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.
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May it be that I find The hazed early dawn light comes not from the moon But from the crystal white snow of Yoshino Nobody wishes to see Mount Amanokagu Tatsuta River Ablaze The storm blasts As friends and strangers I recall how my own efforts were in vain Scarlet kadsuras Leaving a hovering mist above the trees and grass So the flower petals are scattered like the snow by the passing storm Yet it is I who withers and wilts The emotions experienced As helpless autumn leaves are caught against the flow Takes me away in haste As my sleeves are wet with dew The storm will soon carry me Bring a life of everlasting love May the scarlet kadsuras To restore my faith Just as my beauty has faded Like a boatsman adrift When winds send waves crashing
May it be that I find The hazed early dawn light comes not from the moon But from the crystal white snow of Yoshino Nobody wishes to see Mount Amanokagu Tatsuta River Ablaze The storm blasts As friends and strangers I recall how my own efforts were in vain Scarlet kadsuras Leaving a hovering mist above the trees and grass So the flower petals are scattered like the snow by the passing storm Yet it is I who withers and wilts The emotions experienced As helpless autumn leaves are caught against the flow Takes me away in haste As my sleeves are wet with dew The storm will soon carry me Bring a life of everlasting love May the scarlet kadsuras To restore my faith Just as my beauty has faded Like a boatsman adrift When winds send waves crashing