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Chihayafuru S3E22 — Just as my beauty has faded

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Chihayafuru•Season 3•Episode 22

Just as my beauty has faded

8.6/10 · 59 votesMar 10, 202023 min

Ranked #24 of 24 in Season 3•−0.5 vs season avg

Taichi has seemed down since he lost to Arata. In fact, a dark cloud is hanging over the entire karuta club because final exams are coming up. To break out of the gloom, Chihaya, Kanade, and Sumire decide to make Valentine's Day chocolates for the

Directed byMichiru Itabisashi

Written byYuko Kakihara

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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

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

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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

M

Michiru Itabisashi

Director

T

Takuya Ogata

Compositing Artist

R

Reika Otaki

Compositing Artist

Kotono Watanabe

Kotono Watanabe

Storyboard Artist

K

Kwon Oh-sik

Animation Director

L

Lim Keun-soo

Animation Director

C

Choi Byung-hee

Animation Director

A

Ahn Hyo-jeong

Animation Director

Y

Yuko Kakihara

Writer

J

Jang Jae-young

Key Animation

K

Kim Sim-hwi

Background Designer

L

Lee Seo-jin

Background Designer

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Episode Summary

"Just as my beauty has faded" is episode 22 of Chihayafuru season 3. It scored 8.6/10 from 59 votes, ranking #24 of 24 episodes this season (season average 9.1). Directed by Michiru Itabisashi and written by Yuko Kakihara, it aired on March 10, 2020.

Next: E23 · Like a boatsman adrift Best of Season 3