Home Creators Posts Import Register Favorites Logout

Content

*MOTIVATIONAL HEADPHONE WARNINGS*

The Qualifiers are over and our crew are going to Nationals, but not before some "personal housekeeping" and practice! Chihaya hits a slump and an unlikely source or two shows up to perk our girl back into her optimistic, charging attitude! This was such a fun episode to talk about!

LINK TO REACTION: https://share.vidyard.com/watch/aWLvdWdLr3ZKi2jCG1ZPne

Thank you for watching with me and for all the support!

Files

Romania Black - CHIHAYAFURU Season 2: Episode 7 Reaction! HELLOS & GOODBYES AT THE FAMOUS GATES!?

LINK TO REACTION: https://share.vidyard.com/watch/aWLvdWdLr3ZKi2jCG1ZPne **MOTIVATIONAL HEADPHONE WARNINGS** The Qualifiers are over and our crew are going to Nationals, but not before some "personal housekeeping" and practice! Chihaya hits a slump and an unlikely source or two shows up to perk our girl back into her optimistic, charging attitude! This was such a fun episode to talk about! Thank you for watching with me and for all the support! #romaniablack #chihayafuru Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/RomaniaBlack My Anime: https://myanimelist.net/profile/RomaniaBlack Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/RomaniaBlack You can mail me a letter or anything (except food, please) at this address: Romania Black PO Box 768 Harrisburg, IL 62946 USA

Comments

Will

I like Chitose, the moment in season 1 where she said her goal was to pay off the mortgage for their house, she won me over 😆. I like Chihaya's family portrayal, it feels very natural and real. I've read somewhere that season 4 has been greenlit, but they're just waiting for the VAs to be available. After season 2 I read up on the Manga and caught up to where it was. When season 3 was announced I stopped reading and have not picked it up since, so I haven't finished it.

sanime

This was a great episode and to be honest while Chihaya for a long time seemed to have an unsupportive family her family is pretty normal with their flaws and all. Im glad we got focus on her and her mom and while Chitose is a sourpuss she clearly admires her sister and is inspired by her although it would be great if she could express it out loud like a *cough* certain someone in this love triangle. You know what if we paired Chitose with Taichi and they both sort out their insecurities in the corner and find happiness together. It's a crack ship for the ages but I wouldnt be able to support it lol as a Taichihaya shipper plus Im sure Taichi would just get another layer of trauma added with how much Chitose personality wise is similar to his mom and plus that would be awkward. We have enough children on this channel taking on bad traits from their parents. It is really hilariously tragic tho how each episode the mangaka finds a way to make Taichi suffer but then he wont do anything to make things better so we're at a standstill.

sanime

I must commend your attention to certain details because the whole gambler line flew over my head and in rewatching the series with you and others who have recently picked up this series I was like wow the idea of Chihaya being a gambler and Taichi needing to take on that advice was more important than I realized for both karuta and the love triangle.

