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Chihayafuru S2E8 — Which shines over Mount Mikasa

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Chihayafuru•Season 2•Episode 8

Which shines over Mount Mikasa

8.7/10 · 66 votesMar 2, 201323 min

Ranked #19 of 25 in Season 2•−0.1 vs season avg

The national championship has begun. Mizusawa High School's first opponent is a tam of foreigners from the Chiba International School of Information Studies. Chihaya is elated that karuta has become an international sport, but the other members are thrown off by the unfamiliar situation. Will

Directed byToshikatsu Tokoro

Written byAyako Kato

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Seasons3

Season 2 Episodes25

So The Flower Has Wilted still

So The Flower Has Wilted

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

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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

S

Shigenori Taniguchi

Key Animation

A

Ayako Suzuki

Animation Director

A

Akiko Kumada

Animation Director

K

Kim Hyeon-ok

Animation Director

H

Hwang Mi-jeong

Animation Director

Yoshiaki Kawajiri

Yoshiaki Kawajiri

Storyboard Artist

K

Kim Jong-Heon

Animation Director

T

Toshikatsu Tokoro

Director

N

Noriyuki Fukuda

Animation Director

A

Ayako Kato

Writer

S

Shiho Yanase

Background Designer

A

Akemi Higashi

Background Designer

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Episode Summary

"Which shines over Mount Mikasa" is episode 8 of Chihayafuru season 2. It scored 8.7/10 from 66 votes, ranking #19 of 25 episodes this season (season average 8.8). Directed by Toshikatsu Tokoro and written by Ayako Kato, it aired on March 2, 2013.

Next: E9 · My Only Thought Best of Season 2