Chihayafuru 3
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Kitano-sensei and Harada-sensei both think back to Harada's younger days. With a good playing sense and unstoppable momentum, he became a Meijin runner-up at the age of 26. But his job as a doctor combined with the lack of players to practice, made him lose his good playing sense. Instead, he started focusing on karuta plays that are suitable for those without good playing sense. Harada-sensei starts to close the gap between him and Arata, falling over and messing up the cards each time. In the end, Arata loses the match by committing a fault, touching a dead card which Harada-sensei manages to avoid. Arata recalls he had been placing too much emphasis on the remaining cards, because those remind him of Chihaya. He confesses his feelings to Chihaya, stating his plans to go to college in Tokyo and playing karuta with her again. Taichi asks Suou not to get close to Chihaya, lying that he is her boyfriend. Suou calls Shinobu to update her on the match results and warn her of her opponent's strength. (Source: Wikipedia)