Season 1
- E1 - Now the Flower Blooms
- E2 - The Red That Is
- E3 - From the Crystal White Snow
- E4 - A Whirlwind of Flower Petals Descends
- E5 - The Sight of a Midnight Moon
- E6 - Now Bloom Inside the Nine-fold Palace
- E7 - But for Autumn's Coming
- E8 - The Sounds of the Waterfall
- E9 - But I Cannot Hide
- E10 - Exchange Hellos And Goodbyes
- E11 - The Sky is the Road Home
- E12 - Sets These Forbidden Fields Aglow
- E13 - For You, I Head Out
- E14 - For There Is No One Else out Here
- E15 - As Though Pearls Have Been Strung Across the Autumn Plain
- E16 - The Autumn Leaves of Mount Ogura
- E17 - World Offers No Escape
- E18 - The Plum Blossoms Still Smell the Same
- E19 - As the Years Pass
- E20 - The Cresting Waves Almost Look Like Clouds in the Skies
- E21 - As My Sleeves Are Wet With Dew
- E22 - Just as My Beauty Has Faded
- E23 - The Night is Nearly Past
- E24 - Nobody Wishes to See the Beautiful Cherry Blossoms
- E25 - Moonlight, Clear and Bright
E1 - Now the Flower Blooms
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[00:02] [POEM] Chihaya
Naniwa Bay, now the flower blooms, but for winter.
[00:07] [POEM] Chihaya
Here comes spring, now the flower blooms.
[00:17] Person A
Did you watch last night's episode?
[00:18] Person B
Uh-huh, you bet!
[00:21] Person A
Have you heard?
[00:22] Person A
One of the new students
[00:23] ---
is the younger sister of the model Ayase Chitose!
[00:25] Person B
No way! I'm a huge fan!
[00:27] Person C
She must be super cute!
[00:29] Person A
Yeah!
[00:29] Person B
Really? Let's go check her out!
[00:31] Person C
Which class?!
[00:32] Person A
Class 2!
[00:32] Person A
But she's usually in the lobby during lunch!
[00:39] Person A
What?
SIGN Please come see Ayase Chihaya in class 1-2!!
[00:43] Person A
Ayase Chihaya...?
SIGN Let's start a competitive karuta club!
[00:46] ---
A competitive karuta club?
[00:48] Chihaya
Excuse me.
[00:59] Person A
E-Err...
[01:03] Chihaya
1, 2, 3, 4!
[01:06] Person B
The hell?
[01:07] Person A
Track pants?
[01:08] Person C
Look at the belt.
[01:10] Teacher
Ayase-san!
[01:12] Teacher
Just look at yourself!
[01:14] Teacher
Have you no shame?!
[01:16] Chihaya
What?
[01:17] Chihaya
You're the one who told me that
I shouldn't do this with a skirt on.
[01:19] Teacher
If you're going to wear track pants,
take off the skirt!
[01:22] Teacher
Also, you're only allowed to
put one flyer on the board.
[01:25] Teacher
Don't take it off here!
[01:28] Teacher
You keep trying to start a karuta club,
[01:28] Person A
Right, everyone was saying how she's pretty,
[01:31] Teacher
but you always fall asleep during classical literature!
[01:32] Person A
but it's wasted as soon as she talks or does something.
[01:35] Person A
Beauty in vain...
SIGN Chihaya Furu
SIGN Verse 1
SIGN Now
The
Flower
Blooms
SIGN Let's start a competitive karuta club!
[02:55] Chihaya
Nobody's come to see me.
[02:59] Horikawa
Chi-chan.
[03:00] Horikawa
Forget about karuta.
[03:02] Horikawa
Do track with me again.
[03:04] Horikawa
It'd be a waste to just quit
[03:06] ---
after qualifying for the
city meet in short distance.
[03:07] Person A
Is karuta that idiom card game?
[03:10] Chihaya
It's not.
[03:13] Chihaya
Track was just a way for me to meet people.
[03:17] Horikawa
Meet people?
[03:18] Horikawa
What's that supposed to mean?
[03:19] Person A
Hey, we need to hurry to practice,
[03:21] Person A
or the seniors will yell at us again.
[03:22] Horikawa
Uh-huh. See you later, Chi-chan.
[03:25] Horikawa
Wait up!
[03:26] Person A
Faster!
[03:27] Horikawa
Sorry.
[03:28] Person A
That one senior is so scary!
[03:33] Chihaya
It must be nice to have teammates.
[03:41] Chihaya
I figured that high school was where I could
[03:43] ---
find other players and focus 100% on karuta.
[03:56] (Flashback) Shin
That makes you the Queen, Ayase-san.
[04:00] [POEM] Voice
None are left who know me
[04:02] Chihaya
Back when I really enjoyed karuta...
[04:04] [POEM] Voice
Takasago pines...
[04:09] Taichi
They call you "beauty in vain"
[04:11] ---
because you just plop yourself on the ground.
[04:12] [POEM] Voice
...can never replace them.
[04:15] Taichi
Chihaya.
[04:20] Chihaya
Taichi?!
[04:23] Chihaya
That's awesome!
[04:24] Chihaya
I never thought you'd come to this high school.
[04:26] Chihaya
I figured you would stay at
that fancy academy for high school with the free ride.
[04:31] Taichi
And spend three more years commuting
[04:33] ---
an hour and a half each way?
[04:35] Taichi
By the way, that hurt.
[04:37] Taichi
Anyway, I think it's more surprising
[04:39] ---
that you made it into a good public school.
[04:46] Chihaya
Taichi, you've grown taller.
[04:49] Taichi
But we're practically the same height!
[04:51] Taichi
Don't get too cocky!
[04:52] Taichi
I'm still gonna grow!
[04:53] Chihaya
As am I.
[04:55] Taichi
You can stop!
[04:58] Chihaya
Taichi!
[05:00] Taichi
What?
[05:01] Chihaya
Taichi!
[05:03] Chihaya
Taichi! Taichi! Taichi!
[05:06] Taichi
What's wrong with you?
[05:07] Taichi
Chihaya, you probably aren't
very popular with the guys.
[05:22] Taichi
Chihaya.
[05:23] Chihaya
Hmm?
[05:25] Taichi
Say...
[05:30] Chihaya
Excuse me for a second.
[05:33] Taichi
Yeah, it's me.
[05:34] Taichi
Right now?
[05:35] Taichi
I'm at the station.
[05:38] Taichi
Yeah, not yet.
[05:41] Taichi
Huh? You're waiting at Bubaigawara?
[05:44] Taichi
Fine, fine.
[05:45] Taichi
I'm hanging up.
[05:51] Chihaya
Your girlfriend?!
[05:52] Chihaya
You have a girlfriend?!
[05:55] Taichi
Am I not allowed to have one?
[05:57] Chihaya
Oh.
[06:00] Chihaya
Oh...
[06:01] Taichi
Wh-What's wrong?
[06:03] Taichi
Was it that big of a shock?
[06:05] Chihaya
Uh-huh.
[06:05] Taichi
W-Well, I'm only with her
because she asked me out.
[06:09] Taichi
I'm not really attached to her or anything...
[06:11] Chihaya
Maybe Arata's found something more important to him than karuta.
[06:17] Taichi
Huh?
[06:21] Taichi
What's that supposed to mean?
[06:24] Chihaya
Taichi?
[06:28] Taichi
Have you been in touch with Arata?
[06:31] Chihaya
No, I didn't get a New Year's card from him.
[06:35] Chihaya
Arata wasn't in last year's national tournament.
[06:41] Chihaya
I was on the track team in middle school,
[06:43] Chihaya
so I've never been to the Omi Jingu tournament.
[06:47] Taichi
Nothing wrong with track.
[06:49] Chihaya
Huh?
[06:50] Taichi
I'm planning on doing
something else in high school.
[06:53] Taichi
Karuta was just a hobby.
[06:54] Chihaya
What? You're not gonna play karuta?!
[06:57] Chihaya
We're even in the same high school!
[06:59] Taichi
I spent most of my time in
middle school playing soccer.
[07:02] Taichi
We're not gonna play karuta forever.
[07:07] [POEM] Chihaya
None are left who know me.
[07:11] Chihaya
This poem was about losing old friends.
[07:17] (Flashback) Chihaya
As long as we keep playing,
we'll see each other again!
[07:20] (Flashback) Chihaya
I just know it!
[07:30] Person A
Chi-chan! Hurry up!
[07:33] Chihaya
Wait for me!
[07:39] Chihaya
Three years ago, in Tokyo,
[07:43] Chihaya
before I found my passion...
[07:47] Person B
Hey, hey.
[07:48] Person B
How did your sister do in the beauty pageant?
[07:50] Chihaya
Oh, she made it to the final round,
[07:55] Chihaya
and her picture will be in the newspaper tomorrow!
[07:58] Person C
Really? That's amazing!
[08:00] Person D
I wanna see!
[08:01] Taichi
Chihaya's sister is really pretty.
[08:04] Chihaya
Yep. Don't you agree, Taichi?
[08:06] Taichi
Sure. She's the opposite of you.
[08:10] Person A
Hilarious!
[08:12] Taichi
Aw, man.
[08:14] Taichi
Reflexes are the one area you can match me.
[08:16] Chihaya
Don't forget height.
[08:17] Taichi
Hey! You wanna make something of it, Chihaya?
[08:19] Chihaya
Yeah!
[08:26] Chihaya
Oh, sorry.
[08:32] Taichi
That transfer student never talks.
[08:35] Chihaya
Really?
[08:36] Taichi
It seems he doesn't have any friends, either.
[08:38] Person A
You should probably stay away from him.
[08:41] Person B
I've heard that he snacks on bugs.
[08:43] Taichi
What? For real?
[08:44] Person B
Someone from Class 2 saw it!
[08:46] Person C
He has holes in his socks, too.
[08:47] Person A
We don't need him in our class.
[08:50] Person B
Hey, Chi-chan.
[08:51] Chihaya
Hmm?
[08:51] Person B
Look at this.
[08:52] Person B
We've been taking notes on
Wataya-kun's Fukui dialect.
SIGN Wataya Lexicon Hay, hay -> Hey, hey Yah, yah -> Yeah, yeah Stick it -> No idea Lez -> Let's Canker -> ??
[08:55] Person C
But he doesn't talk much these days.
[08:58] Person C
We can't add to the list.
[08:59] Person C
He doesn't wanna share.
[09:01] Person B
I know...
[09:02] Person A
Then, the other day...
[09:03] Chihaya
If I were in Wataya-kun's shoes,
[09:06] Chihaya
I wouldn't want to talk to people who kept
[09:08] ---
taking notes just so they could laugh at me.
[09:13] Person A
That wasn't our intention.
[09:16] Person B
I know.
[09:17] Chihaya
Oh, really? Sorry.
[09:18] Person A
Nah, it's okay.
[09:20] Chihaya
Really?
[09:36] Man
Hey, you forgot your directions.
[09:39] Man
You'll need this.
[09:40] Arata
I memorized it.
[09:41] Man
You memorized it?
[09:43] Man
This is your first day!
[09:44] Man
Hey, wait!
[09:45] Man
You have 200 stops!
[09:47] Man
Don't make any mistakes!
[09:51] Arata
Area 2, District 5.
[09:52] Arata
Fujiwara, plus five across the street.
[09:54] Arata
Osawa, Fujimiya, Yamamoto...
[09:57] Arata
Uchiyama's subscription was canceled.
[09:59] Arata
Yokota Cooperative.
[10:00] Arata
101, 103, 203, 204.
[10:09] Arata
Next is Ayase.
[10:22] Arata
G-Good morning.
[10:24] Chihaya
Thank you!
[10:35] Chihaya
Sis! Sis!
[10:36] Chihaya
You're in the paper!
[10:37] Chihaya
Wake up!
SIGN Japan Sports Paper
SIGN Japan's Most Beautiful Girl Grand Prix
SIGN 13 Years Old
[10:40] Chihaya
Look! There's your picture!
[10:42] Chihaya
Right here!
[10:46] Chitose
As a footnote.
[10:48] Chihaya
Why is that bad?
[10:49] Chihaya
It's amazing that you made it to the final fifteen!
[10:52] Chihaya
Can I have this picture?
[10:54] Chitose
Whatever.
[10:57] Chihaya
The winner has a better body, I guess.
[11:03] Chitose
You always say the first thing
that comes into your head!
[11:06] Person A
Chi-chan, I saw the paper!
[11:08] Person B
Your sister's amazing!
[11:10] Chihaya
Yep! She's amazing!
[11:12] Taichi
Wow, she's really in the paper.
[11:14] Person A
Your sister's so pretty.
[11:15] Person B
Wow...
[11:16] Taichi
Yeah, the two of you might be sisters,
[11:18] Taichi
but you still look like a boy.
[11:25] Teacher
Good morning.
[11:27] Teacher
Sit down.
SIGN Hundred Poet Memorization Sheet
[11:30] Teacher
Did everyone fill out their Hundred Poet sheet with stickers?
[11:33] Teacher
If you memorize all one hundred poems,
you should take the test.
[11:35] Teacher
We'll have the students who've
[11:35] Person A
I don't think so. How many did you memorize?
[11:37] ---
learned their poems participate in the karuta tournament.
[11:37] Person B
Only ten. What about you?
[11:40] Person A
Fifteen.
[11:40] Person B
Same difference.
Don't be such a snob.
[11:42] Taichi
Chihaya, how many did you memorize?
[11:44] Chihaya
Only half, I think...
[11:48] Chihaya
Yeah, yeah.
You're a better student than I am.
[11:51] Person A
Mashima-kun, you've already
memorized all of them?
[11:53] Person B
That was quick.
[11:54] Person B
You can do anything.
[11:55] Teacher
Okay, quiet down!
[11:57] Teacher
Actually, Mashima-kun isn't the only person
[12:00] ---
in the class who memorized
all one hundred poems.
[12:04] Teacher
The other person is...
[12:05] Teacher
Wataya-kun!
[12:07] Background
No way!
[12:09] Teacher
Wataya-kun took the test
after school yesterday.
[12:12] Teacher
He got all 100 poems on the first try.
[12:14] ---
Amazing!
[12:15] ---
Round of applause!
[12:16] ---
Really? In one go?
[12:18] Teacher
Will you participate in the
karuta tournament next month?
[12:21] Arata
Uh... yes.
[12:23] Chihaya
Hmm?
[12:27] Arata
Good morning.
[12:29] Chihaya
The paper boy!
[12:31] Chihaya
I remember now!
[12:32] Chihaya
You delivered our paper this morning!
[12:35] Chihaya
That's amazing!
[12:36] Person A
Paper boy?
[12:38] Person B
Grade schoolers aren't
supposed to be working.
[12:40] Teacher
Um, Wataya-kun?
Is this true?
[12:44] Arata
I help out from time
to time when I'm asked.
[12:48] Person A
He must be poor.
[12:50] Person B
Doesn't he wear the same pants every day?
[12:55] Chihaya
Hey, Taichi. Isn't Wataya-kun amazing?
[12:58] Chihaya
He's delivering the newspaper!
[13:01] Teacher
Okay, quiet down.
[13:02] Teacher
Everybody should try their best to
memorize all one hundred poems.
[13:21] Chihaya
Wataya-kun!
[13:29] Person A
Bye, Mashima-kun.
[13:30] Taichi
Yeah!
[13:41] Chihaya
Um...
[13:43] Chihaya
Well, I...
[13:49] Taichi
Oh, oops! Sorry about
ruining your only pair of pants!
[13:52] Chihaya
Taichi!
[13:54] Taichi
Don't have anything to wear tomorrow?
[13:56] Taichi
You can borrow your mom's skirt...
[13:59] Chihaya
I didn't think you were such a mean person!
[14:04] Taichi
Well, why do you keep taking his side?!
[14:08] Taichi
Everyone's gonna start ignoring you tomorrow!
[14:11] Chihaya
I don't care!
[14:13] Taichi
I'm gonna ignore you, too!
[14:15] Taichi
I mean it!
[14:15] Chihaya
I said that I don't care!
[14:21] Taichi
Don't come crying to me later!
[14:23] Taichi
You'll pay for this!
[14:36] Chihaya
Wow, this place is falling apart.
[14:39] Chihaya
Oh!
[14:40] Chihaya
Umm, sorry!
[14:41] Chihaya
I always say the first thing
that comes into my head!
[14:44] Chihaya
That's why my sister
kicked me this morning...
[14:49] Chihaya
U-Um...
[14:51] Chihaya
You know, you can talk.
[14:53] Chihaya
I'm not taking notes.
[15:00] Chihaya
It's freezing.
[15:03] Arata
Wh-Why...
[15:07] Arata
Why were you waiting for
the newspaper this morning?
[15:12] Chihaya
He spoke!
[15:15] Chihaya
My sister was in a beauty pageant,
[15:17] Chihaya
and I couldn't wait to see the article!
[15:19] Chihaya
Look, right here!
[15:20] Chihaya
My sister's in the back!
[15:22] Arata
Wow, that's really something.
[15:24] Chihaya
Isn't she pretty?
Isn't she awesome?
[15:27] Chihaya
My dream is to see my sister
become the top model in Japan!
[15:33] Arata
You can't call that a dream.
[15:38] Arata
Your dream should be about yourself.
[15:42] Arata
Don't take someone else's.
[15:44] Arata
That wouldn't be fair to your sister.
[15:47] Chihaya
Wh-What?!
[15:49] Chihaya
Do you have a dream, Wataya-kun?!
[15:51] Chihaya
Your own dream?!
[16:04] Chihaya
Huh?
[16:05] Chihaya
Isn't this Hundred Poets?
[16:07] Arata
Do you know how to play?
[16:09] Chihaya
Well, we have a karuta tournament
at our school every year.
[16:14] Chihaya
You know, the one the teacher mentioned.
[16:15] Arata
L-Lez play!
[16:16] Chihaya
Huh?
[16:17] Chihaya
What?
[16:18] Chihaya
Wait!
[16:19] Chihaya
I'll play, but we need someone to do the reading.
[16:22] Arata
I have a tape for that!
[16:24] Chihaya
What?
[16:26] Chihaya
Why is he so excited?
[16:32] Chihaya
Um... How does this work?
[16:35] Chihaya
Line up 25 cards in 3 rows.
[16:39] Chihaya
When the first verse of a poem is read,
[16:41] Chihaya
you grab the card with the second verse.
[16:45] Chihaya
I've only memorized around 50 poems...
[16:49] Chihaya
Well, it's just a game.
[16:57] Chihaya
What was that look?
[17:00] Arata
Shall we begin?
[17:01] Chihaya
Huh?
[17:02] Chihaya
S-Sure.
[17:14] [POEM] Reader
The storm...
[17:16] Chihaya
Huh?
[17:18] Arata
Oh, oops.
[17:22] [POEM] Reader
to set the Tatsuta River ablaze
SIGN to set the Tatsuta River ablaze
[17:30] Arata
Another card got stuck.
[17:36] [POEM] Reader
May I live to see the day when
SIGN when the fisherman who
casts his nets can seem dear
[17:45] [POEM] Reader
The world offers no change, I pray,
[17:47] Chihaya
H-Huh?!
[17:48] Chihaya
What's going on?!
[17:52] Chihaya
Is this how you play karuta?
[17:57] Chihaya
He's fast!
[17:59] Chihaya
Fast!
[18:01] Chihaya
So fast!
[18:03] Chihaya
I'm mad.
[18:06] Chihaya
I'm really mad.
[18:10] Chihaya
I should at least be able to take one card...
[18:17] Chihaya
Oh.
SIGN are joined at river's end
[18:18] Chihaya
I know the first verse for that card.
[18:20] Chihaya
"Swift waters parted by the jagged rocks"
[18:24] Chihaya
One card.
[18:27] Chihaya
It's just one card.
[18:30] Chihaya
I have to get it!
[18:39] [POEM] Reader
Swift...
[18:44] [POEM] Reader
...waters parted by the jagged rocks
SIGN are joined at river's end
[18:53] Chihaya
I did it! I got a card!
[18:55] Chihaya
I beat Wataya-kun to a card!
[19:00] Arata
Thank you very much.
[19:02] Chihaya
What happened?!
[19:04] Chihaya
You're too good!
[19:05] Arata
But you were able to take a card.
[19:07] Chihaya
Only one card!
[19:11] Arata
B-But, I had fun!
[19:15] Arata
In Fukui, everyone played karuta.
[19:18] Arata
That's not the case in Tokyo.
[19:22] Arata
I usually play by myself.
[19:24] Chihaya
By yourself?!
While listening to the tape?!
SIGN the red that is
the Tatsuta River
[19:29] Arata
Karuta isn't very popular in other countries.
[19:34] Arata
Well, it's not an easy game.
[19:36] Arata
But that means...
[19:41] Arata
If you become the best player in Japan,
[19:43] Arata
you'll be the best in the world.
[19:48] Chihaya
The best in the world?
[19:52] Arata
My dream is to become
[19:55] Arata
a karuta master.
SIGN are joined at river's end
[19:58] Chihaya
Master...
[20:02] Chihaya
Dream...
SIGN the red that is the Tatsuta River
[20:07] Arata
Chihaya is a good name.
[20:09] Chihaya
Huh?
[20:10] Arata
Look, this is your card.
SIGN the red that is the Tatsuta River
[20:14] Arata
The first verse for this card begins with Chihaya Furu (Impassionate).
[20:18] Arata
This is the card you pick up when you hear Chihaya,
[20:20] Arata
so in my mind, it's the Chihaya card.
[20:24] Arata
That's how I see it.
[20:30] Mom
I'm home!
[20:31] Mom
Oh?
[20:32] Mom
Arata, is this a friend?
[20:34] Mom
Oh, a girlfriend?!
[20:36] Arata
Mom...
SIGN the red that is the Tatsuta River
[20:37] Mom
Arata's girlfriend, would you like some yams?!
[20:39] Chihaya
No, thank you.
[20:46] [POEM] Chihaya
Impassionate gods have never seen
[20:53] Chihaya
He was so fast.
[21:01] Chihaya
His dream...
[21:04] [POEM] Chihaya
the red that is the Tatsuta River
[21:09] (Flashback) Chihaya
On the day I first played karuta with Arata,
SIGN the red that is the Tatsuta River
[21:14] Chihaya
I learned about more than just karuta.
[21:19] Chihaya
I discovered Arata's passion!
E2 - The Red That Is
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[00:00] Arata
-
[00:01] [POEM] Chihaya
Note that though we may
be apart, if I am to hear
[00:06] Person A
Can I copy your homework?
[00:06] Chihaya
No good. What was the second verse?
[00:07] Person B
Again?
[00:10] [POEM] Chihaya
that you pine for me as the Inaba
mountain pines, I shall return to you.
[00:15] (Flashback) Arata
Chihaya is a good name.
[00:20] (Flashback) Arata
Look, this is your card.
SIGN the red that is the Tatsuta River
[00:24] (Flashback) Arata
The first verse for this card
begins with Chihaya Furu.
[00:27] (Flashback) Arata
This is the card you pick
up when you hear Chihaya,
[00:29] (Flashback) Arata
so in my mind, it's the Chihaya card.
[00:34] Chihaya
Okay! I can do this!
[00:37] Chihaya
Good morning!
[00:43] Chihaya
Huh?
[00:49] Chihaya
Oh.
[00:50] (Flashback) Taichi
Everyone's gonna start
ignoring you tomorrow!
[00:54] (Flashback) Chihaya
I don't care!
[00:55] (Flashback) Taichi
I'm gonna ignore you, too!
[00:57] (Flashback) Taichi
I mean it!
[00:58] (Flashback) Chihaya
I said that I don't care!
[01:08] Taichi
If you stop talking to the outsider,
[01:11] Taichi
we'll stop ignoring you.
[01:14] Chihaya
I don't mind.
[01:16] Chihaya
You should stop ignoring
Wataya-kun instead.
[01:20] Taichi
Why do you keep taking his side?!
[01:22] Chihaya
Why are you so mean?!
[01:25] Taichi
There's nothing to like about
this puny and poor bumpkin!
[01:26] Arata
I-It's okay, Ayase-san.
[01:28] Arata
It's okay.
[01:29] Chihaya
There is!
[01:30] Chihaya
There is!
[01:35] Chihaya
Wataya-kun can beat
everyone here at karuta!
[01:43] Chihaya
Right?
[01:48] Arata
I-
[01:49] ---
I won't let anyone take
a single card from me.
[01:58] Taichi
I'll make you eat those words!
[02:00] Taichi
Let's have a showdown at the
upcoming karuta tournament!
[02:02] Person A
If anyone takes a card from you,
[02:04] ---
we're ignoring you until you graduate!
[02:06] Person B
Yeah!
[02:07] Chihaya
It was a reckless bet,
[02:09] Chihaya
but it felt so right.
[02:12] Chihaya
Because I didn't have anything
where I could claim
[02:15] Chihaya
that no one else could ever beat me!
SIGN Chihaya Furu
SIGN Verse 2
SIGN The Red
That Is
SIGN East Osato
Elementary School
Karuta Tournament
[03:31] [POEM] Reader
Naniwa Bay, now the flower
blooms, but for winter.
[03:40] [POEM] Reader
Here comes spring,
now the flower blooms.
[03:42] Person A
Hey, why isn't anyone moving?
[03:45] Person B
This is just the opening poem.
[03:47] Person A
Opening poem?
[03:48] Person B
The contest begins with the reading
[03:49] ---
of a poem that isn't one of the Hundred.
[03:51] Person B
Then the match starts.
That's what the handout said.
[03:54] Person A
Oh...
SIGN Kakinomoto no Hitomaro
[03:58] [POEM] Reader
The tail feathers of the
copper pheasant are long,
[04:02] Taichi
Uh...
[04:08] Taichi
There it is!
[04:09] Person A
Yeah!
[04:10] Person A
You got this, Taichi!
[04:12] Person B
Nice one, Taichi!
[04:13] Taichi
Too easy.
[04:15] Person A
You can win this!
[04:17] Person B
Keep it up!
[04:21] [POEM] Reader
long as the nights I spend alone.
[04:27] Teacher
Next will be the first round
matches for the second group.
SIGN Mashima Taichi | Tanno Shouta | Umehara Asuka
[04:30] Teacher
Will the contestants please
step onto the tatami?
[04:31] Person A
You were awesome, Taichi!
[04:33] Taichi
Piece of cake.
[04:35] Person B
Your next match should be just as easy!
[04:36] Person C
I know, right?
[04:47] Taichi
Wouldn't it be lame if he
lost in the first round?
[04:53] Chihaya
You'll understand once
you've seen him play.
[05:07] [POEM] Reader
Like a boatsman...
[05:31] Person A
Wow.
[05:33] Person B
What was that?
[05:36] Person C
Hey, did you see Wataya's match?!
[05:38] Person D
Yeah, that was crazy.
[05:40] Person E
Does Taichi have a chance?
[05:42] Person D
He'll be fine.
He can do anything.
[05:45] Person D
Besides, his mom will be
on his case if he loses.
SIGN Mashima Taichi Wataya Arata
[05:48] Person A
Yeah, he'll have to do
whatever it takes to win
[05:51] ---
if he doesn't want to get in trouble.
[05:52] Person B
You don't think he'll lose without
taking a single card, do you?
[05:58] Chihaya
You're amazing, Wataya-kun!
[06:00] Chihaya
At this rate, you'll
have a perfect victory!
[06:03] Arata
But you were able to
take a card from me.
[06:07] Chihaya
That was a fluke.
[06:09] Arata
You're wrong.
[06:10] Chihaya
Huh?
[06:11] Arata
You have the instinct
of a karuta player.
[06:17] Chihaya
The instinct of a karuta player?
[06:20] Taichi
Hey!
[06:25] Taichi
It's on me!
[06:26] Taichi
You should be grateful!
[06:28] Chihaya
Taichi?
[06:31] Taichi
What's wrong?
It's not poisoned or anything.
[06:34] Arata
Oh, that's not it...
[06:36] Arata
Thank you.
[06:41] Chihaya
Hey, Taichi!
[06:42] Chihaya
What do you think you're doing?!
[06:44] Taichi
That was his own fault!
[06:50] Chihaya
Man, what's Taichi even thinking?
[06:55] Chihaya
Sorry, I don't have a
handkerchief on me.
[06:58] Chihaya
You can wipe your face on here.
[07:00] Arata
No, it's okay.
[07:01] Chihaya
It's no big deal.
[07:03] Chihaya
Uh, then...
[07:05] Chihaya
How about here?
[07:07] Arata
It's really okay.
[07:09] Chihaya
What?
[07:10] Chihaya
What about here?
[07:12] Arata
I said it's okay.
[07:14] Chihaya
Over here then?
[07:16] Arata
I don't want to get your clothes wet.
[07:18] Chihaya
You don't have to worry about that!
[07:20] Chihaya
If I run really fast,
they'll dry in a flash!
[07:27] Arata
Huh? That's strange.
[07:29] Chihaya
What's wrong?
[07:32] Arata
My glasses...
[07:34] Chihaya
Huh?
[07:42] Chihaya
Taichi!
[07:43] Chihaya
Have you seen Wataya-kun's glasses?
[07:45] Taichi
Nope.
Isn't that right?
[07:48] Person A
Hmm? Yeah.
[07:49] Person B
Right.
[07:50] Chihaya
Really...
SIGN Eyesight without glasses 0.03
[07:52] Taichi
Ayase-san, I'm pretty sure that Mashima
[07:55] ---
was the one who hid my glasses.
[07:57] Person A
Huh?
[07:57] Chihaya
Taichi might be selfish,
but he's not mean!
[08:02] Chihaya
And that's not me.
[08:04] Teacher
We will now begin the final match!
[08:08] Chihaya
I'll go find your glasses!
[08:11] Chihaya
Hold on!
[08:21] Taichi
Do you really have to lean
that close to read them?
[08:24] Taichi
Are you making sure you'll
have an excuse when you lose?
[08:28] Taichi
J-Just so we're clear...
[08:30] Taichi
If I take a card from you, you lose!
[08:44] [POEM] Reader
Naniwa Bay, now the flower
blooms, but for winter.
[08:53] [POEM] Reader
Here comes spring,
now the flower blooms.
[09:09] [POEM] Reader
A mountain stream...
[09:14] Person A
That was fast!
[09:17] Person B
That scared me.
[09:23] Taichi
What's going on?
[09:25] Taichi
I thought he couldn't see.
[09:28] [POEM] Reader
I wish...
[09:30] Taichi
No way!
[09:31] [POEM] Reader
Waves...
[09:35] Taichi
He memorized the initial
position of every card?!
[09:38] [POEM] Reader
My life means nothing after...
[09:46] [POEM] Reader
While some dodge...
[09:49] Reader
Oh, Wataya-kun.
[09:50] Reader
That's the wrong card.
SIGN I have learned to both love and hate my fellow man
[09:56] [POEM] Reader
I deflect your artful words
to keep my sleeves dry
[09:59] Taichi
Got it!
[10:02] Person A
Nice job, Taichi!
[10:03] Person B
Time to start your comeback!
[10:06] Arata
The cards have been moved?
[10:12] [POEM] Reader
My fear is that you will forget
your promise to never forget me,
[10:14] Arata
Where is it?
[10:18] Taichi
Found it!
[10:20] Person A
Mashima got another card!
[10:22] Person B
Way to go, Mashima!
[10:23] Person C
Keep it up!
[10:24] [POEM] Reader
When the misty bridge of magpie
feathers comes into sight,
[10:27] Taichi
Awesome!
[10:29] Person A
He got it!
[10:29] Person B
That's it, Mashima!
[10:31] Person C
Don't lose to the outsider!
[10:32] Person D
Wataya's lame!
[10:33] Person E
That's what you get for bragging
about being good at karuta!
[10:35] Person F
Take him out, Mashima!
[10:39] Person G
Get him!
[10:41] Person H
Do it!
[10:45] Person I
That's it!
[10:48] Chihaya
Sensei!
[10:52] Chihaya
Can I take Wataya-kun's place?!
[10:55] Arata
Huh?
[10:56] Taichi
Huh?
[11:04] Chihaya
I'll take Wataya-kun's place!
[11:06] Teacher
What are you saying?
[11:08] Teacher
You shouldn't interrupt
a match, Ayase-san.
[11:10] Chihaya
But Sensei!
Wataya-kun lost his glasses!
[11:13] Chihaya
And um...
[11:14] Chihaya
I'm his number one pupil!
[11:17] Teacher
It's true that he doesn't
have his glasses.
[11:20] Taichi
I don't mind.
[11:23] Taichi
Chihaya is obviously weaker.
[11:27] Chihaya
Thank you!
[11:32] Person A
But Chi-chan only has a third
of the poems memorized.
[11:35] Person B
Is she going to be okay?
[11:39] Chihaya
I'm going to win this
match for Wataya-kun!
[11:44] Chihaya
No...
[11:45] [POEM] Reader
the night is nearly past
[11:46] Chihaya
I'm not doing this for him.
[11:47] Chihaya
I'm...
[11:49] Chihaya
I'm the one who's going to defeat Taichi!
[11:56] [POEM] Reader
May the scarlet kadsuras
of Mount Afusaka...
[11:57] Chihaya
I know this one!
[12:01] Taichi
Wh-What are you doing?!
[12:04] Teacher
You're not supposed to use both hands.
[12:07] Chihaya
Huh? What order were these in?
[12:10] Taichi
You're out of control.
[12:13] Chihaya
When I was playing against Wataya-kun,
SIGN Emperor Sutoku
Swift waters parted by the jagged rocks
[12:16] Chihaya
I was focused on jumping into action
SIGN are joined at river's end
[12:18] Chihaya
as soon as I heard the first
word of the first verse.
[12:20] Chihaya
In other words...
[12:22] Chihaya
I just have to keep cycling
through the first few words
[12:23] ---
of every first verse!
[12:25] Chihaya
It doesn't matter what the poem means!
[12:26] Chihaya
If she reads a card
I don't recognize...
[12:28] [POEM] Reader
Since the dew atop the blades of grass
[12:32] Chihaya
I bat away the cards that are
in the area Taichi is looking!
[12:36] Taichi
That's cheap, Chihaya!
[12:38] Chihaya
Am I allowed to do that, Sensei?
[12:40] Teacher
The rules allow it.
[12:42] Teacher
As long as the correct card is
removed from the area of play.
[12:49] Person A
This girl certainly has style.
[12:53] [POEM] Reader
For you, I head out to the
fields to pick spring greens
[12:54] Taichi
The second verse is "while snow falls upon..."
[12:57] Chihaya
I can't lose!
[12:58] Chihaya
Focus on Taichi's movements!
[13:00] Chihaya
Got it!
[13:02] Taichi
Why is she so serious?
[13:06] Taichi
Is she...
[13:08] Taichi
Is she doing it for him?
[13:10] Taichi
For that loser?
[13:15] Chihaya
Got it!
[13:16] Person A
What's wrong, Taichi?!
[13:18] Person B
You better not lose!
[13:19] Person C
Pull it together!
[13:21] Taichi
They're right!
[13:23] Taichi
Focus!
[13:25] [POEM] Reader
For the...
[13:34] [POEM] Reader
May I find the...
[13:38] Person A
Chi-chan got the card!
[13:44] Arata
Only one left!
[13:51] Taichi
Only one left.
[13:53] Chihaya
Only one left.
[13:54] Chihaya
Huh?
[13:56] Chihaya
No way!
[13:57] Chihaya
I don't recognize any
of the other cards!
[14:01] Chihaya
What do I do?
[14:07] Chihaya
Oh!
[14:08] (Flashback) Arata
That's how I see it.
SIGN the red that is the Tatsuta River
[14:13] (Flashback) Arata
Chihaya is a good name.
SIGN Chihaya
[14:25] Chihaya
Th-This is...
[14:28] [POEM] Reader
Impassionate gods...
[14:35] Chihaya
This is how a karuta
player sees the world!
[14:42] Arata
She did it!
[14:46] Teacher
Our sixth grade champion is
Ayase Chihaya-san from Class 1!
[14:52] Taichi
Man! What's going on?!
[14:55] Taichi
Who cares if I'm not good at karuta!
[14:56] Chihaya
That was a really fun match!
[15:02] Chihaya
Karuta is so much fun!
[15:05] Chihaya
But it would be a different story if
[15:07] ---
you were playing against Wataya-kun!
[15:08] Chihaya
He's going to become a master.
[15:11] Shin
That makes you the Queen, Ayase-san.
[15:16] Chihaya
Queen?
[15:17] Arata
It's the title given to the
strongest female player.
[15:24] Chihaya
Queen...
[15:27] Chihaya
The best player in Japan...
[15:29] Chihaya
is the best player in the world!
[15:31] Arata
I believe that you have
the talent for karuta.
SIGN Ayase Chihaya This award certifies that you performed admirably in the 7th East Osato Elementary School Karuta Tournament
[15:41] Chihaya
Hello! Mom?
[15:42] Chihaya
There was a karuta tournament today!
[15:45] Mom
We don't have any time for that!
[15:46] Mom
There's a scout at our house
[15:48] ---
right now who's interested
in your sister.
[15:49] Chihaya
What?! Really?!
[15:50] Chihaya
That's amazing!
[15:51] Mom
He must have seen her
in the beauty pageant.
[15:54] Mom
Hurry home.
[15:56] Mom
I'll have a big dinner ready.
[15:57] Mom
We'll throw a party for your sister.
[15:59] Chihaya
U-Um, there was this karuta
tournament today and I...
[16:02] Chitose
Geez... Hurry up, Mom.
[16:05] Chitose
Chihaya?
[16:06] Chihaya
Oh, Sis?
[16:07] Chihaya
That's great news!
[16:08] Chihaya
And today, I was in
a karuta tournament!
[16:11] Chitose
Karuta?
[16:12] Chitose
Boring. And lame.
[16:15] Chitose
I'm gonna hang up.
[16:21] Mom
How could you lose to a girl?
[16:23] Mom
I was recording your matches.
[16:25] Mom
Now I can't show this to your father.
[16:27] Taichi
I-I'm sorry...
[16:31] Mom
It doesn't matter if you
can play karuta or not,
[16:34] Mom
but if you're going to lose,
[16:36] ---
you're no longer allowed
to play in tournaments.
[16:37] Mom
You're a good student
and a good athlete.
[16:40] Mom
Focus on contests that you can win.
[16:53] Taichi
What?
[16:54] Taichi
You beat me.
Why are you so upset?
[16:56] Chihaya
I'm not.
[17:01] Chihaya
What's that sound?
[17:03] Taichi
Huh?
[17:04] Chihaya
Didn't you hear that slam?
[17:07] Chihaya
Oh, there it is again.
[17:09] Taichi
Sound?
[17:17] Taichi
Oh, I can hear it.
[17:18] Chihaya
See?
[17:19] Taichi
How good is your hearing?
[17:22] Chihaya
I wish I was born with
a more useful talent.
[17:25] Chihaya
So I could be a good student
and athlete like you.
[17:28] Taichi
That's true.
I was born this good.
[17:31] Chihaya
But I know that you made flashcards
for learning the Hundred Poets.
[17:36] Taichi
Don't tell anyone.
[17:37] Taichi
They'll think I'm lame.
[17:39] Taichi
And then I lost to you.
[17:41] Chihaya
What's so lame about
losing in a fair fight?!
[17:46] Chihaya
At least, that's what I think.
[17:49] Chihaya
Though nobody's gonna praise
you for doing well at karuta.
[18:22] Chihaya
He doesn't need his glasses...
[18:27] Chihaya
Or cards...
[18:33] Chihaya
He can see everything!
[18:42] Taichi
What are you doing all alone here?
[18:45] Taichi
You like playing karuta that much?
[18:50] Chihaya
I'll go look for your glasses again!
[18:53] Taichi
H-Hey, Chihaya!
[18:55] Chihaya
There are a lot of crows around here,
[18:56] Chihaya
and one of them might have taken
the glasses since they're shiny!
[18:59] Chihaya
I'll go check the hill
behind the school!
[19:01] Arata
Ayase-san!
[19:07] Arata
Ayase-san, it's okay!
[19:10] Arata
It's okay!
[19:15] Chihaya
I have to find them!
[19:16] Chihaya
I have to find Wataya-kun's glasses!
[19:19] Chihaya
I want to help Wataya-kun play karuta!
[19:24] Arata
Ayase-san...
[19:31] Taichi
I...
[19:34] ---
found them in the hallway.
[19:40] Taichi
N-No.
[19:43] Taichi
I stole them.
[19:51] Chihaya
They're not here.
[19:53] Chihaya
Oh, sorry!
[19:56] Taichi
Don't tell Chihaya.
[20:02] Taichi
I don't want
[20:04] ---
her to hate me.
[20:14] Arata
Mashima, you're...
[20:19] Arata
a coward.
SIGN A Coward
[20:22] Taichi
A-A coward?
[20:24] Arata
But...
[20:27] Arata
I understand how you feel.
[20:31] Chihaya
They're not here either!
[20:32] Chihaya
How many crow nests are there anyway?
[20:37] Taichi
Chihaya!
[20:39] Arata
I found my glasses!
[20:41] Taichi
Hey! Where are you?!
[20:42] Arata
Ayase-san...
[20:43] Taichi
Chihaya!
[20:46] Taichi
Chihaya!
[20:49] Arata
Chi—
[20:52] Arata
Chihaya.
[20:53] Both
Chihaya!
[20:56] Chihaya
Here!
[21:08] Chihaya
That was when I knew.
[21:13] Chihaya
I would discover many lifelong
treasures this winter.
E3 - From the Crystal White Snow
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[00:03] Chihaya
This is the place, right?
[00:04] Taichi
Yep, I looked it up on the internet.
[00:07] Arata
So Mashima's also going to play karuta?
[00:10] Taichi
I actually have a life so I can't
spend all my time playing karuta,
[00:13] Taichi
but I'll be better than you in no time!
[00:15] Chihaya
Taichi's skipping soccer
practice today!
SIGN Shut up, Chihaya!
SIGN Recycle
for a
better
Japan
SIGN Fuchu City Katamachi Cultural Center
[00:19] Taichi
Let's go.
[00:22] [POEM] Reader
as short-lived as the reeds of Naniwa Bay
SIGN Shiranami Karuta Society Practice
[00:29] Chihaya
Let's go inside!
[00:30] Arata
Wait! Not right now!
[00:32] Chihaya
Hello!
[00:41] Arata
Sorry!
[00:43] Arata
You're not supposed to move
when a card is being read.
[00:46] Chihaya
Oh...
[00:48] Person A
I'll start the tape again.
[00:49] [POEM] Reader
as my sleeves are wet with dew
[00:57] [POEM] Reader
For you, I would have given
[01:01] Chihaya
I thought karuta was a card
game people played for fun.
[01:08] Chihaya
But it's not...
[01:09] Harada
Dagnabbit!
SIGN I recall how my own efforts were in vain
[01:12] Chihaya
Karuta is a sport!
SIGN Chihaya Furu
SIGN Verse 3
SIGN From
the
Crystal
White
Snow
[02:26] All
Thank you very much!
[02:28] Harada
Miyazaki-kun, why would
you place the card
[02:30] ---
I passed to you in this position?
[02:32] Harada
That's foolish.
[02:33] Person A
Doctor! Dr. Harada!
[02:33] Harada
And then...
[02:34] Harada
Give me a moment! We're reviewing his play!
[02:37] Person A
Sorry, Dr. Harada is in charge here,
[02:40] Person A
and he's really serious about karuta.
[02:42] Chihaya
Doctor?
[02:43] Taichi
The person who was yelling really loudly?
[02:46] Harada
You kids play karuta?
[02:48] Taichi
Uh?
[02:48] Chihaya
Ye—
[02:49] Arata
Yes!
[02:50] Harada
You're welcome here!
[02:52] Harada
I don't care what anyone else says!
You're welcome here!
[02:54] Person A
Please, Doctor...
[02:55] Harada
We hold two tournaments every year
[02:59] ---
and only manage to attract
one or two new players,
[03:01] Harada
yet here we have three at once!
[03:04] Harada
Hey, Hiro-kun! Kids!
[03:06] Harada
We have new friends!
[03:09] Both
Retro-kun?
[03:10] Hiro
It's Hiro!
[03:11] Hiro
Kinashi Hiro!
[03:13] Hiro
Anyway, what class are you?
[03:15] Chihaya
Oh, I've only learned
about half of the poems
[03:17] ---
that start with "the" and "may."
[03:19] Taichi
Chihaya, that's not it.
[03:20] Chihaya
Huh?
[03:21] Hiro
You came here before you
even learned the poems?
[03:24] Hiro
This place is for competitive practice.
[03:27] Chihaya
Why don't you play me before
you talk smack, Retro-kun!
[03:29] Taichi
Chihaya?!
[03:30] Hiro
It's Hiro!
[03:32] Arata
Then let's have a three-on-three Genpei match!
[03:34] Taichi
Wataya! We're just gonna lose!
[03:36] Chihaya
What are you talking about, Taichi?!
[03:37] Chihaya
We won't lose!
[03:38] Taichi
Huh?!
[03:39] Arata
Of course! We're playing to win!
[03:40] Taichi
What?!
[03:44] Arata
A Genpei match is a team match.
[03:47] Arata
Each team gets 50 cards.
[03:49] Chihaya
Oh...
[03:50] Hiro
Wait, you don't even know the rules?!
[03:52] Chihaya
Zip it, Retro-kun!
[03:55] Arata
Place this in front of you, Mashima.
[03:58] Taichi
So I'm responsible for these?
[03:59] Arata
These are yours, Chihaya.
[04:01] Arata
Line them up in three rows.
[04:03] Chihaya
I haven't learned some
of these cards...
[04:06] Arata
It's okay.
[04:07] Person A
Once the cards have been placed,
[04:08] ---
you have 15 minutes
of memorization time.
[04:10] Chihaya
Memorization time?
[04:12] Arata
You're given time to memorize
the positions of the cards.
[04:15] Arata
If you can't memorize the positions,
you don't stand a chance.
[04:17] Arata
Naturally, you'll need to memorize both
our cards and the other team's cards.
[04:19] Chihaya
Memorize?!
[04:21] Chihaya
Memorize the positions
for all 100 cards?!
[04:24] Chihaya
Um, this is...
[04:28] Arata
Chihaya, come here for a second.
[04:30] Chihaya
What?! I haven't memorized
any of them yet!
[04:32] Arata
We're allowed to go wherever we
want during these 15 minutes.
[04:35] Arata
Let's hold a meeting outside.
[04:39] Arata
First, Chihaya has all of
the "first syllable" cards.
[04:42] Arata
You go for these cards as soon as
[04:44] ---
you hear one of the first syllables,
such as "rain" or "waves."
[04:48] Arata
There are seven of these.
[04:51] Arata
The rest are "second-syllable"
cards that begin with "the."
[04:53] Chihaya
Uh-huh!
[04:54] Arata
Mashima has the "long shot" cards
[04:57] ---
that need more words to be identified.
[04:59] Taichi
Hmm?
[05:00] Arata
Such as "the hazy early
morning" and "for you, I."
[05:03] Arata
There are cards that begin with
the same string of words.
[05:06] Arata
They're called "long shot" cards because
[05:07] ---
you have to gamble on
which card to take.
[05:10] Arata
It'll be your call to make.
[05:11] Arata
Go for the cards as soon
as they're called.
[05:14] Arata
I gave you most of the cards
that need more words.
[05:15] Taichi
Go for them as soon as they're called?
[05:17] Taichi
What if I take the wrong card?
[05:19] Arata
You'll be fine!
[05:20] Taichi
Why's he taking the lead?
[05:22] Chihaya
Rain, waves, long, gust,
all, look, swift...
[05:25] Chihaya
Rain, waves, long, gust,
all, look, swift...
[05:26] Taichi
Why do we even need a strategy?
[05:29] Taichi
You should have just played
Retro-kun by yourself, Wataya.
[05:33] Taichi
Wouldn't it be easier without
us to hold you back?
[05:38] Arata
I wanted to play as a team.
[05:44] Chihaya
We can be a team!
[05:48] [POEM] Reader
Look for...
[05:56] Chihaya
That was a "one-word" card!
[05:58] Chihaya
Aren't those supposed to be mine?!
[06:00] Arata
But you were too slow.
[06:03] [POEM] Reader
For you, I head out to the
fields to pick spring greens
[06:04] Taichi
One of mine!
SIGN now together, I guard it dear
[06:06] Taichi
Darn, I guessed wrong.
[06:09] Arata
It's okay.
SIGN while snow falls upon my sleeves
[06:10] Arata
I took the right card.
[06:13] Arata
But we touched the wrong card,
[06:14] ---
so they get to pass one of theirs to us.
[06:16] Arata
It's a wash.
[06:18] Arata
I'll help you on the "long shot" cards.
[06:20] Arata
Even if you take the wrong card,
we still won't fall behind.
[06:23] Taichi
Th-This isn't called playing
as a team, you bastard!
[06:26] Chihaya
He doesn't trust us to do anything!
[06:33] Person A
Doctor?!
[06:35] Person B
He's celebrating this
lucky pickup, right?
[06:37] Person C
The boy with the glasses
is more than just good.
SIGN Rain takes longer to dry in the autumn time
[06:42] Chihaya
He took my card again!
[06:44] Chihaya
I'm so mad!
[06:46] Chihaya
I won't lose next time!
[06:51] Taichi
Why?
[06:52] Taichi
There's no reason to be upset
when he's so much better.
[06:56] Taichi
Chihaya...
[06:58] Taichi
There's no reason to try so hard.
[07:01] Taichi
Wataya said that he wanted
to play as a team,
[07:04] Taichi
but he wasn't expecting
anything from us.
[07:07] Taichi
He wasn't expecting anything.
[07:09] [POEM] Reader
The hazy early morning mist
over the Kawagiri River
[07:12] Taichi
Awesome! I got the right card, Wataya!
[07:15] [POEM] Reader
but from the crystal
white snow of Yoshino
[07:17] Taichi
That's the other "the hazy
early morning" card.
[07:22] Arata
Nice job, Taichi!
[07:24] Taichi
Huh?
[07:35] Chihaya
Listen.
[07:37] Chihaya
Listen.
[07:39] Chihaya
Listen.
[07:42] [POEM] Reader
...of wind leaves fall leaves falling
SIGN hence the name fall leaves
[07:47] Chihaya
I did it!
[07:48] Chihaya
I finally got a card!
[07:50] Chihaya
Sorry, Doctor! Did that hurt?!
[07:50] Arata
Was that supposed to be "gust of wind"?
[07:52] Harada
No...
[07:53] Arata
I couldn't hear the "gust."
[07:56] Chihaya
Doctor! This is the first
time I've ever taken
[07:58] ---
a card the way the real players do!
[08:00] Chihaya
My first card!
[08:02] Harada
A room full of experienced adults,
[08:05] Harada
and she was the only one who moved.
[08:09] Chihaya
My first card.
SIGN hence the name fall leaves
[08:12] Chihaya
Karuta feels so good!
[08:15] Arata
That's what happened last time.
[08:18] Arata
I didn't drop my guard or anything.
[08:20] Arata
I lose to Chihaya when it
comes to "first syllable" cards?
[08:29] Harada
Th-These kids are fun!
SIGN hence the name fall leaves
[08:34] All
Thank you very much!
[08:36] Chihaya
I only took one card!
[08:39] Taichi
Stop it, guys.
[08:41] Hiro
Only five cards...
[08:43] Person A
Retro-kun... Oh, sorry.
[08:45] Person A
Hiro-kun...
[08:46] Harada
Tell me your names.
[08:47] Harada
Are you going to join
the Karuta Society?
[08:49] Arata
I will!
[08:50] Arata
I'm Wataya Arata!
A sixth-grader!
[08:52] Hiro
Wataya Arata?!
[08:54] Hiro
He's won the national championship
for his grade the past five years!
[08:59] Chihaya
Huh?
[09:00] Harada
That's not all.
[09:02] Harada
The name Wataya is...
[09:04] Harada
Is he the grandson of the
Eternal Master from Fukui,
[09:07] ---
Wataya Hajime, who won seven
straight years in the 80s?!
[09:11] Harada
And what about you kids?
[09:12] Taichi
Uh... I'm, well...
[09:14] Chihaya
Doctor, Doctor!
[09:16] Harada
Hmm?
[09:16] Chihaya
I can't memorize the cards!
[09:19] Chihaya
I get more confused when
there are more cards!
[09:21] Chihaya
I can never memorize 100 of them!
[09:25] Harada
Really now?
[09:26] Harada
But I'm sure there are a few
you have perfectly memorized.
[09:30] Chihaya
There's the "gust of wind"
card I took today.
[09:34] Chihaya
And then there's the
"chihaya furu" card!
[09:36] Chihaya
Wataya-kun said that the card
has the same name as me!
[09:40] Harada
Uh-huh.
[09:42] Harada
You will learn to take
the cards you are
[09:44] ---
most attached to faster
than anyone else can.
[09:47] Harada
There are a total of 100
poems in Hundred Poets.
[09:50] Harada
Think of it as making 100 new friends.
[09:55] Harada
What about you, Eyebrows?
[09:57] Taichi
Uh, er... I have cram school...
[10:02] Taichi
But I'll come!
[10:03] Taichi
I'll come when I can!
[10:04] Harada
There's a tournament in March.
[10:06] Harada
You should practice for it.
[10:09] Chihaya
Tournament?
[10:10] Harada
It's for teams of three.
[10:12] Harada
It'll be the last tournament you
can participate in as 6th graders.
[10:16] Chihaya
I wanna participate!
[10:17] Chihaya
Right, Taichi?
[10:19] Taichi
The three of us will
win together, right?
[10:21] Chihaya
Yep!
[10:23] Arata
But in this tournament...
[10:25] Arata
We'll be playing individually
instead of together.
[10:28] Arata
Two of us have to win.
[10:31] Arata
I know I'll win,
[10:32] Arata
but can either of you win a match?
[10:39] Arata
We'll need to train!
[10:41] Chihaya
Train?
[10:42] Taichi
Train!
[10:43] All
Train!
[10:46] Chihaya
I'm home!
[10:48] Chitose
You're late!
[10:51] Chitose
I have an audition for
a commercial tomorrow,
[10:53] ---
so they bought me a bunch of clothes.
[10:55] Chitose
Isn't this nice?
[10:56] Chihaya
Nice!
[10:57] Chitose
I also like this outfit.
[10:59] Chihaya
Me too!
[11:00] Mom
Chihaya is her sister's number one fan.
[11:04] Mom
Is your dream still to see your
sister become the best in Japan?
[11:10] Chitose
Chihaya?
[11:13] Chihaya
Sorry, Sis.
[11:15] Chihaya
There's something else I want to do!
[11:18] Mom
Huh?
[11:19] [POEM] Chihaya
As I wait for someone,
[11:20] [POEM] Chihaya
my body burns like the seaweed...
[11:20] Chitose
What is she thinking?
[11:23] Chihaya
Waiting for burnt seaweed...
Waiting for burnt seaweed...
[11:23] Mom
I don't see a problem.
[11:24] Mom
At least she's found something
she's interested in.
[11:27] Chihaya
She has nothing to gain from it.
[11:29] Mom
What?
[11:31] Chihaya
Chihaya should just keep gushing
about how great I am.
[11:40] [POEM] Arata
A mountain stream...
[11:44] Arata
Your motion needs to
be sharp and straight.
[11:46] Chihaya
Waiting for burnt seaweed...
Waiting for burnt seaweed...
[11:51] Arata
Welcome home, Dad.
[11:57] [POEM] Arata
The world offers no change, I pray
[11:58] Chihaya
Um...
[11:59] [POEM] Chihaya
when the fisherman who casts
his nets can seem dear
[12:01] Taichi
You're too slow, Chihaya!
[12:03] [POEM] Chihaya
The sight of the lonely moon...
[12:04] [POEM] Taichi
reminds me of the lonely
dawns after we parted
[12:06] [POEM] Taichi
For you, I would...
[12:09] Arata
Chihaya!
[12:15] Chihaya
Hey, Wataya-kun...
[12:16] Arata
Arata.
[12:19] Arata
I'm Arata.
[12:24] Taichi
Then I'm also calling you Arata.
[12:26] Taichi
Okay?
[12:30] Chihaya
Taichi!
[12:31] Chihaya
Arata!
[12:32] Taichi
What's with you, Chihaya?
[12:34] Taichi
Are you okay?
[12:37] Chihaya
Arata!
[12:38] Chihaya
Taichi!
[12:40] Chihaya
Let's play karuta together forever!
[12:53] [POEM] Chihaya
So the flower petals...
So the flower petals...
[12:55] [POEM] Chihaya
So the flower petals are scattered...
[12:56] Chihaya
Scattered flower petals wilt!
[12:57] [POEM] Chihaya
yet it is I who withers and wilts
[13:00] Person A
Really?!
[13:01] Person B
Way to go!
[13:02] Person C
That's amazing, Mashima-kun!
[13:04] Person D
Kaimeisei is really good!
[13:04] Chihaya
What's going on?
[13:05] Person A
Mashima-kun was accepted into
Kaimeisei Middle School!
[13:08] Person B
That's amazing!
[13:10] Chihaya
But his first choice is Shusai
University Middle School, right?
[13:13] Chihaya
Since he can ride his bike there.
[13:14] Person A
Nobody's stupid enough to not go
to Kaimeisei after being accepted!
[13:17] Person B
Even if it's an
hour-and-a-half commute!
[13:19] Chihaya
Taichi, you're not going
to that school, right?
[13:22] Chihaya
You won't be able to play karuta
with us at the Doctor's place.
[13:27] Taichi
Wh-What are you talking about?
[13:29] Taichi
That's not going to stop me
from going to Kaimeisei.
[13:33] Chihaya
Tai—
[13:41] Chihaya
A-Arata...
[13:43] Chihaya
Taichi said that he doesn't care
[13:44] ---
if we can't play karuta
together anymore.
[13:47] Chihaya
He's such a joker.
[13:48] Arata
My grandpa's sick back in Fukui.
[13:52] Arata
Once I graduate,
I'm going back to Fukui.
[13:56] Arata
We can't play karuta together forever.
[14:03] Taichi
Is your grandpa okay?
[14:05] Arata
He had something called
a cerebral hemorrhage.
[14:08] Arata
He's still in the hospital.
[14:11] Taichi
That sounds rough.
[14:14] Taichi
Chihaya?
[14:16] Chihaya
I'm not going.
[14:19] Taichi
Huh?
[14:20] Chihaya
I'm not...
[14:21] Chihaya
I'm not going to the tournament!
[14:24] Taichi
Chihaya!
[14:27] Harada
Huh?
[14:28] Harada
Where's Chihaya-chan today?
[14:30] Taichi
It's my fault.
[14:31] Arata
No, it's my fault.
[14:34] Taichi
I said that it's my fault!
[14:35] Arata
It's because I'm going back to Fukui!
[14:37] Taichi
Freak! Don't get too full of yourself!
[14:39] Chihaya
I won't go to the karuta tournament!
[14:42] Taichi
I've known her longer!
[14:44] Arata
It's my fault!
[14:47] Chihaya
It's no fun to play karuta by myself!
SIGN Harada Internal Medicine/Pediatrics
[14:52] Harada
Chihaya-chan...
[14:53] Harada
What's wrong?
SIGN Ogura Hundred Poets
Poetry Karuta
[14:55] Chihaya
I remembered that I
needed to return this.
[15:00] Harada
Well, I'm impressed by Eyebrows.
[15:03] Harada
He was accepted to Kaimeisei.
[15:08] Harada
Most kids wouldn't be
able to manage that feat
[15:10] ---
while spending time at a
karuta society every week.
[15:16] Harada
Oh, a shooting star!
[15:17] Chihaya
Huh?! Where?! Where?!
[15:19] Harada
You didn't see it?
[15:20] Harada
That won't do.
[15:21] Chihaya
Now I'm mad!
[15:23] Harada
And Glasses's grandfather is an
[15:26] ---
Eternal Master who's famous
in the karuta world.
[15:29] Chihaya
A Master?!
[15:30] Harada
When I saw Glasses play,
[15:32] ---
I immediately knew that his
grandfather had taught him the game.
[15:37] Harada
He must be worried sick to know that
his grandfather is in the hospital.
[15:42] Harada
Oh, another shooting star!
[15:43] Chihaya
What?!
[15:44] Harada
Just kidding.
[15:44] Chihaya
What?!
[15:46] Chihaya
That's mean, Doctor!
[15:47] Chihaya
Meanie! Meanie!
[15:50] Harada
I'll be sad if you also quit.
SIGN Fuchu City Katamachi Cultural Center
SIGN Grade School
Karuta Tournament
[15:55] Taichi
This is just a temporary truce.
[15:57] Taichi
I put up the money,
and you wrote the message.
[16:01] Arata
I know.
[16:03] Taichi
Chihaya isn't here.
[16:05] Taichi
Are you okay?
[16:07] Taichi
Well, this little tournament
should be a breeze for you.
[16:11] Arata
No...
[16:12] Arata
The round boy we're
facing in the first round
[16:14] Arata
was runner-up in the
national tournament.
[16:17] Arata
I'm not sure if I can handle him right now.
SIGN Reception
[16:20] Person A
We will start the first round now!
[16:26] Mom
Chihaya?
[16:28] Mom
Oh, there you are.
[16:30] Mom
Here you are.
[16:31] Chihaya
What's this?
[16:32] Mom
Mashima-kun was here this morning
with a boy wearing glasses.
SIGN Team Chihaya Furu
[16:37] Mom
That's right. Didn't you say
you were going out today?
[16:41] Mom
Wait!
[16:42] Mom
Chihaya?
[16:43] Harada
Chihaya-chan isn't here yet?
[16:46] Hiro
They're playing individual matches,
so they'll be fine if both of them win.
[16:51] Nishida
I was planning on defeating
Wataya-kun today.
[16:55] Nishida
So, did your teammate get scared
of losing and run away?
[17:00] Taichi
Shut your mouth, fatty!
[17:02] Taichi
Chihaya's running late!
[17:03] Nishida
But she isn't here.
[17:04] Taichi
I said that she's coming!
[17:06] Nishida
I'll go buy some pork buns.
[17:08] Chihaya
You can buy your pork
buns after I beat you!
[17:11] Taichi
Chihaya!
[17:13] Harada
Chihaya-chan!
[17:14] Taichi
You're late, Chihaya!
[17:16] Chihaya
That's because I was stuck at a
railway crossing for twenty minutes!
[17:19] Chihaya
I'm still mad at you guys!
[17:21] Chihaya
You're both leaving me behind!
[17:25] Chihaya
But I'm not the only one
who feels lonely, right?
[17:34] [POEM] Reader
Here comes spring,
now the flower blooms
[17:41] [POEM] Reader
Note that though we may be...
[17:45] [POEM] Reader
May the time we spend
apart from one another be
[17:53] [POEM] Reader
Impassionate gods
SIGN the red that is the Tatsuta River
[17:57] Harada
Yes!
[17:58] Chihaya
There aren't as many cards left.
[18:01] Chihaya
There are only 100 cards.
[18:04] Chihaya
I don't want this to end.
[18:07] Chihaya
I don't want this to end.
[18:10] Chihaya
I don't want this to end!
[18:16] Taichi
Hey, are you okay?
[18:18] Taichi
Here, wear this.
[18:21] Arata
Taichi...
[18:23] Arata
I wanted to win Chihaya that trophy.
[18:28] Taichi
Sorry! If only I had won my match!
[18:30] Arata
Taichi!
[18:31] Taichi
Sorry!
[18:32] Arata
Chihaya, say something to him.
[18:39] Chihaya
I wanted...
[18:42] Chihaya
I wanted to play more karuta together!
[18:48] Arata
Why are you crying?
[18:50] Arata
It was really fun.
[18:58] Person A
Let's take a picture, Chi-chan!
SIGN East Osato Elementary School Graduation
[19:00] Person B
Here goes!
[19:01] All
Yay!
[19:02] Person A
You get to wear blazer
jackets at Kaimeisei?
[19:04] Person C
Chi-chan, take one with us!
[19:06] Chihaya
Let's take one with everyone!
[19:08] Mom
Arata, I'm going to say
goodbye to the landlord.
[19:12] Mom
Can you go home and start packing?
[19:14] Mom
We're leaving tomorrow, so you
need to put everything away.
