This week's episode picks up where we left off last week; Chihaya is torn between watching Kanade and Komano compete or Taichi and Nishida compete for a rank increase at the local tournament. At this point, she's enthralled with watching Kanade and Komano play since she's trying to learn as much as she possibly can from them. As the episode starts up, we see Taichi and Nishida fighting valiantly for a card and Taichi is able to get the card in time. As he goes to pick it up, he starts thinking about how he's sure Chihaya is proud of him, but when he looks up and notices that Chihaya is focused solely on the other match, he's crushed. Going back to Kanade and Komano's match, things are starting to heat up because Kanade has a six card lead and there's only ten cards left on the playing field. When the next card is read, Komano is able to take a card from Kanade, narrowing the gap between them in terms of score. Chihaya notices that he's becoming rather confident in himself, but because of this, he slips up and sends the wrong card. Chihaya mentally goes through what happens when Komano is playing a game; he'll start to catch up but then he makes mistakes and starts to give up. Just as she says, when Kanade is able to take the next card, Komano starts thinking that he won't be able to win and that he should just give up. However, unlike previous matches, he sees Kanade sweating profusely and giving it her all and is determined to play his best. He then asks for a moment to move his cards and takes a risky move by combining all of his cards on one side of the playing field.
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