A new school year has started and the Karuta club must get new members or face penalties. Discussing the goals of the club, Chihaya discovers the team is not as unified as she thought.
Guest Stars:
Toshiko Fujita, Chika Anzai, Yoko Nishino, Megumi Satou, Daichi Endo
At the Shiranami Society, Taichi plays Tsuboguchi, who has graduated from college and is now a high school teacher.
Guest Stars:
Satsuki Yukino, Kenji Takahashi, Aya Endo, Unsho Ishizuka, Shuji Inaba
It is time for the High School Karuta Championship; the first years are amazed by the skill level of their upperclassman. Wataya continues his goal to the National High School Championships.
Guest Stars:
Yoshimasa Hosoya, Yuya Murakami, Aya Hisakawa, Mihoko Nakamichi, Kazuya Nakai
Be it luck or skill, Tai seems to falter under pressure. The team needs three wins to proceed and their upcoming opponents are new and trained by an old friend.
Guest Stars:
Yoshimasa Hosoya, Houko Kuwashima, Aya Hisakawa, Kenji Takahashi, Daisuke Sakaguchi
The final two teams in the competition is a repeat of Mizusawa vs. Hokuo. Chihaya wants to challenge them straight up, no tricks. A player on the Hokuo team will make sure it happens.
Guest Stars:
Aya Hisakawa, Takashi Ohara, Kazuya Nakai, Daisuke Sakaguchi, Toshiko Fujita
Individually, Mizusawa players have grown, but Hokuo will try to use Mizusawa's lack of team playing experience to take back the Tokyo regional trophy.
Guest Stars:
Kenji Takahashi, Takashi Ohara, Kazuya Nakai, Daisuke Sakaguchi, Unsho Ishizuka
The deal was to get 5 new members for the Karuta club. Chihaya has to figure out a way to keep the room and deal with the band club.
Guest Stars:
Yoshimasa Hosoya, Satsuki Yukino, Aya Hisakawa, Toshiko Fujita, Aya Endo
The national championship has begun. Mizusawa High School's first opponent is a tam of foreigners from the Chiba International School of Information Studies. Chihaya is elated that karuta has become an international sport, but the other members are thrown off by the unfamiliar situation. Will Mizusawa High School be able to secure their first victory on their way to becoming number one in Japan? At the same time, Arata arrives at Omi Jingu alone.
Guest Stars:
Kazuya Nakai, Miho Hino, Hiroki Maeda, Shin-ichiro Miki, Kensuke Sato
One wrong decision can ruin Arata's chance this season to make his comeback…
Guest Stars:
Yoshimasa Hosoya, Yuya Murakami, Mihoko Nakamichi, Kazuya Nakai, Mitsuki Saiga
Mizusawa's next opponent is a group of geniuses that has been sweeping the Karuta scene.
Guest Stars:
Yoshimasa Hosoya, Yuya Murakami, Mihoko Nakamichi, Toshiko Fujita, Mao Watanabe
Mizusawa has finally made it to the first round of the High School Championship playoffs. However, Porky says that they should play without Desk-kun. After looking at Desk-kun's notebook, she agrees that they should leave him out of the lineup. Their opponent is Shoyo High school, representing Kyoto. Will Porky and Desk-kun be able to make peace?
Guest Stars:
Yoshimasa Hosoya, Takashi Ohara, Mihoko Nakamichi, Kazuya Nakai, Heihachiro Yoshii
In the second round of the playoffs, Mizusawa faces off against Akashi Girls First, led by Ousaka Megumu, the West representative in the previous Queen match qualifier. Chihaya falls behind off the bat as Megumu displays speed that she didn't have before. Will Chihaya be able to use all of her hard work to change the momentum?
Guest Stars:
Megumi Hayashibara, Takashi Ohara, Daisuke Sakaguchi, Toshiko Fujita, Unsho Ishizuka
Chihaya appears to have recovered from her bad start, but Megumu will not let her take consecutive cards. As the players spur on their aces, both sides begin to pull together as teams. Which team will prove to be stronger?
