Ep. 8: Komano dan Taichi memilih Tsukuba sebagai starter mereka melawan Chiba International High School

Komano and Taichi chose Tsukuba as a starter for the first round against Chiba International High School of Information Sciences, whose team members are all ethnically non-Japanese. Komano and Sumire gather intelligence on Fujisaki, last year's national team champion, and First Akashi Girls' School, including Megumu Ousaka, last year's western queen finalist. When Taichi notices that the Chiba members are not using correct English and are, in fact, native Japanese, he calls them out on it. The Chiba team is also all beginners, so Mizusawa defeats Chiba easily. Despite their loss, the Chiba team says they learned a lot and promise to return a better team for next year's tournament. Meanwhile, as Arata arrives at Oumi Jinguu to watch Chihaya and Taichi, Shinobu intercepts him. (Source: Wikipedia)
Episode
- Ep. 4 · Harada dan anggota Shiranami Society mengamati pertandingan semi-final Mizusawa melawan Homei.
- Ep. 5 · Nishida mengetahui hubungan adiknya sementara Hokuou menghadapi ekspektasi pertandingan yang tidak adil
- Ep. 6 · Chihaya mengejar Amakasu sementara Hokuou meraih kemenangan melalui pembagian kartu strategis dan seri kartu terakhir.
- Ep. 7 · Chihaya dan Chitose mengatur urusan klub dan ambisi pribadi sebelum kejuaraan nasional
- Ep. 8 · Komano dan Taichi memilih Tsukuba sebagai starter mereka melawan Chiba International High School
- Ep. 9 · Shinobu meragukan Arata saat ia menggantikan posisi dalam pertandingan tim
- Ep. 10 · Penghambatan Pengeringan Hujan dan Ancaman Shinobu terhadap Partisipasi Arata
- Ep. 11 · Mizusawa maju menggunakan data Komano sementara Arata menghadapi pembatasan dan Chihaya memainkan Megumu
- Ep. 12 · Satu-satunya indikasi musim panas saat babak semi-final mempertemukan Mizusawa dengan Akashi dan Hokuou dengan Fujisaki.