SIGN Team Chihaya Furu
[19:23] Chihaya
Arata!
[19:25] Taichi
Why did you go home by yourself?!
[19:27] Chihaya
Play karuta with me, Arata!
[19:29] Chihaya
In a serious match!
[19:31] Chihaya
Oh, are you busy packing?
[19:36] Arata
I wouldn't show mercy if I
was playing a 5-year-old.
[19:40] [POEM] Taichi
Naniwa Bay...
[19:42] Chihaya
Taichi, you suck!
[19:44] Taichi
Shut up!
[19:45] Shin
You're supposed to follow
a 4-3-1-5 pattern.
[19:48] Taichi
I know that!
[19:49] Taichi
I'm supposed to pause
in certain places.
[19:53] [POEM] Taichi
Here comes spring,
now the flower blooms
[19:59] [POEM] Taichi
After many, many years...
[20:02] [POEM] Taichi
My fear is not of...
[20:04] [POEM] Taichi
When the wind sends...
[20:07] Shin
Like I said,
[20:10] Shin
I will win.
[20:13] (Flashback) Arata
Let's play!
[20:14] (Flashback) Arata
I have a tape for that!
[20:15] (Flashback) Arata
My dream is to become
[20:17] (Flashback) Arata
a karuta master.
[20:18] Chihaya
I won't lose!
[20:19] Chihaya
After all,
[20:20] Chihaya
thanks to you, I love karuta now!
[20:29] [POEM] Taichi
Impassionate gods...
[20:31] Chihaya
The same time!
[20:32] Chihaya
When both players take the
card at the same time,
[20:33] Chihaya
it goes to the side the card is on!
That's what the doctor said!
[20:36] Chihaya
I win!
[20:37] Chihaya
Let it go!
[20:39] Chihaya
This is my Chihaya!
[20:49] Arata
Th-Thank you...
[20:51] Arata
Thank you for playing karuta with me!
[20:56] Arata
Chihaya, Taichi...
[20:58] Arata
I doubt we'll ever
see each other again.
[21:04] Chihaya
Why?
[21:07] Chihaya
As long as we have karuta,
[21:09] Chihaya
we'll see each other again, right?
[21:17] Chihaya
As long as we keep playing,
we'll see each other again!
[21:19] Chihaya
I just know it!
E4 - A Whirlwind of Flower Petals Descends
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[00:03] Dad
Okay!
[00:04] Dad
That should be all of the large boxes!
[00:06] Mom
Let's go say "goodbye" to the landlord.
[00:08] Dad
Yeah!
SIGN Team Chihaya Furu
[00:19] Chihaya
The next time we meet will
be at the nationals!
[00:24] Arata
Yeah.
[00:25] Chihaya
Watch me become a Class A player!
[00:28] Chihaya
You won't beat me next time!
[00:29] Arata
Yeah.
[00:30] Taichi
I'm going to become a Master.
[00:33] Chihaya
I'll be the Queen!
[00:42] Arata
Guess this is it.
[00:44] Chihaya
Promise!
[00:45] Chihaya
We'll meet again when we
become Class A players!
[00:50] Arata
Yeah.
SIGN Chihaya Furu
SIGN A Whirlwind
of Flower
Petals
Descends
SIGN Verse 4
[02:35] Taichi
Chihaya, this is our stop!
[02:51] Taichi
Were you daydreaming or something?
[02:55] Chihaya
Hey, have you been in touch with Arata?
[02:59] Taichi
No.
[03:01] Chihaya
I see.
[03:04] Chihaya
Arata must be incredibly strong now, right?
[03:09] Chihaya
Do you think we'll see him at this
year's Omi Jingu tournament?
[03:12] Taichi
What do you mean?
[03:13] Taichi
You want to play against Arata
in the national tournament?
[03:18] Chihaya
Uh-huh.
[03:20] Taichi
What class are you right now, anyway?
[03:23] Chihaya
I made Class B in the
tournament during spring break.
[03:26] Taichi
At this rate, it'll take you another
three years to make Class A.
[03:30] Taichi
Why don't you just stick with track?
[03:32] Taichi
Instead of hanging around in
Class B for three more years...
[03:37] Taichi
What was that for?!
[03:40] Taichi
You're just as violent
as you used to be.
[03:44] Girl
Ta-kun!
[03:47] Girl
You're late!
[03:49] Girl
I came all the way here
to show you my uniform!
[03:51] Taichi
Sorry.
SIGN She calls him Ta-kun?
[03:53] Chihaya
Ta-kun?
[03:54] Girl
Wanna go somewhere?
[04:00] Chihaya
Taichi!
[04:03] Chihaya
If I win the tournament on
Sunday and make Class A,
[04:07] Chihaya
you have to help me
start a karuta club!
[04:09] Taichi
Wh-What are you talking about?
[04:12] Taichi
Do you have any idea how hard it
is to make Class A in Tokyo?
[04:14] Chihaya
Promise!
[04:15] Taichi
Hey, wait!
[04:15] Girl
Umm, who is she, Ta-kun?
[04:18] Taichi
Hey!
[04:24] Chihaya
I'll make him pay for getting
himself a girlfriend!
[04:29] Chihaya
I need to tell somebody! Anybody!
[04:31] Chihaya
She was calling Taichi "Ta-kun"!
[04:35] [Messenger] [SIGN]
Wataya Arata - Home in Fukui
[04:41] [Messenger] [SIGN]
Wataya Arata - Home in Fukui
SIGN Bunkyo City
Otsuka Karuta Memorial Hall
[04:56] Taichi
And here I am.
[04:58] Taichi
I couldn't forget.
[05:08] Harada
Eye! Eye! Eye!
[05:10] Harada
Eyebrows!
[05:11] Taichi
Dr. Harada, I can't believe
you actually recognized me.
[05:14] Harada
You've grown so big!
[05:16] Harada
Are your armpits and
pubes all bushy now?
[05:19] Harada
But not as bushy as your eyebrows?
[05:22] Person A
Excuse me.
[05:24] Person A
Could you be quiet while
they're memorizing the cards.
[05:26] Harada
Oh, my bad.
[05:27] Harada
You already started.
[05:30] Harada
I see. You're here to
cheer for Chihaya-chan.
[05:33] Taichi
Yeah, I guess.
[05:39] Taichi
Looks pretty tense in there.
[05:42] Taichi
They have to win if they want
to advance to the next class.
[05:45] Harada
Yes, it's especially hard
on the Class B players.
[05:48] Harada
There are many strong players
who spend years in Class B
[05:50] ---
because they can't rack up enough wins.
[05:54] Harada
Everyone's trying as hard as they
can to reach the next level.
[05:57] (Flashback) Chihaya
If I win the tournament
and make Class A,
[06:00] (Flashback) Chihaya
you have to help me
start a karuta club!
[06:02] Taichi
It's gonna take you a
while to make Class A.
[06:13] Harada
Eyebrows, I heard that you're in the
same high school as Chihaya-chan?
[06:17] Taichi
Yes.
[06:19] Harada
There isn't a karuta club, is there?
[06:22] Harada
You should come practice
with the Shiranami Society.
[06:25] Taichi
No...
[06:25] Taichi
Well, I'm thinking about
joining the soccer team.
SIGN Please be quiet during matches
[06:29] Harada
Eyebrows!
[06:31] Harada
You don't want to turn into
a two-timing bastard
[06:33] Harada
or you'll never become a Master!
[06:37] Taichi
Stop it.
[06:39] Taichi
That's not my goal.
[06:44] Taichi
Doctor...
[06:46] Taichi
I played karuta in middle school.
[06:49] Taichi
It was just a small club, though.
[06:51] Taichi
I practiced and became
better little by little,
[06:56] Taichi
but I always knew, deep down,
[07:01] Taichi
that I could spend my
entire youth on karuta
[07:05] Taichi
without ever becoming
better than Arata.
[07:09] [POEM] Reader
Naniwa Bay, now the flower
blooms, but for winter
[07:15] Harada
They're starting.
[07:16] [POEM] Reader
Here comes spring,
now the flower blooms
[07:24] [POEM] Reader
Here comes spring,
now the flower blooms
[07:31] [POEM] Reader
So spring ends...
[07:36] Harada
Yes!
[07:37] Taichi
Why is she yelling?
[07:39] Taichi
Did you teach her to do that?
[07:41] Harada
Not under normal circumstances,
[07:43] Harada
but I gave her a few tips since
she wanted to win so badly.
[07:47] Harada
If someone challenges her,
she's supposed to complain
[07:51] ---
loud enough that everyone in the room can hear.
[07:53] [POEM] Reader
The hazy early morning light comes not from the moon
[07:55] Harada
The point is to overwhelm her opponent.
[07:58] Taichi
Is she really so obsessed with winning?
[08:02] Harada
When Chihaya-chan entered middle school...
[08:22] (Flashback) Harada
Why track?
[08:25] (Flashback) ---
There a reason for choosing that.
[08:31] (Flashback) Chihaya
You know how you're supposed to start
running when you hear the starter pistol fire?
[08:34] (Flashback) Chihaya
It reminds me of karuta.
[08:36] (Flashback) Harada
Huh?
[08:38] (Flashback) Chihaya
It'll also help me get in shape.
[08:40] (Flashback) Chihaya
Everything is for karuta.
[08:46] Harada
"Spend your entire youth
without becoming stronger"?
[08:51] Harada
Eyebrows,
[08:53] Harada
hold that thought for now.
[08:58] [POEM] Reader
The night was young...
[09:01] Harada
Yes!
[09:02] Harada
She's made it past the third round!
[09:04] Chihaya
Thank you very much.
[09:08] Person A
Thank you very much.
[09:10] Chihaya
I apologize for raising my
voice during the match.
[09:23] Taichi
What?
[09:24] Taichi
An okay sign?
[09:25] Harada
That's the chocolate sign.
[09:27] Taichi
Chocolate sign?
[09:28] Harada
Eyebrows, run down to
the convenience store
[09:30] ---
and buy some chocolate!
[09:31] Taichi
Huh? What?
[09:32] Harada
Hurry! Go!
SIGN Temporarily Closed
Sorry!!
[09:42] Taichi
I don't believe this.
[09:44] Taichi
"Convenience" my foot!
[09:46] Taichi
Are there any other shops around here?
[09:51] Taichi
Go-Godi—
SIGN Temporarily Closed
Sorry!!
SIGN Temporarily Closed
Sorry!!
[10:04] Person A
Welcome!
[10:12] Taichi
Hey!
[10:13] Taichi
Savor them, will you?!
[10:14] Taichi
Don't eat three of them at once!
[10:17] Chihaya
These are good, Taichi.
[10:19] Chihaya
So many different flavors!
[10:23] Harada
Karuta tournaments are
long and grueling.
[10:26] Harada
You have to memorize the
positions of fifty cards,
[10:28] ---
then forget them.
[10:30] Harada
Memorize, then forget.
[10:33] Harada
The longest tournaments require
you to play seven matches,
[10:36] ---
from morning till night,
before there can be a winner.
[10:40] Harada
Your brain will burn through
the sugar in your body,
[10:42] Harada
and you can lose up to three kilograms.
[10:45] Harada
So players eat chocolate
to recharge themselves.
[10:48] Harada
Right, Chihaya-chan?
[10:51] Taichi
Anyway, you've gotten a lot better.
[10:54] Taichi
I was actually surprised.
[10:57] Taichi
Huh?
[10:58] Taichi
She's already asleep?!
[11:01] Harada
What's scary is that Chihaya-chan
sleeps with her eyes open,
SIGN Open
[11:06] Harada
but that's what I like about her.
[11:20] Chihaya
You're so kind, Taichi.
[11:23] Taichi
I-I'm just making sure that nobody
has to see your ugly mug.
[11:26] Harada
You're so kind...
[11:37] Chihaya
Taichi.
[11:38] Taichi
Hmm?
[11:40] Chihaya
Sorry about forcing you into
making a karuta club with me.
[11:45] Chihaya
But watch.
[11:47] Chihaya
I'm going to win, so watch me.
[11:54] Harada
Eyebrows, we're allowed to
watch the final match inside.
[11:58] Taichi
I'll pass.
I can't do anything if I'm inside.
[12:02] Harada
Then I'll join you outside.
[12:06] Harada
I'm already sick of looking at
her opponent, Yasuda-kun's face.
[12:10] Harada
However, he will be a formidable foe.
[12:12] Harada
He has the ability, but he's been
stuck in Class B for three years.
[12:16] Harada
He's fired up this time.
[12:18] Harada
I dare say that his card
positioning is perfect.
[12:21] Person A
Yasuda-san's gonna win this.
[12:23] Person B
I don't see him losing to some
random high school girl.
[12:26] Person C
Just look at the way he's
spreading out the cards
[12:28] ---
that start with the same syllables.
[12:30] Person D
How many cards will he beat her by?
SIGN the red that is the Tatsuta River
SIGN Team Chihayafuru
[12:41] Chihaya
Please be there for me.
[12:46] [POEM] Reader
Naniwa Bay, now the flower
blooms, but for winter
[12:53] [POEM] Reader
Here comes spring,
now the flower blooms
[12:58] Chihaya
Okay.
[12:59] Chihaya
Let's do this.
[13:01] [POEM] Reader
Here comes spring,
now the flower blooms
[13:08] [POEM] Reader
In order to restore...
[13:13] [POEM] Reader
The emotions experienced
after a long-awaited reunion
[13:22] [POEM] Reader
Im—
SIGN the red that is the Tatsuta River
[13:26] [POEM] Reader
—passioned vows exchanged
over many a tear shed to last
SIGN until the day waves crash over Mount Suenomatsu
[13:40] Taichi
As soon as he heard "Im,"
he went for the
[13:42] ---
"Impassionate gods" card
on the opposite side.
[13:44] Taichi
Once he heard it was "Impassioned vows",
[13:46] ---
he switched to the correct
card on his own side.
[13:49] Harada
Yasuda-kun is known for
his precise aggression.
[13:52] Harada
He's putting pressure on Chihaya-chan,
since she usually starts slow.
[13:57] Taichi
Chihaya.
[14:00] Yasuda
I know you well, Ayase Chihaya-chan.
[14:04] Yasuda
"Impassionate" is your best card.
[14:08] Yasuda
Once I've taken away
your favorite card,
[14:11] Yasuda
it will be easy to break
your 15-year-old spirit.
[14:14] [POEM] Reader
until the day waves crash
over Mount Suenomatsu
[14:16] Yasuda
But I don't want to look her in the eyes.
[14:22] [POEM] Reader
Since I could not hide...
[14:25] Taichi
Yes! She took a card from
the opponent's side!
SIGN the red that is the Tatsuta River
[14:40] Taichi
Doctor, she gave him
the "Chihaya" card.
[14:43] Harada
It makes perfect sense, Eyebrows.
[14:45] Taichi
Huh?
[14:46] Harada
I teach aggressive karuta.
[14:49] Harada
The objective is to take cards
from the opponent's side.
[14:53] Taichi
But isn't it risky to give
a strong opponent her best card?
[14:57] Harada
That's the one card Chihaya-chan
will always win.
[15:05] Chihaya
I'm going to win,
so watch over me,
[15:07] Chihaya
Taichi,
[15:08] Chihaya
Arata!
[15:09] [POEM] Reader
All alone...
[15:11] Person A
That was fast!
[15:12] Person B
Wow.
[15:16] [POEM] Reader
Would the mountain...
SIGN the red that is the Tatsuta River
[15:22] Chihaya
He passed it back!
[15:28] [POEM] Reader
As the first frost...
SIGN the red that is the Tatsuta River
[15:33] [POEM] Reader
My fear is that you...
SIGN the red that is the Tatsuta River
[15:49] Taichi
They keep passing around
the "Chihaya" card.
[15:53] Harada
Yasuda-kun is being really stubborn.
[15:56] Harada
I guess he doesn't want to let
Chihaya-chan have an advantage.
[15:59] [POEM] Reader
The sight of the lonely...
[16:01] Person A
Such intensity!
[16:03] Person B
That girl is holding her
own against Yasuda-san!
[16:12] [POEM] Reader
While autumn leaves...
[16:15] [POEM] Reader
I feel that my...
[16:17] Taichi
He took another card!
SIGN the red that is the Tatsuta River
[16:23] Taichi
Chihaya...
[16:31] Taichi
Huh?
[16:33] Chihaya
He's good.
[16:34] Chihaya
And that's not all...
[16:37] Chihaya
He truly loves karuta!
[16:42] [POEM] Reader
Since the dew atop...
[16:45] [POEM] Reader
For you, I would have given...
[16:50] [POEM] Reader
A mountain village...
[16:59] Taichi
It looks fun.
[17:01] Taichi
It looks like you're
having fun, Chihaya.
[17:06] Taichi
Is it because you're
the one who's playing?
[17:10] Taichi
Was it fun because we were the
ones you were playing with?
SIGN the red that is the Tatsuta River
[17:32] [POEM] Reader
are joined at river's end
[17:42] [POEM] Reader
Impassionate gods...
SIGN the red that is the Tatsuta River
[18:06] Taichi
She beat him!
[18:12] Chihaya
Thank you very much!
[18:14] Yasuda
Thank you very much.
[18:30] Chihaya
Let's play!
[18:32] Chihaya
Let's play karuta, Taichi!
[18:34] Chihaya
Let's play!
[18:37] Chihaya
We can improve together!
[18:42] Chihaya
If we have each other,
we can become strong!
[18:56] Chihaya
Okay. Stay right here, Taichi.
[18:58] Taichi
Huh?
[19:04] Chihaya
It's okay for me to
call Arata now, right?
[19:07] Taichi
Huh?
[19:09] Chihaya
I have to tell him that I made Class A.
[19:19] Chihaya
Arata...
[19:27] Chihaya
Arata, guess what?
[19:29] Chihaya
I...
[19:33] Chihaya
Listen up, Arata.
[19:35] Chihaya
I...
[19:40] Arata
Hello, this is Wataya.
[19:42] Chihaya
Arata?!
[19:43] Chihaya
It's me, Chihaya!
[19:45] Chihaya
Ayase Chihaya!
[19:46] Chihaya
Taichi's also here!
[19:47] Chihaya
I made Class A today!
[19:50] Chihaya
I worked so hard!
[19:52] Chihaya
There are so many things...
[19:54] Chihaya
Taichi and I are at
the same high school!
[19:56] Chihaya
He got himself a girlfriend
who calls him Ta-kun!
[19:59] Chihaya
Can you believe it?
[20:00] Chihaya
Oh, Dr. Harada's doing great!
[20:03] Chihaya
...I have to tell you, Arata.
[20:09] Chihaya
Hey, Arata...
[20:12] Chihaya
How strong are you now?
[20:20] Arata
Could you stop?
[20:25] Arata
Sorry, but don't call me again.
[20:28] Arata
I stopped playing karuta.
[20:32] Chihaya
Huh?
[20:38] Taichi
What did Arata say?
[20:42] Taichi
Hey, Chihaya?
SIGN the red that is the Tatsuta River
[20:45] (Flashback) Arata
My dream is to become
[20:48] (Flashback) Arata
a karuta Master.
[20:50] (Flashback) Arata
I-I won't let anyone take
a single card off me.
[20:54] (Flashback) Arata
I wouldn't show mercy if I
were playing a 5-year-old.
[20:57] (Flashback) Arata
Thank you for playing karuta with me!
[21:00] (Flashback) Arata
Chihaya, Taichi...
[21:03] (Flashback) Arata
I stopped playing karuta.
[21:11] Chihaya
I always thought that the three
of us would be reunited.
[21:17] Chihaya
I thought that we would never change.
E5 - The Sight of a Midnight Moon
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[00:02] (Flashback) Arata
Sorry, but don't call me again.
[00:06] (Flashback) Arata
I stopped playing karuta.
[00:12] Chihaya
Hurry up!
[00:19] Taichi
You're the one who showed up late!
[00:23] Chihaya
It's not my fault!
[00:24] Chihaya
I couldn't fall asleep last night.
[00:26] Taichi
Man, you're like a little kid on
the night before a field trip.
[00:30] Taichi
You owe me juice.
[00:31] Chihaya
What?
[00:34] Chihaya
This.
[00:35] Chihaya
Can I get this and also the manju?
[00:37] Taichi
Hmm?
[00:37] Taichi
I already bought a gift for him.
[00:41] Chihaya
I'm going to eat these.
[00:43] Person A
Thank you very much.
[00:45] Taichi
I don't think it was
[00:47] ---
worth borrowing money from
your sister to make this trip.
[00:53] Taichi
Are you really that worried?
[00:58] (Flashback) Arata
Sorry, but don't call me again.
[01:01] (Flashback) Chihaya
Huh?
[01:02] (Flashback) Arata
I stopped playing karuta.
[01:08] Chihaya
An unfamiliar deep voice...
[01:11] Chihaya
with a Fukui accent.
[01:14] Chihaya
If I don't go see him now,
[01:16] Chihaya
I'll never see him again.
SIGN Chihaya Furu
SIGN Verse 5
SIGN The Sight
of a
Midnight
Moon
[02:34] Taichi
Hey, Chihaya!
[02:35] Taichi
It's Mt. Fuji!
[02:37] Taichi
Sure is beautiful.
[02:41] Chihaya
Ow!
[02:42] Chihaya
What was that for, Taichi?!
[02:43] Taichi
Sorry, my legs are too long!
[02:46] Chihaya
Mine are even longer!
[02:48] Taichi
We're on a trip!
Why don't you take in the scenery?
[02:53] Taichi
Arata probably found a different hobby.
SIGN Ginza Superstar Sablé
[02:56] Taichi
That's normal.
[02:58] Taichi
It's not a reason to go see him.
[02:59] Chihaya
Y-You heartless bastard!
[03:01] Taichi
Men don't get touchy-feely
with each other.
[03:07] Taichi
So, Chihaya...
[03:09] Chihaya
Huh?
[03:10] Taichi
Is there someone you like?
[03:14] Chihaya
Dr. Harada!
[03:16] Taichi
Hah?!
[03:17] Chihaya
I try to give him chocolate on
Valentine's every year, but...
[03:19] Harada
No, I have my wife!
[03:21] Taichi
You shouldn't be giving her
a serious reply, Dr. Harada.
[03:26] Taichi
That wouldn't be considered love!
[03:29] Chihaya
What would be love then?
[03:31] Taichi
Love is when...!
[03:38] Taichi
It isn't fun to be with that person.
[03:41] Chihaya
What?!
[03:42] Chihaya
You don't have fun when you're
with your girlfriend?!
[03:45] Taichi
I have fun.
[03:47] Taichi
She listens to me, and she's sweet.
[03:49] Chihaya
So you just wanted to brag?
[03:51] Chihaya
You should have taken
her on a date then.
[03:53] Chihaya
Instead of wasting a day
off on a trip to Fukui.
[03:57] Chihaya
What?!
[03:59] Taichi
She's ticking me off.
[04:01] Taichi
You can't even buy a train
ticket by yourself!
[04:04] Chihaya
Oh! I forgot about that!
[04:09] Taichi
It's when nothing goes
the way you want.
[04:11] Chihaya
Hurry up!
[04:12] Taichi
There's no need to run!
SIGN Shirasaki
SIGN Kanezawa
[04:18] Taichi
You're not having fun...
[04:20] Chihaya
I wanted the window seat!
[04:21] Taichi
Pipe down! What's the difference?!
[04:30] Taichi
And yet...
[04:33] Taichi
You still want to be with her.
[04:43] Taichi
We're here!
[04:49] Taichi
If Arata's still living at the same address
[04:50] Taichi
that was on his New Year's
card from two years ago,
[04:52] Taichi
it shouldn't be that far-
[04:54] Taichi
Chihaya?
[04:55] Chihaya
Huh? What?
[04:57] Taichi
Let's find a taxi.
[05:11] Chihaya
This is Fukui.
[05:14] Chihaya
This is where Arata lives.
[05:19] Chihaya
Arata.
[05:26] Chihaya
We're finally here.
SIGN Wataya
[05:29] Taichi
G-Go on, Chihaya.
[05:31] Chihaya
Y-You go first.
[05:33] Taichi
You're seriously starting
to piss me off!
[05:36] Taichi
Why are you so quiet now?!
[05:38] Chihaya
You said that men don't get
touchy-feely with each other!
[05:39] Taichi
I-I'm still nervous!
[05:42] Chihaya
Huh?! Why?!
[05:44] (Flashback) Arata
Mashima, you're...
[05:47] (Flashback) Arata
...a coward.
SIGN Coward
[05:49] Arata
A little girl wouldn't understand.
[05:51] Chihaya
What's that?
[05:52] Chihaya
Stop trying to act all tough!
[05:53] Kids
She looks like a supermodel.
[05:56] Yuu
Excuse me!
[06:00] Yuu
Is something wrong?
[06:02] Yuu
I live next door.
[06:04] Chihaya
W-We're from Tokyo!
[06:06] Yuu
Arata?! Are you Arata's friends?!
[06:09] Chihaya
Yes! We were friends when
Arata lived in Tokyo!
[06:12] Yuu
Arata works at the bookstore by
the station during this time of day.
[06:16] Chihaya
The station!
[06:17] Chihaya
Let's go, Taichi!
[06:19] Chihaya
Back the way we came!
[06:20] Chihaya
The station wasn't that far away!
[06:21] Chihaya
Let's run!
[06:22] Taichi
I guess it's faster than
calling for another taxi.
[06:25] Taichi
And we have to save money
for the train ride home...
[06:28] Chihaya
Oh, I'm Chihaya.
[06:30] Chihaya
Thank you for telling us where he is.
[06:32] Chihaya
Okay, Taichi.
Let's go!
[06:34] Taichi
Hey, Chihaya!
[06:36] Taichi
Thanks.
[06:44] Taichi
Chihaya!
[06:46] Taichi
There's no need to run!
[06:50] Chihaya
But we have to hurry!
[06:51] Taichi
You're just gonna stand
outside the store anyway!
[07:05] Taichi
Anyway, Fukui's really something.
[07:07] Taichi
April's almost over, but the
cherry's are still blossoming.
[07:22] Chihaya
Do I want to see Arata?
[07:27] Chihaya
Or do I not want to see Arata?
[07:39] Taichi
I don't really care either way.
[07:41] Taichi
We can go home right now.
[07:43] Chihaya
Huh?
[08:08] Chihaya
Huh?
[08:31] Taichi
Are you okay, Chihaya?!
[08:38] Arata
Chihaya?
[08:41] Chihaya
I've missed you!
[08:43] Chihaya
I've missed you!
[08:49] Chihaya
I've missed you...
[09:00] Yuu
I'll leave a change of clothes here.
[09:03] Chihaya
Oh, okay.
[09:12] Taichi
What am I supposed to do with this?
[09:17] Yuu
Arata?
[09:20] Yuu
I'll be going home now.
[09:21] Arata
Okay.
[09:23] Arata
Sorry about this, Yuu.
[09:26] Taichi
U-Uh...
[09:29] Taichi
Uh, this is a Tokyo specialty.
[09:34] Taichi
Please take some.
[09:36] Yuu
Thank you...
[09:39] Yuu
Bye.
[09:44] Taichi
You've grown quite a bit.
[09:46] Taichi
How tall are you?
[09:48] Arata
173.
[09:49] Taichi
I lost by a centimeter!
[09:50] Taichi
O-Oh, what a coincidence.
[09:53] Taichi
I'm also 173.
[09:57] Arata
Sure you aren't rounding?
[09:59] Arata
You were always a coward.
[10:04] Chihaya
Th-Thank you for letting
me use your bath.
[10:07] Taichi
Huh?
[10:08] Taichi
Why did you wash your hair?!
[10:11] Chihaya
The back of my head
was covered in dirt!
[10:13] Chihaya
But my panties were okay!
[10:14] Taichi
Don't mention your panties!
[10:16] Taichi
Are you still in grade school?!
[10:16] Chihaya
Huh? What's wrong?
[10:18] Chihaya
They're my panties!
[10:19] Taichi
My point is...
[10:19] Arata
You can wear those clothes home.
[10:23] Arata
Once your hair dries, leave.
[10:24] Chihaya
Huh?
[10:34] Taichi
Chihaya, let's go.
[10:37] Chihaya
Wait!
[10:38] Chihaya
I wrote a letter for Arata!
[10:40] Taichi
A letter?
[10:42] Taichi
When we came all the way up here?
[10:44] Chihaya
Well, I figured that I
wouldn't know what to say,
[10:46] Chihaya
so it would be easier if I had
something to read off of!
[10:48] Chihaya
Here it is!
[10:55] Chihaya
Let's play karuta together
with the three of us!
[11:01] Chihaya
Can we use this room?
[11:05] Taichi
Chihaya?
[11:07] Chihaya
My favorite moment when playing karuta
[11:10] Chihaya
comes right before 25 cards are given
to each player and they're revealed.
[11:16] Chihaya
I get so excited when I picture
the good things to come.
[11:20] Chihaya
I picture myself winning.
[11:23] Chihaya
Isn't it the same for you?
[11:26] Chihaya
We were split up when we
started middle school,
[11:30] Chihaya
but I'm sure that you still
played karuta by yourself.
[11:34] Chihaya
You were getting better every day.
[11:36] Chihaya
I always believed-
[11:42] Arata
Don't you understand Japanese?
[11:49] Arata
I stopped playing karuta.
[11:52] Arata
I can't play.
[11:54] Chihaya
Huh?
[12:03] (Flashback) Harada
Glasses's grandfather
is an Eternal Master
[12:06] (Flashback) ---
who's famous in the karuta world.
[12:08] (Flashback) Harada
I immediately knew that his
grandfather had taught him the game.
[12:14] Chihaya
Arata...
[12:14] Taichi
That's a load of crap!
[12:19] Chihaya
Taichi!
[12:20] Taichi
Let's leave!
[12:23] Taichi
There's no point in
trying to talk to him.
[12:25] Taichi
This isn't the Arata we knew.
[12:28] Chihaya
That's not true!
[12:29] Chihaya
He must have a reason!
[12:31] Chihaya
I believe him!
[12:33] Taichi
If you believe him,
don't press the issue!
[12:39] Taichi
We didn't come here to see
you kick karuta cards!
[12:42] Taichi
We won't come back!
[12:52] Chihaya
Wait!
[12:54] Chihaya
Wait up, Taichi!
[12:55] Chihaya
Taichi!
[12:59] Taichi
Chihaya! Hey!
[13:09] Yuu
Don't leave these behind!
[13:13] Yuu
Take them with you!
[13:28] Chihaya
I was never good at anything.
I never had any dreams...
[13:35] Chihaya
But Arata told me that if I become
the best karuta player in Japan,
[13:41] Chihaya
I would be the best in the world.
[13:45] Chihaya
If I can be the best in
the world at something,
[13:49] Chihaya
I think it's worth a shot.
[13:54] Chihaya
Why...
SIGN as my sleeves are wet with dew
[13:56] Chihaya
Why did Arata stop playing karuta?
[14:00] Chihaya
Did he really quit?!
[14:03] Chihaya
What happened?!
[14:04] Chihaya
Tell me!
[14:20] Yuu
Arata's grandfather, Mr. Wataya,
was an Eternal Karuta Master,
[14:26] Yuu
and he was the one who taught
Arata to play karuta.
[14:31] Yuu
Arata loved his grandfather so much.
[14:34] Yuu
Then, four years ago,
[14:37] Yuu
his grandfather had a stroke.
[14:41] Yuu
Arata was there to take
care of his grandfather.
[14:44] Yuu
He worked hard to help
with rehabilitation.
[14:49] Yuu
But one day, when Arata
was supposed to be home,
[14:53] Yuu
his grandfather suffered a relapse.
[14:59] Person A
Wataya-kun!
[15:00] Person A
Hurry home!
[15:03] Person A
Your grandfather suffered an attack!
[15:15] Arata
Grandpa...
SIGN Champion Wataya Arata
[15:17] Yuu
Arata had gone to a tournament
to reach Class A!
[15:27] Yuu
Arata hasn't touched a card since.
[15:32] Yuu
He can't do it.
[15:43] (Flashback) Arata
Hey, Grandpa.
[15:45] (Flashback) Arata
How come you can take cards so fast?
[15:50] (Flashback) Arata
You move for the
"Would the" and "Would this"
[15:52] (Flashback) ---
cards after hearing "would"?
[15:54] (Flashback) Arata
Why?
[15:55] (Flashback) Arata
Come on, how can you tell?
[15:58] (Flashback) Grandma
Well, I suppose it's thanks
to the karuta god.
[16:04] (Flashback) Arata
The karuta god?
[16:07] (Flashback) Grandma
If you love karuta and
play it every day,
[16:12] (Flashback) Grandma
the karuta god will sometimes whisper
the next syllable in your ear.
[16:19] (Flashback) Grandma
You see, my love of karuta is still
[16:22] (Flashback) Grandma
just as strong as yours.
[16:27] Arata
If there truly is a karuta god,
[16:33] Arata
he would look just like Grandpa.
[16:45] (Flashback) Chihaya
Wait!
[16:46] (Flashback) Chihaya
I wrote a letter for Arata!
SIGN If Arata has a cell phone, get his number!! Important!
SIGN Ask if he received my New Year's card this year... The one I screwed up
[17:05] Chihaya
Ask if he received my New
Year's card this year.
SIGN Dr. Harada wants me to send
him a picture of Arata.
[17:09] Chihaya
Dr. Harada wants me to send
him a picture of Arata.
[17:13] Chihaya
Will I be able to meet Arata
at a Kyoto tournament?
[17:17] Chihaya
My sister's going to be on a quiz show.
[17:19] Chihaya
But only mention this if I
have nothing else to say.
[17:26] Arata
This is the letter?
[17:31] Chihaya
I believe that Arata
is like a karuta god.
[17:37] Chihaya
The longer we're apart,
the more you seem like a god.
[17:46] Arata
I'm no god.
[17:51] Arata
I'm nothing special.
[18:09] Arata
I'm no god.
SIGN Dr. Harada wants me to send
him a picture of Arata.
SIGN Will I be able to meet Arata
at a Kyoto tournament?
[18:12] Arata
But I want to be your friend.
[18:28] Taichi
Chihaya!
[18:29] Taichi
Trains are considered public places.
[18:31] Taichi
Can you act like a human being?
[18:36] Chihaya
I shouldn't have come.
[18:47] Chihaya
Sorry, Taichi.
[18:49] Chihaya
We shouldn't have come to see him!
[19:06] Taichi
Chihaya?
[19:13] Arata
Chihaya!
[19:15] Arata
Taichi!
[19:18] Chihaya
Arata! Arata!
[19:20] Taichi
Arata!
[19:22] Taichi
We can't open this?!
[19:28] Arata
I didn't want you to come see me...
[19:32] Arata
I didn't want you to
see what I've become!
[19:54] Arata
But...
[19:55] Arata
I really missed you.
[20:10] Taichi
Chihaya?
[20:14] Chihaya
I'm so glad...
[20:16] Taichi
Huh?
[20:18] Chihaya
He doesn't hate it!
[20:21] Chihaya
It's not that Arata hates karuta now!
[20:29] Taichi
Don't sit down on the floor.
[20:32] Taichi
And stop babbling Arata.
[20:35] Chihaya
But...
[20:36] Taichi
And don't get snot everywhere!
Suck it up.
[20:43] Taichi
Could you hear Arata's voice?
[20:47] (Flashback) Chihaya
If I can be the best in
the world at something,
[20:50] (Flashback) Chihaya
I think it's worth a shot.
[20:57] Taichi
I'll help you start a karuta club.
[21:00] Chihaya
Huh?
[21:02] Taichi
If Arata's coming back,
[21:04] Taichi
we'll need to make the best
karuta club in Japan,
[21:08] Taichi
and wait for his return.
SIGN Let's start a competitive karuta club!
SIGN Please come see Ayase Chihaya in class 1-2!!
E6 - Now Bloom Inside the Nine-fold Palace
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[00:13] Person A
What's that?
[00:14] Person B
A tatami?
[00:16] Person A
Isn't that Ayase Chihaya?
[00:18] Person B
Ayase?
[00:19] Person A
You know?
[00:20] ---
The one who was putting up
that karuta club poster.
[00:22] Person C
Oh, "Beauty in vain."
[00:24] Person D
Isn't that Mashima from
Class 1 with her?
[00:27] Person E
Mashima, as in the one who had
[00:29] ---
the top score in our grade on the last test?
[00:30] Person A
Huh? A karuta club?
[00:32] Person B
When they're both so famous...
[00:34] Person C
All in vain...
[00:35] Person C
Club in vain...
[00:38] Taichi
Chihaya, we're attracting
too much attention.
[00:40] Person A
Hey, where's Oe-san?
[00:42] Person B
She was here a moment ago...
[00:45] Person C
Is she skipping practice again?
[00:46] Person C
The captain will have a fit.
[00:55] [POEM] Kana
So spring ends and summer comes
[01:01] [POEM] Kana
now white robes hang to
dry on Mount Amanokagu
[01:05] Person A
Oe-san! Where did you go?
[01:08] Person B
Oe-san!
[01:10] Person C
The upperclassmen are throwing a fit!
[01:12] Kana
I-I'm sorry!
SIGN Chihaya Furu
SIGN Verse 6
SIGN Now
Bloom
Inside
the
Ninefold
Palace
[02:35] Chihaya
This is it.
[02:36] Taichi
Huh?
[02:55] Chihaya
We finally made it!
[02:57] Taichi
This is our clubroom?
[02:59] Chihaya
Yeah.
[03:00] ---
I kept begging the Empress and
she finally gave it to us.
[03:03] Taichi
It's a storage room.
[03:05] Taichi
There's dust everywhere.
[03:06] Chihaya
Don't complain!
[03:08] Chihaya
It's quiet.
Perfect for playing karuta!
[03:11] Chihaya
Okay, back we go!
[03:12] Chihaya
We need three more!
[03:14] Taichi
What? This is enough...
[03:17] Chihaya
How can you say that,
[03:18] Chihaya
after the nice man agreed
to share these with us?!
[03:22] Chihaya
Once we have five members,
we'll be recognized as an official club,
[03:24] ---
and they'll even assign us a teacher!
[03:27] Taichi
Can we even find three more people?
[03:29] Chihaya
We can!
[03:30] Chihaya
We absolutely can!
[03:32] Taichi
Now look, Chihaya.
[03:34] Chihaya
Hmm?
[03:35] Taichi
Do we really need more members?
[03:39] Taichi
I was pretty surprised.
[03:41] Taichi
I never knew that was how you felt.
[03:44] (Flashback) Chihaya
If I can be the best in
the world at something,
[03:48] (Flashback) Chihaya
I think it's worth a shot.
[03:52] Taichi
Your goal is to become the Queen, right?
[03:53] Chihaya
Huh?
[03:55] Chihaya
Y-Yeah...
[03:57] Taichi
You're not serious about
this at all, are you?!
[03:59] Taichi
You were just following Arata's lead!
[04:09] Chihaya
Anyway!
[04:10] Chihaya
We have to carry three
more tatami mats over!
[04:12] Chihaya
Then we practice!
[04:14] Taichi
Right. Yeah, yeah.
[04:20] Captain
What's Oe-san like?
SIGN Archery Club
[04:22] Person A
No idea. She's always
reading old books by herself.
[04:25] Person B
She was born in the wrong era.
[04:29] Kana
I'm sorry,
[04:31] Kana
but I can't do it!
[04:33] Kana
Why must I run in a hakama?
[04:36] Kana
That would be so embarrassing!
[04:39] Kana
And I'll never be able to
hit a target with an arrow!
[04:43] Kana
I just want to wear
traditional clothes!
SIGN Let's start a competitive karuta club! Please come see Ayase Chihaya in class 1-2!!
[04:58] Kana
Ayase Chihaya-san in class 1-2...
[05:03] Kana
The lovely girl who
turns heads everywhere
[05:07] Kana
is looking for people who know
the poems of the Hundred Poets.
[05:13] Chihaya
Oh, dear. You took
another card off me.
[05:18] Kana
You're still very strong, Lady Chihaya.
[05:21] Kana
I should have knocked
on this door instead!
[05:34] Kana
I thought that Ms. Miyauchi was
using the old student council room.
[05:40] Kana
Oh, no...
[05:41] Kana
What if they already
have too many members?
[05:43] [POEM] Reader
when people and grass grow scarce
[05:54] [POEM] Reader
Rain takes...
SIGN leaving a hovering mist above the trees and grass
[06:01] Kana
Huh?!
[06:03] Taichi
You're too good at
first-syllable cards.
[06:07] Kana
Huh? Huh?
[06:09] [POEM] Reader
The storm blasts...
[06:12] Kana
Wait... What...
[06:13] [POEM] Reader
I wish I could show...
[06:15] Kana
What is this?
[06:16] [POEM] Reader
My fear is not of...
[06:23] Kana
Don't tell me that...
[06:25] Kana
...this is karuta?!
[06:29] Both
Thank you very much!
[06:32] Chihaya
I won!
[06:33] Chihaya
But you're actually pretty good.
[06:36] Chihaya
You took a bunch of cards
in the first half.
[06:38] Taichi
I think I've figured out
why you always start slow.
[06:42] Chihaya
Huh?
[06:43] Taichi
You rely on the advantage
of your ears so much
[06:45] Taichi
that you haven't learned how
to memorize card positions.
[06:47] Taichi
You still can't memorize
where the cards are.
[06:49] Chihaya
That's not true.
[06:50] Chihaya
Today was just a fluke.
[06:52] Chihaya
I have no trouble in the first
half at the Shiranami Society.
[06:54] Taichi
You've only been practicing at
the Shiranami Society, right?
[06:58] Taichi
People who train together tend to use the
same positioning techniques, so it's easier.
[07:01] Taichi
Against me, you kept
touching the wrong cards.
[07:04] Taichi
So in other words,
[07:06] Taichi
you're an idiot.
[07:08] Chihaya
Yet you lost to that idiot!
[07:10] Chihaya
Idiot!
[07:10] Taichi
You even talk like an idiot, idiot.
[07:14] Chihaya
Oh?
[07:15] Kana
Huh?
[07:17] Chihaya
Huh?
[07:18] Chihaya
Welcome!
[07:22] Chihaya
Wait!
[07:30] Kana
I'm sorry! I'm sorry! I'm sorry!
[07:31] Chihaya
Why are you running away?!
[07:33] Chihaya
Are you here because you're
interested in karuta?!
[07:35] Chihaya
Do you like karuta?!
[07:38] Kana
Y-Yes, I guess...
[07:46] Kana
As you already know,
[07:48] ---
the Ogura Hundred Poets lived
during the Kamakura period.
[07:51] Kana
Fujiwara no Teika
[07:52] Kana
compiled them by taking one poem
each from 100 of the best poets,
[07:54] Kana
in chronological order from
Emperor Tenji to the Retired Emperor Juntoku
[07:59] Kana
to decorate the sliding doors
at the Ogura mountain villa,
[08:04] Kana
the summer home of the general
and poet Utsunomiya Yoritsuna.
[08:08] Kana
I love the backstory.
[08:10] Kana
Many of the selected poems
were ornamental in nature,
[08:14] Kana
because they were meant
to be used as decoration.
[08:17] Kana
His judgment was wonderful!
[08:19] Kana
Seventy-nine male poets!
[08:21] Kana
Twenty-one female poets!
[08:23] Kana
I paid particular attention
to the poems by the women!
[08:27] Kana
You can feel the seasons
and modesty in a way
[08:30] ---
that can't be found in modern poetry!
[08:34] Kana
The beauty in each word
[08:35] ---
is just as fresh as it
was a thousand years ago!
[08:40] Kana
I still haven't found the words
[08:42] ---
to express the rush of
emotion they bring me!
[08:43] Chihaya
R-Right!
[08:44] Chihaya
So!
[08:45] Chihaya
Do you like competitive karuta?
[08:50] Kana
Do you wear hakama?
[08:52] Chihaya
Hakama?
[08:54] Chihaya
I've never worn one before.
[08:56] Chihaya
You haven't either, Taichi?
[08:57] Taichi
Huh? Yeah...
[09:00] Taichi
Most people don't wear them.
[09:02] Kana
Why?!
[09:05] Kana
Only members of the imperial
court dabble in poetry!
[09:07] Kana
I wouldn't expect you
to wear junihitoe,
[09:08] Kana
but you should at least wear a hakama!
[09:10] Kana
The kendo club and
archery club require hakama!
[09:14] Chihaya
Wh—
[09:16] Chihaya
Why don't we wear them?
[09:17] Chihaya
Because they're expensive?
[09:20] Taichi
It's a lot of effort to wear one.
[09:30] Kana
My family has owned a traditional
clothing shop for many generations.
[09:34] Kana
I love kimono.
[09:36] ---
I want everyone to understand
how wonderful they are,
[09:39] Kana
but we can only sell cheap yukatas...
[09:41] Kana
Our business is so bad that
[09:43] Kana
we can't even afford a model
for next year's catalog!
[09:59] Kana
If I won't be able to wear a hakama,
[10:02] ---
I might as well stay
in the archery club.
[10:05] Kana
I apologize for interrupting you.
[10:11] Taichi
Her love of karuta is
completely different.
[10:15] Taichi
We don't even pay any attention
to the poems anymore.
[10:18] Taichi
You probably don't know the
meaning of most of them.
[10:22] Taichi
She isn't cut out to play
competitive karuta.
[10:38] Person A
She's so adorable.
[10:40] Person B
Hey, look.
[10:40] Person C
There she is!
[10:43] Chihaya
Wow, you read really hard books.
[10:45] Kana
A-Ayase-san!
[10:51] Chihaya
I asked one of the girls
in the archery club.
[10:53] Chihaya
Your name is Oe Kanade, right?
[10:56] Chihaya
So you're Kana.
[10:58] Chihaya
You like karuta, right?
[11:01] Chihaya
Let's play karuta together.
SIGN Yamamori Masao Higashiyama Culture and Modern Japan
[11:03] Kana
My love for karuta is fundamentally
different from yours.
[11:07] Kana
I'm not interested in a
sport with no emotion.
[11:10] Chihaya
But Kana-chan, I'm also...
[11:13] Kana
If you'll excuse me...
[11:14] Chihaya
Huh?
[11:15] Chihaya
Kana-chan?
[11:26] Teacher
The first collection of laws,
[11:28] ---
the Omi code, was created at
the order of Emperor Tenji.
[11:32] Teacher
In 670, there was a national
census released as the Kogo...
[11:40] Chihaya
Kana-chan!
[11:43] Chihaya
Hey, why don't you come watch us play?
[11:45] Kana
I have archery practice.
[11:47] Chihaya
Wait, Kana-chan!
[11:49] Chihaya
Taichi...
[11:50] Taichi
There's no point in pestering
someone who doesn't want to join.
[11:54] Chihaya
But she loves karuta so much...
[11:57] Taichi
Like I said yesterday,
[11:59] Taichi
she's not cut out for it.
SIGN Oe Traditional Clothing
[12:32] Mom
Kanade, I'm going to a
neighborhood meeting,
[12:36] ---
so watch the store for me.
[12:37] Kana
Okay!
SIGN Explanation for Ogura Hundred Poets
[12:44] [POEM] Kana
Would the mountain cherry
blossoms return my affection,
[12:50] [POEM] Kana
for there is no one else out here
[13:19] Kana
Ayase-san.
[13:21] Chihaya
It's beautiful.
[13:23] Chihaya
I'm starting to understand
why you like kimono.
[13:28] Kana
Is this about the karuta club again?
[13:30] Chihaya
Hmm?
[13:32] Chihaya
Well, you seem to like karuta.
[13:34] Kana
As I said earlier,
[13:36] Kana
my love is fundamentally
different from yours.
[13:40] Chihaya
But I also have a poem I really love.
[13:45] Chihaya
Impassionate gods have never seen
[13:49] Chihaya
the red that is the Tatsuta River
[13:52] Chihaya
I even know what it means.
[13:54] Chihaya
It's talking about how the
Tatsuta River is so beautiful
[13:56] ---
when it's completely red.
[13:59] Chihaya
I read it in a book.
[14:01] Chihaya
It must look something like this.
[14:12] Kana
Classic poetry becomes fascinating when
[14:14] ---
you know the history behind each poem.
[14:16] Chihaya
Huh?
[14:17] Kana
I believe that this poem
is about passionate love.
[14:22] Chihaya
Huh? Love?
[14:24] Chihaya
It's not about scenery?!
[14:26] Kana
That would be the universal
interpretation,
[14:29] Kana
but did you know that
Nijo no Kisaki was in love
[14:31] ---
with Ariwara no Narihira
before she married the emperor?
SIGN This is a very
famous
story.
[14:36] Chihaya
N-No...
[14:41] Kana
This poem was displayed on a
folding screen in the palace.
[14:46] Kana
Some accounts say that Nijo no Kisaki
was the one who requested the poem.
[14:50] Kana
I like how Narihira concealed his
passion for her in a scenic rendering
[14:55] Kana
since he wasn't able
to forget about her.
[15:00] Kana
"Impassionate" is a decorative word
for gods that implies great force.
[15:12] Kana
The red river can be interpreted
as an autumn scene or a suicide,
[15:18] Kana
but I believe that the crimson leaves
represent a love that never faded.
SIGN the red that is the Tatsuta River
[15:25] Kana
When you look at it that way,
the card with its black letters
[15:29] ---
becomes deep red,
don't you think?
[15:42] Chihaya
Incredible...
[15:44] Kana
Huh?
[15:45] Chihaya
Incredible!
[15:45] Chihaya
Incredible!
[15:46] Chihaya
Incredible! Incredible! Incredible!
[15:48] Chihaya
Teach me more, Kana-chan!
[15:50] Kana
Huh?
[15:52] Chihaya
Starting from The Autumn Paddy!
[15:53] Kana
Huh?
[15:54] Kana
All one hundred poems?
[15:56] Chihaya
Uh-huh!
[16:01] Kana
This poem is supposed to have
been written by Emperor Tenji.
[16:04] Chihaya
Huh? It wasn't?
[16:06] Kana
Yes, it's believed that this was
[16:09] ---
edited from an anonymous poem
[16:11] ---
in the Collection of
Ten Thousand Leaves.
[16:14] Chihaya
Oh...
[16:15] Kana
Fujiwara no Teika, the person
who compiled the Hundred Poets,
[16:19] ---
would have known that...
[16:21] [POEM] Kana
The autumn paddy shacks
have rough thatching
[16:27] [POEM] Kana
as my sleeves are wet with dew
[16:31] Kana
A "paddy shack" is a small
cabin for farmers.
[16:33] Kana
When the farmers rest under the
rough roof of sedge and straw,
[16:36] Kana
they wake up to discover that
their sleeves are wet with dew.
[16:39] Kana
So Fujiwara no Teika may
have started with this poem
[16:42] ---
to convey the idea of an ideal emperor
[16:45] ---
who understood the hard
work of the farmers.
[16:49] Chihaya
Oh...
[16:51] Chihaya
Next one!
[16:52] Chihaya
So spring ends please!
[16:54] Kana
In the past, when people
unpacked their winter clothes,
[16:57] ---
they would hang their
summer clothes out to dry.
[17:00] Kana
The green mountains
and white clothes...
[17:01] Kana
There is only a brief pause
between the verses...
[17:05] Kana
As the slightest breeze will make
the slender bamboo shake...
[17:09] Kana
Mugwort was used for moxibustion.
[17:14] Chihaya
Oh! Hence the burning feelings part!
SIGN When I must hide
mugwort = moxibustion
[17:18] Chihaya
I never knew...
[17:19] Kana
The false rooster's crow
is an expression from
[17:21] Chihaya
I never knew!
[17:22] ---
the Records of the Grand Historian.
[17:24] Kana
Here, shadow actually means light. So the moonlight is...
[17:25] Chihaya
There is a rich and colorful world behind each card!
[17:29] Kana
Here, the autumn scenery
is green instead of red,
[17:32] ---
which means these are evergreens...
[17:40] Chihaya
I never knew!
[17:44] Chihaya
I had no idea!
SIGN Yamamori Masao
Higashiyama Culture and Modern Japan
SIGN Yamamori Masao
Higashiyama Culture and Modern Japan
[18:01] (Flashback) Person A
She's always reading
old books by herself.
[18:04] (Flashback) Person B
A classical literature geek?
[18:06] (Flashback) Person B
She was born in the wrong age.
SIGN Explanation for Ogura Hundred Poets
[18:10] (Flashback) Chihaya
Teach me, Kana-chan!
[18:13] (Flashback) Chihaya
Teach me more!
[18:15] [POEM] Reader
Naniwa Bay, now the flower
blooms, but for winter
[18:24] [POEM] Reader
Here comes spring,
now the flower blooms
[18:33] [POEM] Reader
Like the sound of someone
knocking on my door...
[18:38] [POEM] Reader
The night was young...
[18:40] [POEM] Reader
Though I prayed
[18:42] Chihaya
Before, I only recognized
the cards by sound...
[18:47] Chihaya
but you can also recognize
them by their meaning!
[18:51] Chihaya
Look!
[18:53] ---
Every card is a different color!
[18:58] Chihaya
I win!
[19:00] Taichi
Oh, man...
[19:01] Taichi
You're on a roll today.
[19:03] Taichi
Have you been doing
drills or something?
[19:13] Chihaya
Kana-chan.
[19:20] Chihaya
The person who taught me karuta
[19:22] ---
said that I should become
friends with the cards.
[19:28] Chihaya
You're already friends with
all one hundred cards.
[19:31] Chihaya
You can become strong.
[19:35] Kana
O-On one condition...
[19:38] Person A
Okay! Relax and smile!
[19:44] Chihaya
P-Promise?
[19:47] Chihaya
Promise that you'll
join the karuta club?
[19:51] Chihaya
No changing your mind!
[19:55] Kana
And during matches,
we all have to wear hakama.
[19:58] Chihaya
Wh-What if we don't have one?
[20:00] Kana
We can rent them.
[20:02] Chihaya
Wait, stop!
[20:06] Kana
But why were you trying
so hard to recruit me?
[20:10] Kana
You don't need other
people to play karuta.
[20:16] Taichi
Well, I guess we can practice.
[20:18] Taichi
We can start with how
to place the cards...
[20:20] Kana
First, can we do
something about this room?
[20:22] Taichi
Huh?
[20:27] [POEM] Kana
A house left to the weeds...
[20:31] Kana
As I said the other day,
[20:33] ---
only members of the imperial
court dabble in poetry.
[20:36] Kana
This dusty room is not
appropriate for-
[20:37] Chihaya
Okay, let's!
[20:39] Taichi
Can't we just keep the
tatami mats clean?
[20:41] Chihaya
Okay, let's go borrow
the cleaning stuff.
[20:44] Kana
Yes!
[20:45] Chihaya
Come on!
Hurry up, Taichi!
[20:47] Taichi
Yeah, yeah...
[20:51] Chihaya
I want to play karuta
with Arata again.
[20:55] Chihaya
I want him to know
that karuta is fun...
[20:58] Chihaya
That it's fun when you're with friends.
[21:08] Taichi
Then we'll start with
how to place the cards.
[21:11] Kana
Yes!
[21:13] Chihaya
Our new friend, Kana-chan
taught me something new.
[21:18] Chihaya
Chihaya furu is a poem
about deep red love!
E7 - But for Autumn's Coming
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[00:03] [POEM] Reader
In order to restore my faith in this world,
SIGN Let's start a competitive karuta club!
Please come see Ayase Chihaya in class 1-2!!
[00:19] [POEM] Reader
I have learned to both love
and hate my fellow man
[00:28] [POEM] Reader
Swift waters parted by the jagged rocks
[00:32] [POEM] Reader
are joined at river's end
[00:49] [POEM] Reader
Waves creep closer to the Suminoe shore...
[00:59] [POEM] Reader
in my dreams, I creep closer to you
[01:06] [POEM] Reader
Like the sound...
[01:13] [POEM] Reader
After many, many years...
[01:18] [POEM] Reader
Look for the sound...
[01:24] Taichi
I can't beat Chihaya to the
first-syllable cards.
[01:29] Taichi
Reassess the situation...
[01:31] Taichi
"Would this" was already read so
I can take "Would the" on the "Would."
[01:34] Taichi
"My only thought as I" and "My only thought as the"
are both still in play, so I'll have to be careful there.
[01:39] Taichi
"So the flower petals" was already read,
so I can take "So the flower has" after "flower."
[01:43] Taichi
"Though my" was already read,
so I can take "Though I" after "Though."
[01:45] Taichi
For "While it pains", "While it may" was read,
but "While it brings" wasn't, so I'll have to pay attention.
[01:50] Taichi
For "The hazy early morning light",
"The hazy early morning mist" was already read,
[01:55] Taichi
so on "The hazy", I'll move towards
"The hazy field" on the opponent's side.
[01:57] Taichi
"In the" and "In order to" have already been read,
[01:59] Taichi
so I can take "In order for" on "In."
[02:02] [POEM] Reader
but instead you see a pale
moon in the dawn sky
[02:08] [POEM] Reader
In order for us to find our way home,
SIGN the plum blossoms still smell the same
would I rather never seen her again?
[02:18] Taichi
Chihaya doesn't know how to make adjustments
based on which cards have been taken.
[02:22] Taichi
I reacted first...
[02:25] Taichi
But...
[02:26] Taichi
I couldn't take the card...
SIGN Chihaya Furu
SIGN Verse 7
SIGN But for
Autumn's
Coming
[03:42] Both
Thank you very much.
[03:51] Kanade
You're so good, Chihaya-chan!
[03:52] Chihaya
I see...
[03:53] Chihaya
I should have passed you the "I know" card,
[03:55] Chihaya
and then I should have waited before-
[03:57] Kanade
Chihaya-chan?!
[03:59] Taichi
Oh, don't worry.
[04:00] Taichi
She just fell asleep.
[04:01] Kanade
J-Just like that?
[04:07] Taichi
She just bulls her way through a match
by relying on her fast reflex time,
[04:10] Taichi
and I still can't beat her.
[04:12] Kanade
What does that mean?
[04:15] Taichi
In karuta, it refers to the speed
[04:17] ---
at which someone reacts to a card being read.
[04:20] Taichi
Some people say it's
[04:21] ---
the most important quality
a karuta player can have.
[04:24] Taichi
She was born with it.
[04:26] Taichi
Chihaya's karuta is driven
by that innate ability.
[04:30] Taichi
Unfortunately, I don't have
anything like that.
[04:33] Kanade
Amazing!
[04:34] Kanade
Then it's actually possible
for Chihaya-chan to play in
[04:36] ---
the Queen match wearing
a hakama from our store!
[04:39] Kanade
On national TV!
[04:42] Kanade
What do you think about this one?
[04:43] Kanade
Or would the violet one be better?
[04:44] Taichi
Uh, wait...
[04:45] Taichi
There are plenty of
better players in Class A.
[04:47] Kanade
This one looks better,
but I should choose this one
[04:50] Kanade
if I want people to understand
how wonderful kimono are.
[04:52] Kanade
Wait, this...
[04:52] Taichi
Chihaya and I are on completely different skill levels.
[04:56] Taichi
I have no interest in becoming a Master,
so I don't mind losing.
[05:01] Taichi
But...
[05:03] Taichi
If he were here...
[05:11] Taichi
If Chihaya were to practice
with Arata instead of me,
[05:18] Taichi
would she become a better player?
[05:27] Chihaya
I forgot!
[05:29] Chihaya
I'm gonna go do some scouting!
[05:32] Kanade
Scouting? For a fourth member?
[05:35] Taichi
You have someone in mind?
[05:37] Chihaya
The second-smartest person in our
grade, after Mashima Taichi,
[05:40] Chihaya
Desktomu-kun, who happens to be in my class!
[05:42] Both
Huh?
[05:44] Chihaya
You two can practice!
[05:48] Kanade
Oh.
[05:50] Kanade
We need five members before we
can become an official club.
[06:02] (Flashback) Teacher
If you don't have enough members,
you can't be a club!
[06:08] Chihaya
Two more to go!
[06:10] Person A
I'm heading out then!
[06:11] Person B
Sure, thanks!
[06:13] Person A
Bye-bye!
[06:22] Person A
Doesn't he creep you out?
[06:23] Person A
School's over and he's still studying.
[06:25] Person A
Look at that Tsutomu-kun...
[06:26] Person A
I mean Desktomu-kun.
[06:28] Person B
He only leaves his desk
to go to the restroom.
[06:31] Person B
Doesn't he look like a jelly bean?
[06:41] Tsutomu
I don't like school.
[06:44] Tsutomu
There are too many judgmental fools.
[06:48] Tsutomu
Okay, solved that problem.
[06:51] Tsutomu
However, I like to study.
[06:54] Tsutomu
The harder I work, the higher
our class's average scores are.
[06:57] Tsutomu
I'm willing to help out those fools.
[07:05] Person A
But it's kinda sad when he's
[07:07] ---
glued to his desk all day and
only second in our grade.
[07:10] Person B
I know.
[07:11] Person B
When you put it that way,
[07:12] ---
Mashima-kun from Class 1 is really something.
[07:15] Person B
He doesn't study much,
yet he's top of the class!
[07:18] Person C
I wish we could arrange a trade.
[07:20] Person B
I'd rather have a number one stud
than number two Desktomu-kun.
[07:23] Person C
I know, right?
[07:25] Person D
Is he upset?
[07:26] Person C
Nah, no way...
[07:27] Person D
Really?
[07:31] Chihaya
Heya! I'm Ayase Chihaya!
[07:33] Chihaya
I'm here to scout you!
[07:35] Chihaya
Let's play karuta together
in the karuta club!
[07:40] Chihaya
Consider this a bribe.
[07:48] Chihaya
Hey, Komano-kun. You're the second-smartest
person in our grade, right?!
[07:53] Chihaya
I've heard that karuta is a
great sport for smart people!
[07:56] Chihaya
If you join, we'll have four members
[07:58] ---
and be one member closer to
becoming an official club!
[08:00] Chihaya
It doesn't matter if you
don't have any experience!
SIGN I don't understand.
[08:07] Chihaya
Oh, karuta as in Hundred Poets.
SIGN Is there any point to playing karuta?
SIGN Can you become number one by playing karuta?
[08:17] Chihaya
Um...
SIGN There's no such thing as professional karuta, is there?
SIGN It's just a game, right?
SIGN Why should I play this game?
SIGN Will it help me with my studies?
SIGN Is there any benefit for me?
[08:31] Chihaya
I don't care about your excuses!
[08:33] Chihaya
Stop griping and play a game!
SIGN Jam Bread
[08:44] Taichi
The field of play is supposed
to be 87 centimeters wide.
[08:47] Taichi
You can use your elbow plus or minus
a number of cards as a reference,
[08:53] Taichi
so remember how many cards
it takes to get you to 87.
SIGN Hey! This is embarrassing!
[08:58] Chihaya
Shut up! Just come inside!
[09:01] Kanade
Huh?
[09:04] Chihaya
Hey, guys!
[09:06] Chihaya
Let's teach him how fun karuta can be!
[09:10] Taichi
Huh?
SIGN Don't be ridiculous!
SIGN You dragged me all the way here by force!
[09:18] Chihaya
But!
SIGN I understand.
SIGN The karuta club is short on members, yes?
SIGN So you just need to bolster head count.
SIGN Look elsewhere, if you don't care who joins.
[09:30] Chihaya
You've got it wrong.
[09:31] Chihaya
I do care who joins!
SIGN Liar.
[09:35] Chihaya
I'm telling the truth!
[09:36] Chihaya
Just play a game!
[09:38] Chihaya
I promise that you'll be hooked!
SIGN I'm busy!
SIGN If I had time to play karuta, I would be studying instead!
[09:44] Chihaya
Komano-kun, you want to
become smarter, right?
SIGN Huh?
[09:48] Chihaya
Karuta is a mental game.
[09:51] Chihaya
First, you have to memorize
the positions of the cards.
[09:53] Chihaya
The fastest people can memorize all
of them in five- no, three minutes!
[09:57] Chihaya
Stronger memorization skills will
help you with your studies!
SIGN Memorize the positions? Of every card?
[10:04] Chihaya
Uh-huh.
SIGN Liar!
[10:06] Chihaya
I'm not lying!
[10:07] Chihaya
This is the most basic step!
[10:09] Kanade
No grace...
[10:12] Chihaya
I'll show you right now!
