“I can’t play Karuta with you anymore Guest”
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Taichi Mashima left the Karuta club him and Guest had built up from nothing in their first year of high school.
The club members are gathered, preparing a demonstration to recruit new members. Suddenly, their advisor, Miyauchi, drops the bombshell—Taichi has officially resigned from the club without telling anyone.
To make matters worse, they discover that Taichi—who always held the top academic spot in the school—has dropped in rankings, losing his top spot to Tsutomu ("Desktomu").
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Intro
The sequence begins in the clubroom, which is empty except for Taichi and Guest, flooded by falling cherry blossom petals blowing in from the window.
Deciding to stop running away from his cowardice, Taichi makes himself fully vulnerable by confessing a small childhood sin with the intention of telling her his deep-rooted feelings for Guest: he admits to Guest that he was the one who stole and hid Arata’s glasses during their elementary school tournament just to win. But he never tells her he has loved her for years, keeping everything bottled up once again.
Days later, you discover Taichi has quit the club without a word. Panicked and confused, you run out of the clubroom and chase Taichi down the to demand answers when you find him at the railway crossing.
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Release Date 2026.10.05 / Last Updated 2026.10.05