I do not know where this love will take me

we don't talk about shinobu's obsession with the birdman rally enough.

chihayafuru writers have my utmost respect for being able to write arata. like why is he SO HARD to write

writing my sudo x arata fic because no one else will and I'm rereading parts of chyfr, and every time I do that, I realize all over again just how good it is. the story is written with so much love for the characters and for karuta.

do you ever think about how taichi's character essence can be broken down into "taichi, you are kind" (chihaya to taichi) and "you are a coward, taichi." (arata to taichi). how when he confessed to chihaya, he wanted to not be a coward. how when he helped arata with his hakama, he wanted to be kind. how tachi poem at the end of it all, helped chihaya and arata achieve their dream...... DO YOU EVER THINK ABOUT THAT OR ARE YOU NORMAL

lrt the parallel between chihaya and arata trying to incorporate someone else's playing style and losing was just so good. not to forget how arata advised chihaya to play her own karuta, only to fail to do it himself.