Alright, I’ve had enough with dark and controversial stuff for a bit! Let’s talk about something fun! That’s right, we’re talking about the most thrilling sport in all of glorious Japan… KARUTA!! Chihayafuru is an odd show. Not surealist odd, just odd. It’s a show that, upon reading a plot synopsis, really doesn’t sound super…

This is entirely a personal preference, but I really like it when a story is dark. For me, it becomes a lot easier to get engaged in a plot when you know that things could very well go terribly for the characters. One mistake, and terrible things could happen that will dramatically change the character and the…