Alexandra Q

Oh, this episode was nothing like what I thought we would get, but I loved it so much! When Chihaya first started talking about allowing the Music Club to use the second level as storage for their instruments, I thought the angle was going to be how they need to learn to be able to play with distractions, as we saw was something that Nishida struggled with; but, nope, it was something completely different and so out of pocket that I feel only Chihaya could have come up with xD The Poor Music Club teacher just casually hanging in the background doing his copies had me laughing so hard, I gotta say. As much as I think that Taichi and Chihaya are very similar, what with both always getting too in their heads at games, I think this episode highlighted another of their differences, aside from Taichi being a pessimist and Chihaya an optimist, but the fact that Chihaya is very much a gambler at heart, willing to take risks, and Taichi will play it safe unless pushed otherwise, both in games and their personal lives; and, I mean, you mention it too, with how Taichi is just sort of waiting for Chihaya to fall into his lap suddendly in love with him and he isn't acting, taking risks to help himself. I love these little comparisions that happen almost seamlessly between different characters through the show. Speaking of the difference between been frenzied and impassionate I'm reminded of this other anime that I'm currently watching; it talks about the concept of rushing vs taking the necessary time to move. They use this concept in music, how you count the beat as "one, two, three, four" to move on and how that can lead to rushing; and instead, how it's good to better count enphasizing the *and*, "one AND two AND three AND four" to move, using the "and" for a bried respite to set the movement and not rush it, so that all movement is precise and clean and clear. I think it's something that can be applied in Karuta as well, specially for Chihaya who relies so much on her speed, but now also wants to focus on precision with that speed; to be fast, yes, but taking a second to set het next movement so that it may flow seamlessly. I loved Sumire saying that the rules of this love was to be serious about Karuta. I love that she is essentially the same character, just that her focus has changed slightly and that makes all the difference. Because, yes, joining something only because of a boy is a shallow move, but doing that thing seriously and as best as you can makes that move have much more weight; and I love that for her. That dichotomy is really fun to see. Chihaya is becoming more and more aware of Arata. Sumire asking if there was anyone that she often thought about and that she wanted to see again felt like a moment where Chihaya realized that she might like Arata; which I also think is a bit unfair for Taichi because of course Chihaya will think about her dear childhood friend who introduced her to something she now loves so much and is so far away from her. Agh, if only Taichi did something I think the playing field would be equal for Chihaya to realize she likes someone, or no one xD At least Chihaya is clear that she likes Shinobu a ton xD The whole bit with Chihaya's parents really throws a new light on things... but I'm still a bit bitter at them for how they treated Chihaya till now. I get maybe focusing more on the child that you deemed more fragile, but I think they didn't throw even the bare minium effort Chihaya's way until now. I'll forever be reminded of her dad only now starting a scrapbook on her, and that's not something that I think would have taken too much time and taken away their focus on supporting Chitose; or giving Chihaya a bit of attention as she talks about Karuta instead of immediately focusing on Chitose when she comes into the picture (as I distinctily remember them doing that one time when she called about having won her first Karuta tournament when she was just a tiny kid). I don't doubt they love their daughter, but I also think they have indeed failed at balancing their parenting between their two daughters. I did love her mom getting her the kimono. That was a nice move, despite everything. And now we're back at Nationals, somehow! I can't wait to see what happens in them this time around.

Be Happy

Hello Alexandra, Is it possible to please edit the sentence about the mangaka not throwing a bone to Taichi in the end ? I know you are theorizing, but knowing Romania, she may read more into it so let’s just change the phrasing if you don’ t mind 😁 Thanks a lot

Alexandra Q

Hi! I edited that bit, please let me know if it’s alright now or needs more editing. Thank you for letting me know, I would hate to spoil Romania’s fun when reacting to this show.

Be Happy

Awesome Thank you very much for your understanding 🥰

romaniablack

I really enjoyed this episode a lot, especially seeing her family get more supportive of her, including with Chitose! Hahaha, I honestly think that Chitose would bring out the worst in Taichi’s traits, though, while Chihaya brings out the better in him, so I don’t know if I’d put him through that! Yeah, Chitose is too much like his mom; that might not work best! I’m personally either a Chihaya x Arata shipper or a Chihaya with neither of them so far, so we’ll see where that goes. But yeah, poor Taichi - I love him as a character - he just has a long ways to go before he’s worthy of Chihaya to me. But we shall see! As long as people don’t try to push me to ship them and let me have my breathing room, we’ll be fine! Thanks for the comment!

romaniablack

I really enjoyed this episode! I thought about that angle too while playing with distractions! But I agree, it fits so well with Chihaya’s personality, I loved it! But yeah, the music club teacher in the background eavesdropping - can relate! Haha, and it ended up with such a sweet moment at the end! Oh yeah, these two have some similarities but a lot of differences - I have reasons I don’t want to ship Taichi and Chihaya at this point and it’s mainly with how Taichi is acting surrounding his crush, but I’ll probably have to talk about it at some point. I love that with the concept of rushing and taking time to move! That’s a great note to mention as well! And its connection to Chihaya and her actions are so great as well. And that connection with Sumire as well and I want to talk about her in a few episodes as well! Her reasoning is a lot like Taichi’s at the start of season 1, but she’s growing like him…more on that later! Haha!! I know a lot of folks really like Taichi a lot, and that’s fine (I do too as a character), but Taichi needs to communicate - he’s really shooting himself in the foot by not showing affection or flirting with Chihaya - she can’t read minds and she values Arata just as much as she does Taichi, but I mean…if someone is right in front of you and doesn’t say they like you or give that impression? How is she to know - we’ll have to wait and see - I’m personally not a Taichi x Chihaya shipper yet because I don’t think Taichi has grown enough as a character yet (more on that later) but we’ll see - yeah, if only this show would just let her end up with Shinobu, but I doubt it. HAHA! Cowards! 😛 I’m not 100% on board with her family, like you said, but at least it’s SOMETHING for the future! I agree, maybe after this there’ll be more balance between Chitose and Chihaya with the parents!! The Kimono scene was nice, though, agreed! I’m super excited for Nationals, so let’s see what happens! Thanks for the comment!