第14話: 北野と原田が原田の過去を振り返る中、新田は原田に敗れ、千早に告白する。

Kitano-sensei and Harada-sensei both think back to Harada's younger days. With a good playing sense and unstoppable momentum, he became a Meijin runner-up at the age of 26. But his job as a doctor combined with the lack of players to practice, made him lose his good playing sense. Instead, he started focusing on karuta plays that are suitable for those without good playing sense. Harada-sensei starts to close the gap between him and Arata, falling over and messing up the cards each time. In the end, Arata loses the match by committing a fault, touching a dead card which Harada-sensei manages to avoid. Arata recalls he had been placing too much emphasis on the remaining cards, because those remind him of Chihaya. He confesses his feelings to Chihaya, stating his plans to go to college in Tokyo and playing karuta with her again. Taichi asks Suou not to get close to Chihaya, lying that he is her boyfriend. Suou calls Shinobu to update her on the match results and warn her of her opponent's strength. (Source: Wikipedia)
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- 第10話 · 西明神最終予選で集中力を取り戻したアルタがムラオを撃破
- 第11話 · 千早と猪熊は挑戦に備え、太一は順位を暗記する
- 第12話 · チャレンジャーのプレイオフが開始され、原田が新田を破り、猪熊が恵と新田に勝利してデフォルト勝ちを収める。
- 第13話 · 第3ラウンドに備える新と、クイーンズ・チャレンジャーとなった猪熊
- 第14話 · 北野と原田が原田の過去を振り返る中、新田は原田に敗れ、千早に告白する。
- 第15話 · 千早は蒼葉の告白に揺れながら、周の圧倒的なかるたの腕前に直面する
- 第16話 · 太一が楚王を欠点なく演じ、千早が弱点を明かし、新が名人戦をオンラインで観戦する。
- 第17話 · 濡れた袖と名人女王戦の開幕
- 第18話 · 忍は千早と和解し、蒼王は原田の戦術的挑戦に直面する