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 magpie brought that voice to me.
جلب غراب العقعق ذاك الصوت لي"
„Die Elster schenkte mir ihr Stimmlein,
auf dass es mir Glück im Karuta bringt.“
¡No!
¡No!
« Munie de la voix conférée par la pie,
je me tourne vers le karuta. »
"Quella voce, giunta a me grazie a una gazza,
"A ave Pega me trouxe aquela voz.
«Сорока донесла голос до меня.