Season 3
- E1 - May it be that I find
- E2 - The hazed early dawn light comes not from the moon
- E3 - But from the crystal white snow of Yoshino
- E4 - Nobody wishes to see
- E5 - Mount Amanokagu
- E6 - Tatsuta River Ablaze
- E7 - The storm blasts
- E8 - As friends and strangers
- E9 - I recall how my own efforts were in vain
- E10 - Scarlet kadsuras
- E11 - Leaving a hovering mist above the trees and grass
- E12 - So the flower petals are scattered like the snow by the passing storm
- E13 - Yet it is I who withers and wilts
- E14 - The emotions experienced
- E15 - As helpless autumn leaves are caught against the flow
- E15.5 - So I wish for a memory
- E16 - Takes me away in haste
- E17 - As my sleeves are wet with dew
- E18 - The storm will soon carry me
- E19 - Bring a life of everlasting love
- E20 - May the scarlet kadsuras
- E21 - To restore my faith
- E22 - Just as my beauty has faded
- E23 - Like a boatsman adrift
- E24 - When winds send waves crashing
- E-EX - Behind the Scenes of Chihayafuru
E1 - May it be that I find
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SIGN Chihayafuru
[00:09] (Flashback) Arata
Th-Thank you...
[00:12] (Flashback) Arata
Thank you for playing karuta with me!
[00:16] (Flashback) Arata
Chihaya, Taichi...
[00:18] (Flashback) Arata
But I doubt we'll ever
see each other again.
[00:24] (Flashback) Chihaya
Why?
[00:27] (Flashback) Chihaya
As long as we have karuta,
[00:30] (Flashback) Chihaya
we'll see each other again, right?
[00:36] (Flashback) Chihaya
As long as we keep playing,
we'll see each other again!
[00:38] (Flashback) Chihaya
I just know it!
SIGN Verse 1
SIGN May
it be
that
I find
[00:45] [POEM] Reader
Naniwa Bay, now the flower
blooms, but for winter
[00:54] [POEM] Reader
Here comes spring,
now the flower blooms
[01:02] [POEM] Reader
Here comes spring,
now the flower blooms
SIGN Team Chihayafuru
[01:13] (Flashback) Coach
Get set!
[01:21] (Flashback) Girl
Did you see that start?
[01:23] (Flashback) Coach
Is she really a beginner at this?
[01:26] (Flashback) Michiru
That was amazing, Ayase-san!
[01:28] (Flashback) Michiru
You got off to a flying start!
[01:30] (Flashback) Chihaya
Thanks!
[01:31] (Flashback) Michiru
You should really join the track team!
[01:35] (Flashback) Chihaya
But then I'd have less time
to play karuta...
[01:38] (Flashback) Chihaya
Oh, but that start felt
just like playing karuta!
[01:41] (Flashback) Chihaya
Just like leaping forward
the moment a card is read!
SIGN Fuchu City Katamachi Cultural Center
[01:46] (Flashback) Chihaya
Dr. Harada! I brought a friend!
[01:48] (Flashback) Harada
Ah! Welcome!
[01:51] (Flashback) Chihaya
This is my friend from the track team,
Horikawa Michiru-chan.
[01:54] (Flashback) Michiru
It's nice to meet you.
[01:55] (Flashback) Harada
Nice to meet you.
[01:57] (Flashback) Harada
Wait... Chihaya-chan,
you joined the track team?
[02:00] (Flashback) Chihaya
Um... Only on a trial basis, for now.
[02:03] (Flashback) Michiru
I asked her to join.
Our school doesn't have a karuta club.
[02:06] (Flashback) Chihaya
And in exchange for joining, I asked her
to check out our karuta society.
[02:10] (Flashback) Michiru
I've never played before, though.
[02:14] (Flashback) Harada
Not a problem.
[02:16] (Flashback) Chihaya
In competitive karuta,
the first verse of a poem is read,
[02:19] (Flashback) Chihaya
and players try to take the card
with the second verse on it.
[02:21] (Flashback) Chihaya
Today we're using practice cards that
have the unique syllables on them in red,
[02:26] (Flashback) Chihaya
so even if you haven't
memorized Hundred Poets—
[02:27] (Flashback) Michiru
Um... unique syllables?
SIGN the red that is the Tatsuta River
Impassionate
[02:30] (Flashback) Chihaya
The syllables at the start
of the first verse
SIGN the red that is the Tatsuta River
Impassionate
SIGN Ariwara no Narihira
Impassionate gods have
never seen the red
that is the Tatsuta River
[02:31] (Flashback) Chihaya
that help you identify which card
to take once you've heard them.
[02:35] (Flashback) Michiru
Oh...
[02:36] (Flashback) Chihaya
The deck has 100 cards,
and the players take 25 each,
SIGN Opponent's Side
SIGN Player's Side
[02:40] (Flashback) Chihaya
line them up on their sides,
and put the remaining cards away.
[02:43] (Flashback) Michiru
Huh? What happens to the other 50 cards?
[02:46] (Flashback) Chihaya
They're called "dead cards."
They aren't used in the game.
[02:48] (Flashback) Chihaya
But any of the 100 cards can be read,
[02:50] (Flashback) Chihaya
so if a dead card is read,
and you touch any card...
[02:53] (Flashback) Chihaya
That's a fault.
[02:55] (Flashback) Chihaya
Then your opponent gets to
send you one of their cards.
[02:57] (Flashback) Michiru
Oh...
[02:59] (Flashback) Chihaya
Oh, also, you can touch any cards
on the side with the poem that was read...
[03:04] (Flashback) Michiru
Huh? You can?
[03:05] (Flashback) Chihaya
But touching any cards on
the other side is a fault,
[03:08] (Flashback) Chihaya
and you're sent a card.
[03:10] (Flashback) Chihaya
The first player with zero cards
left on their side wins.
SIGN Win
SIGN Lose
[03:14] (Flashback) Girl
Memorization time is over.
[03:16] (Flashback) Girl
Time to begin.
[03:18] [POEM] Reader
Naniwa Bay, now the flower
blooms, but for winter
[03:20] (Flashback) Chihaya
Thank you for the game.
[03:22] (Flashback) Michiru
Uh... Thank you for the game.
[03:24] (Flashback) Chihaya
Thank you for the game.
[03:27] [POEM] Reader
Here comes spring,
now the flower blooms
[03:38] Chihaya
Thank you very much.
[03:40] Michiru
You're incredible, Ayase-san.
[03:42] Michiru
I couldn't take a single card.
[03:44] Chihaya
I had a really hard time
the first time I played, too.
[03:47] (Flashback) Michiru
Really?
[03:48] (Flashback) Chihaya
Yep.
[03:52] (Flashback) Chihaya
What is with you?!
[03:53] (Flashback) Chihaya
You're too good!
[03:55] (Flashback) Arata
But you were able to take a card.
[03:56] (Flashback) Chihaya
Only one card!
[03:59] (Flashback) Arata
B-But I had fun!
[04:02] (Flashback) Harada
I wonder how Glasses is doing...
[04:05] (Flashback) Chihaya
Huh?
[04:06] (Flashback) Harada
Eyelashes hasn't been by lately, either.
[04:09] (Flashback) Harada
I guess he's busy with
schoolwork and club.
[04:13] (Flashback) Michiru
I don't really understand karuta that well,
[04:16] (Flashback) Michiru
but I can definitely see
how much you love it!
[04:22] (Flashback) Chihaya
One more game, then!
[04:23] (Flashback) Michiru
Huh?!
[04:24] (Flashback) Michiru
Er, um...
[04:31] (Flashback) Chihaya
This is the place, right?
[04:33] (Flashback) Taichi
Yep, I looked it up on the internet.
[04:36] (Flashback) Arata
So Mashima's also going to play karuta?
[04:39] (Flashback) Taichi
I actually have a life, so I can't
spend all my time playing karuta,
[04:42] (Flashback) Taichi
but I'll be better than you in no time!
[04:45] (Flashback) Taichi
I stole them.
[04:50] (Flashback) Taichi
Don't tell Chihaya.
[04:55] (Flashback) Taichi
I don't want her to hate me.
[05:07] (Flashback) Hajime
Are you playing karuta with
that scary look on your face?
[05:11] (Flashback) Hajime
When do you find it easiest
to move around freely?
[05:16] (Flashback) Hajime
When did you have the
most fun playing karuta?
[05:26] (Flashback) Chihaya
I did it! I got a card!
[05:28] (Flashback) Chihaya
I beat Wataya-kun to a card!
[05:30] (Flashback) Arata
Where I was always happy, having fun,
[05:33] (Flashback) Arata
and wishing it'd never end...
[05:40] (Flashback) Chihaya
There's mine!
[05:41] (Flashback) Michiru
Mine, too!
[05:43] Chihaya
I'll find new teammates in high school
[05:46] Chihaya
and devote myself 100 percent to karuta!
SIGN Chihayafuru 3
[07:00] Taichi
Forward.
[07:02] Taichi
We can only move forward.
[07:09] All
One...
[07:10] Girl
Raise them slowly,
then lower them slowly!
[07:11] All
Two...
[07:12] Guy
I can't hear you, first-years!
[07:13] All
Three...
[07:15] Chihaya
The Fujisaki Karuta Club is more
athletic-minded than I thought!
[07:20] Sakura
Some students from other schools
have joined us for this camp.
[07:23] Sakura
You are to practice with them proactively
and exchange thoughts and advice.
[07:25] Chihaya
Why are you here, Retro-kun?
[07:26] Retro
You'd better not interfere
with Hokuo's secret training!
[07:28] Sakura
Regardless of your ranks,
[07:29] Sakura
you'll play two matches this morning,
followed by jogging and stretches.
[07:32] Sakura
After lunch, you'll play three matches,
followed by jogging and stretches.
[07:34] Girl
Five matches, huh?
[07:35] Girl
That's pretty standard.
[07:36] Sakura
After dinner, you will play two
more matches in the evening.
[07:39] Sakura
Tomorrow will consist of mountain
climbing in the morning,
[07:41] Sakura
and four matches between
morning and afternoon.
[07:44] Sakura
Karuta is a sport of contradictions.
[07:46] Sakura
If you take cards too fast,
you'll commit more faults,
[07:48] Sakura
but if you're slow, you lose cards.
[07:49] Sakura
Learn how to live with that contradiction.
[07:51] Sakura
Find the point of intersection between
contradictions that works best for you!
[07:55] Chihaya
Wow...
[07:56] Sakura
Suffer now so that you can endure
the toughest matches with ease!
[08:00] Sakura
Those who have never felt pushed to
the limit will never grow stronger!
[08:04] Chihaya
Wow!
[08:06] Retro
Is practicing with your left hand
even going to help?
[08:09] Chihaya
I-It's better than no practice at all.
[08:12] Chihaya
I don't know how these Fujisaki kids
are keeping up with this.
[08:15] Retro
Well, it's because they respect her.
[08:18] Chihaya
Respect?
[08:19] Retro
Wha?! You came here without knowing?!
[08:22] Retro
Coach Sakurazawa never became Queen,
but she's been the runner-up five times.
[08:27] Retro
She was called the strongest
challenger of all.
SIGN Ba-dump!
[08:31] Retro
Ba-dump?
[08:33] Chihaya
That was tough...
[08:35] Girl
I never want to see a card again.
[08:36] Girl
This is still better than last year.
[08:38] Girl
Hey, Makoto-senpai was here earlier.
[08:40] Girl
No way! You think he's still here?
[08:42] Makoto
It's not as if I'm here just to see you.
[08:45] Rion
Okay...
[08:47] Makoto
I only came to see
how our vice captain was doing.
[08:50] Rion
Okay...
SIGN Peanut Gallery
[08:54] Makoto
W-Want to go to... the beach or something?
[08:57] Rion
Huh?
[08:57] Makoto
No, wait! That's not what I meant!
[08:59] Makoto
I meant with other people! Yeah!
[09:01] Makoto
To improve relations, even friendships,
between club members!
[09:04] Rion
I'll go!
[09:06] Girl
Yay!
[09:06] Girl
I'm going to the beach with Makoto-senpai!
[09:08] Girl
Way to go, Yamashiro-san!
[09:08] Rion
Relations. Friendships.
[09:11] Girl
Ayase-san, I bet you have a lot
of plans for summer break, huh?
[09:15] Chiyaha
I have club and a karuta camp at Lake Yamanaka
with the Shiranami Society. That's all.
[09:20] Girl
That's all?
SIGN Karuta freak
[09:21] All
She's as much of a karuta freak
as we've heard.
[09:23] Girl
Ayase-san, do you have a boyfriend?
[09:25] Girl
You must have one!
I bet guys are all over you!
[09:27] Girl
Does he play karuta?
[09:29] Chihaya
Th-This is... love talk! It's love talk!
SIGN Love talk!!
[09:33] Chihaya
I... I don't have a boyfriend.
[09:36] Girl
Oh, come on! What about
the Mizusawa club president?
[09:39] Chihaya
But if I don't get better at karuta,
I won't even get to sit across him,
[09:44] Chihaya
so I have to work hard.
[09:48] Chihaya
Love talk! Love talk! Love talk!
SIGN Love talk!!
[09:48] All
Karuta freaks are freaks
in all kinds of ways...
SIGN Friendships
SIGN Friendships Beach
SIGN Friendships Beach Relations
[09:52] Girl
That's amazing, though.
It's like you have a crush on karuta.
[09:56] Girl
If I make it to Class B in the next
tournament, maybe I'll confess.
[10:00] Girl
What? To who?
[10:01] Girl
Out of the second-years,
it'd have to be Hyuga, right?
[10:03] Girl
President Cheers?
SIGN No way No way
[10:04] Girl
I'm so bummed out
that all the third-years left!
[10:08] Girl
But we might get to
go to the beach with them!
[10:10] Girl
You think Eromu-senpai will go?
SIGN Totally!
[10:11] Girl
I should've confessed when we lost to
Mizusawa at the High School Championship.
[10:15] Girl
I was too busy crying to even
think about that at the time.
[10:18] Girl
Me, too!
SIGN Victory for Fujisaki
[10:21] Chihaya
That's how they all felt at that tournament?
[10:24] Chihaya
I never knew.
[10:27] Chihaya
Liking someone,
sharing the same feelings...
[10:32] Chihaya
How did Arata feel?
[10:37] Chihaya
I have no idea.
[10:40] Chihaya
But I want to know.
[10:43] Chihaya
I'm pretty sure I don't
understand anything yet.
[10:48] Hyuga
Hey, Mashima-kun, why do you play karuta?
[10:51] Taichi
Huh?
[10:52] Hyuga
I play to impress the ladies. Cheers!
[10:54] Taichi
Wh-Who are you again?
[10:57] Hyuga
I'm Fujisaki's new club president,
Hyuga Yoshihiko.
[11:00] Hyuga
Cheers!
[11:01] Taichi
The new president? Him?
[11:03] Taichi
Hey, could you tell me something?
[11:05] Hyuga
What is it? Ask me anything.
[11:07] Hyuga
But first... cheers!
[11:09] Taichi
Yeah, uh... cheers.
[11:11] Chihaya
So there's a public bath nearby? Cool!
[11:14] Girl
Huh?
[11:15] Girl
The lights are on.
[11:18] Girl
President Cheers and
Mizusawa's club president?
[11:19] Taichi
Like this?
[11:20] Hyuga
Is your left hip stretching?
[11:22] Girl
Wow, that's dedication.
[11:23] Chihaya
Taichi's learning stretches...
[11:24] Girl
And so late at night...
[11:25] Retro
Tsk! He really never misses
a trick, does he?!
[11:28] Chihaya
Retro-kun!
[11:29] Retro
He's even trying to learn Fujisaki's
traditional physical training!
[11:33] Retro
He should be more full of
himself and slack off!
[11:35] Retro
Slack off... Slack off... Slack off...
[11:37] Chihaya
I don't usually see you cursing
people like that, Retro-kun.
[11:40] Retro
Why wouldn't I want to curse him?!
[11:42] Retro
He won all seven of his matches today!
[11:44] Chihaya
Huh? He did?
[11:46] Chihaya
Wow, Taichi's doing great!
[11:47] Retro
Don't be too confident.
You're in danger yourself.
[11:51] Chihaya
Huh?
[11:51] Chihaya
What're you talking about, Retro-kun?
[11:53] Chihaya
I almost always beat Taichi.
[11:56] Retro
You've never played him in
an official match, have you?
[11:58] Chihaya
Huh?
[12:01] Retro
This occurred to me at
the summer tournament...
[12:04] Retro
I think Mashima plays better
when you're not with him.
[12:09] Chihaya
What?
[12:10] Hyuga
Let's call it a night.
[12:12] Taichi
I want to commit this to muscle memory
a little more before I go.
[12:17] Chihaya
I'm pretty sure I don't
understand anything yet.
[12:22] Chihaya
Not even about Taichi.
[12:25] Nishida
What? Kana-chan left?!
SIGN Well, she lives really close to here...
[12:31] Nishida
That's not what training camps are about!
[12:34] Nishida
Tests of courage! Fireworks! Pillow fights!
[12:36] Nishida
I wanted to have a sleepover with Kana-chan!
[12:37] Kitano
Shut up, Yusei! Rub my shoulders!
[12:40] Nishida
I should've gone to Fujisaki's camp.
[12:43] Kanade
Prez, you can leave the others to me!
[12:46] Kanade
Good luck with Chihaya-chan!
[12:50] Kanade
It's summer, after all!
[12:52] Sakura
You there! Run!
[12:53] Sakura
You should be running on
a gentle slope like this!
[12:56] Chihaya
I thought she said "mountain climbing"!
[12:58] Chihaya
This is straight-up mountain running!
[13:02] Retro
What the heck is all this?
[13:04] Chihaya
No wonder the Fujisaki players
are built so strong.
[13:08] Chihaya
H-Huh?
[13:09] Retro
This doesn't seem to be
bothering Mashima at all...
[13:12] Retro
Curse him!
[13:13] Retro
Curse him for being a former soccer player!
[13:18] Sakura
We only have until the evening today,
so you'll be playing four matches.
[13:21] Sakura
I've prepared a match lineup. It'll be
posted with your first three match-ups.
[13:25] Sakura
Your results in those three will
decide your opponent for the fourth.
[13:28] Sakura
Sit at the number assigned to you.
[13:30] Chihaya
Oh, my first match is with Yama-chan.
SIGN Second Match (13:00) 1 Ayase vs. Yamashiro
SIGN Third Match (14:30) Ayase vs. Yamashiro
SIGN Dunnn
[13:39] Chihaya
Ayase versus Yamashiro for three matches?!
[13:41] Rion
No... I can't make it through
three matches with Ayase-san!
[13:45] Rion
My knees are already aching...
[13:48] Chihaya
Yama-chan! Let's have some good games!
[13:52] Sakura
This is hopeless.
She's already in flight mode.
SIGN Tremble Tremble
[13:55] Sakura
But I'm still making you
play her three times.
[13:58] Sakura
Rion lacks stamina and
an attachment to karuta.
[14:03] Sakura
Even if Ayase-san can only play left-handed,
playing her will be worth it.
[14:07] Chihaya
Coach Sakurazawa is amazing, isn't she?
[14:09] Rion
Huh?
[14:10] Chihaya
I mean, having us play each other
three times in a row?
[14:13] Chihaya
That means we're practicing
for the Queen match!
SIGN Gush
[14:18] Sakura
She's too optimistic!
[14:20] Sakura
She has a permanent hot spring in her heart!
[14:24] Rion
I'm not trying to become
the Queen or anything.
[14:28] Chihaya
What? But you're so good.
[14:30] Guy
Begin memorization time.
SIGN First Match
[14:33] [POEM] Girl
Here comes spring,
now the flower blooms
[14:41] [POEM] Girl
When I must hide...
[14:45] Chihaya
Yama-chan is fast on all
of my best poems, too.
[14:48] Chihaya
Her arm moves in a straight line, and fast.
[14:51] Chihaya
My left hand...
[14:53] Chihaya
still feels heavy.
[14:55] Chihaya
Too slow!
[14:56] Chihaya
Yama-chan's arm speed
will beat mine for sure!
[15:00] Chihaya
But...
[15:02] [POEM] Girl
Rain takes longer...
[15:04] Chihaya
I have to...
[15:06] Chihaya
make this match worthwhile!
[15:08] [POEM] Girl
leaving a hovering mist
above the trees and grass
[15:13] Chihaya
What does it mean to have good game sense?
[15:16] Chihaya
Knowing the sounds leading up
to the first syllable?
[15:21] Chihaya
What are we listening for?
[15:26] Both
Thank you very much.
[15:27] Sakura
You have until 1 PM to finish lunch.
The second match will begin right afterward.
[15:30] Chihaya
I lost big... That was hardly even a game.
[15:33] Chihaya
But the card differential isn't the point!
What game sense means...
[15:41] Rion
Ayase-san, you need to eat lunch!
[15:43] Rion
Ayase-san!
[15:44] Hyuga
Mashima-kun, let me take you
to a great convenience store.
[15:47] Hyuga
Cheers!
[15:50] Chihaya
Thanks for waking me up, Yama-chan.
[15:53] Chihaya
And for sharing your rice balls with me.
[15:55] Rion
It's fine. I have plenty of lunch.
SIGN Shrimp mayo Spam Plum paste & okaka Beef tongue Cheese & ground meat Salmon roe Eel Fried chicken Tuna & onion
SIGN Beef rib & salty sauce Meatball Bacon Boiled egg Grilled cod roe Salmon Wasabi soy sauce
[16:00] Chihaya
You're going to eat all those?!
[16:02] Chihaya
Both levels?!
[16:03] Chihaya
When you're so skinny?
And you hate exercising?!
[16:11] (Flashback) Grandma
Rion.
SIGN Landowner
[16:12] (Flashback) Grandma
You can have some of my rice,
[16:14] (Flashback) Grandma
so please continue to play
karuta in my karuta society.
SIGN Rice
[16:18] (Flashback) Rion
Okay, Grandma!
SIGN Thanks, Mom... Sniffle...
SIGN Heavy
[16:21] Chihaya
Y-You kept playing karuta for the rice?
[16:24] Rion
In my family, rice problems are a big deal.
SIGN Rice Specialist
[16:27] Rion
I don't care about being the Queen.
[16:31] Rion
But when I came to Fujisaki, I ended up
becoming the club's vice president.
[16:36] (Flashback) Sakura
It's on you to make sure that we don't
lose a single match next summer.
[16:41] Rion
I won't lose in next year's
High School Championship.
