第21話: 太一と千早が別々のトーナメントで競い、新が蒼王と対峙する
Taichi plays at the Takamatsu Memorial Cup, while Chihaya and the gang play at the New Year's Karuta Tournament in Tokyo. Tsukuba states that he intends to win the C class tournament and be the next Mizusawa Karuta Club president. Retro and the other Hokuo members are also at the same venue, but he loses the Class B final to Midori Tamaru. Meanwhile, Chihaya competes against Sudo in the Class A final. At Oumi Jinguu, Taichi runs into Arata, but he states that Chihaya is not there. Both players face each other in the top eight, and they made clear to each other their feelings to Chihaya through the Chihayafuru card. Suou returns to collect the winner's trophy and spots both players, wondering who would be the one to face him in one year's time. In the end, Chihaya wins against Sudo, while Arata is the runner up (he lost to Murao in the final). Suou and Taichi return to Tokyo together by bullet train. (Source: Wikipedia)