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#arachiha was sauuuur good #ill always wonder why she changed her mind

there seems to be this perception floating around– now that the manga has ended for a good while now–that chihaya was in love with both boys, just at different times. arata, in the early parts of the manga and taichi as the story develops. i used to think so, but upon re-read i now firmly put myself in the camp that chihaya’s feelings towards arata were never exactly platonic but they were also not romantic in nature either.

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urumaran

now post the scenes of chihaya wondering if her hand will reach his, thinking the poem” su” is romantic because she’s applying it to her relationship with arata, when their relationship is compared to legendary lovers orihime/hikoboshi etc. ship what you want, but to try and act like chihaya didn’t love arata at one point (especially since she uses the same word for love in japanese for both confessions) is just silly

huapaiqingyuan

before i rebut anything, do you want to maybe take a look at what sensei actually said + the new stuff that she’s said and has been posting or

urumaran

im in the loop with what’s she’s said since the ending which is why i mentioned her twitter interactions in my tag

#and im well aware that the tanabata legend originated from china #but from what other readers have told me (who have a chinese background) it’s still romantic in nature #the cowherd and the weaver girl i believe it’s called and lovers are able to reunite one day in a year due to the magpies forming a bridge #the japanese take is quite similar #two lovers being able to reunite for day in the year #the legend itself is romantic and Suetsugu used it for a moment when we see Chihaya call up Arata because she missed his presence #and the manga implies that the cellphones are their magpies #also know that it’s not called tanabata in china. this is referring to my first line.#if chihaya didn't love Arata romantically then why did she use the same word for love in both confessions #the only difference is the exclamation point in the one towards taichi #unless im wrong about that and different wording is used after all

huapaiqingyuan

there seems to be this perception floating around– now that the manga has ended for a good while now–that chihaya was in love with both boys, just at different times. arata, in the early parts of the manga and taichi as the story develops. i used to think so, but upon re-read i now firmly put myself in the camp that chihaya’s feelings towards arata were never exactly platonic but they were also not romantic in nature either.

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urumaran

now post the scenes of chihaya wondering if her hand will reach his, thinking the poem” su” is romantic because she’s applying it to her relationship with arata, when their relationship is compared to legendary lovers orihime/hikoboshi etc. ship what you want, but to try and act like chihaya didn’t love arata at one point (especially since she uses the same word for love in japanese for both confessions) is just silly

#a jpn reader even asked suetsugu if she was denying arata being chihayas first love and suetsugu said im not denying it and thankfully #someone saved a screencap of the interaction 🫶#ship what you want but to deny that chihaya held romantic feelings for arata is insane #but im not surprised we've reached this point since the endgame had little to no mutual romantic moments #have we've ever seen chihaya think of taichi in a romantic way? not including the final chapter ofc #one of the biggest mistakes was closing us off to her thoughts since she was so open in the beginning #so ofc people would try to deny chiharata in order to prop up tchy which just reeks of massive insecurity #like if chihaya didn't show such blatant romantic feelings for arata then the fanbase would not have been in shambles #go to any platform that features chihayafuru and you'll see tchy fans whining about how much torture they're put through shipping #the pairing and how its hard to read the manga and how they hope taichi lands the romantic win in the end #tchy fans had little to no hope for their ship from what I saw on various sites #what's with the revisionism #anyone that's been in the fanbase long enough knows what im talking about lmao

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tearsofwonder

the final chapter of chihayafuru makes no sense from a narrative perspective. you don't spend the vast majority of the story where chihaya canonically have feelings for arata and then have her choose taichi out of nowhere (the same guy she rejected). we don't see her feelings for arata change, it would be one thing if her feelings were ambigious to both guys but it was always toward arata. and we also don't see when her feelings for taichi develops. even if you ship chihaya-taichi, there's no way you could be satisfied with this ending since we never saw the development actually happen.

not to mention, we purposely didn't get chihaya to respond to arata's confession but we know based on her reaction (her blushing at the mere mention of arata and her eyes literally sparkling) that she has feelings for him but her focus was on becoming queen and not feeling like an equal towards arata. even in the final arc, there are several moments of her blushing and being shy around arata. this wouldn't make sense if she didn't have feelings for him and her feelings can't suddenly change within the match. and yet, chihaya never even give arata an answer after all this time. he confessed at chapter 119 and the manga ended at chapter 247. arata just randomly finds out that her and taichi are together and she doesn't even have the decency to say anything. this is objectively bad writing and makes no sense knowing the author hasn't made mistakes like this in the manga but suddenly does it in the manga.

it's clear this ending doesn't make sense with the story that was built up over the past decade when it was clearly aiming at chihaya-arata and its safe to say that the author (who's known for deleting and being apologetic whenever she posts about arata) did it out of fear and backlash. the lack of chihaya-arata interactions makes sense because why else would two close friends who shared their dream and finally reached it together act like they're not close? a mere high five when chihaya always hugs her friends.

end of the day, chihaya said she'll always love karuta and love arata and that was never disproven by the author. won't be surprised if one day it comes out or hinted that she doesn't like the ending to her manga

#saying that she rejected him in 173 and then deleted the tweets CTFU

have so many grievances over the final chihayafuru chapter, but realizing that platonic love and romantic love are not on the same level for yuki suetsugu was the worst. chihaya being told that she’s not privy to what college taichi is attending because she’s “just his friend” was the biggest blow. and chihaya/arata not getting a private moment where they can bask in their shared dream being a reality and congratulate each other also sucked.

#chihayafuru