Ep. 11: Harada dan Tsuboguchi mendukung Chihaya dan Taichi sementara Hokuō meremehkan mereka

Harada and Hiroshi Tsuboguchi, the Shiranami ace, go to cheer for Chihaya and Taichi. Chihaya suggests an order that brings out the best in themselves rather than worrying about Hokuō's order. Using Retro's cards, Hokuō matches Sudō against Chihaya, Retro against Taichi, and the rest randomly, since they are confident of an easy win. Mochida, the Hokuō coach, warns them they may be over-confident. Arata finally checks his email and sees all the texts from Chihaya. When Mochida tells Harada that the tournament has only one reader, Harada realizes Chihaya has an advantage, because she has already learned the reader's quirks. Kana and Komano lose their matches. Taichi defeats Retro, and Nishida defeats Nayuta Amakasu. Sudō, unable to pull ahead of Chihaya, reflects that Mochida taught him that karuta is fun, even if the match is going poorly. Chihaya defeats Sudō. Chihaya sends Arata a picture of the team and says he should come to watch them at the nationals at Ōmi Jingū. (Source: Wikipedia)
Episode
- Ep. 7 · Taichi dan Chihaya menguji kemampuan karuta mereka melawan rekrutan Tsutomu Komano yang enggan
- Ep. 8 · Chihaya menghadapi Nishida mengenai penggunaan keterampilan karuta yang tidak adil dalam tenis.
- Ep. 9 · Miyauchi memberikan status klub jika Chihaya bukan presiden, yang mengarah pada kemah dan pesta kejutan.
- Ep. 10 · Chihaya berjuang menghadapi keheningan Arata sementara Taichi menangani masalah persatuan tim.
- Ep. 11 · Harada dan Tsuboguchi mendukung Chihaya dan Taichi sementara Hokuō meremehkan mereka
- Ep. 12 · Chihaya menghadapi tekanan sementara ayahnya membuat buku kenangan dan Miyauchi berubah pikiran tentang karuta
- Ep. 13 · Chihaya pingsan di Ōmi Jingū sementara Arata merenungkan warisan kakeknya
- Ep. 14 · Chihaya berjuang melawan Shinobu Wakamiya dalam pertandingan turnamen karuta individu.
- Ep. 15 · Shinobu dan Chihaya merenungkan kekalahan turnamen sementara Taichi mengidentifikasi stamina sebagai kelemahan kritis bagi klub.