Chihayafuru — Season 1, Episode 10: Exchange Hellos And Goodbyes

Episode synopsis

Mizusawa High School karuta club makes its debut at the Tokyo regionals for the national championship. Mizusawa successfully makes it past the group stage. Desk-kun, who was unable to win a single match, feels that he isn't needed and says that he isn't going to play. Taichi realizes how Desk-kun feels, so he makes a decision as the club president to bring the team together.

About Chihayafuru

Chihaya Ayase has spent most of her life supporting her sister’s model career. When she meets a boy named Arata Wataya, he thinks Chihaya has potential to become a great karuta player. As Chihaya dreams of becoming Japan's best karuta player, she is soon separated from her karuta playing friends. Now in high school, Chihaya still plays karuta in the hope that she will one day meet her friends again.

More episodes from Season 1

• E1Now the Flower Blooms
• E2The Red That Is
• E3From the Crystal White Snow
• E4A Whirlwind of Flower Petals Descends
• E5The Sight of a Midnight Moon
• E6Now Bloom Inside the Nine-fold Palace
• E7But for Autumn's Coming
• E8The Sounds of the Waterfall
• E9But I Cannot Hide
• E11The Sky is the Road Home
• E12Sets These Forbidden Fields Aglow
• E13For You, I Head Out