昭示夏时节，决胜锦标赛第二场的对手是明石第一女子高中，而女王预赛的西日本代表－－逢坂惠梦也在这所学校里面。与惠梦对战的千早，因为惠梦的速度比以前看到的时候还要快很多，所以被惠梦压制，无法掌握自己的步调。千早能够活用目前为止所累积的一切，改变比赛的局势吗？

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。

瑞泽高中花牌社在团体赛中赢得冠军，成为日本第一。赢得冠军的真实感，以及一路走来的痛苦艰辛，在千早的脑中涌现。此时，千早感觉到手指的痛楚，前去医院治疗。当众人都在担心千早的伤势时，大会迎向了第二日，女王和新都会出场的个人赛即将展开。

千早进入了半准决赛，比赛的对手是女王若宫诗畅。千早为了能够全力以赴，而使用受伤的右手对战‧‧‧。对於全力向她挑战的千早，诗畅心中的想法如何呢？这场毫不留情的认真对战，结果会是如何呢？

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‧‧‧‧‧‧！？

太一拿下了B级个人赛的冠军，千早开心得像是自己的事情一样。A级决赛的新与女王，是新以些微的差距领先。他们在众多的观众面前，持续一进一退的攻防战。千早因为自己只能坐在一旁观战而感到不甘心，同时也为二人的强大实力感到震憾，渐渐被两人的花牌所吸引。结果会是谁赢得冠军呢？

新与女王的比赛终於结束。打倒了号称最强女王的新，受到会场的瞩目，但千早却无法坦率的为他感到高兴。为什麼可以那样比花牌？在决赛中，亲眼看到新的花牌，千早内心的想法是‧‧‧

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.

Chihaya, Taichi, Tsuboguchi, and Dr. Harada, all members of the Shiranami Society, have made it to the top 8. They approach the next round with the mindset of playing in a team match, but Chihaya is matched against Inokuma Haruka, the former Queen who won the title four times in a row. Inokuma's unique play style is like nothing Chihaya has seen before, causing her to struggle in their match.

Inokuma, who won the Queen title four times in a row; Sudo, who can throw an opponent off with his words alone; Murao, the fourth seat in the Nagumo Society; and Arata, who ended the Queen's undefeated record. The Shiranami Society members are faced with four powerful opponents, but Harada's insistence brings the other three back to the mindset of playing offensive karuta. How these four matches will end is anyone's guess!

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.

Arata wonders why he feels so relieved to learn that Taichi lost his match, even as dark memories of a similar feeling at the Yoshino Tournament come back to him, leaving him unable to concentrate fully on his match in the finals. His opponent, Murao, realizes that Arata isn't himself and sees an opportunity, but then...

It's the day of the Master and Queen challenger finals. Dr. Harada and Arata are competing for the chance to challenge the master, while Inokuma and Megumu battle it out to challenge the Queen. Harada confides in Arata that he once played against his grandfather, Eternal Master Wataya Hajime, and expresses his joy at being able to play karuta with Arata. A passionate battle spanning multiple generations begins at last!

The veteran players Dr. Harada and Inokuma were the winners in the first round, but Dr. Harada chose to yield the second round to preserve his strength for the third. Arata starts to feel sucked into Dr. Harada's pace, but after receiving some advice from Chihaya, he remembers how his grandpa, the Eternal Master, used to play. Both of them enter the third round with one win and one loss as the battle to determine who will challenge the Master begins!

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!

The Master and Queen matches have begun. Harada faces Suo fully prepared, thanks to the Shiranami Society's support. The Queen match is between the current Queen and a former Queen: Shinobu versus Inokuma. Master Suo, having declared that he'll retire after his fifth consecutive win, appears as relaxed as ever, and Shinobu enters in a heavy, long-sleeved kimono provided by her grandmother.

Both the Master and Queen matches come down to luck of the draw in an intense first round, ending in wins for Shinobu and Harada. Shinobu is shaken after learning that her grandmother, a politician, sees her as no more than a walking advertisement, as well as the fact that Chihaya chose her class trip over a chance to play in the Queen match, and she begins to break down in the second round.

Harada leads Suo with two wins and one loss as the Master match enters its fourth round. Harada has studied everything about Suo, including the weakness that Chihaya told him about, and he dominates the match with his trademark offensive karuta. Suo remains calm despite Harada's strong momentum, recalling what his aunt, who raised him, said to him when he was a child. Her words are the reason Suo continues to play karuta.

Suo had been controlling the number of cards taken in the Master match, but with one win and two losses in the fourth round, Harada's momentum stops his plan in its tracks by coming down to luck of the draw. Harada shows his tenacity as someone who has loved karuta and worked to become the Master more than anyone else, but Suo still manages to keep his cool. The Master match finally nears its conclusion.

Taichi has told Chihaya about the feelings he had kept secret for so long. Now he's left the karuta club, and Chihaya's regret over failing to notice how he felt leaves her unable to play. But some new members have joined Mizusawa's karuta club, and among them is Tamaru Midori, a Class A player. She is a promising new member, but also a troublemaker.