SIGN Wait!
SIGN Hey, wait!
SIGN Why me?
[10:19] Chihaya
Taichi, let's play!
[10:20] Taichi
Wait, what?
SIGN Huh?
[10:23] Chihaya
Hurry up!
[10:25] Taichi
Fine then.
[10:33] Tsutomu
Mashima Taichi...
[10:35] Tsutomu
He's had the top score
on every monthly test.
[10:39] Chihaya
The players get memorization
time, so hold on.
[10:43] Chihaya
The match will begin in 15 minutes.
SIGN W-Wait...
[10:47] Chihaya
Huh?
SIGN Memorization is the most basic step, right?
SIGN If karuta players all have excellent memory,
SIGN you should be able to play with the cards flipped over!
[11:00] Chihaya
What?!
[11:02] Chihaya
This isn't Concentration!
[11:04] Chihaya
Plus, the cards get moved around.
[11:05] Chihaya
It's impossible!
SIGN I knew it.
SIGN So you're given memorization time, and you still can't do it.
SIGN Nothing impressive about that.
SIGN Goodbye.
[11:15] Chihaya
Wait! Don't leave!
[11:17] Chihaya
We'll give it a try, so wait!
[11:19] Taichi
Chihaya!
[11:20] Taichi
Who is this annoying brat?
[11:23] Chihaya
You're the one who said that we
should look for someone smart!
[11:26] Tsutomu
Someone smart?
[11:28] Taichi
But I've never played karuta
with the cards flipped over.
[11:32] Chihaya
Same here!
[11:34] Chihaya
But I can't back down now!
SIGN Mizusawa
[11:37] Kanade
Very well.
[11:38] Kanade
I will play in your stead!
[11:40] Taichi
It's okay, Oe-san.
[11:44] Taichi
Chihaya, let's give it a try.
[11:47] Chihaya
Huh? Is it okay, Taichi?
[11:49] Taichi
We won't know where the cards are
if you send them all flying,
[11:52] ---
so control yourself.
[11:55] Chihaya
Uh-huh.
[12:04] Chihaya
Would the, May you, A night,
[12:06] Chihaya
As friends, My only thought as the,
Impassionate,
[12:08] Chihaya
In order for, My own home, The emotions,
[12:11] Chihaya
A mountain stream, So spring nights,
The storm will,
[12:13] Chihaya
As the first, Impassioned was, As my
[12:15] Chihaya
The autumn paddy, I know, The sight,
[12:17] Chihaya
No more, So the flower petals, A house,
[12:19] Kanade
Memorization time is over.
[12:19] Chihaya
While some, May the scarlet, Since I...
[12:22] Kanade
Please flip the cards over.
[12:29] Tsutomu
They won't be able to play flipped karuta.
[12:33] Tsutomu
It's impossible to memorize the positions
[12:36] ---
for all of those cards in 15 minutes.
SIGN Impossible...
[12:43] Kanade
Let's begin.
[12:51] [POEM] Reader
Naniwa Bay, now the flower blooms,
but for winter
[13:00] [POEM] Reader
Here comes spring, now the flower blooms
[13:09] [POEM] Reader
Here comes spring, now the flower blooms
[13:20] [POEM] Reader
May the time spent in our one night together
[13:24] Kanade
"Bring a life..."
[13:26] Kanade
It's the right card!
[13:28] [POEM] Reader
While some dodge the famous waves of
Takashi shore to avoid getting wet,
[13:31] Kanade
"I deflect your..."
[13:32] Kanade
It's right!
[13:36] Taichi
Our memory is still fresh at the beginning.
[13:40] Taichi
The cards may be flipped over,
but we should be able to find most of them.
[13:43] Taichi
The problem is later when the cards
start getting passed around.
[13:47] Taichi
It all comes down to concentration.
[13:51] [POEM] Reader
I deflect your artful words
to keep my sleeves dry
[14:00] [POEM] Reader
My own home is a retreat lying
southeast of the capital
[14:06] Kanade
That's the right card.
[14:08] Chihaya
Now I'm mad.
[14:11] Chihaya
I memorized that card.
[14:15] [POEM] Taichi
Chihaya doesn't have her usual edge.
[14:19] [POEM] Taichi
She's not as confident.
[14:21] [POEM] Taichi
It's because her memorization skills are still lacking.
[14:27] Taichi
I-I can beat Chihaya...
[14:33] Chihaya
Um, that one is "So spring ends"...
[14:37] Chihaya
Then it's "No more, As friends,
While it brings, As my, None are."
[14:42] Taichi
I'm going to move a card.
[14:44] Chihaya
Huh?
[14:44] Chihaya
What?!
[14:45] Chihaya
Hold on! Hold on!
[14:48] Chihaya
What was that card?!
[14:57] [POEM] Reader
where I can hide from the
troubles of this world
[15:08] [POEM] Reader
A mountain village grows...
[15:10] [POEM] Reader
Swift waters parted...
SIGN are joined at river's end
[15:20] Chihaya
This isn't the Taichi I'm
used to practicing against.
[15:42] [POEM] Reader
are joined at river's end
[15:52] [POEM] Reader
May you never forget your...
[15:55] [POEM] Reader
Impassioned was your promise of salvation
[15:58] Chihaya
He was guarding both cards!
[15:59] Chihaya
We're over halfway through and he can still
remember the positions of the cards!
[16:03] [POEM] Reader
May the time we spend
apart from one another be
[16:08] Kanade
I-It's right!
[16:10] [POEM] Reader
as short-lived as the reeds of Naniwa Bay
[16:17] (Flashback) Taichi
I have no interest in becoming a Master,
so I don't mind losing...
[16:23] (Flashback) Taichi
I don't mind losing...
[16:25] [POEM] Reader
As the first frost has fallen,
[16:30] Taichi
I definitely hate to lose!
[16:38] (Flashback) Taichi
Chihaya!
[16:43] Taichi
I'm the one sitting across
from you right now!
[16:55] Kanade
He did it!
[17:00] Taichi
Thank you very much.
[17:03] Chihaya
Thank you very much.
[17:12] Chihaya
I'm so mad...
[17:25] Taichi
I win.
[17:41] Taichi
Wait.
[17:45] Taichi
You're just going to leave without
a word after that match?
[17:50] Taichi
Oh, er...
[17:52] Taichi
What's your name?
[17:55] Tsutomu
Why...
[17:57] ---
do people like him exist?
[18:02] Taichi
Ah, hey!
[18:04] Tsutomu
He has friends, talent...
[18:08] (Flashback) Person A
Whose are those? Desktomu-kun's?
[18:10] (Flashback) Person B
They're perfect!
[18:12] (Flashback) Person C
Lemme see!
[18:13] (Flashback) Person D
Me too!
[18:15] (Flashback) Person A
Thanks, Desktomu-kun!
[18:18] (Flashback) Person A
Make sure you get the top
score on the next test.
[18:23] Tsutomu
The top score...
[18:26] Tsutomu
Become number one...
[18:29] Tsutomu
Win...
[18:33] Tsutomu
But I know...
[18:36] Tsutomu
Even if I do become number one,
[18:38] Tsutomu
they'll never let me in their circle.
[18:47] Taichi
Hey, if you're a little interested now,
why not join the karuta club?
SIGN I can't play karuta...
SIGN I don't have the talent!
SIGN I'm not like you!
SIGN All I can do is study!
SIGN I belong behind my desk!
[19:20] (Flashback) Mom
Focus on contests that you can win.
[19:22] (Flashback) Taichi
I could spend my entire youth on karuta
[19:25] (Flashback) Taichi
without ever becoming better than Arata.
[19:46] Taichi
I don't have any talent for karuta either.
[19:51] Taichi
It's tough, but I still play!
[19:53] Taichi
I keep losing, but I still play!
[19:56] Taichi
Because when I win...
[20:00] Taichi
I feel so happy!
[20:06] Taichi
Okay, that was lame.
[20:12] Taichi
But...
[20:14] Taichi
Instead of a karuta genius,
I would rather have our new member
[20:17] ---
be someone who puts
in effort on the tatami.
SIGN Wh-What are you talking about?
SIGN Tatami? Karuta? That doesn't make any sense at all!
SIGN Man, look at my desk...
[20:38] Taichi
I see.
[20:40] ---
Sorry about that.
[20:52] (Flashback) Taichi
It's tough, but I still play!
[20:56] (Flashback) Taichi
I keep losing, but I still play!
E8 - The Sounds of the Waterfall
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[00:01] Person A
Good morning.
[00:02] Chihaya
The karuta club is looking for more members!
SIGN Let's start a competitive karuta club! Please come see Ayase Chihaya in class 1-2!!
[00:05] Chihaya
Let's play competitive karuta together!
[00:08] Kanade
Good morning.
We're the karuta club.
[00:10] Taichi
Would you like to join the karuta club?
SIGN Please hear us out.
[00:14] Kanade
We're the karuta club.
[00:16] Chihaya
Please give us a try.
[00:18] Kanade
Oh, that person...
[00:20] Kanade
would look wonderful in a hakama!
[00:22] Chihaya
Really?
[00:24] Chihaya
Hold on!
[00:26] Chihaya
Um, would you like to play karuta with us?
[00:28] Chihaya
You would look great in a hakama!
[00:30] Person A
N-No, thanks...
[00:31] Person A
New Year's is enough for me.
[00:33] Taichi
Hey, are you interested in karuta?
[00:35] Taichi
It's a pretty intense sport.
[00:37] Person B
You must be joking.
[00:38] Taichi
You'll understand if you give it a shot.
SIGN We need one more member
[00:48] ---
before we can become an official club.
[00:50] Kanade
I didn't think that everyone
would ignore us...
[00:56] Chihaya
It'll be fine!
[00:57] ---
We'll find someone perfect!
[01:00] Miya
This problem is looking at molecular mass.
[01:05] Miya
When there are an equal number of
protons, electrons, and neutrons...
[01:10] Miya
Hmm?
[01:23] Miya
We'll pick up here next week.
[01:26] Miya
Make sure you review the
material we covered.
[01:32] Horikawa
Chi-chan, the Empress was
giving you the death stare.
[01:34] Chihaya
Huh? Really?
[01:35] Horikawa
You were sound asleep.
[01:37] Horikawa
What's going on?
[01:39] Chihaya
I woke up early to recruit
members for the karuta club,
[01:42] Chihaya
so I didn't eat breakfast...
[01:43] Horikawa
Oh, it must be hard for you and Komano-kun.
[01:48] Tsutomu
First, you flip the cards
over and shuffle them.
[01:52] Tsutomu
Next, each player takes 25 cards
[01:53] ---
and places them on their side of the field.
SIGN Hundred Poets Competitive Karuta
[01:55] Tsutomu
The remaining 50 cards will not be used.
[01:58] Tsutomu
The player's field is 87 centimeters
long and three rows deep.
[02:02] Chihaya
You're really enthusiastic
about this, Desktomu-kun.
SIGN I have to make up for lost time.
[02:05] Chihaya
That's right.
[02:06] Chihaya
We'll start practicing today.
SIGN Ayase, you should eat lunch.
[02:14] Chihaya
Y-You could hear that?
SIGN The whole class could.
[02:20] Person A
You're out of korokke sandwiches?
[02:22] Person B
Can I get coffee milk?
[02:24] Lady
Sure thing.
[02:25] Person B
Thanks.
[02:25] Chihaya
They're out of yakisoba sandwiches.
[02:25] Lady
Here you go.
[02:30] Person A
Ma'am, can I get two anpan?
[02:32] Lady
Here you are.
SIGN Anpan
[02:40] Nishida
Huh?
[02:41] Chihaya
It's Porky!
[02:43] Nishida
Porky?
[02:45] (Flashback) Chihaya
You can buy your pork buns after I beat you!
SIGN Chihaya Furu
SIGN Verse 8
SIGN The
Sounds
of the
Waterfall
[04:02] Taichi
So basically, the player
who takes cards faster
[04:05] ---
and reduces the number of cards
on their side to zero, wins.
SIGN I understand what happens when you take a card on your own side,
SIGN but what happens when you take from the opponent's side?
[04:13] Taichi
When that happens, you can choose
one of the cards on your side
[04:16] Taichi
and send it to the opponent's side.
[04:19] Kanade
It's called "sending cards," right?
[04:21] Taichi
Right, sending cards is
[04:23] ---
a critical part of the game that
can turn the tide in a match.
[04:27] Taichi
You're also allowed to send cards
if your opponent commits a fault.
[04:30] Taichi
If you touch a card while the second
verse is being read, it's a fault.
[04:34] Taichi
If you touch a card on the opponent's side
[04:35] ---
when the correct card is
on your side, it's a fault.
[04:39] Taichi
The same goes for when you
touch a card on your side
[04:41] ---
when the correct card is
on the opponent's side.
[04:44] Taichi
However, if you touch the wrong
card on the correct side,
[04:49] ---
it's not a fault.
SIGN Huh? Really?
[04:52] Taichi
Yep. For example...
[04:54] Chihaya
Taichi!
[04:55] Chihaya
Pork!
[04:55] Chihaya
I found pork!
[04:58] All
Pork?
[05:04] Chihaya
Look!
[05:05] Taichi
You're right!
[05:07] Taichi
He's a student at our high school...
[05:09] Taichi
Wait, that getup...
[05:12] Taichi
He's on the tennis team?
[05:13] Chihaya
Looks like it.
[05:14] Taichi
So? Why are we hiding?
[05:18] Chihaya
Oh, just because.
[05:20] Chihaya
I asked him to join the karuta club earlier,
[05:22] Chihaya
and he ran away.
[05:24] Chihaya
But this time...
[05:27] Taichi
Hey!
[05:29] Chihaya
If you have experience,
you should join the karuta club!
[05:36] Chihaya
Join!
[05:37] Chihaya
If you have experience,
you should join the karuta club!
[05:39] Taichi
Chihaya!
[05:41] Nishida
What's wrong with you?
[05:44] Nishida
Huh?
[05:45] Taichi
Hey, long time no see.
[05:47] Taichi
Shut your mouth, fatty!
[05:48] Taichi
Chihaya's running late!
[05:50] Nishida
Oh! You're...
[05:53] Chihaya
Taichi's in the karuta club with me!
[05:56] Chihaya
I really want you to join us, Porky!
[05:58] Nishida
My name is Nishida!
[05:59] Nishida
I already told you that I'm not
going to join the karuta club!
[06:02] Taichi
Nishida, did you quit playing karuta?
[06:04] Taichi
You were really good.
[06:06] Nishida
Being good at karuta doesn't mean anything.
[06:09] Nishida
Plus, it's lame.
[06:10] Chihaya
That's not true!
[06:11] Nishida
I played tennis in middle school.
[06:14] Nishida
I plan on continuing in high school.
[06:17] Taichi
You look good.
[06:18] Nishida
I know.
[06:19] Nishida
Besides, if I wanted to play karuta,
I'd go to the Karuta Society.
[06:22] Nishida
There's no reason to join a club at school.
[06:24] Chihaya
Please!
[06:25] Chihaya
If Porky joins, our karuta
club can be really strong!
[06:30] Chihaya
I'm sure you can also become really strong!
[06:32] Nishida
Won't happen.
I'm not interested.
[06:34] Chihaya
You still refuse?
[06:36] Nishida
I need to go to practice.
[06:38] Nishida
And my name isn't Porky. It's Nishida!
[06:42] Nishida
Bye.
[06:43] Chihaya
Hey, wait a moment!
[06:44] Taichi
Just forget about him.
[06:48] Taichi
Let's go back to the clubroom.
[06:50] Chihaya
Taichi...
[07:17] Person A
Nice!
[07:18] Person B
Way to go, Nishida!
[07:19] Person B
Keep it up!
[07:20] Nishida
Yes!
[07:22] Person A
Yamakawa, don't hold back on your serve.
[07:24] Yamakawa
Understood!
[07:28] Chihaya
Wow...
[07:29] Chihaya
Porky is really athletic!
[07:33] Nishida
Easy!
[07:35] Nishida
This is easy!
[07:37] Nishida
Nothing like...
[07:39] Nishida
Nothing like what happened back then!
[07:57] [POEM] Nishida
My only thought as the!
[07:59] Chihaya
Huh?
[08:00] [POEM] Nishida
My only thought as I!
[08:06] Chihaya
Is this...
[08:07] [POEM] Nishida
The hazy early morning mist!
[08:11] Chihaya
Karuta? The timing for
multi-syllable cards?
[08:16] Person A
One more volley!
[08:17] Nishida
Yes, please!
[08:19] [POEM] Chihaya
The world offers no escape!
[08:20] Nishida
Huh?
[08:26] Person A
Okay, switch!
[08:27] Person A
Go get the ball!
[08:28] Nishida
Y-Yes, sir!
[08:35] [POEM] Chihaya
I hide in the mountains,
only to hear the haunting cry of a deer.
[08:38] Chihaya
Porky, you should play karuta!
[08:41] Nishida
Don't you know when to give up?!
[08:43] Chihaya
But you're using tennis as
a substitute for karuta!
[08:46] Chihaya
That's not fair to tennis!
[08:48] Nishida
Th-That's none of your business!
[08:51] Nishida
Stop bugging me!
[08:52] Chihaya
We'll be waiting for you in the clubroom!
[09:06] Person A
Nishida!
[09:07] Person A
Your legs are slowing down!
[09:09] Person A
Keep your eyes on the ball!
[09:11] Person A
You're too slow!
[09:23] Person A
What's wrong, Nishida?
[09:25] Person A
Are you okay?
[09:27] Nishida
I'm sorry.
[09:29] Nishida
I need to go home now.
[09:31] Person A
Oh, I see.
[09:34] Person A
The second-years are next!
[09:43] Taichi
Like I was saying earlier,
it isn't a fault
[09:46] Taichi
when you touch the wrong card but it's
[09:49] ---
on the same side as the correct card.
SIGN Yes.
[09:52] Taichi
So now...
[09:54] Taichi
Take these two cards which start the same.
[09:56] Taichi
"The world offers no change" and
"The world offers no escape."
[09:59] Taichi
They're called "like cards."
[10:01] Taichi
You have to wait until the fifth word
[10:03] ---
before you know which card to take.
[10:06] Taichi
However, if both cards are on the same side,
[10:10] Taichi
as soon as you hear "The world,"
[10:14] Taichi
you can take either one.
SIGN I see...
[10:18] Taichi
However, this also makes it
easier for your opponent.
[10:22] Taichi
When the like cards are on your side,
[10:24] Taichi
it might be a good idea
[10:27] ---
to send one of them
to the opponent's side.
[10:29] Kanade
Excuse me.
[10:32] Chihaya
Porky!
[10:33] Nishida
It's Nishida!
[10:36] Nishida
Don't get the wrong idea!
[10:37] Nishida
I'm not here to join!
[10:39] Chihaya
What?!
[10:40] Nishida
I wanted to see what you're doing here,
[10:43] Nishida
but it looks like you're
at a grade school level.
[10:45] Taichi
These two are beginners.
[10:47] Taichi
They have to start somewhere.
[10:48] Chihaya
If you join,
our club will be much stronger!
[10:51] Nishida
No way!
[10:52] Nishida
It's pointless if I'm the
only one who's any good!
[10:55] Kanade
Is he really so special?
[10:58] Taichi
Number two in the country.
[11:00] Taichi
This was back when we were in grade school.
SIGN Oh.
[11:03] Nishida
Karuta is about talent!
[11:05] Nishida
It doesn't matter how hard we practice!
[11:07] Nishida
We can never beat Wataya Arata!
[11:13] Nishida
Well, give it your best shot.
[11:15] Nishida
I'll be giving tennis my best shot.
[11:17] Nishida
Bye.
[11:18] Taichi
Wait.
[11:19] Nishida
What is it?
[11:22] Taichi
Chihaya, play a match against Nishida.
[11:24] Chihaya
Huh?
[11:25] Nishida
I refuse!
[11:26] Nishida
It's a waste of time.
[11:28] Taichi
You're gonna run away?
[11:30] Taichi
Chihaya never gave up on karuta.
[11:33] Taichi
Why don't you see for yourself
how strong someone can become
[11:37] ---
when they put in the effort?
[11:41] Taichi
Or are you scared of losing?
[11:45] Taichi
Come to think of it,
you struggled against
[11:46] ---
Chihaya when she was just a
beginner back in grade school.
[11:49] Taichi
Hard to say who would win now.
[11:51] Nishida
Hell no!
[11:53] Chihaya
Porky, let's play karuta!
[12:01] Nishida
Promise me this...
[12:04] Nishida
If I win the match,
[12:07] Nishida
you'll never bother me again!
[12:09] Nishida
Plus, you'll have to buy me
pork buns for a month!
[12:13] Chihaya
Bring it!
[12:40] Taichi
Memorization time is over.
[12:43] Both
Thank you for this match.
[12:47] Both
Thank you for this match.
[12:52] [POEM] Taichi
Naniwa Bay, now the flower
blooms, but for winter
SIGN What is this?
[12:58] [POEM] Taichi
Here comes spring, now the flower blooms
[12:58] Kanade
The introduction.
[12:59] Kanade
The match begins once he finishes reading this poem.
[13:03] [POEM] Taichi
Here comes spring,
now the flower blooms
[13:11] [POEM] Taichi
Feel the sorrow...
[13:14] [POEM] Taichi
Though I prayed...
[13:17] [POEM] Taichi
My only thought as I am put out to sea...
SIGN Amazing!
[13:21] Kanade
He's taken three straight
cards off Chihaya-chan.
[13:29] Nishida
I was worried that I might
have lost my touch,
[13:31] Nishida
but my body feels so light.
[13:33] Nishida
I guess all that tennis helped.
[13:36] Taichi
Come on, Chihaya...
[13:38] Taichi
You don't have time to be smiling.
[13:43] Nishida
That's right...
[13:44] Nishida
Whenever I won, people would praise me.
[13:46] [POEM] Taichi
to tell the people in the capital
that I make for the islands
[13:53] [POEM] Reader
Long last we meet,
only for me to leave hurriedly,
SIGN for I could not recognize you, like the moon hidden behind the clouds
SIGN for I could not recognize you, like the moon hidden behind the clouds
[14:00] (Flashback) Kitano
Good job, Yusei!
[14:02] (Flashback) Kitano
You'll make it to class A in no time!
[14:05] (Flashback) Kitano
First, you'll need to win
the national tournament.
[14:09] Nishida
I started playing karuta because it was fun.
SIGN Big Helping
[14:12] Nishida
But at some point, I started playing to win.
SIGN National Champion or Bust
[14:19] Nishida
And then...
[14:35] Nishida
He showed me what a difference talent made.
[14:43] Nishida
That's why I ran away.
[14:46] Nishida
Ran away from karuta...
[14:51] Kanade
Chihaya-chan took another card!
SIGN Nishida-kun has 17 cards left.
SIGN Ayase has 15 left.
[14:57] Nishida
When did I fall two cards behind?
[14:59] [POEM] Taichi
burning brightly by night, yet extinguished by day
[15:00] Nishida
No, I need to focus!
[15:02] Nishida
Turn the tide!
[15:06] [POEM] Taichi
Since I could not hide...
[15:10] Taichi
He's good.
[15:13] Taichi
He targeted a card on the opponent's
side to turn things around.
[15:17] Taichi
Now, which card will he send?
SIGN He's going to send a card.
[15:28] Kanade
Yes.
SIGN is that I have no way to tell you in person
SIGN is that I have no way to tell you in person
After I determined
[15:35] Nishida
She's worried about the like cards?
SIGN on a long September night, and then I saw a dawn moon
SIGN on a long September night, and then I saw a dawn moon After I heard
[15:40] Nishida
Okay!
SIGN on a long September night,
and then I saw a dawn moon
[15:43] Taichi
Chihaya is too obvious.
[15:46] Kanade
He read her like a book.
SIGN Huh?
[15:48] Kanade
Chihaya-chan was ready to take the like cards
[15:52] ---
"After I determined" and
"After I heard" together.
SIGN Oh, I see.
SIGN The technique he just showed us.
[15:58] [POEM] Taichi
people would always ask if
I was pining for someone
[16:05] [POEM] Taichi
Though my hatred...
[16:08] [POEM] Taichi
Since the dew atop...
[16:12] Kanade
Chihaya-chan...
SIGN Nishida-kun is making a comeback.
SIGN He's up one card.
[16:17] Taichi
Chihaya is usually better towards
the end of a match,
[16:19] ---
and she's still losing.
[16:23] Nishida
I'm starting to remember how this works.
[16:25] Nishida
Everything feels so familiar.
[16:27] Chihaya
I'm so glad!
[16:30] Chihaya
You don't hate karuta!
[16:34] Nishida
Don't forget your promise!
[16:36] Chihaya
Uh-huh!
[16:37] Chihaya
So I'm not going to lose!
[16:44] [POEM] Taichi
it is as though pearls have been
strung across the autumn plain
[16:53] [POEM] Taichi
Look—
[16:55] [POEM] Taichi
—for the sound...
[17:00] [POEM] Taichi
Impassioned was your...
[17:03] Nishida
She's fast!
SIGN Incredible!
[17:05] [POEM] Taichi
In th—
[17:06] [POEM] Taichi
—e sleepy spring sunlight,
[17:10] Nishida
Isn't that a two-syllable card?!
[17:13] Nishida
Were you camping it?!
[17:14] Taichi
She wasn't.
[17:15] Nishida
Then how did she move so fast?!
[17:17] Taichi
There are cards where Chihaya
can hear the next syllable.
[17:21] Taichi
She has incredible senses.
[17:24] Nishida
Hear the next syllable?
[17:29] Nishida
Five cards left on my side.
[17:32] Nishida
Four cards left on the opponent's side.
[17:34] Nishida
Those "After I" cards I split
should be read soon...
SIGN is that I have no way to tell you in person
After I determined
[17:38] Nishida
One on the opponent's side.
SIGN on a long September night, and then I saw a dawn moon
After I heard
[17:40] Nishida
One on my side.
[17:43] Nishida
Time to get pumped!
[17:45] Nishida
Read the one on my side!
[17:46] Nishida
Read the one on my side!
The one on my side!
[17:51] [POEM] Taichi
After I determined to abandon...
[17:52] Nishida
That's it!
[17:57] Nishida
What?!
[18:01] Both
She got it!
[18:12] Nishida
I was camping the card,
[18:14] Nishida
and I still couldn't take it.
[18:16] Nishida
Damn.
[18:17] Nishida
She's this much better than me now?
[18:20] Nishida
She just happens to really like karuta...
[18:28] Nishida
Was this how I used to play karuta?
[18:34] Nishida
Were my eyes so focused?
[18:45] Person A
Good practice!
[18:47] Miya
Yes. Good practice, everyone.
[18:51] Both
Thank you very much!
[18:53] Kanade
That was an incredible match!
SIGN I learned a lot!
[18:57] Chihaya
You're so good, Porky!
[18:59] Nishida
Bye.
[19:00] Chihaya
Huh?
[19:02] Taichi
Nishida.
[19:05] Taichi
Hey, why don't you join our karuta club?
[19:09] Taichi
To be honest, I'm not good enough
to practice with Chihaya.
[19:13] Taichi
We need someone as strong as you.
[19:17] Taichi
Hey!
[19:18] Chihaya
Taichi, it's okay.
[19:26] Chihaya
Sorry, Porky.
[19:29] Chihaya
I'll stop pestering you about joining.
[19:31] Chihaya
But this was a lot of fun!
[19:33] Chihaya
Thanks for playing karuta with me!
[19:37] Miya
Nishida-kun!
[19:39] Nishida
Huh?
[19:40] Miya
I thought you went home?
[19:43] Miya
What are you doing here?
[19:45] Miya
Don't tell me that you
were skipping practice?
[19:49] Chihaya
Uh-oh.
[19:50] Miya
Nishida-kun, explain yourself.
[19:59] Nishida
Coach, I'm...
[20:01] ---
quitting the tennis team.
[20:03] Both
Huh?
[20:03] Miya
You're quitting?
[20:05] Nishida
I want to play karuta!
[20:07] Chihaya
Porky...
[20:09] Miya
Nishida-kun, are you serious?
[20:12] Nishida
Yes.
[20:13] Nishida
These guys are telling me that
they need me to start the club.
[20:17] Nishida
And karuta is still...
[20:21] Nishida
Tennis can never replace karuta!
[20:28] Miya
I understand.
[20:30] Miya
I expect you to submit
your resignation shortly.
[20:35] Kanade
We finally have our last member!
[20:38] Taichi
Thank you, Nishida!
[20:41] Nishida
But in return for joining, Mashima...
[20:45] Nishida
Make her stop calling me "Porky"!
[20:48] Chihaya
Huh? Why do you want me to stop, Porky?
[20:50] Nishida
Stop calling me "Porky"!
[20:52] Chihaya
Fine, Porky.
[20:54] Chihaya
Let's play another match!
[20:56] Nishida
Bring it!
[20:56] Nishida
I'm gonna get revenge!
[20:58] Nishida
Wait! Stop calling me "Porky"!
[22:17] Chihaya
Okay.
[22:20] Chihaya
The karuta club...
[22:23] Chihaya
My fellow players...
SIGN Ms. Miyauchi, We have 5 Karuta Club Members!! President 1-2 Ayase Chihaya Vice President 1-1 Mashima Taichi Secretary 1-2 Komachi Tsutomu Equipment Manager 1-8 Nishida Yusei Treasurer 1-6 Oe Kanade
[22:27] Chihaya
I'm...
[22:30] Chihaya
...no longer alone!
[22:31] ---
E9 - But I Cannot Hide
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SIGN Ms. Miyauchi,
We have 5 Karuta Club Members!! (Introductions)
President 1-2 Ayase Chihaya (I'm going to become a Queen!)
Vice President 1-1 Mashima Taichi (Class B jack of all trades.)
Secretary 1-2 Komachi Tsutomu (A very smart rookie.)
Equipment Manager 1-8 Nishida Yusei (The roundest player in Class B.)
Treasurer 1-6 Oe Kanade (A very reliable fan of classical poetry.)
Thank you very much!
[00:06] Miya
You have five members, so you want me
[00:07] ---
to officially sanction the Karuta Club.
[00:11] Chihaya
Yes! Please!
[00:14] Miya
Hmm...
[00:25] Miya
Very well.
[00:26] Chihaya
Yay!
[00:28] Miya
However, change the president
to someone other than Ayase-san.
[00:32] Chihaya
Huh?!
[00:33] Miya
I'll serve as the advisor for now.
[00:35] Miya
Okay, dismissed.
[00:39] Chihaya
Why can't I be the club president?
SIGN Well, I think she made a wise decision.
[00:44] Kanade
Speaking of which,
who should be the club president?
[00:47] Nishida
Let Mashima do it.
[00:49] Taichi
Huh? Me?
[00:50] Kanade
That makes sense.
SIGN I'm okay with it.
[00:54] Taichi
Then that makes Chihaya...
[00:55] Chihaya
Okay! I'll be the captain!
[00:59] All
Captain?
SIGN Chihaya Furu
SIGN Treasurer Notes
[02:13] Kanade
Our budget is 3,000 yen?
[02:15] Kanade
There won't be anything
left after we buy cards.
[02:22] Taichi
Any suggestions about
how we should practice?
[02:26] Nishida
Mashima and I can take
turns playing with Ayase.
[02:30] Nishida
The person who isn't playing
[02:32] ---
can teach Kana-chan and Desktomu-kun.
SIGN My name is Tsutomu, Porky.
[02:37] Nishida
Desktomu.
SIGN Porky.
[02:39] Nishida
Desktomu.
SIGN Porky.
[02:40] Taichi
That should be fine.
[02:42] Taichi
Chihaya is Class A,
so she'll be on a different regimen.
[02:46] Kanade
Um, is Class A really so special?
[02:50] Taichi
It certainly is.
[02:52] Taichi
Players start in Class E.
[02:54] Taichi
You have to win tournaments
and work your way up.
[02:57] Taichi
By the way, Nishida and I are Class B.
[02:59] Nishida
It depends on which society you belong to,
[03:02] Nishida
but to reach Class A,
you need to place
[03:05] ---
first or second in two tournaments.
[03:07] Kanade
Oh? Really?
[03:10] Chihaya
Okay!
[03:11] Chihaya
Today, I get Kana-chan and Desktomu-kun!
[03:16] Taichi
You want to play against Komano and Oe-san?
[03:19] Chihaya
Yep!
[03:20] Taichi
Are you crazy?
[03:21] Taichi
Beginners aren't going to learn anything
by playing someone in class A!
[03:25] Chihaya
But we're gonna play!
[03:26] Kanade
Huh?
[03:26] Taichi
It won't be any fun for them!
[03:28] Chihaya
But we're gonna play!
[03:29] Taichi
There's no point!
[03:31] Chihaya
Does the president or the
captain have more say?!
[03:34] All
Uh, good question...
SIGN Verse 9
SIGN But I
Cannot
Hide
[03:39] [POEM] Taichi
Here comes spring,
now the flower blooms
[03:49] [POEM] Taichi
Here comes spring,
now the flower blooms
[03:57] [POEM] Taichi
While some dodge the famous waves...
[04:00] [POEM] Taichi
Like the sound of...
SIGN She's fast!
[04:03] Nishida
Wait, she's not gonna go easy on her?
[04:05] [POEM] Taichi
the thistle and brush are
blown by the autumn wind
[04:12] [POEM] Taichi
All alone, I step...
[04:25] Kanade
Chihaya-chan, this won't work.
[04:29] Kanade
The gap between us is too big.
[04:34] Chihaya
Kana-chan.
[04:36] Chihaya
When I played karuta for
the very first time,
[04:39] Chihaya
my opponent was someone who
was incredibly strong.
[04:43] Chihaya
If he had gone easy on me,
[04:46] Chihaya
I wouldn't love karuta the way I do now.
[04:51] Chihaya
So, I'm not going to go easy on you.
[04:53] Chihaya
I'm going to try my hardest,
[04:55] Chihaya
because I need you guys to become stronger.
[04:58] Chihaya
This summer,
the five of us will
[05:00] ---
participate as a team in
the national tournament!
[05:09] Nishida
Omi Jingu?
SIGN What's that?
[05:14] Nishida
Every July, there's a tournament
at the Omi Jingu shrine
[05:17] ---
in the Shiga Prefecture
[05:19] ---
to determine the best high
school karuta players in Japan.
[05:22] Nishida
It's considered the Koshien of karuta.
[05:25] Chihaya
First, we need to win the Tokyo regionals!
[05:27] Chihaya
After that, we'll be in
the national tournament!
SIGN Win... National tournament...
[05:33] Kanade
Um, how many schools will be
participating in the Tokyo regionals?
[05:38] Chihaya
A whole bunch.
[05:39] Chihaya
Tokyo is a competitive region!
SIGN W-We can't make nationals.
SIGN We just started playing.
[05:48] Chihaya
It'll be fine!
[05:50] Chihaya
I'm going to play real matches
[05:51] ---
against Desktomu-kun and Kana-chan every day!
[05:54] Chihaya
You better get ready!
[06:00] Taichi
Are you sure about this, Chihaya?
[06:02] Chihaya
Huh? What do you mean?
[06:04] Taichi
The tournament.
[06:06] Taichi
If you're playing Komano
and Oe-san every day,
[06:09] Taichi
you won't have any time
for serious practice.
[06:10] Chihaya
Oh, that.
[06:12] Chihaya
I'll be fine in that department.
[06:14] Taichi
How will you be fine?
[06:16] Taichi
Don't you want to win the
individual tournament?
[06:19] Chihaya
Yeah.
[06:20] Taichi
Don't worry about the club.
[06:21] Taichi
You should be practicing
at the Shiranami Society.
[06:24] Taichi
Nishida and I will take
care of the two rookies.
[06:29] Chihaya
Taichi.
[06:31] Taichi
Huh?
[06:32] Chihaya
Do you remember when
the two of us and Arata
SIGN Team Chihaya Furu
[06:41] ---
played in a team match for the first time?
[06:49] Taichi
I get it.
[06:56] Taichi
Positioning is key.
SIGN Positioning?
[06:59] Taichi
Yes, when you're placing the
cards on your side of the field.
[07:03] Nishida
It's impossible to memorize the position
[07:05] ---
of every card perfectly every match, right?
SIGN If my name were sullied by such a brief tryst
[07:07] Kanade
I already came up with a
method for placing cards.
[07:10] Kanade
I'll put my favorite cards
to the lower right.
[07:14] Taichi
But, while putting the "So spring ends" and
[07:18] ---
"So spring nights" cards together
makes it easier for you,
[07:21] Taichi
you're also making it
easier for your opponent.
[07:24] Taichi
Oh, I'm not saying that this is a bad thing.
[07:26] Taichi
It's fine if you have faster
reflexes than your opponent.
[07:30] Taichi
The idea is to keep practicing
until you've learned
[07:34] ---
the positions that are easiest.
[07:39] Chihaya
The most important thing is experience!
[07:40] Chihaya
Let's play a match!
SIGN Wait.
[07:42] Chihaya
Huh?
SIGN I'm left-handed, so I should place my favorite cards to my left?
SIGN Isn't that too simple?
SIGN Are there any theories about how to position the long shot cards?
SIGN There are sixteen cards which begin with "The"...
[07:54] Kanade
Please teach me more
about how to place my cards well!
[07:58] Kanade
I don't want to lose to
someone who joined after me!
[08:03] [POEM] Nishida
be as dear now,
those were the good old days
[08:11] [POEM] Nishida
So the flower petals are...
[08:14] [POEM] Nishida
Since the dew atop...
[08:17] [POEM] Nishida
After many, many years...
[08:20] [POEM] Nishida
My own home is...
[08:23] [POEM] Nishida
I hear the beating of cloth...
SIGN Huh? A dead card?
SIGN Sorry...
[08:31] Chihaya
You don't need to apologize.
[08:33] Chihaya
Failure is part of the experience!
[08:37] [POEM] Nishida
While it brings me no joy...
[08:42] Kanade
I-I took a card...
SIGN and I have yet to visit Amanohashidate or read my mother's letters
[08:46] Kanade
My first card.
[08:49] Chihaya
That was great, Kana-chan!
[08:50] Nishida
Nice job!
[08:51] Kanade
I'm so happy!
[08:53] Kanade
I promised myself that
I would take this card today!
[08:59] Nishida
That's great!
[09:02] Chihaya
Arata, I have people to play with now.
[09:07] Chihaya
I'm not alone.
[09:10] Chihaya
I'm helping to pass on
what you passed to me.
[09:19] Miya
The school is already closed!
[09:21] Miya
Go home already!
[09:24] Nishida
Man, we don't have enough time to practice.
SIGN There's only enough time for two matches after classes end?
[09:30] Kanade
I need more time!
[09:32] Nishida
You won't be able to
build up any stamina, either.
[09:34] Nishida
In tournaments, you sometimes have
to play at least four matches in one day.
[09:39] Chihaya
The Shiranami Society
held a two-day camp
[09:40] ---
at Lake Kawaguchi over the summer.
[09:44] Chihaya
That was to help us build stamina.
[09:48] All
Camp?
[09:51] Chihaya
Yes, a camp.
SIGN I like the sound of that!
SIGN Let's hold one!
[09:55] Kanade
We have a long weekend coming
up because of Founder's Day!
[09:58] Nishida
That's great!
[09:59] Chihaya
But where do we go?
SIGN We need a place where we can stay overnight and play karuta.
[10:06] Nishida
There are only three weeks until the tournament.
[10:08] Nishida
It makes more sense to just practice
[10:09] ---
instead of wasting time looking
for a good place for a camp.
[10:12] Taichi
We can try to use lunch and nights
to make up the difference.
[10:17] Chihaya
That's true.
[10:18] Chihaya
I can't think of a place nearby where
everybody could stay overnight.
[10:24] Chihaya
Oh!
[10:26] Taichi
Hmm?
[10:30] Chihaya
It was a stroke of luck that Taichi's
parents are in Kobe for a wedding.
[10:35] Chihaya
With Founder's Day,
we can play karuta all weekend!
[10:40] Taichi
There's an empty room and extra futons,
[10:43] Taichi
but are you seriously going
to spend the night here?
[10:46] Chihaya
Of course. I'm the captain.
[10:51] Chihaya
That's right!
[10:52] Chihaya
Show me your room
before everyone gets here!
[10:55] Taichi
Huh?
[10:56] Chihaya
We used to play games there.
[10:59] Chihaya
Do you have a new big TV or something?
[11:02] Chihaya
Let me see!
[11:05] Taichi
Now look here...
[11:10] Taichi
You shouldn't be running
to a guy's room like that.
[11:14] Taichi
I'm not gonna let you in.
[11:37] Nishida
Mashima...
[11:39] Nishida
For the first time in my life,
I feel like we live in a class society.
[11:43] Taichi
What are you talking about?
[11:45] Taichi
Anyway, did you buy it?
[11:48] Nishida
You bet.
[11:51] Kanade
I'm really excited about this camp.
[11:54] Nishida
What are we having for dinner?
SIGN How about a test of courage?
[11:57] Nishida
I like the sound of that!
[11:58] Nishida
Is there a graveyard nearby?
SIGN These are all Mashima's?
[12:04] Chihaya
Yep!
[12:05] Kanade
Eiken Grade Pre-1, violin,
horse riding, skiing...
[12:10] Kanade
That's amazing.
[12:12] Taichi
Oh, my parents made me
take all kinds of lessons.
[12:16] Taichi
Man, why did Chihaya have
to show them those?
[12:20] Nishida
Oh, is this your mom?
[12:22] Kanade
She's beautiful.
[12:24] Chihaya
Uh-huh, but I don't really
like Taichi's mom.
[12:29] Kanade
Huh?
[12:30] Chihaya
She gets mad when he doesn't win.
[12:32] Chihaya
I called her "Mrs. Pressure."
[12:38] Taichi
Aren't you here to practice?!
[12:43] Chihaya
I have an announcement to make.
[12:45] Chihaya
The goal of the first Mizusawa High
School Karuta Club camp is...
[12:50] Chihaya
to play 15 matches today and tomorrow!
[12:54] Nishida
F-Fifteen?!
SIGN Match Schedule (Day One) Reader: Taichi Desktomu-kun vs Kana-chan Chihaya vs Porky Reader: Porky Desktomu-kun vs Chihaya Taichi vs Kana-chan Reader: Chihaya Desktomu-kun vs Taichi Porky vs Kana-chan Reader: Taichi Desktomu-kun vs Porky Kana-chan vs Chihaya Reader: Porky Chihaya vs Taichi Desktomu-kun vs Kana-chan Reader: Chihaya Desktomu-kun vs Porky Kana-chan vs Taichi
[12:55] Chihaya
I made a schedule!
[12:58] Kanade
Ch-Chihaya-chan, um...
[13:00] Kanade
Desktomu-kun and I don't get any breaks...
[13:03] Chihaya
Yup. The most important thing
right now is to play matches.
[13:07] Chihaya
Stay focused in every match!
[13:11] Chihaya
Kana-chan, your swing is too big!
[13:15] Chihaya
You aren't using the form I taught you!
[13:18] Chihaya
Desktomu-kun, you should use
a thrust for that card!
[13:20] Chihaya
Stay focused!
[13:23] Chihaya
I want you to become better!
[13:26] Chihaya
I want to help you win!
[13:30] Chihaya
I want you to win!
SIGN Match Schedule (Day One)
Reader: Taichi Desktomu-kun vs Kana-chan Chihaya vs Porky
Reader: Porky Desktomu-kun vs Chihaya Taichi vs Kana-chan
Reader: Chihaya Desktomu-kun vs Taichi Porky vs Kana-chan
Reader: Taichi Desktomu-kun vs Porky Kana-chan vs Chihaya
Reader: Porky Chihaya vs Taichi Desktomu-kun vs Kana-chan
Reader: Chihaya Desktomu-kun vs Porky Kana-chan vs Taichi
[13:33] Chihaya
For now, we have to practice!
[13:42] Chihaya
Um, next is Desktomu-kun vs
Porky and Kana-chan vs...
[13:46] Taichi
Chihaya.
[13:47] Chihaya
Huh?
[13:48] Taichi
Let's call it a day.
[13:49] Chihaya
Why? We've only played five matches!
[13:53] Taichi
Look.
[13:56] [POEM] Kanade
May I live to see the day when
[14:04] [POEM] Kanade
I long for the agony I feel now
[14:11] Taichi
They're both spent.
[14:13] Chihaya
But it'll be just as hard in a tournament.
[14:17] Chihaya
That's why we have to keep practicing!
[14:18] Taichi
Chihaya!
[14:19] Taichi
Do you want to break people
who are trying their best?
[14:25] Taichi
That's enough for today.
[14:35] Nishida
That hit the spot!
[14:37] Nishida
I'm so glad that Mashima is the president!
[14:44] Nishida
Huh? You guys aren't eating?
SIGN I have no appetite.
[14:50] Kanade
Same here.
[14:52] Kanade
Although, we have to eat
something or we won't last!
[14:57] Kanade
Desktomu-kun!
[14:59] Kanade
Let's do our best to eat something!
[15:01] Kanade
We have to practice more tomorrow!
[15:04] Kanade
Desktomu-kun!
[15:08] Chihaya
Kana-chan, we have to escape!
[15:09] Kanade
Huh?
[15:10] Chihaya
Just hide!
[15:17] Taichi
M-M—
[15:19] Taichi
Mom?
[15:20] Mom
Oh, Taichi. You're having friends over?
[15:23] Taichi
I thought you were staying overnight!
[15:26] Mom
Rika suddenly said that
she wanted to go home.
[15:29] Rika
No point in me staying if
we weren't going to USJ!
[15:33] Mom
Rika is so fickle.
[15:34] Chihaya
Whew, that was close...
[15:36] Chihaya
Let's grab our shoes and go to my house.
[15:39] Chihaya
Mrs. Pressure would never
let girls stay overnight.
[15:45] Chihaya
Kana-chan?
[16:07] Taichi
Do you want to break people
who are trying their best?
[16:15] Chihaya
Now that I think about it,
people always used to tell me...
[16:19] Chihaya
that I was blind to
everything but karuta.
[16:26] Chihaya
I'm no good.
[16:31] Chihaya
No good at all.
[16:35] Chihaya
Huh?
[16:38] Chihaya
Wh-What?!
[16:42] Kanade
Come with me, Chihaya-chan!
[16:43] Kanade
Huh?
[16:44] Kanade
Hurry!
[16:46] Chihaya
W-Wait, Kana-chan?!
[16:51] Chihaya
What is it, Kana-chan?!
[16:53] Chihaya
Where are we going in the
middle of the night?!
[16:57] Chihaya
Hey, Kana-chan!
[17:01] Chihaya
Wait, how far are we going?!
[17:03] Nishida
Hey!
[17:05] All
Hey, over here!
[17:09] Chihaya
Taichi? And everyone else!
[17:14] Nishida
Sorry about calling you out here so late,
[17:18] Nishida
but we had something to tell you, Captain.
[17:24] Chihaya
Wait! Let me go first!
[17:27] Chihaya
Sorry about today!
[17:28] Nishida
Huh?
[17:31] Chihaya
I needed to pay more attention.
[17:34] Chihaya
Everyone was trying their best,
but I kept pushing you too hard.
[17:39] Chihaya
I'm really sorry!
[17:44] Nishida
I don't see any problem
with what you were doing.
[17:48] Chihaya
Huh?
[17:49] Nishida
You just happen to be a pushy person.
[17:52] Nishida
Doesn't hurt to have one of those around.
[17:56] Chihaya
Porky...
[17:57] Kanade
That's right!
[17:59] Kanade
We have to work hard because
you're so earnest about karuta!
[18:05] Chihaya
Kana-chan...
SIGN I feel the same way!
SIGN I still have much to learn,
SIGN but I have a feeling that I'll grow to love karuta.
[18:14] Chihaya
Desktomu-kun...
[18:18] Chihaya
Anyway...
SIGN Chihaya
[18:25] All
Happy birthday!
[18:31] Nishida
Now eat this quick,
[18:32] Nishida
before Mashima's mom finishes her bath!
[18:35] Taichi
Crap! I forgot to bring a knife!
SIGN Oh, these are spoons!
[18:39] Nishida
Man, just eat it whole!
[18:41] Kanade
That's bad manners!
[18:42] Nishida
Oh, this is mine!
[18:44] Taichi
Oh! Chihaya, here's the nameplate!
SIGN Hurry up!
[18:47] Nishida
Delicious! What's this yellow stuff?!
SIGN That's mine!
[18:51] Kanade
Hurry and eat, Chihaya-chan.
[19:04] Taichi
Chihaya, as long as you
have a smile on your face,
[19:07] ---
karuta will always be fun.
[19:10] Taichi
That's the truth, Captain.
[19:19] Chihaya
I really like the tart crust.
[19:21] Chihaya
Can I peel off the edge?
[19:24] Kanade
Sure.
[19:25] Both
What?!
[19:26] Kanade
It's her birthday,
so she can do what she wants!
[19:29] Chihaya
Yay! I'll help myself then!
[19:34] Chihaya
It's so good!
[19:36] Nishida
Anyway, Mashima's mom is a little scary.
[19:39] Nishida
Somebody should go lock her in the bathroom.
SIGN Not me.
[19:43] Chihaya
Not me.
[19:44] Kanade
Me either.
[19:53] Taichi
From an unknown number?
[20:07] Chihaya
Taichi!
[20:11] Chihaya
I'll give you the last bit of crust!
[20:13] Chihaya
Just kidding! It's all mine!
[20:22] Nishida
Seriously, Mashima's mom really scared me.
[20:37] Taichi
There was a message.
[20:40] Chihaya
Huh?
[20:41] Chihaya
Ow!
[20:45] Kanade
Oh, a shooting star!
SIGN Huh?
[20:48] Nishida
Where?!
[20:49] Kanade
I've never seen one before!
[20:57] [Messenger] [SIGN]
Taichi, sorry about before.
Tell Chihaya happy birthday for me.
Wataya Arata
[20:58] Chihaya
Sweet sixteen...
[21:04] [Messenger] [SIGN]
Wataya Arata
[21:11] Chihaya
Today is the best birthday ever!
[21:17] Kanade
Oh, look! Another one!
SIGN What?!
[21:19] Nishida
Where is it?!
[21:21] Kanade
Oh, it was so pretty.
SIGN I missed it again!
E10 - Exchange Hellos And Goodbyes
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[00:07] Person A
What's that?
[00:09] Person B
Is this for some kind of
advertising campaign?
[00:10] Chihaya
One, two, three, four!
[00:13] Person A
Isn't she that really pretty
girl from Mizusawa High?
[00:17] Person B
Is she going to play karuta in a hakama?
[00:17] Chihaya
Five, six, seven, eight!
[00:25] Chihaya
June. The middle of the rainy season.
[00:29] Chihaya
The Tokyo regionals for the National
High School Karuta Championship!
SIGN Chihaya Furu
SIGN Verse 10
SIGN Exchange
Hellos
And
Goodbyes
SIGN Dressing Room
Please take turns
[01:49] Kanade
Players wear hakama for the
Master and Queen matches.
[01:54] Kanade
You should get used to it now!
[01:55] Nishida
No way!
[01:57] Nishida
I'm not trying to become a Master!
SIGN None of the other high schools are wearing them!
[02:02] Kanade
What are you saying?!
[02:04] Kanade
Both of you look much better now
[02:06] Kanade
than when you were wearing
your school or gym uniforms.
[02:09] Kanade
You would fit in perfectly on a theater stage
or at a children's festival!
[02:12] Both
What?!
SIGN Traditional Clothing by Oe
SIGN 120
Years
of
Serving
the
Community
[02:21] Taichi
Oe-san's business sense...
is really something.
[02:32] Taichi
Chihaya, why are you just standing there?
[02:34] Taichi
The opening ceremony's about to start.
[02:36] Chihaya
Isn't this amazing, Taichi?
[02:38] Chihaya
Everybody here plays karuta!
[02:40] Chihaya
Everybody here is bonkers for karuta!
[02:42] Taichi
Wait, you're being rude.
[02:45] Chihaya
Okay! I need to text Arata!
[02:48] Taichi
You've been texting Arata
a lot since your birthday.
[02:52] Taichi
Does he reply?
[02:53] Chihaya
It's shocking how he never replies!
[02:55] Taichi
Huh?
[02:55] Chihaya
I'm sending messages just in case.
[02:57] Chihaya
But why did he text you instead of me?
[03:01] Chihaya
I always put my number
on my notes and letters,
[03:04] Chihaya
so he should know it.
[03:07] Taichi
I can understand.
[03:09] [Messenger] [SIGN]
Taichi, sorry about before.
Tell Chihaya happy birthday for me.
Wataya Arata
[03:10] Taichi
We both feel that Chihaya...
[03:14] Taichi
What?
[03:15] Taichi
Sorry, don't take pictures.
[03:17] Person C
Sorry.
[03:20] Taichi
...belongs to both of us.
[03:26] Chihaya
Taichi's been acting strange lately.
[03:29] Retro
You always manage to stand out.
[03:33] Chihaya
Huh?
[03:34] Retro
I didn't expect to see you in
the team tournament, Chihaya.
SIGN Hokuo
[03:42] Chihaya
Oh! It's Retro-kun!
[03:43] Retro
Er, wait! You forgot about
me for a moment there!
[03:45] Chihaya
I forgot, but then I remembered!
Long time no see!
[03:48] Retro
What are you saying?!
[03:49] Chihaya
Your high school is in this tournament?
[03:51] Chihaya
That makes us rivals!
[03:53] Hiro
Rivals?
[03:54] Hiro
Don't you realize that you're
just a new karuta club?
[03:57] Hiro
Our Hokuo Academy is a karuta powerhouse
[03:59] ---
that's made the national
tournament five years in a row.
[04:03] Hiro
Two of the eight members
on the team are Class A.
[04:06] Chihaya
Huh?
[04:06] Hiro
Our team is incredible!
[04:08] Chihaya
Two members in Class A?
[04:08] Hiro
And I might add that I'm performing
very well for a first-year...
[04:13] Chihaya
My team is just as amazing!
[04:15] Chihaya
We'll blow you out of the water!
[04:18] Hiro
What are you saying?!
[04:21] Chihaya
What do we do?
[04:22] Chihaya
I knew this would be difficult.
[04:24] Chihaya
Only one team will make it to Omi Jingu!
[04:28] Kanade
Oh, Chihaya-chan!
[04:31] Chihaya
Kana-chan!
[04:33] Kanade
That won't do, Chihaya-chan!
[04:35] Chihaya
Huh?
[04:37] Kanade
A woman must always move with grace,
[04:40] ---
whether you're wiping a
table or drying sheets.
[04:45] Kanade
Or in the fight of your life.
[04:55] Chihaya
Twelve schools are participating.
[04:56] Chihaya
There's a group stage,
followed by the tournament.
[05:00] Taichi
At least we weren't placed
in the same group as Hokuo.
[05:03] Nishida
We just need three people to win
their matches for a victory.
[05:07] Tsutomu
I was able to survive that brutal camp,
[05:09] Tsutomu
and I was up late last night practicing.
[05:11] Tsutomu
I know that I've improved!
[05:14] Kanade
My love of classical poetry is
greater than anyone else here!
[05:19] Chihaya
I want to win!
[05:21] Chihaya
Win and go to the national tournament...
[05:24] Chihaya
With this team!
[05:31] [POEM] Reader
Naniwa Bay, now the flower
blooms, but for winter
[05:38] Person C
Isn't that school a little too into this?
[05:38] [POEM] Reader
Here comes spring, now the flower blooms
[05:41] Person D
I heard one of them say,
[05:42] ---
"players wear hakama for the Master and Queen matches,
[05:44] ---
so you should get used to it now."
[05:45] Person E
Wait, that's impossible.
[05:46] [POEM] Reader
Here comes spring, now the flower blooms
[05:47] Person E
They wouldn't say that if they knew
[05:49] Person E
how strong the current Queen is.
[05:54] [POEM] Reader
The sky is the road home
for the holy maidens,
[05:59] Background
Nice!
[06:03] Background
Keep it up!
[06:04] Background
Okay!
[06:06] Chihaya
Oops. I need to be graceful.
[06:09] [POEM] Reader
may the wind bring clouds
to extend their stay
[06:17] [POEM] Reader
The hazy early morning mist over the Kawagiri River
SIGN but from the crystal white snow of Yoshino
[06:20] Tsutomu
Shoot! This is the wrong card!
[06:23] Tsutomu
I knew coming in that "The" cards were
[06:26] ---
the ones people usually mix up.
[06:27] [POEM] Reader
No matter where I stand on the shores of Tago,
[06:30] Tsutomu
Calm down.
[06:31] Tsutomu
The match has just started.
[06:33] [POEM] Reader
My own home is a retreat lying
southeast of the capital
[06:41] Tsutomu
I spent all that time practicing,
[06:44] Tsutomu
but I can't take any cards!
SIGN Group B Preliminaries
SIGN Eikou University High School Mizusawa High School Shuryukan Hanasaki Academy
[06:48] Nishida
Yes! That's one win!
SIGN Gloom
[06:52] Taichi
I'm guessing that Komano was up
against Eikou's strongest player.
[06:57] Taichi
Bad luck on your part.
SIGN Oh? Really?
[07:00] Nishida
Luck of the draw,
more or less.
[07:05] Nishida
Anyway, Mashima.
[07:07] Nishida
I don't mind putting Ayase
in the middle for now,
[07:11] Nishida
but won't we need to rethink our order
[07:12] ---
when we face stronger schools?
[07:14] Taichi
Yeah.
[07:16] Taichi
Will Hokuo use a standard order?
[07:19] Taichi
Who are the two Class A Hokuo players?
[07:21] Nishida
We just need you, me, and Ayase to win.
[07:24] Nishida
So we should try to
[07:25] ---
match Kana-chan and Desktomu-kun
against the Class A players.
[07:28] Taichi
That would be...
[07:30] Kanade
That's right.
Where's Chihaya-chan?
[07:32] Nishida
She's over there sending a text.
[07:35] Kanade
Again?
[07:36] Kanade
She's been sending a lot of texts recently.
[07:38] Nishida
It must be him, you know?
[07:39] Nishida
Wataya Arata.
[07:40] Kanade
Who's that?
[07:43] Nishida
The person who taught Ayase karuta.
[07:45] Nishida
He's ridiculously good.
[07:47] Nishida
He's in Fukui right now,
[07:49] Nishida
so Ayase must have started a karuta club
[07:52] ---
so she could see him at nationals.
[07:55] [POEM] Kanade
Swift!
[07:56] [POEM] Kanade
Swift waters parted by the jagged rocks!
[08:01] Nishida
Well, she's obsessed with karuta,
[08:03] Nishida
so I'm pretty sure she just
wants to play strong opponents.
[08:06] Taichi
Let's get going.
[08:07] Taichi
It's time for our second match.
[08:10] Kanade
Is our next opponent, Shuryukan, strong?
[08:14] Nishida
They're pretty serious about karuta.
[08:17] Nishida
But you can take it easy, Kana-chan.
[08:19] Kanade
Oh, okay!
[08:33] [POEM] Reader
now the flower blooms
[08:38] [POEM] Reader
No more can we hear the
sounds of the waterfall
[08:40] Person A
Got it!
[08:42] Chihaya
Sorry about that.
[08:43] Chihaya
I swung too hard.
[08:47] [POEM] Reader
My life means nothing after all
the agonizing I have endured,
[08:53] Both
Thank you very much.
[08:57] Chihaya
Kana-chan won!
[08:59] Nishida
Nice job! It's your first victory!
[09:02] Kanade
Yes!
[09:04] Chihaya
You can do it, Desktomu-kun!
[09:09] [POEM] Reader
I feel as though my body is
on fire with Ibuki mugwort
[09:17] [POEM] Reader
My fear is that you will forget
your promise to never forget me,
[09:22] Person A
Thank you very much!
[09:30] Kanade
That was my first win!
[09:33] Chihaya
That's great, Kana-chan! Congrats!
[09:35] Kanade
Thank you so much!
[09:37] Nishida
Shuryukan must have something against men.
[09:40] Taichi
Yeah.
[09:41] Nishida
I almost lost 'cause my
opponent had a scary face.
SIGN Group B Preliminaries
SIGN Eikou University High School Mizusawa High School Shuryukan Hanasaki Academy
[09:50] Kanade
Today was the first time I've ever
felt like I was the one attacking.
[09:54] Kanade
It feels so good when you take
a card from the bottom right side
[09:57] ---
of the opponent's field!
[09:58] Chihaya
I know what you mean!
[09:59] Nishida
We've made it out of the group stage.
[10:01] Nishida
We just have to win two more
matches to win the tournament.
[10:04] Nishida
I think we have a shot.
[10:05] Taichi
But if we lose once, it's over.
[10:08] Nishida
That's why I think we
should change the order
[10:11] ---
so the three of us can't lose!
[10:13] Chihaya
Our next opponent,
Tomihara West High School,
[10:14] ---
has one really strong player!
[10:16] Nishida
Then we should match Desktomu-kun
against that player!
[10:19] Chihaya
We don't know what order
they're going to use.
[10:21] Kanade
Chihaya-chan!
SIGN Um, excuse me.
SIGN Can I go home now?
[10:30] Chihaya
Huh?
[10:32] Kanade
What are you saying, Desktomu-kun?!
[10:34] Nishida
Stupid, you can't leave now.
SIGN But you'll have enough wins without me,
SIGN and I can't beat anyone.
[10:44] Kanade
Y-You don't need to worry about that.
SIGN Don't get all cocky because you lucked into a win!
[10:48] Kanade
Huh?
[10:49] Nishida
What's wrong with you?!
SIGN I'm only here because you need five people
[10:52] ---
to make it to the national tournament!
SIGN Anyone could take my spot!
SIGN You don't need Oe-san or me!
[10:58] Chihaya
That's not true, Desktomu-kun!
SIGN It is!
SIGN Your goal is to reach the national tournament
SIGN because there's someone you want to meet!
[11:06] Chihaya
Huh?
SIGN That's all you care about!
SIGN Anyway, I'm going home.
SIGN There's a test coming up,
SIGN and I didn't get any sleep last night.
[11:19] Taichi
Komano.
[11:23] Taichi
I'll let you skip the semi-finals,
[11:25] Taichi
but you'll be playing in the finals.
[11:28] Taichi
That's an order.
[11:31] Chihaya
Taichi!
[11:32] Chihaya
He can't take any cards with that mindset.
[11:34] Nishida
That's right!
[11:36] Nishida
Just forget about him.
[11:37] Taichi
It's not his fault!
[11:39] Taichi
We're still playing karuta individually.
[11:44] Taichi
We aren't a team yet...
[11:47] Chihaya
Huh?
[11:53] Taichi
Anyway, we have to win
and make it to the finals.
[11:57] Taichi
The four of us need to score three wins.
[12:01] Taichi
So we can play with Komano again.
[12:06] Person A
I will now read Mizusawa
High School's order.
[12:15] Taichi
Chihaya, you definitely can't lose.
[12:18] Chihaya
Huh?
[12:20] (Flashback) Tsutomu
I'm only here because you
need five people to make
[12:21] (Flashback) ---
it to the national tournament!
[12:24] Chihaya
Oh, no...
[12:25] Chihaya
I never realized that
Desktomu-kun felt that way.
[12:28] [POEM] Reader
Here comes spring, now the flower blooms
[12:29] Sano
Tomihara West High! Victory!
[12:31] All
Yeah!
[12:35] [POEM] Reader
The sight of the lonely
moon in the early morning
[12:38] Person A
Got it!
[12:39] Sano
Nice job, E-chan!
[12:40] Sano
I was able to hold onto mine.
[12:41] Person B
Way to go, Sano-senpai!
[12:43] Sano
That's the spirit!
[12:44] Sano
Keep it up, team!
[12:45] All
Yes!
[12:45] Chihaya
Huh? Everyone on their team won that card?
[12:48] Chihaya
No... Taichi and Porky took theirs,
[12:52] Chihaya
so we're actually even in score.
[12:54] Sano
Make it two in a row!
[12:55] Person A
Yeah!
[12:55] Person B
Take the next one!
[12:56] Person B
One at a time!
[12:57] Chihaya
Focus... Focus...
[12:58] Sano
Keep it up, team!
[12:59] All
Yeah!
