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Chihayafuru S2E1 — So The Flower Has Wilted

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Chihayafuru•Season 2•Episode 1

So The Flower Has Wilted

8.2/10 · 86 votesJan 12, 201323 min

Ranked #22 of 25 in Season 2•−0.6 vs season avg

A new school year has started and the Karuta club must get new members or face penalties. Discussing the goals of the club, Chihaya discovers the team is not as unified as she thought.

Directed byTomomi Muraoka

Written byYuko Kakihara

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As My First Love Came still

As My First Love Came

Feel Love Deepen still

Feel Love Deepen

To tell the people in the capital that I make for the islands still

To tell the people in the capital that I make for the islands

Be as dear now, those were the good old days still

Be as dear now, those were the good old days

To set the Tatsuta River ablaze still

To set the Tatsuta River ablaze

They all exchange hellos and goodbyes at the famous gates of Afusaka still

They all exchange hellos and goodbyes at the famous gates of Afusaka

Which shines over Mount Mikasa still

Which shines over Mount Mikasa

My Only Thought still

My Only Thought

Rain takes longer to dry still

Rain takes longer to dry

I feel as though my body is on fire with Ibuki mugwort still

I feel as though my body is on fire with Ibuki mugwort

The only sign of summer still

The only sign of summer

In my dreams, I creep closer to you still

In my dreams, I creep closer to you

People would always ask if I was pining for someone still

People would always ask if I was pining for someone

No matter where I stand still

No matter where I stand

Wait for the Emperor's Return still

Wait for the Emperor's Return

Gust of wind still

Gust of wind

My fear is that you will forget still

My fear is that you will forget

I do not know where this love will take me still

I do not know where this love will take me

The fall paddy shacks still

The fall paddy shacks

But its legacy continues to spread still

But its legacy continues to spread

Long Last We Meet still

Long Last We Meet

To see the beautiful cherry blossoms still

To see the beautiful cherry blossoms

When I must hide... still

When I must hide...

I can look up and see the snowy cap of Mt. Fuji still

I can look up and see the snowy cap of Mt. Fuji

Cast2

Asami Seto

Asami Seto

Chihaya Ayase (voice)

Mamoru Miyano

Mamoru Miyano

Taichi Mashima (voice)

Crew12

Morio Asaka

Morio Asaka

Storyboard Artist

K

Koji Odate

Animation Director

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Tomomi Muraoka

Director

Y

Yuko Kakihara

Writer

Y

Yoshihiro Maeda

Key Animation

K

Koji Odate

Key Animation

N

Nobuko Sugino

Key Animation

Y

Yuki Nakajima

Key Animation

R

Rie Tamaki

Key Animation

T

Tomomi Yabuki

Key Animation

M

Mami Takino

Key Animation

Y

Yuka Koiso

Key Animation

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Episode Summary

"So The Flower Has Wilted" is episode 1 of Chihayafuru season 2. It scored 8.2/10 from 86 votes, ranking #22 of 25 episodes this season (season average 8.8). Directed by Tomomi Muraoka and written by Yuko Kakihara, it aired on January 12, 2013.

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