2012-03-19, 04:15 | Link #43 | |
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Just wondering, what did you think my take is? As for as my romance take: Spoiler for Romance:
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2012-03-19, 04:40 | Link #44 |
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Shinobu has to fix her whole fashion sense first. Wearing stuff like that around the house might be ok, but never out in public all the time. Maybe if Chihaya and her become somewhat friends she can help her with that, because she needs it...
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2012-03-19, 05:01 | Link #45 |
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Chihaya is no fashion queen herself. If you remember, her was quite excited with Shinobu's shirts. In fact her fashion sense is probably worse.
The only reason she dressed well was because all her cloth are either hand-me-downs from her model sister or they are picked out by her. The manga mentioned that both in normal chapters and omeke. Besides, that is all part of Shinobu's allure and moe points.
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2012-03-19, 21:42 | Link #46 | |
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I would say yes and no. Chihaya's feeling toward Arata is as pure as it was in their childhood. It's the yearning. Arata tells her to have her own dream, but she ends up sharing same dream with Arata. Her injured hand showing next to Arata's hand can be the comparison of skill. Or, it could be she tried to stop him for more time together. It's always brief whenever they meet each other. My take is it's still at the stage of childhood friendship.
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2012-03-19, 21:45 | Link #47 | |
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It means that she's not into the opposite sex yet.
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2012-03-20, 08:25 | Link #49 | ||
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Yup. It's #79「あきか」(aki ka) 秋風に たなびく雲の たえ間より もれいづる月の かげのさやけさ Virginia translation: Quote:
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========================================= Hm...to me, it's greatest significance seems to be about tactics. One of the two cards that Shinobu took in this chapter was #1 "aki no", after which "aki ka" became a 2-syllable card. You'd think it's something Shinobu would have gotten to first because it was on her side. Though if you can find something interesting...yoroshiku onegaishimasu! #aki no, from the 2nd translation linked above Quote:
Spoiler for manga #90:
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2012-03-24, 01:53 | Link #55 |
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One more thing I realised/learnt after reading a few more chapter summaries.
Arata's movement speed is a weapon that lets him use one particular karuta technique with great effectiveness: watari-te, aka the "cross hand". e.g. as Taichi demonstrated in episode 8 (gif is from the Chihaya wikia linked above). Basically, when similar cards are on the same player's side, you can swipe both of them off the field before the determining syllable has been read. Arata does this, for example, in chapter 89.
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2012-03-24, 06:13 | Link #56 |
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I wonder how much money is earned by playing Karuta
Let us suppose Arata decides to get back to Tokyo. Would he be able to support himself by just playing Karuta or is it just like a hobby for people? I deleted the first post becuz I thought I double posted. |
2012-03-24, 09:49 | Link #57 |
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Well, Yumin works at a bank. If a Queen-level player can't make a living just playing, I doubt anyone can. Teaching, however ... I presume guys like Harada charge money for lessons and use of facilities, though it's unclear whether they do it full time or just charge enough to cover expenses while holding down a day job.
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2012-03-24, 11:08 | Link #58 |
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This is more of hobby thing. Harada himself is a doctor with his own family clinic. It's like other more culture related competitions, the reword money isn't that much (at least not enough for low and mid tier player to live off it).
It's like boxing, unless you are Champion level boxer, you really won't be able to live off the prize money. In Arata's case though, his tuition would at least be waived so he'll only need to worry about living expense which shouldn't to too big of an issue with some part-time.
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2012-03-24, 19:33 | Link #60 |
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Good point, I somehow got 「推薦」 and scholarship confused and forgot that unlike U.S. a recommendation in Japan pretty much is a guarantee entry to school that allows them to bypass entry exams.
But the face on his parents are pretty amusing, Spoiler for Arata's case:
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