[13:01] Chihaya
Focus!
[13:02] (Flashback) Taichi
Anyway, we have to win and
make it to the finals.
[13:06] Chihaya
If we lose here...
[13:08] (Flashback) Taichi
So we can play with Komano again.
[13:11] Chihaya
It will have all been for nothing.
[13:14] (Flashback) Taichi
You definitely can't lose.
[13:19] [POEM] Reader
Impassionate—
[13:22] Nishida
Yes!
[13:23] Taichi
Can't lose this card!
[13:24] Kanade
Got it!
[13:25] Taichi
Yes! We all-
[13:26] Sano
Held onto the "Impassionate" card!
[13:29] Person A
Nice job, Sano-senpai!
[13:30] Person B
All right!
[13:31] Nishida
Ayase...
[13:32] Taichi
...lost the Chihaya card?!
[13:35] Kanade
Chihaya-chan!
[13:36] [POEM] Reader
the red that is the Tatsuta River
[13:40] Chihaya
The sound is...
[13:43] Chihaya
so far away.
[13:45] Sano
Right! We're on a roll!
[13:47] All
Yes!
[13:49] Sudo
Tomihara West is always so loud.
[13:50] Sudo
They're actually not that strong,
[13:53] Sudo
but the yelling makes
their movements crisper,
[13:56] Sudo
and it helps to intimidate their opponents.
[13:59] Sudo
There isn't a team that's stronger
when they keep your mouths shut.
[14:04] Retro
1 retro, 2 retro, 3 retro, 4, 5...
[14:06] Sudo
Retro?
[14:08] Sudo
Retro, are you sitting out this round?
[14:10] Retro
Sudo-senpai.
[14:13] Sudo
What are you doing?
[14:16] Retro
These are like tarot cards,
but they're retrot cards.
[14:20] Retro
I'm going to use these to
divine our opponent's order.
[14:24] Sudo
What's scary is that you're
right 80% of the time.
[14:28] Retro
It looks like we'll be facing
Tomihara West in the finals,
[14:31] Retro
so the order won't even matter.
[14:34] Sudo
If Mizusawa wins, I want to face
the girl with the long hair.
[14:39] Retro
Chihaya?
[14:41] Retro
She has good instincts,
but she's not that impressive otherwise.
[14:44] Retro
She's no match for you.
[14:46] Sudo
I like to toy with pretty girls.
[14:50] Retro
The S in Sudo stands for "sadist"!
[15:02] Person C
How are the semi-finals going?
[15:04] Person D
Mizusawa's getting dominated.
[15:05] Person D
Tomihara West is probably in the finals.
[15:08] Person C
What about the cute girl from Mizusawa?
[15:10] Person D
She's not doing as well as
she was in the group stage.
[15:13] Person D
Her opponent's got her number.
[15:16] Person C
Something must have happened during lunch.
[15:18] Person D
Did their team have an argument?
[15:20] Person D
This is their first year as a team.
[15:22] Person D
I guess they don't respect karuta.
SIGN Ayase won't lose!
SIGN She's just getting started!
[15:35] Person C
What's with him?
[15:40] Taichi
Chihaya, one card at a time!
[15:42] Taichi
Pull yourself together!
[15:44] Chihaya
Uh, yeah.
[15:46] Taichi
It's no good.
[15:47] Taichi
She's not her normal self.
[15:52] Taichi
If I'm going to order people around,
[15:57] Taichi
I need to pull myself together!
[15:59] [POEM] Reader
My fear is that you will forget
your promise to never forget me,
[16:03] Person A
Right on!
[16:03] Person B
Nice job, Sano-senpai!
[16:05] Sano
Six cards up!
[16:06] Person A
We can do this!
[16:09] Chihaya
What do I do?
[16:11] Chihaya
How do I usually take cards?
[16:15] Chihaya
I can't remember!
[16:16] [POEM] Reader
May the scarlet kadsuras of Mount
Afusaka live up to their name
[16:27] Taichi
Excuse me.
[16:45] Taichi
Nishida, win your match first.
[16:48] Nishida
Huh?
[16:49] Taichi
That'll make it easier on the rest of us.
[16:53] Taichi
Oe-san's hanging in there!
[16:55] Taichi
I've never seen you play so well!
[16:57] Taichi
You can win!
[16:59] Taichi
Chihaya.
[17:00] Chihaya
Huh?
[17:03] Taichi
You can win if you just breathe.
[17:07] Chihaya
Breathe?
[17:21] Chihaya
So this is what my opponent looks like.
[17:26] Chihaya
She's been yelling the most.
[17:28] Chihaya
Look at her sweat...
[17:32] Chihaya
I have eight cards left.
[17:34] Chihaya
She has two cards.
[17:36] Chihaya
I'm losing pretty badly.
[17:50] Person A
Third! Heads up!
[18:01] [POEM] Reader
and allow us this secret rendezvous
[18:05] Chihaya
I can hear!
[18:09] [POEM] Reader
When I must hide these burning feelings,
[18:12] Chihaya
Yes!
[18:15] Taichi
Yeah!
[18:15] Nishida
Nice!
[18:16] Kanade
All right!
[18:19] [POEM] Reader
Though I prayed to...
[18:21] Tsutomu
Four cards down.
[18:22] Sudo
She's on the attack since there
isn't much risk of a fault.
[18:26] Sudo
All of a sudden, she's incredibly good.
[18:28] Sudo
She must be a sadist.
[18:31] Tsutomu
Three cards down.
[18:32] [POEM] Reader
Gust of wind leaves fall leaves falling
[18:35] Nishida
Victory! Mizusawa's up one!
[18:37] Taichi
I also won! Mizusawa's up two!
[18:39] Chihaya
Two cards down.
[18:40] [POEM] Reader
Since I could not hide my love,
[18:43] Person A
Tomihara West has two wins!
SIGN She's still down a card.
[18:48] Sudo
She made up...
SIGN may the wind bring clouds to extend their stay
[18:53] ---
a six card deficit!
SIGN You can do it, Ayase!
[19:11] Reader
Mizusawa High School, three wins.
[19:13] Reader
Tomihara West High School, two wins.
[19:15] Reader
Mizusawa High School wins the match.
[19:17] All
Thank you very much!
[19:22] Nishida
She's asleep.
[19:23] Taichi
Again?
[19:24] Nishida
Oh! Kana-chan?!
[19:27] Kanade
Desktomu-kun!
[19:31] Kanade
I won't let you run away, Desktomu-kun!
[19:35] Kanade
Why did you loosen your obi?
[19:38] Kanade
I'll fix it for you, so stand up straight!
[19:47] Kanade
Have you noticed?
SIGN Huh?
[19:50] Kanade
Look at everyone's feet.
[19:53] Kanade
They all have calluses.
[19:57] Kanade
Because they've been kneeling
on tatami mats for many years.
[20:03] Kanade
It only makes sense that we can't beat them.
[20:10] Kanade
We'll have to keep practicing until
we also have calluses on our feet!
SIGN Kana-chan...
[20:19] Kanade
Huh?
SIGN Congratulations on your first victory!
[20:28] Taichi
Komano!
[20:34] Tsutomu
I would rather be on a team
[20:38] Tsutomu
with someone who puts in
effort on the tatami.
SIGN Sorry!
SIGN Sorry, everyone!
SIGN Give me another chance!
[21:01] Nishida
Stupid.
[21:02] Nishida
The five of us are a team.
[21:04] Taichi
The finals are next.
[21:06] Taichi
We need you to stand a chance.
[21:09] Chihaya
Mizusawa fight!
E11 - The Sky is the Road Home
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[00:02] Harada
Come on! Hurry up!
[00:05] Harada
That was pathetic.
[00:07] Harada
You didn't even make the top eight, Hiroshi-kun.
[00:10] Tsuboguchi
Now, now, Dr. Harada.
[00:12] Tsuboguchi
This means we can cheer for
Chihaya-chan and her friends.
[00:15] Tsuboguchi
Oh, but if they've already lost,
we're wasting our time.
[00:17] Harada
Hiroshi-kun! Don't jinx them!
[00:24] Harada
They lost?
[00:26] Taichi
The question is: what order
do we use for the finals.
[00:29] Taichi
I'm guessing one of Hokuo
Academy's two Class A players
[00:32] Taichi
is the guy with thin eyes.
[00:34] Nishida
The other Class A player is that little guy.
[00:37] Taichi
You know him, Nishida?
[00:39] Nishida
I ran into him when I was
practicing as a kid.
[00:42] Nishida
He's one year older than me.
[00:43] Kanade
But we don't know what order
they're going to use.
[00:48] Taichi
That's true, but if we guess correctly,
[00:48] Chihaya
If I don't want to play against a Class A player...
[00:51] ---
that increases our chances of scoring three wins.
[00:51] Chihaya
Um... Um... Um...
[00:57] Chihaya
Forget it! Let's use this!
[00:59] Taichi
Chihaya, don't just write
down a random order.
[01:01] Taichi
And you're not supposed to use nicknames.
[01:02] Chihaya
This isn't a random order.
[01:04] Chihaya
I realized something when we
were playing Tomihara West.
[01:08] Chihaya
The player in the center needs to
be someone with an active voice
[01:10] ---
who can keep an eye on everyone else.
[01:12] Chihaya
On our team, that would be Taichi.
[01:14] Chihaya
The players on the ends should be
[01:16] ---
focused on their own matches
and scoring a quick win.
[01:18] Chihaya
That's Porky and me.
[01:20] Nishida
Yeah...
SIGN Monitor the situation Work hard Chihaya | Desktomu | Taichi | Kana-chan | Porky Work super hard
[01:21] Chihaya
Then, we put Kana-chan and Desktomu-kun
[01:23] ---
between the three of us to give them a boost!
[01:26] Chihaya
Instead of worrying about
our opponent's order,
[01:28] Chihaya
we should go with an order
that brings out the best in us!
[01:35] Chihaya
It doesn't matter who we play!
We're gonna win!
SIGN Chihaya Furu
SIGN Verse 11
SIGN The Sky
Is The
Road
Home
[02:56] Taichi
Here is Mizusawa High School's lineup.
[02:59] Person A
Thank you.
[03:00] Harada
Eyebrows! Eyebrows!
[03:02] Taichi
Dr. Harada.
[03:03] Harada
I heard you made it to the finals!
[03:07] Harada
I'm so glad to hear that.
[03:09] Harada
Chihaya-chan must be on a roll.
[03:12] Taichi
Doctor, I never knew that Chihaya
could succumb to pressure.
[03:18] Harada
Huh? Chihaya-chan?
[03:21] Taichi
I chose the wrong words when
I tried to stimulate her.
[03:26] Taichi
I didn't think she would fall apart...
[03:30] Taichi
So I need to accept that I
don't even understand Chihaya,
[03:36] Taichi
since I'm the president of this club.
[03:38] Taichi
I'll be going then.
[03:42] Harada
This is why I can never stop watching...
[03:46] (Flashback) Taichi
I could spend my entire youth on karuta
[03:48] (Flashback) Taichi
without ever becoming better than Arata.
[03:53] Taichi
Remember all the time you
spent practicing your swing.
[03:53] (Flashback) Harada
You've already become a different person.
[03:55] Taichi
You'll be fine.
You can do this!
[03:58] Tsuboguchi
Dr. Harada.
[04:00] Tsuboguchi
I see that kid hasn't changed.
[04:05] Harada
Hmm?
[04:08] Retro
Retrot answer!
SIGN Mashima Nishida Chihaya Komano Oe
[04:19] Retro
This will be their order!
[04:22] Person A
So they're switching it up?
[04:24] Amakasu
You know, does this even matter?
[04:27] Amakasu
They're not that strong.
[04:29] Sudo
Anyway, I'm playing #5.
SIGN Chihaya
[04:32] Retro
Ooh, ooh, ooh!
[04:34] Retro
I'll take on #3, Mashima!
[04:36] Person A
Huh? Why's that, Retro-kun?
[04:37] Retro
We were in the same karuta
society back in grade school.
[04:40] Retro
He's never beaten me.
[04:42] Retro
He'll have a mental block when he faces me.
SIGN Guaranteed
SIGN R-Really...
[04:49] Amakasu
Then I'll assign the rest randomly.
[04:51] Amakasu
Let's just get these regionals
over with already.
[04:54] Amakasu
This is the year we get our revenge
against Fujisaki from Shizuoka!
[04:57] Person A
We'll win every match and
the national championship!
[04:59] Person B
Naturally!
[05:00] Retro
Yeah!
[05:01] Mochida
E-Everyone, if you look too
far ahead, you'll stumble.
[05:04] Amakasu
Yeah, yeah.
[05:06] Amakasu
Submit our order for us, Teach.
[05:08] Amakasu
I'm sure you're already sick of the place,
[05:10] Amakasu
but we'll be taking you to Omi Jingu again.
[05:16] Reader
I will now read the
lineup for the finals.
[05:20] Reader
Hokuo Academy, Amakasu-kun.
[05:22] Amakasu
Oh, that's me.
[05:24] Reader
Mizusawa High School, Nishida-kun.
[05:27] Reader
Hokuo Academy, Ryugasaki-kun.
[05:30] Reader
Mizusawa High School, Oe-san.
[05:35] Reader
Hokuo Academy, Kinashi-kun.
[05:37] Retro
Yes!
[05:37] Taichi
Huh?
[05:37] Reader
Mizusawa High School, Mashima-kun.
[05:40] Reader
Hokuo Academy, Takuma-kun.
[05:43] Reader
Mizusawa High School, Komano-kun.
[05:46] Reader
Hokuo Academy, Sudo-kun.
[05:49] Reader
Mizusawa High School, Ayase-san.
[05:53] Mochida
Dead on...
[05:55] Mochida
Retrot cards are scary!
[06:04] Sudo
Good luck.
[06:06] Chihaya
G-Good luck.
[06:09] Chihaya
Oh! Sorry!
[06:13] Sudo
Say, "Please forgive me."
[06:14] Chihaya
Huh?
[06:15] Takuma
There he goes again.
[06:16] Sudo
Where's my apology?
[06:18] Chihaya
I said I was sorry...
[06:21] Sudo
The only apology I'll accept
is a "Please forgive me."
[06:23] Chihaya
Huh?
[06:24] Reader
Please place your cards.
[06:26] Reader
Memorization time will begin now.
[06:28] Chihaya
Wh-What's wrong with this guy?
SIGN the red that is the Tatsuta River
[06:37] Chihaya
Why did he put that there?
[06:43] Harada
Stay calm.
[06:44] Harada
He's trying to get in your head
by using your favorite card.
[06:50] Harada
Why, if it isn't Mochida-kun.
[06:51] Mochida
Oh, Harada-san!
[06:53] Harada
Oh, so you're the coach for Hokuo Academy.
[06:56] Mochida
I'm just a fan who's not very good.
[06:59] Mochida
All I can do is pray...
[07:01] Harada
The boy on the end is placing
his cards in a peculiar manner.
[07:04] Mochida
Gosh, Sudo-kun is such a strange boy.
[07:07] Mochida
He always rubs people the wrong way.
[07:11] Mochida
But if it weren't for that,
[07:13] ---
he would certainly have the
potential to become a Master.
[07:16] Harada
But he might lose to one of my pupils.
[07:21] Mochida
Please.
[07:22] Mochida
That girl's only a first-year.
[07:25] Harada
No, I truly believe...
[07:29] Harada
That she will be a Queen in the future.
SIGN Katsugi Books
[07:44] Arata
Welcome.
[07:55] Arata
Manager, can I use the computer?
[07:59] Manager
Don't start looking at porn.
[08:01] Arata
I'm just checking my e-mail.
[08:03] Arata
My computer's been acting up.
[08:05] Arata
Not that I spend much time on e-mail.
SIGN Logging In
SIGN 49 New Messages
[08:10] [Messenger] [SIGN]
Subject: Thanks!
Subject: This is Chihaya
Subject: It's getting warmer
Subject: It's starting to rain
Subject: Rain was leaking into our clubroom
Subject: This is our clubroom.
Subject: I got in trouble with Dr. Harada
Subject: How do I cut down on faults?
Subject: This is Chihaya
Subject: Karuta players are...
Subject: About hakama
Subject: Guess what happened today
Subject: Notice for the
Tokyo regional tournament
[08:12] Reader
What?! Is it spam?!
SIGN 49 New Messages
[08:14] [Messenger] [SIGN]
Subject: Thanks!
Subject: This is Chihaya
Subject: It's getting warmer
Subject: It's starting to rain
[08:17] [Messenger] [SIGN]
This is Chihaya.
Thank you for sending a birthday message.
I didn't think you actually remembered my birthday.
[08:23] [Messenger] [SIGN]
Notice for the Tokyo regional tournament
Yay! We have five members now, so we can
enter the tournament! Today, we received...
[08:26] [Messenger] [SIGN]
Mizusawa High School's first victory!
We won!!
Taichi and Porky both did well.
[08:27] [Messenger] [SIGN]
We made it out of the group stage!
We won group B 3-0!
[08:31] [Messenger] [SIGN]
We've made it to the finals!
I'm off to win. - Chihaya
[08:43] Reader
Memorization time is over.
[08:46] Reader
Let's begin then.
[08:50] [POEM] Reader
Naniwa Bay, now the flower blooms, but for winter
[08:53] Sudo
Hokuo! Five wins for a sweep!
[08:54] [POEM] Reader
Here comes spring, now the flower blooms
[08:55] All
Yeah!
[08:56] Nishida
Mi!
[08:57] Kanade
Zu!
[08:58] Taichi
Sa!
SIGN Wa!
[08:59] Chihaya
Fight!
[09:01] [POEM] Reader
Here comes spring, now the flower blooms
[09:01] Person A
I don't remember Mizusawa having a cheer.
[09:05] Person B
They must have just come up with it.
[09:08] Chihaya
Don't let the Chihaya card distract me.
[09:11] Chihaya
Stick to my usual style.
[09:13] Chihaya
Go on the attack.
[09:15] [POEM] Reader
Note that though...
[09:19] Harada
He was covering the "Nothing" card on
[09:21] ---
Chihaya's side before
he took her "Note" card...
[09:24] Harada
His style is also offensive.
[09:26] Mochida
The S in Sudo stands for striker.
[09:29] Mochida
Excellent.
[09:31] Retro
I held mine!
[09:32] Amakasu
I took the card!
[09:33] Takuma
Got it!
[09:34] Ryu
What about Sudo?
[09:36] Sudo
I scored the first card, naturally.
[09:41] Chihaya
Everyone lost that card?
[09:44] Taichi
We're just getting started!
[09:45] Taichi
Attack, Mizusawa!
[09:51] (Flashback) Taichi
Attack.
[09:52] (Flashback) Taichi
It doesn't matter if you're wrong sometimes.
[09:54] (Flashback) Taichi
Stay active!
[09:56] (Flashback) Taichi
Pressure your opponent's side of the field!
[10:00] Retro
Why are you getting so excited, Mashima?
[10:02] [POEM] Reader
that you pine for me as the Inaba mountain pines,
[10:03] Retro
I don't remember you being a hothead.
[10:05] [POEM] Reader
I shall return to you
[10:06] ---
Attack!
[10:10] [POEM] Reader
When the wind sends waves...
[10:12] Sudo
Here.
[10:13] [POEM] Reader
After I determined to...
[10:15] Chihaya
I want to go on the attack,
but I'm having no luck.
[10:17] Chihaya
She keeps reading cards on my side.
[10:20] Sudo
Here.
[10:21] Harada
Offensive karuta is meant to
weaken your opponent's psyche,
[10:27] Harada
but it also provides more opportunities
[10:29] ---
for sending cards to put
yourself in a better position.
[10:32] Harada
Chihaya-chan is losing
control of the game.
[10:37] Chihaya
Stay calm...
[10:38] Chihaya
Check the cards.
[10:42] Chihaya
The "Chihaya" card keeps getting in my way.
[10:46] [POEM] Reader
Feel the love...
[10:49] Chihaya
She finally read a card
on the opponent's side!
[10:55] Sudo
That's what you get for not apologizing.
SIGN Got it!
SIGN I got it! I took a card!
SIGN Yes!
SIGN Ayase! I took a card from the opponent's side!
SIGN You have to do the same!
[11:08] Nishida
I got the card, too!
[11:09] Taichi
I held onto mine!
[11:11] Kanade
I'm gonna take the next card!
[11:14] Chihaya
In an individual match,
[11:16] Chihaya
one card is one card, nothing more.
[11:20] Chihaya
But now...
[11:24] [POEM] Reader
like a stream widening into a river
[11:29] Chihaya
Every card I take is a card for our team!
[11:32] [POEM] Reader
Though I prayed to...
[11:35] Chihaya
Got it! Two in a row!
[11:36] All
Chihaya!
[11:36] All
Ayase!
[11:36] All
Chihaya-chan!
[11:38] Sudo
Wait! That wasn't two in a row!
[11:40] Sudo
But that speed...
[11:42] Sudo
She was moving after "Though",
[11:44] Sudo
even though "Though my" is still on the field.
[11:46] Sudo
Was she gambling?
[11:48] Chihaya
Let's take the next one, everyone!
[11:50] All
Yeah!
[11:52] Harada
Mochida-kun.
[11:53] Harada
How many readers are here today?
[11:55] Mochida
Oh, this is just a high school regional
tournament, so she's the only one.
[11:59] Chihaya
Focus!
[12:00] All
Yeah!
[12:00] Harada
So this is her fifth match?
[12:03] [POEM] Reader
I never asked to be treated colder
than the winds of Mount Hatsuse
[12:06] Harada
Chihaya-chan...
[12:07] Harada
Your ears already recognize this reader's quirks.
[12:12] [POEM] Reader
While it brings me no joy...
[12:15] Tsuboguchi
Hey! Now she really took two in a row!
[12:16] Tsutomu
Yes!
[12:17] Taichi
Chihaya took two in a row!
[12:19] Nishida
Right on!
[12:19] Kanade
Chihaya-chan is finding her rhythm!
[12:23] Chihaya
I can feel everyone else relax.
[12:26] Chihaya
Every card I take is worth
more than one card.
[12:31] Chihaya
Let's go for three in a row!
[12:32] All
Yeah!
[12:37] Harada
Chihaya-chan may recognize
the reader's quirks,
[12:40] ---
but it's more than just that.
[12:41] Harada
Sometimes, she gets in a zone.
[12:43] Harada
But that leads...
[12:46] [POEM] Reader
The tail feathers of...
[12:48] Harada
To mistakes.
[12:49] Sudo
Double fault.
[12:50] Chihaya
Lucky!
[12:50] [SFX]
Smirk
[12:52] Retro
Su-Sudo-senpai?!
[12:54] Sudo
Excuse me.
[12:59] Harada
He's trying to disrupt their onslaught.
[13:02] ---
Excellent timing.
[13:09] Sudo
I feel so much better when
I'm looking down on people.
[13:15] Sudo
Hokuo! One card at a time!
[13:17] All
Yeah!
[13:18] [POEM] Reader
long as the nights I spend alone
[13:20] Sudo
She certainly has quick reflexes.
[13:23] Sudo
But...
[13:27] [POEM] Reader
My only thought as the boat
takes me out to sea is that
[13:31] Sudo
Karuta is about more than speed.
[13:38] Sudo
What's this?
[13:39] Sudo
Did I just steal her heart?
[13:43] Chihaya
Covering cards on the opponent's side...
[13:46] Chihaya
That was one of Arata's best techniques.
[13:49] Chihaya
Are Arata's hands this big now?
[13:54] Sudo
I'm moving a card.
[13:55] Chihaya
Huh?
[13:57] Chihaya
There?!
[13:59] Chihaya
Damnit!
[14:02] Chihaya
But this is fun.
SIGN the red that is the Tatsuta River
[14:05] Chihaya
I'll stop thinking about it too much.
[14:08] Chihaya
That's my special card.
[14:11] Chihaya
My hand is drawn to it,
no matter where it is.
[14:14] Chihaya
Like a magnet.
[14:17] [POEM] Reader
My fear is not of...
[14:19] [POEM] Reader
Since the dew atop the blades...
[14:20] [POEM] Reader
I feel that my love is...
[14:26] Taichi
Chihaya's pushing hard!
[14:28] Taichi
What's the score?
[14:29] Taichi
They're both at 13?
[14:31] Nishida
Ayase's catching up to Hokuo's ace!
[14:35] Nishida
Wow!
[14:36] Amakasu
Porky.
[14:37] Nishida
What?!
[14:38] Amakasu
Wow, that's really your nickname.
[14:41] Amakasu
You're Nishida-kun from the
Suihoku karuta society, right?
[14:44] Amakasu
I thought you quit karuta,
[14:46] Amakasu
since you stopped going to tournaments.
[14:48] [POEM] Reader
burning brightly by night,
yet extinguished by day
[14:49] Amakasu
You used to be so strong.
[14:57] [POEM] Reader
As this trip takes me...
[14:58] Amakasu
Yes!
[15:00] Nishida
Amakasu Nayuta...
[15:04] Nishida
When we practiced together,
[15:06] Nishida
he was just a beginner.
[15:09] Nishida
He was older, but he couldn't
do anything against me.
[15:12] (Flashback) Person A
You're a hard worker, Yusei.
[15:15] (Flashback) Person A
You'll make Class A in no time!
[15:20] Nishida
Now he's Class A.
[15:25] Nishida
What have I been doing?
[15:28] Nishida
I haven't seen my master in ages.
[15:30] Nishida
Why did I...
[15:32] [POEM] Reader
The sound of birds crossing...
[15:34] Kanade
Oh. A dead card?!
[15:36] Kanade
I'm sorry! I'm sorry!
[15:40] [POEM] Reader
When I must hide...
[15:43] Nishida
I thought I had that one...
SIGN Wait, wait, wait!
SIGN I was faster on that one!
[15:48] Takuma
No, you weren't!
SIGN Look! See how my pinky is lower?
SIGN Like this! And this!
SIGN Your hand was higher than my pinky!
[15:56] Takuma
You don't know when to give up!
SIGN Because I took that card!
[16:00] Reader
Now, now.
[16:01] Reader
We'll give this card to the side it was on.
SIGN What?! No way!
SIGN Listen to me!
SIGN I'm telling the truth!
[16:10] Nishida
Yeah, that's right...
[16:13] Nishida
I gave up.
[16:14] [POEM] Reader
I feel as though my body is
on fire with Ibuki mugwort
[16:21] [POEM] Reader
I hear the beating of cloth...
[16:26] Person A
Whoa, he did a barrel roll!
[16:27] Person B
What's with him?!
[16:28] Person C
That was too strong!
[16:31] Taichi
Nice job, Nishida!
[16:32] Chihaya
Porky!
[16:37] Chihaya
Let's do this!
[16:38] [POEM] Reader
descends from Mount Yoshino
upon my long-forgotten home
[16:45] Chihaya
I'm going to win...
[16:47] Chihaya
by playing my offensive karuta!
[16:53] Both
Thank you very much.
[16:56] Both
Thank you very much.
[16:59] Mochida
Hokuo has two wins.
[17:02] Sudo
One more...
[17:03] Amakasu
We just need one more win.
[17:06] Retro
Sudo-senpai and Amakasu-senpai
are having more trouble
[17:09] ---
than I was expecting.
[17:10] Retro
Which means it's my turn to save them!
[17:13] Retro
But...
[17:15] Retro
Why is this guy so tough?!
[17:20] Taichi
There are four "A" cards in total.
[17:23] Taichi
"A house" and "A mountain
village" have been read,
SIGN A night A mountain stream
[17:25] Taichi
so I can go for both of the "A" cards
on my side at the same time.
[17:29] Taichi
For the "Said" cards, the two "Said
world" cards have been read,
[17:32] Taichi
but that leaves "Said bed" and "Said night",
[17:35] Taichi
so I can't move on "Said."
[17:37] Taichi
"Impassioned was" has been read,
[17:39] Taichi
so I can take both "Impassionate" and
[17:41] ---
"Impassioned vows" at the same time on "Im—".
[17:43] Taichi
There are eight "May" cards.
[17:44] Taichi
"May I live, May I see,
May the scarlet, May it",
[17:47] ---
and "May the time we" have been read,
[17:49] Taichi
so that only leaves "May my"
and "May the time spent."
[17:52] Taichi
I have to be careful if the dead
card "May my lonely" is read.
[17:56] Taichi
Listen carefully.
[17:58] Taichi
Don't let yourself be tricked.
[18:01] Taichi
I don't have Chihaya's instincts,
[18:04] Taichi
and I don't have Nishida's
ability to feel the match...
[18:07] [POEM] Reader
May my lonely nights...
[18:10] Retro
What?!
[18:11] Retro
Didn't she already read that card?!
[18:16] Taichi
The one thing I do have is my memory
of which cards have been read.
[18:19] Taichi
I can become the backbone of this team!
[18:22] [POEM] Reader
though you have never known that pain
[18:25] Taichi
I won't make a mistake!
[18:29] Taichi
I can win one card at a time!
[18:31] [POEM] Reader
Said bed was cold...
[18:38] Taichi
Thank you very much.
[18:40] Taichi
One win for Mizusawa!
[18:48] Sudo
Excuse me.
[18:53] Sudo
Six more cards.
[18:58] Sudo
I didn't expect this match to be so close.
[19:00] Sudo
I can't let her take one of my cards.
[19:04] [POEM] Reader
May the time spent in...
[19:06] Harada
He was protecting his own card.
[19:09] Mochida
Attack!
[19:12] Mochida
Sorry! Sorry! Sorry! Sorry!
SIGN My dream is to become a Master
[19:16] Sudo
Mr. Mochida...
[19:18] Sudo
You were the one who taught me
[19:21] Sudo
that karuta is fun
[19:26] Sudo
whether the match is going well or poorly.
[19:30] Nishida
Got it!
[19:32] Nishida
I got it!
[19:33] Nishida
Two wins for Mizusawa!
[19:35] Taichi
Great, Nishida!
[19:44] Sudo
I want to take Mr. Mochida-
[19:45] Sudo
Take everyone to the national tournament!
[19:50] Sudo
I want to win!
[20:08] [POEM] Reader
Impassionate gods...
[20:20] Sudo
Thank you very much.
[20:22] Taichi
Chihaya!
SIGN We did it!
[20:26] Nishida
You scared me!
[20:27] Nishida
"Impassioned vows" was still on the field!
[20:29] Taichi
Whoa! She's already asleep!
[20:31] Kanade
Chihaya-chan!
SIGN This is great!
[20:34] Sudo
How was she still able to take that card?
[20:39] Sudo
When her eyes no longer burned
with the desire to win.
[20:45] Taichi
We did it, Chihaya!
[21:00] Manager
Arata-kun, I thought you didn't
spend much time on e-mail.
SIGN Inbox
[21:07] [Messenger] [SIGN]
We're going to nationals!
[21:15] [Messenger] [SIGN]
Look, Arata. These are my teammates.
Come watch us at Omi Jingu! -Chihaya
[21:16] Chihaya
Look, Arata!
[21:17] Chihaya
These are my teammates!
[21:21] Chihaya
Come watch us at Omi Jingu!
E12 - Sets These Forbidden Fields Aglow
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[00:02] Reader
The National High School Karuta
Championship Tokyo Regional winner
[00:06] ---
is Mizusawa High School!
[00:10] Reader
Congratulations.
[00:11] Chihaya
Thank you very much.
SIGN 33rd Champion Mizusawa High School
[00:28] Chihaya
This is a trophy...
[00:30] Chihaya
The first trophy we earned together.
[00:34] Chihaya
We won.
SIGN Chihaya Furu
SIGN Verse 12
SIGN Sets
These
Forbidden
Fields
Aglow
[01:49] Reader
Mizusawa High School, we look forward
[01:52] ---
to seeing how you do at
the National Tournament.
[02:00] All
We did it!
SIGN We took first in our first tournament!
[02:04] Kanade
Was it really okay for us to win?!
[02:06] Nishida
What are you talking about, Kana-chan?!
[02:08] Nishida
We earned the right to represent Tokyo!
[02:10] Taichi
Yeah!
[02:16] Kanade
Wh-What?!
[02:18] Chihaya
Retro-kun?
[02:20] Nishida
Scary...
[02:22] Chihaya
What are you doing?!
[02:23] Chihaya
That trophy is-
[02:24] Hiro
This has...
[02:26] Hiro
This has been
[02:27] ---
in the clubroom since I entered
Hokuo's middle school.
[02:32] Hiro
I saw it every day!
[02:36] Hiro
We'll take it back next year!
[02:45] Sudo
Let's go, Retro.
[03:01] Sudo
You better not disgrace
Tokyo with your playing.
[03:08] Takuma
Senpai, we're sorry!
[03:10] Sudo
Don't apologize.
[03:12] Amakasu
But Senpai,
[03:13] ---
this was your last tournament!
[03:15] Chihaya
Huh?
[03:19] Chihaya
This trophy carries the
weight of Tokyo with it.
[03:29] Chihaya
I'm home!
[03:30] Mom
Welcome home, Chihaya.
[03:31] Dad
Welcome home.
[03:33] Chihaya
Um, Dad.
[03:35] Chihaya
There was a karuta tournament today-
[03:36] Chitose
I'm home!
[03:38] Mom
Oh. Welcome home, Chitose.
[03:40] Dad
Hey, welcome home...
[03:41] Chihaya
Hey, Dad?!
[03:42] Chihaya
Why isn't the TV on?!
[03:44] Dad
Huh? What's on?
[03:46] Chitose
I told you that I was going
to be on a quiz show!
[03:48] Chihaya
What?! It's today?!
[03:49] Mom
Oh, dear. I thought it was next week?
[03:50] Chitose
I set the machine to record it.
[03:52] Reader
The model, Ayase Chitose-san!
SIGN Yamamoto Goro | Hiroyuki
Ayase Chitose
[03:52] Chihaya
Oh, there you are!
[03:53] Chitose
Quiet, Chihaya!
[03:55] Chitose
Good evening. I hope to have a great time.
[03:57] Chihaya
You look so cute!
[03:58] Reader
These four members will make up one team!
[03:59] Person A
Hold on!
[04:01] Taichi
Hmm?
[04:04] Taichi
Retro-kun?
[04:06] Taichi
What's up?
[04:12] Reader
Correct!
[04:14] Reader
To the celebrity team!
[04:15] Reader
What question are we on?
[04:17] Person A
The second question!
[04:18] Person B
The team that answers the
next question correctly
[04:19] ---
will receive five hundred million points!
[04:21] All
Wait!
[04:21] Reader
See you next week!
[04:26] Dad
You have to buzz in on
[04:28] ---
a quiz show if you want
the camera to move to you.
[04:32] Chitose
Man, I'm not cut out to be an entertainer.
[04:36] Chihaya
But you were the prettiest person on stage!
[04:39] Mom
I agree!
[04:41] Chitose
I'll keep on trying until
I make a Taiga drama.
[04:45] Chitose
So bear with me.
[04:49] Chitose
Then I can pay off the
mortgage on this house.
[04:52] Dad
What are you talking about, Chitose?!
[04:54] Dad
You just have to stand there and shine!
[04:56] Mom
That's right!
[04:58] Mom
Your father's purpose in life
is to pay off that mortgage!
[04:59] Dad
Exactly!
[05:00] Dad
And to collect clippings of my daughters!
[05:05] Dad
I'm already on the seventh
volume for Chitose!
[05:08] Dad
Oh, right! You have a
photo shoot in Saipan!
SIGN Chitose
[05:10] Mom
Amazing! We'll need to make copies!
[05:15] Chihaya
I'm on my way to the
National Karuta Championship.
[05:20] Chihaya
I'll be representing Tokyo.
SIGN Search Results Messages 0
SIGN The Mizusawa High School Drama Club is in the national competition
SIGN The Mizusawa Tennis Team is in the national tournament
[05:33] Miya
I heard from Mashima-kun that you won.
[05:36] Miya
Congratulations.
[05:38] Miya
So, only four schools participated?
[05:42] Chihaya
There were twelve!
[05:43] Chihaya
It was really tough!
[05:45] Miya
Oh, sorry.
[05:47] Miya
The tennis team was playing
at the same time.
[05:50] Miya
So the national tournament is in
July at Omi Jingu in Shiga, right?
[05:55] Chihaya
Yes! It's like the Koshien for karuta!
[05:58] Chihaya
Please come with us!
[06:00] Miya
Oh...
[06:02] Miya
I won't be able to make it.
[06:04] Miya
The tennis team has a camp then,
[06:05] Miya
since they made it to nationals!
[06:09] Miya
Have you heard about the miraculous
comeback in the finals?
[06:13] Miya
If not, I'll tell you the story.
SIGN No, thank you.
[06:17] Miya
The team's gotten better since
I became the coach this year!
[06:22] Miya
Oh, but you needed an adult.
[06:24] Miya
Mr. Shibata.
[06:26] Shibata
Yes?
[06:27] Miya
I talked to Mr. Shibata and he agreed
to accompany the karuta club.
[06:31] Shibata
Looking forward to it!
[06:32] Chihaya
Oh...
SIGN Thank you very much.
[06:35] Miya
Be careful.
[06:38] Chihaya
Yes...
[06:42] Miya
Komano-kun, you didn't do
too well on the last test.
[06:48] Miya
Don't spend too much time on the club.
SIGN Yes, ma'am.
SIGN If you'll excuse us.
[06:57] Shibata
I didn't know there was a
national tournament for karuta.
[07:02] Miya
It's probably like a festival
at some local shrine.
[07:07] Miya
If you're interested, you can
take over as their advisor.
[07:10] Shiba
No, thank you!
[07:11] Shiba
I'm just interested in the Lake Biwa
Birdman Rally on the same day.
[07:15] Miya
Huh?
[07:16] Shiba
I hope there's another brilliant
performance in the distance category!
[07:20] Chihaya
The Empress should care about karuta
the way she cares about tennis!
[07:27] Chihaya
She probably thinks that
we're just playing around.
[07:31] Chihaya
At least we got a
teacher to accompany us.
[07:36] Chihaya
Don't quit, Desktomu-kun!
[07:38] Chihaya
I'm so sorry!
[07:39] Chihaya
We practiced four days a week,
[07:40] Chihaya
and even weekends the past few weeks!
[07:42] Chihaya
But it's just for now!
[07:43] Chihaya
This won't last forever!
SIGN What's this about? I'm not going to quit.
[07:48] Chihaya
But your grades went down
because of karuta...
SIGN Well, yeah. But I still placed fifth.
[07:53] Chihaya
Huh? Fifth?
[07:55] Chihaya
I was like fifth from the bottom.
SIGN I'm not so concerned about my grades these days.
SIGN But you should be concerned, Ayase.
SIGN Fifth from the bottom?
SIGN Mizusawa Karuta Club Advances To the
National Tournament In Their Striking Hakama
[08:14] Nishida
Look! It's a small article,
but we're in the newspaper!
[08:16] Kanade
"Mizusawa Karuta Club advances
to the national tournament
[08:20] Kanade
in their striking hakama!"
SIGN Champion Mizusawa | Champion Hokuo
Champion Hokuo | Champion Hokuo | Champion Hokuo
SIGN I've never been in the newspaper before!
[08:26] Chihaya
Hey, everyone!
[08:28] Chihaya
Would you be up for practicing
at the Shiranami Society?
[08:31] Nishida
Huh?
[08:32] Chihaya
There's only one month
left before nationals!
[08:34] Chihaya
If we want to improve in
this short amount of time,
[08:36] ---
we need to practice against strong players!
[08:39] Nishida
Um, we won't.
[08:41] Chihaya
Huh? Why?
[08:43] Chihaya
We're representing Tokyo!
[08:45] Chihaya
We need to do whatever it takes!
[08:47] Kanade
No, that's not it...
[08:49] Nishida
We'll be practicing at the Suihoku Society.
[08:52] Chihaya
Huh?
[08:53] Nishida
My old coach is a really good teacher.
[08:57] All
So long!
[09:00] Taichi
Impressive.
[09:02] Taichi
They understand what they
need to improve on.
[09:05] Chihaya
We should get going!
SIGN Recycle for a
better Japan
[09:07] Harada
Oh. I'm glad to see you,
Chihaya-chan. Eyebrows.
[09:07] [Messenger] [SIGN]
Fuchu City Katamachi Cultural Center
[09:10] Harada
I have so much to teach you!
[09:13] Harada
Eyebrows, you don't make many
faults, but you lack fire!
[09:18] Harada
Your goal should be to intimidate
[09:20] ---
the reader into reading the card you want!
[09:22] Harada
Also, your body needs to be off
the ground when you swing.
[09:26] Harada
Cut your nails shorter!
[09:29] Harada
Chihaya-chan, your play is unstable
because of your emotions.
[09:31] Harada
Focus on the cards.
[09:34] Harada
Your swing is too wide.
[09:36] Harada
Also, you had issues when you were
sending cards in the finals!
[09:38] Harada
Move straight to the card!
[09:40] Harada
Why didn't you separate
those like cards sooner?
[09:42] Harada
Follow a straight line!
[09:44] Harada
Wait until you've heard a unique
syllable before moving.
[09:47] Harada
Okay!
[09:48] Harada
Let's start playing!
[09:50] Harada
Eyebrows, you'll be playing Hiroshi-kun.
[09:53] Harada
He wins the second most of all
the players here, so he's strong!
[09:55] Tsuboguchi
Heya!
[09:56] Taichi
H-Heya.
[09:58] Harada
Chihaya-chan will be playing me.
[10:01] Harada
Give me your best shot.
[10:03] Chihaya
Dr. Harada!
[10:05] Chihaya
I've never beaten him before.
[10:08] [POEM] Reader
Naniwa Bay, now the flower blooms,
but for winter
[10:12] [POEM] Reader
Here comes spring,
now the flower blooms
[10:15] Sudo
You better not disgrace
Tokyo with your play.
[10:18] Hiro
We'll take it back next year!
[10:28] Taichi
Hiroshi-san is strong.
[10:30] Taichi
He's in college and he
still plays all the time.
[10:33] Taichi
He'll be playing in the Master
tournament this year.
[10:35] Taichi
How did your match with Dr. Harada go?
[10:39] Taichi
Huh?
[10:42] Taichi
What's wrong, Chihaya?
[10:46] Chihaya
Why?
[10:48] Chihaya
Why can't I move straight to the
right card the way the Doctor does?
[10:51] Chihaya
Why did I lose by fifteen cards?
[10:54] Chihaya
Why do I send the wrong cards?
[10:57] Chihaya
Why haven't I learned how to
wait for multi-syllable cards?
[11:01] Chihaya
Why do I get "Note that" and
"None are" mixed up?
[11:03] Taichi
Chihaya!
[11:04] Chihaya
Huh?
[11:05] Taichi
What's wrong?
[11:06] Chihaya
N-Nothing...
[11:08] Taichi
Don't lie to me.
[11:09] Taichi
You don't know how to hide your feelings.
[11:13] Taichi
Tell me the truth!
[11:17] Chihaya
Taichi, I think...
[11:19] Chihaya
I'm scared of nationals.
[11:21] Taichi
Huh?
[11:34] Chihaya
What if we lose miserably?
[11:37] Chihaya
What if the Hokuo people say
that they should have gone
[11:41] Chihaya
instead of us?
[11:51] Chihaya
What was that for, Taichi?!
SIGN Strategy for Nationals
Secret
[11:54] Taichi
This is data that's been compiled
by Hokuo over the years.
[11:57] Taichi
Retro-kun gave it to me yesterday.
[11:59] Chihaya
Huh?
[12:01] Taichi
It includes the play styles
of the usual contenders,
[12:03] ---
and a guide for the Omi Jingu building.
[12:05] Taichi
They even put the name of
the inn Hokuo usually uses.
[12:08] Taichi
This helps a lot.
[12:11] Taichi
But look at you.
[12:12] Taichi
Why are you letting a team
we beat get you down!
[12:16] Taichi
That's just stupid!
[12:17] Taichi
There's no reason to feel ashamed!
[12:19] Taichi
We beat them fair and square!
[12:24] Taichi
You can still feel it inside, right?
[12:31] Taichi
We're taking Hokuo and the other
schools with us to Omi Jingu.
[12:34] Taichi
They're our closest allies.
SIGN We took your sister to Narita.
We'll be back around ten. Microwave your dinner. -Mom
[12:45] Chihaya
Oh, right. Sis is going to Saipan.
[12:54] Chihaya
I qualified for the Karuta
National Championship.
[12:57] Chihaya
I'll be going to Omi Jingu in Shiga.
[12:59] Chihaya
So I need money for travel and lodging!
[13:03] Chihaya
But I don't want to ask them for money...
[13:06] Chihaya
There's still a mortgage to pay off...
SIGN Search Results Messages 0
[13:11] Chihaya
Arata, what should I do?
[13:28] Chihaya
Huh?
SIGN Chitose
SIGN Chihaya
SIGN from the Daily Morning
SIGN So close!
SIGN Mizusawa Karuta Club Advances To the National Tournament In Their Striking Hakama
SIGN from the Daily Morning
SIGN Chihaya's great!
SIGN from the Daily Morning
[13:50] (Flashback) Dad
And to collect clippings of my daughters!
[13:56] Mom
We're home.
SIGN My First Win
-Komano Tsutomu
SIGN Hakama Domination
-Oe Kana
SIGN Total Victory
-Mashima Taichi
SIGN Victory and Omi Beef
-Nishida Yusei
SIGN Champion
-Ayase Chihaya
[14:11] Chihaya
Everyone, let's start
yelling when we practice!
SIGN Huh? You mean like Mizusawa fight?
[14:16] Nishida
Yeah! That's it!
[14:18] Nishida
Mizusawa fight!
SIGN Huh?
[14:20] Chihaya
Ooh! That was good, Porky!
[14:22] Taichi
Nishida's fired up.
[14:25] Taichi
He's been practicing at his local
karuta society every weekend.
[14:29] Taichi
Plus, he's the only one who
has experience at Omi Jingu.
[14:32] Chihaya
Huh?
[14:34] Chihaya
Why do you look so upset, Kana-chan?
SIGN I can no longer tell which chrysanthemums to pluck
SIGN As the first
[14:38] Chihaya
Is there something wrong with that card?
[14:39] Nishida
Oh, that.
[14:40] Nishida
It's a beginner's card.
[14:42] Nishida
Since Kana-chan hasn't learned
all the unique syllables yet.
[14:46] Kanade
I've learned them!
[14:47] Kanade
I'm upset because it's inconsiderate
to draw over a card like this.
[14:54] Nishida
Kana-chan's positioning
has gotten a little...
[14:59] All
What?!
[15:00] Taichi
What is this?!
[15:02] Chihaya
I've never seen anything like it!
[15:04] Miya
Representing Tokyo, huh?
[15:08] Kanade
Spring poems.
[15:10] Kanade
Summer poems.
[15:11] Kanade
Autumn poems.
[15:13] Kanade
Winter poems.
[15:15] Kanade
The ones that fall under any
season go in the center.
[15:18] Chihaya
Why?
[15:19] Chihaya
Haven't you been using the
placement Porky helped you with?
[15:23] Kanade
I wanted to try something on my own...
[15:27] Kanade
It's easier for me to
memorize them this way.
[15:29] Nishida
Maybe, but seasons don't mean
anything in competitive karuta.
[15:32] Taichi
Nishida.
[15:34] Nishida
The schools at nationals
are all incredibly strong!
[15:37] Nishida
Omi Jingu can be overwhelming.
[15:39] Nishida
We have to prepare or we'll lose.
[15:42] Nishida
So we need to start with the basics.
[15:44] Nishida
One-syllable cards go on
the row closest to you.
[15:46] Nishida
Keep like cards separate.
[15:49] Nishida
For example, "While autumn," "While some,"
"While I," and "While the" should be...
[15:52] Kanade
Porky.
[15:53] Nishida
Huh?
[15:54] Kanade
Recite the "While some" poem.
[15:57] Nishida
"While some" is followed by "I deflect".
[15:59] Nishida
I don't remember the entire poem.
[16:01] Kanade
Snap!
[16:02] Kanade
Outrageous!
[16:03] Chihaya
Ka-Kana-chan!
[16:04] [POEM] Kanade
While some dodge the famous waves of
Takashi shore to avoid getting wet,
[16:08] [POEM] Kanade
I deflect your artful words
to keep my sleeves dry
[16:11] Kanade
This is a poem about how a woman was
[16:14] ---
able to successfully ward
off a playboy's advances!
[16:18] Chihaya
Kana-chan, nobody said that the meaning
of the poem wasn't important.
[16:23] Chihaya
But we have to become better
at competitive karuta.
[16:27] Chihaya
We have to become stronger so we
can properly represent Tokyo,
[16:31] Chihaya
for the sake of the other schools who
were at the regional tournament.
[16:38] All
Good practice!
[16:51] Miya
Honestly...
[16:53] Miya
It's almost time to leave.
[17:02] [POEM] Kanade
Waves creep closer to...
[17:08] Chihaya
Desktomu-kun!
You need to swing with more power!
SIGN You're swinging too wide!
[17:12] Taichi
Nishida, you should have been
able to take that card!
[17:14] Taichi
Move faster!
[17:15] Nishida
You need to start attacking
cards on the opponent's side!
[17:17] Kanade
Ahem.
[17:19] [POEM] Kanade
it is as though pearls have been
strung across the autumn plain
[17:27] [POEM] Kanade
My own sleeves...
[17:32] Chihaya
Who put this up here?!
[17:33] Taichi
You did.
[17:35] Chihaya
Um...
[17:36] Chihaya
Er...
[17:38] Chihaya
Hmm...
[17:39] Taichi
Hey, Captain.
[17:40] Taichi
I understand that this is important
to you, but hurry it up.
SIGN It's getting dark.
SIGN I'll turn on the lights.
[17:47] [POEM] Kanade
The crimson sunset
[17:50] [POEM] Kanade
sets these forbidden fields aglow
[17:54] [POEM] Kanade
Wave not, for the guards may find us
[18:01] Kanade
This is my favorite poem.
[18:04] Chihaya
It's not from Hundred Poets?
[18:07] Kanade
It's from Ten Thousand Leaves.
[18:08] Kanade
The poem was written by Emperor
Tenji's wife, Princess Nukata.
[18:13] Kanade
It tells the story of when her
former husband, Prince Oama,
[18:17] ---
snuck into her husband's
lands and waved to her.
[18:20] Kanade
Princess Nukata was so happy to see him.
[18:22] Kanade
But she worried that someone
might see them together.
[18:27] Kanade
The human heart never changes...
[18:33] Kanade
Ah, sorry!
[18:34] Kanade
I was babbling again!
[18:36] Chihaya
You know so much, Kana-chan.
[18:41] Kanade
I'm used to calling the
poems "The autumn paddy"
[18:44] ---
and "The sight of" now.
[18:46] Kanade
I really want to win at Omi Jingu,
[18:52] Kanade
but I don't want to lose sight of the
fact that these cards are poetry.
[19:02] Miya
What are you doing?!
[19:04] Miya
It's almost time to leave school!
[19:05] Nishida
The Empress!
[19:06] Nishida
Ms. Miyauchi!
[19:07] Miya
Clean up and get changed.
[19:10] All
Y-Yes, ma'am!
[19:13] Chihaya
Wh-What are you doing, Ms. Miyauchi?!
[19:15] Miya
Just give it to me.
[19:17] Chihaya
But this is important to us!
[19:19] Miya
That's why I'm taking it
to the principal's office!
[19:21] Chihaya
Huh?
[19:23] Miya
I'll put it in the center of the trophy
case in front of the principal's office.
[19:28] Miya
After all, this is a very important trophy.
[19:30] Taichi
Huh?
[19:32] Miya
Don't just stand there!
Clean everything up!
[19:35] All
Y-Yes, ma'am!
SIGN The World of Hundred Poets
[19:37] Person A
Is this what you needed?
[19:39] Miya
Thank you.
[19:41] Miya
I'll need to borrow it for a while.
[19:42] Person A
Go ahead.
[19:45] Miya
Mr. Shibata.
[19:47] Shiba
Oh, yes?
[19:49] Miya
I'll be going to Omi Jingu.
[19:52] Miya
You'll have to watch the
Birdman Rally on TV.
[19:55] Shiba
What?!
[19:57] Nishida
Don't get any ideas.
These are all mine.
[19:59] Taichi
No.
[20:00] Nishida
All mine!
[20:01] Taichi
No.
[20:02] Nishida
You can buy your own food!
[20:09] Chihaya
Oh! Mt. Fuji!
[20:10] Taichi
Looks the same as it does in the pictures.
SIGN Mt. Fuji!
[20:18] [POEM] Chihaya
The crimson sunset
[20:20] [POEM] Chihaya
sets these forbidden fields aglow
[20:25] [POEM] Chihaya
Wave not, for the guards may find us
[20:33] Chihaya
Kana-chan...
[20:35] Chihaya
Ever since you taught me the meaning,
[20:38] ---
the "Impassionate gods" card
has been red for me.
[20:42] Chihaya
A bright red marker
[20:45] Chihaya
in a field of cards...
[20:49] Chihaya
Arata! What's Omi Jingu like?
[20:53] Chihaya
They hold a bunch of big karuta
tournaments there, right?
[20:57] Chihaya
You've been there a whole
bunch of times, right?
[21:00] Chihaya
What's it like?
[21:13] Arata
It's bright red.
E13 - For You, I Head Out
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SIGN This is Omi Jingu...
[00:06] Kanade
The mecca of karuta!
[00:09] Miya
Listen to me.
[00:10] Miya
When visiting a shrine,
you bow twice, clap twice, bow once.
[00:16] Miya
You may find these customs tedious,
[00:18] Miya
but the gods are not always so forgiving.
[00:24] Miya
Follow the proper procedures
when making a wish.
[00:32] Chihaya
Dear God,
[00:34] Chihaya
I don't need any miracles.
[00:38] Chihaya
Please keep us safe from any accidents,
[00:43] Chihaya
so we're able to play.
[00:51] Miya
The actual matches are played
somewhere else right?
[00:52] Taichi
Hey, Chihaya. We're leaving.
[00:54] Chihaya
Oh, okay.
[00:54] Kanade
Yes, it's in the Learning Center next door.
[00:57] Taichi
There's going to be a ceremony
for all of the participants.
SIGN Huh? Everybody's going to come back here?
[01:04] Chihaya
Arata,
[01:06] ---
I finally made it to Omi Jingu.
[01:09] Chihaya
My dream hasn't changed.
[01:14] Arata
That makes you the Queen, Ayase-san.
SIGN Chihaya Furu
SIGN Verse 13
SIGN For
You,
I
Head
Out
SIGN Omi Learning Center
SIGN High School National Ogura Hundred
Poets Karuta Championship
[02:55] Nishida
Hot!
[02:57] Nishida
It's so hot, Kana-chan!
[02:59] Nishida
Let's skip the hakama!
[03:01] Kanade
We should dress properly for
our first national tournament!
[03:04] Nishida
But seriously...
SIGN I believe that the hall has air conditioning.
[03:07] Mom
Kanade!
[03:09] Mom
I'll take care of Mashima-kun!
[03:11] Kanade
Mom... What about Chihaya-chan?
[03:14] Mom
I finished hers.
[03:22] Miya
She looks like a beautiful girl
because she isn't moving or talking.
[03:27] Taichi
Chihaya.
[03:29] Taichi
Are you okay?
[03:31] Taichi
You nervous?
[03:32] Chihaya
Hmm? Nope.
[03:34] Chihaya
I'm just fine.
[03:35] Taichi
Really?
[03:37] Nishida
We're in Group E?
[03:39] Nishida
Awesome!
[03:40] Nishida
None of the super schools are in our group!
[03:42] Kanade
Really?!
[03:43] Nishida
According to Retro-kun's notes,
[03:45] Nishida
we need to watch out for Fujisaki,
SIGN Where are they?
[03:48] ---
from Shizuoka, and the local Zentokuji.
SIGN Who are they?
SIGN And there's also Kunimi High School from Fukui.
SIGN They beat Hokuo in the group stage last year.
[03:57] Nishida
Wataya Arata isn't registered for
the individual tournament tomorrow.
[04:06] Person A
Is that the team who won the Tokyo regional?
[04:08] Person B
Yeah, they defeated Hokuo.
[04:10] Person A
Which one beat Sudo?
[04:12] Person B
No way! Sudo-kun lost?
[04:13] Person C
Did they really start this
club three months ago?
[04:16] Person D
They must be damn strong.
SIGN Saga Regional - Takechi High School:
The karuta club is eight years old. Last year was their first appearance at nationals. They made it out of the group stage, but lost in the first round. They have no other achievements of note. Be careful of the two Class B players, Inoue Ryuhei and Tanaka Ayako. They have no other players of note.
Main Lineup:
Third-year - Inoue Ryuhei: Class B Important
Second-year - Tanaka Ayako: Class B Important
Third-year - Gokura Miyuki: Class D
Second-year - Yamashiro Kazue
First-year - ...
[04:27] Taichi
We'll be facing Takechi High School, from Saga.
SIGN A-Are they strong? Are they a strong team?
[04:32] Nishida
Uh...
[04:34] Nishida
They have two Class B players,
and the rest are unranked.
[04:37] Taichi
What order should we use?
[04:39] Taichi
Should we use the same one
we used against Hokuo?
[04:41] Chihaya
Yeah, that would be best.
SIGN Wait!
SIGN I can be a sacrificial pawn!
SIGN Match me against their strongest player!
[04:47] Chihaya
Huh?
[04:48] Chihaya
What are you talking about?! That's...
SIGN It's okay!
SIGN It doesn't matter if I lose as long as the four of you win!
SIGN I'll do whatever it takes to increase our chances of winning!
SIGN We're going to win!
SIGN We're representing Tokyo here!
[05:00] Chihaya
Desktomu-kun...
[05:02] Taichi
Got it.
[05:04] Nishida
Most teams place their top players
in the middle or on the ends.
[05:07] Taichi
Okay, then we'll put Komano first, Oe-san second...
[05:09] Chihaya
I couldn't have made it here
without everyone else.
[05:11] Kanade
Yes!
[05:13] Nishida
Mi!
[05:14] Kanade
Zu!
[05:14] Taichi
Sa!
SIGN Wa!
[05:15] Chihaya
Fight!
[05:17] Chihaya
We're going to win together!
[05:24] Taichi
We guessed wrong...
[05:26] Reader
Now, please place your cards on the field!
SIGN have been soaked red with tears of blood
[05:34] Chihaya
Huh?
SIGN have been soaked red with tears of blood
SIGN have been soaked red with tears of blood
SIGN High School National Ogura Hundred Poets Karuta Championship
[05:50] Reader
Time is up!
[05:51] All
Good luck.
[05:52] All
Good luck.
[05:57] [POEM] Reader
Naniwa Bay, now the flower blooms,
but for winter
[06:06] [POEM] Reader
Here comes spring,
now the flower blooms
[06:10] Mom
There are so many cute boys!
[06:13] Mom
I need to take notes!
[06:14] Miya
I wonder how strong they are.
[06:16] [POEM] Reader
Here comes spring, now the flower blooms
[06:17] Miya
Oh, dear. I'm starting to get nervous.
[06:27] [POEM] Reader
The night breaks to day...
[06:29] Taichi
Damn!
[06:31] Taichi
Everyone's so stiff.
[06:33] [POEM] Reader
No more can we hear...
[06:35] Taichi
Shoot!
[06:38] Taichi
I need to help them relax!
[06:41] Taichi
Everyone!
[06:43] Taichi
One card at a time!
[06:45] All
Yeah!
[06:48] Taichi
Chihaya?
[06:54] Chihaya
It's hot.
[06:56] Chihaya
This hakama is so hot.
[06:59] Chihaya
There's too much noise.
[07:01] Chihaya
Too many people.
[07:03] Chihaya
Noisy...
[07:05] Chihaya
Hot...
[07:07] Chihaya
No, now I'm cold.
[07:10] Chihaya
Why would you do this, God?
[07:12] Chihaya
Didn't I ask you
[07:15] Chihaya
to keep us safe from any accidents?
[07:21] Chihaya
I wasn't asking for a miracle.
[07:29] Arata
I went the wrong way.
[07:31] Arata
I've been here so many times, too.
[07:34] Arata
Oh, I always came by car.
[07:44] Arata
Paralyzed?
[07:46] Mom
Yes, he has trouble moving
the right side of his body.
[07:51] Mom
You might be in for a shock, Arata.
[07:54] Arata
Why? Grandpa's still Grandpa, right?
[07:58] Mom
Grandpa, Arata is here.
[08:06] Grandma
Oh, Arata...
[08:12] Arata
Grandpa's still Grandpa!
[08:17] Grandma
Arata, I have a new placement for you!
[08:21] Arata
Huh?
[08:22] Grandma
Bring paper quick!
[08:23] Grandma
The cards are about to slide off!
[08:31] Grandma
Arata.
[08:32] Arata
Huh?
[08:33] Grandma
Your grandpa isn't giving up yet.
[08:35] Grandma
I'll learn to take cards with my left hand.
[08:39] Arata
Yeah!
SIGN Ogura Hundred Poets Karuta
Master and Queen Final
[08:41] Reader
We are bringing you another
[08:43] ---
live broadcast from Omi Jingu in Shiga.
[08:45] Reader
The three-time reigning champion, Master Miki,
[08:47] Arata
Hey, Grandpa. What's the Master final like?
[08:48] ---
will be facing the challenger Suo Hisashi.
[08:49] Person A
Suo-san is currently attending college.
[08:51] Arata
Were you nervous?
[08:53] Grandma
Not at all.
[08:55] Grandma
They would make me pose for
pictures before the match.
[08:59] Grandma
I felt like a superstar.
[09:01] Arata
Oh...
[09:04] Grandma
Arata, picture yourself on that stage.
[09:11] Grandma
Sweating under the spotlights,
[09:14] Grandma
with everyone's eyes on you...
[09:18] Grandma
Across from you will be the strongest
karuta player in the world.
[09:20] Grandma
The only sound in Omi Learning Center
[09:23] ---
will be when hands strike the tatami mat.
[09:25] Grandma
Now picture yourself winning...
[09:46] Arata
I need to hurry home!
[09:47] ---
Grandpa's waiting for me!
[09:58] Arata
Grandpa?!
SIGN Wataya Hajime
[10:01] Mom
It was just a slight relapse.
[10:03] Mom
Your grandpa's heart is weak.
[10:05] Mom
The doctors are going to monitor him tonight
[10:07] ---
and he should be released tomorrow.
[10:08] Arata
I see. I'm glad.
[10:11] Arata
Grandpa, you gave me a real scare.
[10:13] ---
When I saw the ambulance...
[10:18] Grandma
Who might you be?
[10:22] Doctor
His brain is shrinking.
[10:25] Doctor
He appears to be suffering
early stage dementia.
[10:28] Arata
No way...
SIGN are joined at river's end
[10:30] Arata
Grandpa, do you recognize this?
[10:37] Arata
What about this one?
[10:39] Grandma
Oh, what is that?
[10:45] Grandma
What is that?
[10:56] Arata
This can't be real.
[10:58] Arata
Grandpa...
[11:00] Arata
This can't be real.
[11:02] Arata
Grandpa!
[11:06] Yu
Arata! Arata!
[11:07] Yu
Shoji won the tournament
yesterday and made Class A!
[11:11] Arata
Huh?
[11:11] Yu
I was so sure that you would be the first!
[11:14] Yu
Oh, but you haven't been practicing
or playing in any tournaments.
[11:18] Yu
I guess it's couldn't be helped.
[11:18] Shoji
Wataya!
[11:20] Yu
Wait, Shoji!
[11:20] Shoji
You were lucky to have a Master for a grandfather,
[11:22] Shoji
but now it's the other way around!
[11:24] Shoji
He's the reason you don't
have time to practice!
[11:27] Yu
That was fast!
[11:29] Yu
Teacher!
[11:33] Arata
Oh!
[11:35] Arata
She made Class C.
[11:37] Arata
She's still working hard,
even though she joined the track team.
SIGN I'm sure that you're working hard.
I hope to meet you in a match.
-Chihaya
[11:46] Mom
Arata?
[11:48] Mom
I have a class reunion this Sunday.
[11:51] Mom
Can you look after your grandpa?
[11:53] Arata
Yeah, sure.
[11:54] Mom
Great! I'll try to be home as soon as I can!
