles of the ocean’s wide plain, you fishing boats of the sea-folk! #76 As I row out into the wide sea-plain and look all around me-- the white waves of the offing could be mistaken for clouds! The point of the title I think lies in its ambiguity: the animators could certainly have added more words to specify which poem they meant, but they chose not to. So we are left in a place where we cannot identify which poem is the title poem, and have to take them both at once. The title's deliberate ambiguity connects thematically to the question Arata mentally asks of Murao-san: "what does it mean to be good at karuta?" Murao believes that "true skill" in karuta is exemplified by individual match play, as opposed to team play. But as Arata plays with the Fukui West team, he remembers what it was like to play as a kid with Chihaya and Taichi, and realizes that ability in karuta involves both individual and team skills. Like the title, the essence of karuta is ambiguously two things at once: the team play that contributes to individual success, and vice versa. Murao I think means his point technically and qualitatively. But Arata means his response in an experiential sense as well. Team play is a form of social life, and brings with it the pleasures of sharing experiences with friends. To be good at karuta in a team sense is also to be good at living, to be living well, to be having fun, as the anime usually puts it. From this perspective, Chihaya's pursuit of karuta for its own sake and Sumire's pursuit of karuta for the sake of love are part of the same purpose of living life well. Arata's question to Murao implicitly raises the question of how life is best lived, and answers it implicitly in terms of the experiences achieved through team play. --------------------- I loved the moment when Arata put on his glasses, and began to play in earnest. There is no question he refuses to cheat in any meaningful sense: he only puts them on once the match is decided. More than that, when he does put on his glasses, he has to know he will be caught. His sensei from the Nagumo Society is standing almost at his shoulder, and he is about to play at a level that will immediately draw attention to him and to identify him at once. But he does so anyway, out of a profound desire to respect his opponent and to contribute to his team. He doesn't have to--he can just sit, let the cards run out, and get out unobserved, having fulfilled his intention of letting the real Fukui West players play at Omi Jingu. But Arata puts on his glasses anyway. It is a remarkable moment, of true personal courage and commitment to karuta. --------------------- PS Definitely Kana.
__________________
|
2013-03-10, 21:55 | Link #656 | |
残念美人
Join Date: Oct 2004
|
Quote:
Spoiler:
__________________
|
|
2013-03-11, 14:46 | Link #658 | |
Lost at Sea
Join Date: Mar 2010
|
Quote:
So why does Suetsugu choose these two poems to be signature poems for Arata? #11 we have seen before: it was the title card for episode 4, and is the card Arata takes in the OP. Its author was Sangi Ono no Takamura, who wrote the poem on the occasion of his being sent into exile in the Oki Islands. The poem fits Arata, if we think of him as being in exile or having been sent away to Fukui. And the separation figured in the poem between the poet and the recipient of his message, whether a relative or a lover, fits the distance that usually divides Arata from his friends in Tokyo. #76 gives us another sea-traveler, out on the ocean. Since what he sees is "the wide sea-plain," and the waves mixing at the horizon with the waves, the poem suggests an empty expanse and a poet who is alone amidst that emptiness. It is possible the poem serves to underline Arata's solitude or loneliness in Fukui. Here I think of Arata at the train crossing in the OP: in contrast to Taichi and Chihaya, who both see him (and each other), Arata seems to be looking at no one, to be by himself. But we don't really know enough about Arata and his life in Fukui to be sure of this. Another possibility is that the sea-expanse simply indicates the poet's distance from land and people. In this case the poem brings out the distance that separates Arata from his friends. One last connection between the poems is that both give us travelers who have no clear destination. The "innumerable isles" of #11 give us no clue to just where the poet is rowing; and the poet of #76 rows out into a sea-plain that offers no landmarks or sense of direction. Both are on a voyage but to nowhere in particular. I take from this that Arata does not yet know his goal or purpose; and that where he is in Fukui is not his final destination. Since Arata's goal to become meijin is quite clear and definite, the lack of purpose and destination suggested by the poems must refer not to karuta, but to his life, and perhaps to his relationship with the people he left behind in Tokyo. GundamZZ, could you explain why you think the poems suggest Arata's determination? Also, why did you refer to Shinobu in your post--I don't follow her connection to the manga panels you cited?
__________________
|
|
2013-03-12, 00:10 | Link #659 |
残念美人
Join Date: Oct 2004
|
Arata asks his parents to promise him something. It's similar to "asking fishing boat to deliver messages to his people".
Shinobu's connection with Wataya is not in this manga panel. If there's no accident, her watanohara humor will be covered next week. This joke is hard to comprehend, but it shows her cuteness and quirkiness.
__________________
|
2013-03-13, 02:16 | Link #660 |
Tch.
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Australia
|
So this isn't related to the show itself, but here's an audio clip of Tsutomu's seiyuu Tsubasa Yonaga doing his best impression of Mamoru Miyano's Taichi and holy shit, he's good.
|
Tags |
cards, josei, karuta, sports |
|
|