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** After he defeats Nishida in a match, as Nishida is about to break down from the defeat, Arata calmly and respectfully asks him, "Are all of the Misuzawa players as amazing as you are? You played five matches yesterday, and you're still giving it everything you've got!"

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** After he defeats Nishida in a match, as Nishida is about to break down from the defeat, Arata calmly and respectfully asks him, "Are all of the Misuzawa players as amazing as you are? You played five matches yesterday, and you're still giving it everything you've got!"got!"
* Yube is amazingly accommodating in her match against a recently injured Chihaya, allowing her in the middle of a match to completely reverse her card placement so she can play with her left hand, and when there's confusion about who got to a card first, Yube declares that it was Chihaya because, as the captions note, she's an honest player. Chihaya actually considers Yube to be quite chivalrous.
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* Many of the rivalries in the show are actually highly respectful, with opponents discovering that they genuinely like one another.

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* Many of the rivalries in the show are actually highly respectful, with opponents discovering that they genuinely like one another.another.
* Arata is an amazingly good sport, never gloating about his victories (compare to Sudo).
** In a match he wins against Shinobu, he notes compassionately after he won that she had the start of a cold due to being caught in the rain, observing the cold compress she was wearing on her neck to soothe her throat.
** After he defeats Nishida in a match, as Nishida is about to break down from the defeat, Arata calmly and respectfully asks him, "Are all of the Misuzawa players as amazing as you are? You played five matches yesterday, and you're still giving it everything you've got!"
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* When Chihaya feels distressed over her two losses to Shinobu despite playing her best game, Arata and the rest of the karuta club find her and talk her through it. Arata invokes the team cheer to encourage Chihaya to win the remaining three matches, the same way she would in a team tournament.

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* When Chihaya feels distressed over her two losses to Shinobu despite playing her best game, Arata and the rest of the karuta club find her and talk her through it. Arata invokes the team cheer to encourage Chihaya to win the remaining three matches, the same way she would in a team tournament.tournament.
* Arata gets a mild clap on his cheek from an opponent in his own karuta society, telling him not to waste the talent of their reader. It has the effect of bringing Arata back to himself, allowing him to retake control of the game.
* Many of the rivalries in the show are actually highly respectful, with opponents discovering that they genuinely like one another.
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* When Shinobu is faltering during her Queen match against Inukuma, Chihaya makes a tasuki for her by cutting up a beloved Daddy Bear handkerchief. Reflecting on this, Shinobu says with genuine feeling that she's looking forward to the Queen match next year. She also asks Inukuma to count the cards, saying she believes that the cards like her a great deal, which lifts Inukuma out of the depression she was in after her failure to reclaim the title of Queen.
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* During their second trip to Nationals, the Misuzawa team faces for their first match a group of foreigners who also play Karuta. And while they defeat the other team quite handily, they also acknowledge that their love of Karuta is pure and genuine, so when it looks like the defeat has the foreign team dispirited, Misuzawa writes a note for them on a dry erase board that reads "We want to play you again", showing that they respected the other team's passion for the game.
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** Fridge heartwarming? It's shown to be Vol. 1. There's no reason to put a number 1 on it unless you're expecting more volumes to follow. Her parents expect to see even more from her.
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** Miyauchi goes from being mostly disinterested in the Karuta club to being one of their most ardent supporters. She has the librarian keep the library open so Chihaya can study. She sincerely congratulates Chihaya when she passes all her exams, and she ardently defends the club from losing the clubroom.
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* Crossing into a TearJerker, despite his grandfather's dementia, he still encouraged Arata to go to the tournament to get to Class A.



* Ms. Miyauchi gives each of the members tasuki in order to tie up their hakama sleeves during the second Tokyo finals, making it easier for them to move. Chihaya realizes that while Ms. Miyauchi doesn't know much about karuta, she cares about all the club members, and she along with the rest of her teammates give Ms. Miyauchi a deep bow of respect before they begin their match.