[11:59] Arata
Mom's hair is starting to turn gray.
SIGN Fukui Tournament
[12:04] Arata
Guess I can't make it.
[12:07] Arata
Oh, Grandpa.
[12:09] Arata
Careful, you're going to spill it.
[12:11] Arata
Set that down.
SIGN Fukui Tournament
[12:21] Grandma
Hakama.
[12:22] Arata
Huh?
[12:23] Grandma
Pull out your hakama!
[12:24] Grandma
You need to go to the Fukui Tournament!
[12:26] Arata
Gr-Grandpa, I'm not going this year!
[12:30] Grandma
Really?
[12:31] Arata
Yeah.
[12:34] Grandma
Why aren't you going?
[12:36] Arata
Huh? Well...
[12:38] Arata
Grandpa's back to normal?
[12:40] Grandma
Don't mumble! Why would
you skip a tournament?!
[12:44] Grandma
Get going!
[12:46] Arata
I want to go.
[12:49] Arata
But Grandpa is...
[12:51] Arata
No, Dad should be back by noon.
[12:56] Arata
I want to go!
[12:59] Arata
I don't want to be left behind!
[13:01] Arata
I want to make Class A!
[13:04] Grandma
Arata!
[13:07] Grandma
Picture in your mind...
[13:10] Arata
Yeah!
[13:28] Arata
It hurts.
[13:32] Arata
The pain. The fear.
[13:51] Chihaya
It hurts.
[13:54] Chihaya
My ears are ringing.
[13:57] Chihaya
I'm about to faint.
[14:00] Chihaya
But...
[14:24] Arata
Taichi.
[14:26] Arata
Chihaya.
[14:34] Chihaya
I can't lose...
[14:36] Chihaya
Attack.
[14:38] Chihaya
Attack.
[14:41] Chihaya
It's not over yet!
[14:48] Taichi
Please wait!
[14:52] Taichi
Ayase forfeits.
[14:54] Nishida
Huh?!
[14:57] Taichi
Excuse me!
Please clear a path!
[14:59] Taichi
Excuse me, please let me through!
[15:01] Taichi
Excuse me!
[15:01] Arata
Taichi!
[15:03] Arata
Excuse me!
[15:05] Arata
Taichi! What's wrong with Chihaya?!
[15:12] Taichi
Arata, take care of her.
[15:16] Taichi
The four of us can still win this match.
[15:22] Miya
Ayase-san!
[15:23] Miya
Are you a friend of Ayase-san?
[15:26] Arata
I-I'm...
[15:27] Mom
Take her to the waiting room! Quick!
[15:35] Chihaya
I can't lose.
[15:37] Chihaya
I can't lose.
[15:39] Chihaya
Attack.
[15:41] Chihaya
Attack.
[15:44] Chihaya
It's not over yet!
[16:07] Chihaya
I-I'm in the middle of a match.
[16:10] Chihaya
I need to go!
[16:11] Arata
Chihaya! You need to lie down!
[16:13] Arata
You forfeited the match.
[16:15] Chihaya
Forfeited?
[16:19] Arata
Chihaya, stop!
[16:20] Arata
Stay still!
[16:21] Chihaya
No! Let me go!
[16:23] Arata
There's no point in going back!
They won't let you play!
[16:25] Chihaya
No! No!
[16:27] Chihaya
We worked so hard.
[16:34] Chihaya
We promised to win together.
[16:59] Arata
Chihaya, you're just as
determined as you used to be.
[17:04] Arata
I've been doing a lot of thinking.
[17:10] Arata
About karuta...
[17:12] Arata
About karuta and Grandpa...
[17:22] Arata
About myself...
[17:27] Miya
We'll take her to the emergency room.
[17:30] Miya
I'll let Mashima-kun and
the other members know.
[17:37] Yoshi
She seemed unwell the entire match.
[17:41] Yoshi
I hope she's okay.
[17:43] Yoshi
Huh?
[17:44] Yoshi
Aren't you Wataya-kun?
[17:46] Arata
Oh, Mr. Yoshioka from the Karuta Federation.
[17:49] Yoshi
Oh, you actually remember me!
[17:52] Yoshi
I've been so worried about you!
[17:54] Yoshi
You haven't been in any
tournaments since last year!
[17:57] Yoshi
But you're participating in this one.
[17:59] Arata
No, I'm...
[17:59] Yoshi
I can't wait to watch you.
[18:01] Yoshi
I'll be able to see Master Wataya again.
[18:07] Yoshi
Because your karuta is
just like Master Wataya's.
[18:12] Yoshi
Oh, the match is almost over.
[18:15] Yoshi
I'll catch you later.
[18:30] Arata
Grandpa...
[18:32] Arata
Grandpa, I...
[18:36] Arata
still love karuta.
[18:57] Sudo
I don't believe it.
[18:59] Sudo
I can't believe it.
[19:01] Sudo
How could this have happened?!
[19:05] Chihaya
No! Why is a Hokuo person here?!
[19:09] Sudo
I'm participating in the
individual tournament tomorrow!
[19:11] Sudo
Anyway, you forfeited because
you weren't feeling well?!
[19:15] Sudo
You were supposed to be representing Tokyo!
[19:17] Sudo
Don't give me that.
[19:19] Sudo
You think a few tears are
going to get you off the hook?
[19:21] Sudo
What if the other players
look down on Tokyo!
[19:24] Taichi
What are you doing?
[19:27] Kanade
Chihaya-chan, shouldn't you be lying down?
[19:32] Chihaya
I-I'm sorry, everyone.
[19:35] Chihaya
I'm sorry.
[19:36] Kanade
What are you doing, Chihaya-chan?!
[19:38] Kanade
You don't need to apologize.
SIGN Ayase! I got my first win today!
[19:42] Chihaya
Huh?
[19:43] Kanade
That's right!
[19:44] Kanade
He actually won two games in a row!
SIGN I can still remember when the score was 7-7, I guessed right
[19:49] ---
and took the "Since the" card!
SIGN That card won me the match!
[19:55] Nishida
But we lost to Fujisaki in the playoffs.
[19:57] Nishida
I wanted to play more!
[19:59] Kanade
Me too!
SIGN You need time to recover, right?
SIGN Maybe you should take the bullet train home tomorrow morning?
SIGN I'm still shaking with excitement!
[20:09] Chihaya
I'm going to recover!
[20:11] Chihaya
I'll be in perfect health for the
individual tournament tomorrow!
[20:16] Taichi
How are you feeling?
[20:17] Chihaya
I'm okay.
[20:18] Chihaya
I'm feeling better.
[20:21] Taichi
Think you can play tomorrow?
[20:22] Chihaya
I can!
[20:24] Chihaya
Since I didn't do anything today...
[20:27] Chihaya
Do you think Arata was disappointed?
[20:30] Chihaya
He came to watch us.
[20:33] Chihaya
I wanted to show him
how much better I've gotten.
[20:37] Taichi
Well, you were pretty heavy.
[20:39] Chihaya
What? No way!
[20:41] Taichi
I thought you'd be pretty light,
but you were really heavy.
[20:47] Taichi
Oh, that's right.
[20:49] Taichi
Arata left this with Mr. Yoshioka,
[20:50] ---
one of the tournament staff members, for us.
[20:53] Taichi
I think it's from Fukui.
SIGN Next time, we'll meet in a match.
-Arata
[21:07] Chihaya
He heard us.
SIGN Next time, we'll meet in a match. -Arata
[21:15] Chihaya
Our feelings...
[21:19] Chihaya
reached Arata.
E14 - For There Is No One Else out Here
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SIGN Looks like another hot day.
[00:04] Nishida
Good thing Kana-chan said we
don't have to wear hakama.
SIGN Yeah, I would die if I had to wear that thing.
[00:12] Taichi
Are you okay, Chihaya?
[00:15] Chihaya
I'm okay.
[00:19] Miya
Well, let's get going.
[00:21] Miya
Nobody forgot anything, right?
[00:23] All
No!
[00:25] Miya
Listen up, everyone.
[00:27] Miya
There is no preliminary round
for the individual tournament,
[00:30] Miya
so there will be over 400 competitors.
[00:33] Miya
Ayase-san is in Class A.
[00:35] Miya
Mashima-kun and Nishida-kun are in Class B.
[00:37] Miya
Komano-kun and Oe-san are in Class D.
[00:39] Miya
You'll be playing in different rooms,
[00:42] Miya
but I want you to play your very best
[00:44] ---
against your rivals from
all over the country.
[00:46] All
Yes, ma'am!
[00:47] Kanade
That makes us enemies today, Desktomu-kun!
SIGN I won't lose!
[00:51] Nishida
I'm aiming to win Class B!
[00:54] Taichi
Y-Yeah...
[00:56] Nishida
What's wrong with you, Mashima?
[00:57] Nishida
Show some fire.
[00:59] Taichi
Nishida.
[01:02] Taichi
Class B players...
[01:04] ---
only get matched against
other Class B players, right?
[01:06] Nishida
Of course.
SIGN Next time, we'll meet in a match.
-Arata
SIGN Chihaya Furu
SIGN Verse 14
SIGN For There
Is No
One
Else
Out
Here
[02:33] Reader
Please sit down in your assigned seat
[02:35] ---
once you've checked who your opponent is.
[02:40] Chihaya
Um...
SIGN Ayase Chihaya
[02:43] Chihaya
Oh, there I am.
SIGN Hanamoto Ruri
[02:45] Chihaya
I'm playing Hanamoto-san from Kagoshima.
[02:48] Chihaya
I wonder what she's like.
[02:49] Sudo
Ayase.
[02:51] Chihaya
Whoa! Sudo-san!
[02:53] Sudo
The Queen is here.
[02:54] Chihaya
Huh?
[02:55] Sudo
Look. She's playing our
Amakasu in the first round.
SIGN Amakasu Nayuta
SIGN Wakamiya Shinobu
[03:01] Chihaya
Wakamiya...
[03:02] Sudo
Wakamiya Shinobu.
[03:04] Sudo
She made Class A when she
was in fourth grade.
[03:08] Sudo
She's a first-year high
school student in Kyoto.
[03:12] Chihaya
Huh?
[03:15] Sudo
The youngest Queen in history.
[03:19] Chihaya
Oh, it's her.
[03:21] Chihaya
The girl I saw at Omi Jingu yesterday.
[03:27] Person A
She's wearing another lame T-shirt!
[03:29] Person B
And it's tucked in!
[03:30] Person C
Always the...
[03:31] Person D
Why a snowman?
[03:33] Person E
She's cute, but she has the
fashion sense of a rock.
[03:41] Shinobu
Oh? You came to play, Sudo-san?
[03:44] Sudo
Hello, Queen.
[03:45] Shinobu
Please don't call me that.
[03:48] Shinobu
I was so relieved when
I found out that I'm not
[03:51] ---
playing you in the first round.
[03:53] Shinobu
But...
[03:54] Shinobu
You came all the way out here to
play in the individual tournament
[03:56] ---
after failing to make the team tournament?
[03:59] Shinobu
You must really love karuta.
[04:02] Shinobu
Well, please go easy on me if we end up
[04:04] ---
playing each other.
[04:10] Sudo
I'm gonna kill her!
[04:11] Chihaya
Huh?!
[04:12] Sudo
She's rubbing it in my face!
[04:15] Sudo
I'm gonna crush you, too!
[04:17] Sudo
Payback for regionals!
[04:23] Chihaya
The Queen:
[04:25] Chihaya
the top female karuta player in Japan.
[04:30] Chihaya
My goal...
SIGN High School National Ogura Hundred
Poets Karuta Championship
[04:34] Chihaya
I wonder how she plays karuta.
[04:37] Chihaya
I wonder how strong she is.
[04:40] All
Good luck.
[04:42] Both
Good luck.
[04:45] Chihaya
I need to win fast so I
can watch the Queen play.
[04:49] [POEM] Reader
Here comes spring,
now the flower blooms
[04:57] [POEM] Reader
No more can we hear...
[04:59] Chihaya
Yes!
[05:01] [POEM] Reader
As my love first came...
[05:02] Chihaya
Huh?
[05:03] [POEM] Reader
The tail feathers of...
[05:11] Chihaya
It was silly of me to
think I could win fast.
[05:13] Chihaya
Every player here is Class A!
[05:18] Shinobu
Thank you very much.
[05:19] Amakasu
Thank you very much...
[05:21] Chihaya
Huh?
[05:23] Chihaya
They're already finished?
[05:26] Chihaya
No. Concentrate.
[05:29] Chihaya
Remember the positions of the cards.
[05:31] Chihaya
Double check.
[05:32] Chihaya
Play this one card at a time.
[05:34] [POEM] Reader
May it be...
SIGN Wakamiya Shinobu
[05:40] Person A
She beat Amakasu from Hokuo by 24 cards?
[05:44] Person A
Does that mean he only took one card?
[05:47] Person B
She's good.
[05:48] Person B
No wonder she's the Queen.
[05:51] Person C
She brought her own cup.
[05:53] Person D
Hot tea...
[05:59] Reader
We will now post the
pairings for the second round.
[06:03] Chihaya
I want to play the Queen.
[06:07] Chihaya
I don't want to play the Queen.
[06:10] Sudo
I'm gonna take her down!
[06:12] Person A
Anyone but the Queen!
[06:13] Person B
I'm too scared to face her!
[06:15] Person C
I can't do it!
[06:20] Chihaya
I want to play her...
SIGN Wakamiya Shinobu
[06:24] Chihaya
I don't want to play her...
[06:28] Chihaya
I want to play her!
SIGN Ayase Chihaya
[06:41] Miya
Oh, Ayase-san.
[06:44] Miya
I borrowed a camcorder from Oe-san's mother.
[06:47] Miya
I'll be recording everyone's matches today-
[06:56] Reader
Memorization time is over!
[06:58] Shinobu
Good luck.
[07:01] Chihaya
Good luck.
[07:03] All
Good luck.
[07:08] [POEM] Reader
Naniwa Bay, now the flower blooms,
but for winter
[07:10] Chihaya
We're right next to the reader.
[07:13] Chihaya
Close enough to hear her breathe...
[07:16] [POEM] Reader
Here comes spring,
now the flower blooms
[07:25] Chihaya
Hear her exhale...
[07:26] [POEM] Reader
Here comes spring,
now the flower blooms
[07:30] Chihaya
Listen for the first syllable!
[07:35] [POEM] Reader
Loo—
[07:39] [POEM] Reader
—k for the sound...
[07:41] Miya
What was that?!
[07:46] [POEM] Reader
but instead you see a pale
moon in the dawn sky
[07:46] Miya
Her hand is still a blur in slow motion!
[07:54] [POEM] Reader
I feel as—
[07:57] Chihaya
I can't see her move.
[07:59] [POEM] Reader
—though I am like...
[08:02] [POEM] Reader
The hazy field...
[08:03] Chihaya
Her hand slices through
the air, like a needle.
[08:07] Chihaya
Silent karuta!
[08:12] Reader
The second round for Class B
is about to begin.
[08:14] Reader
Please sit down in your assigned seat
[08:16] ---
once you've checked who your opponent is.
[08:17] Taichi
Oh, I win by default.
[08:19] Nishida
No fair, Mashima!
[08:20] Nishida
You're going to cheer for
Kana-chan in her Class D match!
[08:23] Taichi
Why do you think I'm going to watch Oe-san?
[08:25] Nishida
I told Kana-chan to come cheer
me on if her match ended early.
[08:30] Nishida
So if you're going to watch Class D,
[08:32] ---
tell Kana-chan that I'm rooting for her.
[08:36] Nishida
Hey!
[08:42] Taichi
Let's see...
SIGN Ayase Chihaya
SIGN Wakamiya Shinobu
[08:46] Taichi
Wakamiya Shinobu?
[08:51] Taichi
Chihaya's playing against the Queen!
[08:57] Miya
She's moving so fast that I
can't tell what's happening.
[09:01] Miya
But one thing is clear,
[09:03] Miya
Ayase-san's field has the same
number of cards as before.
SIGN Please remain quiet during matches.
[09:08] [POEM] Reader
hear the beating of cloth,
as a chilly autumn breeze
[09:16] Taichi
Chihaya...
[09:19] [POEM] Reader
descends from Mount Yoshino
upon my long-forgotten home
[09:27] [POEM] Reader
While it brings me no joy...
[09:30] Taichi
Sh-She's fast!
What was that?!
[09:32] Miya
She's so fast.
[09:33] Miya
She's so fast that I can't see a thing!
[09:35] Taichi
Ms. Miyauchi,
[09:37] ---
can I have a look?
[09:39] Miya
Y-Yes...
[09:42] Taichi
Chihaya reacted first.
[09:44] Taichi
As soon as she heard "While it",
[09:47] ---
she moved towards the "While it may"
card on the opponent's side.
[09:51] Taichi
She was positioned perfectly to come back
[09:53] ---
for the "While it brings" card on her own side.
[09:55] Taichi
But the Queen didn't move until
she heard the third syllable...
[10:00] Taichi
She's so fast that she can afford to wait?
[10:05] [POEM] Reader
So the flower pe—
[10:08] [POEM] Reader
—tals are scattered like the
snow by the passing storm,
[10:13] Taichi
Chihaya...
[10:14] Person A
Here we go again.
[10:16] Person B
She's already up by ten cards?
[10:17] Person C
Wakamiya Shinobu's on a
whole different level.
[10:20] Person D
I feel bad for the girl playing her.
[10:21] Person E
She's probably ready to throw in the towel.
[10:25] Taichi
Chihaya is just as fast as the Queen
[10:27] ---
when she's focused on one card.
[10:30] Taichi
But there are dozens of cards on the field.
[10:33] Taichi
She can't focus on that many
cards at the same time.
[10:36] Taichi
But the Queen can do it?
[10:43] Chihaya
Stay calm...
[10:44] Chihaya
The Queen must be vulnerable somewhere.
[10:47] Chihaya
She left the "May the time spent" and
"May the time we" cards next to each other,
[10:50] Chihaya
even though "May the scarlet" has been read, so
I could just hit both cards after hearing "May the".
[10:53] Harada
I am stunned!
[10:55] Harada
Why wouldn't you separate those cards?!
[10:56] ---
It baffles me!
[10:58] Chihaya
She's asking for it...
[11:00] Chihaya
Go!
[11:02] Chihaya
Hit both cards at the same time!
[11:05] Taichi
Chihaya, it's so obvious what you're doing!
[11:08] [POEM] Reader
My fear is no...
[11:10] [POEM] Reader
The sight of Mount Arima...
[11:12] Taichi
See?
[11:13] Taichi
This is what happens when
you focus on one card!
[11:15] Taichi
But that first card is always big.
[11:20] Taichi
You haven't given up yet, right?
[11:23] Taichi
Chihaya, show everyone your
ability to go on the attack!
[11:28] [POEM] Reader
May the—
[11:28] Chihaya
There it is!
[11:31] [POEM] Reader
—time we spend apart from one another be
[11:32] Taichi
What?!
[11:34] Miya
Mashima-kun, who took that card?
[11:37] Miya
It was hard to tell.
[11:40] Taichi
Yes...
[11:41] Miya
What happens when neither player
is sure who took the card?
[11:45] Miya
They can ask the judge or
discuss it between themselves.
[11:49] Miya
However, the best players always know.
[11:55] Chihaya
I was aiming to hit both cards,
[12:01] Chihaya
but the Queen was aiming for
a single point on the field.
[12:10] Chihaya
What am I supposed to do...
[12:14] Chihaya
What am I supposed to do?
[12:20] Chihaya
What am I supposed to do?
[12:22] Harada
Chihaya-chan, go on the attack.
[12:26] Harada
Your primary focus should always be
[12:28] ---
to push the opponent's side.
[12:32] Chihaya
I'm on the attack.
[12:34] ---
I don't know how to do anything else!
[12:36] Shinobu
Daddy Bear?!
[12:37] Chihaya
Huh?
[12:40] Shinobu
Excuse me.
[12:41] Chihaya
Huh? What?!
[12:43] Chihaya
Is she talking about my T-shirt?!
[12:46] Chihaya
The Queen is wearing a Snowmaru T-shirt!
[12:49] Chihaya
Snowmaru only has an official shop in Osaka
[12:50] ---
so you have to order everything online!
[12:53] Chihaya
He's a super cute character with a topknot
[12:55] ---
when he takes the bucket off his head!
[12:56] Snow
It's my most attractive feature.
[13:02] Chihaya
No, concentrate on the match.
[13:05] Chihaya
Right.
[13:07] Chihaya
The Queen is a 16-year-old girl,
just like me.
[13:10] Chihaya
I can beat her.
[13:11] [POEM] Reader
as short-lived as the reeds of Naniwa Bay
[13:12] Shinobu
That was bad.
[13:14] Shinobu
Stay focused.
[13:20] [POEM] Reader
Said world offers no change...
[13:24] Person A
Did you see that?!
[13:26] Person B
Wow...
[13:27] Miya
Grr.
[13:28] Miya
What was that about?!
[13:30] Miya
She made a weird move.
[13:31] Taichi
Yes, she was covering her own card.
[13:33] Miya
Covering?
[13:35] Taichi
"Said world offers no change"
was on Chihaya's side.
[13:37] Taichi
"Said world offers no escape"
was on the Queen's side.
[13:40] Taichi
These are multi-syllable cards,
[13:42] Taichi
and you have to wait to hear
[13:44] ---
the next syllable after the "no",
[13:46] Taichi
so players cover their own cards
[13:49] ---
to prevent them from being taken.
[13:50] Miya
You can do that?
[13:53] Taichi
Both players were covering their own cards,
[13:55] ---
then the card on Chihaya's side was read.
[13:59] Taichi
All she had to do was
press down on the card.
[14:02] Taichi
But before Chihaya was able to do that,
[14:05] ---
the Queen slipped her hand underneath.
[14:12] Chihaya
I can't do it.
[14:16] Chihaya
I don't see how
[14:19] ---
I can win.
[14:24] Person A
I feel so bad for her.
[14:25] Person B
This is like a public execution.
[14:29] Person C
I really hope I don't have to play her.
[14:30] Person D
At this rate, she'll lose before
she can take a single card.
[14:35] Taichi
If you fall too far behind,
[14:36] [POEM] Reader
when the fisherman who casts
his nets can seem dear
[14:36] ---
it becomes difficult to go on the attack.
[14:38] Taichi
Since there's a higher chance
[14:40] ---
that a card on your own side will be read.
[14:43] Taichi
You unconsciously shift
to a defensive posture.
[14:45] [POEM] Reader
My own home is...
[14:47] Taichi
Plus, she has total control
over her own side.
[14:49] Taichi
The Queen is playing defensive karuta.
[14:51] Taichi
You can't break through,
[14:53] Taichi
but Chihaya doesn't have a choice.
[14:55] Taichi
Hang in there, Chihaya!
[14:56] [POEM] Reader
While it may be...
[14:59] Taichi
What was that, Chihaya?
[15:01] Taichi
Why didn't you attack that card?
[15:06] Shinobu
Oh, not again.
[15:09] Shinobu
My opponents are always fired
up when the match starts.
[15:13] (Flashback) Amakasu
I get to play the Queen!
[15:14] (Flashback) ---
Time to make myself look good!
[15:16] Shinobu
But...
[15:18] Shinobu
Soon enough, it's like I'm back to playing
karuta by myself again.
[15:23] Shinobu
Well, I don't really mind.
[15:27] Shinobu
Let's make this quick.
[15:33] Person A
She's up by 15 cards?
[15:35] Person B
Yeah.
[15:38] Person C
Huh? What?
[15:39] Person D
What happened?!
[15:42] Person B
Sorry! I'm sorry!
[15:50] Chihaya
Taichi... Ms. Miyauchi...
[15:53] Taichi
You can do this, Chihaya!
[15:55] Miya
Keep trying, Ayase-san!
[15:58] Chihaya
But I don't know what I should do.
[16:02] Chihaya
I can't take a single card off
her if I play my usual karuta.
[16:08] Chihaya
This has never happened before.
[16:15] (Flashback) Arata
I never show mercy.
[16:20] Chihaya
I'm mad.
[16:21] Chihaya
I want to take a card.
[16:23] Chihaya
I should at least be able to take one card!
[16:33] Chihaya
Excuse me.
[16:37] Chihaya
Whenever Sudo was in a bad
position, he would stand up
[16:41] Chihaya
and act all arrogant.
[16:43] Chihaya
Huh?
[16:45] Chihaya
Is the Queen left-handed?
[16:48] Chihaya
Ugh, I just now realized this?
[16:51] Chihaya
I'm really out of it!
[16:56] Chihaya
Sorry about that.
[16:59] Chihaya
I can't be mentally weaker now
than I was when I was 12!
[17:05] Shinobu
Oh?
[17:07] ---
She's back?
[17:10] Shinobu
Hmm...
[17:12] Shinobu
I wonder how long she'll last this time.
[17:14] [POEM] Reader
I volunteer to shield the
people with my dark sleeves
[17:24] [POEM] Reader
When winds send waves...
[17:26] Taichi
She attacked before coming back!
[17:28] Taichi
It's close!
[17:29] Taichi
Who was first?
[17:36] Chihaya
The Queen was faster
because she went straight
[17:38] ---
for the attack while
I attacked before coming back.
[17:43] Chihaya
But this is how I learned to play karuta!
[17:47] Harada
Chihaya-chan, think about it.
[17:50] Harada
If you can take a card from
the far row of a player
[17:53] ---
who's big on defense,
[17:54] Harada
you'll give them a big shock!
[17:58] Chihaya
This is how I get back in the game!
[18:01] [POEM] Reader
I recall how my own efforts were in vain
[18:10] [POEM] Reader
May the time spent in our...
[18:15] Shinobu
She hit my hand?
[18:17] Shinobu
So it was close?
[18:19] Shinobu
Oh, impressive.
[18:23] Taichi
You did it, Chihaya!
[18:24] Miya
It's your first card!
[18:26] Chihaya
No, we touched it at the same time,
[18:28] ---
and the card was on your side.
[18:30] Taichi
Why?! Take the card, Chihaya!
[18:32] Taichi
Nobody turns down a card!
[18:35] Shinobu
Oh.
[18:36] Chihaya
Ah! Oops!
[18:38] Harada
Every card on the field is yours.
[18:41] Harada
Contest every card that you can.
[18:43] Chihaya
I just broke one of Dr. Harada's
cardinal rules of karuta...
[18:48] Chihaya
But this is the Omi Learning Center.
[18:53] Chihaya
The Master and Queen matches are
played on this tatami floor.
[18:57] Chihaya
I don't want any flukes.
[19:02] Chihaya
The first card I take from her...
[19:05] Chihaya
...will lead me to that January final.
SIGN Ogura Hundred Poets Karuta
Master & Queen Finals
[19:20] Shinobu
Such a strange girl...
[19:24] [POEM] Reader
bring a life of everlasting love
[19:39] [POEM] Reader
—ust of wind leaves fall leaves falling
[19:42] Taichi
She took a one-syllable card
from the Queen's favored side!
[19:48] Person A
Whoa, I've never seen the Queen
lose a one-syllable card before!
[19:52] Person B
Didn't she start moving
while "Gust" was being read?
[19:57] Taichi
The "G"...
[20:00] Taichi
This is what Dr. Harada meant.
[20:02] Taichi
Chihaya can hear "Gust"
before it's actually spoken.
[20:07] Taichi
Her ears pick up that hard "G"...
[20:13] Taichi
"Gust of wind" is one of Chihaya's best cards.
SIGN hence the name fall leaves
[20:18] Chihaya
My first card...
[20:20] Chihaya
This is my first card again.
SIGN the red that is the Tatsuta River
[20:36] Taichi
Chihaya!
[20:43] [POEM] Reader
hence the name fall leaves
[20:55] [POEM] Reader
Impassionate gods...
[20:57] Miya
She got it!
[20:57] ---
Chihaya!
[20:58] Taichi
She converted on the card she sent!
[20:59] Person A
Two in a row!
[21:13] Chihaya
This card...
[21:17] Chihaya
will lead me to the Queen title!
E15 - As Though Pearls Have Been Strung Across the Autumn Plain
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[00:00] ---
SIGN hence the name fall leaves
[00:04] [POEM] Reader
Impassionate gods...
[00:06] Taichi
She did it!
[00:11] Taichi
Chihaya went from being helpless against
[00:14] ---
the queen to taking two cards in a row.
[00:16] Taichi
She's staying on the attack.
[00:18] Taichi
Hitting her groove...
[00:20] Person A
She converted on the card she just sent.
[00:21] ---
That was sheer willpower.
[00:22] Person B
But look at the score.
[00:24] Person B
The Queen has 7 cards left.
[00:25] Person B
Her opponent has 23 cards left.
[00:27] Person B
That barely changed anything.
[00:29] Person A
The Queen is just a first year high schooler.
[00:32] Person A
She must have a breaking point.
[00:34] Person C
What's big is that her opponent
still hasn't given up.
[00:40] Person D
Hasn't given up?
[00:43] All
She's playing to win!
[00:46] Taichi
Chihaya...
[00:47] Taichi
Why are you always so obvious?
[00:50] Person A
It's too late.
She's down 16 cards.
[00:53] Person B
The Queen just has to play
normally and she'll easily win.
[00:55] Person B
With that trademark smile on her face.
[01:11] [POEM] Reader
the red that is the Tatsuta River
SIGN Chihaya Furu
SIGN Verse 15
SIGN As Though
Pearls
Have
Been
Strung
Across
the
Autumn
Plain
[02:36] [POEM] Reader
the red that is the Tatsuta River
[02:44] [POEM] Reader
For you, I head out to the fields to pick spring greens
[02:50] [POEM] Reader
The hazy early morning light
comes not from the moon
[02:54] Chihaya
Another multi-syllable card!
[03:03] Person A
Her smile's back...
[03:05] Person B
Scary.
[03:07] Taichi
No luck...
[03:09] Taichi
She finally got into a groove,
[03:12] Taichi
but, since then, it's been
multi-syllable cards: her weakness.
[03:15] [POEM] Reader
but from the crystal white snow of Yoshino
[03:16] Taichi
Still, there are less than thirty cards left!
[03:22] Taichi
Go!
[03:23] Taichi
Chihaya!
[03:24] [POEM] Reader
Since the dew...
[03:28] Taichi
Chihaya can't handle fifty cards,
[03:30] Taichi
but when only thirty are left,
[03:33] ---
it's easier for her to
pinpoint the card she wants.
[03:35] Taichi
Since that reduces the number
of syllables before a unique one,
[03:38] Taichi
there are more one-syllable and two-syllable
[03:40] ---
cards where Chihaya shines!
[03:44] Chihaya
My third card...
[03:48] Person A
Here is #20!
[03:50] Person B
#77 "Since the"!
[03:52] Chihaya
Oh!
[03:54] Chihaya
Okay...
[03:58] Chihaya
The Queen was taking every card,
[04:01] Chihaya
so I never had a chance to
stand up and retrieve cards.
[04:08] Chihaya
My body's starting to loosen up again...
[04:19] Chihaya
I want to become faster...
[04:21] Chihaya
To become freer...
[04:24] Chihaya
During a match...
[04:30] Chihaya
So when I'm playing an opponent
[04:31] ---
who's so strong that I'm scared stiff,
[04:34] Chihaya
I can move freely.
[04:38] Chihaya
Move freely!
[04:41] Chihaya
Free!
[04:46] Chihaya
I still don't understand,
[04:48] Chihaya
but is that what it means
to be a strong player?
[05:13] Shinobu
Thank you very much.
[05:16] Chihaya
Thank you very much.
[05:24] [POEM] Reader
May I see you never forget
your promise to always love me
[05:32] Chihaya
I was only able to take five cards.
[05:37] Chihaya
The Queen is still...
[05:41] Chihaya
...twenty cards better.
[05:44] [POEM] Reader
I can look up and see the
snowy cap of Mt. Fuji
[05:53] [POEM] Reader
Since I could not hide my love,
[05:56] Person A
Oh, Wakamiya-san.
[05:58] Person A
You're already done?
SIGN Wakamiya Shinobu
SIGN Mizusawa High School Ayase Chihaya
[06:03] Shinobu
Tokyo's Mizusawa High School...
[06:06] Shinobu
Ayase Chihaya.
[06:08] Person A
Impressive. What was the final score?
[06:16] Shinobu
Mizusawa High School, Ayase Chihaya...
[06:21] Shinobu
Ayase Chihaya...
[06:23] Shinobu
Chihaya. Chihaya!
[06:26] Shinobu
Next time, I won't let
you take a single card!
[06:43] Chihaya
O-Oh, um...
[06:46] Chihaya
Your Snowmaru T-shirt is really cute.
[06:53] Person A
That snowman actually has a name?
[06:55] Person B
Other people can recognize it?
[07:02] Taichi
Chihaya...
[07:04] [POEM] Reader
have been soaked red with tears of blood
[07:05] Taichi
Oops...
[07:13] [POEM] Reader
As the first frost has fallen,
[07:17] Taichi
What's wrong with me?
[07:19] Taichi
I'm more upset than she is.
[07:22] Taichi
Chihaya lost by twenty cards.
[07:27] Taichi
The Queen's that much better than her...
[07:31] Taichi
Is Chihaya okay?
[07:33] [POEM] Reader
Rain takes longer to dry in the autumn time
[07:36] Taichi
Nah. Knowing her, she's probably already asleep.
[07:40] Taichi
Yikes, she really is asleep-
[07:45] Chihaya
A straight line.
[07:47] Chihaya
Straight...
[07:49] Chihaya
Straight and swift as an arrow.
[07:52] Chihaya
My memorization has to be
better for this to work.
[07:55] Chihaya
Memorize... Memorize...
[07:59] Chihaya
Straight! Swift!
[08:02] Chihaya
Straighter! Swifter!
[08:06] Chihaya
Listen hard...
[08:08] Chihaya
Harder... Harder...
[08:14] Chihaya
What do I have to do to beat her?
[08:17] Chihaya
What will it take?
[08:21] Taichi
Today is the day.
[08:26] Taichi
The day Chihaya's dream became real.
SIGN Next time, we'll meet in a match.
-Arata
[08:37] Taichi
Dream...
[08:40] Reader
The Class B third round is about to begin.
[08:42] Reader
Please sit down in your assigned seat,
[08:44] ---
once you've checked who your opponent is.
[08:56] [POEM] Reader
I hear the beating of cloth,
as a chilly autumn breeze
[09:00] Person A
It's over! Wakamiya-san wins!
[09:05] [POEM] Reader
descends from Mount Yoshino
upon my long-forgotten home
[09:15] Both
Thank you very much.
SIGN High School National Ogura Hundred
Poets Karuta Championship
[09:18] Both
Thank you very much.
[09:25] Sudo
This is my last year,
[09:27] ---
so I thought you might let me win this.
[09:32] Shinobu
You're good, so I was scared I might lose.
[09:38] Sudo
You beat me by 12 cards...
[09:40] Person A
Man, Wakamiya Shinobu is the champion again?
[09:44] Person B
She's the real deal.
[09:46] Person C
She never joined a karuta society, right?
[09:48] Person B
Seriously?
[09:49] Chihaya
Straight as a line...
[09:50] Chihaya
Straighter... Swifter...
[09:51] Kanade
Chihaya-chan.
[09:52] Kanade
Chihaya-chan!
[09:54] Chihaya
Straight as a line...
[09:54] Kanade
Chihaya-chan!
[09:57] Chihaya
Kana-chan. How'd it go?
[09:59] Kanade
I lost in the third round.
So did Desktomu-kun.
[10:02] Chihaya
I see...
[10:04] Kanade
That's because you were
[10:05] ---
watching Class A matches the entire time.
[10:06] Chihaya
Right! I haven't had anything to eat!
[10:09] Chihaya
The Learning Center curry!
[10:10] Kanade
Chihaya-chan!
[10:11] Kanade
That doesn't matter right now!
[10:12] ---
Mashima-kun is in the Class B final!
[10:16] Kanade
Let's go cheer him on!
[10:19] [POEM] Reader
Rain takes longer to dry in the autumn time
[10:29] Chihaya
Taichi is in the final!
[10:32] [POEM] Reader
leaving a hovering mist
above the trees and grass
[10:42] [POEM] Reader
While some dodge...
[10:44] [POEM] Reader
Said night was young...
[10:46] [POEM] Reader
When winds send waves...
[10:49] (Flashback) Taichi
I could spend my entire youth on karuta
[10:52] (Flashback) Taichi
without ever becoming better than Arata.
[10:54] (Flashback) Harada
Save that for after you've actually tried.
[10:58] Taichi
Dr. Harada...
[11:00] Taichi
Can I really do it?
[11:02] Taichi
Lose...
[11:04] ---
Cry...
[11:06] Taichi
But continue to advance...
[11:10] Taichi
to catch up to Arata.
SIGN I recall how my own efforts were in vain
[11:21] [POEM] Taichi
So the flower petals,
Would the, Feel sorrow,
[11:24] [POEM] Taichi
In the, In order for, I feel
as, I feel though, I know...
[11:26] Chihaya
Taichi...
[11:27] Nishida
Hey, Ayase!
[11:30] Nishida
You're late!
[11:31] Nishida
Where have you been?
[11:32] Nishida
Get over here! We saved a seat for you!
[11:38] [POEM] Reader
I recall how my own efforts were in vain
[11:47] [POEM] Reader
May the time we spend
apart from one another be
SIGN A fault.
[11:51] Kanade
That never happens.
[11:52] Kanade
He went for a completely different card.
[11:54] Nishida
He still has the positions from
his previous match in his head.
[11:57] Nishida
When you're tired, forgetting
is harder than remembering.
[12:01] Nishida
Mashima's on his sixth match.
[12:04] Nishida
At that point, you can have perfect
concentration and still make mistakes.
[12:08] Chihaya
Taichi...
[12:10] Taichi
Dammit.
[12:17] Taichi
It's okay.
[12:19] Taichi
Review the cards again.
[12:21] Taichi
It's okay.
[12:23] Taichi
Review.
[12:25] Taichi
"So the flower has" was read, so I can take
"So the flower petals" on "So the flower."
[12:29] Taichi
"Would the" hasn't been read so I
have to be careful on "Would this".
[12:33] Taichi
"Feel love" has been read, so I
can take "Feel sorrow" on "Feel."
[12:37] Taichi
"In order to" hasn't been read, so I don't
want to fault on "In the" or "In order for."
[12:41] Taichi
"I feel as" and "I feel that" are both
in play so I want to attack those.
[12:45] Taichi
The "I know" card and the "I wish" card on the
opponent's left side should come soon.
[12:52] Taichi
"Said world offers no change" and the like
card "Said world offers no escape" are both left,
[12:55] Taichi
so I need to cover mine
and watch the other one.
[12:57] Taichi
I can take both of them!
[12:59] Taichi
"While it brings" and "While it may" have been read,
so I can attack "While it pains" after "While it"
[13:03] Taichi
and hit the "While I" on the opponent's
left side at the same time.
[13:08] Taichi
"For the" is now a single-syllable card because
"For you, I head" and "For you, I would" have been read.
[13:15] Taichi
I have to take "Swift."
[13:17] Taichi
Can't let him defend that one.
[13:19] Taichi
"May I see" and "May the time we" have been read,
[13:21] Taichi
so I can attack "May it" on the opponent's side
before coming back to "May the time spent" on my side.
[14:02] Taichi
My mind's so numb that I can only
see what's in front of me...
[14:20] Taichi
That's all I need to see.
[14:24] [POEM] Reader
as short-lived as the reeds of Naniwa Bay
[14:33] [POEM] Reader
Feel sorrow wash over me...
[14:40] Taichi
I want to move faster,
but my arm can't keep up.
[14:47] Taichi
Pick it up!
[14:49] Taichi
My mind is doing fine!
[14:52] Taichi
Faster!
[14:55] Taichi
Faster!
[14:57] Taichi
Move faster!
SIGN Victory for Fujisaki
[15:13] Person A
Yes! He won!
[15:14] Person B
Toda-senpai!
[15:16] Toda
Thank you very much.
[15:18] Taichi
Thank you very much.
[15:21] Person A
Congratulations!
[15:23] Person B
You did it, Senpai!
[15:28] Taichi
I was playing a third-year from Fujisaki...
[15:31] Taichi
I only lost by three cards.
[15:33] Taichi
Second place.
[15:37] Taichi
I did good enough.
[15:55] Taichi
That's like the textbook
display of disappointment.
[16:08] Nishida
I-It hurts...
[16:10] Taichi
Huh?
[16:12] Nishida
It must hurt...
[16:15] Nishida
Second place hurts the most.
[16:34] Taichi
I can't cry -
[16:37] Taichi
not when I haven't put in the time -
[16:44] Taichi
but it still hurts.
SIGN High School National Ogura Hundred
Poets Karuta Championship
[17:00] Miya
It's always difficult to accept defeat,
[17:02] ---
even after you're an adult.
[17:05] Miya
Yet...
[17:06] ---
they aren't trying to
console each other either.
SIGN Omi Learning Center
[17:17] Miya
We'll need to hurry if
we're going to make our train.
[17:20] Miya
Make sure you haven't forgotten anything.
[18:04] Shibata
Oh, there are already students here.
[18:06] Shibata
Running this early in the morning?
[18:08] Shibata
Is it the track team?
[18:12] Shibata
Th-The karuta club?!
[18:14] Miya
Are you interested?
[18:16] Shibata
No...
[18:17] Miya
Figured as much.
[18:24] Taichi
I'm sure everybody identified a few issues
[18:27] ---
with their play during the tournament,
[18:29] Taichi
but the one problem we all
share is a lack of stamina.
[18:33] Taichi
You can't focus if you're tired.
[18:35] Taichi
We can use summer break to train ourselves
[18:38] ---
to be able to play ten hours straight.
[18:43] Nishida
In terms of actual skill,
I'm not worse than Mashima.
[18:48] Nishida
I'm aiming to win Class B!
[18:52] Nishida
But...
[19:00] Nishida
Don't fall behind!
[19:02] Nishida
Step for step!
[19:05] Taichi
We're rivals!
[19:06] Chihaya
We're rivals!
[19:24] Kanade
Oh, she's awake.
[19:26] Chihaya
Did I fall asleep?
[19:28] Kanade
Yes, for ten minutes.
[19:31] Chihaya
Oh, it's because Porky chased me down.
[19:36] Chihaya
I've been dreaming about
Shinobu-chan a lot, daily.
SIGN Snowmaru, too...
[19:40] Kanade
Is Shinobu-chan the current Queen?
[19:43] Chihaya
Uh-huh.
[19:44] Kanade
I watched the video.
She's so good, it's scary.
[19:48] Chihaya
That's why I call her Shinobu-chan.
[19:54] Chihaya
I met Arata at Nationals,
[20:00] Chihaya
but he doesn't show up in my dreams.
[20:07] Chihaya
I want to meet him,
and not in my dreams.
[20:20] Kuri
Yes, who is it?
[20:28] Kuri
Oh, you've finally come.
[20:35] Arata
Mr. Kuriyama, I wish to join
the Fukui Nagumo Society.
[20:44] Chihaya
Until we meet again.
[20:46] [POEM] Reader
for I could not recognize you,
like the moon hidden behind the clouds
[20:57] [POEM] Reader
So spring nights are...
[20:59] [POEM] Reader
Nobody wishes to see...
[21:01] [POEM] Reader
As this trip takes me away...
SIGN I have only autumn leaves as an offering for the gods watching over me.
[21:18] Chihaya
It's the second term:
[21:19] Chihaya
Fall, the season of karuta...
E16 - The Autumn Leaves of Mount Ogura
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SIGN Chihaya Furu
[00:02] Chihaya
Since my sister never
gets any screen time,
[00:04] ---
she's taken over with a
story from six years ago.
SIGN Chitose Furu
[00:08] Chitose
Got a problem with it?
SIGN New Year's Money - Part 1
[00:13] Person A
Chitose-chan, here's
your New Year's money.
SIGN For Chitose-chan
For Chihaya-chan
[00:15] Person A
Give Chihaya-chan hers for me.
[00:17] Chitose
Yay! Thank you so much!
[00:20] Chitose
Chihaya, you probably haven't heard,
[00:22] ---
but kids over ten no longer
get New Year's money.
[00:25] Chihaya
Huh?!
[00:26] Chitose
It's a new law.
[00:31] Mom
Chitose! How could you?!
[00:32] Chitose
I can pool our money to
buy expensive clothes,
[00:35] ---
and Chihaya will benefit in two years.
SIGN Man, I don't get New Year's money anymore.
SIGN 100% of Chihaya's clothes are hand-me-downs
SIGN New Year's Money - Part 2
[00:41] Chihaya
Oh! A photo shoot!
[00:43] Chitose
Models have it all.
[00:45] Chitose
They always get to wear the latest name brand clothes.
[00:47] Chihaya
What?
[00:49] Chihaya
But you're still prettier than them.
[00:55] Chihaya
Can I really have this?
[00:57] Chihaya
You just bought it.
[00:58] Chitose
It's fine.
[00:59] ---
I can ask them to buy me another one.
[01:00] Mom
Huh?
SIGN My sister is pretty and nice!
SIGN Bought using the New Year's money stolen from Chihaya
SIGN New Year's Money - Part 3
[01:07] Person A
Hey, how much money did
you get for New Year's?
[01:09] Person B
You probably got loads!
[01:11] Taichi
How much did you get, Wataya?
[01:13] Arata
What do you mean?
[01:14] Arata
It's against the law to
receive Christmas presents
[01:17] ---
and New Year's money after you're ten.
SIGN That's what my mom said.
[01:19] Taichi
Huh? Are you stupid?
[01:20] Taichi
That's not...
[01:21] Chihaya
Yeah, Taichi.
[01:22] Chihaya
We're not allowed to receive
money after we're ten.
[01:24] Taichi
Huh?!
[01:24] Both
Lawbreaker!
SIGN Lawbreaker
[01:27] Taichi
What?!
[01:29] Taichi
That's impossible!
[01:30] Taichi
Everyone else got money!
[01:32] Person A
Like me.
[01:33] Person B
Me too.
[01:34] Person A
So how much did you get?
[01:36] Person B
Yeah, tell us.
[01:37] Taichi
Huh? 115,000 yen.
[01:43] All
Lawbreaker!
SIGN Lawbreaker
[01:44] Person A
Criminal!
SIGN Criminal
SIGN Oh, he couldn't have received that much. That would be like Dad's bonus.
SIGN Ah—
[01:48] Arata
He couldn't have received that much.
[01:49] Arata
That would be like Dad's bonus.
SIGN New Year's Money The End
SIGN Verse 16
SIGN The
Autumn
Leaves
of
Mt. Ogura
[02:00] Chihaya
Huh?
[02:01] Chihaya
Isn't this Hundred Poets?
[02:03] Arata
Do you know how to play?
[02:05] Chihaya
Well, we have a karuta tournament
at our school every year.
[02:09] Arata
L-Lez play!
[02:10] Chihaya
Huh?
[02:11] Chihaya
What?
[02:11] Chihaya
Wait!
[02:12] Chihaya
I'll play, but we need
someone to do the reading.
[02:15] Arata
I have a tape for that!
[02:19] Chihaya
Um... How does this work?
[02:22] Chihaya
Line up 25 cards in 3 rows.
[02:26] Chihaya
When the first verse of a poem is read,
[02:28] Chihaya
you grab the card with the second verse.
[02:32] Chihaya
Well, it's just a game.
[02:39] Chihaya
What was that look?
[02:42] Arata
Shall we begin?
[02:44] Chihaya
Huh?
[02:45] Chihaya
S-Sure.
[02:52] [POEM] Reader
The storm...
[02:55] Chihaya
Huh?
[02:57] Chihaya
Is this how you play karuta?
[03:01] Chihaya
I should at least be
able to take one card...
[03:05] Chihaya
Oh.
SIGN are joined at river's end
[03:07] Chihaya
I know the first verse for that card.
[03:09] Chihaya
"Swift waters parted by the jagged rocks"
[03:13] Chihaya
It's just one card.
[03:16] Chihaya
I have to get it!
[03:21] [POEM] Reader
Swift...
[03:27] Chihaya
Sensei!
[03:31] Chihaya
Can I take Wataya-kun's place?!
[03:35] Taichi
I don't mind.
[03:37] Taichi
Chihaya is obviously weaker.
[03:40] Chihaya
I'm going to win this
match for Wataya-kun!
[03:45] Chihaya
No...
[03:46] [POEM] Reader
the night is nearly past
[03:47] Chihaya
I'm not doing this for him.
[03:49] Chihaya
I'm...
[03:51] Chihaya
I'm the one who's going to defeat Taichi!
[03:59] Chihaya
That was a really fun match!
[04:04] Chihaya
Karuta is so much fun!
[04:07] Chihaya
But it would be a different story if
[04:09] ---
you were playing against Wataya-kun!
[04:10] Chihaya
He's going to become a master.
[04:13] Shin
That makes you the Queen, Ayase-san.
[04:17] Chihaya
Queen?
[04:19] Arata
It's the title given to the
strongest female player.
[04:26] Chihaya
Queen...
SIGN Chihaya Furu
SIGN Use
Japanese
idioms to
describe
your
friends.
SIGN He sneaks a peek
when the manager
isn't around.
[05:44] Chihaya
Use Japanese idioms to
describe your friends!
SIGN All work and no play
SIGN I already knew that, Arata-kun.
[05:52] Taichi
"Not a care in the world."
SIGN Not A Care In The World
[05:53] Chihaya
Huh? What's that supposed to mean?
[05:55] Chihaya
Then Porky is...
[05:57] Chihaya
"barbeque pork"!
SIGN Barbeque Pork (Extra Large)
[05:58] Nishida
Hey!
[05:59] Nishida
Komano can be described as...
SIGN Data Miner
SIGN Come on!
[06:00] Nishida
"data miner."
SIGN You're doing it wrong!
SIGN Those aren't idioms!
SIGN For Kana-chan, I would use "wax poetic."
SIGN Wax Poetic
SIGN Oh—
SIGN What's
that
mean?
[06:07] Kanade
What? That's beautiful.
[06:09] Kanade
I'm so happy.
[06:10] Kanade
Oh, the president?
[06:13] Kanade
Um...
[06:16] Kanade
"J-Jack of all trades, master of none"?
SIGN Jack Of All Trades,
Master Of None
SIGN Jack Of All Trades,
Master Of None
[06:23] Kanade
You've got it wrong, Prez!
[06:25] Kanade
We just needed a punch line!
SIGN Jack Of All Trades,
Master Of None
SIGN It fits you perfectly, Taichi.
SIGN Like rubbing salt in his wounds...
SIGN Not a care in the world!
[06:27] Chihaya
What? That fits you perfectly, Taichi!
[06:29] Taichi
"Master of none"...
[06:34] Chihaya
We finally made it!
[06:37] Taichi
This is our clubroom?
[06:39] Chihaya
Yeah.
[06:40] ---
I kept begging the Empress and
she finally gave it to us.
[06:42] Taichi
It's a storage room.
[06:45] Taichi
There's dust everywhere.
[06:46] Chihaya
Don't complain!
[06:48] Chihaya
Once we have five members,
[06:49] ---
we'll be recognized as an official club,
[06:51] ---
and they'll even assign us a teacher!
[06:53] Taichi
Can we even find three more people?
[06:55] Chihaya
We can!
[06:56] Chihaya
We absolutely can!
[06:59] [POEM] Reader
Rain takes...
SIGN leaving a hovering mist
above the trees and grass
[07:06] Kanade
Huh?!
[07:07] Kanade
What is this?
[07:09] Kanade
Don't tell me that...
[07:10] Kanade
...this is karuta?!
SIGN I can't play karuta...
SIGN I don't have the talent!
SIGN I'm not like you!
SIGN All I can do is study!
SIGN I belong behind my desk!
[07:44] Taichi
But...
[07:46] Taichi
Instead of a karuta genius,
I would rather have our new member
[07:49] ---
be someone who puts
in effort on the tatami.
[07:53] Chihaya
If you have experience,
you should join the karuta club!
[07:57] Chihaya
Join!
[07:58] Chihaya
If you have experience,
you should join the karuta club!
SIGN Ms. Miyauchi,
We have 5 Karuta Club Members!! (Introductions)
President 1-2 Ayase Chihaya (I'm going to become a Queen!)
Vice President 1-1 Mashima Taichi (Class B jack of all trades.)
Secretary 1-2 Komachi Tsutomu (A very smart rookie.)
Equipment Manager 1-8 Nishida Yusei (The roundest player in Class B.)
Treasurer 1-6 Oe Kanade (A very reliable fan of classical poetry.)
Thank you very much!
[08:02] Miya
You have five members, so you want me
[08:05] ---
to officially sanction the Karuta Club.
[08:10] Miya
Hmm...
[08:12] Miya
Very well.
[08:13] Chihaya
Yay!
[08:15] Miya
However, change the president
to someone other than Ayase-san.
[08:19] Chihaya
Huh?!
[08:20] Miya
I'll serve as the advisor for now.
[08:23] Miya
Okay, dismissed.
[08:25] [POEM] Taichi
While some dodge the famous waves...
[08:28] [POEM] Taichi
Like the sound of...
SIGN She's fast!
[08:33] Kanade
Chihaya-chan, this won't work.
[08:36] Kanade
The gap between us is too big.
[08:39] Chihaya
Kana-chan.
[08:42] Chihaya
When I played karuta for
the very first time,
[08:44] Chihaya
my opponent was someone who
was incredibly strong.
[08:48] Chihaya
If he had gone easy on me,
[08:51] Chihaya
I wouldn't love karuta the way I do now.
[08:56] Chihaya
So, I'm not going to go easy on you.
[08:58] Chihaya
I'm going to try my hardest,
[09:00] Chihaya
because I need you guys to become stronger.
[09:03] Chihaya
This summer,
the five of us will
[09:05] ---
participate as a team in
the national tournament!
SIGN Porky's T-shirts Part 1
[09:10] Nishida
"Starved!"
SIGN (HARAPEKO = Starved)
[09:11] Both
Huh?
SIGN Porky's T-shirts Part 2
[09:13] Nishida
"Extra large!"
[09:14] Both
Huh?
SIGN Porky's T-shirts Part 3
[09:15] Nishida
"Big helpings!"
[09:16] Both
Huh?
SIGN Porky's T-shirts Part 4
[09:17] Nishida
"Super-size!"
SIGN Where does Porky buy his T-shirts?
[09:23] Kanade
Good question.
[09:25] Nishida
My sister does screen printing as a hobby,
[09:27] ---
so she makes these for me.
[09:29] Nishida
I'll ask her to make T-shirts for you!
[09:31] Both
What?!
SIGN Mega-size
SIGN Please stop!
[09:33] Kanade
Porky, you don't have to!
SIGN It's okay! Not necessary!
[09:34] Kanade
We can wear normal T-shirts!
SIGN I appreciate the thought!
SIGN Manyou
SIGN Oe Traditional Clothing
SIGN I LOVE poetry
SIGN Victory for Tsutomu
SIGN Three years on the tatami
[09:44] Sister
I don't make these T-shirts
because I want to!
[09:48] Sister
He begs me to make them!
[09:50] Sister
But let me know when you
want team shirts made.
[09:52] Taichi
Tsundere?!
[09:53] Taichi
M-Miss Piggy?!
SIGN You need team shirts, right? I made some, so use them.
SIGN Thanks, Sis!!
[10:00] Taichi
H-Hold on, Nishida!
[10:03] Taichi
Didn't you explain how team karuta works?
[10:07] Taichi
Huh?
SIGN Men's small Women's Large Men's Large Men's Medium Women's Small
[10:07] Taichi
With these shirts,
[10:08] Taichi
we can only use one lineup!
[10:13] Chihaya
And why did she use this order?
[10:14] Nishida
It's based on how much she liked our looks.
[10:17] All
Oh...
[10:20] Chihaya
Wait, I'm last?!
[10:21] Taichi
I'm second-to-last?!
[10:22] Taichi
"Master of none"...
SIGN Oh! I'm first?!
SIGN I can feel someone looking at me...
SIGN Badump Badump
SIGN Lock-on
SIGN I can feel someone looking at me...
[10:30] Sister
Lock-on.
SIGN Man Talk
Part 1
[10:34] Nishida
Between Ayase and Kana-chan,
[10:36] ---
who would you rather have as a girlfriend?
[10:38] Nishida
I take Kana-chan!
SIGN Kana-chan...
[10:41] Nishida
Hey, Mashima! That's no fair!
[10:43] Nishida
Spit it out!
[10:44] Nishida
Don't be shy!
[10:45] ---
We all know you prefer Kana-chan!
[10:47] Nishida
Ayase is out of the question!
SIGN Out Of The Question
SIGN Who would you rather have as a girlfriend?
SIGN Out of the question
SIGN Kana-chan Ayase
SIGN 2 votes
[10:51] Taichi
Depressing...
SIGN Man Talk
Part 2
-Taichi
Strikes
Back-
[10:56] Taichi
You guys...
[10:59] Taichi
like boobs.
[11:01] Taichi
You're only interested in her tits.
SIGN What?!
[11:02] Nishida
Ah! You weren't supposed to say that!
SIGN Y-You're wrong!
SIGN Kana-chan is cute!
SIGN And she's sweet!
SIGN I can see myself on a date with her!
SIGN But!
SIGN I can't see myself on a date with Ayase!
SIGN We'd end up practicing karuta!
[11:16] Nishida
That's right!
SIGN Ayase is totally out of the question!
[11:18] Nishida
We like boobies!
SIGN Karuta fanatic
SIGN Kana-chan Ayase
SIGN Who would you rather have as a girlfriend?
[11:21] Taichi
Depressed...
SIGN 3 votes?
[11:23] Taichi
They're right.
SIGN Please present this to the receptionist. Match: Finals Team: Mizusawa High School Order| Name 1 Nishida 2 Oe 3 Mashima 4 Komano 5 Ayase
[11:26] Taichi
Here is Mizusawa High School's lineup.
[11:28] Person A
Thank you.
[11:29] Harada
Eyebrows! Eyebrows!
[11:31] Taichi
Dr. Harada.
[11:33] Harada
I heard you made it to the finals!
[11:36] Harada
I'm so glad to hear that.
[11:38] Harada
Chihaya-chan must be on a roll.
[11:42] Taichi
Doctor, I never knew that Chihaya
could succumb to pressure.
[11:47] Harada
Huh? Chihaya-chan?
[11:50] Taichi
I chose the wrong words when
I tried to stimulate her.
[11:55] Taichi
I didn't think she would fall apart...
[11:59] Taichi
So I need to accept that I
don't even understand Chihaya,
[12:05] Taichi
since I'm the president of this club.
[12:07] Taichi
I'll be going then.
[12:12] Harada
This is why I can never stop watching...
[12:15] (Flashback) Taichi
I could spend my entire youth on karuta
[12:17] (Flashback) Taichi
without ever becoming better than Arata.
[12:22] Taichi
Remember all the time you
spent practicing your swing.
[12:23] (Flashback) Harada
You've already become a different person.
[12:25] Taichi
You'll be fine.
You can do this!
[12:27] [POEM] Reader
When the wind sends waves...
[12:29] Sudo
Here.
[12:30] [POEM] Reader
After I determined to...
[12:33] Sudo
Here.
[12:34] ---
Feel the love...
[12:42] Sudo
That's what you get for not apologizing.
SIGN Got it!
SIGN I got it! I took a card!
SIGN Yes!
SIGN Ayase! I took a card from the opponent's side!
SIGN You have to do the same!
[12:54] Nishida
I got the card, too!
[12:56] Taichi
I held onto mine!
[12:57] Kanade
I'm gonna take the next card!
[13:00] Chihaya
In an individual match,
[13:02] Chihaya
one card is one card, nothing more.
[13:06] Chihaya
But now...
[13:10] [POEM] Reader
like a stream widening into a river
[13:15] Chihaya
Every card I take is a card for our team!
[13:18] [POEM] Reader
My fear is not of...
[13:19] [POEM] Reader
Since the dew atop the blades...
[13:20] [POEM] Reader
I feel that my love is...
[13:22] [POEM] Reader
I hear the beating of cloth...
[13:25] Taichi
Nice job, Nishida!
[13:28] Both
Thank you very much.
[13:30] Both
Thank you very much.
[13:34] Taichi
The one thing I do have is my memory
of which cards have been read.
[13:38] Taichi
I can become the backbone of this team!
[13:41] [POEM] Reader
though you have never known that pain
[13:44] Taichi
I won't make a mistake!
[13:48] Taichi
I can win one card at a time!
[13:50] [POEM] Reader
Said bed was cold...
[13:57] Taichi
Thank you very much.
[13:59] Taichi
One win for Mizusawa!
[14:03] Nishida
Got it!
[14:05] Nishida
I got it!
[14:06] Nishida
Two wins for Mizusawa!
[14:21] [POEM] Reader
Impassionate gods...
[14:28] Taichi
Chihaya!
SIGN We did it!
SIGN Omi Learning Center
SIGN High School National Ogura Hundred
Poets Karuta Championship
[14:36] Taichi
Everyone!
[14:38] Taichi
One card at a time!
[14:41] All
Yeah!
[14:44] Taichi
Chihaya?
[14:56] Taichi
Please wait!
[15:00] Taichi
Ayase forfeits.
[15:07] Chihaya
I can't lose.
[15:09] Chihaya
Attack.
[15:11] Chihaya
Attack.
[15:14] Chihaya
It's not over yet!
[15:32] Chihaya
I-I'm in the middle of a match.
[15:35] Chihaya
I need to go!
[15:36] Arata
Chihaya! You need to lie down!
[15:38] Arata
You forfeited the match.
[15:41] Chihaya
Forfeited?
[15:44] Arata
Chihaya, stop!
[15:46] Arata
Stay still!
[15:47] Chihaya
No! Let me go!
[15:48] Arata
There's no point in going back!
They won't let you play!
[15:51] Chihaya
We worked so hard.
[15:54] Chihaya
We promised to win together.
[16:09] Chihaya
I-I'm sorry, everyone.
[16:12] Chihaya
I'm sorry.
[16:13] Kanade
What are you doing, Chihaya-chan?!
[16:15] Kanade
You don't need to apologize.
SIGN Ayase! I got my first win today!
[16:19] Chihaya
Huh?
[16:20] Kanade
That's right!
[16:22] Kanade
He actually won two games in a row!
[16:23] Nishida
But we lost to Fujisaki in the playoffs.
[16:25] Nishida
I wanted to play more!
[16:27] Kanade
Me too!
SIGN You need time to recover, right?
SIGN Maybe you should take the bullet train home tomorrow morning?
SIGN I'm still shaking with excitement!
[16:37] Chihaya
I'm going to recover!
[16:39] Chihaya
I'll be in perfect health for the
individual tournament tomorrow!
SIGN Ayase Chihaya
[16:42] Sudo
Wakamiya Shinobu.
SIGN Wakamiya Shinobu
[16:44] Sudo
The youngest Queen in history.
[16:49] [POEM] Reader
So the flower pe—
[16:52] [POEM] Reader
—tals are scattered like the
snow by the passing storm,
[16:57] Taichi
Chihaya...
[16:58] Person A
Here we go again.
[17:00] Person B
She's already up by ten cards?
[17:02] Person C
Wakamiya Shinobu's on a
whole different level.
[17:04] Person E
She's probably ready to throw in the towel.
[17:07] Taichi
Chihaya is just as fast as the Queen
[17:09] ---
when she's focused on one card.
[17:13] Taichi
But there are dozens of cards on the field.
[17:15] Taichi
She can't focus on that many
cards at the same time.
[17:18] Taichi
But the Queen can do it?
[17:24] Chihaya
I can't do it.
[17:28] Chihaya
I don't see how
[17:31] ---
I can win.
[17:34] Chihaya
This has never happened before.
[17:36] (Flashback) Arata
I never show mercy.
[17:43] Chihaya
I should at least be able to take one card!
[17:47] Chihaya
I can't be mentally weaker now
than I was when I was 12!
[17:52] [POEM] Reader
May the time spent in our...
[17:56] Shinobu
She hit my hand?
[17:58] Shinobu
So it was close?
[18:01] Shinobu
Oh, impressive.
[18:03] [POEM] Reader
—ust of wind...
[18:08] [POEM] Reader
Impassionate gods...
