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Chihayafuru S3E23 — Like a boatsman adrift

9.5

Chihayafuru•Season 3•Episode 23

Like a boatsman adrift

9.5/10 · 109 votesMar 17, 202023 min

Ranked #1 of 24 in Season 3•+0.4 vs season avg

The club hosts an unofficial tournament, the Taichi Cup, to celebrate Taichi's birthday! Chihaya planned the event in hopes of cheering up Taichi, and she managed to gather 36 participants. The tournament is held in the style of a Genpei match, with competitors facing off

Directed byTomoya Kitagawa, Chie Yamashiro

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

Just as my beauty has faded

Like a boatsman adrift still

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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

T

Tomoya Kitagawa

Director

C

Chie Yamashiro

Director

I

Ikumi Oka

Animation Director

K

Kim Bong-duk

Animation Director

P

Park Jae-ik

Key Animation

T

Takuya Ogata

Compositing Artist

R

Reika Otaki

Compositing Artist

J

Junko Abe

Animation Director

M

Masaru Kitao

Animation Director

H

Hiroshi Takeuchi

Storyboard Artist

L

Lee Gwan-woo

Animation Director

P

Park Myeong-hwan

Animation Director

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Episode Summary

"Like a boatsman adrift" is episode 23 of Chihayafuru season 3. It scored 9.5/10 from 109 votes, ranking #1 of 24 episodes this season (season average 9.1). Directed by Tomoya Kitagawa, Chie Yamashiro and written by Yuko Kakihara, it aired on March 17, 2020.

Next: E24 · When winds send waves crashing Best of Season 3