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.
If you don't participate, what'll happen 
to the Hokuo Society's morale?!
!ماذا سيحل بمعنويات مجتمع هوكو إن لم تشارك؟
Wenn du fehlst, fehlt dem
Hokuō-Karuta-Verein die Moral!
Si no participas,
¿qué pasará con la Sociedad Hokuo?
Si no participas,
¿qué pasará con la Sociedad Hokuo?
Si tu ne participes pas,
Hokuô va perdre le moral !
Se tu non partecipi, cosa ne sarà
 del morale dell'Hokuo Karuta?!
Se você não participar, como 
fica a moral da sociedade Hokuo?!
Если ты уходишь, что станет
с боевым духом сообщества Хокуо?!