2013-02-15, 23:11 | Link #481 |
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I haven't read the manga (not looking for spoilers), but I swear the fact for 4 members taking the Chihayafuru card was meant to be pretty significant, wasn't it?
If I recall, Kanade mentioned something about being able to take the their friend's favored cards faster than their opponents so they're all part of Chihaya's harem. I chuckled a little thinking that Harada should have given the opposite advice, that he gave to Taichi, to Chihaya (ie. "a team match is a team match"). The best part of the episode had to be when Chihaya and Taichi start practising attacking the opponents side. So good. As for Arata...haha, the author is truly cruel. For every development Taichi gets, Arata advances another step forward. I guess the author wants to make the point that the bar must keep going up in order to become stronger (both in Karuta and relationships)? |
2013-02-16, 06:18 | Link #484 |
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i have this strangest feeling where Hokuo won't be their rival anymore next year
it's like they've used up all of their charm as a rival in this episode some "Dark Horse Highschool" might appear next year with super genius player, beat Hokuo and meet Mizusawa in the final but maybe just because I read too much Shounen manga, where rival can be replaced as easy as condoms
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2013-02-16, 09:24 | Link #486 | |
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The other concept that comes up is strength: Sudo's question about whether Hokuo is the strongest team and Amakasu's honest reply tells us another quality that matters beyond the plain fact of winning. If fun is for the present moment, strength is for the journey: victory gives a snapshot of where you are now, but strength lets you know where you will get to. So all the new players end up taking Chihaya's lead and start up with the Shiranami society immediately. Mizusawa is getting stronger. All the same, Mizusawa needs to learn to play strategically. And they need to pay attention to each other. Chihaya can't ignore everything the way she did. Taichi needs to get back to leading the team. Mizusawa lost as a team--people played as individuals and didn't take on team roles. I give Sumire credit for scouting out Hokuo: she at least was thinking as a team member.
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2013-02-16, 11:26 | Link #487 |
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Found the I presume to be 2012 Meijin and Queen match on youtube (well part of it at least)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-DS9...nr_QEQ&index=1 There are two other matches going on in this video but with my lack of Japanese I could not understand what they were. What was nice is saying that everyone can play you see a younger child playing in one of the tournaments. The camera focuses on her a few time. On another note speaking of real things that have to do with Karuta I actually went to Omi Jingu during my trip to Japan in December Spoiler for Images Under Cut:
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2013-02-16, 11:37 | Link #488 | |
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The situation of four "luck-of-the-draw" matches in five plays must be pretty uncommon. Here we can trace the outcome back to Retro's decision to match up the players by strength. (By the way, how did he manage to do this without knowing Mizusawa's order in advance?) The binomial probability of winning exactly 13 out of 25 cards, which I think is the situation depicted here, where both players have an equal chance of winning each card is about 0.15. That makes the probability of having four last-card matches equal to 0.15^4, or about one in every 2,000 events. (Not the right calculation; see below.) I just watched the video Kirarakim posted and thought Kana-chan would love to attend that second event that appears to take place in a shrine with all the traditional outfits and practices.
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2013-02-16, 12:12 | Link #491 | |
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Oh I love the OST and I think it was much stronger than any of the ones that actually made it through the Anime Suki Choice awards this year. I often listen to the OST when I am working, it helps me get motivated. Team Chihayafuru is an especially favorite track of mine.
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2013-02-16, 12:15 | Link #492 | ||
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2013-02-16, 13:29 | Link #493 |
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I totally shat brix when Taichi made Retro fault. That was freaking awesome. Build something up as completely impossible and then make Taichi make a mockery of it. Perfect.
It was great to see Chihaya's match as well. I really felt for her when she said that was lot of fun. I also love the dissonance in what Chihaya thinks and what everyone else thinks. Nishida: Oh crap, it's impossible to win now! Chihaya: Oh crap, it's really difficult to win now!
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2013-02-16, 15:20 | Link #495 |
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I had the same feelings: I was shaking with excitement for much of the match. That was so awesome!! I was expecting the result that we got, but it could not have been closer. I LOVE THIS SERIES!!! I can't wait to be able to pre-order the first Blu-ray.
I don't know if any of the current series (or even many past ones) has me as absorbed in it as Chihayafuru, and I love how the episodes might be a little longer than usual (I haven't done calculations, though ^^; ), since the OP is only 1 minute, rather than 1.5, and I think that the ED is shorter, too. No time wasted with a preview, either. |
2013-02-16, 16:23 | Link #496 |
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That is an excellent episode. I read the manga so I know who wins the match a couple weeks ago, yet I find the match intense and I feel it is only 10 min in when Chihaya texting Arata. That is what I call great execution.
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2013-02-16, 19:05 | Link #498 | |
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2013-02-16, 19:06 | Link #499 | |
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2013-02-16, 20:39 | Link #500 | |
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The scene at the beginning when Chihaya anticipates the card we see Shinobu portrayed as she looked in the Queen match. I suddenly realized that she has lost all that weight. If anything, she looks nearly anorexic when she is talking on the phone at the end of episode three.
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