[18:09] Miya
She got it!
[18:10] ---
Chihaya!
[18:11] Person A
Here is #20!
[18:14] Chihaya
My body's starting to loosen up again...
[18:25] Chihaya
I want to become faster...
[18:27] Chihaya
To become freer...
[18:30] Chihaya
During a match...
[18:36] Chihaya
So when I'm playing an opponent
[18:37] ---
who's so strong that I'm scared stiff,
[18:40] Chihaya
I can move freely.
[18:44] Chihaya
I still don't understand,
[18:46] Chihaya
but is that what it means
to be a strong player?
[18:53] Shinobu
Thank you very much.
[18:56] Chihaya
I was only able to take five cards.
[19:02] Chihaya
The Queen is still...
[19:05] Chihaya
...twenty cards better.
[19:08] Chihaya
A straight line.
[19:10] Chihaya
Straight...
[19:11] Chihaya
Straight and swift as an arrow.
[19:15] Chihaya
My memorization has to be
better for this to work.
[19:18] Chihaya
Memorize... Memorize...
[19:21] Chihaya
Straight! Swift!
[19:24] Chihaya
Straighter! Swifter!
[19:27] Chihaya
Listen hard...
[19:29] Chihaya
Harder... Harder...
[19:34] Chihaya
What do I have to do to beat her?
[19:37] Chihaya
What will it take?
[19:42] Taichi
Today is the day.
[19:44] Taichi
The day Chihaya's dream became real.
SIGN Girl Talk
Part 1
SIGN Michiru-chan
A Classmate
[19:53] Michiru
Chi-chan, Kana-chan.
[19:55] ---
Which karuta club member
[19:56] ---
would you want to go out with?
[19:57] Michiru
Well, there's only one possible answer.
[20:02] Chihaya
Kana-chan.
[20:02] Kanade
Huh?!
SIGN A perfect victory!
SIGN Kana-chan Ayase Mashima Porky Desktomu
SIGN Congrats
Kana-chan
[20:03] All
Congrats, Kana-chan.
SIGN Girl Talk
Part 2
SIGN Michiru
wants to
talk about
love
[20:07] Michiru
That's not what I meant!
[20:08] Michiru
The boy!
[20:09] Michiru
Which of the boys would
you want to go out with?!
[20:10] Michiru
You don't have to limit yourself
to the karuta club members!
[20:16] Chihaya
Do you want a serious answer?
[20:19] Michiru
No! Wait!
[20:21] Michiru
Don't say anything that
will spoil the story!
SIGN It's not over yet.
SIGN Use Japanese
idioms to
describe
your friends
SIGN Again
SIGN I'm a man who doesn't care,
even if he doesn't get to
appear in this corner.
[21:39] Chihaya
Use Japanese idioms to
describe your friends again!
SIGN Heart
And
Soul
[21:45] Nishida
Don't be stupid this time.
[21:48] Chihaya
Gotcha!
[21:49] Nishida
Komano is a "smart cookie"?
SIGN Smart Cookie
SIGN Kana-chan has "brains and beauty."
SIGN Brains And Beauty
[21:56] Kanade
Komano-kun...
[21:58] Kanade
The president is, um...
[22:02] Kanade
"Easy on the eyes."
SIGN Easy on the eyes
[22:05] Taichi
"Fools rush in."
SIGN Fools Rush In
[22:07] Taichi
That describes Chihaya perfectly.
[22:09] Chihaya
What?
SIGN Yep, yep
[22:09] All
Yep, yep.
[22:11] Chihaya
Porky is, um...
SIGN Pork Dressed As Lamb
[22:15] Chihaya
"Pork dressed as lamb."
SIGN You mean "mutton dressed as lamb."
SIGN Mutton Dressed As Lamb
[22:19] Kanade
But why would you choose that idiom?
[22:21] Taichi
She probably couldn't
remember any other ones.
[22:23] Nishida
Wait, Ayase! You're calling me a pig—
[22:26] Chihaya
That's all. Please keep
watching this year!
SIGN People who haven't memorized Hundred Poets are bugs.
SIGN See you next week!
E17 - World Offers No Escape
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[00:00] Chihaya
Huh?
SIGN Mizusawa High School Athletic Festival
[00:03] Reader
It's time for the main event in the
[00:04] ---
second half of the Mizusawa
High School Athletic Festival!
[00:06] Reader
The finals for the club relay!
[00:09] Reader
We have six teams who won their
way through the prelims,
[00:11] Reader
including the favorite, the track team,
[00:13] ---
as well as the speedy
baseball and soccer teams!
[00:16] Reader
Our Nationals-bound tennis team
[00:19] ---
has also shown their ability to run!
[00:21] Reader
You'll want to watch the basketball team
[00:22] ---
as they use a ball for their baton!
[00:24] Reader
However, all eyes will be on the
SIGN Karuta Club
[00:26] ---
non-athletic Karuta club,
[00:28] ---
which has managed to sneak in to sixth!
SIGN the red that is the Tatsuta River
[00:32] Person A
On your marks.
[00:37] Person A
Set.
[00:46] Reader
How can this be?!
[00:47] Reader
The Karuta club had the best start!
[00:50] Reader
They already have a considerable lead!
[00:52] Reader
But the track team is also fast!
[00:55] Reader
Taichi!
[00:57] Reader
Their second runners take over
at almost the exact same time!
[01:00] Person A
Mashima-kun!
[01:02] Reader
The second runner for the
Karuta club is just as fast!
[01:04] Reader
They're neck and neck
with the track team!
[01:06] Reader
What's this?
[01:07] Reader
The basketball team and soccer
team have dropped their batons!
[01:09] Reader
The tennis team and baseball
team are also having trouble!
[01:11] Reader
Meanwhile, the track team and Karuta club
[01:13] ---
are on their third runners!
[01:17] Reader
The cheers are deafening!
[01:20] Reader
Hang in there, Karuta club!
[01:22] Reader
Oh! But the fourth runner
is falling behind!
[01:25] Reader
The baseball team and soccer
team have caught up!
[01:27] Reader
And now each team turns to their anchor!
[01:30] Reader
He's fast! Surprisingly fast!
[01:33] Reader
Who said this team wasn't athletic?!
[01:35] Reader
They're clearly athletes!
[01:39] Reader
Oh, no!
[01:40] Reader
The track team lost their baton!
[01:42] Reader
Our favorite has fallen in the last leg!
[01:45] Reader
Nobody could have seen this coming!
[01:47] Reader
As our runners turn the final corner,
[01:49] ---
the baseball team and
Karuta club are in the lead!
[01:51] Reader
Can the Karuta club stage a comeback!
[01:52] Reader
Will the baseball team
hold onto its lead?!
[01:54] Reader
Who will be our winner?!
SIGN Recruiting new members
[02:00] Reader
Incredible! The Karuta club has won!
SIGN Chihaya Furu
SIGN Verse 17
SIGN World
Offers
No
Escape
[03:21] Chihaya
Nobody's coming...
[03:23] Chihaya
We worked so hard to win.
[03:25] Chihaya
To get everyone's attention...
[03:27] Kanade
Chihaya-chan, a girl shouldn't
lie on the floor.
[03:29] Chihaya
But...
[03:31] Kanade
Some people came to watch us play,
[03:34] Kanade
but they left because
it looked too hard.
SIGN We came in first, but it was mostly luck.
SIGN I was slow.
[03:44] Kanade
What are you talking about?
[03:46] Kanade
You were fast!
[03:48] Kanade
Our summer training really helped!
SIGN You think so?
[03:53] Taichi
Hey, guys.
We finished our research.
[03:56] Taichi
Looking at the tournaments near Tokyo,
[03:59] Taichi
we have the Saitama tournament
in late September
[04:01] ---
and the Kawaguchi tournament
in early October.
[04:04] Taichi
There's also the East
Master/Queen qualifier
[04:09] ---
for Class A and higher players in late October.
[04:15] Chihaya
The Eastern qualifier...
[04:17] Chihaya
for deciding the East
representative to challenge
[04:20] ---
the Queen next January.
[04:23] Chihaya
The most important
tournament every year.
[04:26] Taichi
Chihaya needs to play
[04:27] ---
more matches to get experience.
[04:30] Taichi
Nishida and I need to win
a Class B tournament
[04:33] ---
so we can make Class A.
[04:35] Nishida
Okay!
[04:35] Taichi
Oe-san and Komano,
you'll need some Class D wins,
[04:39] ---
so you can start moving up.
[04:42] Taichi
Then we should all focus
on our individual g-
[04:46] Taichi
Oh, excuse me for a second.
[04:49] Taichi
Yeah.
[04:51] Taichi
Yeah.
[04:56] Taichi
Okay, fine.
[04:58] Taichi
Let's break up.
[05:02] Taichi
Then we should all focus
on our individual goals!
[05:04] All
What?!
SIGN No luck with girls
SIGN Prez! What was that?!
SIGN No luck
with guys
[05:07] Chihaya
Didn't even bat an eye!
SIGN No luck with girls
[05:09] Nishida
It took him a second to dump her!
SIGN No luck with guys
[05:11] Kanade
I never knew you had a girlfriend!
[05:16] Taichi
Let's practice.
[05:19] Chihaya
It was the girl who called him "Ta-kun"!
[05:26] Taichi
Arata...
[05:29] Taichi
Will Arata...
[05:31] ---
be in the Western qualifier?
[05:36] [POEM] Kanade
people would always ask if
I was pining for someone
[05:45] [POEM] Kanade
After I determined...
[05:47] Taichi
I can make it in time!
[05:48] [POEM] Kanade
In the sleepy...
[05:51] Taichi
Make Class A before October...
SIGN a whirlwind of flower petals descends
[05:55] Taichi
...so I can play in the Eastern qualifier!
[05:59] Both
Thank you very much.
[06:01] Both
Thank you very much.
[06:04] Taichi
Okay, let's take a ten minute break
[06:07] ---
before we get one more match in today.
[06:12] Tsutomu
The training we did over the summer
[06:15] Chihaya
Mizusawa Fight!
[06:15] Tsutomu
was hard, but fun.
[06:16] All
On!
[06:16] Chihaya
Fight!
[06:17] All
On!
[06:17] Chihaya
Fight!
[06:18] All
On!
[06:18] Chihaya
Mizusawa!
[06:20] Tsutomu
Especially compared to
last summer, when I spent
[06:22] ---
all my time studying alone.
[06:26] Tsutomu
But...
[06:28] Tsutomu
Even though I trained as
hard as everyone else,
[06:31] Tsutomu
I'm still small and can't build muscle.
[06:39] Chihaya
Kana-chan.
[06:41] Chihaya
When you have time,
you should do sit-ups
[06:43] ---
and back extensions at home.
[06:44] Kanade
Huh?
[06:45] Chihaya
I noticed something
[06:46] ---
after watching all those
matches at nationals.
[06:50] Chihaya
When girls and thinner boys play Karuta,
[06:51] ---
they tend to sit back,
[06:53] Chihaya
so you end up only
using your upper body.
[06:55] Chihaya
It's probably because your muscles aren't
[06:59] ---
strong enough to support your weight.
[07:02] Kanade
I've been training at home,
[07:05] ---
but it hasn't really helped.
[07:07] Chihaya
Don't worry!
[07:08] Chihaya
You just have to keep working at it!
[07:10] Chihaya
I need to go to the restroom.
[07:25] Kanade
What is it, Desktomu-kun?
SIGN Oh, you're working hard on your swing.
[07:32] Kanade
I've been thinking.
[07:33] Kanade
I can't beat Chihaya-chan and the other
[07:36] ---
members at cards that are farther away,
[07:39] Kanade
but I can win the cards that
are closer by bringing them in.
[07:42] Kanade
If I can move in a straight line
[07:43] ---
to the cards that are farther away,
[07:45] Kanade
I'll be in a position to take advantage
[07:47] ---
of my opponent's mistakes.
[07:55] Kanade
It won't matter if I'm
not athletic enough.
[07:57] Kanade
After the athletic festival,
[07:59] ---
everyone was saying
that Karuta was a sport,
[08:01] Kanade
but I consider Karuta an art.
[08:04] Kanade
Because men and women
can compete against
[08:07] ---
each other in Karuta.
[08:12] Kanade
I won't let you beat me, Desktomu-kun.
[08:18] (Flashback) Person A
This isn't happening!
[08:19] (Flashback) Person B
I don't get Karuta at all!
[08:23] Tsutomu
I'm glad I chose to
give Karuta a chance.
[08:28] Tsutomu
I can change.
[08:30] ---
I know it.
[08:32] Tsutomu
And not just physically or mentally...
[08:47] Taichi
Hey, is there a point to this exercise?
[08:49] Chihaya
I'm not sure, but don't stop!
[08:50] Chihaya
I need to hone my reflexes if I'm going
[08:52] ---
to put up a fight against
the Queen, I think...
[08:58] Taichi
Too slow!
[09:02] Chihaya
Straight to the card...
[09:05] Chihaya
How can I learn to do
what Shinobu-chan does?
[09:07] Taichi
Hey, I'm going to the tournament
[09:09] ---
in Kanazawa this weekend.
[09:12] Taichi
Wanna come along?
[09:12] Chihaya
Huh? Kanazawa?
[09:14] Chihaya
Wasn't it in Saitama?
[09:15] Taichi
The Saitama tournament is next weekend.
[09:18] Taichi
There's another tournament
[09:19] ---
before that one in Kanazawa,
for Class A and B players.
[09:21] Chihaya
I'm coming! I'm coming!
[09:23] Chihaya
Is Kanazawa really far away?
[09:25] Chihaya
How much will it cost?
[09:27] Taichi
It's 8,000 yen if you
take a one-way, overnight bus.
[09:29] Taichi
Add in the participation fee,
and it's around 20,000.
[09:32] Taichi
Well, I doubt anyone
else can afford it.
[09:35] Taichi
I'll go by myself.
[09:36] Chihaya
No fair!
[09:37] Chihaya
That's no fair, Taichi!
[09:38] Taichi
I'll buy you a souvenir.
[09:41] Chihaya
Lucky you. Kanazawa, huh?
[09:46] Chihaya
That's near Fukui...
[10:16] Person A
Mommy!
[10:17] Mom
Don't look.
[10:19] Taichi
Impressive.
[10:23] Taichi
I hate myself for being so sneaky.
[10:28] ---
For doing whatever it takes
[10:32] Taichi
to become better at
Karuta before everyone else.
[10:36] Taichi
For trying to go on a
trip with Chihaya.
[10:44] Chihaya
Chihaya.
[10:46] Chihaya
What?
[10:48] Taichi
I'm...
[10:55] Taichi
I'm going to make Class A.
[11:04] Taichi
Good luck.
[11:05] Nishida
Good luck.
[11:07] Taichi
Hmm?
[11:08] Both
Huh?
[11:09] Both
What?!
[11:10] Taichi
What are you doing, Nishida?!
[11:11] Nishida
What about you?!
[11:12] ---
You never said anything about this!
[11:13] Person A
Over there! Keep it down!
[11:15] Taichi
There was someone else just as sneaky!
[11:18] Taichi
Why are you here?
[11:20] Nishida
A senpai from my Karuta
society invited me,
[11:22] ---
so I have dibs.
[11:23] Taichi
Dibs? That's bull!
[11:25] Nishida
What about you?
[11:27] Taichi
Took a plane.
[11:28] Nishida
Stupid rich boy!
[11:30] Nishida
So you're trying to reach Class A first!
[11:32] Taichi
So are you!
[11:34] Taichi
No, I need to focus on my match.
[11:37] Taichi
Concentrate...
[11:38] Person A
We will now begin memorization time.
[11:42] [POEM] Reader
Here comes spring,
now the flower blooms
[11:52] [POEM] Reader
Here comes spring,
now the flower blooms
[11:55] Taichi
Win.
[11:58] Taichi
I have to win!
[12:01] [POEM] Reader
Like a boatsman adrift...
[12:02] Taichi
H-He's fast!
[12:04] [POEM] Reader
While autumn leaves crunch...
[12:06] [POEM] Reader
Since I could not hide...
[12:08] [POEM] Reader
Impassionate gods...
SIGN the red that is the Tatsuta River
[12:19] Person A
Chihaya-chan has really improved.
[12:22] Person A
Her match against the
Queen must have helped.
[12:25] Person A
You'll notice once you play against her.
[12:26] Person A
She's much faster now.
[12:28] Person A
Her opponents aren't even
close on her sweet cards.
[12:30] Person A
She can give the Queen a run
for her money on those.
[12:36] Chihaya
I still see her in my dreams.
[12:40] Chihaya
I need to match her speed, her edge!
[12:44] [POEM] Reader
Impassioned vows exchanged
over many a tear shed to last
SIGN when I should have gone to sleep instead
[12:45] Chihaya
Oh! Oops!
[12:48] Person A
Ow, that's a fault.
[12:50] Person A
That's where the "Impassionate"
card was before.
[12:52] Person A
Chihaya-chan hasn't been able
to cut down on her mistakes.
[12:55] Person A
She's too concerned about
the "Impassion—" cards.
[13:00] Both
Thank you very much.
[13:03] Chihaya
I was doing okay for a while,
[13:06] Chihaya
but I ended up losing to you
in the end, Hiroshi-san.
[13:09] Hiro
You may be fast, Chihaya-chan,
[13:11] ---
but you don't scare me.
[13:13] Chihaya
Huh?
[13:21] Harada
Chihaya-chan, stop taking
cards with your speed.
SIGN The 1st Career Survey
First Choice
Second Choice
SIGN Queen
[13:42] Miya
The survey is due on Thursday.
[13:45] Miya
We have materials in the career
guidance office, so drop by.
[13:49] Miya
This is your own future,
so think very carefully!
[13:52] All
Yes, ma'am!
SIGN Kana-chan, you'll be going
[13:54] ---
to a university that has
classical literature, right?
SIGN Oe Traditional
Clothing
[13:57] Kanade
I know what I want to major in,
[13:59] ---
but I'm not sure which
university I want to go to.
[14:02] Kanade
Is Chihaya-chan acting like that
because of the survey?
SIGN Beats me...
SIGN What's wrong with them?
[14:12] Kanade
Beats me...
[14:14] Nishida
Brutal...
[14:15] Nishida
Qualifying for Class A is brutal!
[14:18] Nishida
Ayase! Get out of the
corner and play me!
[14:20] Taichi
Hey! That's no fair!
[14:22] Taichi
I have to play strong
opponents to get better!
[14:25] Nishida
Come on! Let's play!
[14:27] Chihaya
Uh-huh...
[14:29] Nishida
Huh?
[14:30] Taichi
What's wrong, Chihaya?
[14:33] Nishida
Did something happen?
[14:35] Kanade
Chihaya-chan?
[14:38] (Flashback) Harada
Chihaya-chan, stop taking
cards with your speed.
[14:42] (Flashback) Chihaya
Huh?
[14:42] (Flashback) Chihaya
What do you mean, Dr. Harada?
[14:45] (Flashback) Chihaya
I can't win without my speed.
[14:47] (Flashback) Harada
Chihaya-chan, what did you think
about the Queen's Karuta?
[14:52] (Flashback) Chihaya
She was super fast!
[14:53] (Flashback) Chihaya
I couldn't believe how fast she was!
[14:55] (Flashback) Harada
Anything else?
[14:57] (Flashback) Chihaya
She was accurate!
[14:58] (Flashback) Chihaya
Like she was always aiming for
a certain spot on the card!
[15:00] (Flashback) Chihaya
But she was still fast!
[15:04] (Flashback) Chihaya
Every player wishes they
could have her speed...
[15:08] (Flashback) Harada
You don't have to be fast.
[15:12] (Flashback) Harada
Chihaya-chan, how many
sweet cards do you have?
[15:14] (Flashback) Harada
Five? Ten?
[15:17] (Flashback) Harada
It doesn't matter if you can
take a few cards really fast.
[15:20] (Flashback) Harada
If you lose all of the other
cards, you lose the match.
[15:24] (Flashback) Harada
Stop concentrating on speed.
[15:27] (Flashback) Chihaya
Huh?
[15:30] Taichi
That's what Dr. Harada said?
[15:32] Nishida
What does Ayase have,
if you take away her speed?
[15:36] Nishida
She doesn't use any strategy.
[15:38] Taichi
So your sharp senses are
actually hurting you.
[15:42] Taichi
Hey, Chihaya.
[15:47] Taichi
Is she actually trying
to think this through?
[15:49] Taichi
Usually, when she runs
into a difficult problem,
[15:53] Taichi
she gives up within ten seconds!
[15:55] Nishida
I look too.
[15:56] Chihaya
I don't get it.
[15:58] Chihaya
Why shouldn't I take cards fast?
[16:01] Chihaya
What is he talking about?
SIGN The next round is Nishida vs. Mashima
[16:07] ---
and Ayase vs. me, right?
[16:09] ---
Let's begin.
[16:11] [POEM] Kanade
Here comes spring,
now the flower blooms
[16:17] [POEM] Kanade
Impassionate gods...
[16:19] Nishida
That's the problem!
[16:20] Nishida
He's talking about how
you move too fast!
[16:22] Chihaya
Oh, he means this?
[16:23] Nishida
Seriously, none of the
[16:24] ---
other Impassion cards have been read yet.
[16:27] Chihaya
My body kinda moves by itself...
[16:29] Taichi
Primal instinct.
[16:31] Kanade
Are you finished?
[16:33] Kanade
I'm going to read the next card.
[16:35] [POEM] Kanade
the red that is the Tatsuta River
[16:43] [POEM] Kanade
In order to restore my faith...
[16:46] [POEM] Kanade
My own sleeves are like...
[16:51] [POEM] Kanade
Look for the sound...
[16:59] Chihaya
A 15-card win! Good!
SIGN Today, there were 6 B cards, 10 C cards.
SIGN And 0 A and D cards.
[17:07] Chihaya
What's that?
SIGN The distribution of the cards I've won against you
SIGN over the course of the 28 matches
SIGN Vs. Ayase
Ayase
Komano
1) The "Impassionate" card in my right middle row is taken by Ayase.
She sends "The sound of people" from her right lower row to my right lower row.
2) I take "In order to" from her right middle row.
"In order for" is on my side and Ayase was focused on taking that card from me.
I send "I feel as" from my right middle side to her right middle side.
[17:13] ---
we played in August and September.
SIGN One percent of the cards I take come from region A on the opponent's side.
SIGN Sixty-seven percent come from region B on the opponent side.
SIGN Thirty-two percent come from region C on my side.
SIGN Zero percent come from region D on my side.
[17:27] Nishida
What?!
[17:28] Nishida
You've been keeping track of all that?!
[17:32] Chihaya
That means I win almost all
of the cards in A and D!
SIGN But that also means that
[17:38] ---
I'm able to take a considerable
[17:40] ---
number of cards from B and C.
SIGN I can't take any one-syllable cards from you,
SIGN but you have trouble with three-syllable cards.
SIGN So I would place them in C, where you are weak,
[17:52] ---
and constantly attack your left side.
SIGN I'm sure you come up against people
[18:00] ---
who use these strategies.
[18:02] Nishida
Hey, what about me?
Show me mine!
SIGN Not for nothing.
[18:06] Nishida
You hog!
[18:08] Harada
It doesn't matter if you can
take a few cards really fast.
[18:10] Harada
If you lose all of the other
cards, you lose the match.
[18:16] Kanade
Chihaya-chan, you
commit a lot of faults.
[18:18] Chihaya
Huh?
[18:20] Kanade
You gamble because you want
to take a card faster.
[18:24] Kanade
For example, take "May the time
spent" and "May the time we."
[18:27] Chihaya
Oh, a lot of people have
trouble with those.
[18:30] Chihaya
Since the poems are also similar!
[18:33] Kanade
Silence!
[18:35] Kanade
"May the time we" is #19.
[18:37] Kanade
"May the time spent" is #88.
[18:39] Kanade
They're separated by two
hundred years of history!
[18:42] All
Years?!
[18:50] [POEM] Kanade
May the time we spend
apart from one another be
[18:56] [POEM] Kanade
as short-lived as the
reeds of Naniwa Bay
[19:04] [POEM] Kanade
May the time spent in
our one night together
[19:09] [POEM] Kanade
bring a life of everlasting love
[19:13] Kanade
Both poems were written by women,
[19:15] ---
and they describe similar situations.
[19:17] Kanade
I find it moving that
[19:19] ---
two women separated by 200 years
[19:21] ---
would express themselves in similar ways,
[19:26] Kanade
but that's not important right now.
[19:29] Kanade
Chihaya-chan.
[19:31] Kanade
You told me that the
[19:32] ---
"Impassionate" card looks
bright red to you.
[19:36] Kanade
"May the time we,"
from the 10th century,
[19:39] ---
refers to the withered green
reeds of Naniwa Bay in winter.
[19:44] Kanade
"May the time spent,"
from the 12th century,
[19:47] ---
refers to the new green reeds
of Naniwa Bay in spring.
[19:50] Kanade
That's how I picture it.
[19:52] Kanade
Or you could say that
[19:53] ---
the Naniwa Bay in #88 had
more prostitutes at the time,
[20:00] Kanade
so the card should be rich green.
[20:03] Chihaya
Kana-chan...
[20:05] Chihaya
You really love poetry.
[20:09] Kanade
In my mind, Karuta is about
the meanings of the poems.
[20:15] Chihaya
I was sad,
[20:19] Chihaya
because, for me,
Karuta was about speed.
[20:33] Person A
Goodbye, Ms. Miyauchi.
[20:35] Miya
Yes, goodbye.
[20:40] Miya
What?
[20:42] Miya
Ayase-san is in the library?
[20:45] Miya
Do they keep manga in there?
[20:49] Miya
Ayase-san, you haven't turned
in your career survey yet.
[20:53] Miya
Hurry up and...
SIGN Interpretation of Hundred Poets
[21:16] Chihaya
Speed isn't enough.
[21:19] Chihaya
I need to learn from Desktomu-kun.
[21:21] Chihaya
I need to learn from Kana-chan.
E18 - The Plum Blossoms Still Smell the Same
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[00:00] [POEM] Reader
during my forlorn years in this world
SIGN Saitama Hundred Poets Tournament
[00:09] Taichi
We appreciate all your help, Mrs. Oe.
[00:13] Mom
Please! Call me Rieko!
[00:16] Nishida
Kana-chan, do we really have to
wear hakama for every tournament?
[00:20] Kanade
Of course!
[00:22] Kanade
It's a Mizusawa High School
Karuta Club tradition.
[00:24] Nishida
What?
SIGN In that case,
[00:27] ---
I should probably learn how
to put one on by myself.
[00:32] Both
Desktomu-kun!
[00:33] Kanade
Oe Traditional Clothing
[00:34] ---
offers lessons for wearing hakama!
[00:36] Mom
Oe Traditional Clothing offers a new line
[00:39] ---
of cotton hakama for competitive karuta!
SIGN Er, u-uh...
[00:47] Chihaya
This will be my first official
match after making Class A
[00:50] ---
that isn't limited to high schoolers.
[00:54] Taichi
First, you need to win!
[00:55] Taichi
After that, your goal is to win the
whole thing so you can advance in rank!
[00:58] Taichi
Let's get serious!
[00:59] Nishida
Yeah!
SIGN Mashima, you're fired up.
[01:03] Kanade
So am I.
[01:04] Nishida
Me too!
[01:09] Kanade
Are you nervous, Chihaya-chan?
[01:11] Kanade
Shouldn't you be used to
playing in tournaments?
[01:13] Chihaya
K-Kana-chan, I feel like
[01:15] ---
a rookie out of high school in
his first major league game!
[01:18] Kanade
Huh?
[01:24] Chihaya
Class A is completely different
from the lower classes.
[01:29] Chihaya
This is what I've always wanted:
[01:33] Chihaya
to play in a Class A tournament.
SIGN Chihaya Furu
SIGN Verse 18
SIGN The
Plum
Blossoms
Still
Smell
the
Same
[02:57] Chihaya
My first Class A match...
[03:00] (Flashback) Harada
Chihaya-chan, stop taking
cards with your speed.
[03:05] Chihaya
This will lead me to the Queen...
[03:09] Chihaya
but I need to win my first match.
[03:10] Sakura
Oh, that's a pretty hakama.
[03:12] Chihaya
Huh?
[03:13] Sakura
I love how colorful your hakama is.
[03:16] Chihaya
Thank you very much...
[03:19] Sakura
If I were a little younger,
[03:22] ---
I would love to wear a colorful hakama.
[03:25] Chihaya
Y-You look adorable!
[03:27] Sakura
I know.
[03:29] Chihaya
She knows. Oh...
[03:32] [POEM] Reader
Naniwa Bay, now the flower
blooms, but for winter
[03:36] Chihaya
My opponent in the first round.
[03:38] Chihaya
Kanai Sakura-san.
[03:41] Chihaya
I can't let my nerves
get the better of me.
[03:41] [POEM] Reader
Here comes spring,
now the flower blooms
[03:43] Chihaya
Stay calm.
[03:47] Chihaya
Today, my goal is to not move too fast
[03:51] ---
and not make faults.
[03:52] [POEM] Reader
Here comes spring,
now the flower blooms
[03:54] Chihaya
Play a balanced style
that allows me to take
[03:57] ---
cards from both sides
of the opponent's field.
[04:01] [POEM] Reader
When I must hide these burning feelings,
[04:09] Chihaya
I screwed up! I totally screwed up!
[04:11] Sakura
Wow, you're so fast.
[04:14] Sakura
Young people have such
excellent reflexes.
[04:17] Sakura
I can't keep up.
[04:24] [POEM] Reader
I feel as though my body is
on fire with Ibuki mugwort
[04:33] [POEM] Reader
Though my hatred...
[04:34] Chihaya
Ah! That's the wrong card! A fault!
[04:37] Sakura
Wow,
[04:39] ---
you really have fast reflexes.
[04:42] Sakura
People with fast reflexes tend to mix up
[04:46] ---
similar-sounding first syllables.
[04:48] Sakura
Lucky me.
[04:51] Chihaya
I see.
[04:52] ---
She's right.
[04:54] Chihaya
Fast reflexes and sharp ears
can be powerful tools,
[04:58] Chihaya
but they can also cause mistakes.
[05:01] (Flashback) Harada
Stop concentrating on speed.
[05:04] Chihaya
That's why Dr. Harada told me to stop.
[05:07] [POEM] Reader
While it pains me...
[05:08] Sakura
Lucky me!
[05:09] [POEM] Reader
The tail feathers of...
[05:10] Sakura
Lucky me!
[05:12] [POEM] Reader
I wish I could show...
[05:13] Sakura
Lucky me!
[05:14] Sakura
You let me take another card.
SIGN and I have yet to visit Amanohashidate or read my mother's letters
[05:20] Chihaya
I'm having trouble attacking her...
[05:22] Chihaya
Why?
[05:26] Sakura
Lucky me!
[05:28] Sakura
I get to play a girl who only has speed.
[05:31] Chihaya
Why did she have to say that?
[05:34] Chihaya
My goal today was to not move too fast.
[05:36] [POEM] Reader
have been soaked red with tears of blood
[05:45] [POEM] Reader
Would this old palace courtyard...
[05:47] Chihaya
A dead card!
[05:53] [POEM] Reader
be as dear now, those
were the good old days
[06:02] [POEM] Reader
Since I could not hide my love,
[06:03] Chihaya
Dead card!
[06:08] [POEM] Reader
Impassioned vows exchanged...
[06:10] Chihaya
Again?
[06:11] [POEM] Reader
Look for the sound...
[06:11] Chihaya
Another dead card!
[06:13] [POEM] Reader
I know that my heart...
[06:17] Chihaya
Five dead cards in a row.
[06:19] [POEM] Reader
and by no fault of mine
[06:28] [POEM] Reader
Nobody wishes to see the
beautiful cherry blossoms
[06:34] Chihaya
The next card has to be one in play.
[06:39] Chihaya
The next card...
[06:42] Chihaya
The next card...
[06:43] Chihaya
I really want to move!
[06:43] [POEM] Reader
covered by the smoky mountain fog
[06:53] [POEM] Reader
So the flower has wilted during
[06:55] Chihaya
Seven dead cards in a row!
[06:55] ---
the long spring rains, just
as my beauty has faded
[06:57] Chihaya
A fault...
[06:59] Sakura
You couldn't hold yourself back, huh?
[07:01] Sakura
Lucky me.
[07:02] Sakura
Then I'll send you
SIGN the red that is the Tatsuta River
[07:05] Sakura
this card.
[07:09] Chihaya
She sent me the "Impassionate gods" card...
[07:17] Chihaya
I can do this!
[07:18] Chihaya
I'm gonna take the next card.
[07:19] [POEM] Reader
While it brings me no joy...
[07:21] Chihaya
Take the next card!
[07:22] Chihaya
Take the next card!
[07:29] Sakura
I'm in luck again.
[07:35] Chihaya
I should have been able
to take that card.
[07:37] Chihaya
If I'd been ready to move back from
[07:39] ---
"While it may" to "While it brings"...
[07:41] Chihaya
I have faster reflexes!
[07:45] Chihaya
Stay calm...
[07:47] Chihaya
This may be my first Class A match,
[07:49] Chihaya
but I can't lose!
[07:53] Chihaya
If I'm not the strongest
female Class A player,
[07:55] ---
I don't even get to challenge the Queen!
[08:00] Chihaya
If I lose here, I can never
take on Shinobu-chan!
[08:05] Sakura
This is no fun.
[08:07] Chihaya
Huh?
[08:08] Sakura
Ayase-san, it feels like you're
only playing against the cards.
SIGN it is as though pearls have been strung across the autumn plain
[08:17] Chihaya
She sent me "Since the," which is a
[08:19] ---
one-syllable card now because
[08:20] ---
"Since I could" not hide has been read.
[08:22] Chihaya
I was hoping to take
that card from her...
[08:26] Chihaya
She's so hard to play against...
[08:30] Chihaya
She's making it hard for
me to play against her?
[08:33] Chihaya
Right, she also sent "Impassionate."
[08:36] Chihaya
The opponent's right side
doesn't have many cards left.
[08:43] Chihaya
Her cards are positioned
to prevent me from
[08:44] ---
using my speed effectively.
[08:46] (Flashback) Sakura
Wow, you really have fast reflexes.
[08:48] (Flashback) Sakura
Ayase-san, it feels like you're
only playing against the cards.
[08:53] Chihaya
She addresses me by name
[08:55] ---
and watches how I play.
SIGN Vs. Ayase
Ayase
Komano
1) The "Impassionate" card in my right middle row is taken by Ayase.
She sends "The sound of people" from her right lower row to my right lower row.
2) I take "In order to" from her right middle row.
"In order for" is on my side and Ayase was focused on taking that card from me.
I send "I feel as" from my right middle side to her right middle side.
[08:59] (Flashback) Tsutomu
But you have trouble with
three-syllable cards,
[09:01] (Flashback) Tsutomu
so I would place those cards in
[09:03] (Flashback) ---
region B and constantly attack them.
[09:07] (Flashback) Tsutomu
I'm sure you'll come up against people
[09:09] (Flashback) ---
who use these strategies.
[09:14] Chihaya
Excuse me.
[09:19] Chihaya
I have a habit of going for every card
[09:21] ---
as though it were a one-syllable card.
[09:24] Chihaya
That's why I end up using too much force.
[09:28] Chihaya
In that case, I should
move back my start line.
[09:32] Chihaya
Just a little bit.
[09:41] Chihaya
Find the position that
[09:42] ---
lets me take the lead at the goal line!
[09:48] Sakura
Oh, she moved back?
[09:49] Sakura
She was on the edge of
the boundary before.
[09:53] Sakura
Ten centimeters?
[09:54] Sakura
No, she moved back fifteen centimeters.
[09:58] Sakura
Can she still reach the cards?
[10:01] Sakura
She must have a plan.
I love it!
[10:04] Sakura
Youth is a wonderful thing!
[10:08] [POEM] Reader
Said night was young when
the false rooster's crow
[10:11] Chihaya
Whoa! A dead card!
[10:14] Chihaya
That was close.
[10:16] Chihaya
But I can reach the farthest
row on both sides.
[10:19] Sakura
Her arm is so long.
[10:20] Sakura
She can easily reach
any spot on the field.
[10:23] Sakura
If she finds her rhythm...
[10:27] Sakura
I'm moving a card.
[10:28] Chihaya
Huh?
[10:32] Chihaya
She moved "Said bed" as soon
[10:34] ---
as it became a one-syllable card!
[10:35] Sakura
Keep worrying your pretty little head.
[10:39] Sakura
So innocent and cute!
[10:41] [POEM] Reader
I feel as though I am...
[10:42] Sakura
Lucky me.
[10:44] [POEM] Reader
The emotions experienced...
[10:46] Sakura
I have to take the cards
that are there for me.
[10:50] Chihaya
The cards that are there for her?
[10:52] Chihaya
Is this all part of her plan?!
SIGN She finally noticed...
[10:59] Chihaya
Her karuta has something that mine lacks.
[11:03] Chihaya
I need to watch her play.
[11:05] Chihaya
Figure out what Sakura-san
has that I don't.
[11:09] Chihaya
The way she's been watching me play.
[11:17] [POEM] Reader
banish any lingering memories of the past
[11:26] [POEM] Reader
My fear is not of...
[11:33] Sakura
Oh.
[11:35] Sakura
We used the same three-syllable
timing to take the card,
[11:40] Sakura
But since we touched it at the same time,
[11:42] Sakura
it's mine.
[11:47] Chihaya
Three-syllable timing...
[11:50] Chihaya
Timing...
[11:52] Chihaya
Timing!
[11:54] Chihaya
There's another way to play karuta!
[11:57] Chihaya
A way that doesn't rely on speed!
[12:00] Chihaya
The way Sakura-san plays!
[12:07] [POEM] Reader
In order for us to find our way home,
[12:14] Both
Thank you very much.
[12:19] Chihaya
I lost by six cards...
[12:26] Chihaya
Kanai Sakura-san!
[12:30] Chihaya
Oh!
[12:33] Sakura
Yes?
[12:34] Chihaya
Th-They're adorable!
[12:35] Sakura
I know.
[12:36] Chihaya
So she knows. Oh...
[12:41] Chihaya
Thank you very much for your help today!
[12:46] Chihaya
I'll do my best to become a player
that doesn't rely on speed!
[12:49] Chihaya
I want to become Queen!
[12:53] Sakura
Oh, dear. So do I.
[12:56] Chihaya
Huh?
[12:58] Sakura
Does it sound strange coming from
[12:59] ---
an old lady who's been
playing karuta for 35 years?
[13:01] Chihaya
35 years?!
[13:03] Sakura
20 years ago, I was much cuter
[13:06] ---
and considered a karuta idol like you.
SIGN Not a karuta idol
SIGN Not a karuta idol
[13:11] Sakura
I've never won any major tournaments,
[13:14] ---
and no matter how hard I try,
[13:16] ---
I keep losing to younger players.
[13:20] Sakura
But I love karuta.
[13:25] Sakura
I still dream about becoming Queen.
[13:29] Tsubaki
What? Then I also want to become Queen!
[13:32] Kaede
Me too!
[13:34] Sakura
Oh? That makes us rivals then.
[13:37] Sakura
I'll see you at the East qualifier.
[13:47] Chihaya
And so, I had just lost
my first Class A match,
[13:53] Chihaya
yet I had no idea that I was
[13:55] ---
about to experience the
worst moment of my life.
[14:02] Chihaya
The Class B final is
between Taichi and Porky!
[14:07] Chihaya
The Class D final is between
[14:08] ---
Desktomu-kun and Kana-chan!
[14:11] Chihaya
The other four members of
the Mizusawa karuta club
[14:14] ---
trumped their captain
by reaching the finals!
[14:16] Chihaya
Wh-Who do I...
[14:17] ---
Which match do I watch?!
[14:19] Chihaya
Who do I root for?!
[14:20] Chihaya
What should I do as their captain?!
[14:24] Chihaya
Retro-kun!
[14:25] Chihaya
Y-You were in this tournament.
[14:27] Chihaya
How did you do?
[14:28] Hiro
I didn't do anything!
[14:31] Hiro
I ran into Mashima in the first round
[14:33] ---
and lost by three cards...
[14:35] Hiro
I had all the momentum!
[14:37] Hiro
This is what it means to win
the battle, but lose the war!
[14:41] Chihaya
What about the other Hokuo members?
[14:43] Hiro
Amakasu-senpai and the
others already left.
[14:46] Amakasu
I lost, so I'm leaving.
[14:49] Hiro
I'm going to take whatever
I can from the winners!
[15:00] Nishida
Next month is the East Master qualifier.
[15:04] Nishida
This may be my last chance
to advance in rank.
[15:06] Nishida
I have to win here!
[15:10] Nishida
I bet that's what Mashima's
thinking right now.
[15:13] Nishida
I'm not too interested
in the Master final,
[15:16] Nishida
but I can't let Mashima beat me!
[15:22] Tsutomu
I admire Kana-chan.
[15:26] Tsutomu
Her elegant playing
style, her tenacity...
[15:30] Tsutomu
and she has the stats to show for it.
[15:33] Tsutomu
She averages 0.6 faults a match.
[15:35] Tsutomu
During practice, she comes
back to win 74% of the time.
[15:38] Tsutomu
Due to her size,
[15:40] ---
she rarely goes on the attack.
[15:43] Tsutomu
Her personality makes her
more defense-minded.
[15:46] Tsutomu
Gulp.
[15:48] Tsutomu
I know Kana-chan!
[15:50] Tsutomu
I can beat her!
[15:51] [POEM] Reader
Naniwa Bay, now the flower
blooms, but for winter
[15:59] Chihaya
Everybody's playing against
[16:00] ---
each other for a chance
to advance in rank.
[16:01] [POEM] Reader
Here comes spring,
now the flower blooms
[16:02] Chihaya
This will never happen again.
[16:05] Chihaya
I have to serve as their witness!
[16:12] [POEM] Reader
Here comes spring,
now the flower blooms
[16:20] [POEM] Reader
The emotions experienced...
[16:22] Chihaya
Huh? What?
[16:23] [POEM] Reader
My life means nothing...
[16:25] Chihaya
What? What?!
[16:26] Chihaya
This is impossible!
[16:27] Chihaya
I have no idea what's
going on in either match!
[16:29] Chihaya
Who got that card?!
Who got it?!
[16:31] Hiro
Can you calm down?
[16:33] Chihaya
I want to watch them play!
[16:37] Chihaya
Huh? Kana-chan...
[16:40] Chihaya
She isn't sitting back the
way she does in practice.
[16:43] Chihaya
Has her exercise paid off?
[16:44] [POEM] Reader
I will not cast myself into Naniwa Bay,
[16:45] Chihaya
But she just started...
[16:48] Chihaya
Is it because of the hakama?!
[16:48] [POEM] ---
but I will risk my life to see you again
[16:53] [POEM] Reader
As my love first came to realization,
[17:09] Kanade
Excuse me.
[17:16] Chihaya
Oh!
[17:18] Chihaya
Now that I think about it,
[17:20] ---
this is the first time
I've watched Kana-chan
[17:22] ---
play in a hakama.
[17:23] Mom
When wearing a kimono,
[17:26] ---
you must maintain proper posture
[17:27] ---
and suck your stomach in,
[17:29] Mom
as though you have a board
running down your spine.
[17:33] Kanade
My obi helps to support me.
[17:37] [POEM] Reader
All alone, I step outside
my house seeking comfort,
[17:40] Kanade
It helps to strengthen my center!
[17:52] Person A
How lovely.
[17:53] Person B
Kimonos are so beautiful.
[17:55] Person C
She's so pretty.
[17:56] Mom
Chihaya-chan is very beautiful,
[17:59] Mom
but she's beautiful no
matter what she wears.
[18:01] Mom
Kanade isn't necessarily beautiful,
[18:04] ---
but she knows how to use a kimono.
[18:07] Mom
She is the true poster girl
for Oe Traditional Clothing!
[18:11] Tsutomu
Kana-chan attacks better when
she's wearing a hakama.
[18:14] Tsutomu
She can play 100% when
she's wearing a hakama.
[18:17] Tsutomu
I practice with her every day,
[18:20] Tsutomu
and I can still learn new things
[18:21] ---
about her in a real match.
[18:23] Tsutomu
Still, the normal Kana-chan is there.
[18:28] Tsutomu
There is one card that I can
always take against Kana-chan.
[18:32] [POEM] Reader
While it brings me no joy...
[18:38] Tsutomu
It's quite simple.
[18:39] Tsutomu
Ayase cares about the "Impassionate" card,
[18:42] Tsutomu
and similarly, Kana-chan believes that the
[18:43] ---
"While it brings" card belongs to her,
[18:45] [POEM] Reader
and I have yet to visit Amanohashidate
or read my mother's letters
[18:45] Tsutomu
because her name is Oe.
[18:48] Tsutomu
Plus...
[18:50] Tsutomu
Whenever "While it brings" is read,
[18:52] ---
her attention is drawn to "The storm will."
[18:54] [POEM] Reader
The autumn paddy shacks...
[18:57] Tsutomu
Which delays her response
to the other cards.
[19:01] Tsutomu
Because Lady Izumi Shikibu
and Koshikibu no Naishi
SIGN Daughter
SIGN Koshikibu no Naishi
While it brings me no joy, the
road beyond Mount Oe is too long
and I have yet to visit Amanohashidate
or read my mother's letters
SIGN Mother
SIGN Lady Izumi Shikibu
The storm will soon carry
me to the afterlife,
so I wish for a memory
of you to take with me
[19:03] ---
were mother and daughter.
[19:05] Chihaya
Desktomu-kun is really calm.
[19:07] Chihaya
He understands Kana-chan's karuta.
[19:10] Tsutomu
Kana-chan doesn't
recognize cards just by syllables
[19:13] ---
the way other players do.
SIGN Ariwara no Narihira
Impassionate gods have never seen
the red that is the Tatsuta River
SIGN Brothers
SIGN Ariwara no Yukihira
Note that though we may
be apart, if I am to hear
that you pine for me as the Inaba
mountain pines, I shall return to you
[19:17] Tsutomu
When Ariwara no Narihira's card is read,
[19:19] ---
she looks for his brother, Yukihira.
SIGN Lady Sei Shonagon
Said night was young when
the false rooster's crow
but the gates of Afusaka remained shut
SIGN Father and Daughter
[19:21] Tsutomu
When Lady Sei Shonagon is read,
SIGN Kiyohara no Motosuke
Impassioned vows exchanged
over many a tear shed to last
until the day waves crash
over Mount Suenomatsu
SIGN Rivals
[19:23] ---
she looks for Kiyohara no Motosuke,
SIGN Lady Murasaki Shikibu
Long last we meet, only for
me to leave hurriedly,
for I could not recognize you, like
the moon hidden behind the clouds
SIGN as well as Lady Murasaki Shibu.
[19:27] Tsutomu
Kana-chan values the meaning
[19:28] ---
and history behind every card,
[19:31] Tsutomu
but the syllables are what
matter in competitive karuta.
[19:35] [POEM] Reader
As I wait for someone...
[19:38] Tsutomu
I screwed up!
[19:39] Tsutomu
A fault!
[19:40] Tsutomu
I have trouble differentiating
between "As I" and "As this".
[19:43] Tsutomu
My focus is on the syllables,
[19:45] ---
but my hearing isn't as good as Ayase's!
[19:47] Chihaya
Desktomu-kun reacted as
soon as "As" was read.
[19:53] Chihaya
Which card will Kana-chan send?
[19:59] Chihaya
Huh?
SIGN I can look up and see the
snowy cap of Mt. Fuji
[20:01] (Flashback) Chihaya
Kana-chan, why is "No matter" always
[20:04] (Flashback) ---
the first "No" card you send?
[20:06] (Flashback) Chihaya
I would send "Note that" first,
[20:09] (Flashback) Chihaya
since it sounds different
from the others.
[20:11] (Flashback) Kanade
My hearing isn't as good as yours,
[20:14] (Flashback) Kanade
so "Nobody", "No more", "No matter",
[20:16] (Flashback) ---
"Note that", "None are," and "Nothing"
[20:18] (Flashback) ---
are all difficult for me.
[20:20] (Flashback) Kanade
But the bigger something is,
the easier it is to notice.
[20:26] [POEM] Chihaya
No matter where I stand
on the shores of Tago,
[20:31] [POEM] Chihaya
I can look up and see the
snowy cap of Mt. Fuji
[20:35] Chihaya
She's drawn to the image
[20:38] ---
of Mt. Fuji!
[20:39] [POEM] Reader
No matter where I stand
on the shores of Tago,
[20:46] Chihaya
I didn't hear a thing.
[20:49] Chihaya
Her motion was flawless.
[20:52] Chihaya
Straight as an arrow...
[20:56] Chihaya
I'm not here to cheer them on.
[20:58] Chihaya
I'm not here as their captain.
[21:01] Chihaya
I'm going to take whatever
I can from them!
[21:14] Chihaya
Meanwhile, there was another
intense match going on,
[21:18] Chihaya
but only Retro-kun was watching!
E19 - As the Years Pass
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[00:13] [POEM] Reader
Gust of wind leaves fall leaves falling
[00:16] Taichi
Got it!
[00:20] Taichi
That was big!
[00:22] Taichi
I moved so fast!
[00:24] Taichi
Not as fast as Chihaya though.
[00:27] Taichi
She's not even watching.
[00:32] Chihaya
Kana-chan and Desktomu-kun are
[00:34] ---
pretty even in terms of reflexes and speed.
[00:38] Chihaya
But...
[00:39] ---
one of them is pulling ahead.
SIGN Chihaya Furu
SIGN Verse 19
SIGN As
the
Years
Pass
[02:11] Chihaya
Desktomu-kun has two faults.
[02:14] Chihaya
Kana-chan has zero.
[02:17] Chihaya
Those faults give Kana-chan
a two card lead by default.
[02:22] Chihaya
I've always believed that
you can make up for faults,
[02:27] Chihaya
but after playing Kanai Sakura-san,
I realized something.
[02:31] Chihaya
Faults can be fatal when you're playing
[02:33] ---
an opponent who doesn't make mistakes.
[02:36] Chihaya
You're giving up more than just a card.
[02:41] Chihaya
You lose your cool.
[02:43] Tsutomu
Two faults against Kana-chan...
[02:46] Tsutomu
This is bad. Really bad.
[02:47] Tsutomu
I need to make up those cards.
[02:50] Chihaya
You lose your rhythm,
[02:52] Chihaya
while allowing your opponent to relax.
[02:55] Chihaya
His two faults have done more
than cost him two cards.
[02:59] [POEM] Reader
As this trip takes me away in haste,
[03:00] Tsutomu
Good, I finally took a card
from the opponent's side.
[03:04] Tsutomu
A comeback!
[03:07] Tsutomu
Time to stage a comeback!
[03:08] Chihaya
Huh?
[03:13] Tsutomu
Huh?
SIGN for I could not recognize you, like the moon hidden behind the clouds
[03:15] Tsutomu
This is a one-syllable card!
[03:17] Tsutomu
I sent the wrong card!
[03:20] Tsutomu
Why?
[03:21] Tsutomu
I've never sent a
one-syllable card before!
[03:25] Tsutomu
First, I commit faults.
[03:26] Tsutomu
Now, I'm sending the wrong cards.
[03:29] Tsutomu
Why do I keep screwing up?
[03:32] Tsutomu
It's like I'm playing against
[03:34] ---
Kana-chan and myself at the same time.
[03:37] Chihaya
I've seen him do this in practice.
[03:40] Chihaya
When Desktomu-kun is losing
[03:42] ---
near the end of a match,
he tends to give up
[03:44] ---
and look ahead to his next chance.
[03:46] Tsutomu
The match is almost over
and I'm down 8 cards...
[03:50] Tsutomu
I don't have a chance.
[03:51] Tsutomu
I'm down 8 cards. Down 8 cards...
[03:56] Chihaya
This is the final.
[03:58] Chihaya
There is no next chance, Desktomu-kun!
[04:18] Taichi
We can train ourselves.
[04:20] Taichi
So we can focus when we're tired.
[04:23] Taichi
So we're able to play
ten hours straight.
SIGN Please wait!
SIGN I'm going to move my cards.
[04:33] Kanade
Huh?
[04:35] Chihaya
Huh?
[04:40] Chihaya
What?!
[04:41] Person A
Is that allowed?
[04:43] Person B
I've seen people move cards
[04:45] ---
together when they only have four left,
[04:47] Person B
but he still has ten cards.
[04:48] Person C
That was a bold move.
[04:51] Tsutomu
If she has two cards left
and I have ten left,
[04:53] [POEM] Reader
have only autumn leaves as an offering
for the gods watching over me.
[04:54] Tsutomu
there's a higher probability that one
[04:56] ---
of my cards will be read.
[05:02] [POEM] Reader
So spring ends...
[05:04] [POEM] Reader
I know that my heart...
[05:07] Kanade
He's hitting...
[05:10] Chihaya
All of the cards on his side!
[05:15] Person A
He's going to gamble on
his cards being read?
[05:19] Person B
That's reckless.
[05:22] Person B
I'm cheering for the girl!
[05:23] Person B
Attack his side!
[05:26] Kanade
I have a six card lead.
[05:27] [POEM] Reader
and by no fault of mine
[05:29] Kanade
It's okay.
[05:30] Kanade
When his cards are all grouped together,
[05:32] ---
it's easier for me to attack.
[05:34] Kanade
I'm in good shape!
[05:36] [POEM] Reader
Long last we meet,
only for me to leave hurriedly,
[05:41] Chihaya
It's the one-syllable card he just sent!
[05:44] Chihaya
Desktomu-kun was dead set
on taking that card.
SIGN for I could not recognize you, like the moon hidden behind the clouds
[05:51] Tsutomu
I don't want to lose to Kana-chan,
[05:56] Tsutomu
but I definitely
[05:58] ---
don't want to lose to myself!
[06:02] Kanade
I have a five card lead.
[06:07] Kanade
Focus.
[06:08] Kanade
Listen carefully.
[06:10] Kanade
Desktomu-kun is hitting all of
his cards at the same time,
[06:13] Kanade
but I still have a chance.
[06:17] Kanade
I just have to reach straight
for the correct card.
[06:19] Kanade
Straight and swift...
[06:22] Kanade
Play on the edge, the way Chihaya-chan
[06:25] ---
did against the Queen!
[06:27] [POEM] Reader
I hear the beating of cloth...
[06:28] Kanade
It's too hard without
any preparation first!
[06:34] Kanade
But!
[06:36] [POEM] Reader
Impassionate gods have never seen
SIGN the red that is the Tatsuta River are joined at river's end
[06:41] Chihaya
Wow! Kana-chan was so
fast on "Impassionate"!
[06:48] Kanade
Desktomu-kun was
[06:49] ---
looking at the "Impassioned"
card on my side.
SIGN until the day waves crash over Mount Suenomatsu covered by the smoky mountain fog
[06:53] Kanade
It's just like how Desktomu-kun
SIGN the red that is the Tatsuta River
[06:56] ---
took "While it pains" from me.
[06:59] Kanade
I've gotten better at the
cards my friends are good at.
[07:05] Chihaya
One more card.
[07:08] Kanade
One more card.
[07:12] Tsutomu
No.
[07:12] [POEM] Reader
The storm will soon carry...
[07:14] Tsutomu
No.
[07:16] [POEM] Reader
A night spent waiting...
[07:16] Tsutomu
No.
[07:18] Tsutomu
I won't let you win!
[07:25] [POEM] Reader
Nobody wishes to see...
SIGN covered by the smoky mountain fog
[07:47] Both
Thank you very much.
[07:54] Tsutomu
Huh?
SIGN Kana-chan, congratulations.
[08:24] (Flashback) Chihaya
Kana-chan, your swing is too big!
[08:26] (Flashback) Chihaya
You aren't using the form I taught you!
[08:29] (Flashback) Chihaya
Desktomu-kun, you should use
a thrust for that card!
[08:31] (Flashback) Chihaya
Stay focused!
[08:43] Chihaya
Kana-chan...
[08:45] ---
Desktomu-kun...
[08:48] Chihaya
You came in first. You came in second.
[08:52] Chihaya
That's incredible...
[08:58] Nishida
Yes!
[08:59] Chihaya
Oh!
[09:08] Chihaya
I completely forgot about them!
[09:12] Chihaya
Retro-kun, Retro-kun.
[09:13] Chihaya
Give me an update.
[09:15] Chihaya
Huh?
SIGN long as the nights I spend alone
[09:33] Chihaya
Luck of the draw?
[09:37] Retro
When each player only has one card left
[09:40] ---
and they play defensively,
[09:42] Retro
the match comes down to
whose card is read first.
[09:45] ---
Pure luck.
[09:49] Retro
So the final ends in luck of the draw.
[09:52] Retro
I was watching this match to
see if I could learn anything,
[09:55] Retro
but in terms of reflexes,
speed, and memorization,
[09:58] Retro
I'm clearly better than both of them!
[10:01] Retro
There was nothing for me to learn!
[10:04] Retro
But still...
[10:06] Retro
After all they've been through,
[10:07] ---
the winner will be determined by luck?
[10:09] Retro
They worked so hard to get here...
[10:13] Nishida
"The tail"...
[10:15] Nishida
Give me "The tail."
[10:17] Nishida
Give me "The tail"!
Give it to me!
[10:19] Nishida
I'm going to defend this card!
[10:24] Taichi
Focus. Reassess the situation.
[10:28] Taichi
I have "Swift waters"...
[10:30] Taichi
A one-syllable card on "Swift."
[10:33] Taichi
Nishida has "The tail,"
[10:35] Taichi
and six dead cards
haven't been read yet.
[10:39] Taichi
"The sky may," "The sight
of Mount," "Feel sorrow,"
[10:41] ---
"For the," "Would this," and "My own sleeves."
[10:45] Taichi
"The tail" can't be taken on
the first syllable yet!
[10:49] [POEM] Reader
The sky may hold the same moon
[10:55] Retro
H-He went on the attack?
[10:57] Retro
He's trying to
[10:58] ---
take the opponent's card
in a luck of the draw?!
[11:01] Kanade
You're supposed to protect
your own card, right?
SIGN Yeah...
[11:07] Chihaya
Why aren't there two of me?
[11:12] Chihaya
Why didn't I watch this
important match?!
[11:18] Taichi
Luck of the draw?
[11:20] Taichi
Screw that!
[11:22] Taichi
I'm not leaving this match
[11:24] Taichi
to luck!
SIGN Toda Municipal Spor
[11:32] Chihaya
Luck of the draw.
[11:35] Chihaya
Each player only has one card left.
[11:38] Chihaya
If both players try to
defend their own card,
[11:40] ---
they each have a 50% chance of winning.
[11:43] Chihaya
But Taichi is trying to improve
his chances of winning.
[11:48] Chihaya
By attacking the opponent's side.
[11:50] Nishida
When it comes to luck of the draw,
[11:52] ---
it's normal to defend your own card.
[11:53] Nishida
It's the golden rule.
[11:55] Nishida
However, Mashima went on the attack.
[11:58] Nishida
His card is "Swift," a one-syllable card.
[12:01] Nishida
So the question is:
are there any other
[12:03] ---
"The" cards left besides "The tail."
[12:06] Nishida
Think... Think...
[12:09] Nishida
Were they all read?
[12:11] Nishida
Are there a few left?
[12:12] Nishida
Dammit!
[12:13] Nishida
There are sixteen "The" cards in total...
[12:20] Nishida
There are definitely other cards left!
[12:22] Nishida
He's going to attack again!
[12:30] [POEM] Reader
which shines over Mount Mikasa
[12:38] [POEM] Reader
Feel sorrow wash over
me when I see the moon,
[12:47] [POEM] Reader
though autumn is not mine alone
[12:56] [POEM] Reader
My own sleeves are like the sands
at the edge of the ebbing tide,
[13:04] [POEM] Reader
Would this old palace courtyard
and the eaves strewn with weeds
[13:07] Kanade
Another dead card.
[13:09] Tsutomu
They're running out of cards...
[13:13] Retro
The intensity when each card is read
[13:14] ---
is similar to when sumo
wrestlers face off.
[13:17] Retro
Focus, then relax.
Focus, then relax.
[13:20] Retro
You haven't moved an inch,
yet you feel completely drained.
[13:23] Retro
I hate it when you get a bunch
of dead cards in a row.
[13:26] Retro
Just read one of the
two remaining cards!
[13:38] Retro
They aren't relaxing...
[13:44] Retro
Because they care.
SIGN are joined at river's end
[13:49] Retro
Because they want to win!
[13:51] [POEM] Reader
be as dear now,
those were the good old days
[14:01] [POEM] Reader
The sight of Mount Arima with the bamboo
leaves fading across the plains
[14:04] Both
Another dead card!
[14:06] Chihaya
But "The sight of Mount" has been read!
[14:12] Nishida
So there was still a "The" card!
[14:15] Nishida
But that should be all of them!
[14:18] Nishida
It comes down to whether
"Swift" or "The" is read.
[14:21] Nishida
A 50/50 battle!
[14:27] Nishida
Wait, there's another one left?
[14:30] Taichi
Chihaya...
[14:32] Taichi
Would you able to hear the
[14:35] ---
sound that comes before "The"?
[14:37] Taichi
The sound that comes before "Swift"?
[14:39] [POEM] Reader
makes me wonder how I ever
let you fade from my mind
[14:41] Taichi
Chihaya...
[14:43] Taichi
What would you do?
[14:51] [POEM] Reader
The tail feathers of...
[15:00] [POEM] Reader
long as the nights I spend alone
[15:08] Taichi
Thank you very much.
SIGN Toda Municipal Sports Center
[15:34] Taichi
Well, I'll be waiting in the lobby.
[15:36] Nishida
Y-Yeah, sure.
[15:42] Taichi
Nishida, did you know
which cards were left?
[15:46] Nishida
Uh, wasn't Swift the only card left?
SIGN Swift and For the.
[15:51] Nishida
Huh? Really?
SIGN Isn't that right, Mashima?
[15:59] Taichi
I guess you got lucky.
[16:02] Nishida
Huh?
[16:14] Taichi
There's no reason for me to blame him.
[16:18] Taichi
I...
[16:20] Taichi
I didn't lose because of luck.
[16:25] Taichi
It's my fault for not winning
before it got to that point.
[16:29] Taichi
There were plenty of cards I should
have gotten in the first half!
[16:33] Taichi
Nishida was able to fend
off my weak attacks.
[16:36] Taichi
Nishida did a better job of protecting
his multi-syllable cards.
[16:40] Taichi
There was plenty of
room for improvement!
[16:46] Taichi
It hurts.
[16:48] Taichi
I tried my best...
[16:51] Taichi
But that's no excuse.
[17:09] Taichi
Sorry.
[17:11] Chihaya
Oh. Taichi. Porky.
[17:14] Nishida
I'm glad you're president
of the karuta club.
[17:18] Taichi
What's this about?
[17:20] Taichi
You're giving me the creeps.
[17:22] Nishida
Well, I mean...
[17:23] Nishida
compared to Ayase,
[17:25] Nishida
who gives people weird nicknames
like Porky and Desktomu,
[17:29] Nishida
and she's such an airhead that
we let her get away with it.
[17:41] Nishida
You're the only one
who calls me Nishida.
[17:46] Nishida
I want to keep playing karuta with you.
[17:58] Kanade
Chihaya-chan?
[18:00] Mom
Okay, everyone.
[18:01] Mom
Make sure you don't forget anything.
[18:03] Mom
Let's get going.
[18:04] Kanade
O-Okay.
[18:06] Nishida
I'm starving.
[18:07] Taichi
Wanna grab something to eat?
SIGN Oe Traditional Clothing
SIGN Thank you for driving us home.
[18:16] Mom
Don't mention it.
[18:18] Mom
Anyway, the Mizusawa
Karuta Club did great!
[18:21] Mom
Four of the five members placed,
[18:23] ---
and three members advanced in rank.
SIGN Huh? Really?
[18:28] Chihaya
That's right!
[18:30] Chihaya
The top three finalists in
Class D advance to Class C,
[18:33] Chihaya
so both Kana-chan and Desk-
[18:35] Chihaya
Komano-kun get to advance.
SIGN Komano-kun?
[18:38] Mom
Everyone worked really hard.
