新为了帮千早他们加油，所以提早一天来到了近江神宫。并在那里与女王若宫诗畅重逢，诗畅对团体赛没什麼兴趣，她所说的话让新有了不同的想法。这时，新竟然受到身为福井代表的国中同学请托，代替他们尚未赶到会场的选手参加团体赛！？

瑞泽花牌社终於打进决赛。决赛的对手是去年赢得团体赛冠军的富士崎高中。小奏在准决赛中负伤，於是筑波代替小奏上场。另一方面，三年级生全部都是A级的富士崎，决赛并没有派出最佳的成员，而是换上了一名低年级生。这样做的真正目的到底是什麼？两校都以冠军为目标，全国大会决赛的战火终於点燃！

总回顾篇

全国大会的决赛在专任咏唱手山城今日子的咏唱声中展开。千早的比赛对手是那位山城专任咏唱手的孙子－－山城理音。感觉很好的理音从序盤开始就从千早手中连续抢牌。其他的社员也被富士崎的选手们压制。千早与理音，双方都拿出真本事来认真对战，结果却有意料之外的事故发生。

瑞泽花牌社全体社员都坚持「不放弃」，使得各自的比赛都进入白热化。千早忍著受伤的痛楚继续比赛。即使如此，千早还是像平常一样认真的和对手比花牌，同时也因为能和厉害的人比赛而感到开心。而理音还有看著她们比赛的女王，感想又是如何呢？

拿下三胜，赢得冠军。太一不放弃的言行举止，给全体社员带来了勇气。瑞泽花牌社拿出他们累积的经验和一直以来的练习成果，一直坚持到最后。瑞泽高中与富士崎高中，这两校之间的对战迎向了最高点！在此将决定谁是日本第一的高中。

千早决定保护受伤的右手，而用左手出场比赛。而她第一场比赛的对手是明石第一女子高中的夕部。用左手抢牌的感觉和右手大不相同，这让千早感到不知所措。她能突破第一场对战吗？而她的竞争对手们，也都陷入激战。

个人赛的决赛，A级是新与女王，B级的太一与理音。因为会场不同，所以这场决赛，瑞泽高中花牌社的社员，决定分别在前去不同的比赛观战。新和太一，到底要去帮谁的比赛加油，犹豫不决的千早，最後的答案是‧‧‧‧‧‧！？

Mizusawa High School's karuta club claimed victory in the team competition for the first time at the Nationals in July. However, before they could even take time to relax, Chihaya and Taichi agreed to take part in the Fujisaki High School karuta club's training camp. Awaiting them was Coach Sakurazawa's brutal training regime of stretching, jogging, and playing seven matches each day!

Summer vacation is over, and the second school term has begun. Having learned that playing on a team expands the possibilities of karuta, Arata musters up his courage and tries to start a karuta club at his school. Meanwhile, Mizusawa High's karuta club has begun practicing in preparation for the Master/Queen qualifiers, but then they learn something that makes them doubt their chances of participating in the qualifiers at all...

The Yoshino Tournament features adults and students alike in many impressive matches, and among the participants is Inokuma Haruka, the former Queen who's just returned from maternity leave. But although Chihaya has recovered from the surgery on her finger and regained the use of her dominant hand, she still isn't fully on top of her game. Meanwhile, Taichi has mixed feelings when he finds out that Arata is trying to start a karuta club.

The audience at the Yoshino Tournament is taken for a wild ride with so many unexpected twists: Arata, the focus of high expectations, has been defeated, and Taichi, who only just reached Class A, advances to the finals. And now it's time at last for the final round between Chihaya and Taichi, teammates who have been practicing together since they were in elementary school. The odds are in Chihaya's favor, but Taichi isn't playing his usual karuta since he declared that he would defeat her in an official match.

Chihaya chooses to go on her class trip in hopes to come closer to fulfilling her dream of being a teacher, but she spends the entire time lost in space, wondering how Taichi is doing at the Master tournament qualifiers. Harada and Inokuma are also participating in the East Japan qualifiers, but as Taichi tries to quietly psych himself up, someone unexpected shows up to get in his way. Meanwhile, at the West Japan qualifiers, Master Suo makes a surprising comment to Arata.

A recap of this season's events so far. Experience the most exciting moments from the Yoshino Tournament and all the other competitions leading up to the Master and Queen challenger finals! Of course, it will also include some bonus clips and appearances by characters who haven't had much on-screen time!

Taichi has seemed down since he lost to Arata. In fact, a dark cloud is hanging over the entire karuta club because final exams are coming up. To break out of the gloom, Chihaya, Kanade, and Sumire decide to make Valentine's Day chocolates for the club as a surprise. Chihaya has no experience with making sweets, but she gives it her all in hopes of bringing a smile back to the hard-working Taichi's face.

The club hosts an unofficial tournament, the Taichi Cup, to celebrate Taichi's birthday! Chihaya planned the event in hopes of cheering up Taichi, and she managed to gather 36 participants. The tournament is held in the style of a Genpei match, with competitors facing off in teams of three. Taichi is reminded of when he, Chihaya, and Arata used to play together in elementary school. Certain things have changed since then, but certain feelings haven't...