Chihayafuru — Season 1, Episode 3: From the Crystal White Snow

Episode synopsis

Chihaya, Taichi, and Arata visit the local Shiranami Karuta Society and meet the chairman, Harada, and a member who's their age, Kinashi Hiro (Retro-kun). When Harada sees them playing against Retro-kun in a team Genpei match, he realizes Chihaya's talent and invites her to join. After Harada tells Chihaya that learning the poems is like making 100 new friends, she begins to realize her own dream.

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
• 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
• E10Exchange Hellos And Goodbyes
• E11The Sky is the Road Home
• E12Sets These Forbidden Fields Aglow
• E13For You, I Head Out