Chihayafuru: Part II

“Your given passion, now I fight with it for you.”

Chihaya Ayase (Suzu Hirose) has just won the Tokyo qualifier with her karuta club and is getting ready for the nationals when word comes that Arata (Mackenyu), the boy who first taught her the game, has quit playing. Across the table sits Shinobu Wakamiya (Mayu Matsuoka), the reigning women's champion. Norihiro Koizumi keeps Chihaya's friendship with Arata and Taichi (Shuhei Nomura) at the center, three people tied together by cards.