[18:40] Kanade
I still can't believe that I won.
[18:43] Chihaya
You shouldn't say that.
[18:45] Chihaya
I was really amazed today.
[18:46] Chihaya
In your match against Desk- Komano-kun,
[18:50] Chihaya
I could tell that you've
really improved.
[18:54] Chihaya
You were taking cards without making a sound,
without using too much force.
[18:58] Chihaya
I wish I could do that.
[19:00] Kanade
What? You've done it
before, Chihaya-chan.
[19:03] Chihaya
Huh?
[19:03] Kanade
The last card you took in
the finals against Hokuo.
[19:07] Kanade
I can still remember it.
[19:10] Chihaya
I can't remember.
[19:11] Both
What?!
[19:12] Kanade
I don't believe it!
[19:14] Kanade
It's so hard to be relaxed
while taking a card!
[19:17] Both
What a waste!
[19:19] Chihaya
But...
[19:22] Kanade
I feel that I was playing
120% in the finals today,
[19:28] Kanade
but that was because I was
playing against Desktomu-kun.
SIGN Huh?
[19:33] Kanade
I wasn't so much worried
[19:35] ---
about winning as I was focused
[19:37] ---
on playing my style of karuta,
[19:39] Kanade
so I didn't feel any pressure.
[19:44] Chihaya
Pressure...
[19:46] Chihaya
Pressure, huh?
[20:00] Chihaya
Taichi and I are always under pressure.
[20:05] Chihaya
I want to play a team match.
[20:10] Chihaya
I want to play as a team again.
SIGN Our team is a lot stronger now.
SIGN Two Class A players, one Class B player, two Class C players.
[20:24] Kanade
That's right!
[20:26] Chihaya
Oh. That means I might run into Pork-
[20:30] ---
Nishida-kun at the next tournament.
[20:32] Nishida
Ayase, you've been acting weird.
SIGN Yeah.
[20:36] Nishida
Oh! You must have heard what I said!
[20:39] Chihaya
Huh? Er, um...
[20:41] Nishida
It's okay. You're supposed
to be an airhead.
[20:43] Nishida
Wouldn't feel right otherwise.
[20:44] Chihaya
What?!
[20:45] Nishida
You've helped me learn
a valuable lesson.
[20:47] Nishida
I have no expectations of you.
[20:48] Chihaya
My team.
[20:50] Chihaya
That's very important to me.
[20:51] Chihaya
What? Why not?!
[20:58] Arata
What's this?
[20:59] Kuri
The results for the Saitama
tournament last weekend.
[21:03] Kuri
Our Murao-kun was there,
and he placed third in Class A.
[21:06] Kuri
The Kanto region is competitive.
[21:11] Kuri
You said you wanted some
more time to think it over,
[21:13] Kuri
but have you made a decision?
[21:15] Arata
Count me in,
SIGN Class B Winner Nishida Yusei Runner-up Mashima Taichi
[21:18] Arata
for the west Master qualifier.
[21:22] Arata
I'm aiming to be the Western finalist.
E20 - The Cresting Waves Almost Look Like Clouds in the Skies
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[00:01] Both
Thank you very much.
[00:03] Taichi
Okay. We'll take a fifteen minute break
before we start the second round.
[00:08] Nishida
Man, I'm starving.
[00:10] Kanade
Chihaya-chan, I'm heading to the fountain.
If anything comes up...
[00:18] Chihaya
When I play against Kana-chan,
I can move back seven lines.
[00:22] Chihaya
Same when I play Desktomu-kun.
[00:24] Chihaya
Porky and Taichi are stronger now,
[00:27] Chihaya
but I don't want to rush myself,
[00:29] Chihaya
so I'll move back three lines.
[00:33] Chihaya
Three-syllable timing...
Four-syllable timing...
[00:37] [POEM] Chihaya
So the flower pe—
[00:38] [POEM] Chihaya
So the flower has...
[00:42] [POEM] Chihaya
The storm blasts...
SIGN to set the Tatsuta River ablaze
[00:50] Chihaya
Timing is important,
[00:53] Chihaya
but you also need to have control.
[00:56] Chihaya
Still...
[01:01] Chihaya
How do I get rid of that left hand?
[01:06] Chihaya
What do I have besides my speed?
SIGN If she used 1/10 of that focus on studying,
SIGN her grades wouldn't be fifth from the bottom in our grade.
SIGN Chihaya Furu
SIGN Verse 20
SIGN The Cresting
Waves
Almost
Look Like
Clouds in
the Skies
[02:46] Miya
I heard that you'll be
participating in the tournament
[02:48] ---
on Sunday in Kawaguchi.
[02:50] Chihaya
Yes, I'll do my best!
[02:51] Miya
I cannot allow you to go.
[02:54] Chihaya
What?!
[02:55] Chihaya
Wh-Why not, Sensei?!
[02:56] Chihaya
The Yoshino Tournament is the
[02:58] ---
last major tournament before
the Master/Queen qualifiers!
[03:00] Chihaya
Everyone will be participating as-
[03:01] Miya
What day is the Monday
following the tournament?
[03:06] Chihaya
Marine Day?
[03:06] Miya
The first day of exams!
[03:09] Miya
At this rate, you're
going to be held back!
[03:11] Chihaya
What? Seriously? For real?
[03:14] Miya
I realize that you are
dedicated to karuta,
[03:18] Miya
but you need to start
thinking about your future.
[03:24] Chihaya
My future...
SIGN Queen
SIGN East Qualifier
SIGN Shinobu-chan
SIGN Yoshino Tournament
SIGN What's recently been on her mind
SIGN Food
SIGN The new
Daddy Bear
SIGN Future
SIGN First appearance
[03:28] Miya
So I found a tutor for you.
[03:33] Miya
He'll go over every one of your courses
[03:34] ---
with you in the next two days.
[03:37] Chihaya
Don't do this, Desktomu-kun!
SIGN Call me "Tutor".
[03:40] Nishida
T-Tutor...
[03:42] Nishida
Please teach me...
[03:44] Nishida
I'm on the verge of failing
English and Math...
[03:46] Kanade
What about the Yoshino
Tournament tomorrow?
[03:50] Taichi
I'll be going.
[03:52] Taichi
Yoshino only has brackets
for Class A and Class B,
[03:55] ---
so I'll go by myself.
[03:57] Taichi
If we aren't going to practice today,
[03:59] ---
I'll head over to the Shiranami Society.
[04:01] Nishida
Hey, Mashima.
[04:02] Nishida
You placed second at Nationals
[04:05] ---
and the Saitama tournament, right?
[04:07] Nishida
Normally, you're allowed to advance
[04:08] ---
to Class A if you've
placed second twice.
[04:11] Nishida
Have you asked the
Shiranami Society coach?
[04:14] Taichi
He said that I had to
win a tournament first.
[04:17] Nishida
You too? That's harsh.
[04:20] Nishida
Our society's the same.
[04:23] Nishida
So when I told everyone I won...
[04:28] (Flashback) Person A
It's awesome, Yusei!
[04:30] (Flashback) Nishida
It was all thanks to Coach and the
other players at this society.
[04:31] (Flashback) ---
Idiot!
[04:33] (Flashback) Coach
Don't make me mad, boy!
[04:35] (Flashback) Coach
Your friends are the reason the old you,
[04:39] (Flashback) ---
who hates to lose, is back!
[04:41] (Flashback) Coach
Isn't that right?!
[04:46] Taichi
I can only advance if I win,
so that's what I'll have to do.
[04:49] Taichi
I'm off then.
[04:54] Nishida
Yoshino Tournament...
[04:56] Kanade
If he wants to play in this
year's Eastern qualifier...
[04:59] Tsutomu
If he wants to make Class A this year...
[05:01] Chihaya
This is his last chance!
SIGN It's too late to try to learn anything!
SIGN So memorize! Memorize!
SIGN Treat this like a match and memorize hard!
[05:14] Nishida
But I'll forget it
all before the test.
[05:21] Taichi
I made it past the second round!
[05:25] Taichi
I'm on a roll today.
[05:28] Taichi
Okay...
[05:30] Taichi
Starting with the next round,
[05:31] ---
my matches will be in the same room
[05:32] ---
as the Class A matches.
[05:34] Harada
Eyebrows.
[05:36] Harada
You're winning games.
[05:38] Taichi
How are you doing, Dr. Harada?
[05:40] Harada
I'm winning, of course.
[05:42] Harada
I'm playing the best karuta I can, today.
[05:45] Harada
The strongest Class A players all participate
[05:48] ---
in the Yoshino Tournament to
prepare for the Master Qualifiers.
[05:51] Harada
There are players from
Kansai and Kyushu here.
[05:54] Harada
It's an excellent chance to see how
you match up against the best.
[05:58] Taichi
Everyone's preparing for
the Master qualifiers...
[06:01] Taichi
So am I.
[06:03] Harada
That reminds me.
Have you run into him yet?
[06:05] Taichi
Huh?
[06:15] Taichi
Huh?
SIGN Hey, hasn't Ayase been in the restroom a while?
[06:30] Nishida
Number two.
That or she fell asleep.
SIGN Forgot to put my phone on vibrate.
[06:38] [Messenger] [SIGN]
Sorry, Tutor.
I'm going to cheer for Taichi.
-Chihaya
SIGN That fool!
[06:40] Nishida
Huh?
[06:50] Harada
Kuriyama-kun!
[06:51] Kuri
Harada-kun!
[06:52] Harada
It's been ages since the last
time you came to Kanto!
[06:56] Kuri
My knees have been killing me,
[06:58] Kuri
but I had to come along
[07:00] ---
since so many of our
players are participating.
[07:01] Arata
Mr. Kuriyama and Dr. Harada
[07:03] Harada
You need to get those knees patched up
[07:03] ---
have been rivals since they were young.
[07:04] ---
so you can play karuta again.
[07:06] Taichi
Mr. Kuriyama?
[07:06] Kuri
I know!
[07:07] Harada
We need to watch our health.
[07:07] Arata
He's the director of the Nagumo Society,
where I'm registered.
[07:10] Kuri
Absolutely.
[07:11] Harada
Once this is over...
[07:14] Person A
The third round for Class A
and Class B will begin soon.
[07:17] Person A
Please move to your assigned seats.
[07:20] Arata
Taichi, hold on.
[07:24] Arata
Here.
[07:28] Arata
I guess I was mistaken.
[07:32] Arata
I thought you would be in the
Class A tournament today.
[07:38] Arata
Pass that on to Chihaya,
if she needs it.
SIGN Wataya Arata
[07:50] Taichi
Arata...
[07:52] Taichi
Arata... is here.
[07:56] Chihaya
Wait! Wait up!
[07:58] [POEM] Reader
Here comes spring,
now the flower blooms
[08:08] Chihaya
Made it.
[08:11] Chihaya
Wrong direction!
[08:12] Chihaya
Wait! Open up!
[08:12] Chihaya
This is the wrong way!
[08:17] [Messenger] [SIGN]
Desktomu-kun
[08:17] [Messenger] [SIGN]
You realize that you're running
away from your responsibilities.
-From your tutor
[08:20] Chihaya
He's so calm when he's angry!
[08:28] Chihaya
What am I doing?
[08:30] Chihaya
I'm getting nowhere with
studying or karuta.
[08:34] Chihaya
I don't know what I should do.
[08:39] Chihaya
Yet, what if Taichi is all
alone when he wins or loses?
[08:51] Chihaya
I can't let that happen!
[09:09] Chihaya
Taichi!
[09:11] Chihaya
Well? Are you doing well?
[09:12] Chihaya
What round is it?
[09:14] Taichi
I lost in the third round.
[09:19] Chihaya
R-Really...
[09:21] Taichi
Chihaya.
[09:26] Taichi
Arata is playing.
SIGN for there is no one else out here
[09:30] Chihaya
Huh?
[09:43] [POEM] Reader
As I wait for someone
who will never come,
SIGN Wataya Arata
[09:54] [POEM] Reader
my body burns like the seaweed
drying on the shores of Matsuho
[10:04] [POEM] Reader
Long last we meet...
[10:13] Harada
Mine!
[10:15] Both
Thank you very much!
[10:17] Harada
I won my game by 11 cards to
make it to the semifinals.
[10:20] Harada
I'm feeling it today!
[10:23] Harada
Chihaya-chan is here?
[11:00] [POEM] Reader
When I must hide...
[11:01] [POEM] Reader
Would the mountain cherry blossoms...
[11:03] [POEM] Reader
When the misty bridge...
[11:06] [POEM] Reader
When winds send waves...
[11:24] Taichi
I lost in the third round.
[11:29] Taichi
It's not Arata's fault.
[11:33] Taichi
But...
[11:36] Taichi
But...
[11:52] Chihaya
Taichi...
[11:55] Chihaya
It happened, Taichi!
[11:58] Chihaya
It happened!
[12:04] Taichi
Arata's going to come back,
[12:07] Taichi
so we have to become stronger
and wait for his return.
[12:16] Chihaya
Taichi...
[12:17] Chihaya
It happened!
[12:20] Taichi
Part of me didn't want to see him here,
[12:24] Taichi
but deep down, I'm celebrating.
[12:33] Taichi
He's back.
[12:35] Taichi
Arata's back.
[12:44] Arata
He's good. Really good.
[12:48] Arata
Tsuboguchi Hiroshi-san,
from the Shiranami Society.
[12:53] Tsuboguchi
One more card!
One more card!
[12:57] Tsuboguchi
Give me "For the"!
[12:58] Tsuboguchi
"For the"!
[12:58] Tsuboguchi
It's gotta be "For the"!
[12:59] Tsuboguchi
"For the"! "For the"! "For the"! "For the"!
[13:03] Arata
I can sense Dr. Harada behind him.
[13:07] [POEM] Reader
leaving a hovering mist
above the trees and grass
[13:17] [POEM] Reader
For the cold nights...
[13:25] Arata
Thank you very much.
[13:27] Tsuboguchi
Thank you very much.
[13:29] Tsuboguchi
I got the card? Terrific.
[13:32] Tsuboguchi
But that was pure luck...
[13:35] Tsuboguchi
I chose a card and moved before
I heard the first syllable.
[13:37] Tsuboguchi
Yet he still almost got there first.
[13:40] Tsuboguchi
I would have lost if either of the
other two cards had been read.
[13:54] Reader
The semifinals will
begin in ten minutes.
[14:01] Taichi
You're too slow.
[14:04] Taichi
Hiroshi-san is our ace.
[14:07] Taichi
He's not going to lose to someone who
hasn't played in eighteen months.
[14:16] Taichi
Chihaya, you need to-
[14:18] Chihaya
Why did he go for that card?
[14:19] Chihaya
How does he stay still when
a dead card is read?
[14:21] Chihaya
What is his thinking process
for sending cards?
[14:24] Chihaya
What? Why? How?
[14:25] Taichi
Hey, Chihaya.
[14:30] Arata
Huh? What?
[14:31] Chihaya
Sit down.
[14:50] Arata
Oh.
[14:52] Arata
We aren't even playing,
and you're already fired up.
[15:10] Kanade
Chihaya-chan!
[15:12] Kanade
What are you doing?
[15:14] Chihaya
Huh? Huh?
You came, Kana-chan?
[15:15] Kanade
We all wanted to cheer
for the president,
SIGN A disguise?
[15:18] Chihaya
I'm sorry! I'm sorry!
[15:18] Kanade
yet Desktomu-kun agreed
to help you study!
[15:19] Kuri
Arata-kun,
[15:21] ---
go grab your fourth place award.
[15:22] Kanade
Then you ran off by yourself!
[15:23] Kuri
We'll leave after that.
[15:25] Arata
Okay.
[15:26] Arata
You're leaving?
[15:28] Arata
Nobody from the Nagumo Society is left,
[15:31] ---
and we drove here.
[15:33] Arata
If we leave now,
[15:34] ---
it'll be the middle of the
night when we reach Fukui.
[15:37] Taichi
Then you can give this to her yourself.
[15:40] Taichi
Your cell phone number.
[15:42] Taichi
Don't make me decide
if she needs it or not.
[15:48] Kanade
We're going back to school now!
[15:49] Chihaya
What? Already?
[15:50] Kanade
Of course!
[15:51] Chihaya
Right away?! Really?!
[15:53] Arata
Well, I wasn't sure...
[15:55] Taichi
About what?
[15:57] Arata
I'm no longer here,
[16:00] Arata
so I didn't know if the two
of you were a couple now.
[16:08] Taichi
No, definitely not.
[16:10] Arata
Really?
[16:11] Taichi
You're actually pretty
sensitive about that stuff.
[16:20] Arata
I'm no longer here...
[16:24] Kanade
Hey, don't space out!
[16:25] Kanade
You can't afford to
waste a single second!
[16:27] Kanade
Read your textbook!
[16:29] Kanade
That's not on the test!
[16:30] Kanade
Start from page 92 for Classic Lit.!
SIGN The Tale of Genji Lady Murasaki Shikibu
[16:37] [POEM] Reader
Long last we meet...
[16:40] Chihaya
Long last we meet...
[16:42] Kanade
You mean Lady Murasaki Shikibu?
[16:47] Chihaya
It seems to fit Arata.
[16:49] Chihaya
Whenever I get to meet him,
he has to leave right away.
[16:52] Chihaya
It sounds like a love poem,
[16:55] Chihaya
But this poem is about a girl who
was her childhood friend, right?
[16:58] Chihaya
It fits perfectly.
SIGN Lady Murasaki Shikibu
Long last we meet,
only for me to leave hurriedly,
for I could not recognize you,
like the moon hidden behind the clouds
[17:05] Kanade
It sounds like a love poem...
[17:15] Kanade
No swinging on the train!
[17:19] Chihaya
It was like water...
[17:22] Chihaya
flowing around me.
[17:25] Chihaya
Like I was gulping down soft water.
[17:38] Chihaya
T-Tutor...
[17:40] Chihaya
Sorry about running off.
SIGN Kana-chan sent a message to let us know how Mashima did.
[17:52] Chihaya
Oh, yeah.
He lost in the third round.
SIGN Was he depressed?
[17:57] Chihaya
Um, er...
SIGN Mashima spends most of his time on karuta,
SIGN but he always has the top test scores in our grade.
SIGN If he doesn't, he'll have to quit the karuta club.
SIGN You have to do the things you don't want to do,
SIGN before you can do the things you truly want to do.
[18:21] Chihaya
I'm very sorry!
I'm going to study hard now!
[18:24] Nishida
I've mastered English already.
[18:26] Chihaya
I can catch up!
[18:29] Reader
Excuse me, we close at 7.
[18:34] Miya
I'll lock up for you.
[18:37] Reader
Ms. Miyauchi...
[18:40] Miya
I'll keep an eye on them.
[18:53] Harada
I realize that I also lost,
but how could you lose
[18:55] ---
by 11 cards?!
[18:57] Tsuboguchi
Well, I felt so content after
my match with Wataya-kun.
[19:00] Harada
Aren't you mad?!
[19:01] Tsuboguchi
Well, I know my limits.
[19:03] Taichi
How was your match against Arata?
[19:07] Tsuboguchi
I hated it.
Really hated it.
[19:10] Tsuboguchi
He was clearly thinking
through every move,
[19:12] ---
but I couldn't tell what he was thinking.
[19:15] Tsuboguchi
Having said that,
[19:18] Tsuboguchi
Master Suo wouldn't bat
an eye against him.
[19:22] Taichi
Master...
[19:24] Taichi
He mentioned the Master
[19:26] ---
while talking about a player in his
[19:29] ---
first year of high school who just made Class A.
[19:32] Tsuboguchi
I'm going this way.
[19:33] Tsuboguchi
Bye.
[19:34] Taichi
Hiroshi-san is looking ahead
to the Master qualifier.
[19:39] Taichi
I should have watched them play.
[19:44] Taichi
I should have watched from
the very beginning.
[19:50] Harada
Eyebrows.
[19:53] Taichi
Yes?
[19:55] Harada
I've been thinking.
[19:56] ---
You placed second in two Class B
tournaments this summer, correct?
[20:01] Harada
If we go by the official standards,
[20:03] ---
you're qualified to be in Class A.
[20:08] Harada
This would break the
Shiranami Society rule,
[20:11] ---
but would you like me to promote you
[20:12] ---
to Class A so you can
play in the East qualifier?
[20:16] Harada
Chihaya-chan and Glasses are
waiting for you in Class A.
[20:24] Taichi
Promote?
[20:25] Reader
An empty train is passing
through platform 2.
[20:27] Harada
Frustration will not last forever.
[20:31] Harada
Nobody can keep on going
without some measure
[20:35] Harada
of reward.
[20:41] Taichi
Please don't do that, Doctor.
[20:43] Taichi
That's not like you.
[20:45] Harada
What?
[20:46] Taichi
Doctor, I'm not so much
focused on making Class A
[20:53] Taichi
as I'm focused on becoming
someone who doesn't run away.
[21:02] Kuri
Arata-kun's sound asleep.
[21:07] Kuri
He was nervous about
meeting his old friends,
[21:11] Kuri
but I guess it was worth the trip.
[21:16] Chihaya
Drink...
[21:19] Chihaya
Gulp it all down.
E21 - As My Sleeves Are Wet With Dew
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SIGN Ah...
[00:03] Miya
Okay, time's up.
SIGN Chemistry Exam
[00:06] Miya
Pass your tests forward.
[00:13] Chihaya
Exams are over.
[00:16] Chihaya
Three days left until the Eastern qualifier!
SIGN Chihaya Furu
[01:31] Nishida
The English essay was a cinch this time!
[01:34] Taichi
Really? It was a trick question.
[01:36] Nishida
What?! A trick question?
SIGN Verse 21
SIGN While
Snow
Falls
Upon
My
Sleeves
[01:38] Kanade
It was written like you were
supposed to give the time,
[01:40] ---
but it was really asking for the speed.
[01:41] Nishida
What?!
[01:42] Nishida
Seriously?!
[01:46] [POEM] Reader
the thistle and brush are
blown by the autumn wind
[01:46] Nishida
Whoa, they're already at it.
[01:48] Kanade
You can't blame her.
[01:50] Kanade
Chihaya-chan never mentioned
karuta during exams.
[01:54] Nishida
Must have taken some
serious self-control...
[01:57] [POEM] Reader
My life means nothing after all
the agonizing I have endured,
[01:59] Tsutomu
I got it! Yes!
[02:03] Tsutomu
Normally, when Ayase loses a card,
[02:05] ---
she starts shaking her head,
[02:08] Tsutomu
but she's just staring at the cards now.
[02:12] Chihaya
Like water...
[02:17] Chihaya
Flowing seamlessly...
[02:20] Chihaya
How can I achieve that sensation?
[02:25] Both
Thank you very much.
[02:28] Nishida
That took forever!
[02:29] Nishida
Why did you start without us?!
[02:31] Nishida
Wake up, Ayase!
[02:32] Nishida
You're playing me next!
[02:33] Chihaya
Yes, let's play! Let's play!
[02:35] Kanade
Desktomu-kun, we're the other pair.
SIGN Oh, wait a moment.
[02:38] Taichi
It's my turn to do the reading?
SIGN Need a breather.
[02:43] Chihaya
I love karuta.
[02:48] Chihaya
Karuta brought Arata back to us.
[02:53] Taichi
Since nationals last summer, Chihaya...
[02:57] ---
always seemed so frantic
during practice.
[03:02] Taichi
Is it because she saw Arata?
[03:06] Taichi
Man, why can't I get over it?
[03:09] Taichi
I can still change.
[03:13] [POEM] Taichi
Here comes spring, now the flower blooms
[03:23] [POEM] Taichi
Note that though we may be apart...
[03:27] [POEM] Taichi
Like the sound of someone knocking...
[03:34] [POEM] Taichi
the thistle and brush are
blown by the autumn wind
[03:44] [POEM] Reader
Look for the sound of the cuckoo
[03:53] Both
Thank you very much.
[03:56] Nishida
Mashima!
[03:57] Nishida
You don't have to push yourself so hard!
[03:59] Nishida
Humans aren't supposed to be perfect!
[04:02] Taichi
Oh, did I make any mistakes?
[04:04] Nishida
You were perfect!
[04:05] Chihaya
Huh? What's up?
[04:07] Kanade
Didn't you notice, Chihaya-chan?
[04:10] Kanade
Mashima-kun was reading all
of the cards from memory!
[04:13] Chihaya
Huh?
[04:13] Kanade
He was randomly reading cards
without looking at anything!
[04:16] Kanade
All from his head!
[04:17] Chihaya
What?!
[04:17] Taichi
Well, I read that this helps
improve your memorization.
[04:22] Chihaya
He randomly read all one hundred
poems without doubling up?!
[04:24] Nishida
I've figured it out.
[04:26] ---
That's your strength and weakness.
[04:28] Nishida
You only see the words in your head.
[04:30] Taichi
Huh?
[04:31] Nishida
It's important to know what's been read,
[04:34] Nishida
but you have to feel
the cards on the field!
[04:38] Nishida
Use your eyes and treat them as images!
[04:40] Nishida
You never practice swinging because
you think it's embarrassing, right?
[04:43] Nishida
You need to learn the distance
between yourself and the cards!
[04:46] Nishida
You're playing karuta with
both your mind and your body!
[04:49] Taichi
Mind and body...
[04:52] Taichi
I want to move faster,
but my arm can't keep up.
[04:57] Nishida
I want to get better with you.
[05:00] Nishida
I wanted to play in the
Eastern qualifier together.
[05:08] Nishida
So what I'm saying is
[05:09] ---
you don't need to memorize everything.
[05:12] Taichi
Huh? How am I supposed to win then?
[05:14] Nishida
You need to find your groove.
[05:16] Nishida
I only memorize the initial positions
for about half the cards.
[05:19] Taichi
Uh, I'd be too scared of making a mistake.
[05:22] Nishida
That's why...
[05:23] Miya
Ayase-san!
[05:26] Chihaya
Empress...
[05:27] Miya
I talked to your teachers,
[05:29] ---
and you didn't fail any
of your exams this time!
[05:33] Kanade
She doesn't have to yell...
[05:33] Miya
That's marvelous!
[05:36] Miya
Good luck at the Queen qualifier!
[05:54] Chihaya
I...
[05:56] Chihaya
...love karuta!
[05:59] Chihaya
Love it!
[06:08] Kanade
Here you go, Chihaya-chan!
[06:11] Kanade
We prepared a new hakama for
today's Eastern qualifier!
[06:15] Harada
Forehead.
[06:16] Kanade
Forehead?
[06:17] Harada
Sorry, but the heat works
against us in this tournament.
[06:20] Harada
She won't be wearing a hakama.
[06:22] Kanade
Huh?
[06:23] Harada
Most tournaments take place
in air-conditioned rooms,
[06:26] Harada
but the windows here remain shut,
[06:28] Harada
and there are no fans,
let alone air conditioning.
[06:31] Harada
So it's ridiculously hot in there!
[06:32] Kanade
Wh-Why would they do that?
[06:35] Harada
Because every sound matters.
[06:39] Taichi
Where's Nishida?
[06:40] Kanade
I saw him with some
Suihoku society members.
[06:46] Taichi
You and Komano ended up
joining the Suihoku society?
[06:50] Kanade
Yes, they've been helping us a lot.
SIGN Suihoku Karuta Society
SIGN Shiranami Karuta Society
SIGN Shiranami Karuta Society
SIGN Suihoku Karuta Society
[07:03] Taichi
They must have some history.
[07:19] Taichi
Chihaya's...
[07:21] Taichi
really focused.
[07:25] Taichi
That's a good sign.
[07:27] Taichi
Hopefully, she'll make
it past the first round.
[07:28] Sudo
Oh.
[07:30] Sudo
It's the person who lost
to the Queen by 20 cards.
[07:34] Chihaya
S-Sudo-san!
[07:35] Chihaya
Aren't you a third-year?
Don't you need to study for college exams?
[07:38] Sudo
I'm studying.
[07:39] ---
Since my first choice is a
national-level public school.
[07:42] Sudo
Though I managed to place second
for the high school scholarship.
[07:47] Chihaya
High school scholarship?
[07:48] Sudo
You didn't know, stupid?
SIGN Famous Universities
[07:51] Sudo
If you come in first or second at
the high school tournament,
[07:54] Sudo
you'll get scholarships
to famous universities.
[07:56] Sudo
I should also mention that the Queen
gets scholarships to good schools.
SIGN Famous universities
SIGN Queen
SIGN Queen
SIGN Karuta Karuta Karuta Karuta
SIGN College
SIGN Scholarship
SIGN Daddy Bear
[08:03] Taichi
Dammit!
[08:04] Taichi
He's got Chihaya...
[08:06] Tsutomu
...thinking about...
[08:07] Kanade
...unrelated topics!
[08:09] Taichi
That guy's evil!
SIGN Super Sadist
[08:11] Sudo
Well, it's not like you have a shot.
[08:13] Sudo
They say that Wakamiya Shinobu
[08:15] ---
might be a stronger player
than the current Master.
[08:17] Sudo
You can't see yourself beating her, right?
[08:20] Chihaya
B-But I beat you.
[08:24] Sudo
Then let's make a bet!
[08:26] Sudo
Whoever loses first today
has to shave their head!
[08:29] Chihaya
S-Sure!
[08:30] All
Ah...
[08:33] Chihaya
Ah.
[08:34] Taichi
Moron!
[08:36] Taichi
A girl shaving her head is
[08:38] ---
completely different from
a guy shaving his head,
[08:39] Taichi
and he's not going to take it back!
[08:42] Chihaya
I-It was an accident...
[08:43] Kanade
You just accidentally threw
away every girl's glory!
[08:45] Reader
The opening ceremony is about to begin.
[08:45] Taichi
She was all focused,
but now it's been ruined.
[08:45] Chihaya
Accidentally...
[08:47] ---
Will all of the players please assemble?
[08:51] Reader
Well, this is a beautiful day for karuta.
[08:55] Reader
The Western qualifier is currently
being played at Omi Jingu.
[09:03] (Flashback) Arata
If you become the best player in Japan,
[09:05] (Flashback) Arata
you'll be the best in the world.
[09:08] (Flashback) Shin
That makes you the Queen, Ayase-san.
[09:11] Reader
In November, the East
and West qualifier winners
[09:14] ---
will play each other in this building.
[09:14] Chihaya
It's about to begin.
[09:17] Chihaya
It's about to begin!
[09:18] Reader
Check the scorecard and sit
down at your assigned location.
[09:21] Nishida
I'm up against...
SIGN Sudo Akito Nishida Yusei
[09:24] Nishida
Ack!
[09:25] Sudo
Burn.
[09:27] Nishida
A-Ayase.
[09:28] Nishida
I'll defend your hair.
[09:30] Chihaya
U-Uh-huh.
[09:32] Nishida
Good luck.
[09:34] Nishida
You're also up against a tough opponent.
SIGN Ayase Chihaya Tachikawa Ririka
[09:36] Chihaya
A tough opponent?
What do you mean?
[09:39] Nishida
You have no clue, huh?
[09:41] Nishida
Look.
[09:42] Person A
Ririka-chan, can you pose for the camera?
[09:42] Nishida
Tachikawa Ririka.
[09:44] Person B
How are you feeling?
[09:44] Nishida
She's from Sendai,
[09:45] Person B
Fine.
[09:45] ---
and she made Class A as a fourth
grader, just like the Queen.
[09:46] Person C
No worries, huh?
[09:48] Person C
You also placed at the tournament
in Chiba last summer.
[09:48] Nishida
They're saying that she's
the next Wakamiya Shinobu.
[09:52] Nishida
The child prodigy Ririka.
[09:54] Person A
Ririka, your ribbon's loose.
[09:55] Nishida
The expectations for her are huge,
[09:57] ---
while most people don't
even know your name.
[10:05] Nishida
She's a speedy sixth grade star.
[10:11] Ririka
Um...
[10:13] Chihaya
Huh?
[10:13] Ririka
Um...
[10:14] Ririka
Someone told me that you're really fast.
[10:18] Ririka
I hope we have a good match today.
SIGN Heartstrings
[10:24] Chihaya
Y-You're too kind!
I hope I don't disappoint you.
[10:28] Person A
Excuse me. There are so
many matches being played
[10:30] ---
that we need spectators to remain outside.
[10:32] Mom
Oh, I'm so sorry!
[10:36] Mom
Do your best, Ririka!
[10:38] Mom
I'll be watching!
[10:39] Ririka
Uh-huh.
[10:48] Chihaya
The child prodigy Ririka...
[10:50] (Flashback) Nishida
The expectations for her are huge,
[10:51] (Flashback) ---
while most people don't
even know your name.
[10:54] Harada
I'm expecting a lot!
[10:57] Taichi
Huh? Dr. Harada, shouldn't you be inside?
[11:00] Harada
I get a bye in the first round.
[11:02] Tsuboguchi
We get to save our energy.
[11:04] Taichi
Oh? You too, Hiroshi-san?
[11:05] Tsuboguchi
Yep.
[11:07] Tsuboguchi
Oh, Chihaya-chan's playing
Tachikawa Ririka?
SIGN H-How do you think she'll do?
[11:12] Kanade
She won't lose to a grade schooler, right?
[11:17] Tsuboguchi
Doctor, you told
Chihaya-chan to stop using
[11:20] ---
her speed to take cards, right?
[11:23] Tsuboguchi
Wasn't it a little early to tell her that?
[11:27] [POEM] Reader
Here comes spring, now the flower blooms
[11:28] Tsuboguchi
Chihaya-chan's strength will
also be her game sense.
[11:32] Tsuboguchi
She was making big strides,
[11:34] Tsuboguchi
but now you've taken away her best weapon.
[11:37] Tsuboguchi
Especially when you consider that
she's up against Tachikawa Ririka.
[11:38] [POEM] Reader
Here comes spring, now the flower blooms
[11:47] [POEM] Reader
When I must hide these burning feelings,
[11:53] Mom
Good, Ririka!
[11:55] [POEM] Reader
As friends and strangers...
[11:56] [POEM] Reader
I know that my heart...
[11:57] Chihaya
She's so light!
[11:58] [POEM] Reader
Swift waters parted...
[12:01] Chihaya
She's so light,
[12:02] Chihaya
even when she moves with her entire body.
[12:05] Chihaya
She's fast.
[12:06] Chihaya
She's not scared of committing faults,
[12:08] Chihaya
and her hearing is good.
[12:11] Mom
Ririka...
[12:13] Mom
Her ears are big like mine,
[12:16] (Flashback) Person A
Show us your ears!
[12:17] ---
so kids used to tease her.
[12:17] (Flashback) Ririka
No!
[12:19] (Flashback) Ririka
Mom, do my hair!
[12:22] (Flashback) Ririka
The karuta coach said
that I have good hearing!
[12:25] (Flashback) Ririka
My ears are really sharp!
[12:28] Mom
If karuta's what you need...
[12:32] Mom
Ririka!
[12:35] Taichi
Is it possible?
[12:37] Taichi
She's faster than Chihaya?
[12:43] Kanade
Is something wrong?
[12:45] Taichi
Chihaya moved back.
[12:49] [POEM] Reader
I deflect your artful words
to keep my sleeves dry
[12:57] [POEM] Reader
After I determined to abandon
my love, my only regret
SIGN is that I have no way to tell you in person
[13:00] Chihaya
I did it!
[13:01] Chihaya
I matched the reader's timing!
[13:07] Ririka
Huh?
[13:07] [POEM] Reader
is that I have no way to tell you in person
[13:10] Chihaya
Focus on timing instead of speed...
[13:12] Chihaya
It's a simple task for some people,
[13:15] Chihaya
but not for me...
[13:17] [POEM] Reader
So the flower petals are scattered
like the snow by the passing storm,
[13:18] Chihaya
I'm making progress! Improving!
[13:23] Chihaya
Though it may seem mundane.
[13:28] Ririka
She got the card, but she's slow.
[13:31] Ririka
She got the card, but she's slow.
[13:33] Ririka
She got the card, but she's slow.
[13:37] [POEM] Reader
yet it is I who withers and wilts
[13:38] Chihaya
S-Sorry...
[13:42] Chihaya
She's just like I was,
[13:43] ---
so I can understand how she feels.
[13:46] [POEM] Reader
The emotions experienced
after a long-awaited reunion
[13:52] Chihaya
She's happy to be playing
against grown-ups,
[13:57] Chihaya
and it's fun when people
say that she's fast.
[14:00] [POEM] Reader
banish any lingering memories of the past
[14:09] [POEM] Reader
While it may be beyond my ability,
SIGN and I have yet to visit Amanohashidate or read my mother's letters
[14:11] Ririka
I committed a fault on a dead card!
[14:14] Person A
It looks like Ririka-chan
is dominating the match,
[14:16] Person A
but she doesn't have much of a lead.
[14:18] Person B
Her opponent is reacting well.
[14:20] Person B
Which society is that girl from?
[14:26] Chihaya
Ririka-chan was definitely
targeting this card.
SIGN and I have yet to visit Amanohashidate or read my mother's letters
[14:31] Chihaya
I'll send it and take it from her.
[14:33] Chihaya
I have to pick up every card
that Ririka-chan doesn't target.
[14:37] Chihaya
Stay calm.
[14:39] Chihaya
Take each card at the perfect time.
[14:41] (Flashback) Sakura
Lucky me!
[14:42] (Flashback) Sakura
I get to play a girl who only has speed.
[14:46] (Flashback) Harada
Chihaya-chan, stop taking
cards with your speed.
[14:52] Chihaya
I finally understand.
[14:55] Person A
Isn't Ririka-chan in trouble?
[14:57] Person B
Her opponent doesn't seem that good.
[15:01] Person B
So much for being a prodigy.
[15:04] Kanade
Chihaya-chan is setting a good pace.
[15:06] Taichi
If she's careful, she can pull this out!
[15:08] Nishida
If she takes her time, her
opponent will make mistakes!
[15:11] Kanade
Huh?
[15:11] Taichi
Aren't you supposed to be playing?
[15:12] Nishida
Good luck, Ayase!
SIGN You
SIGN You can
SIGN You can use
SIGN You can use your
SIGN You can use your speed
SIGN You can use your speed now.
[15:26] Chihaya
"You can use your speed now"?
[15:32] Chihaya
Huh? Should I trust Doctor Harada?
[15:44] [POEM] Reader
I volunteer to shield the
people with my dark sleeves
[15:55] [POEM] Reader
Since the dew atop the blades of grass
has been scattered by the winds,
[16:03] Nishida
That fool!
[16:04] Nishida
Since I hasn't been read yet!
[16:07] Kanade
But she moved so fast!
[16:09] Person A
Did you see that?
[16:10] Person B
She was faster than the child prodigy!
[16:13] [POEM] Reader
Feel love deepen...
[16:15] [POEM] Reader
For you, I head out to the
fields to pick spring greens
[16:20] [POEM] Reader
The sight of the lonely moon...
SIGN makes me wonder how I ever let you fade from my mind
[16:22] Ririka
A fault!
SIGN covered by the smoky mountain fog
[16:24] [POEM] Reader
reminds me of the lonely
dawns after we parted
[16:34] [POEM] Reader
Impassioned was your promise of salvation
[16:40] Mom
Ririka!
[16:43] Mom
You don't have to keep pushing yourself!
[16:46] [POEM] Reader
Alas, another autumn has passed in vain
[16:56] [POEM] Reader
Rain takes longer to
dry in the autumn time
[17:07] Mom
If karuta's what you need...
[17:10] Mom
I just want you to find
something you like.
[17:14] Mom
Something that will
help you like yourself.
[17:20] Both
Thank you very much.
[17:25] Mom
Her opponent's also holding back tears?
[17:28] Mom
Why?
[17:31] Taichi
She made it past the first round.
[17:32] Taichi
That's a relief.
[17:36] Harada
Hiroshi-kun.
[17:39] Harada
I want to give Chihaya-chan
as many weapons as possible.
[17:45] Harada
She needs more than her game sense.
[17:47] Harada
She needs situational awareness,
timing, accuracy...
[17:52] Harada
The most important thing
in karuta is talent,
[17:55] Harada
but talent is never equal.
[17:58] Harada
She needs more than one weapon to use,
[18:02] Harada
so she doesn't find herself overwhelmed
[18:05] Harada
by prodigies, like the Queen
and the current Master.
[18:09] Ririka
Hey, Chihaya-chan!
Gimme your hand.
[18:17] Ririka
This is my lucky mark!
[18:20] Ririka
Good luck!
[18:24] Person A
Ririka-chan couldn't do it.
[18:26] Person B
They said she was the
next Wakamiya Shinobu,
[18:29] Person B
but she's not that talented.
[18:31] Person A
Well, the Queen is special.
[18:34] Person A
It's not fair to compare them.
[18:35] Person B
Well, that's true.
[18:37] Chihaya
Chocolate!
[18:43] Ririka
Mom!
[18:46] Chihaya
I'm sure there was someone
[18:49] Chihaya
who first encouraged Ririka-chan.
[18:53] (Flashback) Arata
I believe that you have
the talent for Karuta.
[19:00] Chihaya
It's a memory I've always treasured.
[19:05] Chihaya
I won't let anyone ruin that.
[19:08] [Messenger] [SIGN]
Chihaya made it through the first round.
[19:11] Person A
Sudo-kun! I lost! I'm so upset!
[19:12] Person A
The first round was tough.
[19:14] Person B
Class A is completely different.
[19:14] Sudo
I thought you were just
participating for the experience.
[19:17] Person A
No!
[19:18] [Messenger] [SIGN]
Chihaya made it through the first round.
Good luck to you, Arata.
[19:18] Person A
Since I'm in Class A, I want
to try to become Master!
[19:25] [Messenger] [SIGN]
Chihaya made it through the first round.
Good luck to you, Arata.
[19:25] Taichi
That's not what I want to say...
[19:28] Kanade
Chihaya-chan!
[19:30] Kanade
You don't need to stuff your mouth!
[19:32] Kanade
There's plenty of chocolate left!
[19:35] Kanade
This? You want this, too?
[19:37] Kanade
Don't spill so much!
[19:40] Kanade
It's not ladylike!
[19:45] Arata
What? Murao-san lost?
[19:47] Person A
Yeah, to a freshman from Seijo University.
[19:50] Kuri
Nobody expected him to lose that match.
[19:54] Kuri
Murao-kun
[19:55] ---
made it to the final match against
the Master two years ago.
[19:58] Person A
He hasn't been practicing much, lately.
[20:05] Murao
Yo.
[20:06] Murao
You won your first match?
[20:08] Murao
Congrats.
[20:14] Murao
I'm glad you're back.
[20:18] Murao
The Nagumo society has a lot of members,
[20:20] ---
but there aren't many with the
potential to become Master.
[20:23] Murao
Everyone will be pinning
their hopes on you now.
[20:26] Murao
However, you'll never make it
past the role of challenger.
[20:30] Murao
The Master...
[20:32] Murao
Suo Hisashi can't be defeated.
[20:38] Arata
Murao-san, Murao-san!
[20:39] Arata
Play me next!
[20:41] Murao
Arata-kun, you've gotten really strong.
[20:47] Murao
I need to become Master
before you catch up to me!
[21:02] [Messenger] [SIGN]
Chihaya made it through the first round.
My goal is to become the Eastern qualifier finalist,
so you better become the Western qualifier finalist.
[21:08] Reader
The second round is about to begin!
[21:10] Reader
Will the players please move
to their assigned seats?
E22 - Just as My Beauty Has Faded
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[00:03] Chihaya
Doctor! Big news!
[00:05] Harada
What?! Yamamoto Yumi-san?!
[00:07] Chihaya
Yes! My next opponent
is Yamamoto Yumi-san!
[00:11] Harada
You're really playing against
Yamamoto Yumi-san?!
[00:13] Harada
From the Suihoku society?!
[00:14] Chihaya
Yes!
[00:14] Chihaya
Yamamoto Yumi-san!
[00:16] Chihaya
Doctor, what should I do?!
[00:18] Harada
Yamamoto Yumi-san...
[00:20] Harada
You've got bad luck, Chihaya-chan.
[00:23] Harada
Okay, let's try this.
[00:24] Harada
Yamamoto...
[00:25] Taichi
Excuse me, who is Yamamoto-san?
SIGN Ayase Chihaya
[00:29] Harada
Yamamoto Yumi.
SIGN Yamamoto Yumi
[00:31] Harada
The previous Queen.
SIGN Chihaya Furu
SIGN Verse 22
SIGN Just
As
My
Beauty
Has
Faded
[01:52] Chihaya
G-Good luck!
[01:56] Yumi
Ayase Chihaya-san...
[01:58] Yumi
She's just as pretty as everyone said.
[02:01] Yumi
She's nothing like me,
with my plain looks and name.
[02:06] Yumi
I'm already sick of her.
[02:08] Yumi
Why are her eyes shining?
[02:11] Yumi
That just makes it harder.
[02:12] Reader
We will now proceed with fifteen minutes
[02:15] ---
of memorization time for the second round.
[02:16] Reader
You have until 11:17 by that clock.
[02:26] Yumi
Why did I enter this tournament again?
[02:32] Chihaya
I'm playing the previous
Queen, Yamamoto Yumi-san.
[02:35] Chihaya
Th-This is...
[02:40] Chihaya
Five one-syllable cards on her side?!
[02:42] Chihaya
Seven three-syllable cards!
[02:44] Chihaya
Everything else is a two-syllable card!
[02:46] Chihaya
I can attack like crazy!
[02:49] Chihaya
Luck is on my side!
[03:03] Chihaya
I missed the Queen match this year,
[03:06] (Flashback) Chihaya
but I saw last year's at Dr. Harada's house.
[03:09] (Flashback) Reader
Miss Yamamoto, congratulations
on your first Queen title.
[03:13] (Flashback) Reader
Your moment of glory comes in
your last year of college.
[03:15] (Flashback) Reader
How do you feel right now?
[03:20] (Flashback) Yumi
Coach Kitano...
[03:23] (Flashback) Harada
I really hate Kitano, but he
has a model student here!
[03:28] (Flashback) Harada
When you kids become Master or Queen,
[03:30] (Flashback) ---
make sure you call my name!
[03:33] Chihaya
I don't really remember
how the match went.
[03:37] Chihaya
Just that she absolutely
refused to give up.
[03:41] Chihaya
That she called her teacher's name.
[03:43] Chihaya
Her tears.
[03:46] Chihaya
A posture that took years to perfect.
[03:50] Chihaya
And the calluses to show for it.
[03:52] Chihaya
She worked hard to make
her dream come true.
[03:55] Harada
The previous Queen is strong,
[03:58] Harada
but you've learned when to
give yourself the go sign.
[04:02] Harada
You can control a match
against the previous queen.
SIGN Is that Ayase's opponent?
SIGN I've seen her before at the Suihoku society,
SIGN but I've never seen her practice.
[04:20] Kanade
She has an office job,
so we're on different schedules.
[04:24] Taichi
Nishida, you've been
in the Suihoku society
[04:26] ---
since you were little,
so you should know.
[04:28] Taichi
What's Yamamoto Yuri-san like?
[04:32] Taichi
Wait, what?!
[04:33] Nishida
102, 103, 104...
[04:36] Nishida
I was burned...
[04:38] Nishida
Lost by 20 cards...
[04:40] Kanade
He hasn't recovered from the shock
[04:42] ---
of losing to Sudo-san from Hokuo.
[04:44] Taichi
Hey, Nishida. You okay?
[04:47] Nishida
This was the first time
I ever met a real sadist.
[04:52] Sudo
It's too bad I don't get to eat you
[04:54] ---
after roasting you in a karuta match,
[04:57] Sudo
since it'd be bad for my health.
[04:59] Nishida
I can't believe Ayase actually beat him.
[05:02] Nishida
I'm scared. Class A is scary.
[05:04] Nishida
There are all these monsters
that I can't beat!
[05:07] Taichi
There, there.
[05:08] Taichi
By the way, what's Yamamoto
Yuri-san's karuta like?
[05:11] Nishida
Yamamoto Yumi! Yumin!
[05:13] Taichi
Huh? Sorry.
[05:15] Taichi
Wait, Yumin?
[05:17] Nishida
Yumin's playing style is
persistent and stubborn.
[05:21] Nishida
After she became Queen,
she settled down a bit,
[05:26] Nishida
but the real Yumin is...
[05:28] Kita
Idiot!
[05:30] Kita
Stop talking with that Shiranami
boy and come over here!
[05:33] Kita
Kana-chan and Komano-kun, too!
[05:35] ---
You're with us now!
[05:36] Both
Huh?
[05:37] Kita
Cheer for Yumin!
[05:39] Kita
Watch her reclaim the title of Queen!
[05:43] Kita
Cheer her on!
[05:45] Nishida
Coach...
[05:47] [POEM] Reader
Naniwa Bay, now the flower
blooms, but for winter
[05:55] [POEM] Reader
Here comes spring, now the flower blooms
[05:56] Person A
It's starting to get warm
now that the sun is out.
[05:59] Person A
We'll need to take a
break to air out the room.
[06:01] Person A
The players won't last much longer.
[06:05] [POEM] Reader
Here comes spring, now the flower blooms
[06:14] [POEM] Reader
May the scarlet kadsuras of Mount
Afusaka live up to their name
[06:22] Chihaya
Her swing is compact and measured.
[06:24] Chihaya
Her body knows how far away each card is.
[06:27] Chihaya
I'm impressed.
[06:33] Chihaya
Even the air feels too warm.
[06:36] (Flashback) Harada
The heat works against
us in this tournament.
[06:39] Chihaya
You're absolutely right, Doctor!
[06:41] Chihaya
But... I like it.
[06:45] Chihaya
Normal people can never join us here.
[06:47] Chihaya
The players are all in Class A.
[06:50] Chihaya
Every little sound matters.
[06:52] Chihaya
We all understand how important sound is.
[06:52] [POEM] Reader
and allow us this secret rendezvous
[06:55] Chihaya
Top-class readers are used for
the Master and Queen qualifiers,
[07:01] [POEM] Reader
The hazy early morning light
comes not from the moon
[07:04] Chihaya
and I'm playing against the previous Queen!
[07:08] Chihaya
This is fun!
[07:09] Taichi
She got it!
[07:10] Nishida
Nice!
[07:15] Chihaya
Stay on the attack!
[07:17] [POEM] Chihaya
My fear is not...
[07:18] Chihaya
Attack!
[07:19] [POEM] Reader
After I determined...
[07:20] Chihaya
Attack!
SIGN Three in a row!
[07:22] Kanade
She even managed to win
a three-syllable card!
[07:24] Taichi
She hasn't committed any faults today.
[07:27] Taichi
She's on a roll!
[07:28] Nishida
Huh?
[07:32] Kita
You're still in good shape, Yumin!
[07:34] Kita
You can win!
[07:35] Kita
It's time to get stubborn!
[07:40] Yumi
This girl is in high school,
much like the Queen.
[07:44] Yumi
Young, beautiful, and talented at karuta.
[07:48] Yumi
God is so unfair.
[07:52] Yumi
All I have is karuta.
[07:59] Yumi
Karuta has been my life
since I was a child.
[08:03] Yumi
And yet...
[08:08] Yumi
After working ten years to
earn the title of Queen,
[08:11] Yumi
I lost that title to Wakamiya
Shinobu a year later.
[08:15] Yumi
A fifteen-year-old was able to
prevent me from playing my karuta.
[08:20] Yumi
She's probably forgotten
about me already.
[08:26] Yumi
That's how strong she was.
[08:31] Yumi
If I win here, I still have
to face her in the end...
[08:37] Yumi
I can't win...
[08:40] Person A
It's so hot... I'm dying...
[08:43] Person B
Hey, look at the condensation.
[08:45] Person C
How hot is it inside?
[08:50] Kita
Why does the window have to fog up?!
[08:53] Kita
Yumin won't be able to see us!
[08:56] Kita
You can still stage a comeback, Yumin!
[08:59] Kita
You can win!
[09:00] [POEM] Reader
is that I have no way
to tell you in person
[09:09] [POEM] Reader
While I sigh and lament how the one
I love does not feel the same,
[09:10] Nishida
Four in a row for Ayase!
[09:12] Nishida
You were so close, Yumin!
[09:22] Chihaya
Huh?
[09:28] Chihaya
Why did she smile?
[09:32] Chihaya
She's played karuta all her life,
[09:35] Chihaya
yet she's leaning back.
[09:37] Chihaya
She isn't following through on her swing.
[09:40] Chihaya
The previous Queen...
[09:41] Chihaya
Someone who achieved her dream...
[09:44] Chihaya
...is losing her passion?
[09:48] Person A
What's wrong with Yumin?
[09:49] Person A
Will she be okay?
[09:50] Kita
Of course she will!
[09:52] Kita
Yumin's tenacity is about to kick in!
[10:00] (Flashback) Kita
It was an unfortunate ending.
[10:02] (Flashback) Kita
You haven't been practicing as
much because you have a job now.
[10:07] (Flashback) Kita
Yumin, you can avenge yourself
against Wakamiya next year.
[10:10] (Flashback) Kita
Eighth place in the national tournament?
[10:13] (Flashback) ---
That's a pity.
[10:14] (Flashback) Kita
I know you could have placed higher.
[10:16] (Flashback) Kita
What's wrong, Yumin?
[10:17] (Flashback) Kita
You lost in the second round
of the Kanezawa tournament?
[10:20] (Flashback) Kita
Yumin, it just wasn't your day!
[10:23] (Flashback) Kita
Don't worry.
[10:24] (Flashback) Kita
In terms of skill, you're number one!
[10:27] (Flashback) Yumi
Yes, I'll try my best.
[10:35] Nishida
She's tired.
[10:37] Nishida
Not tired of losing.
[10:40] Nishida
She's tired of failing
to meet expectations.
[10:50] Chihaya
It's so hot in this room,
[10:52] Chihaya
but her soul is growing colder.
[10:57] (Flashback) Harada
Chihaya-chan, you've learned when
to give yourself the go sign.
[11:06] Chihaya
Dr. Harada...
[11:08] Chihaya
I won't let a person who's given
up take a single card off me!
SIGN The condensation's so bad that we can't see inside.
[11:23] Kanade
It must be really hot in there.
[11:26] Kanade
I wonder if Chihaya-chan is okay.
[11:30] Taichi
Hang in there, Chihaya!
[11:32] Nishida
Yumin...
[11:38] Kita
I can't see anything!
[11:40] Kita
The window's so fogged up
that I can't see a thing!
[11:42] Person A
Coach Kitano, you have to stay quiet!
[11:46] Kita
Idiot.
[11:56] Yumi
Huh?
[11:57] [POEM] Reader
Long last we meet...
[11:59] Yumi
That was a dead card.
[12:00] [POEM] Reader
When the misty bridge...
[12:03] Yumi
Why is she swinging so
hard on a dead card?
[12:09] [POEM] Reader
Gust of wind...
[12:12] (Flashback) Nishida
Five in a row for Ayase!
[12:14] (Flashback) Nishida
Yumin!
[12:15] (Flashback) Yumi
She's going hard after every card?
[12:17] (Flashback) Yumi
Why?
[12:19] (Flashback) Yumi
She was being careful before.
[12:21] (Flashback) Yumi
It's like she thinks she
can dominate this match.
[12:28] (Flashback) Yumi
Dominate?
[12:32] Person A
It's getting hard to see.
[12:33] Person B
Is it really that much hotter inside?
[12:37] Person C
Can we get someone to wipe
the windows from the inside?
SIGN Class A matches are incredible.
[12:45] Kanade
Yes,
[12:46] Kanade
but I'm a little sad.
SIGN Huh?
[12:51] Kanade
I mean...
[12:53] Kanade
Nobody is actually
listening to the poems.
SIGN That...
SIGN might be true.
[13:00] Kanade
But...
[13:03] [POEM] Reader
The emotions experienced
after a long-awaited reunion
[13:10] [POEM] Reader
banish any lingering memories of the past
[13:17] Kanade
Her voice is so clear!
[13:20] Kanade
Like there isn't a glass
window between us.
[13:23] Kanade
Because she's reading poetry...
[13:25] Kanade
Poetry can transcend any barrier.
SIGN Readers are pretty amazing.
SIGN They have ranks and exams.
SIGN There are less than ten special readers
[13:39] ---
qualified for the Master match.
[13:42] Kanade
Special readers...
[13:44] Kanade
How hard is it to become one?
[13:52] Kanade
Chihaya-chan...
[13:54] Kanade
Listen to the poems.
[13:56] Yumi
She thinks that her victory is in sight.
[13:59] Yumi
What's with them?
First, Wakamiya Shinobu, now, this girl...
[14:03] Yumi
They expect every player to
be oozing with confidence.
[14:06] Yumi
I lost my confidence a long time ago!
[14:09] Yumi
But that's why I understand now.
[14:12] Yumi
You can't let your passion take over.
[14:16] [POEM] Reader
Impassioned was your...
[14:20] Taichi
She went for "Impassionate"
instead of "Impassioned was"!
[14:23] Taichi
Did Chihaya hear wrong?
SIGN And she touched a card on the opponent's side
[14:28] ---
while the correct one was on her own!
SIGN It's a double fault!
[14:32] Kanade
Chihaya-chan...
[14:33] Kita
I can't see!
I can't see a thing!
[14:37] Chihaya
What am I doing?
[14:42] Yumi
She made a mistake.
[14:44] Yumi
Pathetic.
[14:46] Yumi
The previous Queen needs her
opponents to make mistakes.
SIGN the red that is the Tatsuta River
[14:51] Yumi
From a 7 card lead to a 4 card lead.
[14:54] Yumi
I've played hundreds
of matches, so I know.
[14:57] Yumi
The match will be determined here.
[15:00] Chihaya
What am I doing?
[15:02] Chihaya
How could I make a mistake now?
[15:04] Chihaya
How could I mess up "Impassionate"?
[15:06] Chihaya
Why?
[15:08] Yumi
I still have a chance.
[15:11] Yumi
I can do this.
[15:20] Person A
Ki-Kitano-san!
[15:22] Person A
You can't open a window during the match!
[15:24] Kita
Fool!
[15:25] Kita
If it's too hot, they're
going to suffocate!
[15:28] Kita
You have to let some air in
[15:30] Kita
or the players will keep suffering!
[15:32] Person A
You're not supposed to do
anything without permission!
[15:34] Kita
I don't give a damn!
Wipe the windows!
[15:37] Harada
Coach Kitano...
[15:39] Chihaya
That feels so good.
[15:41] Yumi
You just helped my opponent recover.
[15:45] Person A
Come on, Kitano-san! That's enough!
[15:48] Kita
You're still in good shape!
[15:50] Kita
Play your own karuta!
[15:54] Person A
Enough already!
[15:56] Person A
I'm going to close the window.
[15:58] Kita
If you don't want me to
open the window again,
[15:59] ---
you better wipe it every ten minutes!
[16:03] Yumi
Coach Kitano...
[16:05] Person A
My own karuta...
[16:06] Person B
Yes, my own karuta...
[16:08] Person C
My own karuta...
[16:09] Yumi
He just helped every simple-minded
player in the room.
[16:13] Chihaya
My own karuta...
[16:18] Yumi
My own karuta.
[16:21] (Flashback) Kita
Next time, you can avenge
yourself against Wakamiya.
[16:24] (Flashback) Kita
You should be excited, Yumin.
[16:27] (Flashback) Kita
You get to be a challenger again!
[16:33] Chihaya
My own karuta.
[16:41] Chihaya
My own...
[16:43] Chihaya
The karuta that comes from all the
practice I've done with everyone.
[16:47] Chihaya
I'm going to play...
[16:49] Yumi
My own karuta!
[16:50] [POEM] Reader
Alas, another autumn has passed in vain
[17:00] [POEM] Reader
I know that my heart is all aflutter
[17:01] Chihaya
Yes! Got it!
[17:02] Yumi
What? Please wait.
[17:05] Yumi
I believe that card is mine.
[17:07] Chihaya
Huh?
[17:10] Chihaya
But I'm the one who hit it...
[17:12] Yumi
You may have knocked it away,
[17:14] Yumi
but my pinky touched it first.
[17:18] Yumi
Like this.
[17:18] Chihaya
Huh?
[17:20] Yumi
You just happened to knock it away.
[17:23] Chihaya
B-But...
[17:25] Yumi
Are you sure you touched it first?
[17:28] Yumi
I saw everything happen.
[17:29] Yumi
My pinky was on the edge of the card.
[17:33] Chihaya
But, um...
[17:34] Chihaya
I think I was first...
[17:36] Yumi
After that, you knocked
the card away from above.
[17:40] Yumi
Watch.
[17:41] Yumi
This is what happened.
[17:42] Chihaya
U-Um...
[17:45] Chihaya
Then you can take it...
[17:49] Taichi
What was that?
[17:51] Nishida
Sh-She's back!
[17:53] Nishida
The legendary Contest Yumi!
[17:58] Taichi
Contest Yumi?
[17:59] Nishida
Yeah.
[18:01] Nishida
She's known for contesting every close call
with absolute confidence.
SIGN I touched it first. I'm positive!
[18:08] Nishida
While she's arguing, everyone
else has to stop playing,
[18:12] Nishida
so most people frown upon her habit.
[18:15] Nishida
She stopped because it was
unfitting for the Queen.
[18:21] Yumi
That doesn't matter anymore.
[18:23] Yumi
I'm just a challenger now.
[18:25] Chihaya
Th-This makes it harder...
[18:29] Yumi
Your right hand is on the playing field.
[18:32] Chihaya
Huh?
[18:33] Chihaya
Oh, I'm sorry!
[18:35] Chihaya
She's making it harder.
[18:37] Chihaya
Focus... Focus!
[18:40] Chihaya
It might be harder, but I still have
to focus on taking the cards I can!
[18:44] Chihaya
There are plenty of my
sweet cards on the field!
[18:47] [POEM] Reader
and by no fault of mine
[18:56] [POEM] Reader
Swift waters parted...
[19:02] Kita
Yes!
[19:03] Nishida
She did it!
[19:04] Yumi
You seem to be confused.
[19:11] Yumi
I'm supposed to keep one-syllable
cards on my own side.
[19:18] Chihaya
"I won't let her take a
single card off me."
[19:21] Chihaya
Why would I think that?
[19:25] Chihaya
I'm playing against the previous queen!
[19:38] [POEM] Reader
No matter where...
[19:40] [POEM] Reader
For the cold nights...
[19:43] Taichi
Karuta is scary...
[19:46] Taichi
Chihaya has lost all of her confidence.
[19:50] Taichi
She's freezing up and making mistakes.
[19:52] Taichi
I didn't realize that mental
strength was so important.
[19:56] Taichi
Mental strength.
[20:00] Taichi
How badly you want it...
[20:05] Chihaya
Yes!
[20:05] Yumi
Please wait.
[20:07] Yumi
I touched that card before you did.
[20:09] Chihaya
What?
[20:10] Yumi
Look, I hit it here.
[20:12] Person A
That pair keeps arguing.
[20:14] Person B
The match will never end.
[20:17] Nishida
Don't worry about it, Yumin.
[20:19] Nishida
People will remember your
tendency to contest cards,
[20:22] Nishida
but your karuta happens to
be that much more refined,
[20:26] ---
that much more accurate.
[20:28] Nishida
Everyone here knows how difficult
it is to get to that point.
[20:36] [POEM] Reader
I hide in the mountains, only to
hear the haunting cry of a deer
[20:42] Nishida
You can do it!
[20:44] Kita
Yumin!
[20:47] [POEM] Reader
None are left...
[20:53] Kita
You did it, Yumin!
[21:00] Yumi
Thank you very much.
[21:06] Yumi
Thank you very much.
E23 - The Night is Nearly Past
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[00:01] [POEM] Reader
None are left who know me
[00:10] Yumi
Thank you very much.
[00:12] Yumi
Thank you very much.
[00:18] [POEM] Reader
Impassionate gods...
SIGN Chihaya Furu
SIGN Verse 23
SIGN The
Night
Is
Nearly
Past
[01:37] Yumi
Yamamoto Yumi: won by four cards.
[01:39] Kita
Yumin!
[01:41] Kita
You're well on your way to
reclaiming the title of Queen!
SIGN Great Expectations
[01:45] Kita
Get plenty of rest!
[01:47] Kita
You'll have to play four more matches
before you reach the final!
[01:50] Yumi
So much pressure...
