Chihaya is a girl in the sixth grade, still not old enough to even know the meaning of the word zeal. But one day, she meets Arata, a transfer student from rural Fukui prefecture. Though docile and quiet, he...

The new series follows the first-year student Ritsu Nagara, who wants to pursue the card game karuta, but has a number of obstacles in his way. The tagline for the series reads, "What has become of the karut...

"If we continue karuta, we'll definitely meet again." With that promise to the distant Arata in their hearts, Chihaya and Taichi enter middle school. Chihaya tries to find friends to play karuta with her, bu...

A collection of historic short stories, each associated with a karuta card. The stories revolve around the red-light district of Yoshiwara, in Edo. 1) Kimori Okuma is a good-natured, sweet girl, but she is ...

Tsukumogami Karuta is a Karuta card that was attached with the divine spirits of Tsukumogami. It has been passed down in the Kawazuya, a spirit medium family, for generations. However, by the Meiji period, t...