Summer vacation is over, and the second school term has begun. Having learned that playing on a team expands the possibilities of karuta, Arata musters up his courage and tries to start a karuta club at his school. Meanwhile, Mizusawa High's karuta club has begun practicing in preparation for the Master/Queen qualifiers, but then they learn something that makes them doubt their chances of participating in the qualifiers at all...
The fiercest battle of all, 
right in the first round:
أشدّ مباراة في الجولة الأولى
Das heftigste Spiel
gleich in der ersten Runde.
Una gran batalla
apenas en la primera ronda.
Una gran batalla en la primera ronda.
Le match le plus serré de ce tour,
La battaglia più feroce già al primo turno...
A batalha mais feroz logo na primeira rodada:
Жесточайшее сражение в первом же раунде: