Ep. 17: Club members pursue karuta ranking goals while Chihaya adjusts her training strategy
Taichi researches upcoming karuta tournaments to help the club achieve specific objectives. Chihaya must prepare for the eastern queen qualifier, while Taichi and Nishida aim for Class A, though Taichi secretly hopes to enter the eastern master qualifier. Komano and Kana target Class C, with Komano noting his increased happiness since joining. Taichi travels frequently to tournaments to improve his ranking, often encountering Nishida and Retro who share the same goal, but none succeed. Meanwhile, Haruda advises Chihaya to reduce her reliance on speed. Komano details his statistical methods for strategy, and Kana highlights that Chihaya’s focus on sound and speed causes errors, whereas her own approach of distinguishing poems by meaning results in fewer faults.
Episodes
- Ep. 13 · Chihaya collapses at Ōmi Jingū while Arata reflects on his grandfather's legacy
- Ep. 14 · Chihaya struggles against Shinobu Wakamiya in the individual karuta tournament match.
- Ep. 15 · Shinobu and Chihaya reflect on tournament losses while Taichi identifies stamina as a critical weakness for the club.
- Ep. 16 · Recap of past events and omake segments on Mount Ogura
- Ep. 17 · Club members pursue karuta ranking goals while Chihaya adjusts her training strategy
- Ep. 18 · Chihaya loses to Kanai and learns about timing before watching finals
- Ep. 19 · Chihaya reflects on faults while Komano loses to Kana and Taichi falls to Nishida.
- Ep. 20 · Taichi's Tournament Loss and Arata's Unsent Note to Chihaya
- Ep. 21 · Taichi advises Chihaya on strategy while she faces prodigy Ririka in the eastern qualifier.