Taichi Tuesdays might just be my favorite day of the week. If you stop by the Twitterverse from time to time, you may have noticed the term “Taichi Tuesdays” has gone a little viral. About time, I say, because I’d really like to see Chihayafuru get a little more love […] Read more

  Boring recap ep is boring… But you know, I’ve seen a lot worse. To be honest – I LOL’d. I’m not terribly thrilled to get a recap episode in a series adapting an ongoing manga that isn’t going to be able to finish the story as is – it […] Read more

Team Tacihi is still accepting new members… Well, that was a jaw-dropping, leg-twitching, GAR-packed, heart-pounding epic of an episode if ever I saw one. Frankly, it pretty much out-shounened any shounen series for ages. Every time I hear someone complaining about how there haven’t been any good shounen sports anime […] Read more

As great as Chihayafuru has been, my enjoyment is dampened just a bit by the growing certainty that this anime is going to leave us stranded in the middle of the story. As speculated here last week, the “fated meeting” on the shrine steps last week was indeed with The […] Read more

After a long build-up, the circle – or at least the triangle – is finally in place as Arata rejoins the narrative.  This time, it looks as if he’s here to stay. There was certainly plenty of high drama in this week’s episode, though even with Bishie #2’s return there […] Read more

Breaking news – Chihaya actually has a Dad. And with that revelation comes the news – not so coincidentally – that someone in her family actually knows she exists. For my money Chihayafuru and Fate/Zero have been the most consistent new series of the Fall, by far. While it’s an […] Read more

Nishida, Immelmann TURN!!! This was pretty much a full-bore shounen episode, action-packed from start to finish, yet as this show so often does it managed to sneak quite a bit of subtle character drama – romantic and otherwise – in as well.  It acted as something of a progress check […] Read more

I’m convinced at this point that grouchy old Miyauchi-sensei knew exactly what she was doing when she forced the Karuta Club to name Taichi as President.  And right now, she looks like a friggin’ genius for doing it. I’m quite struck with just how thoroughly Chihayafuru blends its genres to […] Read more

I know this is just an anime, and the way we interpret it is a matter of opinion and subject to personal tastes.  But I’ll say this – anyone who wants to argue that Chihaya doesn’t belong with Taichi, I’ll fight you right now.  Name the time, name the place […] Read more