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...
When I led him by twenty cards last year,
عندما تقدمته بعشرين بطاقة العام الفائت
Quando l'anno scorso
 stavo vincendo di ben 20 carte,
Quando eu tava com 20 cartas 
a mais, no ano passado,
Когда я в том году вышел вперёд на двадцать карт,