Chihaya meets a boy named Arata, a talented karuta player who thinks that she has a potential to become a great player. Chihaya then takes on a new dream of becoming Japan's best karuta player.

CardCaptors is the North American version of the Japanese anime Card Captor Sakura.

After a young girl breaks the seal of a magical book, releasing the spirits of the cards inside, she must become a "Cardcaptor" and retrieve them.