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...
Here comes spring, 
now the flower blooms
حلّ الربيع، والأزهار تتفتح الآن
Der Frühling ist da,
die Blumen erblühen …
Ora, all'arrivo della primavera, sbocciano i fiori.
Aí vem a primavera, agora as flores abrem
«Будто нам говоря,
Что зима сменилась весною —