Chihaya chooses to go on her class trip in hopes to come closer to fulfilling her dream of being a teacher, but she spends the entire time lost in space, wondering how Taichi is doing at the Master tournament qualifiers. Harada and Inokuma are also participating in the East Japan qualifiers, but as Taichi tries to quietly psych himself up, someone unexpected shows up to get in his way. Meanwhile, at the West Japan qualifiers, Master Suo makes a surprising comment to Arata.
All Japan Senior High School Cultural Federation 
Karuta Division 
Yoshioka Hirokazu
اتّحاد ثانويات اليابان الحضاري الكبير
قسم الكاروتا
يوشيوكا هيروكازو
Oberschul-Kulturverband Japans
 
Karuta-Abteilung
 
Yoshioka Hirokazu
Personalmente,
creo que será Arata Wataya-kun.
Personalmente,
creo que será Arata Wataya-kun.
Moi, j’aimerais bien
qu’Arata Wataya gagne.
Per me, a giocarsela sarà Wataya Arata-kun...
Federação Cultural Colegial Nacional 
Divisão de Karuta
Yoshioka Hirokazu
Всеяпонская федерация по вопросам культуры в старших школах, 
отдел каруты 
Хирокадзу Ёсиока 