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Chihayafuru S3E2 — The hazed early dawn light comes not from the moon

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Chihayafuru•Season 3•Episode 2

The hazed early dawn light comes not from the moon

9.0/10 · 57 votesOct 29, 201923 min

Ranked #13 of 24 in Season 3•−0.1 vs season avg

Summer vacation is over, and the second school term has begun. Having learned that playing on a team expands the possibilities of karuta, Arata musters up his courage and tries to start a karuta club at his school. Meanwhile, Mizusawa High's karuta club has begun

Directed byAkiko Nakano

Written byYuko Kakihara

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May it be that I find still

May it be that I find

The hazed early dawn light comes not from the moon still

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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

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)

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Akiko Nakano

Akiko Nakano

Director

Akiko Nakano

Akiko Nakano

Animation Director

J

Junichi Sakata

Storyboard Artist

S

Shinichi Miyamae

Animation Director

T

Taiki Imamura

Supervising Animation Director

Y

Yuko Kakihara

Writer

S

Shinichi Miyamae

Key Animation

H

Hitoshi Nagasaki

Background Designer

M

Michiko Taniguchi

Background Designer

K

Kazuyuki Hashimoto

Background Designer

Y

Yuko Kobayashi

Background Designer

T

Tomohiro Maruyama

Background Designer

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Episode Summary

"The hazed early dawn light comes not from the moon" is episode 2 of Chihayafuru season 3. It scored 9.0/10 from 57 votes, ranking #13 of 24 episodes this season (season average 9.1). Directed by Akiko Nakano and written by Yuko Kakihara, it aired on October 29, 2019.

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