Ep. 17: Anggota klub mengejar target peringkat karuta sementara Chihaya menyesuaikan strategi latihannya

Taichi researches the schedule of upcoming karuta tournaments so the club can use them to meet their individual goals. Chihaya needs to train for the eastern queen qualifier. Taichi and Nishida need to make Class A. Taichi also secretly desires to compete in the eastern master qualifier. Komano and Kana need to make Class C. Komano reflects on how much happier he is since joining the club. Taichi frequently travels to tournaments to try to make Class A, discovering Nishida and Retro are also at many of them for the same purpose. None of them succeed. Meanwhile, Haruda tells Chihaya to stop relying on her speed. Komano explains the statistics he keeps and how he uses them to form strategies. Kana points out that Chihaya's reliance on sound and speed leads to a lot of faults, but Kana differentiates poems by meanings, so she commits fewer faults. (Source: Wikipedia)
Episode
- 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.
- Ep. 16 · Ringkasan peristiwa sebelumnya dan segmen omake di Gunung Ogura
- Ep. 17 · Anggota klub mengejar target peringkat karuta sementara Chihaya menyesuaikan strategi latihannya
- Ep. 18 · Chihaya kalah dari Kanai dan belajar tentang timing sebelum menonton final
- Ep. 19 · Chihaya merenungkan kesalahan sementara Komano kalah dari Kana dan Taichi kalah dari Nishida.
- Ep. 20 · Kekalahan Taichi dalam Turnamen dan Catatan Arata yang Tak Terkirim kepada Chihaya
- Ep. 21 · Taichi memberi saran strategi kepada Chihaya saat ia menghadapi prodigy Ririka di kualifikasi timur.