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Chihaya is a girl in the sixth grade, still not old enough to even know the meaning of the word zeal. But one day, she meets Arata, a transfer student from rural Fukui prefecture. Though docile and quiet, he has an unexpected skill: his ability to play competitive karuta, a traditional Japanese card game. Chihaya is struck by his obsession with the game, along with his ability to pick out the right card and swipe it away before any of his opponents. However, Arata is transfixed by her as well, all because of her unbelievable natural talent for the game. Don't miss this story of adolescent lives and emotions playing out in the most dramatic of ways! (Source: Kodansha USA) *Notes: \- It won the 2nd Manga Taisho Award and the 35th annual Kodansha Manga Award for Best Shoujo. \- It was nominated for the 20th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize in 2016.*
Ritsu Nagara is a new first-year member of the Mizusawa High School karuta club. For some reason, Ritsu is aiming to win the national championship, but after Chihaya and her friends graduate, the Mizusawa Karuta Club has only one A-class player, and he has a difficult time ahead of him... The story depicts Ritsu's growth along with his eccentric friend Akino and the other members of the club who are dedicated to playing karuta. (Source: Natalie, translated)
This manga anthology was created as part of a charity with royalties donated for the reconstruction of areas affected by the Great Eastern Japan Earthquake (Higashi Nihon Daishinsai) disaster that struck Japan on March 11, 2011. *Note: The chapter count includes a prologue and an epilogue.*
A schoolgirl who was adopted by a family experiences hardships at school and home. Her foster family treats her as Reika, their daughter who had died a couple years ago. Suddenly, her real blood-related brother appears before her, who has been searching for her for years. Now her life is turned upside down. Will she learn to trust other people again?
Kokoro is a high school girl who is older than everybody else in her class. That's because she was blind until she recently had an operation that gave her new eyes. Kunimi is in her class, but is an outcast because of the rumors about his psychic powers. For some reason, these two are drawn to each other. **Included one-shot:** Volume 8: Kimi no Kuroi Hane: Sora no Shounen
A collection of one-shots by Suetsugu Yuki. Haru Koi: Non-chan, a day-care worker, and Ryouko-san, an old married woman, are good friends despite their 25 year age difference. One day, Non-chan tells Ryouko-san that she may have a new love interest. Overjoyed, Ryouko-san helps Non-chan try to get closer to the guy, but...?? Yubiwa no Kataomoi: Ayuko works as a wedding coordinator at a fancy hotel. Unmarried still at the age of 30 herself, she often overhears her younger co-workers snicker that her job is ironic. She didn't used to mind this until she began to fear that her once-divorced boyfriend might not to be taking their relationship seriously... Bisai Shokudou: Misa moved to Tokyo to work in anything but the restaurant business b/c it reminded her too much of her own home growing up. Despite her best efforts, though, she finds herself pulled back in... Nanatsu no Yakusoku: Nana is a young girl who lives with her single mom, a translator. Although she is quite small, she tries very hard to be well-behaved and useful, but sometimes the results are not as expected...
The manga adapts Yui Tokiumi's spinoff novel series for Yuki Suetsugu's Chihayafuru manga. The novels feature a series of stories detailing various characters' lives in middle school. (The original manga begins when they are in elementary school and skips to high school.) (Source: Anime News Network & Be-Love issue 21)
Always giving in to many little things, Yuzu transfers from a prestigious girls' school to a co-ed because of her family. Since the first day, she felt uncomfortable with the too open ethos of the school. While trying to fit in, she met a guy who she is irresistibly attracted to. He, Yuzu, and a puppy, form a map of love together.
During the prefecture tournament competition, in the midst of the cheering in the gymnasium, the scream of Aoba who collapsed echoed through it. Aoba, who was terribly injured who only lived life as an athlete went into despair. In the midst of that, a classmate, Gin, who is a little strange, nominated Aoba as a volleyball member for the ball tournament. “I want to play with you”… is how the two of them met and now, they are discovering the reason why them met and the real love. A sweet and painful, miraculous pure love story.
Ayase Chihaya is a cheerful tomboy without any ambitious aspirations in life. At school one day, she meets a boy named Wataya Arata who is an outcast at school. Feeling pity despite peer pressure, Chihaya befriends Arata as he reveals to her his aptitude in karuta which institutes Chihaya's dream to become a karuta queen.