Quote Originally Posted by Ryllharu View Post
The situation is unprecedented. I would say the two best players have a fair amount of influence in setting the new policy.

Was declaring that she would forfeit the right way to go? No. But she does have a voice in the matter. She's also the favorite to win the individual tournament, if she doesn't think it is providing undue favors, but actually a better challenge for her, who are they to argue?
But NONE of these are valid points to counter the "crime" Arata committed. If the queen forfeiting for such measy reasons or Arata not playing is so imporant, then that speaks more about the state of Karuta than it does about anything else. How can you call Karuta a proper sports discipline, when you, the commitee, the officials, bow down to two individuals?

And I call bs on the "itīs unprecedented". Apparently, they knew well enough that substituting for a player in that way was against the rules. Therefore, they should know how to instate punishment. If they donīt know, then see the above. :>

Ryll, to summarize: I think EVERYBODY here reacted the wrong way about the issue of Arata substituting another teamīs player. Actually, the two most at fault are:

1.) The man who recognized Arata. Had he just let it slipped, it wouldnīt have become a thing
2.) Arata himself. That was just too dumb to agree to that idea, anyway. It was devoid of intelligence, thinking, and honor.

But, really, everyoneīs at fault. They made Karuta look cheap and silly. (which it maybe is, after all, I had never heard about Karuta prior to watching this anime, lol)