overview : Chihaya Ayase has spent most of her life supporting her sister’s model career. When she meets a boy named Arata Wataya, he thinks Chihaya has potential to become a great karuta player. As Chihaya dreams of becoming Japan's best karuta player, she is soon separated from her karuta playing friends. Now in high school, Chihaya still plays karuta in the hope that she will one day meet her friends again.

First Air Date : Oct 05, 2011

Last Air Date : Mar 24, 2020

Runtime : 23m

Episodes : 74

Seasons : 3

Genre : Animation,Drama,

Companies : Madhouse, Nippon Television Network Corporation, VAP

Countries : JP

Keywords : competition, card game, strong woman, training, high school, growing up, romance, slice of life, unrequited love, coming of age, female protagonist, based on manga, old friends, friends in love, anime, school club, karuta, prodigy, josei, japanese high school, spokon, japanese high school student