Guest Stars:
Takashi Ohara, Mao Watanabe, Yuji Ueda, Sachi Matsumoto, Yoko Nishino
Mizusawa and Akashi's match has reached the tipping point and each side starts winning games; the pressure between Chihaya and Megumu have captivated the crowd.
Guest Stars:
Yoshimasa Hosoya, Takashi Ohara, Mihoko Nakamichi, Toshiko Fujita, Mao Watanabe
Tsukuba finally gets his chance to play due to Kana's injury, but will he be able to keep his composure in such an important match? Meanwhile, the team members of Fujisaki are waiting to see what player Coach Sakurazawa will switch for the final match.
Guest Stars:
Yoshimasa Hosoya, Megumi Hayashibara, Takashi Ohara, Mihoko Nakamichi, Kazuya Nakai
A look back on season 2.
Guest Stars:
Megumi Hayashibara, Takashi Ohara, Mihoko Nakamichi, Kazuya Nakai, Mitsuki Saiga
Fujisaka's training has proven to be a major hurdle to Mizusawa thanks to the training regimen demanded by their coach, Sakurazawa. Rion continues her lead over Chihaya thanks to her familiarity of the reader's voice. Doubts and injury plague Chihaya and her team as they fight to stay in the game.
Guest Stars:
Megumi Hayashibara, Mihoko Nakamichi, Mitsuki Saiga, Keiko Serino, Unsho Ishizuka
A new found passion has brought Misuzawa back into the fight, as Chihaya herself tries to fight through the pain of her injury.
Guest Stars:
Yoshimasa Hosoya, Hiroki Touchi, Megumi Hayashibara, Yuya Murakami, Mihoko Nakamichi
Three wins for the victory. Taichi's declaration provides encouragement to the remaining players. The Mizusawa karuta club uses all of their experience and practice to fight to the end.
Guest Stars:
Yoshimasa Hosoya, Megumi Hayashibara, Yuya Murakami, Kazuya Nakai, Mitsuki Saiga
The Mizusawa karuta club has won the team championship, becoming the number one team in Japan. The players reflect upon the path they took to the championship. After Chihaya remembers the pain in her finger, she is taken to the hospital.
Guest Stars:
Yoshimasa Hosoya, Megumi Hayashibara, Takashi Ohara, Mihoko Nakamichi, Kazuya Nakai
Chihaya has injured her right hand, so she's forced to play with her left. Her first opponent is Yuube, from Akashi First Girls. Chihaya struggles to take cards with her left hand. Will she be able to make it past the first round?
Guest Stars:
Yoshimasa Hosoya, Houko Kuwashima, Kensuke Sato, Mitsuki Saiga, Heihachiro Yoshii
Chihaya has advanced to the quarterfinals. Her opponent is the Queen, Wakamiya Shinobu. Chihaya decides to go all in and use her injured right hand. How will Shinobu respond? How will Chihaya fare?
Guest Stars:
Megumi Hayashibara, Mihoko Nakamichi, Kazuya Nakai, Toshiko Fujita, Aya Endo
The Class A Finals pit Arata vs Shinobu, Class B is between Taichi and Rion in the same area where Komano is participating in the Class C Final. Chihaya is stuck between supporting Taichi and Komano or experiencing the match between Arata and Shinobu.
Guest Stars:
Yoshimasa Hosoya, Megumi Hayashibara, Yuya Murakami, Takashi Ohara, Mihoko Nakamichi
With a packed house watching who could be the new King and Queen, Chihaya and Taichi are ushered in by Sakurazawa. The atmosphere is tense; who will win?
Guest Stars:
Yoshimasa Hosoya, Megumi Hayashibara, Yuya Murakami, Takashi Ohara, Mihoko Nakamichi
With winners and losers riding emotional waves, Chihaya is sent a video of the Class A final, and while watching, it stirs of memories of playing Karuta with Arata.
Guest Stars:
Yoshimasa Hosoya, Megumi Hayashibara, Satsuki Yukino, Houko Kuwashima, Toshiko Fujita