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.
That transfer student never talks.
Ese chico que se transfirió 
aquí nunca habla.
Ese chico que se mudó 
aquí nunca habla.
Aquele aluno transferido nunca fala.