GOALS BY MARCH 2021
※ 7,000 Mined Sentences (+3,167 cards to go)
※ Minimum 2 Hours of Reading Everyday / 1 Vol. of Manga
※ 65 Hours Per Week
※ More Passive Listening
Titles I immersed with From May 2020 ~ December 2020:
ANIME | TYPE | EPS | MINS | COMPREHENSIBILITY |
BURN THE WITCH | ONA | 3 | 63 | |
うさぎドロップ | TV | 11 | 220 | |
かぐや姫の物語 | Movie | 1 | 137 | |
ちはやふる | TV | 25 | 500 | |
ちはやふる 2 | TV | 25 | 500 | |
ちはやふる 3 | TV | 24 | 480 | |
アクダマドライブ | TV | 12 | 240 | |
テニスの王子様 | TV | 178 | 3560 | |
テニスの王子様 存続山の日 | OVA | 1 | 30 | |
テニスの王子様 OVA 全国大会篇 | OVA | 13 | 260 | |
テニスの王子様 OVA 全国大会篇 Semifinal |
OVA | 6 | 120 | |
テニスの王子様 OVA 全国大会編 Final | OVA | 7 | 140 | |
テニスの王子様 OVA ANOTHER STORY I | OVA | 4 | 80 | |
テニスの王子様 OVA ANOTHER STORY II |
OVA | 2 | 6 | |
テニスの王子様 跡部からの贈り物 | Movie | 1 | 30 | |
劇場版 テニスの王子様: 二人のサムライ The First Game |
Movie | 1 | 65 | |
劇場版 テニスの王子様: 英国式庭球城決戦! | Movie | 1 | 87 | |
新テニスの王子様 | TV | 13 | 260 | |
新テニスの王子様 Special |
Special | 7 | 140 | |
新テニスの王子様 OVA vs Genius10 | OVA | 10 | 200 | |
半妖の夜叉姫 (1st Cour) |
TV | 13 | 260 | |
君に届け | TV | 25 | 500 | |
君に届け 2ND SEASON | TV | 12 | 240 | |
君に届け 2ND SEASON 片想い | Special | 1 | 20 | |
呪術廻戦 (1st Cour) |
TV | 13 | 260 | |
天気の子 | Movie | 1 | 115 | |
学園ベビーシッターズ | TV | 12 | 240 | |
学園ベビーシッターズ OVA | OVA | 1 | 27 | |
富豪刑事 Balance:UNLIMITED | TV | 11 | 220 | |
幽☆遊☆白書 | TV | 112 | 2240 | |
桜蘭高校ホスト部 | TV | 26 | 520 | |
言の葉の庭 | Movie | 1 | 46 | |
風が強く吹いている | TV | 23 | 460 | |
鬼滅の刃 | TV | 26 | 520 | |
DRAMA |
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義母と娘のブルース | TV | 10 | 560 | |
義母と娘のブルース SP | Special | 1 | 120 | |
とんび | TV | 10 | 533 | |
仮面ライダー電王 | TV | 19 | 437 | |
FILM |
Total Anime Watched: 34
Total: 12,786 mins / 213 hrs
"At Naniwa Bay,
Blossoms, bloom!
Blossoms, you have slept
all through the winter —
Now bloom in spring."
I immediately fell in love with Karuta the first time I first saw it on the anime Chihayafuru a few years ago. It looks like a simple game, but I see it as a cross between meditation, sports, and art.
I've been meaning to get my own set ever since but I was a broke NEET back then. While I managed to find a PDF with the 百人一首 (Hyakunin Isshu), I never really got to memorise all the poems required to play the game. And then life and filmmaking took over...
My interest in the game was rekindled after watching Queen and Meijin matches uploaded on youtube.
Last month, I tried my luck and searched for "Karuta" on carousell and chanced upon this set selling for cheap. It was an N.O.S (new old stock) from a Japanese Surplus Store somewhere in Manila. This was such a rare find especially here in the Philippines.
Even though it was considerably cheap, I was still quite hesitant to get it due to the limited funds that I had and the temporary unemployment brought about by the pandemic. I decided to go for it in the end. And as luck would have it, I was was officially offered a gig the same day these cards arrived (๑˃ᴗ˂)ﻭ
※ Translation of the Opening Poem taken from the World Karuta Association.