Sixth grade was when Ayase Chihaya met Wataya Arata, the transfer student from Fukui.  The shy and quiet Arata was hiding a surprising talent.  He knew how to play the competitive karuta version of Ogura's Hundred Poets.  Chihaya is stunned by the intensity Arata displays when playing karuta.
I always say the first thing
 that comes into my head!
¡Siempre digo lo primero que se me ocurre!
¡Siempre digo lo primero que se me ocurre!
Eu sempre falo o que dá na telha!