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.
At Fujisaki, being good at karuta
makes you attractive!
!في فوجيساكي، التفوّق في الكاروتا يجعلك جذاباً
An der Fujisaki-Schule ist man cool,
wenn man gut in Karuta ist!
¡En Fujisaki, ser bueno en karuta
te hace atractivo!
¡En Fujisaki, ser bueno en el karuta
te hace muy molón!
Al Fujisaki,
 essere bravo a karuta ti rende un figo!
No Fujisaki, ser bom em 
karuta é o mais atraente!
В Фудзисаки считают крутым
любого, кто хорош в каруте!