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Chihayafuru S3E8 — As friends and strangers

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Chihayafuru•Season 3•Episode 8

As friends and strangers

8.8/10 · 57 votesNov 26, 201923 min

Ranked #21 of 24 in Season 3•−0.3 vs season avg

Chihaya chooses to go on her class trip in hopes to come closer to fulfilling her dream of being a teacher, but she spends the entire time lost in space, wondering how Taichi is doing at the Master tournament qualifiers. Harada and Inokuma are also

Directed byAkiko Nakano

Written byMisuzu Chiba

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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

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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)

Crew12

Akiko Nakano

Akiko Nakano

Director

Akiko Nakano

Akiko Nakano

Animation Director

Daiki Harashina

Daiki Harashina

Key Animation

J

Junichi Sakata

Storyboard Artist

R

Reika Otaki

Compositing Artist

J

Junko Abe

Animation Director

T

Taiki Imamura

Supervising Animation Director

J

Jung Jin-wook

Animation Director

M

Misuzu Chiba

Writer

H

Harumi Suwa

Background Designer

M

Michiko Taniguchi

Background Designer

K

Kayoko Fujiki

Background Designer

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Episode Summary

"As friends and strangers" is episode 8 of Chihayafuru season 3. It scored 8.8/10 from 57 votes, ranking #21 of 24 episodes this season (season average 9.1). Directed by Akiko Nakano and written by Misuzu Chiba, it aired on November 26, 2019.

Next: E9 · I recall how my own efforts were in vain Best of Season 3