Comic Of Chihayafuru Arata Special Edition. He had difficulty fitting in at chihaya s elementary school because of his fukui dialect and his family s poverty. The grandchild of a master karuta player arata inspires chihaya to take up karuta by telling her that he thinks she has a talent for it.
He also introduced the thrill of karuta to chihaya. After losing to him yusei stopped playing karuta and turned to tennis. Now in the chihayafuru fandom there are two factions which are divided with chihaya ending up with either of the one.
Arata is chihaya s childhood friend.
After losing to him yusei stopped playing karuta and turned to tennis. After losing to him yusei stopped playing karuta and turned to tennis. It is about a school girl chihaya ayase who is inspired by a new classmate to take up hyakunin isshu karuta competitively. The grandchild of a master karuta player arata inspires chihaya to take up karuta by telling her that he thinks she has a talent for it.
