Shimano moved the new curado and citica to the Caenan frame. They dropped the level in all their reels. Basically it involves the trade of the dollar from what I have read on BBC. If you look at all other Japanese reel companies they have raised the price of their reels $20 or more. Shimano cut back on the reels and made them a little cheaper so they could continue to use the name at a price point. The new Chronarch is basically the old Curado E series. The new reels were moved to Malaysia to make them cheaper so they can be sold cheaper. I would have rather seen them just raise the price like Diawa did but they went the other way with it. I do like the looks of the new Chronarchs though! Oh and it deserves the mention that they make all the reels in all line ups with 3 different gear ratios. You can now get a 5:1, 6:1, and 7:1 in the curado and chronarch. That was a good move!

Tom