Chihayafuru 24

Chihayafuru 24
Author: Yuki Suetsugu
Publisher: Kodansha America LLC
Total Pages: 173
Release: 2021-02-02
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN: 1646599438

Harada, a karuta instructor, is at last able to stamp the ticket allowing him to challenge for the top spot in competitive karuta. Not long after, Chihaya and Taichi find themselves given the opportunity to play practice matches against Hisashi Suou, the current Master. How does Harada respond when Chihaya comes to him with the Master's so-called "weakness" that she grasped during their bout...? Meanwhile, Queen Shinobu Wakamiya is busy polishing her own weapons as much as possible as her own deciding match approaches.

Chihayafuru 32

Chihayafuru 32
Author: Yuki Suetsugu
Publisher: Kodansha America LLC
Total Pages: 172
Release: 2022-06-07
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN: 1684912024

It's now the third-place playoff at Chihaya's final national high school tournament. Everyone is as quiet as can be, their hands clasped in prayer and anticipation as Chihaya quietly focuses on her fated match against Arata. Meanwhile, the battle to crown this year's champion is played between Hokuou Academy, led by Leero, and Fujisaki High, who aims to retake their lost crown. It is a place to believe in yourself and believe in your friends in order to make your dreams come true, and it's here that Taichi, who left his team once in the past, appears. Wipe away your tears, whether they're those of victory or regret, and keep moving forward. Those who fight blaze their own trail!

Chihayafuru 26

Chihayafuru 26
Author: Yuki Suetsugu
Publisher: Kodansha America LLC
Total Pages: 178
Release: 2021-06-01
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN: 1636991386

The Master Match with Hisashi Suou's fifth consecutive title on the line has come to a close with Master Suou successfully defending in a hard-fought battle. As all eyes gather on Suou, who had stated before that he would retire after winning five championships in a row, Arata cuts him off to declare that he will come to defeat the Master next year, creating a commotion in the crowd. Suou then gives Arata a one-year extension. Taichi is also present, standing motionless as he sees these two, only to face none other than Arata the next day in the Takamatsunomiya Cup tournament! These players with unshakable convictions who have vowed to never stop chasing their goals now take the first steps into a new year!

Chihayafuru 41

Chihayafuru 41
Author: Yuki Suetsugu
Publisher: Kodansha USA
Total Pages: 172
Release: 2023-12-05
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN:

Chihaya polishes her skills for the upcoming Queen Match under Eternal Queen Watarai and former Queen Inokuma. What will Chihaya do as she thinks about the role she needs to play, and what action does Taichi take…? A battle that's special to all begins in the Urayasu no Ma!

Chihayafuru

Chihayafuru
Author: Yuki Suetsugu
Publisher: Kodansha Comics
Total Pages: 194
Release: 2017
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN: 1682336727

Chihaya, Arata, and Taichi go to compete in a team tournament, their last chance to do so as elementary school students. Beyond it is their graduation ceremony, both a fork in the road and a lesson in how painful endings can be. Chihaya goes on to high school, but continues to be weighed down by her emotions. She knows that while she and her two friends are apart, they all still share the same passion for karuta. But when she calls Arata to tell him about her latest karuta promotion, he tells her something unbelievable. Chihaya is sure that karuta connects her to her friends, but is it really true? Find out in volume 2 of Chihayafuru!

Chihayafuru 45

Chihayafuru 45
Author: Yuki Suetsugu
Publisher: Kodansha USA
Total Pages: 173
Release: 2024-08-06
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN:

Game two of the Queen Match. Though Chihaya immerses herself into Shinobu's world of poetry and gets within three cards, she tragically loses in the end. One more loss and her path to being Queen will be cut short. Having done everything she possibly can, Chihaya begins to feel a sense of despair. But just then, something steps in to save her! Meanwhile, Arata has put the Master, an all-time great, in check. Suou's back is against the wall, but how will he change when he sees his auntie Yukiko who Taichi has brought to him…?

Chihayafuru 29

Chihayafuru 29
Author: Yuki Suetsugu
Publisher: Kodansha America LLC
Total Pages: 174
Release: 2021-12-07
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN: 1636995055

The finals league for the national tournament's Tokyo preliminary. As the teams sit lined up for the final round, Chihaya and the rest of the Mizusawa Karuta Club face off against their archrivals, Hokuou Academy. Karuta has brought Hokuou together as a team under Leero's leadership. Will their unity be able to overcome Mizusawa's?! Meanwhile, Taichi is visiting Master Hisashi Suou. What has Taichi finally come upon while by the side of this genius who seemed to have once left him beaten and battered? These group matches will teach all involved both what it means to be a team and how exactly their friends feel. Who will be the ones in the end to snatch their tickets to Omi?!

Chihayafuru 38

Chihayafuru 38
Author: Yuki Suetsugu
Publisher: Kodansha USA
Total Pages: 175
Release: 2023-06-06
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN: 1684919592

The East-West Challenger Finals for the Master and Queen Match. Though Arata and Taichi had once stepped away from karuta, both they and Chihaya are able to savor the joy of being in this place together. Momo Yuikawa, representing the West, throws off Chihaya's pace by playing her own style of karuta. Meanwhile, Taichi uses new tactics to attempt to overcome the wall that is Arata and battle Master Suou…?! It's time for best-of-three matches as they all seek out a landscape that none have ever seen before!

Chihayafuru 34

Chihayafuru 34
Author: Yuki Suetsugu
Publisher: Kodansha America LLC
Total Pages: 174
Release: 2022-10-04
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN: 1684914671

"The third-year students have taken on the individual tournament of their final high school national championship, each carrying their own resolutions in their heart. The final between Queen Shinobu Wakamiya and Arata concludes with a gripping battle of fates that ultimately leaves Arata with the victory. Chihaya and Arata have vowed to one another that they'd become stronger. After a long summer where they all fought with passion, it's now time for Chihaya and the other third-years to take their next step. While Chihaya promised Shinobu that they'd meet again at the Queen Match, she finds herself unsure of what to do now...! Autumn comes as she decides to move forward, even if she has to do it alone. It's time to make it to that promised match together with her determined heart!"

Chihayafuru 21

Chihayafuru 21
Author: Yuki Suetsugu
Publisher: Kodansha America LLC
Total Pages: 177
Release: 2020-08-04
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN: 1646596188

Atop the tatami mats at the Master and Queen Match preliminaries, players chase after their dreams. As everyone arrives at the preliminaries with special hopes in mind, Chihaya is in Kyoto on a school trip, there to make a different dream, one given to her by her precious friends and teachers, come true. Meanwhile, Taichi, who is absent from the school trip after claiming to feel unwell, heads to the East Japan preliminary, while Arata goes to West Japan's. What kind of path into the future will be paved by their efforts, hopes, and beliefs?