Chihayafuru: Chihayafuru 3
Season 3 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Chihayafuru Season 2.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 3 Progress Shield
May it be that I find
Oct 22, 2019 · 24 min
Mizusawa High School's karuta club claimed victory in the team competition for the first time at the Nationals in July. However, before they could even take time to relax, Chihaya
The hazed early dawn light comes not from the moon
Oct 29, 2019 · 23 min
Summer vacation is over, and the second school term has begun. Having learned that playing on a team expands the possibilities of karuta, Arata musters up his courage and tries to
But from the crystal white snow of Yoshino
Oct 29, 2019 · 23 min
The Yoshino Tournament features adults and students alike in many impressive matches, and among the participants is Inokuma Haruka, the former Queen who's just returned from matern
Nobody wishes to see
Nov 5, 2019 · 23 min
Chihaya, Taichi, Tsuboguchi, and Dr. Harada, all members of the Shiranami Society, have made it to the top 8. They approach the next round with the mindset of playing in a team mat
Mount Amanokagu
Nov 5, 2019 · 23 min
Inokuma, who won the Queen title four times in a row; Sudo, who can throw an opponent off with his words alone; Murao, the fourth seat in the Nagumo Society; and Arata, who ended t
Tatsuta River Ablaze
Nov 12, 2019 · 23 min
The audience at the Yoshino Tournament is taken for a wild ride with so many unexpected twists: Arata, the focus of high expectations, has been defeated, and Taichi, who only just
The storm blasts
Nov 19, 2019 · 23 min
Taichi has nothing but Chihaya on his mind as he constantly updates his strategy during their match. Chihaya has a bit of trouble since Taichi isn't playing like he usually does, b
As friends and strangers
Nov 26, 2019 · 23 min
Chihaya chooses to go on her class trip in hopes to come closer to fulfilling her dream of being a teacher, but she spends the entire time lost in space, wondering how Taichi is do
I recall how my own efforts were in vain
Dec 3, 2019 · 23 min
Arata plays his match even as Master Suo's words weigh on his mind, and Taichi battles a powerful opponent while ruminating over Dr. Harada's teachings. Meanwhile, Chihaya is so bu
Scarlet kadsuras
Dec 10, 2019 · 23 min
Arata wonders why he feels so relieved to learn that Taichi lost his match, even as dark memories of a similar feeling at the Yoshino Tournament come back to him, leaving him unabl
Leaving a hovering mist above the trees and grass
Dec 17, 2019 · 23 min
Arata wonders why he feels so relieved to learn that Taichi lost his match, even as dark memories of a similar feeling at the Yoshino Tournament come back to him, leaving him unabl
So the flower petals are scattered like the snow by the passing storm
Dec 24, 2019 · 23 min
It's the day of the Master and Queen challenger finals. Dr. Harada and Arata are competing for the chance to challenge the master, while Inokuma and Megumu battle it out to challen
Yet it is I who withers and wilts
Jan 7, 2020 · 23 min
The veteran players Dr. Harada and Inokuma were the winners in the first round, but Dr. Harada chose to yield the second round to preserve his strength for the third. Arata starts
The emotions experienced
Jan 14, 2020 · 23 min
Arata's playing becomes reminiscent of Eternal Master Wataya Hajime's, allowing him to take control of the match's pace. Harada recalls the one match he played against Hajime when
As helpless autumn leaves are caught against the flow
Jan 21, 2020 · 23 min
Chihaya is still lost in the clouds after Arata confessed his feelings to her, making her unable to concentrate on studying for her exams. Kanade and Sumire, who happened to overhe
Takes me away in haste
Jan 28, 2020 · 23 min
"You can't be Queen." Chihaya didn't lose heart even after being soundly defeated in her practice match with the Master, but she can't help feeling stunned by his comment. And Taic
As my sleeves are wet with dew
Feb 4, 2020 · 23 min
The Master and Queen matches have begun. Harada faces Suo fully prepared, thanks to the Shiranami Society's support. The Queen match is between the current Queen and a former Queen
The storm will soon carry me
Feb 11, 2020 · 23 min
Both the Master and Queen matches come down to luck of the draw in an intense first round, ending in wins for Shinobu and Harada. Shinobu is shaken after learning that her grandmot
Bring a life of everlasting love
Feb 18, 2020 · 23 min
Harada leads Suo with two wins and one loss as the Master match enters its fourth round. Harada has studied everything about Suo, including the weakness that Chihaya told him about
May the scarlet kadsuras
Feb 25, 2020 · 23 min
Suo had been controlling the number of cards taken in the Master match, but with one win and two losses in the fourth round, Harada's momentum stops his plan in its tracks by comin
To restore my faith
Mar 3, 2020 · 23 min
Suo and Shinobu win the Master and Queen matches, both defending their titles. Afterward, Taichi declines to return to Tokyo, staying behind alone for the Takamatsu Memorial Cup...
Just as my beauty has faded
Mar 10, 2020 · 23 min
Taichi has seemed down since he lost to Arata. In fact, a dark cloud is hanging over the entire karuta club because final exams are coming up. To break out of the gloom, Chihaya, K
Like a boatsman adrift
Mar 17, 2020 · 23 min
The club hosts an unofficial tournament, the Taichi Cup, to celebrate Taichi's birthday! Chihaya planned the event in hopes of cheering up Taichi, and she managed to gather 36 part
When winds send waves crashing
Mar 24, 2020 · 23 min
Taichi has told Chihaya about the feelings he had kept secret for so long. Now he's left the karuta club, and Chihaya's regret over failing to notice how he felt leaves her unable