The team tournament at the High School Karuta Championships. Chihaya and the rest of Mizusawa High faces off against the elite squad and frequent title holder that is Fujisaki High. Each of their players is forced into a difficult battle where they feel the difference in skill between them and their opponent. Chihaya is paired up against Rion, who like Chihaya has a strong "feel" for the game. Chihaya knows that she cannot allow Rion to build any more of a lead and launches a daring attack in order to force the momentum back on her side. But just as she leaps for a card, a sharp pain runs through her finger. How will Chihaya get out of this predicament...? In Volume 15, Taichi's bout holds the key to everyone's fate.
Chihaya arrives at Omi Shrine for the Queen Match. Just as the tension grows, she meets Arata and feels a sense of relief. But an unbelievable mistake awaits Chihaya just as she returns to her room after the pre-final reception...!
It's now the semi-finals of the national high school karuta championships. Chihaya and the rest of Mizusawa High's karuta club chase after their dream of back-to-back titles as they face off against Fujisaki, who has sworn to get revenge for their loss a year earlier. However, they fall just short of being blessed by the goddess of victory... They're left with one last opportunity in the form of the third place playoff. One last chance to play karuta, the game they love, together. Appearing before them now in their final team match as high schoolers is Fujisaki East, led by Arata. As each player is matched up, fate leads Chihaya and Arata to face off directly against one another...! Reunited, on it goes. And so will we, I know. Chihaya, Arata, and Taichi are all reunited in Omi!
Chihaya punches her ticket at last to the Queen Match after a fierce battle. Chihaya sees where Shinobu, with her unmatched talents, stands, and it is a wasteland beyond anything she could have imagined. Shinobu comes to Chihaya with a proposal in order to achieve her goal of becoming the world's first karuta pro. Meanwhile, Taichi and Arata each have one win and one loss as their feelings for karuta and one another butt heads on the tatami mats! The East-West Challenger Final is determined at last! What is it that they're going to see after this battle they've put their entire youth into?!
The day that asks who is most determined to become Master and Queen is at last coming to its conclusion... But even though Chihaya and the others are only watching the matches, a new twist seems to come into their lives! Fate moves in a major way in this latest volume of Chihayafuru!
Electronic state of every solid is basically classified into two categories according to its electrical responses: insulator or metal. A textbook of modern solid state physics explains that shape of a Fermi surface plays a key role in most physical properties in metals. One of the well-established experimental methods to detect a Fermi surface is measurement of quantum oscillations that is a periodic response of physical quantities with respect to external magnetic fields. As insulators do not host Fermi surface, it is believed that they do not exhibit any quantum oscillations. This book presents a comprehensive review of recent observations of quantum oscillations in the Kondo insulators, SmB6 and YbB12, and discusses how the observations are demonstrated by a newly proposed mechanism where emergent charge-neutral fermions exhibit quantum oscillations instead of bare electrons. It also focuses on topological properties of Kondo insulators, and demonstrates that YbB12 hosts a surface metallic conduction owing to its non-trivial band structure. Further it presents the experiments of specific heat and thermal conductivity in YbB12 down to ultra-low temperature to discuss the possible low-energy excitations from a Fermi surface of neutral fermions. The demonstrated gapless and itinerant fermionic excitations, that is the significant contribution from charge neutral fermions, violates Wiedemann-Franz law. The discoveries point out a highly unconventional phase of quantum state—electrically insulating but thermally metallic—realized in the bulk of topological Kondo insulators.
Chihaya polishes her skills for the upcoming Queen Match under Eternal Queen Watarai and former Queen Inokuma. What will Chihaya do as she thinks about the role she needs to play, and what action does Taichi take…? A battle that's special to all begins in the Urayasu no Ma!
Harada, a karuta instructor, is at last able to stamp the ticket allowing him to challenge for the top spot in competitive karuta. Not long after, Chihaya and Taichi find themselves given the opportunity to play practice matches against Hisashi Suou, the current Master. How does Harada respond when Chihaya comes to him with the Master's so-called "weakness" that she grasped during their bout...? Meanwhile, Queen Shinobu Wakamiya is busy polishing her own weapons as much as possible as her own deciding match approaches.