[16:53] Chihaya
Yama-chan...
[16:55] Chihaya
What do you think it means
to have "good game sense"?
[17:01] Chihaya
I want to play formidable opponents and win,
[17:06] Chihaya
but I feel like I'm still just taking cards
without any rhyme or reason.
[17:14] Rion
I don't know anything about that.
[17:17] Rion
It's 1 PM.
SIGN Second Match
[17:22] [POEM] Guy
So spring ends...
[17:24] [POEM] Guy
While it may be...
[17:29] Chihaya
The reader isn't very good.
[17:31] Chihaya
I can tell it's throwing off
Yama-chan's focus.
[17:34] Chihaya
Coach Sakurazawa has been deliberately
[17:36] Chihaya
picking different types of readers
since yesterday...
[17:38] [POEM] Guy
Like a boatsman...
[17:42] Rion
She keeps getting faster.
[17:45] Rion
She's starting to master
using her left hand.
[17:48] Rion
But what good will that do?
[17:50] Chihaya
"Even if I'm hurt, I don't
want to stop playing karuta!"
[17:53] Chihaya
"And if I'm going to play, I want to win!"
[17:56] Rion
How can she be so greedy?
[17:59] Both
Thank you very much.
[18:01] Chihaya
But I still lost by nine! Crap!
SIGN Third Match
[18:13] [POEM] Girl
May it be that...
[18:16] Chihaya
Yikes... I almost bit on a dead card.
[18:19] Chihaya
I went where the card was
in the second match.
[18:21] [POEM] Girl
The fall paddy shacks...
[18:23] Chihaya
A fault!
[18:25] Chihaya
So this is what it's like to play
the same person three times.
[18:29] Chihaya
Her card placements are similar,
which confuses my memory.
[18:33] Chihaya
I remember the previous match's
layout and mess up.
[18:35] Chihaya
I start feeling tired
by the third match, too.
[18:39] Chihaya
And my knees are killing me
from going after cards.
[18:42] Chihaya
But I have to focus. Focus!
[18:50] Sakura
I never give advice during a match,
[18:54] Sakura
but just one thing...
[18:58] Sakura
Maintain your posture.
[19:00] Sakura
All Masters and Queens throughout history
have had good posture.
[19:04] Sakura
They've all had truly beautiful form.
[19:09] Sakura
Rather than taking cards by speed,
do it with grace in your natural form.
[19:13] Sakura
Be able to do that,
no matter how tired you are.
[19:18] Sakura
Sorry. Go ahead.
[19:21] Rion
Coach Sakurazawa used Masters
and Queens as a reference...
[19:26] Rion
She's never given any of us
advice like that.
[19:30] Rion
Is it because it's Ayase-san?
[19:34] Chihaya
Posture...
[19:36] Chihaya
Of course... My posture!
[19:39] Chihaya
My back was bent, and that was
making it hard to breathe.
[19:43] Chihaya
Stay in my natural form,
and keep it graceful...
[19:49] Chihaya
Oh... It's just like Kana-chan always said.
[19:54] [POEM] Girl
The sky may hold...
[19:58] [POEM] Girl
A house left to the weeds...
[20:02] Sakura
I just gave advice about posture,
and Rion's still so haphazard.
[20:07] Sakura
Interesting.
[20:09] Sakura
I'm sure you don't know it yet,
[20:12] Sakura
but the ability to change is an asset.
[20:15] Both
Thank you very much.
SIGN Agonizes over the defeat
with good posture
[20:19] Chihaya
But I still lost by seven!
SIGN Ugh, three losses in a row
[20:21] Rion
For me...
[20:22] Rion
It's different when my grandma is reading...
[20:27] Rion
but when regular people are reading,
[20:29] Rion
I think I listen for whether
the sound is high or low.
[20:32] Chihaya
Huh?
[20:33] Rion
The pitch of the sound right
before the unique syllable...
[20:37] Chihaya
The... pitch...
[20:40] Chihaya
When the misty bridge...
When I must hide...
[20:42] Chihaya
Would the mountain... Would this old...
[20:44] Chihaya
Feel sorrow wash... Feel love deepen...
[20:45] Chihaya
Like the sound... Like a boatsman...
[20:47] Chihaya
Since I could not... Since the dew...
[20:49] Chihaya
There's a difference
when they're read out loud?
[20:53] Chihaya
I think I can grasp it!
[20:57] Sakura
Check the lineup for the fourth match,
then take your seats.
[21:00] Sakura
We're behind schedule, so be quick!
[21:03] Chihaya
Between "As this" and "As I,"
which has a higher pitch, Yama-chan?
[21:05] Rion
I don't know!
[21:07] Rion
Jeez, I shouldn't have given
you those rice balls!
[21:09] Rion
I'm so hungry!
[21:11] Taichi
Chihaya.
[21:11] Chihaya
Oh, Taichi. What's up?
[21:13] Taichi
We're playing.
[21:17] Sakura
We'll begin as soon as
that clock hits 4.
[21:23] Retro
I think Mashima plays better
when you're not with him.
[21:31] Taichi
Chihaya, why aren't you sitting down?
[21:34] Taichi
I know you're tired.
[21:37] Chihaya
Hey! Why'd you get up?
[21:39] Taichi
I can't sit while a girl is standing.
[21:42] Chihaya
What're you talking about?
There are tons of empty seats!
[21:45] Chihaya
I don't get you!
[21:46] Chihaya
Just because you won? I don't get you!
[21:51] Chihaya
Taichi...
[21:53] Chihaya
was like a different person.
[21:58] Taichi
I hope your right hand is better soon.
[22:02] Taichi
This fall, I'm gonna beat you playing
right-handed in an official match.
SIGN Hot!
[22:14] Rion
Coach Sakurazawa,
[22:15] Rion
why did you put the Mizusawa players
together in the last match?
[22:19] Rion
They're from the same school,
so they can play each other anytime.
[22:23] Sakura
Mashima-kun won every match
he played at this camp.
[22:25] Sakura
No other players were a match for him.
[22:28] Rion
But Ayase-san was playing left-handed,
[22:30] Rion
and she was really tired...
[22:33] Sakura
He seems like he could make vast strides
with just a little more confidence.
[22:37] Sakura
And I think...
[22:39] Sakura
there's a kind of confidence
only Ayase-san can give him.
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SIGN September
Fukui Prefecture
Fujioka East High School
[00:01] Principal
Track team third-year, Takeuchi Makoto-kun.
[00:05] Principal
Congratulations on placing fifth
[00:07] Principal
in the 5,000 meter race at
the national tournament.
[00:09] Principal
Second-year, Wataya Arata-kun.
[00:11] Principal
Congratulations on winning the
individual Class A tournament
[00:13] Principal
at the National High School
Karuta Championship.
[00:19] Arata
Um...
[00:21] Principal
What is it?
[00:22] Arata
Oh, uh...
SIGN Need this?
[00:26] Arata
Um...
SIGN What?
[00:29] Arata
U-Um...
SIGN Wh— What?
[00:31] Arata
N-Never mind.
SIGN What?!
SIGN Y-You can do it!
[00:40] Arata
N-Next year, I'd really like to play
in the team tournament at Nationals.
[00:45] Arata
So if anyone is interested
in competitive karuta,
[00:47] Arata
p-please come talk to me.
SIGN Chihayafuru 3
SIGN Chihayafuru 3
SIGN Verse 2
SIGN The hazed
early dawn
light comes
not from
the moon
[02:03] Arata
I said it... I went and said it!
[02:05] Arata
I'm so done!
[02:07] Yuu
What the heck brought this on?
[02:09] Yuu
Even your ears are red.
[02:11] Arata
Yuu...
[02:12] Yuu
I thought you weren't big on
dragging people into karuta.
[02:15] Arata
You played karuta through
grade school, right?
[02:18] Yuu
Nope! Not happening!
[02:20] Yuu
It's summer of our second year.
We'll be exam students soon.
[02:22] Yuu
Seriously, what's gotten into you?
[02:29] Arata
Our world of karuta can only grow because of
team players who keep the game alive, right?
[02:37] Arata
How far can I really go alone?
[02:41] Guy
Wataya-kun, I wanted to talk to you
about competitive karuta.
[02:44] Arata
What? Y-You play?
[02:45] Guy
My grandma's been bugging me
about playing it with her.
[02:50] Guy
Could you refer me to
the karuta society you're in?
SIGN To keep her sharp
[02:52] Arata
This is the building where we play.
[02:57] Kanno
I'm the PE teacher, Kanno!
[02:59] Kanno
Wataya-kun, play a game with me!
[03:02] Kanno
I haven't played since I won the college
championship fifteen years ago,
[03:07] Kanno
but naturally, I play Class A karuta!
[03:09] Arata
I'd be glad to play anytime.
[03:11] Girl
Wataya-kun! My older brother sometimes
says he wants to play karuta again!
[03:16] Guy
My mom's a ranked player.
[03:18] Guy
I think my little sister
will want to play, too.
[03:20] Girl
My grandpa teaches karuta
at the community center!
[03:20] Arata
A-Aren't there any students at this
school who want to play karuta?
[03:28] Arata
I guess I'm being pretty greedy,
[03:31] Arata
wanting to play against their team.
[03:35] Arata
But still...
[03:37] Arata
It might be hard to build
a high school team,
[03:40] Arata
but I can generate interest in karuta.
[03:44] Arata
This is Fukui.
SIGN September
Tokyo
Mizusawa High School
[03:50] Fuku
While you all must be sick of these by now,
[03:53] Fuku
I'm sure you've been thinking
this through over summer break,
SIGN Fourth Future Plans Questionnaire Year 2 Class ___ Name ___________ College Department/Course Reasons
SIGN First Choice Second Choice Third Choice
[03:57] Fuku
so fill out your future plans questionnaire
with realistic goals and turn them in.
[04:04] Michiru
Chi-chan, aren't you going to
put down "Queen" this time?
[04:07] Chihaya
Michiru-chan!
[04:09] Michiru
Oh, that's right.
SIGN Kyo-Oshiroi Blotting Paper
[04:10] Michiru
Here, souvenir from my family trip.
[04:13] Chihaya
Thanks...
[04:14] Chihaya
Kyoto? Why'd you go there when
that's where our class trip is going to be?
[04:18] Michiru
To prepare.
SIGN Traveling in Kyoto
Golden Scenery
[04:19] Michiru
I checked out everything I could in order to
make our class's free time a fun time!
[04:24] All
Horikawa!
[04:25] Guy
You should run for student council president!
[04:27] Guy
You're such a good class trip
committee member!
SIGN Michiru-chan, you're amazing
[04:30] Guy
I know it's because of you that
we got USJ added to the itinerary!
[04:33] Michiru
I came up with
the perfect spot for you, too.
[04:40] Chihaya
The autumn of our class trip,
[04:42] Chihaya
and an autumn of karuta.
[04:46] Kanade
Strange...
[04:48] Kanade
I thought they would've made
some kind of progress
SIGN Something like this...
[04:50] Kanade
after spending a night and two days
at Fujisaki's karuta camp...
[04:56] Kanade
But the only thing that's grown
stronger is their rivalry.
[04:59] Chihaya
That one was mine!
[05:00] Taichi
No, it was mine!
SIGN Olympics
[05:02] Kanade
Chihaya-chan giving her all
in practice is nothing new.
[05:05] Kanade
What's changed is...
[05:09] Chihaya
Taichi has changed.
[05:13] Chihaya
His memorization was always super accurate,
[05:15] Chihaya
but it's made him even
sharper in the second half.
[05:18] Taichi
I'll win. I can win.
[05:21] Taichi
How much of a gap should I aim for?
[05:23] Taichi
Should I go for Chihaya's
one-syllable cards?
[05:26] Chihaya
Above all...
[05:28] Chihaya
It's gotten hard to win
with my left hand.
[05:32] Nishida
Wow...
[05:33] Both
Thank you very much.
[05:37] Chihaya
One more game, Taichi!
[05:39] Nishida
No way, Ayase!
[05:41] Nishida
Play me next, Mashima!
SIGN Why you? He's playing me! Stick to the order!
[05:44] Nishida
The Master qualifiers are coming up!
[05:46] Nishida
You only just made Class B, so sit down!
SIGN Snap!
SIGN Th-That may be so,
SIGN but if I win a tournament somewhere by October, I'll reach Class A!
[05:56] Nishida
Don't be naive! Class B isn't that easy!
[05:59] Kanade
Winning the individual tournament
at the Nationals—
[06:02] Kanade
going through an entire day undefeated—
[06:05] Kanade
can really change a person, huh?
SIGN It's not impossible! I'll show you!
[06:10] Tsukuba
If I win two tournaments somewhere by October,
[06:13] Tsukuba
I'll reach Class A, too.
[06:17] Tsukuba
And then come the Master qualifiers...
SIGN He hasn't changed...
In fact, he's worse...
[06:22] Taichi
Chihaya, you should stop
playing with your left hand.
[06:25] Chihaya
Huh?
[06:25] Taichi
You don't want to
get too comfortable with it.
[06:27] Taichi
Go back to your right hand.
[06:29] Chihaya
But I'm not allowed to take off
the taping yet...
[06:32] Taichi
You can still hold down cards to take them.
[06:34] Chihaya
Huh?
[06:34] Taichi
Hanano-san.
[06:35] Taichi
You'll play Chihaya next.
[06:40] [POEM] Tsukuba
Here comes spring,
now the flower blooms
[06:41] Chihaya
Frankly, I don't think playing
Hanano-san will help me.
[06:44] Chihaya
The Queen qualifiers are coming up, too...
[06:48] [POEM] Tsukuba
So spring ends...
[06:52] Sumire
Does your right hand hurt, Ayase-senpai?
[06:55] Chihaya
Huh? No.
[06:57] Sumire
Then go on the attack.
[06:59] Sumire
I'm not going to stay in
Class D forever, either!
[07:02] Sumire
I'll win more in the next tournament!
[07:05] (Flashback) Sumire
I'm not too interested in karuta,
[07:08] (Flashback) Sumire
but I'm willing to work hard for love.
[07:11] Chihaya
Even Hanano-san is...
[07:15] Sumire
If Mashima-senpai is focused
more than ever on karuta,
[07:18] Sumire
then I have to do the same.
[07:20] Sumire
I have to get on his radar!
[07:22] Sumire
I have to see what he's seeing!
[07:25] Chihaya
...taking karuta seriously.
[07:29] Kanade
Three players in Class A
and one in Class B...
[07:32] Kanade
That should be more than enough for
any high school karuta club, but...
[07:38] Kanade
I have to strive for Class B, too!
[07:42] Miyauchi
Everyone! I have terrible news!
SIGN 21 59th Master/57th Queen East Japan Qualifiers 21 59th Master/57th Queen West Japan Qualifiers
[07:48] Taichi
What?!
[07:50] Taichi
The Master and Queen qualifiers overlap
with the dates of our class trip!
SIGN Mizusawa High School Second-Year Class Trip Schedule
October 20-23
[07:54] Taichi
Why is it on the 21st?!
It's usually a week earlier!
SIGN I hadn't kept an eye out for this!
[07:59] Nishida
Which are we supposed to do?!
[08:01] Miyauchi
You will not be permitted
to skip the class trip!
[08:06] (Flashback) Chihaya
Let's play karuta again!
[08:08] (Flashback) Shinobu
When?
[08:09] (Flashback) Chihaya
The Queen match!
[08:11] (Flashback) Michiru
When we go to Kyoto, let's wear
junihitoe together at Shigureden.
[08:18] Girl
Cafeteria today?
[08:19] Guy
I brought my lunch.
[08:19] Girl
Can I see your notes?
[08:25] Chihaya
In last year's High School Championship,
I passed out and had to withdraw.
[08:27] Chihaya
This year I got hurt, then had surgery,
and still can't use my right hand.
[08:31] Chihaya
I was sure I'd be back in
the game by October, but now...
[08:34] Chihaya
Does the god of karuta hate me?
[08:38] Kanade
It's no surprise she's upset.
[08:47] Kanade
Chihaya-chan, when you take off
your shoes, line them up properly!
[08:50] Chihaya
Huh?
[08:50] Chihaya
Oh, sorry...
[08:51] Kanade
Did you know that I've been straightening
out everyone's shoes all this time
[08:55] Kanade
without saying anything?
[08:56] Chihaya
Yeah... Thanks.
[08:57] Kanade
It's because, when I was little,
my mother told me
[09:00] Kanade
that straightening out other people's shoes
[09:03] Kanade
would bring me one instance of good luck.
[09:05] Kanade
After a year and a half straightening
out the shoes of everyone in the club,
[09:10] Kanade
I've amassed so much good luck that
[09:13] Kanade
I probably have ten times as
much luck in savings as you do!
[09:16] Chihaya
L-Luck in savings?!
[09:19] Chihaya
I'll straighten them!
I'll get some good luck!
[09:22] Chihaya
I was just thinking I didn't have any!
[09:25] Kanade
Don't put your hands on a white wall.
[09:27] Kanade
Don't step on the edge of a tatami mat.
[09:30] Kanade
I love the idea of small actions
building up good fortune.
[09:34] Kanade
When you're lost, why not think about
what you want to build up within yourself
[09:39] Kanade
and try making decisions that way?
[09:44] Kanade
Well, I'll see you after school, Chihaya-chan.
[09:46] Chihaya
Sure...
[09:49] Kanade
Since I put it that way,
[09:51] Kanade
she might end up choosing
the Queen match over the class trip.
[09:56] Kanade
I would miss her,
SIGN Mizusawa High School Second-Year Class Trip Schedule October 20-23
SIGN 21 59th Master/57th Queen East Japan Qualifiers 21 59th Master/57th Queen West Japan Qualifiers
[10:00] Kanade
but if that's what Chihaya-chan
wants to build up...
[10:06] Guy
What the heck, Nitta? This is hilarious!
[10:08] Guy
"There is a map of life.
SIGN Class 2-9 Classical Literature Special Summer Break Assignment: 20 Poems
[10:10] Guy
It is not sold at Tsutaya. I cry."
[10:12] Guy
"I cry"? Really?!
[10:14] Nitta
What's wrong with it?!
[10:14] Guy
"I drown in idols, and then, a bog of you.
[10:17] Guy
This sea reminds me that I can't swim."
[10:19] Guy
Hey, Haruno, did you go to
the beach with your girlfriend?
[10:22] Haruno
N-No, I didn't!
[10:22] Nishida
"The magpie brought that voice to me.
[10:25] Nishida
It will be my good luck charm for karuta."
[10:27] Nishida
Even your poems are about karuta?
[10:29] Guy
"Why don't my jeans from last year fit?
[10:32] Guy
I know my legs have not grown longer."
[10:34] Guy
What a dumb poem!
[10:36] Fuku
Those of you laughing are the ones
who were not included in our 20 Poems.
[10:43] Fuku
How fortunate you are.
[10:44] Fuku
Now, to those who took this
poetry assignment seriously
[10:49] Fuku
and those who are laughing
at them, I say this:
[10:53] Fuku
Learn the pain of creating something.
[10:57] Fuku
And once you've learned it,
resolve yourself to show lenience to others.
[11:01] Fuku
In poetry, in literature... in everything.
[11:09] Guy
H-Hey, Mr. Fukusaku!
Whose secondhand saying is that?
[11:14] Fuku
Oh, it's something a former university
teacher of mine often said.
[11:17] Guy
I figured!
[11:19] Guy
You should come up with
some original material for once.
[11:21] Fuku
Original material, eh?
I don't have too much of that...
[11:26] Guy
And you call yourself a Japanese teacher?
[11:28] Girl
Good luck in retired life!
[11:30] Fuku
Still, in my mind...
[11:34] Fuku
The words of the many who came before me
[11:36] Fuku
are the treasures I have
inherited over the years.
[11:39] Fuku
And to pass them along to all of you,
[11:42] Fuku
to sell them secondhand...
[11:44] Fuku
is why I became a teacher.
[11:55] Doctor
It shouldn't cause you any more pain.
[11:57] Doctor
You can use your right hand now.
[12:11] Chihaya
Finally...
[12:13] Chihaya
I can finally play karuta
with my right hand!
[12:23] Tsukuba
Ayase-senpai really is amazing...
SIGN Round Table
[12:25] Nishida
But she's lacking the boldness
she had before.
[12:29] Nishida
She couldn't use her right hand
for two months,
[12:31] Nishida
so I guess it makes sense...
[12:32] Both
Thank you very much.
[12:34] Chihaya
Come on, Taichi! Take this seriously!
[12:36] Taichi
Uh, but... your hand's barely recovered.
[12:39] Taichi
What if you hit it and end up hurt again?
[12:42] Chihaya
It'll be fine! I've got spirit!
SIGN Her "spirit"...
[12:49] Kanade
She never talks about the class trip.
[12:52] Kanade
I wonder what she's going to do
about the East Japan Qualifiers.
[12:54] Chihaya
Kana-chan.
[12:56] Chihaya
I'd like to wear a hakama
in the Yoshino Tournament.
[12:59] Chihaya
Could you help me put it on?
[13:02] Taichi
The Yoshino Tournament...
[13:05] Taichi
A tournament for Class A and B players only,
[13:08] Taichi
held right before the Master
and Queen qualifiers.
[13:11] Taichi
Strong players from
all over Japan will be there.
[13:14] Taichi
Arata's sure to be in it, too.
[13:18] Kanade
O-Of course! We'll lend you
our newest hakama!
[13:22] Chihaya
Oh, I don't need a hakama.
[13:23] Kanade
That's right. You bought one from us.
[13:26] Chihaya
Yeah.
[13:28] Chihaya
I need to get better at playing in a hakama.
[13:32] All
I can see it...
[13:34] Taichi
I can see her boycotting the class trip
[13:38] Taichi
to be in the East Japan Qualifiers.
[13:41] Miyauchi
I'm worried...
[13:43] (Flashback) Miyauchi
Ayase-san, you will go on
the class trip, right?
[13:47] (Flashback) Chihaya
I'm getting ready!
[13:48] Miyauchi
For which one?!
[13:49] Miyauchi
I'll be in big trouble if only members
of the karuta club skip the trip...
[13:53] Fuku
Ms. Miyauchi, Ms. Miyauchi.
[13:58] Fuku
No one but the student's homeroom
teacher is supposed to see these,
[14:02] Fuku
but as her former homeroom teacher
and karuta adviser, I think you can.
[14:05] Miyauchi
A future plans questionnaire?
SIGN Fourth Future Plans Questionnaire Name: Ayase Chihaya
How do I become...
