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Chihayafuru S3E16 — Takes me away in haste

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Chihayafuru•Season 3•Episode 16

Takes me away in haste

8.8/10 · 59 votesJan 28, 202023 min

Ranked #22 of 24 in Season 3•−0.3 vs season avg

"You can't be Queen." Chihaya didn't lose heart even after being soundly defeated in her practice match with the Master, but she can't help feeling stunned by his comment. And Taichi, after seeing the Master's play style up close, begins to think about the style

Directed byAkiko Nakano, Tomoya Kitagawa

Written byMisuzu Chiba

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Seasons3

Season 3 Episodes24

May it be that I find still

May it be that I find

The hazed early dawn light comes not from the moon still

The hazed early dawn light comes not from the moon

But from the crystal white snow of Yoshino still

But from the crystal white snow of Yoshino

Nobody wishes to see still

Nobody wishes to see

Mount Amanokagu still

Mount Amanokagu

Tatsuta River Ablaze still

Tatsuta River Ablaze

The storm blasts still

The storm blasts

As friends and strangers still

As friends and strangers

I recall how my own efforts were in vain still

I recall how my own efforts were in vain

Scarlet kadsuras still

Scarlet kadsuras

Leaving a hovering mist above the trees and grass still

Leaving a hovering mist above the trees and grass

So the flower petals are scattered like the snow by the passing storm still

So the flower petals are scattered like the snow by the passing storm

Yet it is I who withers and wilts still

Yet it is I who withers and wilts

The emotions experienced still

The emotions experienced

As helpless autumn leaves are caught against the flow still

As helpless autumn leaves are caught against the flow

Takes me away in haste still

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Takes me away in haste

As my sleeves are wet with dew still

As my sleeves are wet with dew

The storm will soon carry me still

The storm will soon carry me

Bring a life of everlasting love still

Bring a life of everlasting love

May the scarlet kadsuras still

May the scarlet kadsuras

To restore my faith still

To restore my faith

Just as my beauty has faded still

Just as my beauty has faded

Like a boatsman adrift still

Like a boatsman adrift

When winds send waves crashing still

When winds send waves crashing

Cast3

Asami Seto

Asami Seto

Chihaya Ayase (voice)

Mamoru Miyano

Mamoru Miyano

Taichi Mashima (voice)

Yoshimasa Hosoya

Yoshimasa Hosoya

Arata Wataya (voice)

Crew12

Akiko Nakano

Akiko Nakano

Director

T

Tomoya Kitagawa

Director

H

Hayato Matsuda

Key Animation

I

Ikumi Oka

Key Animation

T

Takuya Ogata

Compositing Artist

R

Reika Otaki

Compositing Artist

J

Junko Abe

Animation Director

Y

Yuki Morishita

Animation Director

T

Taiki Imamura

Supervising Animation Director

S

Seo Soon-young

Animation Director

J

Jang Sang-mi

Animation Director

K

Kim Eun-seon

Animation Director

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Episode Summary

"Takes me away in haste" is episode 16 of Chihayafuru season 3. It scored 8.8/10 from 59 votes, ranking #22 of 24 episodes this season (season average 9.1). Directed by Akiko Nakano, Tomoya Kitagawa and written by Misuzu Chiba, it aired on January 28, 2020.

Next: E17 · As my sleeves are wet with dew Best of Season 3