Ep. 8: Chihaya menghadapi Nishida mengenai penggunaan keterampilan karuta yang tidak adil dalam tenis.
At school, Chihaya encounters Nishida, who refuses to join the karuta club because he is now in the tennis club. Chihaya realizes that he is using karuta timing to play tennis and tells him that that is not fair to tennis. Nishida thinks the karuta club is at an elementary school level, so Taichi challenges him to play Chihaya. As Nishida plays, he remembers how much he enjoyed karuta. Although Chihaya wins, Nishida insists that he is still not coming back to karuta, because he can never be as good as Arata. Miyauchi passes the clubroom and sees Nishida there. When she demands that he explain why he was skipping tennis practice, he realizes he still loves karuta and decides to quit the tennis club to join the karuta club. As Chihaya draws up the list of members to request official recognition for the club, she rejoices that she is no longer alone. (Source: Wikipedia)
Episode
- Ep. 4 · Chihaya meraih status Kelas A sementara Arata mengakhiri karier karutanya
- Ep. 5 · Chihaya dan Taichi mengunjungi Arata di Fukui, di mana ia menolak mereka sebelum Yuu mengembalikan kartu karuta yang berserakan.
- Ep. 6 · Chihaya mengamankan ruang klub dan merekrut Kana dengan syarat hakama dan pemodelan
- 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