原本完全束手无策的千早，终于从女王手中抢下花牌。在与女王的比赛当中，逐渐知道什么是真正的强大。另一方面，在B级的比赛中，进入决赛的太一，正面临着夺冠的比赛。勇往无惧的往前进，努力战斗的太一，是否可以获得胜利呢？

终于来到总决赛，却形成了瑞泽高中的人彼此对战的情况，D级是小奏与小桌，B级是太一与肉包的对战。是同伴，也是彼此的竞争对手，千早看着四人对战的模样，在了解到每个人强大的地方不同的同时，也看着他们分出胜负

瑞泽高中花牌社顺利在比赛中累积实战经验，但千早却因为学业的成积太差，而为了准备考试而无法参加大会。因此太一一个人前去参加大会，而在那里看到了重新回到花牌世界的新。看到新比赛的样子，太一会如何呢？而千早…。

为了再次与女王对决，千早参加了女王赛的东日本预赛。第一轮的对手是被称为天才小学生的梨理华。千早在与快速抢牌的梨理华的比赛中，渐渐了解不快速抢牌的花牌的意义。

千早以四张牌的差距输给了由美。虽然觉得很不甘心，但是在原田老师的鼓励下，又看到坪口大展身手的模样，让她知道自己有多不成熟。另一方面，新在西日本预赛的第四场比赛中败退。新很后悔自己离开花牌那麼长的时间，也更加努力的练习花牌。他们各自都成长了一个阶段，开始迈出崭新的一步。

高中选手权锦标赛预赛终於要开始举行！对新社员来说，这是他们第一次参加正式比赛。筑波就算篡改出场成员表，也要参加比赛，千早等人明白他的心意之後，决定让新社员也出场参加比赛‧‧‧。藉由比赛，新社员们逐渐体会花牌的乐趣所在。另一方面，新和诗畅也同时开始动身前往近江神宫。

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！？

瑞泽高中第二战的对手是天才云集的山口美丘高中。他们用把花牌当作机智问答研究会的活动，所以牌的排法和战略都很独特，瑞泽高中完全受制於人。同一时候，小桌和堇并没场比赛，而是去收集对手的情报，以这种方式和其他人一起并肩作战。另一方面，新因为代替别人比赛被发现，而陷入了困境。

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。

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？

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!

Arata plays his match even as Master Suo's words weigh on his mind, and Taichi battles a powerful opponent while ruminating over Dr. Harada's teachings. Meanwhile, Chihaya is so busy thinking about Taichi and Arata's matches that she's forgotten why she came on her class trip. Even looking at Hundred Poets exhibits doesn't bring her back to reality. So her classmate Michiru takes matters into her own hands...

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...

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!

Arata's playing becomes reminiscent of Eternal Master Wataya Hajime's, allowing him to take control of the match's pace. Harada recalls the one match he played against Hajime when he was young and becomes painfully aware of how much his game sense has faded since then. But he sticks with the offensive play style that he teaches in the Shiranami Society, turning the match around in a way that leaves everyone in the hall holding their breath.

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!

Suo and Shinobu win the Master and Queen matches, both defending their titles. Afterward, Taichi declines to return to Tokyo, staying behind alone for the Takamatsu Memorial Cup... and ends up playing against Arata. Meanwhile, Chihaya is shocked by Taichi getting the jump on her a second time, and she begins to wonder why he always makes his decisions without saying anything to her.

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...

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.