Sorry for the late post. I've been caught up watching James Bond movies. xD; Anyways! Today's is a josei manga. I love it for the topic of it is so much different from your average manga. so what is it? The game Karuta! Hyakunin Isshu! The art is also really great. It's a fun story & it's won the 2nd manga Taisho award. I've also included the raws of volumes 1-9 out of 10 ongoing volumes below (but if you do download them
please buy the manga, especially if you like it, to support the mangaka. They need the money. Desperately.) Enjoy.
「ちはやふる」
Chihayafuru
Mangaka: 末次由紀 (
Suetsugu Yuki)
Genre: Drama, Josei, Romance, School Life, Slice of Life, Sports
Summary: "All her life, Chihaya's dream was to see her model sister become Japan's best... That is, until a quiet, unassuming transfer student named Arata tells her otherwise. A dream, he explains to her, is something she needs to work at herself.
Arata plays a competitive version of a traditional Japanese card game--known as Hyakunin Isshu--in a way Chihaya has never seen before. After taking Arata's place in a game, Chihaya discovers she has a passion for it. Now Chihaya wants to become number one in the world, the Queen of Karuta.
Chihayafuru won the 2nd Manga Taisho Award." -
Baka-Updates
Download RAWS:
Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4,
Volume 5, Volume 6, Volume 7, Volume 8, Volume 9