SIGN October
SIGN Kawaguchi Comprehensive
Cultural Center
SIGN Yoshino Tournament
SIGN Class A: 70 players
Class B: 75 players
[14:20] Kuri
The Fukui Nagumo Society has shown you all
the kind of growth no one's seen in years!
SIGN They got matching T-shirts this year
[14:23] Kuri
Let's mow down East Japan's karuta
societies as the leaders of West Japan!
[14:30] Harada
My Shiranami Society has grown as well.
SIGN A karuta society earns points when their members place well
[14:33] Harada
Not only will we win,
but we'll also take home tons of points!
SIGN Playing in Class B
[14:37] Kitano
You're both fools! The Suihoku Society's
gonna take it all this year!
[14:41] Mochida
Don't worry, guys! I'll get us started!
[14:44] Sudo
You can sleep, Coach.
[14:45] Sakura
Why are you here, Makoto?
Don't you have exams to prep for?
SIGN Made Class A
with two runner-up
finishes in Class B
[14:48] Makoto
Er, I heard that Cheers and Rion were
the only ones here from our school...
SIGN The two of us are enough!
[14:52] Lady
Oh, how pretty!
[14:54] Lady
She looks cute!
[14:56] Lady
I guess it's not just the management
that wears hakamas.
[14:59] Kanade
You look beautiful, Chihaya-chan!
[15:00] Mom
They're even letting us set out
Oe Traditional Clothing pamphlets.
SIGN Oe Traditional Clothing
SIGN Celebrating 120 years thanks to our customers
[15:04] Mom
Isn't it wonderful?
[15:05] Sumire
Mashima-senpai, this is for you!
SIGN Propolis Royal Jelly Miracle Super Energy Drink
[15:08] Taichi
Oh, thanks.
[15:09] Sumire
Good luck!
[15:11] Taichi
She's looking out for me, in her own way.
[15:14] Harada
We finally get to play
in the same tournament!
[15:17] Harada
I've waited so long!
[15:19] Harada
Remember what I said?
An individual match is a team match,
[15:22] Harada
and a team match is an individual match.
[15:23] Harada
Let's prove that to everyone together!
[15:26] Harada
Together, we will clobber
every other karuta society in Japan!
[15:31] Harada
That reminds me!
I heard about your class trip.
[15:34] Harada
That bad luck of yours
really runs deep, Eyelashes.
[15:40] Harada
But there's no need to rush.
[15:42] Harada
In all things, you kids
are just getting started.
[15:47] Harada
Welcome to the world of Class A.
[15:56] Chihaya
I knew it was you, Arata!
Did you say something?!
[15:58] Arata
Er, no...
[15:59] Chihaya
You did, didn't you?
[16:00] Arata
N-No, I didn't...
[16:03] Chihaya
Badmouthing me?
[16:04] Arata
No!
[16:05] Arata
Y...
[16:08] Arata
You look... pretty in that hakama...
[16:17] Chihaya
I'm going to win every game
today in this hakama.
[16:25] Arata
You'd better not lose.
[16:30] Sudo
Hilarious.
[16:32] Sudo
These mixed-gender tournaments
where men and women play each other
[16:35] Sudo
are much tougher than the Master
and Queen matches and qualifiers.
[16:38] Chihaya
I'll still win!
[16:40] Sudo
Oh? Wanna bet?
[16:41] Chihaya
Yeah!
[16:41] Taichi
No betting, idiot!
[16:43] Sudo
Don't run away, club president of
the school that won the Nationals!
[16:48] Sudo
You'll do, too.
[16:50] Sudo
Whichever one of us loses first has to skip
the Master qualifiers in two weeks.
[16:57] Taichi
Fine.
[16:58] Sudo
Good.
[16:59] Nishida
Not fair, Mashima!
[17:01] Nishida
You have the class trip then anyway!
[17:05] Chihaya
In official tournaments,
[17:07] Chihaya
players from the same society are unlikely
to be drawn together until the latter rounds.
[17:11] Chihaya
I'm less likely to be drawn with Taichi
than with Arata or Sudo-san.
SIGN Yamai Makoto
12
Ayase Chihaya
SIGN I get the feeling he hates me...
[17:22] Chihaya
Take everything one step at a time.
[17:26] Chihaya
One win at a time.
[17:28] [POEM] Reader
Naniwa Bay, now the flower
blooms, but for winter
SIGN Wow, Ririka-chan's grown up...
SIGN Yikes. The Queen runner-up...
[17:36] [POEM] Reader
Here comes spring,
now the flower blooms
SIGN Two club presidents! It's the red thread of fate! Cheers!!
SIGN Class B Room
[17:43] Guy
Things seem pretty relaxed
in the Class B room.
[17:45] Guy
I checked out the Class A room earlier,
and it was way more tense.
[17:49] Guy
I guess it would be,
with the Master qualifiers coming up.
[17:54] Tsutomu
Attack... Target the opponent's left!
[17:58] Tsutomu
I know the weakness of right-handed players.
[18:01] Tsutomu
Target the center of his left side,
which he's less conscious of!
SIGN it is as though pearls have been strung across the autumn plain
[18:11] Both
Thank you very much.
[18:18] Tsutomu
I should've known a Class B match
wouldn't be like Class C.
[18:23] Tsutomu
I lost by thirteen cards...
[18:25] Tsutomu
I'm glad everyone else went
to watch the Class A matches.
[18:29] Tsutomu
Of course I can't win after
I just made it to Class B.
[18:37] Tsutomu
No! I made up my mind that
I wouldn't think that way!
[18:40] Tsutomu
I can't do that! I can't do that!
[18:43] (Flashback) Tsutomu
If I win a tournament somewhere
by October, I'll reach Class A!
[18:48] Tsutomu
Class A...
[18:50] Tsutomu
Even if no one else took me seriously,
[18:52] Tsutomu
I had high hopes for myself!
[18:55] Tsutomu
Don't decide this was a matter of course!
[18:57] Tsutomu
Be mad! And analyze what happened!
[19:07] Kanade
If you keep hitting yourself,
[19:09] Kanade
you'll hurt yourself, Desktomu-kun!
SIGN H-How are the Class A matches going?
[19:16] Kanade
Uh... There are so many matches,
I didn't know who to root for.
SIGN So you were watching the Class B matches the whole time?
[19:27] Kanade
You said you were going to win,
[19:30] Kanade
so I wanted to be there to see it.
[19:37] Kanade
But...
[19:38] Kanade
It looks like I'll get to Class B before that.
[19:42] Kanade
I'll catch up to you in no time!
[19:45] Kanade
Come on, let's go.
[19:48] Tsutomu
I'm not the only one with high hopes for me.
[19:52] Kanade
I bet it's getting pretty crazy
in the Class A room.
[19:56] Tsutomu
I'm not the only one watching me.
SIGN My lack of practice due to studying for entrance exams showed...
[20:00] Kanade
Both Chihaya-chan and the Prez
won their matches!
SIGN Amazing.
[20:04] Kanade
And Porky-kun...
SIGN Nishida Yusei
20
Sudo Akito
[20:08] Chihaya
The fiercest battle of all,
right in the first round:
[20:11] Chihaya
Porky-kun versus Sudo-san.
[20:14] Sudo
What's with this guy? I took a
ten-card lead in the first half.
[20:18] Kitano
Yusei's hanging in there!
He's sticking with it!
[20:21] Sudo
When I led him by twenty cards last year,
[20:24] Sudo
I was impressed that
he actually knew when to give up...
[20:28] Nishida
Don't give up. I can keep fighting.
[20:31] Nishida
I can keep struggling
until the very last card!
[20:35] Sudo
You've burned off enough fat
to pass for lean meat, huh?
[20:44] Sudo
Don't keep fighting when
you're going to lose.
[20:46] Sudo
You tired me out in the first match.
[20:51] Kitano
Yusei... you've grown so much!
[20:55] Nishida
Sudo-san is good. He'll be an obstacle.
[20:59] Nishida
He's going to be a major obstacle
for my teammates!
[21:04] Nishida
I couldn't win, but I wore
him down as much as I could.
[21:08] Nishida
One of my teammates is gonna win!
[21:11] Nishida
Just watch!
[21:13] (Flashback) Harada
A team match is an individual match.
[21:16] (Flashback) Harada
An individual match is a team match.
[21:19] Taichi
I always thought
[21:20] Taichi
individual matches were where
everyone fought on their own
[21:23] Taichi
just to try to raise their own levels...
[21:28] Taichi
But they're not.
[21:30] Taichi
Individual matches are the real team matches!
E3 - But from the crystal white snow of Yoshino
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[00:00] [POEM] Reader
...spring, now the flower blooms
SIGN Yoshino
Tournament
SIGN Round 2
SIGN Registered Architects 1st Class License Course 31st National Competitive Karuta Tokyo Yoshino Tournament KK Modern Ballet Studio
[00:05] Guy
This year's competition is
way more heated than usual.
[00:08] Guy
We have all the big names,
but also youngsters on the rise.
[00:11] Woman
High schoolers sure are formidable.
[00:14] Guy
I wonder who's going to win.
[00:15] Guy
The Nagumo Society's gonna go places.
[00:17] Guy
Yeah, but the one drawing
the most attention is...
[00:25] Guy
Inokuma Haruka, grade 6,
[00:27] Guy
the former queen returning from maternity
leave, who once won four years in a row.
[00:31] Guy
And her eyes are still huge!
[00:33] Guy
Scary huge!
SIGN Chihayafuru 3
SIGN Chihayafuru 3
[01:45] Haruka
Aki! Jin!
[01:47] Haruka
Mommy won!
SIGN Verse 3
SIGN But from
the crystal
white
snow of
Yoshino
[01:49] Haruka
Sorry I had a little trouble.
[01:50] Jin
Mama! Mama!
[01:51] Haruka
Hungry, Jin?
[01:53] Haruka
Just a second...
[01:56] Sakura
It's impressive that you can play
karuta with a baby still nursing.
[02:00] Haruka
Sakurazawa-san!
[02:02] Sakura
You stopped wearing contacts?
[02:03] Haruka
I wasn't taking good care of them,
so the doctor said to stop.
[02:07] Sakura
You're breastfeeding now? Right here?
[02:09] Haruka
I manage surprisingly well with the kid.
[02:11] Haruka
I even feed him during my fifteen-minute
memorization time at practice.
[02:15] Haruka
Come on, Jin! Eat fast!
[02:18] Haruka
Guzzle it down!
[02:21] Sakura
It really takes passion
to come back to the game.
[02:25] [POEM] Reader
The fall wind parts the wispy clouds
[02:29] Both
Thank you very much.
[02:38] Kanade
Chihaya-chan, you won!
SIGN It's lunchtime.
[02:40] Nishida
We've got chocolate.
[02:41] Chihaya
Thanks!
[02:44] Kanade
How'd the second round go?
[02:46] Chihaya
Well, he touched "While the"
when it was "While I"
[02:49] Chihaya
and didn't attack on "Would this,"
so it felt like I slid into the win.
[02:51] Nishida
Slid into it?
SIGN How's your right hand?
[02:55] Chihaya
My right hand...
[02:58] Nishida
She fell asleep!
[03:00] Kanade
Chihaya-chan, you're going to fall!
SIGN She always does this.
SIGN Just let her sleep.
[03:05] Nishida
Ayase's right hand isn't
back to full strength yet.
[03:09] Nishida
Her swings didn't have their
usual force and strength.
[03:12] Nishida
I guess that's to be expected
so soon after surgery.
[03:17] Kanade
Where's President Mashima, anyway?
[03:33] Arata
What song is that?
[03:35] Taichi
A-Arata!
[03:37] Arata
Sorry to interrupt your break.
I heard you humming.
[03:40] Taichi
I-It's...
[03:42] [SONG] ---
Mizusawa High
School Song
Lyrics: Karuta Inochi
[03:42] [SONG] ---
1.
The bells ring in the streets of Mizuha
For this brilliant house of learning
Hope is far in the distance
We hold the will to win in our hearts
As Mizusawa High walks forth
2.
These days of vibrant beauty
With clear skies over this house of learning
Nurturing friendships that will last forever
So now we sing with pride
Of our alma mater, Mizusawa High
[03:42] Taichi
It's just our school song.
[03:45] Arata
I get it.
[03:46] Taichi
You do?!
[03:48] Arata
When you're playing multiple matches,
[03:50] Arata
you have to get creative
to reset your memory.
[03:53] Arata
I always do math exercises.
[03:55] Taichi
Y-Yeah?
[03:57] Taichi
What about memorization
during matches, then?
[04:00] Arata
Huh?
[04:01] Taichi
How do you do it?
[04:03] Arata
Well...
[04:05] Arata
Starting with the one-syllable cards,
I look over all 50 three or four times.
[04:10] Arata
The rest is predicting strategies—
[04:12] Arata
how the hands will move
and how the layout could change.
[04:15] Taichi
Exactly! The cards are in different
places by the end, right?
[04:19] Arata
Yep.
[04:20] Arata
So when they move,
[04:21] Arata
I forget the initial layout
and memorize the current one.
[04:24] Taichi
Huh?!
[04:25] Taichi
Y-You can actually do that?
[04:27] Arata
Yeah. When I try to update
what I've already memorized,
[04:31] Arata
I just get lost.
[04:33] Taichi
Huh...
[04:35] Taichi
Oh, this feels weird...
[04:39] Taichi
There's so much I want
to talk to Arata about.
[04:43] Taichi
So many things... through karuta.
[04:47] Arata
Taichi.
[04:49] Arata
You know, um... I mean...
[04:53] Arata
Was it hard to start a karuta club?
[04:57] Taichi
Huh?
[04:58] Arata
I talked to some people, and the Nagumo
Society gained some new members,
[05:03] Arata
but no one wants to play at school.
[05:06] Arata
I'd like to get at least five
members, like Mizusawa.
[05:09] Arata
If I could get four, or even just three,
we could play in team matches...
[05:15] Taichi
Team matches?
[05:19] Taichi
He wants to play team matches, too?
[05:24] Taichi
It was mostly Chihaya being so pushy
that brought our club together.
[05:28] Taichi
There was no trick to it.
[05:30] Arata
So it was Chihaya... Makes sense.
[05:33] Arata
Chihaya's pretty amazing.
[05:37] Taichi
I thought you were focusing
solely on a Master match.
[05:43] Taichi
Guess you're feeling confident.
[05:49] Taichi
What's my problem?
[05:52] Taichi
What's my problem?
[05:58] Taichi
What is my problem?!
[06:05] Lady
We will now decide the
third round match-ups.
[06:08] Taichi
I can't get all worked up.
[06:10] Taichi
Think of all those ugly matches
where I lost to myself!
[06:15] Taichi
But it's no use.
SIGN Ichikawa Yuuna
SIGN Mashima Taichi
[06:20] Taichi
I don't think I could face Arata
in a match and not get worked up.
[06:26] Taichi
Individual matches may be team matches,
[06:29] Taichi
but I'm...
[06:30] Taichi
too preoccupied with my own issues.
[06:40] Miyauchi
Hanano-san!
[06:42] Miyauchi
Sorry I'm late. How's everyone doing?
[06:45] Sumire
We're winning, Ms. Miyauchi!
[06:46] Sumire
The fourth round is next!
[06:48] Nishida
Ayase's not in peak form,
[06:51] Nishida
but she's somehow managing to squeak through.
[06:53] Sumire
Mashima-senpai's doing his best, too!
[06:55] Nishida
He's had unusually good
luck with his match-ups.
[06:58] Miyauchi
I see.
[07:01] Lady
We will be deciding the match-ups shortly.
[07:04] Miyauchi
Ms. Sakurazawa!
[07:08] Miyauchi
I hear you helped my students
during summer vacation.
[07:11] Miyauchu
I wanted to thank you.
[07:13] Sakura
No, I should thank you.
[07:15] Sakura
They're very promising students.
[07:17] Sakura
I learned a great deal from them.
[07:19] Miyauchi
If I may ask, you're an experienced
karuta player, correct?
[07:24] Sakura
Yes, that's right.
[07:25] Miyauchi
I'm embarrassed to admit it,
[07:27] Miyauchi
but this is my second year
as a karuta club adviser,
[07:29] Miyauchi
and I haven't even memorized
the hundred poems.
[07:32] Miyauchi
I'm more scientific-minded, you see,
so it's not my strong suit...
[07:36] Miyauchi
I have no hope of giving
them guidance in karuta.
[07:38] Miyauchi
All I can really do is
protect their club room.
[07:40] Sakura
I see...
[07:43] Miyauchi
So...
[07:48] Miyauchi
Do you think Ayase has what
it takes to be the Queen?
[07:57] Chihaya
Coach Harada and Hiroshi-san
have been winning so far.
[08:01] Chihaya
Taichi, too.
[08:03] Chihaya
Taichi's amazing.
[08:05] Chihaya
It's his first Class A tournament...
[08:09] Chihaya
And I...
[08:11] Lady
We have the match-ups for the fourth round.
[08:13] Lady
Please be sure to take a look.
SIGN Yamamoto Yumi
(Suihoku Society)
SIGN Wataya Arata
(Fukui Nagumo Society)
SIGN Tachikawa Ririka
(Sendai Fuyuki Society)
SIGN Harada Hidehiro
(Shiranami Society)
SIGN . Sudo Akita Yamashiro Rion
(Hokuo Karuta Society) (Fujisaki High School)
SIGN Shiroyama Koki
(Hokuo Karuta Society)
SIGN Mashima Taichi
(Shiranami Society)
SIGN Mashima Taichi
(Shiranami Society)
SIGN Shiroyama Koki
(Hokuo Karuta Society)
SIGN Sudo Akita Yamashiro Rion
(Hokuo Karuta Society) (Fujisaki High School)
SIGN Tachikawa Ririka Yamamoto Yumi
(Sendai Fuyuki Society) (Suihoku Society)
SIGN Harada Hidehiro
(Shiranami Society)
SIGN Wataya Arata
(Fukui Nagumo Society)
SIGN That's the round of 16 for you!
[08:23] Nishida
This is getting intense!
[08:25] Kanade
Who's Chihaya-chan playing?
SIGN Kotoki-in University
Karuta Society
[08:28] Nishida
The runner-up Master, Takemura, grade 6!
[08:31] Kanade
I remember him. He was soundly
defeated by Master Suo.
[08:36] Nishida
He came all the way from Shikoku?
[08:41] Makoto
Rion...
[08:43] Sudo
I remember you.
[08:46] Sudo
Your game sense is incredible, but...
[08:49] Sudo
when your rhythm is broken, you lose focus.
[08:53] Sudo
My favorite prey.
[08:58] Taichi
You know, I've always wondered...
[09:01] Taichi
Why do you always wear those curly hairpins?
[09:04] Koki
Oh, you noticed? It's pretty creepy, right?
[09:07] Koki
I tend to move around like this
a lot. Makes you dizzy, right?
[09:11] Koki
Hey, wait...
[09:14] Koki
One on each side might be even creepier!
[09:17] Koki
What do you think? What do you think?
[09:19] Taichi
I have the luck of the draw today!
[09:25] Tsutomu
Which one? Which match should I focus on?
[09:28] Nishida
Yumin, Mashima, and Ayase
are all in separate matches.
[09:31] Nishida
What do I do?!
[09:32] Nishida
What?
[09:34] Nishida
K-Kana-chan?
[09:36] Kanade
I have no idea who I should
cheer for, either.
[09:40] Kanade
But that's why...
[09:43] Kanade
Full-time reader Igarashi Osamu, grade 7.
[09:46] Kanade
A top reader, and the one whose voice
is on the CDs we use in practice.
[09:52] Kanade
His rhythm is precise,
[09:53] Kanade
and his voice has a resonance and
inflection that women can't replicate.
[09:57] Kanade
This will be a learning experience.
[10:02] Kanade
A stopwatch?!
SIGN Taking notes
[10:04] Kanade
His precise rhythm is backed
by precise self-verification!
SIGN Tweet, tweet
[10:07] Kanade
This will be an amazing learning experience!
[10:08] [Messenger] ---
Tweet
[10:08] [Messenger] ---
Igarashi Osamu
At the Yoshino Tournament.
I'll be reading, so more later.
My throat's in great shape.
I'll do my best (^o^)
[10:17] Chihaya
I only saw the match on TV,
[10:20] Chihaya
and even I was discouraged when
I saw how strong Master Suo was.
[10:26] Chihaya
But...
[10:28] Chihaya
But still...
[10:31] Nishida
Ayase, you need to get back on your feet!
[10:33] Tsutomu
Come on, Mashima!
[10:35] Sumire
Mashima-senpai!
[10:36] Lady
It's time.
[10:42] [POEM] Osamu
Naniwa Bay, now the flower
blooms, but for winter
[10:52] [POEM] Osamu
Here comes spring,
now the flower blooms
[10:52] Kanade
This resonance... Such powerful waves!
[10:56] Kanade
They reach every last
corner of this huge room!
[10:59] Kanade
He's amazing!
[11:01] [POEM] Osamu
Here comes spring,
now the flower blooms
[11:12] [POEM] Osamu
My life means nothing...
[11:14] [POEM] Osamu
A mountain stream dips...
[11:16] Nishida
Takemura-san still goes after
cards like a heavy tank.
[11:20] Nishida
His sweeping attacks
make girls in particular flinch.
[11:25] Nishida
Ayase, you're swinging too much!
[11:28] Nishida
Calm down!
[11:32] [POEM] Reader
May I live to see...
[11:35] [POEM] Reader
Gust of wind...
[11:37] Take
Damn!
[11:38] Nishida
Huh?
[11:39] Nishida
That's one of her best cards, but there
was hardly any force to her grab.
[11:42] Nishida
But she still got it...
[11:46] Guy
You! Keep it down!
[11:48] Chihaya
Oh! I'm sorry! I'm sorry!
[11:53] Chihaya
Ms. Miyauchi's tasuki...
[11:59] Sakura
Ms. Miyauchi...
[12:01] Sakura
Why did you ask me that question?
[12:04] Sakura
If she could be Queen, I mean.
[12:09] Miyauchi
She loves karuta.
[12:11] Miyauchi
I knew that already, but then I
came to see how serious she was.
[12:16] Miyauchi
Her grades at school are below average.
[12:19] Miyauchi
No, just barely above poor.
[12:21] Miyauchi
She always says her best subject is PE.
[12:24] Miyauchi
I'm so worried for her future...
[12:27] Miyauchi
But you can't be a professional karuta player.
[12:32] Miyauchi
I want to know what I can do to help her.
