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...
Whichever one of us loses first has to skip
the Master qualifiers in two weeks.
أيّ من يخسر بيننا أوّلاً عليه الانسحاب
من تصفيات الأستاذ بعد أسبوعين
Wer zuerst verliert, lässt die
Meisterqualifikation in zwei Wochen ausfallen.
El que pierda primero tendrá que faltar
a la eliminatoria de Maestro.
El que pierda primero tendrá que faltar
a la eliminatoria de Maestro.
Le premier à sortir du tournoi
déclare forfait aux qualifs dans deux semaines.
Il primo di noi che perde, non andrà alle qualifiche
 per il titolo di Maestro che si terrà tra 2 settimane.
Quem perder primeiro não poderá participar
da qualificatória de Meijin que é daqui duas semanas.
Тот, кто проиграет первым, пропустит
отборочные через две недели.