Originally Posted by
Artorius
I was honestly hating that arc because everything was falling apart but suddenly it become one of the best arcs if not the best in terms of character development.
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Yeah this part was intense as fuck too. I wonder how far the Manga will go, they're already third years so this was their last year at the Karuta club anyway. I think the author will end it after the next Meijin/Queen title matches, with an epilogue showing Chihaya becoming a Karuta teacher. The other option would be following them even after high-school, which is also possible but I find less likely.
My thoughts exactly. The Meijin turned out to be a much more interesting character than the Karuta association wanted us to believe he was. And I honestly think he's stronger than Shinobu and only lets she win against him because it's funny or something like this, that guy is literally a monster. A monster loved by everyone "close" to him minus the Karuta association for some reason. The guy was clearly only repeating his last University year because he wanted to become an eternal Meijin first.
All that "image" bullshit doesn't make sense. Yeah he pictured himself playing like his grandfather for his entire life and now suddenly he can because he's gotten tall enough... Like... What the fuck? I wouldn't say that he didn't practice or anything but Taichi and Chihaya, both shit in the beginning, showed way greater progress than Arata. Chihaya already proved that she can beat him when she's playing 100% (or 120% for that matter, that game wasn't normal.), and I'm pretty sure Taichi would give him trouble too after his special training with the king himself. Taichi is becoming very scary for a while.
Arata can have Shinobu, I'm shipping Chihaya with Taichi as well. Guy spent his entire life trying, he always put her before him and I honestly want him to win. Taichi was shit when he was a kid but he's decent now.
FFS, I should probably read your entire post before getting hyped to reply. We're basically posting the same thing =p
Chihaya will surely go crazy watching it. She'll think "Taichi is ahead of me again!!!"
One of my favourite characters is Sakurazawa-sensei, and she's far from being a main character.