SIGN Fourth Future Plans Questionnaire Year 2 Class 9 Name: Ayase Chihaya College | Department | Reasons First Choice: How do I become a high school teacher? Reasons: I want to be a karuta club adviser
[12:42] Miyauchi
I want to encourage her
to pursue her dreams...
[12:44] Miyauchi
Her dream of being the Queen,
and her dream for the future.
[12:53] Nishida
Wait, no!
[12:55] Nishida
It's not that she's lost her force!
[12:58] Nishida
She's just not using excessive
strength anymore,
[13:01] Nishida
since she was resting her
right arm for so long!
[13:09] Chihaya
Shinobu-chan...
[13:11] Chihaya
It's just beyond here, right?
[13:15] Chihaya
The truth of silent karuta...
[13:22] [POEM] Osamu
The fall paddy shacks have rough thatching
[13:24] Lady
He leaned so far forward
to put pressure on her!
[13:27] Guy
He doesn't want to let Ririka-chan
play karuta her own way.
[13:30] Guy
Using full strength against a kid...
[13:32] [POEM] Osamu
My only thought as the boat
takes me out to sea is that
[13:36] Yumi
I'm fairly certain I touched the card first.
[13:43] Arata
It's all yours.
[13:45] Yumi
He doesn't argue at all.
[13:47] Yumi
He strives to play clean
[13:49] Yumi
and avoids using excess energy.
[13:52] Yumi
But did you know that giving no
response at all uses energy, too?
[13:56] [POEM] Osamu
Swift waters parted...
[13:58] Sumire
Mashima-senpai did it!
[14:00] Tsutomu
He's gotten faster with
the one-syllable cards!
[14:02] [POEM] Osamu
The tail feathers...
[14:04] [POEM] Osamu
My fear is not...
[14:07] Koki
Right, then...
[14:08] Taichi
What's going on with him?
[14:10] Taichi
His hands are slow, and he
doesn't seem all that athletic.
[14:14] Taichi
But...
[14:16] Taichi
If I don't do everything perfectly,
he takes the card.
[14:20] Taichi
Perfectly...
[14:25] Sudo
Must be rough.
[14:27] Rion
Huh?
[14:27] Sudo
It's harder to hear when
you're tired, right?
[14:31] Sudo
It must be rough having so many
mental and physical weaknesses.
[14:37] Sakura
It's her fourth match.
[14:38] Sakura
When it's been six hours since
the start of the event,
SIGN Man, I want to take her place...
[14:41] Sakura
the condition of each player starts to vary.
[14:45] Sakura
Some hit their first peak of exhaustion.
[14:48] Sakura
Some get tired of memorizing and lose focus.
[14:51] Sakura
Some finish warming up and
start to move better.
[14:55] Sakura
Some finally adjust to their
kimono or right hand.
[15:02] Nishida
She's not wasting any movements!
[15:05] Nishida
Her hand-eye coordination is getting better.
[15:07] Nishida
There's no way she even realizes it.
[15:10] Nishida
She doesn't, but practicing with
her left hand all that time
[15:14] Nishida
resulted in mirroring her
body and attack positions.
[15:18] Nishida
Going after her old weak spots, her own
left side and the opponent's right,
[15:22] Nishida
broadened her awareness of
where her right hand is going!
[15:27] Sakura
You have plenty of stamina, Ayase-san.
[15:30] [POEM] Osamu
while snow falls upon my sleeves
[15:37] Sakura
Some keep getting better as the day goes on,
[15:40] Sakura
and...
SIGN the red that is the Tatsuta River
[15:42] [POEM] Osamu
Impassionate gods have never seen
[15:56] Chihaya
This is the wrong one.
[15:57] Chihaya
Who had "Impassionate" number 7?
[15:59] Haruka
Who had "Impassionate" number 11—
[16:01] Both
Oh.
[16:02] Haruka
Thanks.
[16:03] Chihaya
Thank you.
[16:05] Sakura
Their cards collided.
SIGN the red that is the Tatsuta River
[16:09] Sakura
They both took "Impassionate"
with the same speed.
[16:13] Haruka
This really is rough.
[16:15] Haruka
I haven't played any official
matches in so long.
[16:17] Haruka
My boobs are getting tight, too.
Why'd they have to be so productive?
[16:21] Haruka
But I'm finally in tune now.
[16:25] Sakura
And some finally complete their
ear tuning in the fourth match.
[16:30] Aki
You can do it, Mom!
[16:32] [POEM] Osamu
I feel that my love...
[16:34] [POEM] Osamu
Note that though...
[16:36] Kuri
That's the former Queen
Inokuma, grade 6, for you.
[16:39] Kitano
If not for those two maternity leaves,
she'd have kept her streak going.
[16:42] Kitano
Is she back in action?
[16:44] Sakura
Inokuma, grade 6...
[16:46] Sakura
Five years younger than me, and my rival.
[16:49] Sakura
I challenged her four times,
[16:51] Sakura
but I couldn't win once.
[16:54] (Flashback) Sakura
How did you get so good?
[16:56] (Flashback) Haruka
Oh, I can take cards because
I hear well, that's all.
[17:00] (Flashback) Haruka
If you can hear better,
you can take them, too!
[17:03] Sakura
She's a different sort
of genius than Suo-san:
[17:06] Sakura
the honest, up-front type.
[17:10] Taichi
This is not going to end well.
[17:13] Taichi
I thought his overall
movements were too heavy,
[17:16] Taichi
but since his hands are slow,
he just doesn't need to stop himself.
[17:20] Taichi
This is bad.
He's grabbing everything with precision.
[17:25] Sudo
Crush Mashima.
[17:27] Sudo
Drain his stamina and energy.
[17:32] Koki
Sudo-san...
[17:33] Koki
Make sure Sudo-san wins!
[17:36] Koki
Make him do that condescending laugh of his!
SIGN Keh-heh-heh
[17:39] Taichi
He's doing this for his team, too...
[18:00] Taichi
I know how you feel.
[18:04] Taichi
It's nice to have a senpai, isn't it?
[18:11] [POEM] Osamu
Feel love deepen...
[18:13] Taichi
He's typically slow, right?
[18:17] Taichi
So I just need to cover
my cards or block him.
[18:21] Taichi
I don't need to take every card perfectly.
[18:23] Taichi
My body feels lighter!
[18:29] Sudo
I'm not as far ahead as I thought I'd be.
[18:32] Sudo
Even though she's exhausted...
[18:34] Makoto
That narrow-eyes jerk!
I'll clobber him myself someday!
[18:35] [POEM] Osamu
...the troubles of this world
[18:43] [POEM] Osamu
All alone...
[18:51] Sudo
How can she still take
her best cards so quickly?
[18:56] Rion
Some people hear more clearly
[18:58] Rion
the more tired they are!
[19:02] Rion
I don't care about being Queen.
[19:04] Rion
I just want to get my rice and
defend Fujisaki's reputation.
[19:09] Rion
But...
[19:10] Rion
But...
[19:12] (Flashback) Chihaya
Yama-chan! Let's have some good games!
[19:16] (Flashback) Chihaya
That means we're practicing
for the Queen match!
[19:26] Both
Thank you very much.
[19:29] Sudo
I'm beat...
[19:30] Sudo
What the hell was that? She's just a girl!
SIGN Throb
[19:44] Kuri
Yes! Arata-kun did it!
[19:46] Both
Thank you very much.
[19:48] Kitano
You almost had it, Yumin.
[19:50] Kitano
But it doesn't matter.
The real fight is in two weeks.
[19:53] Kitano
So what was Wataya Arata like?
[19:56] Yumi
I got the sense that he's still young.
[19:59] Yumi
If I could have argued
about four more cards,
SIGN Inexplicably fatigued
[20:02] Yumi
I could have thrown him
off his pace completely.
[20:06] Arata
Chihaya...
[20:08] Arata
Takemura-san...
[20:09] Take
After I lost so bad in the Master match,
[20:12] Take
I couldn't play karuta for half a year.
[20:15] (Flashback) Guy
I saw you on TV! I hope
you try again someday!
[20:18] (Flashback) Guy
I'll be looking forward to it!
[20:20] Take
Half a year...
[20:23] Take
What was I doing for half a year?!
[20:27] Take
Half a year is all it takes for such
a talented young player to show up!
[20:34] Take
Damn it!
[20:36] Nishida
She did it!
[20:38] Nishida
The quarterfinalists have been decided!
[20:40] Guy
The Shiranami Society still
has four players continuing!
[20:42] Lady
And the Nagumo Society has two!
[20:44] Guy
The Shiranami Society has the edge!
[20:45] Guy
The high school kids have
been amazing this year.
[20:48] Lady
We will now decide the
quarterfinal match-ups.
[20:48] Lady
How's this going to end?
[20:50] Kanade
The Prez won, too!
SIGN He won!
[20:54] Sakura
Part of it is up to fate and the times,
[20:58] Sakura
so I don't know if Ayase-san
can become Queen, but...
SIGN Ayase Chihaya
SIGN Harada
Hidehiro
SIGN Ba-dump
SIGN Oho?
[21:06] Lady
Oh, you're from the same society.
[21:08] Lady
I'll draw again.
[21:10] Chihaya
Will it be Sudo-san, Murao-san...
[21:14] Chihaya
or Arata?
SIGN Harada Hidehiro Ayase Chihaya
SIGN Inokuma Haruka
[21:25] Sakura
There's someone she'll have to defeat first.
E4 - Nobody wishes to see
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SIGN Chihayafuru 3
SIGN Chihayafuru 3
SIGN Verse 4
SIGN Nobody
wishes
to see
SIGN Yoshino
Tournament
SIGN Quarterfinals
SIGN Tsuboguchi Hiroshi vs. Wataya Arata
[01:23] Hiroshi
I'm playing Wataya-kun again?
[01:25] Hiroshi
No! Please, no!
SIGN Barely won last year
[01:27] Harada
It's been a long time, Murao-kun.
SIGN Murao Shinichi vs. Harada Hideo
[01:29] Murao
It's good to see you again, Dr. Harada.
[01:32] Kuri
The Nagumo Society versus
the Shiranami Society.
[01:34] Kuri
This is a prelude to
the Master tournament qualifiers.
[01:37] Kuri
Murao-kun, Arata-kun,
beat them into submission!
SIGN Who are Ayase and Mashima playing?
SIGN Mashima's up against Sudo-san?!
SIGN Mashima Taichi vs. Sudo Akihito
[01:53] Sudo
Oh, you're still in it?
[01:55] Sudo
Lucky me.
[01:56] Nishida
That means Ayase's playing...
SIGN Ayase Chihaya vs. Inokuma Haruka
[02:04] Kanade
Chihaya-chan's next opponent is a mother?
SIGN With two kids, no less.
SIGN You think she's good?
[02:13] Nishida
Ayase!
[02:15] Nishida
Keep calm!
[02:16] Nishida
When you get to the quarterfinals,
anyone you play is gonna be tough!
[02:19] Nishida
Just stay calm and play your own way!
[02:22] Nishida
Don't think of her as a former Queen
with four straight wins!
[02:25] Chihaya
Former Queen?
[02:27] Chihaya
Wow, really?
[02:30] Nishida
"Really"?
[02:34] Nishida
It's frightening that she didn't know!
[02:36] Kitano
Yumin, don't miss this.
[02:39] Kitano
Inokuma-san is sure to be
in the Queen qualifiers.
[02:42] Yumi
I don't want to be matched against her.
[02:45] Kitano
No kidding, fool! Nobody does!
[02:47] Kanade
H-How good is she, exactly?
[02:50] Nishida
I've only seen her in videos myself,
[02:53] Nishida
but her game plan is highly unique.
[02:55] Nishida
She's kinda like Wakamiya Shinobu,
but with better game sense.
SIGN What? Better game sense?!
[03:00] Taichi
Can I make it through a match with Sudo-san?
[03:04] Taichi
Once he's sure his opponent ranks below him,
[03:06] Taichi
he arranges his cards in ways
that seem to tease them
[03:08] Taichi
and uses his words to mess with them.
[03:12] Taichi
I need to keep it together.
This is my chance to make the semis.
[03:16] Taichi
Keep it together...
[03:21] Harada
Feels like a team match, doesn't it?
[03:23] Harada
Four Shiranami Society players
made it to the quarterfinals.
[03:27] Harada
That's a first!
[03:29] Harada
This is a four-on-four
team match in every way!
[03:34] Harada
And of course, our goal is...
[03:36] Harada
four wins for the Shiranami Society!
[03:42] Kitano
That Harada still has no class whatsoever.
[03:44] Kitano
He made sure everyone would
hear him say that.
[03:47] Sakura
Dr. Harada is trying to give the impression
that the Shiranami Society has the momentum.
[03:52] Kuri
This is no big deal.
[03:53] Murao
Arata, let's both win two more matches
and meet in the final.
[03:59] Kuri
The Nagumo Society has just as much momentum!
[04:04] Kitano
They're all a bunch of fools!
[04:05] Kitano
Both the Nagumo Society and
the Shiranami Society!
[04:08] Kitano
The real battle is the Master and Queen
qualifiers in two weeks.
[04:12] Kitano
Keep your eyes peeled, Yumin.
[04:14] Kitano
Where'd Yusei go?
[04:17] Kitano
The Suihoku Society's watching closely to
learn every last detail about the opposition.
[04:21] Kitano
We're the smartest ones here.
[04:23] Kitano
The one to watch is definitely
Inokuma, grade 6.
[04:26] Kitano
Has she returned to her former self,
the one who was Queen?
[04:29] Kitano
If she has, there's no scarier opponent.
[04:32] Guy
Is she going to make a full comeback?
[04:34] Guy
A noteworthy high school player
will be a good test for her.
[04:38] All
Hang in there!
[04:41] Chihaya
A team match with the
Shiranami Society, huh?
[04:46] Dad
We'll be outside.
[04:56] Haruka
The reader is a member of
the Hiroshima Karuta Association,
[04:59] Haruka
full-time reader Hirota Koichiro, grade 6.
[05:03] Kanade
What a treat!
[05:04] Guy
Two minutes of memorization time remaining.
[05:08] Hiroshi
Chihaya-chan's playing Inokuma-san...
[05:11] Harada
How far will she make it?
[05:14] Harada
There's not much she'll learn from this,
but she will gain rare, valuable experience.
[05:21] Taichi
Even with Chihaya playing
right next to me...
[05:24] Sudo
Is "Impassionate" your best card, too?
[05:27] Sudo
I should probably move it, then.
[05:29] Sudo
Over here? No, maybe over here...
[05:32] Taichi
I'm preoccupied enough with my own match!
[05:35] Harada
Oops.
[05:37] Hiroshi
Can't get distracted.
[05:38] Both
I need to focus on the lion in front of me!
[05:42] Taichi
Right. I'm not the club president today.
[05:46] Guy
We will now begin.
[05:48] All
Thank you for the game.
[05:49] All
Thank you for the game.
[05:54] [POEM] Hirota
Naniwa Bay, now the flower
blooms, but for winter
[06:04] [POEM] Hirota
Here comes spring,
now the flower blooms
[06:12] Taichi
Preoccupied is fine. I just have to do this.
[06:14] [POEM] Hirota
Here comes spring,
now the flower blooms
[06:24] [POEM] Hirota
Look for the sound of the cuckoo
[06:29] [POEM] Hirota
In the sleepy spring sunlight,
[06:33] Lady
She got two in a row?
[06:35] Guy
She's not just taking cards with speed alone,
unlike so many youngsters!
[06:38] Guy
She's being careful,
[06:40] Guy
and her movements are sharp.
[06:44] (Flashback) Rion
I think I listen for whether
the sound is high or low.
[06:49] Chihaya
The pitch...
[06:51] Chihaya
High...
[06:53] Chihaya
Low...
[06:54] Chihaya
High...
[06:55] Chihaya
Low...
[06:57] Chihaya
High...
[06:58] Chihaya
Low...
[06:59] [POEM] Hirota
A house left to the weeds
welcomes no visitors
[07:02] Kitano
Maybe what we'll be seeing today
isn't Inokuma Haruka's comeback,
[07:07] Kitano
but a new generation's takeover!
[07:12] [POEM] Hirota
The sight of the lonely moon...
[07:14] Chihaya
A fault...
[07:16] Chihaya
That's a full-time reader for you.
[07:18] Chihaya
The differences in pitch are so subtle.
[07:21] [POEM] Hirota
Feel sorrow wash...
[07:23] [POEM] Hirota
Though I prayed...
[07:24] Guy
Inokuma-san got her back!
[07:27] [POEM] Hirota
My fear is that you will forget
your promise to never forget me,
[07:33] Sakura
The mood doesn't lie,
irresponsible as it is.
[07:39] Sakura
It's filled with expectation for
the bright shine of a new star.
[07:45] Sakura
It really takes passion
to come back to the game.
[07:49] [POEM] Hirota
so I would prefer to die now
while I am still happy
[07:59] [POEM] Hirota
The sky is the road home...
[08:03] [POEM] Hirota
The fall wind parts...
[08:08] Chihaya
It's hard to discern the pitch for "The" cards,
[08:10] Chihaya
yet she could hear it?
[08:13] Haruka
A new star... who's in high school?
[08:16] Haruka
She's trying hard to discern the pitch,
[08:19] Haruka
but there's so much more to it.
[08:22] Haruka
There are many qualities to a sound.
[08:25] Haruka
High and low, strong and weak,
[08:29] Haruka
feminine and masculine, soft and sharp...
[08:33] Haruka
Whether the reader is from
the east or the west...
[08:34] [POEM] Hirota
clear and bright
[08:40] [POEM] Hirota
After I determined to abandon
my love, my only regret
[08:43] Guy
She's fast!
[08:49] Sakura
Her ears... are picking it up now.
[08:52] Sakura
They're remembering what
competitive karuta is.
[08:55] Sakura
Not only that...
[08:57] Chihaya
Huh?
[08:58] Chihaya
Wha... What?!
[09:05] Sakura
Normally, as you take more cards,
[09:08] Sakura
you'd move your remaining
cards toward the outside.
[09:11] Sakura
But she almost never rearranges her cards,
[09:15] Sakura
leaving them all over the place.
[09:17] Sakura
It's her unique play style.
[09:21] Sakura
You can't swipe whole rows to take a card.
[09:24] Sakura
It forces you to go for only
the exact card you want.
[09:29] Haruka
Sakurazawa-san,
[09:31] Haruka
is this what you would call "passion"?
[09:35] Guy
D-Dang, Inokuma-san is really good!
[09:38] Guy
She's just as good as she was
before her maternity leave!
[09:40] Guy
I thought she'd already peaked...
[09:42] Lady
And she was away
from the game so long, too...
[09:44] Aki
Daddy, where's Mommy?
[09:46] Dad
Oh, Aki, you woke up?
[09:49] Dad
Mommy's in the middle of a match.
[09:52] Guy
It looks like...
[09:54] Lady
She's actually looking to
take back the Queen title?
[09:59] Haruka
I know I'm being greedy.
[10:02] Aki
Mommy! Where are you?!
[10:05] Haruka
But I want to show—
[10:14] Haruka
prove to one and all—
[10:16] Haruka
that I'm just coming into my prime!
[10:26] Harada
That's him: the Nagumo Society's
cleanup man, Murao-kun.
[10:30] Harada
He didn't have much of a presence at first,
[10:32] Harada
but his hours of practice, and the players
he's practiced with, are paying off.
[10:36] Girl
Dr. Harada's down by ten already...
[10:39] Harada
He's a tough opponent.
[10:44] Girl
These kids...
[10:50] Guy
H-He's fast!
[10:53] Guy
Not because his game sense is perfect,
but because of his insane acceleration!
[10:58] Hiroshi
This is why I hate playing high schoolers.
[11:02] Hiroshi
He's improved even more since last year.
[11:06] Guy
Lots of matches worth watching
this time around...
[11:10] Kitano
I thought the young players' efforts
would stand out above all.
[11:13] Kitano
But Inokuma's stealing the show!
[11:21] Chihaya
I can't attack her side.
Her defense is too solid.
[11:25] Chihaya
Not only can she discern sounds
accurately, but her card placement...
[11:29] Chihaya
That's only advantageous
for the one who always
[11:31] Chihaya
puts all the cards in the same spots,
and practices that way for years.
[11:34] Chihaya
It's only advantageous for her.
[11:37] Nishida
Ayase...
[11:38] Kanade
Darn it! I want to watch President Mashima's
match too, but there's only one of me!
[11:47] Kanade
Hanano-san...
[11:49] Sumire
Mashima-senpai...
[11:54] Sumire
I still don't know much about
the finer points of karuta,
[11:58] Sumire
but...
[12:00] Sudo
Wait, did you really get that?
[12:02] Taichi
Huh?
[12:03] Sudo
Okay, then. If that's what you think.
[12:06] Sudo
Keep it.
[12:08] Sudo
Huh, so you couldn't see it...
[12:13] Sumire
But...
[12:14] Sumire
Mashima-senpai's karuta has changed
since the individual tournament
[12:17] Sumire
at the High School Championship.
[12:21] Nishida
Scary!
[12:22] Mochida
There's Sudo-kun's aggressive,
offensive karuta! Good!
[12:27] Sudo
Hey...
[12:29] Sudo
I'm not sure I'd believe it,
[12:31] Sudo
but are you in love with Ayase?
[12:42] Taichi
He's hard to play against.
[12:44] Taichi
His karuta is so aggressive, it's scary...
[12:48] Taichi
But it's just an act.
He's pushed to his limits, too.
[12:53] Taichi
That's what I'm gonna tell myself.
[12:57] Tsutomu
Mashima...
[12:58] Taichi
Relax.
[13:01] Taichi
Relax.
[13:03] Taichi
My opponent is strong, and that's why...
[13:06] Taichi
I have to test this.
[13:08] Taichi
I have to!
[13:09] [POEM] Hirota
When winds blow oak leaves...
[13:13] Sudo
He's starting to cover
the three-syllable cards.
[13:15] Sudo
And he's doing it by swinging through,
not just holding them down.
[13:19] Sakura
Mashima-kun was consciously trying to
move quickly at the training camp, too.
[13:24] Sakura
He also practiced covering cards,
even those with few unique syllables.
[13:28] Sakura
That's Emuro-kun's specialty.
[13:31] Taichi
Test it...
[13:34] Taichi
Test what I've practiced,
[13:37] Taichi
and test myself.
[13:42] Sudo
Now this is interesting!
SIGN Harada 19 - 10 Murao
SIGN Wataya 12 - 17 Tsuboguchi
SIGN Sudo 12 - 17 Mashima
SIGN Ayase 16 - 13 Inokuma
[14:01] Guy
All four of the Shiranami
players are at a disadvantage.
