Quote Originally Posted by Kraco
He's the mister perfect that the developing heroes must catch.
They pretty much called him a god this episode. That was enough for me. Taichi will really be playing karuta all his life without ever beating Arata.

The one hopeful thing that came up was that Arata wasn't naturally talented, apparently.. which gives room for the naturally talented ones (Taichi, Chihaya) to catch up somehow.