Complex sentence: In elementary school, Chihaya Ayase forms a bond, through competitive karuta, with two of her Tokyo classmates; recent Fukui transfer student Arata Wataya and Taichi Mashima, her childhood friend.
Split into simpler sentences: In elementary school, Chihaya Ayase forms a bond, through competitive karuta, with two of her Tokyo classmates. Recent Fukui transfer student Arata Wataya and Taichi Mashima, her childhood friend.