[14:04] Guy
It was all going too well.
[14:06] Guy
Are they going to keep slipping?
[14:08] Chihaya
Amazing...
[14:11] Chihaya
It's amazing, Yama-chan.
[14:14] Chihaya
There's far more depth
to the world of sound!
[14:18] [POEM] Hirota
Impassioned was your...
[14:20] Chihaya
She took—
[14:21] Harada
Got there in time!
[14:31] Kitano
"Got there in time"? What kind
of thing is that to yell out?!
[14:35] Kitano
He has the worst etiquette of anyone here!
[14:38] Yumi
That's Dr. Harada's typical
style of intimidation.
[14:41] Yumi
Will it work on Murao-san?
[14:46] Hiroshi
Dr. Harada's "Got there in time"...
[14:49] Hiroshi
He targeted his opponent's
"Impassioned vows"
[14:51] Hiroshi
and got back to his own
"Impassioned was" in time!
[14:56] Harada
Attack.
[14:58] All
Attack!
[14:59] [POEM] Hirota
Alas, another autumn has passed in vain
[15:07] Chihaya
My weapon for attacking...
[15:09] [POEM] Hirota
For you, I head out to the
fields to pick spring greens
[15:12] Nishida
She did it!
[15:14] Nishida
She took a multi-syllable card by
aiming for the gap under her hand!
[15:16] Nishida
She actually pulled it off
against a former Queen!
SIGN the red that is the Tatsuta River
[15:26] Kitano
What?!
[15:27] Kitano
She's sending "Impassionate" to Inokuma's
side, despite her tight defense?!
[15:31] Kitano
Even if this is offensive karuta, just how
offensive can the Shiranami Society be?!
SIGN the red that is the Tatsuta River
[15:43] [POEM] Hirota
while snow falls upon my sleeves
[15:51] Chihaya
They might call me reckless...
[15:53] Chihaya
They might call me greedy...
[15:56] Chihaya
But the title of Queen is
what I've been striving for.
[16:00] [POEM] Hirota
After I heard you say...
[16:03] All
Who got that one?!
[16:05] Chihaya
S...
[16:07] Chihaya
Stalemate! You can have it!
SIGN Stalemate: When both touch the
card at the same time
[16:11] Nishida
You're supposed to argue for it
when that happens, you idiot!
SIGN when I should have gone to sleep instead
[16:14] Chihaya
Right here. I'll connect right here.
[16:18] Chihaya
Right here.
[16:21] Chihaya
On this corner.
[16:22] Nishida
Ayase may be an idiot,
[16:25] Nishida
but she's aiming to take cards directly,
even with that tricky placement!
[16:36] Chihaya
A single point.
[16:41] Chihaya
When you're playing karuta to become Queen,
you aim for a single point.
[16:45] [POEM] Hirota
A night spent waiting until the
moon began to set in the west
[16:49] Chihaya
I just barely missed it again.
[16:53] Haruka
Getting close isn't enough against her...
I have to take it instantly!
[17:01] Sakura
Inokuma-san's breathing is...
[17:03] [POEM] Hirota
when I should have gone to sleep instead
[17:13] [POEM] Hirota
Impassionate gods have never seen
SIGN the red that is the Tatsuta River
[17:17] Guy
Who got that one?!
[17:18] Nishida
Another stalemate?!
[17:26] Sakura
She lost it!
[17:28] Sakura
She really lost one!
[17:31] Sakura
And it was "Impassionate"!
[17:36] Sakura
The card I was never able to take from her!
[17:39] Kitano
It's difficult to improve your
game sense and your ears.
[17:44] Kitano
But...
[17:45] Nishida
With direct takes and multi-syllable cards,
it all comes down to practice.
[17:50] Nishida
And I don't know anyone who
practices more than Ayase!
[17:59] Arata
I can't seem to widen the gap.
[18:01] Arata
He's picking up cards so carefully.
[18:03] Arata
Is this how Tsuboguchi-san
has always played karuta?
SIGN You can do it
[18:08] Takei
You can do it, Coach!
[18:11] Hiroshi
I'm the karuta club advisor
at Homei High School.
[18:14] Hiroshi
I practice three hours every single day.
[18:17] Hiroshi
I've led my students in tons of tournaments.
[18:19] Hiroshi
I definitely slacked more in college
than I do now!
[18:23] Hiroshi
Playing with those kids gave me
a chance to relearn the basics.
[18:28] Hiroshi
You're not the only one who's gotten better!
SIGN I deflect your artful words to keep my sleeves dry
[18:35] Kid
Yes!
[18:36] Kid
Sudo-senpai's pull-back after
reaching forward is in great form!
[18:39] Mochida
Nice!
[18:40] Mochida
Sudo-kun is like a Japanese katana.
[18:42] Mochida
It's said that they cut better
when pulled rather than thrusted.
[18:46] Mochida
And I forged him into one!
[18:49] Sudo
I can't pull away, though.
[18:51] Sudo
He's actually gotten more
relaxed in the second half.
[18:56] Taichi
"May my sighs" and "May the scarlet"
are still three-syllable cards.
SIGN May the scarlet May my sighs
[18:59] Taichi
I'll cover both of them to take them.
[19:01] Taichi
I really want to take "Said
bed" and "Like the,"
SIGN Like the Said bed
[19:04] Taichi
but other cards that start
the same are still in play.
[19:06] Taichi
I need to be careful.
[19:07] Taichi
"Would this" is the only
"Would" card in the field,
SIGN Would this
[19:10] Taichi
but "Would the" hasn't been read yet.
SIGN Would this Would the
[19:12] Taichi
Be careful with those, too.
SIGN My fear is not My life My fear is that My only thought as the My only thought as I My own sleeves My own home
[19:13] Taichi
"My own home," "My own sleeves,"
"My only thought as I,"
[19:16] Taichi
"My only thought as the," "My
fear is that," "My life"...
[19:18] Taichi
Yeah, "My fear is not" is
definitely one-syllable now.
[19:21] Taichi
I'll keep an eye out for that one.
[19:23] Taichi
It'll be tough to defend one-syllable
cards from Sudo-san's speed.
[19:27] Taichi
I can sacrifice them.
[19:29] [POEM] Hirota
The storm will soon carry
me to the afterlife,
[19:30] Sudo
Crap! Dead card!
[19:34] Taichi
Sudo-san is getting really tired!
SIGN So he says
to make
himself
feel better
[19:39] Sudo
Excuse me.
[19:44] Retro
Thank you very much!
[19:46] Retro
Thank you very much!
[19:52] Kid
Retro won in Class B?!
[19:54] Kid
Wow!
[19:55] Kid
I didn't even know he was still in it...
[20:00] Mochida
Sit down!
[20:04] Sudo
Sorry about that.
SIGN Go! Class A
[20:16] Taichi
I can't...
[20:17] Both
...be bested by Retro!
[20:19] Guy
Wow... None of these matches
are ending up one-sided.
[20:23] Guy
Even Dr. Harada has closed the gap.
[20:30] Dad
No, Aki! Don't go in there! Aki!
[20:55] Harada
This is a four-on-four team match!
[21:00] Chihaya
Dr. Harada...
[21:04] Chihaya
It feels like I don't have any enemies here.
[21:08] Chihaya
This is fun...
[21:12] Chihaya
So much fun...
[21:15] Chihaya
It's such fun karuta that every last
bit of us is coming out into the open.
[21:21] Chihaya
Everyone here
[21:23] Chihaya
is a karuta lover through and through!
E5 - Mount Amanokagu
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SIGN Chihayafuru 3
SIGN Chihayafuru 3
SIGN Verse 5
SIGN Mount
Amanokagu
[01:15] Guy
She's closed the gap from
three cards to one.
[01:17] Guy
That high school girl's
putting up a good fight!
[01:20] Guy
It'll all depend on which cards are read.
[01:22] Guy
Inokuma-san's plenty fast at taking cards, too.
[01:25] Guy
This is the biggest battle
of speed we've had today.
SIGN Yoshino Tournament
SIGN Quarterfinals
[01:31] Sakura
The reason this is such a close match now
[01:33] Sakura
is because Haruka-san was rattled
when she lost "Impassionate."
SIGN the red that is the Tatsuta River
SIGN the red that is the Tatsuta River
[01:45] Haruka
She's having fun playing.
[01:48] Haruka
I can't let her get into a groove.
[01:49] Haruka
I need to throw off her pace
and not let her have fun!
[01:56] Dad
Hey! Aki!
[02:05] Chihaya
That logo on his chest! It's Daddy Bear!
[02:07] Dad
If you can't be quiet, we're leaving, Aki.
[02:09] Aki
No!
[02:09] Aki
Mommy's game looks fun! No! I wanna watch!
[02:10] Dad
I'm sorry. I'm so sorry.
[02:13] Chihaya
Yay! Another fellow Daddy Bear fan!
[02:18] Haruka
My parents were karuta players, too.
SIGN now white robes hang to dry on Mount Amanokagu
[02:21] Haruka
I spent more weekends at their
practice hall than anywhere else.
[02:25] Haruka
Then I won the Queen title four times
and had two adorable kids.
[02:30] Haruka
I should be able to say that's enough...
[02:39] Haruka
But the realization that parents
can have something they treasure
[02:44] Haruka
as much as their kids set me free.
[02:47] Haruka
My children will grow up.
[02:50] Haruka
That's why I have to shine in karuta.
[02:52] Haruka
My karuta is a kind of karuta
[02:58] Haruka
that I enjoy more than anyone else!
[03:00] [POEM] Hirota
May the scarlet kadsuras of Mount
Afusaka live up to their name
[03:09] Tsutomu
"May my sighs" is on her side,
[03:11] Tsutomu
but she went for "May the scarlet" on
her opponent's side after one syllable.
[03:15] Nishida
That only makes sense.
[03:16] Nishida
Ayase was targeting the opponent's side.
She wouldn't get back in time.
[03:21] Nishida
No...
[03:23] Nishida
It's not that Inokuma-san
was playing offensively.
[03:27] Nishida
She knew!
[03:30] Sakura
That's a given.
[03:31] Sakura
Haruka-san was born in Yamaguchi,
[03:34] Sakura
so she excels when the reader
is from the west.
[03:37] Sakura
She can discern the subtle
differences in intonation.
[03:40] Sakura
She just takes them because she can hear.
[03:42] Sakura
That's a Queen's game sense.
[03:46] Guy
She's back.
[03:48] Kitano
Right down to that childish smile...
[03:57] [POEM] Hirota
and allow us this secret rendezvous
[04:07] [POEM] Hirota
Would the mountain cherry
blossoms return my affection,
[04:08] Both
Dead card!
[04:09] Kitano
But "Would this" moved!
[04:11] Yumi
That's a fault!
[04:12] Kitano
Which one touched it?!
[04:19] Both
That was just a blow by, right?
[04:34] (Flashback) Chihaya
Wow, really?
[04:37] Nishida
I felt no stiffness at all
in her shoulder back then.
[04:43] Nishida
I thought she'd tense up
against a former Queen,
[04:46] Nishida
but right from the start,
and even this close to the end,
[04:49] Nishida
she's not getting worked up.
[04:54] Nishida
Maybe in Ayase's mind, the only Queen...
[04:58] Nishida
is Wakamiya Shinobu.
[05:03] Chihaya
No matter how strong she is...
[05:15] Chihaya
Shinobu-chan is even stronger!
[05:19] Guy
She's playing an unrestrained game,
even in such an intense back-and-forth.
[05:23] Guy
This is such a seesaw battle! As a veteran,
Inokuma-san may be used to it...
[05:28] Guy
...but she's just a high schooler!
[05:34] Nishida
Her faith in Wakamiya's strength
is keeping her relaxed.
[05:41] Nishida
But...
[05:47] Nishida
Even Wakamiya Shinobu isn't invincible.
[06:01] Nishida
Faith?
[06:05] Both
Thank you very much.
[06:06] Both
Thank you very much.
[06:08] Hiroshi
Yes!
[06:09] Both
What?!
[06:11] Girl
Hiroshi-kun won!
[06:12] All
Coach Tsuboguchi!
SIGN Shock
SIGN The Nagumo Society's hopes were so high, they're stunned silent
[06:16] Arata
Those last five cards in a row...
[06:19] Arata
They were exactly the
ones he was aiming for.
SIGN You're going to win
[06:22] Arata
Was it some kind of curse?
[06:31] Chihaya
Arata lost...
[06:32] Taichi
Even Arata...
[06:35] Hiroshi
This is why...
[06:40] Both
...karuta is so unpredictable.
[06:47] [POEM] Hirota
Impassioned vows exchanged over
many a tear shed to last
SIGN until the day waves crash over Mount Suenomatsu
[06:56] Both
Thank you very much.
[06:58] Both
Thank you very much.
[07:01] Chihaya
Dr. Harada...
[07:03] Taichi
Murao-san won?
[07:05] Kitano
Heh! That Harada's wiped
out after five matches!
SIGN Pathetic
[07:09] Kuri
Well done, Murao-kun!
[07:11] Guy
But his ten-card lead in the middle
was knocked down to four.
[07:16] Guy
That took a lot out of Murao-kun.
[07:19] Harada
Damn it! Damn it! Damn it! Damn it!
[07:24] Kuri
That'll affect him later.
[07:27] All
This is why karuta is so scary...
[07:34] Sumire
Four cards left...
[07:36] Nishida
They both have two.
[07:39] Nishida
They're even.
[07:42] Mochida
How will this end?
[07:45] Tsutomu
How will it end?
[07:46] Sumire
How is this going to end?!
[07:49] Guy
How will it end?
[07:54] Hiroshi
That's not it!
[07:55] Harada
Keep attacking until the end and win it!
[07:55] [POEM] Hirota
Said bed was cold as I lay awake
[07:58] Kitano
They both gambled and went for
the opponent's side at this late stage!
[08:02] Kitano
Could these Shiranami Society
people be any more reckless?!
[08:04] Kitano
What the hell is he even teaching them?!
[08:10] Taichi
Whether they win or lose...
[08:12] Chihaya
They give us strength.
[08:17] Nishida
It was partly because
she had an aggressive mindset,
[08:19] [POEM] Hirota
for the night would drag on
when I thought of my beloved
[08:21] Nishida
but the way Ayase's taking cards...
[08:31] [POEM] Hirota
Since I could not hide my love,
SIGN people would always ask if I was pining for someone
[08:45] Both
Thank you very much.
[08:48] Both
Thank you very much.
[08:50] Kanade
Sh-She fell aslee—
[08:52] Kanade
B-But she won!
[08:53] Kanade
Wake up, Chihaya-chan! You won!
[08:59] Nishida
Ayase's grabs
SIGN people would always ask if I was pining for someone
[09:02] Nishida
are starting to go silent.
[09:08] Kanade
Prez!
[09:09] Nishida
Mashima!
[09:11] All
I-It's luck of the draw!
SIGN Again!!
[09:14] Sudo
Why are all these fools
so pointlessly persistent?
[09:18] Sudo
I'll show you how good my luck is!
[09:27] Taichi
Luck of the draw...
SIGN are joined at river's end
[09:31] Taichi
Luck of the draw...
[09:33] [POEM] Hirota
people would always ask if
I was pining for someone
SIGN are joined at river's end
[09:42] [POEM] Hirota
Like the sound of someone
knocking on my door,
[09:46] Mochida
He went straight for the opponent's side?!
[09:51] [POEM] Hirota
the thistle and brush are
blown by the autumn wind
[09:55] Both
Thank you very much.
[09:57] Both
Thank you very much.
[10:00] Sudo
Damn you! What kind of
karuta are you playing?!
[10:03] Sudo
Don't take risks like
that out of desperation!
[10:09] Taichi
At this point,
[10:12] Taichi
I'm not so optimistic as to think
the card on my side will be read again.
[10:17] Sudo
What the hell? That's just creepy!
[10:22] Taichi
This is why...
[10:25] Taichi
karuta is so fun!
[10:28] Guy
Fantastic, Chitose-chan!
[10:31] Guy
Let's see more of the bag.
[10:34] Guy
Now turn your head the other way.
[10:35] Guy
Yes, that's it!
[10:38] Guy
Okay, let's take a break. Go on and change.
[10:40] Chitose
Thank you.
[10:43] Chitose
Oh, Mom!
[10:44] Mom
I brought your phone.
[10:45] Chitose
Thanks! I couldn't believe I forgot it!
[10:48] Mom
I had to slip out of work for you, you know?
[10:51] Chitose
You could've just had Chihaya bring it.
[10:54] Chitose
No, she's at a tournament today.
[10:56] Mom
Oh, shoot! My break's over!
[10:58] Mom
They'll take this out of my pay!
[11:01] Chitose
I'm sorry I haven't earned
as much as I hoped to.
[11:04] Chitose
I just keep racking up costs for lessons...
[11:06] Mom
Huh?
[11:10] Mom
It's all right.
[11:11] Mom
I like my part-time job at the supermarket,
[11:13] Mom
and Chihaya's karuta doesn't cost that much.
SIGN Stored Fare Used
SIGN Balance
SIGN Tap IC Card
[11:18] Mom
Other than the hakama, anyway.
[11:21] Mom
I'll barely make it for the timed sale...
[11:29] Mom
Oh... I'm sorry.
[11:34] (Flashback) Chihaya
I'm heading out!
[11:37] Mom
I hope Chihaya gave it her best.
[11:41] Mom
I hope that hakama we bought in
twelve installments is all right.
[11:46] Kanade
Chihaya-chan, wake up!
SIGN Ayase!
[11:49] Nishida
You won, so you have another match to play!
[11:51] Lady
We will now decide the semifinal match-ups.
SIGN Tsuboguchi Hiroshi Murao Shinichi
Ayase Chihaya Mashima Taichi
[11:54] Nishida
And there it is!
SIGN Ayase's playing Hiroshi-san next!
SIGN Victory
[12:02] Hiroshi
Excuse me. I'd like to yield the match.
[12:05] Hiroshi
I'll take the loss by default.
[12:07] Takei
What?! Coach, you're taking a loss?!
SIGN "Yield" To withdraw from participating n a match
SIGN Often used when a player is matched with a member of the same society, or when it's late and a player might miss their ride home
SIGN This is common
[12:10] Guy
Oh, all right.
SIGN Used to it
[12:12] Guy
We'll only have one Class A
semifinal match, then.
[12:16] Hiroshi
Just let Chihaya-chan sleep.
[12:20] Hiroshi
You worked hard.
[12:22] Kanade
Tsuboguchi-san...
[12:33] Hiroshi
Having a rough time?
[12:35] Hiroshi
But this is it, Eyelashes!
[12:39] Hiroshi
Most people here think you're just a kid
who rode a wave of momentum to get here.
[12:46] Lady
You're playing a high
schooler in the semifinal?
[12:48] Guy
Good thing it's not Tsuboguchi-kun.
[12:50] Guy
Oh, I'm sure Murao-kun can handle it.
[12:53] Hiroshi
But the members of our society know...
[12:56] Hiroshi
that you don't have much momentum or luck.
SIGN Huh?!
SIGN Huh?! He doesn't mince words!
[13:00] Hiroshi
What you have is skill.
[13:03] Hiroshi
Go out there and show that
your skill's what got you here!
[13:08] Taichi
Hiroshi-san...
[13:10] Taichi
Don't say scary stuff like that.
[13:14] Taichi
If it turns out that
I don't actually have the skill...
[13:20] Taichi
Murao-san is an older member
of Arata's society.
[13:23] Taichi
There's no doubt he's good.
[13:30] (Flashback) Taichi
I stole them.
[13:37] Taichi
Arata...
[13:40] Taichi
is watching.
[13:43] Haruka
Sakurazawa-san!
[13:45] Sakura
Haruka-san.
[13:47] Sakura
Great playing today. Heading home?
[13:50] Haruka
I need to get home and make dinner.
[13:52] Haruka
And there's laundry too, right?
[13:55] Haruka
Sakurazawa-san, why don't you give
me your current contact info?
[14:01] Haruka
I'd like you to practice with me.
[14:05] Haruka
I'll take better care of my contacts.
[14:08] Haruka
These glasses just aren't working out.
[14:10] Haruka
I do have children, so it
won't be easy to make time,
[14:14] Haruka
but I've had enough of losing
before I've given my all.
[14:21] Sakura
Losing "Impassionate" really
affected you, didn't it?
[14:29] (Flashback) Guy
With her fourth consecutive win,
[14:31] (Flashback) Guy
Queen Chihara Haruka!
[14:36] Haruka
I'm Inokuma Haruka now!
[14:49] Sakura
When fast players start to lose their speed,
[14:53] Sakura
they get fed up and quit.
[14:57] Sakura
That's what happened to me.
[14:59] (Flashback) Haruka
I've had enough of losing
before I've given my all.
SIGN Ayase Chihaya
SIGN Murao Shinichi
SIGN Mashima Taichi
[15:11] Harada
You seem awfully relaxed, Hiroshi-kun.
[15:14] Hiroshi
You mean because I yielded to Chihaya-chan?
[15:17] Hiroshi
But wouldn't you have done the same thing?
[15:20] Hiroshi
The real battle is in two weeks.
[15:21] Harada
I'm not young anymore.
[15:25] Harada
If they'll give me a serious match,
[15:28] Harada
I'll play like my life depends on it,
even against a favorite student.
[15:32] Harada
Because I might still have room to grow.
[15:35] Harada
Before I play against the Master...
[15:38] Harada
I can still...
[15:47] Harada
Damn it...
[15:49] Harada
That means nothing if I'm here
losing to Murao-kun.
[15:53] Harada
We're having a review meeting when this
is over! You and me, Hiroshi-kun!
[15:56] Hiroshi
Huh?!
[15:57] Harada
Shut up! You're joining me!
[16:02] Harada
Hiroshi-kun...
[16:04] Harada
If you had been matched with Eyelashes,
would you have yielded?
[16:11] Hiroshi
...show that your skill's what got you here!
[16:15] Hiroshi
Well, actually...
[16:19] Hiroshi
I think I would've tried to crush him.
[16:23] Hiroshi
I would've been as stubborn
as I was with Wataya-kun.
[16:29] Arata
This is my first time watching Taichi play.
[16:32] Arata
He was the biggest surprise of all,
[16:34] Arata
sticking with karuta and
even making Class A.
[16:38] (Flashback) Taichi
I actually have a life, so I can't
spend all my time playing karuta,
[16:41] (Flashback) Taichi
but I'll be better than you in no time!
