Chihaya Ayase has spent most of her life supporting her sister’s model career. When she meets a boy named Arata Wataya, he thinks Chihaya has potential to become a great karuta player. As Chihaya dreams of becoming Japan's best karuta player, she is… soon separated from her karuta playing friends. Now in high school, Chihaya still plays karuta in the hope that she will one day meet her friends again.
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You should watch it for her games, her group and the intensity with which she makes picking up a poetry card seem like the decisive moment of a final.
You'll love it if you're looking for sports, friendship, romance and a very specific Japanese hobby.
What separates it from the usual sports anime is the competitive karuta: memory, hearing and speed decide who first touches a card associated with one of a hundred classic poems.
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