Chihayafuru

[Kraco]

Episode 23 - HS





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Two eps left and I won't claim to be able to predict how this is going to end. Unless they do some serious skipping, it won't end with a master match with any of the main characters playing. But then again, that would be a pretty shounen way of ending it, and this is far from shounen. On the other hand, this is a sports anime heavily enough. With so much emphasis on the games, a high profile ending would be expected. Though to be honest, I'd rather see, as the final match, an official Chihaya vs Arata match, not a match against the current Queen or whoever is the King. Chihaya should even be able to maintain her focus better against Arata, because she would expect Arata to be good and give his all, plus Arata's play should be highly straight-forward and consistent. In a game like that Chihaya would fare the best with her wacky, easily shaken psyche.

A strange phone call at any rate. No wonder Arata was wtfing when it ended.