[16:45] Kuri
What's the deal, Arata-kun?
You're being a bit creepy.
[16:48] Lady
It's time.
[16:50] Lady
The match will now begin.
[16:52] [POEM] Igarashi
Naniwa Bay, now the flower
blooms, but for winter
[17:00] Chihaya
Confirm... Confirm... Confirm...
[17:02] [POEM] Igarashi
Here comes spring,
now the flower blooms
SIGN makes me wonder how I ever let you fade from my mind
[17:05] Chihaya
One point... One point...
[17:08] Chihaya
That one point...
[17:10] Chihaya
"Like a" hasn't come up yet.
[17:12] Chihaya
Be careful of "Like the."
[17:14] Chihaya
Inokuma-san wouldn't mistake them.
[17:16] Chihaya
But make sure to take "Since I."
[17:18] Chihaya
Take it as soon as I hear the S sound.
SIGN people would always ask if I was pining for someone
[17:22] Shinobu
Your class trip is in Kyoto?
[17:24] Shinobu
That's perfect.
[17:26] Shinobu
Let's pway in the Queen match together...
SIGN Swish Swish
[17:30] Shinobu
in costumes!
[17:32] Chihaya
In costumes?!
[17:33] Kanade
Wh-Wh-Wh-What were you
dreaming about, Chihaya-chan?!
[17:37] Chihaya
Dreaming?
[17:38] Kanade
You've been asleep all this time.
[17:40] Chihaya
What is this wet spot?!
[17:41] Kanade
Th-That's drool, I think...
[17:43] Chihaya
Drool?!
[17:44] Kanade
No! Don't rub it!
SIGN Drool
[17:46] Chihaya
B-B-But Kana-chan! My kimono!
[17:49] Kanade
It's all right! We can get it out for you!
[17:51] Chihaya
Will it come out?!
[17:53] Kanade
Yes, it will!
[17:55] Chihaya
I'm sorry, Mom...
[17:57] Chihaya
Mom...
[18:03] Kanade
We have some time. Why don't
I straighten your kimono for you?
[18:07] Kanade
Chihaya-chan, you should've had your mom
come here to cheer you on.
[18:11] Kanade
She should see you in your brand-new kimono.
[18:13] Chihaya
Yeah, but she works part-time until evening.
[18:17] Chihaya
My grandpa out in the country isn't well.
[18:20] Chihaya
He always says, "I have diabetes
and all kinds of things,"
SIGN I have diabetes and all kinds of things
[18:22] Chihaya
so she sends him money for
hospital stays and caregiving.
[18:25] Chihaya
And she did buy this hakama for me.
[18:29] Chihaya
My sister asks our mom for
stuff all the time, but...
[18:37] Chihaya
Wait...
[18:38] Chihaya
Come to think of it,
[18:40] Chihaya
what about my match?
[18:58] Kuri
I can't believe Murao-kun
[19:01] Kuri
is down by five cards.
If something doesn't change...
[19:07] Arata
Murao-san...
[19:10] Kuri
Yes!
[19:11] Arata
That's it.
[19:12] Arata
Be aggressive, Murao-san.
[19:15] Harada
His simpleminded aggressiveness is
Murao-kun's strongest asset in karuta.
[19:20] Harada
He focuses intently on discerning sounds
and attacks single-mindedly.
[19:25] Harada
And I've also been teaching Eyelashes to play
offensive karuta in the Shiranami Society.
[19:34] Harada
But...
[19:37] Harada
What is that timing?
[19:40] Harada
That slight delay
[19:43] Harada
turns into the perfect defense.
[19:49] Taichi
Should I test it?
[19:53] Taichi
Can I do it?
[19:57] Mochida
He did it!
[19:59] Mochida
He leaned his whole body forward and turned
only his arm the other way for a pull-back!
[20:05] Murao
I can't pull off an attack.
SIGN How is Mashima playing so freely?
[20:12] Taichi
Chihaya isn't here.
[20:15] Taichi
Arata is watching.
[20:17] Taichi
And...
[20:19] Taichi
Dr. Harada is weighing him down.
[20:32] Arata
There's no way Murao-san will lose.
[20:38] Arata
There's no way.
[20:41] Harada
Maybe the best way Eyelashes
can improve is actually...
[20:50] Harada
with defensive karuta!
[20:54] Both
Thank you very much.
[20:56] Both
Thank you very much.
[21:25] Chihaya
The final is...
E6 - Tatsuta River Ablaze
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SIGN Yoshino
Tournament
[00:01] Guy
This is unusual. The finalists are
the same age and from the same society?
SIGN Class A Final
[00:05] Guy
And in Class A?
SIGN Mashima Taichi (Shiranami Society)
SIGN Ayase Chihaya (Shiranami Society)
[00:12] Kanade
Chihaya-chan!
SIGN Mashima...
[00:15] Retro
And in the Class B final...
SIGN Retro Go! Class A
SIGN Kinashi Hiro (Hokuo Karuta Society)
[00:20] Retro
Kinashi Hiro!
SIGN Arashi
SIGN Gotokuji Saneatsu (Yokohama Arashi Society)
[00:23] Sane
Gotokuji Saneatsu!
[00:26] Sane
Age 38, just married.
[00:28] Sane
My new wife dragged me into karuta,
[00:30] Sane
so I busted my butt to get
good enough to impress her!
[00:33] Sane
I'm the up-and-coming devoted husband
who picked up this game in no time!
SIGN Class C
[00:36] Wife
You can do it!
[00:37] Sane
You could never understand what
I've got riding on this, boy.
[00:40] Retro
You don't have much riding on this at all!
[00:42] Retro
What about my ten years of karuta experience
and the expectations of my club?!
[00:46] Sane
Ten years, and you're still in Class B?
What a side character!
[00:48] Sane
Make way for the star!
[00:50] Guy
You may begin placing your
cards in ten minutes.
SIGN Chihayafuru 3
SIGN Chihayafuru 3
SIGN Verse 6
SIGN Tatsuta
River
Ablaze
[02:17] Kanade
Prez...
[02:21] Rieko
Let's take a short break.
I'll fix your kimono.
[02:26] Rieko
Chihaya-chan, Kanade took
care of you, right?
[02:29] Rieko
This makes it even.
[02:34] Chihaya
The final...
[02:37] Chihaya
I'm playing Taichi in an official match.
[02:45] Arata
Chihaya.
[02:48] Chihaya
Arata...
[02:49] Arata
Time for the final, eh?
[02:51] Arata
But I came here with my society by car,
[02:55] Arata
so I have to leave now.
[02:57] Chihaya
What?!
[02:58] Arata
I'm dying to stay and watch, but we need to
get our middle schooler members home.
[03:04] Chihaya
Oh... Okay.
[03:08] Chihaya
Okay. Take care.
[03:11] Chihaya
Uh-huh.
[03:14] Arata
No...
[03:15] Arata
I'll stay!
[03:16] Arata
I'll watch the final!
[03:18] Arata
Even if it's just me, I can kill time
until the first train in the morning!
SIGN I can go to school half a day late.
[03:22] Chihaya
But...
[03:23] Arata
I'll watch.
[03:25] Arata
Something tells me I need to watch this.
[03:31] Harada
Don't be such a stranger, Glasses!
[03:34] Harada
You're welcome to spend
the night at my place!
[03:37] Harada
We'll play a practice match or two,
and it'll be morning before you know it.
SIGN No intention of
letting him sleep
[03:41] Murao
No, no, Harada-san.
There's no need for that.
[03:44] Murao
Our president and I will stay, too.
[03:45] Harada
You should leave, Murao-kun.
You have work tomorrow, don't you?
[03:48] Murao
If we leave right after the final,
[03:51] Murao
we can get to Fukui by 3 AM.
[03:53] Harada
Won't that be rough on you?
[03:55] Murao
It'd be rougher on me to leave without
understanding why I lost to Mashima-kun!
[04:04] Arata
Murao-san...
[04:13] Arata
You said you were going to win
all your games today in that kimono, right?
[04:20] Arata
I'm going to watch.
[04:30] Taichi
I appreciate this, Oe-san.
[04:32] Taichi
You always do so much for us.
[04:34] Rieko
Just call me Rieko, and we'll call it even.
[04:45] Rieko
You're hunching over.
[04:47] Rieko
Your back is bent.
[04:48] Taichi
O-Oh...
[04:50] Rieko
The collar won't sit right
if your shoulders are too tight.
[04:52] Taichi
Uh... Sorry.
[04:54] Rieko
Everyone does that when
they're not used to it.
[04:57] Rieko
It's just what happens when
you live in Western clothes.
[05:01] Rieko
Once you get used to wearing a kimono,
[05:04] Rieko
the positions of your shoulder
blades start to change.
[05:07] Rieko
It makes your shoulders drop backward a bit.
[05:12] Rieko
It loosens up your body.
[05:17] Rieko
But some parts still need to be tight!
[05:21] Reiko
Did you know this about the obi?
[05:26] Rieko
An obi has several lines drawn across it.
[05:31] Rieko
The two lines near the edge of the lappet
are called the kaikiri-sen.
[05:34] Rieko
The kaikiri-sen where
you make the first fold
[05:37] Rieko
are the two hand-claps given
when visiting a shrine.
[05:40] Rieko
The kasumi-sen is the shrine gate.
[05:43] Rieko
The patterned part is
the road leading to the shrine.
[05:47] Rieko
And finally, the tesaki
is the bow after praying.
[05:56] Rieko
It will support you.
[06:10] Sakura
What do you want to do?
[06:11] Sakura
If we watch the final, we'll get home late.
[06:16] Rion
I want... to stay and watch.
[06:19] Makoto
Th-Then I guess I'll have to stay, too.
[06:22] Hyuga
I'll stay too!
[06:24] Makoto
You can go, Cheers!
[06:32] Sumire
I've seen Ayase-senpai and Mashima-senpai
play each other lots of times.
[06:38] Sumire
Every day, in that room...
[06:40] Sumire
I've grown accustomed to it.
[06:44] Sumire
And yet...
[06:59] Sumire
Why...
[07:10] Sumire
...does it feel like I'm seeing
it for the first time?
[07:15] Guy
Please place your cards.
[07:21] Nishida
Ayase has the advantage.
[07:23] Nishida
Since she won her last match
by default, she got to rest.
[07:27] Nishida
But Mashima's at his peak of exhaustion.
[07:29] Tsutomu
In all of my data from
the past year and a half,
[07:32] Tsutomu
Ayase's win rate is 75 percent.
[07:34] Tsutomu
And it was actually more than 80 percent
before she injured her right hand.
[07:38] Tsutomu
But...
[07:39] Tsutomu
Since her injury healed,
[07:41] Tsutomu
she's won 60 percent
and Mashima has won 40 percent.
[07:44] Tsutomu
Mashima's improving at
a faster rate than Ayase.
[07:56] Kanade
Huh?!
[07:58] Nishida
That's...
[07:59] Tsutomu
He changed his placement a lot!
[08:01] Tsutomu
Mashima?!
[08:10] Chihaya
F-Fourteen cards in his top row?
[08:13] Chihaya
I've never seen that before!
[08:15] Chihaya
The one-syllable cards he usually puts
at the lower right are at the top left?
[08:19] Chihaya
All the "May" cards are on the lower right?
[08:21] Chihaya
Why? He never puts the ones with
similar sounds near each other!
[08:24] Harada
Messing with your own placement
is suicide, Eyelashes.
[08:29] Chihaya
This is different from usual.
[08:31] Chihaya
He's even ignoring established practice.
[08:33] Sakura
No.
[08:35] Sakura
It's because these two practice
together as often as they do
[08:37] Sakura
that this change can prove
to be a killer blow.
[08:41] Taichi
To make it harder...
[08:44] Chihaya
To make it harder...
[08:47] Chihaya
To make it harder...
[08:50] Chihaya
He came up with this placement
to use against me, and me alone.
[08:54] (Flashback) Taichi
This fall, I'm gonna beat you playing
right-handed in an official match.
[09:00] Chihaya
It's blowing this way...
[09:03] Taichi
I'm going to beat Chihaya.
[09:06] Both
H-He's fired up...
[09:08] [POEM] Reader
Here comes spring, now the flower blooms
[09:13] Hiroshi
Chihaya-chan's under pressure.
[09:15] Hiroshi
His little trick blindsided her
and threw her off-pace.
[09:19] [POEM] Reader
Gust of wind leaves fall leaves falling,
[09:23] Guy
Sh-She's fast!
[09:24] Nishida
She's still calm! She got
the "Gust" on her own side!
[09:27] Tsutomu
Mashima's been fast lately too,
[09:29] Tsutomu
but she's relaxed and taking
cards her usual way.
[09:31] Tsutomu
Don't get too worked up, Mashima!
[09:36] [POEM] Reader
May it be that I find...
[09:39] [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
[09:45] Nishida
A one-syllable card from his own side!
[09:47] Tsutomu
He took it by swiping the whole row!
[09:50] Arata
"Long"... A one-syllable card
on his own side.
[09:53] Arata
He's looked at them closely.
[09:55] Arata
He's given them plenty of thought.
[09:59] Harada
Eyelashes...
[10:03] Taichi
"Impassioned was" and "Impassioned
vows" are at the center right.
[10:07] Taichi
I know she'll be coming
after "Impassionate."
SIGN May the time
SIGN May the scarlet
SIGN May my sighs
SIGN May I see
[10:10] Taichi
While she's targeting that area,
[10:12] Taichi
she won't go for the "May" or
"My" cards, or the top row.
SIGN My own home
SIGN My fear is not
SIGN My life
[10:17] Harada
He predicted which cards she'd go for
[10:19] Harada
and placed the key cards
some distance apart.
[10:22] Harada
When did Eyelashes learn this?
[10:25] Taichi
I split up the other loaded syllables, too.
[10:27] Taichi
You're afraid of committing
faults, aren't you?
[10:30] [POEM] Reader
While some dodge the famous waves of
Takashi shore to avoid getting wet,
[10:34] Makoto
That was a decisive strike!
[10:36] Hyuga
She took "While some" that quickly?
[10:38] Rion
She's gotten even better
at telling sounds apart.
[10:43] Chihaya
"While some," "While the,"
"While autumn," "While I,"
[10:46] Chihaya
"While it brings," "While it
pains," and "While it may"...
[10:49] Chihaya
The "While" cards are tough, but...
[10:54] Chihaya
I think I'm close to figuring them out.
[10:58] Chihaya
I feel like I was given some kind of hint.
[11:02] Chihaya
Taichi's placement is hard to work with,
[11:04] [POEM] Reader
I deflect your artful words
to keep my sleeves dry
[11:05] Chihaya
but I just need to play my own karuta.
[11:12] [POEM] Reader
As the years pass, I will
find myself longing for
[11:14] Sakura
He took it after covering it.
[11:16] Sakura
His motions are smoother... and faster.
[11:19] [POEM] Reader
Since the dew atop the blades of grass
has been scattered by the winds,
[11:21] Arata
She took the exact card she was aiming for.
[11:23] Arata
And she's fast!
[11:42] Kanade
Even after an injury,
getting stuck in a rut,
[11:46] Kanade
and failing by getting too worked up...
[11:48] Kanade
The Prez and Captain kept going
through things like that, and yet...
[12:05] Miyauchi
Ta...
[12:06] Miyauchi
Tasuki!
[12:08] Taichi
E-Excuse us for a moment!
[12:10] Taichi
Why did you forget that, Chihaya?!
[12:13] Chihaya
If you'd had yours on,
I would've remembered!
[12:15] Taichi
You're blaming me?!
[12:19] Chihaya
The Yoshino Tournament Class A final...
[12:24] Both
Okay.
[12:26] Chihaya
That's where we are, together.
[12:36] Chihaya
Together.
[12:40] Chihaya
The sun's gone down, but no one's leaving.
[12:46] Chihaya
I have to see this through
with my own karuta!
[12:54] Guy
What's going on with this match?
[12:56] Guy
A match between high schoolers,
in the same society at that,
[13:00] Guy
shouldn't feel as tense as a
typical match, but this...
[13:06] Guy
It's like when those two played in the final
at the High School Class A Championship.
[13:12] Guy
Their seriousness wells up,
and they wring out every last drop.
[13:21] [POEM] Reader
The night breaks to day,
and day turns to night,
[13:26] Chihaya
It's hard to take anything!
[13:28] Chihaya
He's able to take cards in that
long top row with thrusts!
[13:32] Nishida
His placement is so unusual,
it's making Ayase cautious.
[13:36] Tsutomu
But this is important.
Mashima hasn't made any mistakes yet.
[13:41] Nishida
But how's he doing it?
[13:43] Nishida
It's his seventh match,
so he should be exhausted,
[13:46] Nishida
and he's always had trouble
forgetting his previous matches...
[13:51] Arata
I forget the initial layout
and memorize the current one.
[13:56] Taichi
That's not as easy as he made it sound.
[14:00] Taichi
But...
[14:01] [POEM] Reader
May the scarlet kadsuras of Mount
Afusaka live up to their name
[14:04] Harada
He's snatching up cards while Chihaya-chan's
busy worrying about the top row.
[14:10] Harada
Eyelashes...
[14:12] Harada
By making such drastic changes
to your placement,
[14:16] Harada
you put pressure on yourself, too...
[14:19] Harada
along with a sense of adversity and tension.
[14:23] Tsutomu
He's desperate, but it's working.
[14:26] Nishida
Just how strong is his
concentration, anyway?
[14:29] Nishida
He was already good at memorization,
[14:31] Nishida
but he's reformed it into
something even stronger!
[14:35] Sumire
Mashima-senpai...
[14:37] Sumire
How can you...
[14:40] Sumire
How can you pull off something like that?
[14:42] Sumire
Mashima-senpai...
[14:45] Chihaya
This is hard.
[14:47] Chihaya
It's hard to attack his side.
[14:49] Chihaya
I have to persevere.
[14:51] Chihaya
Don't lose any of the ones on my side.
[14:53] Chihaya
Check them over...
[14:54] [POEM] Reader
and allow us this secret rendezvous
[14:55] Chihaya
Check them over...
[14:57] Chihaya
This is hard...
[14:59] Chihaya
It's hard to breathe...
[15:03] [POEM] Reader
The emotions experienced after
a long-awaited reunion
[15:04] Hiroshi
Chihaya-chan faulted!
[15:06] Arata
Not only that...
[15:07] Nishida
It's a semi-double fault!
[15:09] Nishida
"The emotions" on Taichi's side was read,
SIGN Semi-Double Fault
SIGN Correct card
SIGN Fault
[15:11] Nishida
and she hit "The sight of
the" on her own side!
[15:14] Kanade
The first mistake! That'll hurt!
SIGN Alas, another autumn has passed in vain
[15:26] Nishida
He avoided sending "Impassioned"
to make her try to target it,
[15:29] Nishida
but now he's sent her
the last overlapping "Im—" card!
[15:33] Nishida
One of her target cards
is on her own side now!
[15:38] Chihaya
This is hard...
[15:40] Tsutomu
I didn't know momentum
could be built this way.
[15:42] Tsutomu
He's using multiple strategies to
make her focus on her own side.
[15:47] Tsutomu
If she takes any, they're on her side.
[15:48] Tsutomu
She believes in offensive karuta,
but he's making her play defensively.
[15:54] Chihaya
It's hard to breathe...
[15:57] Sakura
Maintain your posture.
[16:04] Chihaya
Don't close off my chest.
[16:07] Chihaya
Raise my eye level.
[16:21] Chihaya
Oh... It's you, Taichi.
[16:23] Taichi
Huh?
[16:24] Taichi
Uh, yeah, it's me.
[16:27] [POEM] Reader
banish any lingering memories of the past
[16:37] [POEM] Reader
Impassioned was your promise of salvation
[16:39] Arata
Their hands...
[16:40] Nishida
He got it, just barely!
[16:42] Nishida
Right after he sent it!
SIGN He took his time sending that card.
[16:47] Tsutomu
Mashima knows where Ayase
prefers to put "Impassioned."
[16:52] Tsutomu
Before he even sent that card,
he'd already memorized where it would be!
[16:58] Taichi
Are you okay?
[16:59] Chihaya
Huh?
[17:00] Taichi
I bumped your finger, right? Are you okay?
[17:04] Chihaya
Oh... Yeah, I'm fine.
[17:07] Taichi
Good.
[17:21] Chihaya
He's Taichi.
[17:25] Chihaya
He's playing like someone I don't know,
[17:28] Chihaya
but he's Taichi.
[17:32] Chihaya
He's Taichi, but he seems like a stranger.
[17:37] Chihaya
But he's Taichi.
[17:43] Chihaya
He's the guy who's worked so
hard with me all this time.
[17:56] Chihaya
His side... my side...
[17:59] Chihaya
His side?
[18:00] Chihaya
My side?
[18:06] [POEM] Reader
Look for the sound of the cuckoo
SIGN but instead you see a pale moon in the dawn sky
[18:12] Guy
"L-Look for the sound"?
[18:14] Lady
She's fast!
[18:17] Chihaya
He's Taichi. I don't have to be afraid.
[18:21] Chihaya
But I don't want to lose.
[18:24] Chihaya
There's no "his side" or "my side."
[18:26] Chihaya
Here I come, Taichi!
[18:27] Taichi
Chihaya, you idiot! I have a plan!
[18:30] Taichi
I won't play along with
your contest of speed!
[18:39] Sumire
Ayase-senpai is looking at Mashima-senpai.
[18:45] Sumire
She's looking...
[18:47] Sumire
She's looking at him.
[18:49] Sumire
Even if it's not out of love or romance...
[18:54] [POEM] Reader
The hazed early dawn mist
over the Kawagiri River
[18:56] Chihaya
He beat me to a multi-syllable card!
[18:58] Taichi
Better believe it!
[19:00] Sumire
Those eyes are looking at Mashima-senpai,
just like he has always wanted...
SIGN Wh-What is it, Kana-chan?
[19:11] Kanade
Desktomu-kun, don't you remember?
[19:14] Kanade
When I played against you in
the Class D final last year...
[19:19] Kanade
I was able to give 120 percent
[19:21] Kanade
because I was playing against you.
[19:24] Kanade
Because I wasn't all worked up
about playing my own karuta.
[19:29] Kanade
To this day, that's still the
best game I've ever played.
[19:37] Kanade
Don't you think Chihaya-chan
and President Mashima
[19:42] Kanade
are both at their absolute best
in this match, too?
[19:53] Mom
Have a good night.
[19:56] Mom
Everyone's out until late tonight.
