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A wonderfully touching tale about love
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Original Language
EN
Antoine Boitelle in his youth, was in love with a young black girl he met while he was doing his military service. But his parents did not accept the girl, not only because of her skin color, but also because of the reaction of the villagers who refused to bless this union. However, over the years, Antoine Boitelle retained the same feelings

After successfully won the Tokyo qualifying tournament, Chihaya and her friends are set to go on to the nationals. As they prepare, Chihaya is faced with new personal issues as her childhood friend and inspiration, Arata, has announced that he has quit competitive karuta. Not only that, but a new rival emerges in the reigning female champion karuta player, Shinobu Wakamiya, a karuta prodigy who became the nation's and the world's greatest female karuta player as a 9th grader. All of this forces Chihaya to reexamine her love of the game in the midst of preparing for one of the biggest tournaments of the year.