Atop the tatami mats at the Master and Queen Match preliminaries, players chase after their dreams. As everyone arrives at the preliminaries with special hopes in mind, Chihaya is in Kyoto on a school trip, there to make a different dream, one given to her by her precious friends and teachers, come true. Meanwhile, Taichi, who is absent from the school trip after claiming to feel unwell, heads to the East Japan preliminary, while Arata goes to West Japan's. What kind of path into the future will be paved by their efforts, hopes, and beliefs?
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 the first volume in this story of adolescent lives and emotions playing out in the most dramatic of ways.
The day that asks who is most determined to become Master and Queen is at last coming to its conclusion... But even though Chihaya and the others are only watching the matches, a new twist seems to come into their lives! Fate moves in a major way in this latest volume of Chihayafuru!
The East-West Challenger Finals for the Master and Queen Match. Though Arata and Taichi had once stepped away from karuta, both they and Chihaya are able to savor the joy of being in this place together. Momo Yuikawa, representing the West, throws off Chihaya's pace by playing her own style of karuta. Meanwhile, Taichi uses new tactics to attempt to overcome the wall that is Arata and battle Master Suou…?! It's time for best-of-three matches as they all seek out a landscape that none have ever seen before!
Chihaya polishes her skills for the upcoming Queen Match under Eternal Queen Watarai and former Queen Inokuma. What will Chihaya do as she thinks about the role she needs to play, and what action does Taichi take…? A battle that's special to all begins in the Urayasu no Ma!
Game two of the Queen Match. Though Chihaya immerses herself into Shinobu's world of poetry and gets within three cards, she tragically loses in the end. One more loss and her path to being Queen will be cut short. Having done everything she possibly can, Chihaya begins to feel a sense of despair. But just then, something steps in to save her! Meanwhile, Arata has put the Master, an all-time great, in check. Suou's back is against the wall, but how will he change when he sees his auntie Yukiko who Taichi has brought to him…?
Game three for the Master and Queen Matches. Both Chihaya and Suou manage to pull out wins with their backs against the wall. How will Shinobu and Arata fight back against these two opponents who have started to get a hold of the momentum…? Watch as each of their hopes and emotions meet with one another!
It's now the semifinals for the East Japan Master and Queen Match preliminaries. Chihaya and Taichi find themselves in intense matches as Chihaya faces Rion Yamashiro from the powerhouse that is Fujisaki, while Taichi faces Sudo. After a string of misfortune, they find themselves at a disadvantage, but Harada-sensei's decision to let them know that Arata has made it through the West Japan preliminary reminds them of how they play karuta. Chihaya begins to focus like never before, this being her final chance. It's time to make destiny into a reality in a battle where every card matters!
Chihaya and the rest of the Mizusawa High Karuta Club earn their spot at the national tournament for the third time, guided to their destiny by the poems to which they prayed. Waiting for them are the indominable Fujisaki team, Fujioka East's team as led by Arata, as well as Hokuou, partners along Mizusawa's own journey. How will Mizusawa, the previous year's victors, fare against them?! Meanwhile, Taichi goes to a TV recording and witnesses the superhuman abilities of Master Suou as analyzed by science. Just as he searches for his own ideal form of karuta, an unexpected individual appears...! A third and final high school summer. A path blazed together with you in days past.
The matches to determine the challengers to the Master and Queen reach their finale. Just everyone is sure of the young prodigy Arata's superiority thanks to his perfect offense and defense, the veteran Harada begins attacking with unimaginable ferocity. Chihaya, Taichi, and his former rivals are left breathless by the sight of him putting everything he has on the line. Now that the hall is quiet once more, only the sound of their beating hearts echo throughout it!
The time has come for the top challengers who made their way through the East and West Japan preliminaries to face one another and decide who will play in the Master and Queen Matches. Representing West Japan is Megumu Ousaka, showing her tenacity by making it to this deciding match two years in a row, and Arata, who navigated his way through his match with Murao, another member of his club. Facing them from East Japan are former Queen Haruka Inokuma and Harada, a veteran player. These four powerhouses have now come together to play a best-of-three match. It's time for never-before-seen battles to begin between these players who strive to make it to the distant summit!
