The drama series "Chihayafuru -Meguri-" (NTV, Wednesdays at 10pm) starring actress Ami Touma has released a synopsis and stills for episode 5, which will air on August 6th.
Aizawa Meguru (Touma), who had lied to her family that she was going to a cram school training camp and was attending the karuta club training camp, is confronted by her mother, Touko (Uchida Yuki), and father, Susumu (Kaname Jun), who slaps Meguru. Meguru leaves the training camp with the final day remaining, and Kanade (Mone Kamishiraishi) and the other club members see her off with mixed feelings.
With her parents not allowing her to continue playing karuta, Meguru decides to quit the club after the next Musashino tournament. To the shocked and dejected Umezono members, Meguru tells them, "That's why I want to practice more than ever in the remaining time. So that I can play as many games of karuta as possible with everyone."
The next morning, Chieri (Arashi Rina) goes to school intending to do morning practice alone, but bumps into Kusata (Soma Santoki), Haruma (Takamura Yoshito), and Fuki (Jun Saito). Meguru arrives earlier than anyone else and is practicing with Kanade. Chieri and the others are inspired and begin intense training. However, in the first round of the Musashino tournament, they face an unexpectedly tough opponent...
Meanwhile, Touko and Susumu try to understand their daughter's feelings, but they still don't understand why Meguru is so obsessed with karuta...
"Chihayafuru" is a manga by Yuki Suetsugu that was serialized in "BE・LOVE" (Kodansha) from 2007 to 2022. The story follows Ayase Chihaya, who awakens to the charms of competitive karuta through her encounter with transfer student Wataya Arata, and becomes passionate about the game alongside her childhood friend Mashima Taichi and the other unique members of the karuta club. The drama is an original story set 10 years after the trilogy of films "Kami no Ku" and "Shimo no Ku" in 2016 and "Musubi" in 2018.
