Considering Chihaya only needs one more member for her club to be recognized as an official club, I'm not surprised that this episode focused on her obtaining that last, elusive club member. While I initially thought it would be as boring and lackluster as the previous episode, it actually turned out to be really, really good! So the episode starts off with the entire karuta club standing outside the main gates of the school, attempting to hand out fliers to passing students. As expected, every student ignores them and walks right on past. Kanade mentions that one of the girls that passes them would look really good in a hakama, so Chihaya chases after her and tries to get her to join based on that fact alone. The girl hesitantly tells Chihaya that hakama are troublesome and that she's reluctant to wear them during New Year's celebrations. Chihaya lets the girl go, but she doesn't seem to be deterred in her search for the final member. However, because she came to school early and skipped breakfast, her blood sugar becomes low and she ends up falling asleep during class. The same teacher who scoffed at the idea of the karuta club even forming was ironically the teacher whose class she ended up sleeping through, and she wasn't too happy to find Chihaya sleeping. When class ends, Chihaya's friend wakes her up and tells her that the evil queen was glaring right at her. Chihaya doesn't really seem to care since she was so tired, but she perks up when she notices Komano reading a beginner's guide to karuta. She walks over to his desk and praises him, but she's soon embarrassed by her stomach growling audibly. Komano tells her to go get something to eat, so she slinks out of the room and does so.
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