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Live-Action Chihayafuru Sequel Series Reveals Main Cast

posted on by Crystalyn Hodgkins, Egan Loo
Mone Kamishiraishi reprising Kanade Ōe role from films

The official website for Mone Kamishiraishi is returning from the films as Kanade Ōe.

Chihayafuru Meguri cast image
From left to right: Ami Tōma and Mone Kamishraishi
Image via Chihayafuru franchise's X/Twitter

Tōma stars as Meguru Aizawa, a second-year high school student who quietly takes part in a competitive karuta card-playing club that is in danger of disbanding due to the lack of . Kanade Ōe is now a part-time teacher who serves as the adviser of the karuta club.

Suetsugu drew a new illustration to commemorate the announcement. The illustration features the adult versions of the Mizusawa karuta club surrounding Kanade as a teacher.

The series will debut on NTV and its s in July and will air on Wednesdays at 10:00 p.m. JST.

Manga creator Suetsugu is involved with the new show. The original films' director Masaru Yokoyama is composing the music.

The first live-action film, Hulu Japan in February 2018.

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Image via Chihayafuru manga's website
Suetsugu launched the original manga in releasing the manga digitally in English, and it describes the story:
Chihaya is a girl in the sixth grade, still not old enough to even know the meaning of the word zeal. But one day, she meets Arata, a transfer student from rural Fukui prefecture. Though docile and quiet, he has an unexpected skill: his ability to play competitive karuta, a traditional Japanese card game.

Chihaya is struck by his obsession with the game, along with his ability to pick out the right card and swipe it away before any of his opponents. However, Arata is transfixed by her as well, all because of her unbelievable natural talent for the game. Don't miss this story of adolescent lives and emotions playing out in the most dramatic of ways!

The manga's launched in Be Love in December 2023.

The manga has inspired three television anime seasons. seasons with Japanese subtitles and an English dub.

Sources: Chihayafuru -Meguri- live-action series' website, Comic Natalie


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