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Originally Posted by hyperborealis
We do know from the first episode that Chihaya has hitherto been falling asleep in her classic literature class. So her new-found interest in the poems has to be related to the fact that they are mediated by Kana. How is Kana different from the books Chihaya has read except through her passion? It is that passion to which Chihaya--as befits her name--responds. The "purity and naivete" to which you refer is all a part of that same emotional connection. If the show is traditional, it is so in a romantic and not an antiquarian sense.
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I think Kana's passion might have something to do with it but always simple what Kana says that when you understand the context of the poems they become more fascinating.
A lot of teachers in my opinion do not do a good job of explaining the meaning behind something or the context of the time period and hence lose their students interest.
Kana was most likely a better teacher than Chihaya's real teacher.