Chihayafuru — Season 1, Episode 1: Now the Flower Blooms
Animation, Drama • 23 min • 3 seasons, 74 episodes • ★ 7.6/10
Episode synopsis
Sixth grade was when Ayase Chihaya met Wataya Arata, the transfer student from Fukui. The shy and quiet Arata was hiding a surprising talent. He knew how to play the competitive karuta version of Ogura's Hundred Poets. Chihaya is stunned by the intensity Arata displays when playing karuta.
About Chihayafuru
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.
More episodes from Season 1
- E2The Red That Is
- E3From the Crystal White Snow
- E4A Whirlwind of Flower Petals Descends
- E5The Sight of a Midnight Moon
- E6Now Bloom Inside the Nine-fold Palace
- E7But for Autumn's Coming
- E8The Sounds of the Waterfall
- E9But I Cannot Hide
- E10Exchange Hellos And Goodbyes
- E11The Sky is the Road Home
- E12Sets These Forbidden Fields Aglow
- E13For You, I Head Out