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Chihayafuru Manga Gets Sequel Series With New Main Lead
posted on by Anita Tai
The December issue of Chihayafuru manga will spawn a sequel series called Chihayafuru plus Kimi ga Tame that will launch in the next issue on December 1.
The new series follows the first-year student Ritsu Nagara, who wants to pursue the card game karuta, but has a number of obstacles in his way. The tagline for the series reads, "What has become of the Karuta club that Chihaya and the others have left behind?"
The final compiled book volume shipped on December 13, 2022 with the spinoff manga.
The manga inspired an anime, and the first 25-episode television anime season ran from October 2011 to March 2012. The second season, premiered in October 2019.
seasons with Japanese subtitles and an English dub.
Sentai Filmworks describes the story:
Chihaya Ayase is a beautiful and headstrong young woman with a ion for karuta, a card game inspired by classical Japanese poetry. As a child, Chihaya was introduced to the game by a quiet, gifted transfer student named Arata, and she was instantly drawn to it. Now in high school and reunited with her childhood friend Taichi, Chihaya dreams of finding Arata and the three resuming their love of karuta, only to discover that Arata has quit the game due to personal reasons. Determined not to let Arata's ion go to waste, Chihaya and Taichi form the Mizusawa High School Karuta Club, where they learn that in karuta - as in life - working toward your dreams is the key to winning, even when what you want seems just out of reach.
Suetsugu's manga has also inspired three live-action films. The first film, Hulu Japan in February 2018.
Source: Be Love December issue