Challengers meet and clash at the Master and Queen Match preliminaries. The Queen Match is on the line as Chihaya takes on Rion Yamashiro from Fujisaki High's powerhouse team in her semi-final match, a showdown between two players with an unbelievable feel for karuta! Taichi has also made it to the semi-finals and attempts to use the "controlling karuta" he learned from Master Suou against Sudo. Meanwhile in the West Japan preliminary, Arata finds himself in a surprisingly difficult battle...! The three childhood friends who've devoted their teenage years to karuta now dream of a future where they're reunited once more.
It's now the semi-finals of the national high school karuta championships. Chihaya and the rest of Mizusawa High's karuta club chase after their dream of back-to-back titles as they face off against Fujisaki, who has sworn to get revenge for their loss a year earlier. However, they fall just short of being blessed by the goddess of victory... They're left with one last opportunity in the form of the third place playoff. One last chance to play karuta, the game they love, together. Appearing before them now in their final team match as high schoolers is Fujisaki East, led by Arata. As each player is matched up, fate leads Chihaya and Arata to face off directly against one another...! Reunited, on it goes. And so will we, I know. Chihaya, Arata, and Taichi are all reunited in Omi!
The Mizusawa High Karuta Club has won its way to the final round of the preliminaries for the national tournament in part thanks to the confidence and trust in each other that they've built. In a rematch from last year, they now face off against the powerhouse Hokuou Academy in five evenly matched bouts that are high-strung from their opening moments. Will Mizusawa prevail, or will Hokuou? Both sides refuse to cede a single step as the matches near their end, until something takes place that no one could have ever expected...!
Chihaya has distanced herself from the karuta club after Taichi's departure, but one day she receives an e-mail from Arata. It tells of his determination, as he's created a karuta team so that he can one day stand toe-to-toe with both Chihaya and Taichi. Spurred into action by this, Chihaya heads to the Tokyo preliminary for the national tournament. However, the Mizusawa Karuta Club is thrown into chaos by rule changes and its uninhibited new members. What kind of trap has been set for Chihaya because of her time away from karuta? It's Chihaya's final summer to fight alongside her friends, and at the preliminaries she vows to make her dreams come true!
The Master Match with Hisashi Suou's fifth consecutive title on the line has come to a close with Master Suou successfully defending in a hard-fought battle. As all eyes gather on Suou, who had stated before that he would retire after winning five championships in a row, Arata cuts him off to declare that he will come to defeat the Master next year, creating a commotion in the crowd. Suou then gives Arata a one-year extension. Taichi is also present, standing motionless as he sees these two, only to face none other than Arata the next day in the Takamatsunomiya Cup tournament! These players with unshakable convictions who have vowed to never stop chasing their goals now take the first steps into a new year!
The finals league for the national tournament's Tokyo preliminary. As the teams sit lined up for the final round, Chihaya and the rest of the Mizusawa Karuta Club face off against their archrivals, Hokuou Academy. Karuta has brought Hokuou together as a team under Leero's leadership. Will their unity be able to overcome Mizusawa's?! Meanwhile, Taichi is visiting Master Hisashi Suou. What has Taichi finally come upon while by the side of this genius who seemed to have once left him beaten and battered? These group matches will teach all involved both what it means to be a team and how exactly their friends feel. Who will be the ones in the end to snatch their tickets to Omi?!
Both the Mizusawa High Karuta Club and Hokuou Academy have made it out of the Tokyo qualifiers, one of the toughest districts across the country. They go next to Omi Shrine for the finals, aiming to win it all. There they find a daunting wall consisting of unconventional tactics and the extraordinary players who use them. Mizusawa's goal has always been to be the best in Japan, a distant dream that can only be attained by a tenacious team that puts in the effort to win their way through the tournament. Chihaya and the rest believe in themselves and in their friends as the battle begins!
Taichi faces Arata at the Takamatsunomiya Cup Tournament. Though they both share the rank of Class A, Taichi is overwhelmed by frustration at the difference in level between them that his time and familiarity with the game makes all the more stark. In order to return a smile to his face, Chihaya puts together the ""Taichi Cup,"" an unofficial karuta tournament attended by those who love karuta and who have supported Taichi. A few days later, Taichi happens to be alone with Chihaya in the club room. As the spring breeze comes fluttering in, he opens up to Chihaya about the way he's always felt about her. But this would also be the start of the two embarking on separate paths... Chihaya and the rest of the Mizusawa High Karuta Club have to make it through a spring without Taichi, and the qualifiers for the national tournament are just around the corner!
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