[19:59] Mom
So, dinner for Chihaya...
[20:00] [Messenger] ---
1 new message
Chihaya's cell
Close Read
[20:06] Mom
What?!
[20:07] [Messenger] ---
Sender: Chihaya's cell
Subject: Final round
I made it to the final for the first time!
I'll do my best in the kimono you bought for me!
You should come watch if you have time, Mom!
[20:08] Chihaya
I made it to the final for the first time!
[20:10] Chihaya
I'll do my best in the
kimono you bought for me!
[20:13] Chihaya
You should come watch if you have time, Mom!
[20:18] Guy
The last Class A tournament before
the Master and Queen qualifiers
[20:22] Guy
comes down to two high
schoolers in the final.
[20:25] Guy
I thought they got here on pure momentum,
but they're not to be taken lightly.
[20:29] Guy
What are this year's qualifiers
going to be like?
[20:33] (Flashback) Hajima
Arata...
[20:36] (Flashback) Hajime
When did you have the
most fun playing karuta?
[20:54] Arata
What...
[20:57] Arata
is this?
[21:00] Arata
What is it?
[21:02] Harada
Chihaya-chan takes cards,
and Eyelashes picks them up.
[21:06] Harada
Who will be the one to
seize the flow in the end?
[21:11] Harada
Which one?!
[21:13] Arata
What is this?
[21:16] Arata
Why did I lose?
[21:19] Arata
Why...
[21:21] Arata
Why aren't I the one
[21:23] Arata
playing against Chihaya right now?
SIGN reminds me of the lonely dawns after we parted
E7 - The storm blasts
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SIGN Chihayafuru 3
SIGN Chihayafuru 3
SIGN Verse 7
SIGN The
storm
blasts
[01:15] Harada
Results.
[01:18] Harada
There are those who believe the effort you
invest is more important than the results,
[01:24] Harada
but that's incredibly stressful
for both teachers and students.
[01:29] Harada
Thoughts like "I tried" and "It was so hard"
can be blown away like the wind.
[01:35] Harada
But "results" are a bedrock.
[01:37] Harada
The foundation that holds your efforts in place.
[01:41] Harada
And...
[01:43] Guy
I didn't know the Shiranami Society
had young up-and-comers like these.
[01:46] Lady
They're both from the team that
won the High School Championship?
[01:49] Lady
That's amazing!
[01:50] Lady
I didn't know that.
[01:51] Guy
Ayase Chihaya and Mashima Taichi...
[01:54] Guy
Neither of them holds a title?
[01:55] Lady
Will they be in the Master and Queen qualifiers?
[01:58] Guy
Who's going to win their first title?
[02:00] Guy
Winning the Yoshino Tournament
would be a huge boost.
[02:04] Harada
And... "results" will bring to you
[02:12] Harada
a powerful tailwind.
[02:23] (Flashback) Harada
Feels like a team match, doesn't it?
[02:25] (Flashback) Nishida
One of my teammates is gonna win!
[02:26] (Flashback) Taichi
It's nice to have a senpai, isn't it?
[02:28] (Flashback) Hiroshi
I'd like to yield the match.
SIGN reminds me of the lonely dawns after we parted
[02:29] (Flashback) Rieko
It will support you.
[02:30] (Flashback) Taichi
Dr. Harada is weighing him down.
[02:32] (Flashback) Miyauchi
Tasuki!
[02:33] (Flashback) Hiroshi
...show that your skill's
what got you here!
[02:35] (Flashback) Arata
You said you were going to win all
your games today in that kimono, right?
[02:50] Chihaya
We came this far
SIGN reminds me of the lonely dawns after we parted
[02:52] Chihaya
with the support of so many people.
[02:56] Both
Thank you very much.
[02:59] Both
Thank you very much.
[03:01] [POEM] Reader
reminds me of the lonely
dawns after we parted
[03:11] Guy
The Yoshino Tournament Class A winner is
[03:14] Guy
Ayase Chihaya-san of the Shiranami Society.
[03:18] Lady
I didn't know there was a player like her.
[03:20] Guy
She's Harada-san's star pupil.
[03:22] Guy
She defeated the runner-up Master
Takemura and former Queen Inokuma!
[03:25] Guy
She has real talent.
[03:27] Guy
Damn, she's pretty!
[03:28] Lady
She's a high school second-year?
Same age as the Queen?
[03:31] Guy
She's the favorite for
the East Japan qualifiers?
[03:37] Kanade
Chihaya-chan!
[04:02] Lady
That was just amazing.
[04:04] Lady
The Shiranami Society earned
lots of points today.
[04:07] Harada
Oh, not at all.
[04:08] Lady
The Master and Queen qualifiers
are going to be exciting!
[04:11] Lady
And she's such a pretty girl, too.
[04:13] Lady
A Queen match between her and Wakayama,
both the same age, would be huge.
[04:18] Lady
Especially since it'll be televised!
[04:22] Kanade
I'm so glad she looks pretty to people
who don't know her well.
[04:27] Kanade
As exhausted as she is right now,
she just looks like this to us.
SIGN Daze
[04:32] Guy
Who's going to be in the
qualifiers two weeks from now?
[04:35] Guy
The top contenders will be Yamamoto Yumi-san
[04:38] Guy
and Urabe-san from Gunma.
[04:39] Guy
Inokuma-san's likely to be there, too.
And from Saitama...
[04:42] Guy
If we're talking about momentum,
today's winner, Ayase-san, is up there.
[04:45] Guy
I sure hope she wins.
[04:48] Kanade
Chihaya-chan... The class trip...
[04:52] Miyauchi
The winds are blowing toward her...
[04:56] Miyauchi
The winds of expectation.
[04:59] Miyauchi
Ayase-san, if you want to be in
the Queen qualifiers,
[05:03] Miyauchi
we can discuss it.
[05:06] Miyauchi
In the case of a very
important official match,
[05:08] Miyauchi
you can always request
an authorized absence.
[05:11] Miyauchi
And the Queen match is the most
important one of all for you, isn't it?
[05:16] Miyauchi
Think it over. I'll be here to help you.
[05:23] Mom
Chihaya!
[05:25] Mom
Chihaya! I'm sorry I ran late!
[05:33] Mom
Wait, am I too late?
[05:35] Mom
You're out of your hakama already?
[05:37] Mom
I even rushed to buy a
camera on my way here!
[05:39] Mom
Oh... I guess I could just
take a picture with my phone.
[05:42] Mom
But the shutter's so slow on mine,
[05:44] Mom
and I panicked because you asked me
to come out of the blue!
[05:48] Mom
So, how'd your match go?
[05:51] Mom
Did you do the best you could?
[05:53] Mom
Was it fun?
SIGN Huh?
[05:56] Both
Huh?
[05:58] Chihaya
M-Mom... I...
[06:02] Chihaya
I want to go on the class trip!
[06:06] Mom
Huh? O-Of course you can go!
[06:09] Chihaya
I want...
[06:12] Chihaya
to be a high school teacher!
[06:16] Chihaya
What kind of teacher would I be
if I've never been on a class trip?!
[06:21] Chihaya
I want to be Queen, too,
[06:24] Chihaya
but I want to be an advisor and coach,
like Ms. Miyauchi and Coach Sakurazawa!
[06:32] Chihaya
But today was this hakama's first match,
[06:38] Chihaya
and I wanted to win!
[06:41] Chihaya
I did win!
[06:44] Chihaya
Taichi and I worked so hard!
[06:49] Chihaya
I did it.
[06:52] Chihaya
I did it.
[06:57] Chihaya
I did the best I could.
[07:02] Chihaya
And it was fun.
[07:18] Arata
Taichi.
[07:21] Arata
Something wrong?
[07:25] Taichi
Nah. I'm just tired.
[07:34] Arata
Chihaya was really good.
[07:39] Taichi
She was.
[07:46] Arata
Why aren't I the one
[07:48] Arata
playing against Chihaya right now?
[07:54] Arata
Taichi...
[08:00] Arata
You might laugh at this,
[08:02] Arata
but for whatever reason,
[08:05] Arata
I always thought of Chihaya as yours.
[08:12] Arata
You're the one who's been by her side
all these years, not me.
[08:20] Taichi
What are you talking about, you weirdo?
[08:23] Taichi
I...
[08:25] Taichi
...think of Chihaya as
belonging to both of us.
[08:30] Taichi
There's not much difference
between Arata and me.
[08:34] Taichi
Even though I'm closer to her...
[08:38] Arata
But Chihaya doesn't really belong
to anyone, does she?
[08:54] Michiru
October 20th.
[08:55] Michiru
Mizusawa High School second-years'
class trip, day one.
[09:00] Michiru
We're taking the bullet
train from Tokyo to Kyoto.
SIGN Excited
[09:03] Michiru
Are you sure this is what
you want, Chi-chan?
[09:05] Michiru
You had to miss the Queen qualifiers for this.
[09:08] Michiru
Sure you won't regret it?
[09:10] Chihaya
There'll be another Queen match
next year! I'll try then!
SIGN We'll have
exams next
year...
[09:13] Chihaya
But this year...
[09:16] Chihaya
I want to make memories with you!
[09:23] Nishida
Well, you're our class' captain, Horikawa.
SIGN Class 2-9
[09:26] Michiru
Jeez, you guys keep following me
around, even during free time!
[09:30] Michiru
Anyway, today we're all going
to Kiyomizu Temple together.
[09:32] Michiru
Tomorrow, after the Golden Pavilion,
our free time will be at Shigureden.
[09:36] All
Okay!
SIGN Class 2-5
[09:38] Girl
What's wrong with Oe-san?
[09:40] Girl
She said she couldn't sleep last night.
[09:42] Girl
She couldn't stop reading guides on kimono shops,
museums, shrines, and temples,
[09:45] Girl
along with classical books
for a sense of immersion.
SIGN Class 2-1
[09:49] Guy
Why the heck did you bring that?
[09:50] Guy
Let me see it next!
[09:51] Guy
Wait, is that...
[09:52] Girl
Boys! Give it a rest!
[09:53] Guy
Oh, crap! Hide it!
[09:55] Guy
No, swallow it!
SIGN Ayase, Ayase!
[10:00] Chihaya
Oh, it's you, Desktomu-kun!
[10:02] Chihaya
You came all the way from Class 2-1's car?
[10:04] Chihaya
Want some candy?
SIGN Ayase, we need to talk.
SIGN It seems like Mashima didn't show up.
[10:10] Chihaya
Huh?
SIGN The teacher said he called the school saying he had a fever.
[10:14] Chihaya
What?! Taichi's sick?! How could he
let that happen when we have our class trip?
SIGN Well...
[10:19] Chihaya
Is his fever that bad?
[10:21] Chihaya
I'll try to call him.
SIGN Wait, Ayase...
SIGN Th-That's probably not what it is.
[10:27] Chihaya
Huh?
[10:34] Chihaya
Huh? Huh?!
[10:38] Chihaya
Does that mean...
[10:40] Chihaya
Taichi?!
SIGN Kyoto Station
SIGN Kiyomizu Street
SIGN Kiyomizu Temple
[10:57] Michiru
Chi-chan, look! The fall
colors are gorgeous!
[11:00] Michiru
I always knew Kiyomizu—
[11:09] Chihaya
Taichi...
[11:11] Chihaya
Taichi didn't show up
for his own class trip?
[11:14] Chihaya
Why?
[11:16] Chihaya
Don't tell me... Don't tell me he...
[11:19] Taichi
What do you want, Chihaya?
You're getting annoying.
[11:21] Chihaya
You finally answered!
[11:23] Chihaya
Taichi! What the heck are you doing?!
SIGN She's so loud...
[11:26] Taichi
I have a fever, so I'm resting. What else?
[11:30] Chihaya
The fever thing was true?!
[11:31] Taichi
Yes, it's true. 39 degrees Celsius.
[11:33] Chihaya
39 degrees?!
[11:34] Chihaya
That's bad!
[11:36] Taichi
I've been to Kyoto lots of times, anyway.
[11:38] Taichi
So I figured I could just skip.
[11:40] Chihaya
Wow... Rich kid.
[11:42] Taichi
Is that all? I'm hanging up, then.
[11:45] Chihaya
Yeah... Take care.
[11:48] Chihaya
Wow... 39 degrees...
[11:51] Chihaya
I hope Taichi's okay.
[11:53] Nishida
Ayase...
[11:55] Nishida
Are you that dumb?
[11:56] Chihaya
Huh?
[11:57] Nishida
Don't believe his lies!
[11:59] Nishida
I just asked my senpai in the Suihoku Society
who's helping at the qualifiers,
[12:03] Nishida
and he said his name's on the list!
[12:05] [Messenger] ---
Call length
0 min. 29 sec.
[12:06] Nishida
Mashima's name is on the list
of registered participants
[12:09] Nishida
in tomorrow's East Japan qualifiers!
[12:16] Chihaya
He's trying to get ahead of me!
[12:22] Mom
Oh, Taichi. How are you feeling?
[12:24] Mom
Should you be up and walking around?
[12:27] Taichi
Yeah. I'm going out to study.
[12:29] Mom
Studying rather than forcing yourself
to go on a class trip?
[12:32] Mom
I think you made the right choice, personally.
[12:35] Mom
It's the autumn of your second year.
[12:38] Mom
If you're going to medical school,
I'd like to see you go to KU or TU.
[12:42] Taichi
I'll be back later.
SIGN Fuchu City Katamachi Cultural Center
SIGN Striving for the #1 recycling record in Japan!
[12:53] Bros
Sumire!
[12:55] Bro
What's wrong with you, Sumire?
[12:57] Bro
You were all fired up before,
and today you're a total space case!
[13:00] Bro
I know! It's 'cause Eyelashes-senpai
is away on his class trip!
[13:04] Sumire
Shut up, you Four Tsukuba Stooges!
[13:06] Bros
Tsukuba Stooges?!
[13:07] Tsukuba
Me, too?!
[13:12] Sumire
Yeah, I was fired up.
[13:14] Sumire
I thought that was the only way I could
get anywhere near Mashima-senpai.
[13:19] Sumire
But...
[13:20] Sumire
When I think about how he'll never even
see me if I can't compete at that level...
[13:29] Sumire
All I want is to be lovey-dovey
with Mashima-senpai!
[13:34] Bro
Cheer up, Sumire! I'll put
some fire back in you!
[13:37] Bro
No, I will!
[13:38] Bro
I will!
SIGN Favorite Cushion
[13:40] Bros
H-He's here! The most fired-up guy of all!
[13:46] Harada
Where is Tsuboguchi-kun?
[13:48] Girl
He said he wouldn't be coming today.
[13:50] Girl
He's at his school, preparing
for the qualifiers on his own.
[13:53] Harada
How does he expect to prepare
without playing me?!
[13:55] Harada
He's trying to run away!
[13:57] Tsukuba
I can understand how Tsuboguchi-san feels.
[14:00] Tsukuba
He'd be sucked into
Dr. Harada's pace for sure.
[14:02] Harada
Tsukuba-kun!
[14:04] Harada
You'll work just as well!
Let's have a serious match!
SIGN Only Class A players
can be in the Master
qualifiers
[14:07] Tsukuba
I-I'm still only in Class C!
[14:09] Harada
It's fine! You're a Class C player
who's destined for Class A!
[14:18] Sumire
Huh?!
[14:19] Sumire
Mashima-senpai, why are you here?
What about your class trip?
[14:23] Taichi
I didn't feel well this morning, so I skipped it.
[14:25] Sumire
What?!
[14:26] Taichi
But I feel better now,
[14:29] Taichi
so I'm here to practice.
[14:36] Sumire
Practice?!
[14:37] Sumire
Why? Why?!
[14:41] Harada
Right. I'm sure we can fit in three matches.
[14:47] Harada
Okay.
[14:49] Harada
Play me as long as time allows, Eyelashes.
[14:57] Taichi
Thank you for the game.
[15:03] Kanade
What?
SIGN The World of Nishijin-ori
SIGN Tai
[15:04] Kanade
President Mashima skipped the trip
to be in the East Japan qualifiers?!
[15:09] All
Shh!
[15:11] Kanade
The class trip is the biggest event
of high school life.
[15:15] Kanade
I thought he'd use this opportunity
to get closer to Chihaya-chan.
SIGN Like this...
SIGN All the Class 1 girls, in the depths of despair
[15:21] Kanade
Chihaya-chan skipping the trip
would've been one thing,
[15:24] Kanade
but I never expected
President Mashima to skip it!
[15:27] Chihaya
I'm... I'm leaving, too.
[15:30] All
Huh?
[15:35] Chihaya
Why am I in Kyoto while Taichi's in Tokyo?
[15:38] Kanade
Chihaya-chan!
[15:39] Chihaya
I withdrew from the qualifiers,
but he's in it? Why?
[15:44] Chihaya
Why?
[15:45] Chihaya
I never heard Taichi say
he wanted to be the Master!
[15:54] Chihaya
I don't understand!
SIGN Ayase, I sort of understand.
SIGN Since he and I are in the same class,
SIGN I understand the time we have left.
SIGN He wants to go to medical school,
SIGN so by this time next year, he'll be too busy for our club.
SIGN And once he's in medical school, he won't have time for karuta at all.
SIGN If you really think about it,
SIGN this is his only chance to get as far as he can with karuta.
SIGN Women
[16:31] Michiru
C'mon, Chi-chan, let's try out the sauna!
[16:33] Michiru
There's an outdoor bath over there, too!
[16:47] Chihaya
I'm definitely in Kyoto.
SIGN Snowmaru Dorayaki New! Only in Kansai!
[16:49] Chihaya
The moon looks so picturesque in the sky here.
[16:53] Chihaya
I wonder where Shinobu-chan lives...
SIGN Snowmaru Dorayaki New! Only in Kansai!
[17:03] [Messenger] ---
Wataya Arata Cell
[17:19] Taisuke
Arata-niichan's not doing so well.
[17:22] Lady
He hasn't been for a while.
And tomorrow's the West Japan qualifiers...
[17:26] Both
Thank you very much.
[17:34] Murao
What's wrong, Arata?
[17:36] Murao
Your swings are too wide.
[17:38] Murao
Even Daisuke could get under your hand
to take cards that way.
[17:42] Murao
You've been off your game
since the Yoshino Tournament.
[17:45] Murao
You're not focusing.
[17:47] Murao
I can tell you're not
envisioning your own victory.
[17:54] Arata
What am I doing?
[17:57] Arata
The qualifiers are tomorrow.
[18:04] Arata
Why did I say that?
[18:08] (Flashback) Arata
Chihaya doesn't really belong
to anyone, does she?
[18:11] Arata
Chihaya and Taichi are both my friends.
[18:14] Arata
Why did I even think that?
[18:17] Arata
Why aren't I the one
[18:18] Arata
playing against Chihaya right now?
[18:21] Arata
It was the same when Grandpa died,
[18:24] Arata
and when I couldn't play karuta.
[18:26] Arata
The time we spent together was my treasure.
[18:31] Arata
What is this impatience I'm feeling?
[18:37] Arata
Thinking about all this won't help.
[18:39] Arata
I'm the one who has to work hard tomorrow.
[18:44] Arata
Chihaya and Taichi's class trip ended up
being the day of the qualifiers.
[18:48] Arata
I'll go to the West Japan Qualifier tomorrow
[18:52] Arata
to become the Master.
[18:55] (Flashback) Murao
I can tell you're not
envisioning your own victory.
[19:04] Arata
Yuu?
[19:07] Arata
What're you doing here?
[19:08] Arata
You could've waited inside.
[19:11] Yuu
Your parents aren't home.
[19:13] Yuu
Anyway, your family hasn't
changed at all, huh?
[19:16] Yuu
Tomorrow is their son's big day,
[19:18] Yuu
and they're not making katsudon
or katsu curry or anything?
[19:21] Arata
Oh... Yeah. They're the same as ever.
SIGN Relatives are in town, so we're heading to a family restaurant. It's cheaper than cooking for them.
[19:25] Yuu
So I brought this.
[19:26] Yuu
My mom made it.
[19:29] Arata
Thanks.
[19:33] Yuu
Hey.
[19:34] Yuu
Why do you look so down?
[19:36] Arata
Huh?
[19:37] Yuu
You've waited a whole
year for the qualifiers.
[19:41] Yuu
If you win, won't that attract new members
to your karuta club at school?
[19:47] Yuu
I...
[19:49] Yuu
wouldn't mind joining it.
[19:52] Arata
Wha—
[19:54] Arata
What kind of puny reward
for winning is that?
[19:56] Arata
I don't need that!
[19:57] Yuu
Wow, rude!
[19:58] Arata
You should know better than anyone!
[20:01] Arata
I promised my grandpa that
I'd become the Master!
[20:04] Arata
I don't need a reward
for realizing my dream!
[20:16] Yuu
Well, you're the one standing here
shouting out the obvious.
[20:20] Yuu
Okay, good luck, then!
[20:26] Arata
What's this?
[20:29] Arata
Her mom didn't make this.
[20:32] Arata
Yuu's the only one who would put
katsudon and katsu curry together.
[20:42] Shiho
Shinobu, could you get that?
[20:45] Shinobu
Sure.
[20:47] Shiho
Y-You're still in your pajamas!
[20:49] Shiho
It's fine. I'll get the door.
[20:51] Shinobu
No, they're my street clothes. I'm good.
[20:53] Shiho
W-Wait, Shinobu!
[20:55] Shinobu
Coming!
[21:00] Suo
Shinobu-chan, for this year...
SIGN Snowmaru
Dorayaki
[21:04] Suo
Why don't we go make things
a little more exciting?
[21:11] Chihaya
The day that a whole year,
[21:13] Chihaya
or even longer, of hard work turns
toward making dreams come true.
[21:21] Chihaya
In the west,
[21:22] Chihaya
and in the east,
[21:24] Chihaya
a very special day is about to begin.
E8 - As friends and strangers
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SIGN Chihayafuru 3
SIGN Chihayafuru 3
[01:11] Michiru
The Golden Pavilion.
[01:12] Michiru
Its official name is Rokuonji.
[01:15] Michiru
It's most famous for its reliquary
shrine built by Ashikaga Yoshimitsu,
[01:18] Michiru
and is a World Heritage Site.
[01:20] Girl
It's gold...
[01:21] Girl
It's gold...
[01:22] Guy
I didn't know it was that gold.
[01:24] Guy
So gold.
[01:25] Nishida
I'm getting serious Sukhavati vibes...
[01:27] Michiru
Chi-chan, let's take a picture together!
[01:31] Michiru
Chi-chan?
