Chihayafuru

Description

Chihaya is a girl in the sixth grade, still not old enough to even know the meaning of the word zeal. But one day, she meets Arata, a transfer student from rural Fukui prefecture. Though docile and quiet, he has an unexpected skill: his ability to play competitive karuta, a traditional Japanese card game.

Chihaya is struck by his obsession with the game, along with his ability to pick out the right card and swipe it away before any of his opponents. However, Arata is transfixed by her as well, all because of her unbelievable natural talent for the game. Don't miss the first volume in this story of adolescent lives and emotions playing out in the most dramatic of ways. (From Kodansha USA)

Original Comic
Official English: INKR

Note: Won the 2nd Manga Taisho Award and the 35th annual Kodansha Manga Award for Best Shoujo. Was nominated for the 20th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize in 2016.

Type

Manga

Chihayafuru: Chuugakusei-hen (Prequel)

Chihayafuru plus: Kimi ga Tame (Sequel)

Associated Names

Chihaya Full

Chihaya Furu

Csihajafuru

Tutkulu

Яркая Тихая

Яркая Чихая

تشيهايافورو

จิฮายะ

จิฮายะ กลอนรักพิชิตใจเธอ

จิฮายะฟุรุ

ちはやふる

花牌情緣

치하야후루

Groups Scanlating

Latest Release(s)

c.Hana no iro wa - Chihayafuru extra by Team Iroha 2 years ago

c.247 by Team Iroha 3 years ago

c.246 by Team Iroha 3 years ago

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Status in Country of Origin

50 Volumes (Complete)

Completely Scanlated?

Yes

Anime Start/End Chapter

Starts at Vol 1, Chap 1 (S1) / Vol 9, Chap 50 (S2) / Vol 17, Chap 94 (S3)

Ends at Vol 9, Chap 49 (S1) / Vol 17, Chap 93 (S2) / Vol 27, Chap 143 (S3)

User Reviews

N/A

Forum

10 topics, 53 posts

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User Rating

Average: 8.7 / 10.0 (625 votes)

Bayesian Average: 8.59 / 10.0

37%

25%

21%

Last Updated

April 9th, 2025 1:16pm PDT - 2 weeks ago

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Genre

Drama Josei Romance School Life Slice of Life Sports
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Author(s)

Artist(s)

Year

Original Publisher

Kodansha

Serialized In (magazine)

Be Love (Kodansha)

Licensed (in English)

Yes

English Publisher

Azuki (Stream)

INKR Comics

Kodansha USA (49 Vols - Ongoing; digital)

MangaPlaza

Activity Stats (vs. other series)

Weekly Pos #360

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Monthly Pos #254

(-143)

3 Month Pos #468

(-235)

6 Month Pos #647

(-403)

Year Pos #1013

(-869)

List Stats

On 2808 reading lists

On 1691 wish lists

On 278 completed lists

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Forum Posts Click to view the forum

Chihayafuru Volume 49 to Bring Long-Running Manga to an End

3 years ago

Yuki Suetsugu's Chihayafuru Gets Live-Action Film

7 years ago

Taichi or Arata?

8 years ago

Chihayafuru (Arata/Taichi)

10 years ago

General Technical question about scanlating

12 years ago

User Comments [ Order by usefulness ]

Masterpiece

by Ponkos
1 year ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

Great characters, makes me cries a bunch of time

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Such a nice story

by yukihime_youko
3 years ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

It was an amazing ride.

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It's over and it was fantastic!

by HikaruYami
3 years ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

Chihayafuru is the only "shoujo/josei sports manga" I've ever read and I loved every chapter.

I didn't ever care about the romance angle. No spoilers, but some people will be unhappy with the resolution of that subplot (but at least there is a resolution). I feel like the rest of the resolution of the series was very satisfying to almost all serious fans.

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Good but Frustrating

by YuriNyanChan
5 years ago

Rating: N/A

Tbh, I was going to wait until it's completed but I began reading them two days ago thanks to boring quarantine. I knew this type of manga is best when you read them in one go.
Now that I've read them, I wish to share a few things:

The theme is great. I love topics like tradition, sport and art. This manga combined all of those.
The characters personalities are fine. They're definitely what you call a true sportman.
The flow of the story is okay but for some reason there's no progress. Fl's skill improved in one match, then the next match she forgot everything she learned and back to her clueless self. She's pure and funny but at the same time naive and not bright in the head.
I don't mind the lack of romance in sport themed manga. However, the romance in this manga is... Idk how to describe it. Frustrating?

There's two ml, one is her childhood friend and the other is the one who introduced her to Karuta. It is easy to say that she's in love with the latter, but you could also see that it is more of admiration (bc he's someone who she looked up to and our of her reach for being missing in action most of the time). While with the other guy, she took him for granted bc he's always there for her.

I would love it better if the character development was carefully planned. I loved Chihaya but she always returned to her old self after a match. Additionally, I think it's better of the romance is dropped from the manga or just make it clear already.

I read other people's review after I posted mine. It seems I'm not the only one who found the romance unnecessary and that there's zero progress in the characters development. If you want to read this, prepare your time (yes, time).

... Last updated 5 years ago

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So far so good

by tennis0002
6 years ago

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This manga makes everyone want to play Karuta. I like the depth of the characters, lots of twists and turns. Lot of competition, overly zealous I must say but I still enjoy it. Enough romance to not over power the story.

The female lead isn't stuck up and is clumsy but still smart when it comes to Karuta. I like the fact she isn't weak or naggy. I feel her determination!!~~ I love the bromance as well 🙂

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Large chunk of chapters MISSING

by B0R3D0M
6 years ago

Rating: N/A

Unfortunately there's a large gap in the middle of the series that was never scanlated. I liked it until I wasn't able to continue. Hopefully they start going back and translating the missing chapters now that they're caught up to the new releases.

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Art and story both going downhill

by dystq
7 years ago

Rating: 8.0 / 10.0

I'm trying very hard to suspend judgment until the the series is complete, but this manga is becoming a real chore to read. At first, I loved everything about this series (and its anime adaptation): the art, the poetry, the karuta, the dynamics between the characters, the panelling. But for the last 50 or so chapters, it feels like the quality of the story and the artwork has been declining, with the same tired stuff being dragged out over and over, with little development in plot or characters.

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Getting more boring.

by PZcolo
8 years ago

Rating: 6.5 / 10.0

For me chihayafuru is all about the characters and the romance, unfortunately as the story goes on you get more and more of the terribly boring karuta theory, strategy and fantasy (this last one I find annoying, the talk of little gods, the glowing cards, floating letters, three-dimensional whatnot and so on), it was ok at first explaining the rules and the underlying depth of a seemingly simple game but it goes to ridiculous length to try to make it look interesting and amazing that it had the exact opposite effect on me, I found it decent at first and boring, repetitive and annoying as it went by. As a counterpart the story is more and more centered on karuta related things and the opponents and the main char and their relationships development is getting less and less relevance and coverage.
So in short, as it goes by it's getting more boring. I still find it interesting enough to follow it for all the buildup so far, but for how long I wonder.

... Last updated 8 years ago

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A good sports drama, a boring romance

by Uthred
8 years ago

Rating: N/A

When it sticks to sports drama its very enjoyable. But when it starts to focus on romance it goes downhill. The romance is poorly and sporadically handled, no matter which characters you like the main romance is going to piss you off.

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Boring.

by hivemind
8 years ago

Rating: 2.0 / 10.0

Started off good, but the story line kept repeating itself. The art never changed - cards flying, players' hand extending in a swift motion, and their eyes enlarging. I like the author's previous work so I'm disappointed with this one.

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