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...
Track team third-year, Takeuchi Makoto-kun.
طالب السنة الثالثة في فريق المضمار
تاكيوتشي ماكوتو-كن
3. Jahr, Leichtathletik-Club,
Takeuchi Makoto-kun.
Makoto Takeuchi, du club d’athlétisme,
en terminale.
Studente del terzo anno, club di atletica,
Takeuchi Mikoto-kun.
Clube de atletismo, terceiro 
ano, Takeuchi Makoto-kun.
Команда по лёгкой атлетике,
третьегодка Макото Такэути