「きりたちのぼる あきのゆふぐれ / はなさそふあらしのにはのゆきならで」 (Kiri tachinoboru aki no yūgure / Hana sasou arashi no niwa no yuki narade)
"Before Wisps of Fog Rise in the Autumn Dusk / Flower Petals Are Strewn by the Wind Around the Garden"

Arata is all grown up now Harada-sensei!"

「くだけてものをおもふころかな / さねかづら」 (Kudakete mono o omou koro kana / Sanegazura)
"Crushed and All Alone, Thinking Over What Has Been / Trailing Vine"

Never thought I'd get to experience Arata's many faces. So adorable. More Arata please!

「これやこの」 (Kore ya kono)
"As Friends and Strangers"

It's qualification time for our favourite karuta players. All except one of course.

「あらしふく」 (Arashi fuku)
"As Storms Sweep"

As she aspires to become Queen, new dreams emerge. I wonder what it would be like to have Chihaya as a teacher.

「にしきなりけり」 (Nishiki narikeri)
"Tatsuta River Ablaze"

Head to head. Heart to heart. What's to become of these two?

「たかさごの / あまのかぐやま」 (Takasago no / Ama no kaguyama)
"Nobody wishes to see / Mount Amanokagu"

What are you waiting for? Chihayafuru has only just begun. Binge it if you must because this series has stolen my heart yet again, even after so long.

「なつのよは / あさぼらけありあけのつきと / よしののさとに」 (Natsu no yo wa / Asaborake ariake no tsuki to / Yoshino no sato ni)
"On a Summer Night / As Dawn Breaks, As If Lit by the Pale Moonlight / Yoshino Is Buried Under"

Oh hi again karuta. Let's rekindle this long lost love.