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Chihayafuru S3E9 — I recall how my own efforts were in vain

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Chihayafuru•Season 3•Episode 9

I recall how my own efforts were in vain

8.9/10 · 56 votesDec 3, 201923 min

Ranked #19 of 24 in Season 3•−0.2 vs season avg

Arata plays his match even as Master Suo's words weigh on his mind, and Taichi battles a powerful opponent while ruminating over Dr. Harada's teachings. Meanwhile, Chihaya is so busy thinking about Taichi and Arata's matches that she's forgotten why she came on her class

Directed byTomoya Kitagawa

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

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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

T

Tomoya Kitagawa

Director

A

Asumi Kato

Animation Director

I

Ikumi Oka

Animation Director

R

Reika Otaki

Compositing Artist

Kotono Watanabe

Kotono Watanabe

Storyboard Artist

M

Miyuki Katayama

Animation Director

T

Taiki Imamura

Supervising Animation Director

Y

Yuko Kakihara

Writer

K

Kunio Takahide

Key Animation

K

Kahoru Hirata

Key Animation

H

Harumi Suwa

Background Designer

Y

Yasunori Aoki

Key Animation

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Episode Summary

"I recall how my own efforts were in vain" is episode 9 of Chihayafuru season 3. It scored 8.9/10 from 56 votes, ranking #19 of 24 episodes this season (season average 9.1). Directed by Tomoya Kitagawa and written by Yuko Kakihara, it aired on December 3, 2019.

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