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* Ms. Miyauchi gives each of the members tasuki in order to tie up their hakama sleeves during the second Tokyo finals, making it easier for them to move. Chihaya realizes that while Ms. Miyauchi doesn't know much about karuta, she cares about all the club members, and she along with the rest of her teammates give Ms. Miyauchi a deep bow of respect before they begin their match.match.
* Who Chihaya and Shinobu picked to be their board person during the Queen match:
** Chihaya picking Sumire and Tamaru to be her board persons in the Queen match, to give her underclassmen a view of the matches and to help continue to grow the karuta club once she's gone.
** Shinobu picking Kokoro because she reminds Shinobu of herself and recognizes Kokoro is one of the people who like Shinobu the most.
* When Chihaya feels distressed over her two losses to Shinobu despite playing her best game, Arata and the rest of the karuta club find her and talk her through it. Arata invokes the team cheer to encourage Chihaya to win the remaining three matches, the same way she would in a team tournament.
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* Chihaya's match against Taichi in grade school. When Taichi had stolen Arata's glasses and was moving the cards around to mess Arata up, Chihaya stepped in to take his place.
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* Just when Chihaya begins to get depressed about how [[ParentalNeglect her parents seem to only be paying attention to her older sister]] and her thriving modeling career and aspirations to become an actress, she comes home to find right beside the seven picture albums of her sister is her own album with the clippings about her recent wins at a karuta tournament. After realizing that her parents really do care about her, she breaks down in [[TearsOfJoy happy tears]] as soon as her parents come home.

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* Just when Chihaya begins to get depressed about how [[ParentalNeglect her parents seem to only be paying attention to her older sister]] and her thriving modeling career and aspirations to become an actress, she comes home to find right beside the seven picture albums of her sister is her own album with the clippings about her recent wins at a karuta tournament. After realizing that her parents really do care about her, she breaks down in [[TearsOfJoy happy tears]] as soon as her parents come home.home.
* Ms. Miyauchi gives each of the members tasuki in order to tie up their hakama sleeves during the second Tokyo finals, making it easier for them to move. Chihaya realizes that while Ms. Miyauchi doesn't know much about karuta, she cares about all the club members, and she along with the rest of her teammates give Ms. Miyauchi a deep bow of respect before they begin their match.

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Chihaya\'s parents are far from abusive; they may not dote on her as much as her sister, but they love her just as much.


* Just when Chihaya begins to get depressed about how [[AbusiveParents her parents]] seem to only be paying attention to her older sister and her thriving modeling career and aspirations to become an actress, she comes home to find right beside the seven picture albums of her sister is her own album with the clippings about her recent wins at a karuta tournament. After realizing that her parents really do care about her, she breaks down in [[TearsOfJoy happy tears]] as soon as her parents come home.

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* After a tense close match in the final round of the team's first karuta tournament, Chihaya narrowly and triumphantly takes the last card from TheAce on Hokuo's karuta team. As soon as she finishes the match, she collapses like usual, but all of the other team members cheer because Chihaya just lead their team to victory, and they all pull together in a group hug around Chihaya.
* Just when Chihaya begins to get depressed about how [[AbusiveParents [[ParentalNeglect her parents]] parents seem to only be paying attention to her older sister sister]] and her thriving modeling career and aspirations to become an actress, she comes home to find right beside the seven picture albums of her sister is her own album with the clippings about her recent wins at a karuta tournament. After realizing that her parents really do care about her, she breaks down in [[TearsOfJoy happy tears]] as soon as her parents come home.
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* Arata rushes on a bicycle after the train both Taichi and Chihaya are in and attempts to say goodbye to them.
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* Just when Chihaya begins to get depressed about how [[AbusiveParents her parents]] seem to only be paying attention to her older sister and her thriving modeling career and aspirations to become an actress, she comes home to find right beside the seven picture albums of her sister is her own album with the clippings about her recent wins at a karuta tournament. After realizing that her parents really do care about her, she breaks down in [[TearsOfJoy happy tears]] as soon as her parents come home.

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