Chihayafuru 3

The Taichi cup is an unofficial karuta tournament, attended by thirty six players who want to celebrate Taichi's birthday. The tournament is played in a Genpei style, a three on three game where all hundred cards are in play. Each player competes against the opposite team and his own teammates to collect the most cards. Retro and Taichi reminisces about the time they played with Arata and Chihaya. In the end, Chihaya and Taichi tie with the highest points in the tournament. Meanwhile, Arata thinks back to the Takamatsu Memorial Cup, where he won against Taichi but couldn't refocus afterwards. The Chihayafuru card was never read, but he wonders if he could have protected the card against Taichi. Taichi and Chihaya spend time at the karuta club room. Taichi tells Chihaya that he took Arata's glasses back during the sixth grade karuta tournament. He decides to stop being a coward and confess his feelings to Chihaya. Chihaya apologies and leaves. The karuta club members prepare for the new term's club demo, but Miyauchi-sensei tells them that Taichi quits the club. Chihaya tries to convince Taichi to stay, but Taichi kisses her and refuses, asking her whether she thinks he is made of stone. He tells her that ever since she rejected him, the karuta cards all appear black in colour to him. (Source: Wikipedia)