[01:53] Yumi
But if there weren't any expectations,
[01:55] ---
I would have run away already.
[02:08] Taichi
Chihaya!
[02:11] Yumi
I won't run away.
[02:13] Taichi
What are you doing? Get out of there!
[02:17] Kanade
Please come out, Chihaya-chan!
SIGN Ayase, I have chocolate for you!
[02:20] Nishida
Sorry about cheering for
Yumin the whole time!
[02:24] Sudo
Cheer up.
[02:26] Sudo
I've heard that beautiful
girls look better bald.
[02:30] Sudo
I'll leave my e-mail address,
so send me an "after" picture.
[02:35] Taichi
Sudo-san...
[02:36] Taichi
We'll shave our heads, so spare Chihaya!
[02:40] Sudo
What?
[02:41] Kanade
I'm willing to cut my hair really short!
[02:43] Nishida
You stay out of it, Kana-chan!
[02:45] Harada
What's that?
[02:48] Harada
Whoever loses first has
to shave their head?
[02:51] Harada
Chihaya-chan's so stupid.
[02:53] Nishida
We know! Our captain is stupid!
[02:56] Harada
Then Sudo-kun, if I beat you,
the bet is off.
[03:02] Sudo
I don't believe that you're my
opponent in the third round.
[03:07] Harada
Are you planning on losing?
[03:09] Harada
If not, we'll run into
each other at some point.
[03:13] Sudo
You better not lose before we play.
[03:15] Harada
Worry more about yourself.
[03:18] Kanade
H-He's so cool!
[03:20] Both
What?!
[03:22] Nishida
No, I'll shave my head!
SIGN Me, too!
[03:23] Nishida
I said it first!
SIGN I probably look fine with a shaved head, so I'll do it!
[03:27] Nishida
I'll look better than you will!
[03:30] Nishida
I-Is she asleep?
[03:33] Nishida
Isn't that what normally happens?
[03:35] Nishida
It's been an hour.
SIGN It's possible.
[03:39] Taichi
You can go back downstairs, Nishida.
[03:42] Taichi
You need to cheer for Yamamoto-san.
[03:45] Taichi
I'll stay here, so Oe-san
and Komano can also go.
[03:48] Kanade
We'll stay here with you-
[04:04] Taichi
She isn't asleep.
[04:10] Taichi
She can't sleep now.
[04:25] Taichi
Chihaya, Arata says he's won his
third round match.
[04:31] Taichi
I'm mail buddies with Arata now.
[04:36] Taichi
I was going to give you his address
once the qualifiers were over.
[04:41] Taichi
I'm not lying.
[04:45] [Messenger] [SIGN]
Got through the third round.
How's Chihaya doing?
[04:45] Taichi
He's really amazing.
[05:02] Kanade
Dr. Harada and Sudo-san both won,
[05:04] Kanade
and they're playing each
other in the fourth round!
[05:06] Kanade
We have to go cheer for him!
[05:12] Taichi
Chihaya, come out.
[05:15] Taichi
Let's go cheer him on.
[05:19] Taichi
Chihaya.
[05:23] Taichi
I know how much it hurts to
lose after trying your best.
[05:27] Taichi
You don't want to face anyone.
[05:31] Taichi
I know how it feels,
[05:33] Taichi
but my words won't be able to reach her.
[05:37] Taichi
Only Arata can help her.
[05:48] Chihaya
What are you doing?!
[05:51] Chihaya
You have to go watch
Dr. Harada and Sudo-san play!
[05:56] Chihaya
Next year, they'll be
your rivals in Class A!
[05:59] Chihaya
You have to go watch them
play, not cheer them on!
[06:04] Kanade
Chihaya-chan.
[06:06] Kanade
The prez stayed behind because
he was worried about you.
[06:09] Chihaya
Oh, that's right.
[06:11] Chihaya
Sorry.
[06:14] Chihaya
Sorry.
[06:15] Chihaya
Let's go, Taichi.
[06:20] Taichi
Yeah, I'm hopeless...
[06:26] Taichi
Hopelessly in love.
SIGN Sudo Akita
SIGN Harada Hidehiro
[06:31] Harada
Yes!
[06:35] Kita
He's so loud.
[06:41] Sudo
His knees are starting to give.
[06:43] Sudo
I should go easy on him
since he's getting old.
[06:47] Sudo
Except, I'm not in a position to do that.
[06:54] Chihaya
I didn't want her to contest every card,
[06:56] ---
so I started moving
faster than I needed to.
[07:00] Chihaya
That was a tactic I never knew about.
[07:04] Taichi
Aren't you cold?
[07:05] Taichi
Put this on.
[07:06] Chihaya
Huh? It's okay.
[07:08] Taichi
You look like you're cold, so put it on.
[07:17] Chihaya
Everyone was cheering
watching outside, right?
[07:21] Chihaya
Weren't you cold?
[07:22] Kanade
It was pretty warm during the day.
[07:26] Chihaya
They were standing outside
the entire time.
[07:33] Chihaya
Thank you.
[07:35] Chihaya
Sorry.
[07:39] Chihaya
I lost because I was
too focused on myself.
[07:46] Kanade
He did it!
[07:47] Taichi
Dr. Harada!
[07:53] Sudo
I lost by three cards.
[07:55] Sudo
He's not human...
[07:57] Sudo
He's an intelligent bear.
SIGN Roar
[08:00] Taichi
Dr. Harada!
[08:01] Nishida
Thank you for saving Ayase's hair!
[08:04] Harada
Hmm? What are you talking about?
[08:06] Nishida
Huh?
[08:08] Harada
Oh!
[08:10] Taichi
He only cared about his own victory.
[08:12] Taichi
He never changes.
[08:18] Harada
Chihaya-chan, you didn't thank
your opponent after the match.
[08:24] Harada
That was wrong of you.
[08:26] Harada
No matter how upset you are,
[08:28] ---
you must thank your opponent.
[08:32] Chihaya
Yes, sir!
[08:33] Person A
The semi-finals will
begin in ten minutes.
[08:35] Person A
Will the players will please step inside.
[08:37] Harada
Oh, it's time.
[08:40] Harada
Only two more wins...
[08:44] Harada
Two more wins...
[08:55] Chihaya
Dr. Harada lost a close
match in the semi-finals.
[09:00] Chihaya
The Eastern finalists this year
are Tsuboguchi Hiroshi
[09:03] Chihaya
from the Shiranami society
for the Master match,
[09:08] Chihaya
and Yamamoto Yumi from the Suihoku
society for the Queen match.
[09:13] Chihaya
In one month,
[09:14] ---
they'll be playing a
best-of-three match
[09:18] Chihaya
against the Western finalists
[09:20] ---
for the right to challenge
the Master and Queen in January.
[09:25] Chihaya
Kanai-san...
[09:28] Kanai
See you next year, rival.
[09:31] Chihaya
The long day is finally over,
[09:33] Chihaya
and the rest of us will spend
the next year as losers.
[09:44] Chihaya
What?
[09:46] Wata
I see you every morning here,
[09:49] Wata
and you're seriously cute.
[09:52] Wata
Interested in going out with me?
[09:56] Kanade
You should turn him down!
[09:57] Chihaya
What? Just like that?
[09:59] Kanade
Of course.
[10:00] Kanade
It's a boy from a different school
who knows nothing about you.
[10:03] Chihaya
But, but!
[10:04] Chihaya
It's the first time anyone's
ever asked me out!
[10:06] Chihaya
If I let this chance slip away,
I might not get another one!
[10:09] Nishida
The first time?
[10:11] Nishida
That's beauty in vain.
SIGN But after spending all this time with her,
[10:15] ---
she doesn't even seem
that beautiful anymore.
[10:17] Kanade
I'm pretty sure that the reason nobody
[10:19] ---
from our school approaches her
[10:20] ---
is because she's always with Mashima-kun.
[10:23] Nishida
Why?
[10:25] Taichi
Go ahead and give it a shot.
[10:28] Chihaya
Taichi?
[10:29] Taichi
You need to experience it for yourself.
[10:32] Taichi
It won't work.
[10:34] Chihaya
Huh?
[10:35] Taichi
You can't go out with a guy who
hasn't seen you play karuta.
[10:41] Chihaya
Oh...
[10:43] Chihaya
But I'm already getting a bunch
of e-mails and phone calls...
[10:46] Kanade
You gave him your number?!
[10:52] Taichi
I blocked his number.
[10:53] Chihaya
Huh?
[10:54] Taichi
Starting tomorrow,
[10:56] ---
wake up early and ride
the same train as me.
[11:00] Kanade
In the Tentoku Imperial Court Poetry Contest
SIGN Mibu no Tadami
As my love first came to realization,
word had already spread
SIGN Taira no Kanemori
Since I could not hide my love,
people would always ask if
I was pining for someone
[11:02] ---
that was held by Emperor Murakami in 960,
[11:06] Kanade
there were two poems that
were especially beautiful.
[11:10] Kanade
As I watch the prez,
those poems come to mind.
[11:13] Kanade
Poems about a love that
cannot be concealed.
[11:17] Kanade
The nincompoops in our
club have no clue!
SIGN nin
SIGN I've never blocked anyone before
SIGN com
SIGN Me either
SIGN poop
SIGN Goodbye, Watanabe-kun...
[11:20] Kanade
But I understand, prez!
[11:23] [Messenger] [SIGN]
Wataya Arata - Cell
Wataya Arata - Fukui Home
[11:26] Chihaya
I haven't been able to bring
myself to send him an e-mail.
[11:27] [Messenger] [SIGN]
Wataya Arata - Cell
Wataya Arata - Fukui Home
[11:29] Chihaya
Taichi even gave me his address...
[11:34] Chihaya
Arata lost in the fourth
round of the Western qualifier.
[11:40] Chihaya
How does he feel right now?
[11:42] Chihaya
How upset is he?
[11:45] Chihaya
There are so many things I
want to talk to him about.
[11:50] Arata
I need more...
[11:51] Arata
More practice, more effort, more time!
[11:56] Arata
I was away for too long.
[11:58] Arata
I shouldn't have stopped playing
karuta for a single day!
[12:02] Arata
Thank you very much.
[12:04] Arata
Takemura-san, the Western finalist,
wasn't especially good,
[12:10] Arata
but he had the momentum of ranking
in four tournaments this year,
[12:13] Arata
plus the stamina to last six matches.
[12:16] Arata
The qualifiers are as
serious as it gets.
[12:19] Arata
I'll have to treat every practice
match like a real one.
[12:23] Person A
Let's begin the third match.
[12:27] Person A
Oh, Daisuke-kun.
[12:28] Person A
You're playing Arata-kun next.
[12:30] Daisuke
What? I don't wanna
play him. He's scary.
[12:34] Daisuke
Scary!
[12:36] Person A
Coach, there isn't anyone
left for Wataya-kun to play.
[12:40] Kuri
And Murao-kun didn't show up again.
[12:47] Murao
What is it?
[12:48] Murao
You here to tell me to come practice?
[12:51] Arata
Yes.
[12:52] Murao
That's not like you.
[12:55] Murao
You never used to stick your
nose where it didn't belong.
[12:58] Murao
After all, you're the one who quit
karuta for a year and a half.
[13:01] Murao
Yet, now you're telling
me I need to practice?
[13:06] Murao
I know you want to get better,
[13:09] ---
but I can't help you practice.
[13:11] Murao
Say "hi" to everyone at the
Nagumo society for me.
[13:14] Arata
I...
[13:18] Arata
I regret it.
[13:21] Arata
I regret running away from karuta.
[13:24] Arata
You can't...
[13:26] Arata
You can't spend too much time
away from karuta, Murao-san!
[13:29] Arata
You'll lose your chance
to become Master!
[13:33] Murao
S-Scary...
SIGN Shiver
[13:36] Murao
You really scare me.
[13:38] Murao
The point of karuta is to become Master?
[13:44] Murao
I can no longer play
karuta at that level.
[13:48] Murao
Let me know if you ever
want to play for fun.
[13:52] Murao
Good night.
[14:01] Arata
It's not like me
[14:03] Arata
to stick my nose in...
[14:10] Arata
I'll be back.
[14:17] Chihaya
Kana-chan, you look happy.
[14:19] Kanade
That's because there's finally
a match in formal dress!
[14:27] Chihaya
The Tokyo Otsuka Karuta Memorial Hall.
[14:30] Chihaya
Where the Master and Queen
challenger matches are held
[14:33] ---
between the East and West finalists.
[14:36] Chihaya
The matches are best-of-three
and the players wear hakama.
[14:40] Chihaya
The first player to achieve two wins
[14:41] ---
earns the right to challenge
[14:43] ---
the Master or Queen at Omi Jingu in January.
SIGN Master/Queen Challenger Final
Hosted by the National Karuta Association
[14:50] Chihaya
I can't help but think...
[14:54] Chihaya
If I hadn't lost my cool,
[14:57] ---
I would be sitting there right now.
[15:04] Tsuboguchi
I won the East qualifier
because Dr. Harada tired out
[15:09] ---
Kotegawa-kun in the semi-final for me.
SIGN Grunt
[15:15] Tsuboguchi
Watch me play, Doctor.
SIGN Best of luck
[15:32] Chihaya
Don't be too arrogant.
[15:35] Chihaya
Could I have been sitting there
if I tried a little harder?
SIGN Master/Queen Challenger Final
[15:39] Chihaya
The players there represent
East and West Japan.
[15:42] Person A
We will now begin!
[15:44] Chihaya
They're representing us!
[15:46] [POEM] Reader
Here comes spring...
[16:09] Daisuke
I'm scared!
[16:11] Arata
Thank you very much.
[16:13] Daisuke
Thank you very much.
[16:17] Daisuke
Arata-niichan.
[16:19] Daisuke
I'll become stronger!
[16:23] Daisuke
I'll do my best!
[16:25] Daisuke
I'll keep playing until I'm sick of it!
[16:28] Daisuke
Okay?
[16:31] Kuri
We have our challengers!
[16:33] Kuri
The challenger for Master
is Takemura-kun.
[16:35] Kuri
The challenger for Queen
is Yamamoto Yumi-san.
[16:39] Tsuboguchi
That was tough!
[16:41] Tsuboguchi
Seriously, three games
against the same opponent?
[16:45] Tsuboguchi
Takemura-san is
like an armored tank!
[16:49] Tsuboguchi
It's so hot.
[16:50] Tsuboguchi
Can I take this thing off yet?
[16:52] Tsuboguchi
It's completely soaked with sweat.
[17:03] (Flashback) Tsuboguchi
The Shiranami society dream
[17:06] (Flashback) Tsuboguchi
is to produce a Master one day!
[17:29] Chihaya
It hurts!
[17:33] Chihaya
It hurts!
[17:35] Chihaya
I want to be able to look back one day
[17:38] ---
and say it was all worth it.
[17:43] Horikawa
I'm worried about you, Chi-chan.
[17:45] Chihaya
Huh?
[17:46] Chihaya
I'll be fine, Michiru-chan!
[17:48] Chihaya
I placed 290th on the second term exam!
[17:50] Horikawa
I'm not talking about school.
[17:52] Chihaya
Huh?
[17:53] Horikawa
Chi-chan, you're spending
all of your time on karuta.
[17:56] Horikawa
Aren't there other
things you need to do?
[17:59] Horikawa
Like making friends?
[18:01] Horikawa
Anyway, take this.
SIGN Class 1-2 End of Second Term PARTY
Time: 12/24 6:00 PM
At the "Italian Kitchen" next to Shinjuku Station
Entry Fee: 2,500 yen
Drink bar
Hosts: Horikawa and Matsuda
[18:05] Chihaya
A party on Christmas Eve?
[18:08] Horikawa
You don't have any plans, right?
[18:10] Chihaya
I do. I'll be practicing karuta.
[18:12] Horikawa
Okay, Ayase-san's coming!
[18:14] Horikawa
So is Komano-kun!
[18:16] Taichi
Oh, our class is also having a party.
[18:18] Kanade
Class 6 will be having a hot
pot party on Christmas.
[18:20] Nishida
Our class is going bowling.
[18:24] Taichi
Then we'll take December 24th off.
SIGN Ooh
[18:29] Person A
Ayase-san, that outfit's so cute!
[18:31] Person B
What do you want to drink?
[18:31] Person C
Your sister's a model, right?
[18:32] Person D
I'm so glad I came!
Can I take a picture?
[18:34] Person E
She's so cute!
[18:34] Person F
Her legs are so long!
[18:35] Person G
Her face is tiny!
[18:36] Person H
Come on in!
[18:38] Person A
So, the karuta club is working hard.
[18:41] Person B
Oh, we're in the mountain climbing club.
[18:44] Person B
We're a boring club with
only a few members,
[18:46] Person B
but the karuta club inspires
us to do the best we can!
[18:49] Person B
We compete to see who can
put up tents faster!
[18:53] Chihaya
Oh, that sounds fun.
[18:55] Person B
When we practice in the courtyard,
[18:56] ---
people give us funny looks.
[18:58] Person A
Speaking of which,
[18:59] ---
Matsuda is the only male member
in the tea ceremony club.
[19:02] Person C
What's wrong with that?
I get free snacks.
[19:07] Kanade
There are important rules to
follow for a seafood hot pot.
SIGN Turkey
[19:13] Taichi
I heard that this was a class party,
[19:16] Taichi
so why am I the only guy here?!
SIGN Ayase!
SIGN I got to talk to a bunch of girls!
SIGN Though, they were just asking me about Mashima.
[19:24] Chihaya
Oh, that's great!
SIGN You look like you're having fun.
[19:28] Chihaya
Yep, there were a bunch of classmates
[19:31] ---
I never really talked with before.
[19:34] Chihaya
Oh, but...
[19:36] Chihaya
I would be having more fun if the
other club members were here.
SIGN I read in a book once...
SIGN When you find yourself wishing that a certain person was also here,
SIGN that person is like family to you.
SIGN Regardless of how long or well you know them.
[20:00] Chihaya
If you wish that someone
was also here...
[20:04] Person A
Who's joining in the karaoke?!
[20:05] Person B
It's Christmas Eve, so the
bars will all be packed!
[20:12] Arata
Hello? This is Wataya.
[20:17] Arata
Who is it?
[20:22] Arata
Chihaya?
[20:24] Arata
Sorry, I'm at the Nagumo society
Christmas party right now.
[20:28] Person A
Coach Kuriyama is belly dancing!
[20:31] Arata
It's Chihaya, right?
[20:33] Arata
Chihaya?
[20:36] (Flashback) Kanade
The "misty bridge of magpie feathers"
[20:39] (Flashback) ---
spanned the river of stars which
separated Orihime and Hikoboshi,
[20:44] (Flashback) Kanade
so the bridge brought them together.
[20:50] Chihaya
Arata.
[20:51] Horikawa
Chi-chan, hurry up!
[20:53] Chihaya
Cell phones are incredible
[20:57] Chihaya
like the misty bridge!
[21:00] Arata
Huh?
[21:01] Chihaya
I'm glad I got to hear your voice!
[21:03] Chihaya
Bye!
[21:08] Arata
Bridge?
[21:13] [POEM] Chihaya
When the misty bridge of magpie
feathers comes into sight,
[21:19] [POEM] Chihaya
the night is nearly past
E24 - Nobody Wishes to See the Beautiful Cherry Blossoms
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[00:01] Taichi
So why my house?
[00:03] Chihaya
Because you have a 60-inch TV!
SIGN Master Match | Queen Match
[00:07] Chihaya
These are the Master and Queen matches!
[00:08] Chihaya
Master and Queen matches!
Master and Queen matches!
[00:11] Chihaya
We have to watch on a big screen!
[00:13] Chihaya
There was the option of going
to Dr. Harada's house,
[00:15] Chihaya
but the other three members
are in the Suihoku society,
[00:18] Chihaya
so Coach Kitano would be upset.
[00:20] Chihaya
Okay, I can understand that.
[00:22] Chihaya
But now is a bad time...
[00:23] Mom
Oh, Chihaya-chan.
[00:27] Mom
You've come to visit?
[00:29] Mom
It's been so long.
[00:31] Mom
It turns out that the play
[00:32] ---
I was going to attend this afternoon was
[00:34] ---
actually scheduled for tonight.
[00:35] Mom
But it worked out, since you're here.
[00:37] Chihaya
No, um, I'll leave right away.
[00:39] Mom
Why? Enjoy your stay.
[00:43] Mom
I want to thank you for making
[00:44] ---
Taichi feel at home in the karuta club.
[00:52] Chihaya
She hates me. She hates me.
She hates me.
[00:55] Chihaya
She's looking at me. She's looking
at me. She's looking at me.
[01:00] Taichi
Want to go up to my room?
[01:02] Chihaya
Huh?
[01:03] Taichi
There's a smaller TV in my room.
[01:06] Taichi
You can't concentrate on the match
if my mother's watching you.
[01:09] Taichi
I'll head on up then.
[01:15] (Flashback) Taichi
You shouldn't be running
to a guy's room like that.
[01:18] (Flashback) Taichi
I'm not gonna let you in.
[01:22] Chihaya
Oh, this feels weird.
[01:25] Chihaya
I'm a little nervous.
[01:30] Chihaya
So very nervous.
SIGN Chihaya Furu
SIGN Verse 24
SIGN Nobody
Wishes
To See The
Beautiful
Cherry
Blossoms
[02:44] Chihaya
Oh, you haven't rearranged anything.
[02:46] Taichi
Why would it change?
[02:47] Chihaya
I haven't been in here
since grade school.
[02:49] Chihaya
Your room always felt big,
but now it feels even bigger.
[02:53] Taichi
Really?
[02:54] Taichi
Even though you've gotten bigger?
[02:55] Chihaya
There were a bunch of plastic
models and toys lying around.
[02:59] Chihaya
What happened to that soccer poster?
[03:01] Chihaya
Your room's so bare now.
[03:06] Chihaya
What is it?
[03:08] Taichi
Nothing.
[03:09] Chihaya
What?
[03:10] Taichi
Nothing.
[03:11] Chihaya
What?
[03:12] Taichi
Nothing, just...
[03:17] Taichi
You're in my room.
[03:19] Chihaya
Huh?
[03:20] Mom
Taichi!
[03:23] Mom
You're supposed to leave the door open.
[03:25] Mom
Your other friends are here.
[03:28] Taichi
O-Okay...
[03:33] Nishida
I can't believe Mashima
called this a "small" TV.
SIGN 42 inch...
[03:36] Nishida
It's at least double the size
of the TV at my house...
[03:41] Mom
The karuta club members
always look so plain.
[03:46] Mom
Taichi, aren't you pushing
yourself too hard?
[03:50] Mom
How long are you going
to keep playing karuta?
[03:59] Person A
We bring you another
[04:00] ---
live broadcast from Omi Jingu,
in Shiga Prefecture.
[04:03] Person A
The Ogura Hundred Poets
Competitive Karuta
[04:05] ---
Master Match and Queen Match.
[04:07] Person B
It's finally here.
[04:14] Chihaya
The Queen match is about to begin...
[04:16] Chihaya
My dream...
[04:18] Chihaya
The ultimate match in
the world of karuta...
[04:21] Chihaya
Shinobu-chan will be playing
to defend her title!
SIGN Queen Match
SIGN 58th Master Match
SIGN 56th Queen Match
Wakamiya Shinobu, Queen X Yamamoto Yumi, Grade 6
[04:26] Person A
We will now switch to the camera inside.
[04:33] All
What?!
[04:35] Chihaya
Sh-Shinobu-chan?!
[04:37] Chihaya
Why?! How?!
[04:37] Person A
The Master match is a best of five.
[04:38] Nishida
Wait, the announcer
needs to say something!
[04:38] ---
The first person to three wins will be the Master.
[04:40] Person A
The Queen match is a best of three.
[04:41] Nishida
The Queen's put on way too much weight!
[04:42] ---
The first person to two wins will be the Queen.
SIGN Her neck is gone.
[04:45] Person A
Once memorization time is over,
we will begin the second game.
[04:49] Chihaya
She was so thin last summer...
[04:50] Kanade
Why? How could she...?
[04:54] Kanade
She's playing this match in a
patterned crepe silk piece?!
[04:57] Both
Kana-chan, that's your only concern?!
[04:58] Kanade
The golden lining on top...
[05:01] Kanade
The flower patterns are very Kyoto.
[05:04] Kanade
Even the threading is
achingly masterful.
[05:07] Kanade
She's playing competitive
karuta in a kimono that's
[05:10] ---
worth at least one million yen!
[05:14] Chihaya
Oh!
[05:15] Chihaya
The Snowmaru pouch and handkerchief
that were only available in Kansai!
[05:22] Nishida
What are those creepy things?
[05:24] Chihaya
After collecting 25 winning
stickers from ice cream bars,
[05:26] ---
you get one submission!
[05:27] Chihaya
Those are super rare items
that never come up!
[05:30] Chihaya
She's so lucky!
SIGN She was eating ice cream until she won those...
[05:34] Taichi
Wait.
[05:36] Taichi
Isn't the Queen in trouble?
[05:38] Chihaya
Huh?
[05:39] Taichi
She's put on over ten kilograms.
[05:41] Taichi
If she's used to playing
karuta with a light body,
[05:44] Taichi
her strongest weapon,
her speed, will suffer!
SIGN Competitive Karuta Master Match 58th Master Match / 56th Queen Match
[05:48] Person A
The first game took place this morning,
[05:50] Person A
and Queen Wakamiya won by five cards.
SIGN Wait, the first game's already over?
[05:53] Nishida
Yumin lost the first game?
[05:56] Nishida
But she only lost by five cards.
[05:57] Nishida
She's putting up a fight!
[05:59] Chihaya
Five cards...
[06:01] Person A
We'll now provide a
summary of the first game.
SIGN First Game Digest
SIGN Wakamiya Yamamoto
[06:04] Person A
Both players started off very even.
[06:07] Person A
Yamamoto, grade 6, did not allow
the Queen to play her game.
[06:11] Person B
She certainly played admirably.
[06:14] Chihaya
She's not as sharp as she was
in the high school tournament.
[06:17] Chihaya
Is it because she's chubby now?
[06:19] ---
Shinobu-chan...
[06:20] Person A
We'll now introduce our players.
[06:22] Person A
This year's challenger is
Yamamoto Yumi, grade 6.
[06:26] Person A
The former Queen has returned
SIGN Yamamoto Yumi, Grade 6
[06:28] ---
to Omi Jingu to reclaim her title.
[06:30] Person A
During the day, she's a 24-year-old
[06:32] ---
in her second year as a working adult.
[06:34] Person A
While working at a large Tokyo bank,
[06:36] Nishida
Wow! They went to the
bank to interview her!
[06:37] ---
she's been making the best
of her limited practice time
[06:39] ---
to return to the Queen match!
[06:42] Yumi
Until I got here, I was scared
of Wakamiya Shinobu...
[06:48] Yumi
I could still remember how
strong she was last year...
[06:52] Yumi
But look at her now.
[06:54] Yumi
She's so chubby.
[06:59] Yumi
I'm not scared.
[07:00] Yumi
She's still human.
[07:02] Yumi
A child who came to the Queen match
[07:05] ---
without paying any attention to her health.
[07:08] Shinobu
It's hot...
[07:10] Person A
Her opponent is Wakamiya Shinobu,
[07:12] ---
the youngest Queen in history.
SIGN Wakamiya Shinobu, Queen
[07:14] Person A
She currently attends a
high school in Kyoto.
[07:17] Person A
Her high school does not
have a karuta club,
[07:19] Person A
and she'd been practicing karuta
[07:20] ---
at Kyoto's Myojo society till sixth grade.
[07:22] Person A
With additional practice at home,
[07:25] ---
she was able to achieve
overwhelming speed.
[07:27] Chihaya
Practice swings?
[07:31] Chihaya
She never did that during the
high school tournament...
[07:35] Person A
This year too, the Queen is wearing
a very lovely kimono.
[07:38] Person B
Yes, it's beautiful.
[07:40] Person A
I believe that the kimono was
[07:42] ---
passed down from her grandmother,
[07:44] ---
who is a member of the prefectural board.
[07:45] Person B
Oh, my.
[07:47] Shinobu
So heavy...
[07:48] Shinobu
And this isn't my style.
[07:50] Shinobu
It's not like Grandma's
watching me on TV.
[07:56] (Flashback) Grandma
Well, well. This is quite
serious, Shiho-san.
[08:01] (Flashback) Grandma
You divorced your husband
and returned home?
[08:06] (Flashback) Grandma
If you plan on leaving that girl here,
[08:07] (Flashback) ---
I want her learning something.
[08:13] (Flashback) Person A
Her body is flexible,
[08:15] (Flashback) Person A
but she has trouble following along.
SIGN Shinobu
[08:20] (Flashback) Person A
Her sense is good, but it's
a little too dynamic.
[08:25] (Flashback) Person A
Pass. Who's got all the Hearts?
[08:26] (Flashback) Person A
Your mother is very strict
about bringing up children.
[08:27] (Flashback) Person B
Not me.
[08:30] (Flashback) Mom
We haven't found anything
for her to do yet.
[08:32] (Flashback) Mom
Though she seems to enjoy playing cards.
[08:34] (Flashback) Person A
That won't work.
[08:36] (Flashback) ---
It needs to be something that
will help her in the future.
[08:38] (Flashback) Shinobu
This is cute...
[08:51] (Flashback) Shinobu
So many cute pictures!
[08:55] (Flashback) Mom
Shinobu! Enough already!
[08:57] (Flashback) Mom
If you don't learn a useful skill,
[09:00] (Flashback) ---
it'll be awkward for us to live here!
[09:02] (Flashback) Mom
Stop playing games that
won't help you in life!
[09:09] (Flashback) Grandma
If you like karuta, you can visit
the karuta society nearby.
[09:16] [POEM] Reader
Naniwa Bay, now the flower
blooms, but for winter
[09:24] [POEM] Reader
Here comes spring, now the flower blooms
[09:34] [POEM] Reader
Here comes spring, now the flower blooms
SIGN Yamamoto
SIGN Wakamiya
[09:44] Reader
As the first frost...
[09:46] Chihaya
A four-syllable card! Yumi-san got it!
[09:47] [POEM] Reader
The hazy early morning light
comes not from the moon
[09:50] Chihaya
She defended the multi-syllable card!
[09:51] Person A
You can tell that Yamamoto,
grade 6, is a veteran.
[09:54] Person A
She's doing an excellent job of
protecting her multi-syllable cards.
[09:56] Person B
The Queen is very good at
breaking down defenses,
[09:59] Person B
but watch this.
[10:00] Person B
Her hand is so low that the
Queen cannot slip a finger in.
SIGN Ooh! Slow motion replay
is really useful!
[10:05] Nishida
Watch carefully, Ayase!
[10:06] Nishida
Your defense is like Swiss
cheese compared to Yumin's!
SIGN Cheese...
[10:10] Chihaya
Shinobu-chan...
[10:11] Yumi
Excuse me.
SIGN She's standing up already?
[10:19] Kita
Good. That's it, Yumin!
[10:21] Kita
After extensive research
by the Suihoku society,
[10:23] ---
we've determined that Wakamiya Shinobu
[10:25] ---
has limited experience with long matches!
[10:28] Kita
Do whatever you can to extend
the match and wear her down!
[10:31] Kita
We'll call this
[10:32] All
"Operation who gives a damn
about broadcast schedules!"
[10:36] Kita
The first game was very close.
[10:38] Kita
If you can win this game
and force a third one,
[10:41] ---
you have a chance, Yumin!
[10:45] Yumi
Excuse me.
[10:49] Shinobu
I'm sorry I wasn't able to take you.
[10:55] [POEM] Reader
Look for the sound of the cuckoo
[10:56] Nishida
Fast!
SIGN The Queen got that one!
[10:58] Chihaya
No...
[10:58] All
Huh?
[10:59] Person A
It appeared that the
Queen had won the card,
[11:03] Person A
but in slow motion, you can see
[11:04] ---
that she missed the card
by a few millimeters.
[11:07] Person A
Yamamoto, grade 6,
was there to clean up.
[11:10] Chihaya
She missed?
[11:11] Taichi
The additional weight is affecting her.
[11:15] Taichi
From what I've seen, the Queen
definitely has good sense,
[11:19] Taichi
but her main strength lies
in her body control.
[11:21] Nishida
Yumin's taking plenty of time
to decide on a card to send!
[11:21] Taichi
Her control is off now.
[11:23] Nishida
All according to the plan!
[11:24] Kita
You can do it! You can do it, Yumin!
[11:28] Kanade
But the Queen's swings
are sharp as a razor.
[11:33] Nishida
Please, Kana-chan.
Don't use that metaphor.
[11:35] Nishida
It's scary.
[11:36] Kanade
I'm sorry.
SIGN But you're right.
[11:42] Shinobu
Heavy...
[11:45] Shinobu
Oh, the kimono isn't heavy.
[11:48] Shinobu
It's my body.
[11:49] Shinobu
I ate too much ice cream.
[11:54] Shinobu
Sorry... Sorry...
[11:58] Shinobu
At this rate, they'll all hate me.
[12:04] Person A
Wakamiya is really weird.
[12:06] Person A
She spends breaks staring at her cards.
[12:08] Person B
Is she memorizing them?
[12:09] Person C
She's already memorized them,
[12:11] ---
but she keeps staring at them. Creepy.
[12:14] Person A
Hey.
[12:28] Person A
Where did you hide them?
[12:29] Person B
All over the place.
[12:31] Person B
You boys are despicable.
[12:32] Person C
She's gonna cry.
[12:33] All
Huh?
[12:41] Shinobu
93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99...
[12:56] Shinobu
I don't know why,
SIGN people would always ask if I was pining for someone
[13:00] Shinobu
but just as I love karuta,
[13:03] Shinobu
the karuta also loves me.
[13:08] [POEM] Reader
Since I could not...
[13:12] Person A
Fast! Her fastest swing
today comes on one
[13:14] ---
of her sweet cards,
"Since I could not hide"!
[13:17] Person A
Please watch the slow motion replay.
[13:19] Person B
A beautiful stroke that only
connects with a single card.
[13:22] Person B
This accuracy is the Queen's forte.
[13:25] Chihaya
I always thought that
[13:27] ---
Shinobu-chan was aiming for
the corner of each card...
[13:32] Chihaya
But that's not it.
[13:34] Chihaya
Her swing isn't sharp as a razor.
[13:37] Chihaya
Her fingers are connected to
the edge of every single card
[13:43] Chihaya
by threads!
[13:50] Person A
The second game began with
[13:51] ---
the challenger winning the first three cards.
[13:53] Person A
Yamamoto, grade 6, appeared to
be running away with the game,
[13:56] Person A
when the Queen showed off her speed
[13:58] ---
by taking six cards in a row.
[14:00] Person A
The Queen has turned the tables
and taken over this game!
[14:06] [POEM] Reader
While I sigh...
[14:08] [POEM] Reader
Swift waters parted...
[14:09] [POEM] Reader
Impassioned vows exchanged...
[14:11] Nishida
Incredible...
[14:12] Nishida
This is like iaido!
[14:14] Chihaya
No!
[14:15] Nishida
Huh?
[14:15] Chihaya
This isn't violent!
[14:20] Chihaya
She would never attack the cards.
[14:25] Harada
Think of it as making 100 new friends.
[14:40] Nishida
Why are you crying?
[14:49] Taichi
She wants to practice...
[14:52] Taichi
She can't help herself.
[14:54] Taichi
She wants to practice this very second!
[14:57] Taichi
I guess I can help her...
[15:02] Taichi
No...
[15:03] Chihaya
Next year, they'll be
your rivals in Class A!
[15:06] Chihaya
You have to go watch them
play, not cheer them on!
[15:10] [POEM] Reader
For you, I would have given up my life
[15:12] Person A
The Queen breaks through
her opponent's cover!
[15:13] Person B
Impressive.
[15:14] Nishida
What's wrong, Yumin?!
[15:16] Nishida
Hang in there!
[15:17] Kita
Don't give up!
[15:19] Kita
The game has only just begun, Yumin!
[15:22] [POEM] Reader
Rain takes longer...
[15:25] [POEM] Reader
In order to restore...
[15:27] [POEM] Reader
Would this old palace...
[15:31] Person A
The Queen has completely
taken over this game!
[15:34] Person A
Will Yamamoto, grade 6,
be able to stage a comeback?
[15:37] Nishida
Don't be stupid!
[15:39] Nishida
She's not going to roll
over and give up!
SIGN Hearty
[15:42] Nishida
Do you have any idea how hard
Yumin practiced this year?!
[15:46] Nishida
Don't lose, Yumin!
[15:48] Nishida
The Queen is still human!
[15:51] Person A
Oh, it appeared that the
Queen had taken the card,
[15:54] ---
but she missed again.
[15:56] Person A
Oh, this is...
[15:57] Person B
Ah, a card from the Master
match hit the Queen's back.
[16:02] Person A
Yes, the Master match is being
played at the same time.
[16:05] ---
No way!
[16:07] Chihaya
If Shinobu-chan was thrown off
by the card hitting her back,
[16:11] Chihaya
that means the person who hit that
card was faster than Shinobu-chan.
[16:14] Chihaya
There's someone faster?
[16:20] Shinobu
I can feel his presence...
[16:23] Shinobu
invading my concentration.
[16:29] Shinobu
A disturbance...
[16:33] Shinobu
A very strong presence.
[16:35] Person A
That's it! She's done it!
[16:37] Person A
Wakamiya Shinobu is our Queen
for the second year in a row!
[16:40] Person A
She won the second game
by thirteen cards.
[16:42] Person A
A dominating performance
from this sixteen-year-old.
[16:45] Person A
Does she still have room to grow?
[16:47] Shinobu
Thank you very much.
[16:50] Yumi
Thank you very much...
SIGN Waiting Room
[17:00] Yumi
Twenty people came from
Tokyo to cheer me on...
[17:04] Yumi
They knew my chances were slim,
[17:06] ---
but they still believed
that I could win.
[17:10] Yumi
But it was obvious that
I stood no chance!
[17:14] Yumi
There was no way for me to defeat her!
[17:16] Yumi
She was so fast that I couldn't
even try to contest cards!
[17:20] Yumi
It didn't matter what I tried...
[17:46] Yumi
Coach...
[17:50] Yumi
I want to make it back here again.
[17:53] Yumi
Please show me the way.
[17:59] Person A
Wakamiya-san, what is the
secret behind your strength?
[18:02] Shinobu
I'm not that strong.
[18:04] ---
I still have much to learn.
[18:06] Person A
This was your second match
against Yamamoto, grade 6.
[18:10] Shinobu
Second match?
[18:12] Shinobu
Oh, you're right.
[18:13] Nishida
She forgot that she
played Yumin last year!
[18:16] Shinobu
She is a skilled player.
[18:18] ---
I've learned that I
still need to improve.
[18:21] Chihaya
This won't work...
[18:23] Chihaya
I'm not attached to the cards
[18:25] ---
the way Shinobu-chan and Kana-chan are...
[18:32] Chihaya
Taichi, you have a set of cards, right?
[18:34] Chihaya
Can I start lining them up?
[18:37] Chihaya
Taichi?
[18:39] Taichi
I can hear her...
[18:41] Taichi
but I can't dedicate myself to Chihaya!
[18:48] Nishida
You blockhead!
[18:50] Nishida
You're done watching BS as soon
as the Queen match is over?!
[18:54] Nishida
That's absurd!
[18:55] Nishida
The real show's about
to begin for us men!
[18:58] Nishida
The Master match is next!
[19:00] Nishida
The Master match is our only
chance to watch the Master play!
[19:02] Nishida
Today is the only day we get
to watch Suo Hisashi play!
SIGN Suo
SIGN Takemura
[19:13] Person A
The first game of the Master
match was won by five cards.
[19:16] Person A
The second game was won
by thirteen cards.
[19:18] Person A
Master Suo is up two games to zero.
[19:22] Person B
Oh?
[19:23] Person B
Doesn't that match the score differential
[19:26] ---
for the Queen match games?
[19:28] Person A
Er, one moment please.
[19:30] Person A
Yes, you're right.
[19:32] Shinobu
He's such a nasty person.
[19:35] Person A
If Master Suo wins the third game,
[19:37] Person A
he will be Master for the
fourth year in a row.
[19:41] Person A
We will now introduce the players.
[19:44] Person A
The challenger is a member
[19:45] ---
of the Kotoku-in University
Karuta Society,
[19:46] ---
Takemura Keichi, grade 6.
[19:48] Person A
He works as a bodywork
therapist in Shikoku,
[19:51] Person A
while practicing karuta with
the university students.
[19:54] Take
I can't take it anymore...
[19:56] Take
I worked so hard.
[19:58] Take
Worked so hard to achieve my dream.
[20:00] Take
I finally made it here...
[20:03] Take
but now I'm ready to hate karuta.
[20:06] Person A
His opponent is the three-time
defending Master, Suo Hisashi.
[20:10] Person A
We interviewed him before the match,
[20:12] Person A
and he still hasn't graduated
from college yet.
[20:15] Person B
Oh, really?
SIGN Suo Hisashi, Master
[20:17] Chihaya
Hasn't graduated?
[20:19] Kanade
The Master looks sharp,
but the narration ruined it.
[20:24] Nishida
Ayase.
[20:26] Nishida
We men need to watch
Master Suo carefully,
[20:30] Nishida
but I believe you also
need to pay attention.
[20:32] Chihaya
Huh?
[20:34] Nishida
You're trying to copy
Wakamiya Shinobu's style,
[20:36] Nishida
but you're closer to Suo
Hisashi's style right now.
[20:37] [POEM] Reader
Naniwa Bay, now the flower
blooms, but for winter
[20:46] [POEM] Reader
Here comes spring, now the flower blooms
[20:55] [POEM] Reader
When I must hide these burning feelings,
[21:05] Person A
Did you see that?
[21:06] Person A
He began moving towards
the two-syllable card
[21:08] ---
"When I" on the first syllable.
[21:10] Person A
For most players, there are only
[21:12] ---
seven one-syllable cards: "Waves,
Gust, Long, All, Swift, Look, Rain".
[21:15] Person A
But in our interview, the
Master had this to say.
[21:20] Person A
There are 28 one-syllable cards for him.
E25 - Moonlight, Clear and Bright
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[00:03] [POEM] Reader
When I must hide these burning feelings,
[00:11] Person A
Did you see that?
[00:13] Person A
He began moving towards
the two-syllable card
[00:14] ---
"When I" on the first syllable.
[00:16] Person A
For most players, there are only
[00:18] ---
seven one-syllable cards: "Waves,
Gust, Long, All, Swift, Look, Rain."
[00:21] Person A
But in our interview, the
Master had this to say.
[00:25] Person A
There are 28 one-syllable cards for him.
[00:32] Chihaya
28 one-syllable cards?!
SIGN Chihaya Furu
SIGN Moonlight,
Clear
and
Bright
SIGN Verse 25
[01:47] Person A
In other words, there
are 21 additional cards
[01:52] ---
that Master Suo can recognize
on the first syllable?
[01:56] Person A
For example, he can hear
the difference between the
[01:59] ---
"When" in "When I must hide"
[02:01] ---
and the "When" in "When the misty bridge",
by the following syllable.
[02:04] Person A
In the world of karuta,
we describe this ability
[02:07] ---
as having excellent game sense.
[02:09] Person A
It would be safe to
assume that Master Suo
[02:12] ---
has the best sense of
all current players.
[02:16] All
But his sense is so lame.
[02:18] [POEM] Reader
I feel as though my body is
on fire with Ibuki mugwort
[02:31] [POEM] Reader
(While) some dodge the famous waves of
Takashi shore to avoid getting wet,
[02:36] Suo
I love you, Kyoko-tan.
[02:39] Suo
Of all the certified readers,
[02:42] ---
Kyoko-tan is the one who loves
the Japanese language the most.
[02:45] Suo
The "Like" in "Like a boatsman".
[02:47] Suo
The "Like" in "Like the sound".
[02:49] Suo
They're the same word,
[02:51] Suo
but Kyoko-tan sees different
images when she reads the cards.
[02:55] [POEM] Reader
Like the sound...
[02:57] Suo
Even though I may be the only one
[02:59] ---
who can tell the difference.
[03:04] Taichi
He's on a completely different level.
[03:06] Taichi
What are we supposed to do against him?
[03:08] Nishida
He must be a psychic.
[03:10] Nishida
He moved as soon as she
opened her mouth...
[03:12] Kanade
Still, aren't they exaggerating about
[03:14] ---
having 28 one-syllable cards?
[03:16] Kanade
The human ear isn't capable
of differentiating
[03:18] ---
between those sounds.
[03:19] Kanade
Right, Chihaya-chan?
[03:29] [POEM] Reader
Since the dew atop the blades of grass
has been scattered by the winds,
[03:30] Ken
Ooh.
[03:31] Yuu
Wow.
[03:33] Yuu
The Master's so good, Bro.
[03:35] Ken
He's so good that it's boring.
[03:37] Ken
There's no point in watching.
[03:39] Yuu
It's the opponent's
fault for being weak.
[03:42] Ken
Bro was pretty weak when he lost.
[03:45] Yuu
B-But Bro put up more of a fight!
[03:47] Ken
Really?
[03:48] Yuu
Yeah!
[03:49] Ken
Hey, stop sucking up, Yuuta!
[03:51] Yuu
You should stop yapping, Kenta!
[03:52] Murao
Hey, stop it!
[03:54] Murao
Nobody wins in a fight between twins!
[03:59] Murao
I didn't put up a fight.
[04:01] Murao
It's our fault for leaving
him alone out there.
[04:08] Murao
Alone...
[04:10] [POEM] Reader
The storm will soon carry
me to the afterlife,
[04:11] Person A
Oh, no! Takemura, grade 6,
[04:13] ---
commits a fault by
touching "The storm blasts"
[04:14] ---
in his lower left row.
[04:14] Arata
You can't gamble like that...
[04:18] Arata
If you look at the Master's positioning,
[04:20] ---
he's sacrificing his
multiple-syllable cards.
[04:22] ---
They can be taken for sure.
[04:24] Arata
I have to treat "As the years" and
[04:25] ---
"As the first" as two-syllable cards.
[04:27] Arata
"Would the" and "Would this"
[04:30] ---
have to be split like one-syllable cards.
[04:33] Arata
How should I...
[04:35] Arata
No, the real one-syllable
cards are the key.
[04:38] Arata
I can't afford to lose those.
[04:40] Arata
"Long" and "Look" will come
down to the "L" sound.
[04:43] (Flashback) Grandma
The Master has an
[04:45] (Flashback) ---
overwhelming advantage
in the Master match.
[04:48] (Flashback) Grandma
The first opponent for a new challenger
[04:50] (Flashback) ---
is the pressure of sitting on that stage.
[04:56] Arata
I know.
[04:58] Arata
So I have to visualize...
[05:03] Arata
I can do it.
[05:09] Arata
I can do it.
[05:11] Arata
I can do it...
[05:14] Arata
I can do it, but...
[05:20] Both
Thank you very much.
[05:22] Person A
It's over!
[05:23] Both
Thank you very much.
[05:23] Person A
Master Suo was never behind
[05:25] ---
as he won his fourth
straight Master title.
[05:26] Both
Thank you very much.
[05:28] Person A
His strengths are simple,
but consistent.
[05:30] Person A
How long will his streak continue?
[05:36] Arata
Grandpa, visualizing only goes so far.
[05:40] Arata
I have to practice or my body
won't know how to move...
[05:43] Arata
Against a strong opponent!
[05:51] Person A
Suo-kun.
[05:53] Person A
Congratulations on your fourth victory.
[05:55] Person B
Please try to graduate
from college next year.
[05:57] Suo
Yeah.
[05:58] Person A
A little more confidence, please.
[06:00] Suo
Yeah.
[06:01] Ise
Congratulations, Shinobu-chan.
[06:04] Shinobu
Thank you, Coach Ise.
[06:07] Ise
Could you come practice
[06:09] ---
with the Kyoto Myojo society,
when you get a chance?
[06:12] Ise
The other members would
be thrilled to have you.
[06:14] Shinobu
Oh, that would be an honor.
[06:17] Shinobu
Once I've gotten a little
stronger, I'll stop by.
[06:21] Ise
I see...
[06:23] Person A
Stronger? Than she already is?
[06:25] Person B
She's telling him that she won't go.
[06:28] Person B
Kyoto women are all the same.
[06:30] Kita
I suppose I may be biased, as a coach...
[06:34] (Flashback) Yumi
Please show me the way.
[06:36] Kita
but those were the most beautiful
words I'll ever hear.
[06:41] Kita
I don't know if it's
coincidence or fate,
[06:42] Person A
Excuse me. Can I take a picture?
[06:43] Kita
but the current Master and Queen
[06:45] Person A
Then can you and the Master
stand next to each other.
[06:46] ---
have no teacher figures.
[06:50] Kita
What a waste...
[06:52] Kita
A person who never had a teacher
[06:55] Kita
can't become a teacher.
[07:04] Mom
Oh, my, everyone?
[07:05] Mom
Why does everyone look so sad?
[07:07] Mom
Oh, dear. It's already six.
[07:09] Mom
I'm sure your parents
are getting worried.
[07:12] Chihaya
Not good enough...
[07:23] Chihaya
Not good enough.
[07:25] Chihaya
Not good enough.
[07:27] Chihaya
Not good enough, not good enough.
[07:29] Chihaya
Not good enough.
[07:39] Kanade
Well, Chihaya-chan, see you later.
[07:41] Nishida
Catch you at practice.
[07:42] Chihaya
Uh-huh, bye.
[07:44] Kanade
Desktomu-kun, watch where you're going.
SIGN Ayase!
SIGN 20 cards!
SIGN You have 20!
[08:00] Ayase
20 what?
SIGN 20 what?
SIGN 20 one-syllable cards!
[08:20] Taichi
How am I supposed to stay motivated?
[08:24] Taichi
What should I do?
[08:31] [Messenger] [SIGN]
Incoming Call
Taichi
[08:34] Arata
Ta-Taichi!
[08:35] Arata
Happy New Year!
[08:37] Taichi
It's a little late for that.
[08:39] Arata
Well, it doesn't hurt.
[08:42] Taichi
Did you watch the Master match today?
[08:45] Arata
Yeah, I did.
[08:47] Arata
I've actually been doing some thinking.
[08:49] Taichi
Thinking?
[08:50] Arata
Yeah, about the Master's
card positioning.
[08:53] Arata
I asked some Nagumo society members,
[08:55] ---
who were there in person, to fill me in
[08:56] ---
on the games that weren't broadcast,
[08:58] Arata
so I could line up the cards.
[09:00] Arata
It helps me understand
the Master better.
[09:09] Murao
Playing with cards by yourself
in Master Wataya's room?
[09:13] Murao
You haven't grown up, huh?
[09:18] Murao
Well, let's play.
[09:22] Taichi
Arata? Arata?
[09:26] Arata
I have to give it a shot!
SIGN Like I said!
SIGN I have notes from your practice games
SIGN and your games in official tournaments.
SIGN After reviewing them,
[09:40] ---
I determined that there are about 20 cards.
SIGN Of course, it depends on the reader and your condition,
SIGN but "Since the", "Since I",
"Like the", "Like a",
SIGN "When I", "When the", "Impassionate",
SIGN "Would the", "Would this", "In the", "For the",
SIGN "Though I", and "Though my"
[09:58] ---
are all cards you take on
the first syllable, I think.
SIGN You must have noticed this?
[10:05] Chihaya
I-I kind of did...
[10:08] Chihaya
Only kind of...
[10:11] Chihaya
Do I really recognize them
on the...
SIGN Trust my data!
[10:15] Chihaya
Sorry!
SIGN You and Master Suo aren't the only ones who can do this.
SIGN Most people with good game sense will have a few cards
SIGN where they can anticipate the next sound.
SIGN I wish I could do that.
SIGN What?! I don't want this.
SIGN Uh, hey!
[10:54] Chihaya
I-I'll find something better
to give you in return!
SIGN What?
[11:09] Person A
Oh, it's Ayase-san!
[11:11] Person B
Gotta admit that she's cute.
[11:12] Person A
She's so fine.
[11:15] Person A
No, I take it back.
[11:16] Person A
She's muttering some kind of curse.
[11:18] Person B
Yeah, not her.
[11:19] Person A
Scary! Let's go around.
[11:21] Person B
Out of the question.
[11:22] Kanade
Chi-Chihaya-chan!
SIGN Since the, Since I, Like the, Like a, When I, When the, Impassionate, Would the, Would this, In the, For the, Though I, Though my
[11:24] [POEM] Chihaya
Since the dew...
[11:27] [POEM] Chihaya
Since I could not...
[11:29] [POEM] Chihaya
Like a boatsman...
[11:32] [POEM] Chihaya
Like the sound...
[11:34] [POEM] Chihaya
When I must hide...
[11:37] [POEM] Chihaya
When the misty bridge...
[11:39] (Flashback) Tsutomu
You have 20!
[11:43] [POEM] Chihaya
Impassionate gods...
[11:46] Chihaya
The number isn't important.
[11:48] Chihaya
What matters is that...
[11:50] (Flashback) Tsutomu
Trust me!
[11:52] Chihaya
Desktomu-kun figured it out for me.
[11:55] Chihaya
He was able to tell me
what I was hearing.
[11:58] (Flashback) Tsutomu
I wish I could do that.
[12:01] [POEM] Chihaya
Though I prayed...
[12:02] [POEM] Chihaya
Though my hatred...
[12:04] [POEM] Chihaya
For the cold nights...
[12:06] [POEM] Chihaya
Would the mountain cherry blossoms...
[12:09] [POEM] Chihaya
Would this old palace courtyard...
[12:10] Chihaya
I hope I'm able to return
the favor some day.
[12:11] [POEM] Chihaya
In the sleepy...
[12:12] [POEM] Chihaya
Since the dew...
[12:14] [POEM] Chihaya
Since I could not...
[12:16] [POEM] Chihaya
Like a boatsman...
[12:18] [POEM] Chihaya
Like the sound...
[12:20] [POEM] Chihaya
When I must hide...
[12:22] [POEM] Chihaya
When the misty bridge...
[12:24] [POEM] Chihaya
Impassionate gods...
[12:27] [POEM] Chihaya
Though I prayed...
[12:28] [POEM] Chihaya
Though my hatred...
[12:31] [POEM] Chihaya
For the cold nights...
[12:33] [POEM] Chihaya
Would the mountain cherry blossoms...
[12:35] [POEM] Chihaya
Would this old palace courtyard...
[12:37] [POEM] Chihaya
In the sleepy...
[12:39] [POEM] Chihaya
Since the dew...
[12:41] Kanade
I believe it was
Ki no Tsurayuki who said
[12:41] [POEM] Chihaya
Since I could not...
[12:44] Kanade
that the poetification of words
[12:46] ---
was as natural as birds
and animals crying out.
[12:51] Kanade
As long as the emotion is there,
[12:53] ---
a short phrase can sound like a poem.
[12:59] Chihaya
Whoa!
[13:00] Chihaya
You scared me, Kana-chan!
[13:01] Kanade
Yeah, it's all wasted once she moves.
[13:01] Chihaya
Out of nowhere! How long
have you been there?!
[13:04] Chihaya
Ah! You saw me acting weird!
[13:06] Kanade
So she realizes that it's weird.
[13:07] Chihaya
What should I do?!
[13:09] Kanade
Chihaya-chan.
[13:11] Chihaya
Huh?
[13:11] Kanade
I actually have a dream now.
[13:14] Kanade
I'm very interested in reading cards.
[13:16] Kanade
I-I want to become a certified reader.
[13:20] Kanade
I want to become a certified reader...
[13:22] Kanade
and read for your Queen match.
[13:28] Chihaya
Ka-Kana-chan, are you serious?!
[13:29] Chihaya
Dead serious?!
[13:30] Kanade
Y-Yes.
[13:32] Kanade
I don't know how difficult
it will be yet...
[13:34] Chihaya
That's great! Do your best, Kana-chan!
[13:36] Kanade
I will...
[13:37] Chihaya
I mean, you have to be...
[13:38] Chihaya
a Class A player to
become a certified reader!
[13:41] Kanade
Huh?
[13:42] Chihaya
You have to be a Class A player
to become a certified reader!
[13:44] Chihaya
You have to be a Class A player
to become a certified reader!
[13:46] Chihaya
You have to be a Class A player
to become a certified reader!
[13:48] Chihaya
...certified reader!
[13:54] Taichi
Okay, you have 15 minutes
of memorization time.
[13:56] Taichi
We'll start when the minute hand hits six.
[13:58] All
Okay!
[14:06] Kanade
I didn't realize it was so difficult
to become a certified reader.
SIGN At least a Grade 4 (Class A) player
Five years of experience as an official Class A reader
(Multiple requirements for becoming an official Class A reader)
[14:12] Kanade
I'll have to devote my entire life.
[14:13] Kanade
And even that... that
might not be enough.
[14:15] Kanade
The president is working so hard
[14:17] ---
and he still can't make Class A.
[14:20] Kanade
It's impossible... Impossible...
[14:22] Kanade
Impossible, impossible, impossible...
[14:22] Taichi
Two more minutes of memorization time.
[14:24] Nishida
Okay.
[14:45] Nishida
You never practice swinging
[14:47] ---
because you think it's embarrassing, right?
[14:51] (Flashback) Arata
It helps me understand
the Master better.
[14:56] (Flashback) Arata
My grandpa always used to tell me...
[15:00] (Flashback) Taichi
Tell you what?
[15:01] (Flashback) Arata
You don't need game
sense to play karuta.
[15:05] (Flashback) Taichi
Huh?
[15:06] (Flashback) Arata
You just have to take cards
faster than your opponent.
[15:10] (Flashback) Arata
It's difficult to achieve a
similar level of game sense,
[15:14] (Flashback) Arata
but there are plenty of other
ways to take cards faster.
[15:21] (Flashback) Arata
Well, I have to train with my mentor.
[15:24] (Flashback) Arata
Talk to you later.
[15:25] (Flashback) Arata
Call me again.
[15:30] Taichi
Arata.
[15:34] Chihaya
That's unusual...
[15:35] Chihaya
Taichi is practicing his swing.
[15:39] Taichi
It's difficult to achieve a
similar level of game sense,
[15:44] Taichi
but there are plenty of other
ways to take cards faster.
[15:49] Taichi
If I win this game today,
[15:51] Taichi
I'll burn all the Daddy
Bears at your house.
[15:54] Chihaya
What?!
[15:55] Chihaya
Wh-Why?! Why?!
[15:56] Chihaya
Why would you burn them?!
[15:57] Taichi
There goes 10% of her concentration.
[15:58] Chihaya
Why?! Why would you do that?!
[16:00] Taichi
So this is why Sudo acts like a sadist...
SIGN I see now...
[16:05] Taichi
Arata...
[16:07] Taichi
In your world, there's no
such thing as a genius.
[16:11] Arata
Call me again.
[16:16] Taichi
I really hope
[16:18] Taichi
I don't have to burn your Daddy Bears.
[16:21] Kanade
I-It's time.
[16:24] Kanade
The president is turning into a sadist.
[16:37] [POEM] Reader
Naniwa Bay, now the flower
blooms, but for winter
[16:45] [POEM] Reader
Here comes spring, now the flower blooms
[16:50] Kanade
When reading cards,
[16:52] ---
the second verse should
take four seconds,
[16:54] [POEM] Reader
Here comes spring, now the flower blooms
[16:55] Kanade
with three seconds of fade out.
[16:56] Kanade
Then you pause for one second,
[16:59] Kanade
before reading the first verse of
the next poem in five seconds.
[17:02] Kanade
One.
[17:03] [POEM] Kanade
Note that though we may
be apart, if I am to hear
[17:04] Kanade
Ah, I was late.
[17:07] Kanade
It's difficult...
[17:09] Kanade
The players spend that second focused
[17:12] ---
on the next sound to come...
[17:14] [POEM] Kanade
May the time we spend apart...
[17:16] Kanade
Ah, my voice jumped.
[17:18] [POEM] Kanade
The hazy field of reeds...
[17:19] Kanade
Now I'm too loud.
[17:22] Kanade
It's hard...
[17:22] [POEM] Kanade
but I cannot hide the love I
feel for one who is so dear
[17:24] Kanade
The reader must stay completely
focused for an entire hour,
[17:27] ---
and that's not an easy task.
[17:30] Kanade
But...
[17:31] [POEM] Kanade
Since I could not hide my love,
[17:33] ---
while it may be difficult now,
[17:35] Kanade
the president will make Class A one day.
[17:41] Kanade
Nobody wants to give up their dream.
SIGN Club Advisor Meeting Budget Room Space Scheduling
[17:46] Miya
What?
[17:47] ---
You want to assign the Karuta
Club's room to the Concert Band?
[17:51] Miya
That's nonsense!
[17:53] Person A
However, the room is too
big for an arts club
[17:57] ---
that only has five members.
[17:59] Person A
The Concert Band has forty members,
[18:01] ---
so they need the space.
[18:03] Person A
The Karuta Club could simply
use an empty classroom.
[18:05] Miya
I beg to differ.
[18:07] Miya
Karuta requires a
soundproof environment.
[18:12] Miya
The location can't have students
[18:15] ---
walking through the hallways
or athletes practicing nearby.
[18:17] Person B
However, Ms. Miyauchi!
[18:19] Miya
The Karuta Club advanced
[18:20] ---
to the national championship
in their first year.
[18:24] Miya
The members also placed first and
second in sanctioned tournaments!
[18:27] Miya
I'm sure there will be many
new members this year!
[18:31] Miya
You will see excellent results!
[18:34] Person A
Could you at least
[18:36] ---
let the Concert Band use the second floor?
[18:39] Miya
I just said that karuta requires
a soundproof environment.
[18:44] Person A
Right...
SIGN You certainly did.
SIGN Anything else?
[18:45] All
The empress...
[18:50] Person A
Ms. Miyauchi cares about
the Karuta Club very much.
SIGN Tissues?
[18:58] Miya
Mr. Fukasaku, the classical
literature teacher.
[19:01] Miya
The professor's the only person
the empress can't overwhelm.
[19:05] Person A
How does this sound?
[19:07] Person A
If there are five new members next year,
[19:11] ---
we'll leave everything as it is.
[19:15] Person A
Karuta is a wonderful art.
[19:18] Person A
I'm sure that it will be easy
to recruit five members.
[19:22] Miya
Of course.
[19:23] ---
If we can't recruit five members,
we will return the room!
[19:28] Person A
That's what I wanted to hear!
[19:32] Miya
Five members...
[19:35] Miya
Recruit five members to that
incredibly niche club?
[19:42] Chihaya
Huh?
[19:44] Chihaya
I just heard something.
[19:46] Chihaya
From the door.
SIGN Notice:
If the Karuta Club does not recruit
five new members next year,
you will have to return the clubroom.
Good luck. ( ; △ ; )
I was able to increase the
club's budget to 30,000 yen.
Miyauchi
[20:09] Nishida
Huh? Five people?
[20:10] Nishida
Isn't that impossible?
SIGN A-An emoticon? And it's handwritten...
[20:16] Kanade
Thirty thousand yen budget!
[20:18] Nishida
That's what you care about, Kana-chan?
[20:25] Person A
Hey, have you heard?
[20:26] Person A
The younger sister of
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the model Ayase Chitose
is a second-year here!
[20:29] Person B
No way! I'm a fan!
[20:31] Person C
Okay, let's go check her out!
[20:36] Person A
Oh, there she is!
[20:45] Chihaya
1, 2, 3, 4!
SIGN Please come see Ayase Chihaya in class 2-9!!
Let's start a competitive karuta club!
[20:47] Person A
Karuta?
[20:49] Person B
Track pants?
[20:50] Person C
And look at the belt.
[20:52] Miya
Ayase-san!
[20:54] Miya
You're an upperclassman now,
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yet you're still embarrassing yourself!
[20:58] Person A
Right, everyone was saying
how she's pretty,
[21:00] Miya
That's right. You ended up
failing your final exams!
[21:03] Person A
but it's wasted as soon as
she talks or does something.
[21:03] Miya
After you were able to ever so slightly
improve your grades last year!
[21:06] Person A
Beauty in vain...
[22:24] Person A
And Ayase-san.
[22:27] Person A
Put another one up there!
[22:32] Chihaya
Hey, let's play karuta!
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