Now that we've seen what happens with Arata, we get to return to the part of the plot where Chihaya starts up a karuta club at her high school. I've been wondering how this will turn out and if they'll even become an official club or not. The first thing we see this week is Chihaya and Taichi lugging tatami to an old storage room that Chihaya had to beg one of the faculty members to let them use for karuta. As they're slowly but surely making their way towards the building, the rest of the school is watching them and making comments on how it's a shame that both of them are into karuta. Several students comment on the "beauty in vain" description given to Chihaya, but both of them ignore everything being said. As the two of them make their way through the school's courtyard, we see the archery club jogging past and several of the girls are wondering where Kanade Ōe, one of their fellow members, has gone to. We then see Kanade hiding out in a storage room, lamenting about the fact that it's impossible and embarrassing to run in hakama. Right after she says that, her club mates find her and tell her that the upper classmen are angry that she tried to skip out on their warm up. Kanade reluctantly follow them back to the club. After apologizing to the upper classmen for skipping, Kanade is wandering the halls after practice and spots the poster Chihaya put up for her karuta club. She starts imagining playing karuta with Chihaya, the most beautiful girl in school, while wearing luxurious kimonos.
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