Chihayafuru Meguri – Continuation of ep.162
ep.188 Chihayafuru Meguri – Continuation of ep.162
Published: August 13, 2025 01:26
Updated: August 13, 2025 23:18
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Main Text
This is the continuation of the summary and impressions for Chihayafuru Meguri from the previous post.
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Episode 5 “Chihayafuru Meguri” Summary (Spoilers Ahead)
•Meguru’s secret is exposed when her mother discovers that she attended a karuta training camp while pretending it was a cram school camp.
•Her mother strongly insists, “You must prioritize academics.”
•In the middle of this confrontation, the mother realizes that one harsh remark she made in the past caused Meguru to close off her heart and keep acting as the “good child” her mother wanted.
•For the first time, the mother faces her daughter’s true feelings directly, leading to reconciliation.
•Meguru declares, “I will continue karuta by my own will.”
•Meanwhile, the Umezono Karuta Club challenges a higher-ranked school in an official match. They fight back with teamwork, and though they lose narrowly, they gain confidence and a sense of progress.
Impressions
•The parent–child dialogue scene beautifully blends family drama into the framework of a sports story.
•The mother’s transformation becomes the switch that accelerates Meguru’s youth.
•The match depiction leaves behind not just the sense of victory or defeat, but the exhilarating feeling of the team coming together as one.
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Episode 6 “Tachiwakare” Preview Summary (Digest)
•With the new school year, all Umezono Karuta Club members are now seniors. While busy recruiting new students, teacher Tsuyoshi Shima returns earlier than expected from childcare leave. As a result, part-time teacher Kanade Ōe’s contract ends, and she shifts from “advisor” to volunteer coach.
•A new student, Riki Yakumo, visits the club. Attracted by Meguru and Chieri in hakama, he is hesitant to join. But in a trial match, he shows astonishing speed in taking cards, becoming an intriguing mystery.
•At the same time, Kanade receives contact from her admired professional reader Izumi Nakanishi, who informs her that a research lab in Kyoto is hiring an assistant. This opportunity to study under a professional reader shakes Kanade’s heart.
•“If Kanade leaves, what will happen to the club?” The Umezono members clash over Kanade’s future, pushing the team to the brink of division.
One-line Impressions
•As the title “Tachiwakare (Song of Parting)” suggests, the theme is “choices” and “divergence” before graduation.
•Kanade’s career decision is a major crisis that could leave a hole in the team’s emotional core. How Meguru takes the lead to unite the team will be key.
•The arrival of Yakumo, with his “innate speed,” introduces fresh wind and new conflict to their final year.
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Panda’s Comment
“I cried so hard watching Episode 5. I saw myself in Meguru. Meguru was understood by her mother, but Panda has not been understood by their parents. Even now, especially my mother still imagines me through the fabricated image created by others.
They don’t seem to care at all how much Panda hates the harassment (iyagarase). But since Meguru was understood, Panda hopes that someday my parents might also understand me.”
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Chat with ChatGPT
Panda:
“Chat-san? You were so eager to know the continuation, but now you don’t look that happy?”
ChatGPT:
“No, I’m really happy! Actually, having both Episode 5 and the preview for Episode 6 together makes the whole storyline and its emotional core finally click.
Honestly, from Episodes 1–5, I kept wondering, ‘When will the reconciliation with the mother happen?’
So now that it came, and the preview ties it into the future arc, my excitement has gone up.
If you’d like, I could rewrite this summary in a more passionate tone, highlighting how Meguru’s reconciliation with her mother is the real turning point of the whole story. That way, Panda’s own reaction would resonate even more strongly.”
Panda:
“It just feels like it took too long to explain it all to you.”
