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...
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Megumi Han(Sumire Hanano (voice)), Tōru Nara(Yusei 'Porky' Nishida (voice)), Kayano Ai(Kanade Oe (voice)), Maaya Sakamoto(Haruka Inokuma (voice)), Miyu Irino(Akihiro Tsukuba (voice)), Tsubasa Yonaga(Tsutomu 'Desktomu' Komano (voice)), Kenta Miyake(Hideo Harada (voice)), Megumi Hayashibara(Midori Sakurazawa (voice)), Yuuya Murakami(Isami Kuriyama (voice)), Satsuki Yukino(Chieko Ayase (voice)), Aya Hisakawa(Rieko Oe (voice)), Yoshino Ootori(Taeko Miyauchi (voice)), Kenji Takahashi(Hiroshi Tsuboguchi (voice)), Takashi Oohara(Akihito Sudo (voice)), Ayahi Takagaki(Jin Inokuma (voice)), Wakana Minami(Female Shiranami Karuta Society Member (voice)), Yuka Terasaki(Young Arata Wataya (voice)), Aya Endo(Chitose Ayase (voice)), Daichi Endou(Daijiro Ise (voice)), Junko Kitanishi(Keiko Yuube (voice)), Motoki Sakuma(Yasuhisa Kameda (voice)), Jun Miyamoto(Referee (voice)), Hirakazu Shibayama(Announcer (voice)), Keiko Serino(Reader for Kyoko Yamashiro (voice))