Chihaya is playing in the East Queen qualifier for a chance to face the Queen again.  Her first opponent is the grade schooler Ririka, said to be a child prodigy.  As Chihaya watches Ririka use speed play karuta, she begins to understand what it means to play karuta without speed.
yet it is I who withers and wilts
Lo que se seca y desploma 
en este lugar soy yo.
Lo que se seca y desploma 
en este lugar soy yo.
Mas sou eu que seco e murcho