Sixth grade was when Ayase Chihaya met Wataya Arata, the transfer student from Fukui.  The shy and quiet Arata was hiding a surprising talent.  He knew how to play the competitive karuta version of Ogura's Hundred Poets.  Chihaya is stunned by the intensity Arata displays when playing karuta.
Here comes spring, now the flower blooms.
La primavera se acerca 
y ahora florece la flor.
La primavera se acerca 
y ahora florece la flor.
Aí vem a primavera, agora as flores abrem.