Movie

Chihayafuru: Part II

2016 · 112 min

A heartfelt, earnest teen sports drama that builds quiet tension through competitive karuta and friendship, with gentle romance and youthful passion.

Tagline: Your given passion, now I fight with it for you.
Overview: After successfully won the Tokyo qualifying tournament, Chihaya and her friends are set to go on to the nationals. As they prepare, Chihaya is faced with new personal issues as her childhood friend and inspiration, Arata, has announced that he has quit competitive karuta. Not only that, but a new rival emerges in the reigning female champion karuta player, Shinobu Wakamiya, a karuta prodigy who became the nation's and the world's greatest female karuta player as a 9th grader. All of this forces Chihaya to reexamine her love of the game in the midst of preparing for one of the biggest tournaments of the year.
How it feels: Earnest, uplifting, romantic and melancholic. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Friendship, coming-of-age, ambition, love
Content: Mild language. No violence, gore or sexual content.
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Tone: earneststrength 3 of 3
upliftingstrength 2 of 3
romanticstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: friendship
coming-of-age
ambition
love
identity
Places: school
big city
Era: contemporary
Audience: teen
Form: ensemble
serialised
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex none