Author: The Paper

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Chihayafuru 2 Episode 5: Be As Dear Now, Those Were the Good Old Days

No Arata this week but Chihaya is just as good. Actually, she’s still the best. Partly because she strives to be the best of the…

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Chihayafuru 2 Episode 4: To Tell the People in the Capitals That I Make for the Islands

I got really excited when the episode opened with Arata, completely forgetting that we’re in the midst of the high school tournament so basically just…

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Round the Sphere

This week, Paper was great enough to remind me that there are links to round up. Are there any comments you may or may not…

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Chihayafuru 2 Episode 3: Feel Love Deepen

Sumire and Akihiro play their first official competitive karuta match. We see them both in hakamas. Chihaya advances two rounds untouched, literally and figuratively, with…

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Chihayafuru 2 Episode 2: As My Love First Came

Unrequited is the most devastating word in the English language. One of the greatest bands in history and a favorite of mine recently broke up….

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Round the Sphere

Some news for readers of this particular column…. normally Paper posts it without fail every Friday, since he is going to doing another thing on…

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