Ep. 7: Chihaya chooses the class trip over the Queen qualifiers while Taichi skips it for the Meijin qualifiers.

Chihaya wins the Yoshino Tournament Class A by two cards and falls asleep. Taichi remains silent and frustrated. Miyauchi informs Chihaya she can request an authorized absence from the field trip to attend the Queen qualifiers. Chihaya’s mother arrives, lamenting that she missed the match. Chihaya states she wants to be Queen but also wants to be a high school teacher and attend the class trip. She questions what kind of teacher she would be if she missed her own class trip. Arata walks with Chihaya, seeing he is holding in his disappointment. Arata is disappointed because he lost and could not play against Chihaya. Chihaya attends the class trip instead of the Queen Qualifiers to make memories with her friends. She will compete next year. Taichi calls in sick and skips the class trip to attend the Meijin qualifiers. Chihaya does not understand why Taichi would do this as she never heard him say he wanted to be Meijin. Komano reminds her he plans to go to medical school, so by this time next year, he will be too busy for the club and he will not have any time in medical school. This is his only chance to go as far as he can in karuta. Arata loses a practice match, his game off. His friend Yuu is waiting with a hot meal when he returns home and asks why he is so down. If he wins tomorrow, it will attract new members for his club. He tells her he does not need a reward for realizing his dream of being a Master, making him remember his time with his grandfather. Suou Hisashi, the current Meijin, visits Shinobu’s house.

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