[01:33] Chihaya
I thought about it all night,
[01:35] Chihaya
and only one answer came to me.
[01:37] Michiru
Chi-chan?
[01:39] (Flashback) Tsutomu
This is his only chance to get
as far as he can with karuta.
[01:43] Chihaya
I had no idea, Taichi.
[01:46] Chihaya
I never knew you were serious
about becoming the Master.
SIGN Favorite Cushion
[01:52] Harada
I never realized...
[01:55] Harada
Eyelashes was so serious about becoming
the Master that he'd skip his class trip.
[02:02] Lady
Dr. Harada, please stop swinging so hard!
[02:05] Lady
You're making taxis stop!
[02:06] Lady
I'm sorry! I'm sorry!
[02:09] Harada
He's just like me!
SIGN Verse 8
SIGN As
friends
and
strangers
[02:18] Guy
Dr. Harada's going for it again this year?
[02:20] Kitano
He's crazy.
[02:23] Kitano
Why is a 57-year-old man
so gung-ho about this?
SIGN Master/Queen
East Japan Qualifiers
SIGN Otsuka Karuta
Memorial Hall
SIGN Aim for Master
SIGN Arashi
[02:38] Sane
Aw, you're embarrassing me, Mayu-tan.
[02:41] Sane
I know I've risen up the ranks
faster than anyone else recently,
[02:44] Sane
but it's too soon for me to be Master!
[02:46] Mayu
That's not true at all, Akkun!
[02:48] Retro
All that separated victory from defeat in
the Yoshino Tournament was that fault early on!
SIGN Skreeeee
[02:52] Retro
My skill surpasses his!
SIGN Unnnngh
[02:54] Retro
All that separated victory from
defeat was that fault early on!
[02:57] Retro
My skill surpasses his!
[02:59] Retro
Damn it! I was supposed to catch up to
Mashima in Class A by these qualifiers!
SIGN Krrrrgh
[03:09] Sudo
Excuse me.
[03:12] Sudo
I applied to enter the qualifiers,
but I'd like to withdraw.
SIGN Whaaaat?!
[03:17] Retro
Sudo-san, what are you saying?!
[03:19] Sudo
Just what you heard.
[03:20] Retro
You can't be serious about withdrawing!
[03:23] (Flashback) Sudo
Whichever one of us loses first has to skip
the Master qualifiers in two weeks.
[03:28] Koki
No!
[03:29] Nayuta
If you don't participate, what'll happen
to the Hokuo Society's morale?!
[03:32] Kameda
It'll plummet in a free fall!
[03:35] Sudo
Shut up. Just do your best by yourselves.
[03:37] Machida
We can't do our best if you're not there!
[03:40] Taichi
You don't have to withdraw, Sudo-san.
[03:42] Taichi
Take part.
SIGN Excuse me?
[03:42] Machida
Sudo-kun... Sudo-kun...
[03:43] Sudo
Don't be dumb! I may break promises,
but I won't owe anyone over a bet!
[03:48] Taichi
It's not about that...
[03:50] Sudo
I refuse! I absolutely refuse!
[03:52] Sudo
I will never owe anyone anything!
[03:54] Sudo
Ugh, you're so annoying!
[03:55] Taichi
Then just yield to me if we're matched up.
[04:03] Sudo
I didn't bring my shirt, though.
[04:06] Koki
You can use mine!
[04:08] Nayuta
No, mine!
[04:08] Kameda
Use mine!
[04:09] Retro
Mashima...
[04:11] Retro
He just picked up a hell of a joker.
SIGN Hokuo
[04:15] Sudo
Mashima...
[04:17] Sudo
There's no point in this
if you lose before facing me.
[04:20] Sudo
Don't underestimate the East Japan Qualifiers.
[04:27] Sakura
Makoto.
[04:28] Sakura
Why are you here?
You have exams to study for.
[04:30] Makoto
Well, Rion, Cheers, and Eromu
are all playing...
[04:34] Sakura
Emuro-kun, you have exams, too.
Why are you here?
[04:38] Eromu
Please don't ask questions
you know the answer to.
[04:40] Eromu
I want to see Coach Sakurazawa in
the Queen qualifiers up close.
[04:45] Eromu
Both her karuta and her boobs
are still going strong!
[04:49] Aki
Mommy! Mommy!
[04:51] Dad
Aki! Mommy's feeding Jin right now!
[04:51] Aki
Wake up, Mommy!
[04:54] Aki
But she's asleep!
[04:58] Haruka
Jin, are you full now?
[05:02] Haruka
I'll go and win. See you next at lunch.
[05:06] Rion
What? Ayase-san missed this
for her class trip?!
[05:09] Rion
But Mizusawa's club president is here?!
[05:15] Tsukuba
So this is the Karuta Memorial Hall...
[05:18] Sumire
You want to watch from outside? Why?
[05:20] Tsukuba
Well, because it's already
full of participants...
[05:25] Mom
T-Taichi?!
[05:28] Mom
I was wondering which library he was going to...
[05:33] Mom
Taichi!
[05:36] Lady
We will now draw the match-ups
for the East Japan Qualifiers.
SIGN Master/Queen West Japan Qualifiers
SIGN Omi Jingu Learning Center
[05:42] Guy
I wonder how the qualifiers are
going to play out this year.
[05:45] Guy
The young players, both male and female,
have been making waves lately.
[05:49] Guy
We need the Nagumo Society's Murao-kun
to complete his comeback, don't we?
[05:53] Guy
Nah, as long as someone brings down
the current Master, I don't care who wins.
[05:59] Yoshioka
Personally, I think it'll
be Wataya Arata-kun.
SIGN All Japan Senior High School Cultural Federation
Karuta Division
Yoshioka Hirokazu
[06:04] Lady
That goes without saying, Mr. Yoshioka.
[06:07] Lady
The traces of Master Wataya are
increasingly visible in him.
[06:13] Guy
Master Wataya was fond of the Monk Saigyo.
[06:16] Guy
He had an intellectual side.
[06:18] Guy
And his strength when he and Sato Kiyohiko
were competing as the top two...
[06:23] Guy
He wasn't just fast.
[06:25] Guy
He had grace and power, too.
[06:28] Yoshioka
I'm sure he'll live up to our expectations.
[06:35] Murao
What's wrong, Arata?
[06:37] Arata
N-Nothing.
[06:40] Arata
I know what did it.
SIGN Mom sent this
[06:42] Arata
It was the huge plate of katsuo sandwiches
with katsuobushi that Yuu made this morning.
[06:48] Arata
Damn, I ate too much of something
I shouldn't have eaten at all.
[06:51] Arata
Gotta get to the bathroom...
SIGN Mashima Taichi
[07:01] Arata
Taichi?!
[07:03] (Flashback) Chihaya
We're going to Kyoto for our class trip!
[07:06] Arata
Chihaya said they had their class trip!
[07:10] Arata
Does this mean...
[07:13] Arata
Taichi's serious about trying
to become the Master?
[07:16] (Flashback) Taichi
It was mostly Chihaya being so pushy.
[07:19] Arata
I didn't think he was that serious.
[07:22] Arata
I thought he was just playing
because Chihaya was.
[07:29] Mashita
Hey! You need to turn off
your engine! Quickly!
[07:34] Shinobu
Chairman Mashita, you sure like
helping people out, don't you?
[07:38] Arata
Shinobu-chan?
[07:39] Shinobu
You gave him not only my phone number,
but my address, too?
[07:43] Mashita
I-I'm sorry...
[07:45] Shinobu
It was a heck of a shock when
he showed up at my house!
SIGN Sorry!
[07:48] Mashita
Knowing you, I figured you'd just
send him packing anyway...
[07:52] Mashita
But I guess even you couldn't resist
being swept up in the Master's pace.
[08:01] Arata
Master Suo?!
[08:04] Shinobu
Oh, what a funny joke.
[08:07] Shinobu
I liked the side—
[08:08] Shinobu
Never mind.
[08:10] Guy
She wanted to ride in the side car.
[08:11] Guy
She wanted to try the side car.
[08:12] Girl
In the side car...
[08:13] Guy
Side car...
[08:15] Arata
Still...
[08:17] Arata
What are the Master and Queen doing
at the West Japan qualifiers?
[08:23] Suo
Here.
[08:25] Suo
Are you in Class A?
[08:28] Guy
Uh, yes...
[08:29] Suo
Then here.
[08:30] Suo
And you?
[08:31] Girl
I-I'm Class A...
[08:32] Guy
Master Suo's handing out sweets again!
[08:33] Suo
Here.
[08:34] Suo
Here.
[08:34] Arata
So that's Suo Hisashi...
[08:37] Arata
I've seen him on TV several times,
but this is the first time in person.
[08:41] Arata
I remember...
[08:42] Arata
When Suo-san first became the Master,
I was watching with Grandpa.
[08:47] (Flashback) Arata
Hey, Grandpa, what's the Master match like?
[08:50] (Flashback) Arata
Do even you get nervous?
[08:52] (Flashback) Hajime
Not at all.
[08:54] (Flashback) TV
The new Master is college student Suo Hisashi.
[08:58] (Flashback) Arata
I heard he only started
playing karuta in college.
[09:02] (Flashback) Arata
I guess there are geniuses with
amazing game sense out there.
[09:10] Arata
"When you eventually challenge for the throne,
[09:15] Arata
you'll probably be facing that new Master."
[09:19] Mashita
Suo-kun, what brings you here?
[09:22] Suo
Chairman, would you like a dorayaki?
[09:24] Mashita
What? Sorry, you'll have to speak up!
[09:27] Suo
Chairman, would you like a dorayaki?
[09:30] Mashita
Speak up! My hearing's
not so good, you know!
[09:34] Suo
I said in that interview that there
are 28 one-syllable cards for me,
[09:40] Suo
but I counted again recently,
and there were 27.
SIGN Get a hold of yourself!
[09:44] Mashita
What? 27?
[09:46] Suo
I think I'll finally be able to earn the credit
for the German class I kept failing,
[09:50] Suo
so I should finally graduate this year.
[09:52] Mashita
That's great! Well done! Congrats!
Do you have a job lined up?
[09:56] Suo
The place where I've been working
part-time said they'd hire me.
SIGN Oh, yeah?
[10:00] Suo
So...
[10:02] Suo
After I win my fifth consecutive title,
I'm going to retire.
[10:08] Arata
What?
[10:10] Arata
The Master... is retiring?
[10:14] Mashita
Hallelujah!
[10:17] All
After his fifth consecutive win?
SIGN Fine Confections Kogetsuan
SIGN Clench
[10:23] Suo
Kyoko-tan!
[10:25] Suo
Kyoko-tan is the reader for
the West Japan qualifiers this year!
[10:30] Suo
It must be fate!
[10:34] Guy
I guess he can speak loudly.
[10:37] Shinobu
Despite how noisy and crowded this place is,
[10:39] Shinobu
he still picked up her voice
from that far away.
[10:42] Shinobu
And he's talking about retiring?
[10:45] Guy
Is he mocking us?!
[10:47] Guy
Cocky bastard!
[10:48] Guy
Talking like a five-peat is guaranteed!
[10:50] Guy
I won't let him quit while he's ahead!
[11:20] Arata
That I'd become the Master
was my promise to Grandpa.
[11:26] Arata
It has nothing to do with my dream.
[11:32] Arata
Let's do this.
[11:41] Suo
Shinobu-chan, is he your friend?
[11:45] Shinobu
Just a river in my way.
[11:56] Yoshioka
No one in his age group is
a match for him anymore.
SIGN Why'd he send a card?
[12:06] Shinobu
Arata got that one!
[12:13] Yoshioka
He never argues.
[12:15] Yoshioka
And that posture came
straight from Master Wataya.
[12:21] (Flashback) Murao
I can tell you're not
envisioning your own victory.
[12:26] Arata
Envision...
[12:29] Arata
Envision...
[12:31] Arata
Envision my victory...
[12:34] Yoshioka
His focus is refreshing.
[12:37] Yoshioka
No wonder we expect so much of him...
[12:41] Yoshioka
when we can see Master Wataya
in that young, slender body.
[12:52] Arata
It's noon already...
[12:54] Arata
I wonder how the East qualifier's going.
[12:58] Arata
How's Taichi doing?
SIGN Eek!
[13:03] Arata
Er... S-Suo-san?
[13:05] Suo
Hello. I watched your match.
[13:08] Arata
He's as quiet as the rumors say...
[13:11] Suo
You're very good.
[13:13] Arata
Huh? N-No, I'm not...
[13:15] Suo
You'll be the Master one day.
[13:18] Arata
The Master? No, I really...
[13:21] Suo
But you won't be the next Master.
[13:27] Suo
Watching you doesn't excite me.
[13:35] Suo
Bye-bye.
[13:39] Michiru
Chi-chan, where are you?!
[13:42] Chihaya
Meanwhile, the main character was
lost on the Golden Pavilion grounds.
[13:47] All
Thank you for the game.
SIGN You're so great!
[13:52] Retro
M-Mashima and Gotokuji Saneatsu?!
SIGN Skreeee
[13:56] Retro
I want both of them to lose,
but one of them has to win!
[14:05] Taichi
What am I doing?
[14:08] Taichi
I wonder if everyone here
[14:11] Taichi
wants to be the Master.
[14:15] Sane
I'm gonna do this! I'm gonna do this!
SIGN Darling's on the attack!
[14:18] Retro
Mashima...
[14:23] Taichi
What is it I want to become so badly
[14:28] Taichi
that I'd miss my class trip?
[14:30] Mom
Taichi!
[14:33] Mom
The Master and Queen qualifiers? What?!
[14:37] Mom
I didn't know you had a stupid goal
like wanting to be the Master of karuta!
[14:40] Mom
I don't believe it!
[14:42] (Flashback) Mom
My son has a fever.
[14:45] Mom
You even made your mother tell a lie!
[14:50] Sumire
She said "Taichi."
[14:52] Sumire
Is she Mashima-senpai's mother?
[14:55] Mom
You there.
[14:56] Sumire
Huh?
[14:57] Mom
What time will this match end?
[14:59] Sumire
In about an hour...
[15:01] Mom
An hour?!
[15:03] Mom
I can't wait around here for an hour!
[15:04] Tsukuba
Um, please quiet down.
There's a match going on.
[15:08] Sumire
Actually, we're members of
Mashima-senpai's club.
[15:12] Mom
What?
[15:13] Mom
You two are in the karuta club?
[15:16] Sumire
Y-Yes! We'll be here
watching the entire time,
[15:19] Sumire
so maybe we could contact you
when it's about to end?
[15:22] Mom
Huh?
[15:24] Mom
Good idea.
[15:26] Mom
I'm going to get some tea. I appreciate it.
[15:31] Tsukuba
Nishida-senpai did say...
[15:35] Tsukuba
that Mashima-senpai had a scary mom who'd
make him quit the club if his grades dropped.
[15:41] Sumire
Tsukuba...
[15:43] Sumire
I think this is my chance.
[15:45] Tsukuba
Huh?
[15:46] Sumire
If you want to bring down the general,
shoot his horse first.
[15:50] Sumire
Was that the saying?
[15:52] Sumire
This is my chance to get
his mother to like me!
SIGN Huh?
[15:55] Sumire
A shortcut to my true goal!
[16:00] Hyuga
My name is Hyuga Yoshihiko.
[16:02] Hyuga
I give my all every day
to make girls like me.
SIGN Nice!
SIGN You cut your hair?
[16:04] Hyuga
My observant eye notices when a girl has
cut her bangs one centimeter shorter!
[16:07] Hyuga
If the blackboard is dirty,
that's my chance!
SIGN Creepy...
[16:10] Hyuga
I'm diligent enough to
volunteer for hard work!
[16:12] Hyuga
All this potential!
[16:14] Hyuga
At Fujisaki, being good at karuta
makes you attractive!
SIGN (Note) It doesn't work on bears
[16:20] Makoto
I will defeat the jerk who defeated Rion!
[16:26] Sakura
My students are getting nowhere this year.
SIGN Won
SIGN Lost in the first round
[16:29] Sakura
Why did they even come here?
SIGN Won
[16:32] Sakura
Inokuma-san won, unsurprisingly.
[16:34] Sakura
What about Rion?
[16:38] Sakura
Rion, how'd it go?
[16:41] Rion
I... I won.
[16:52] Sumire
Mashima-senpai's match
will be over soon, too.
[16:54] Sumire
Time to send that message.
[16:57] Sumire
It's crucial that I get
his mother to like me!
[17:01] [Messenger] ---
Mashima-senpai's Mother
[17:01] Sumire
Even Mashima-senpai can't spend
his whole life playing karuta.
[17:06] Sumire
I'm sorr—
[17:31] Taichi
Win for Mashima, by eleven cards.
[17:34] Sumire
Mashima-senpai?
[17:36] Retro
Y-You won, Mashima?
[17:38] Retro
Of course you did! That old dude's
just been getting by on beginner's luck!
[17:41] Retro
It's weird that I lost to him!
[17:43] Taichi
That's for sure.
SIGN Why did I lose to that kid?
[17:46] Taichi
Every card you send him,
he sends right back.
[17:49] Taichi
It's clear he's only
thinking about himself.
[17:52] Taichi
You can tell which cards
he's going for, too.
[17:55] Taichi
I know you're better than that!
[17:57] Taichi
Don't lose to someone like that!
[18:10] Taichi
Why did I have to say all that?
[18:14] Taichi
The next match...
[18:17] Taichi
Hurry up and start the next match.
[18:27] Retro
You're wrong.
[18:29] Retro
You're wrong.
[18:31] Retro
I lost because I'm not a good player.
[18:36] Retro
Because I can't admit that
I'm just not that good.
[18:48] Tsukuba
They've started. Are you sure...
[18:51] Tsukuba
you don't need to contact Senpai's mom?
[19:03] Mom
Hey, you! What's going on?
[19:05] Mom
You didn't contact me, so I came to see—
[19:16] Mom
Move.
[19:17] Sumire
I-I won't!
[19:18] Mom
Huh?
[19:19] Sumire
I won't move!
[19:21] Mom
You know that karuta and this "Master"
nonsense won't get him anywhere in life!
[19:26] Mom
He's so stuck on a silly game
he can only play for so long!
[19:31] Sumire
But he might play for the rest of his life!
[19:35] Taichi
Win for Mashima, by six cards.
[19:37] Tsukuba
Senpai...
[19:39] Tsukuba
U-Um, you shouldn't go outside right now.
[19:48] Sumire
Mashima-senpai...
[19:51] Sumire
Senpai...
[19:53] (Flashback) Taichi
We're getting three wins, guys.
[19:55] [POEM] Reader
Impassionate gods
[19:56] (Flashback) Taichi
It's about taking 10 cards
from your opponent.
[19:58] (Flashback) Taichi
And keeping 15 of your own!
[20:00] (Flashback) Taichi
I'm here to practice.
[20:02] (Flashback) Taichi
Thank you for the game.
[20:06] Sumire
He's working hard to be
what he wants to be!
[20:12] Mom
Wh-What are you saying?
[20:14] Mom
You're making no sense!
SIGN What are you saying in the
Mecca of karuta?
SIGN Is this lady looking for a fight?
[20:33] Girl
We will now draw the match-ups for round 3.
SIGN Mizusawa
[20:39] Guy
Who's looking good this year?
[20:41] Guy
Sudo-kun from Hokuo is playing well.
[20:43] Guy
He's improved.
[20:44] Guy
What about Tamaru-kun?
I had high hopes for him.
[20:46] Guy
Tsuboguchi-san's been winning, too.
[20:48] Guy
But the one who's improved the most
has to be Koishikawa-kun of KU.
SIGN Koishikawa Shusaku
[20:54] Guy
Whoever's matched up with
him is out of luck.
SIGN Koishikawa Shusaku Mashima Taichi
SIGN Mizusawa
[21:03] (Flashback) Arata
Mashima, you're a coward.
[21:10] Taichi
I want to be someone who isn't me.
[21:16] Taichi
But...
[21:19] Taichi
I still want to be me.
E9 - I recall how my own efforts were in vain
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[00:01] (Flashback) Suo
You'll be the Master one day.
[00:05] (Flashback) Suo
But you won't be the next Master.
[00:09] (Flashback) Suo
Watching you doesn't excite me.
[00:15] Guy
Two minutes of memorization time remaining.
[00:17] Arata
Oh, crap... It's already time for the third round.
[00:25] Arata
What did he mean?
[00:29] Arata
What did you mean by that,
[00:32] Arata
Master Suo?
SIGN Chihayafuru 3
SIGN Chihayafuru 3
SIGN Verse 9
SIGN I recall
how my
own efforts
were
in vain
[01:53] Shinobu
He's rougher than usual today.
[01:56] Suo
Hi.
[01:59] Shinobu
Are you going home, Suo-san?
[02:01] Suo
Oh, Shinobu-chan. I can
give you a ride if you want.
[02:04] Shinobu
I'm not leaving yet.
[02:06] Shinobu
I can't come to Omi Jingu and leave
without paying my respects.
[02:28] Suo
Maybe that part of your personality
is what's keeping you strong.
[02:35] Shinobu
Five wins in a row...
[02:38] Shinobu
You seem pretty confident
that you can do it.
[02:40] Shinobu
What is it that's keeping you going, Suo-san?
[02:48] Suo
Nothing.
[02:51] Shinobu
Liar. As if "nothing" makes you that good.
[02:56] Shinobu
It's not like you're a god.
SIGN Kyoto
[03:03] Michiru
We went from the Golden Pavilion to Ninnaji...
SIGN Chi-chan, look over here!
SIGN Chi-chan, hurry!
[03:06] Michiru
Then the class split into groups,
and ours went to Arashiyama,
[03:09] Michiru
to see Shigureden,
the museum for the Hundred Poets.
[03:12] Guy
The Hundred Poets?
SIGN So somber
[03:14] Guy
Why'd you pick this place, Horikawa?
[03:16] Michiru
I only planned this for my group.
Why'd you guys come along?
[03:19] Guy
We figured we couldn't go wrong
if we followed you.
[03:22] Michiru
At least come up with your own routes...
[03:28] Michiru
Chi-chan, isn't this place amazing?
[03:31] Michiru
It has dolls of all the Hundred Poets.
[03:34] Michiru
Even your favorite... Ariwara no Narihira, was it?
[03:37] Michiru
Look, he's right here!
[03:42] Chihaya
Taichi, how are your matches going?
[03:45] Chihaya
Are you winning?
[03:47] Chihaya
And what about Arata?
[03:49] Chihaya
I wonder what round they're on now.
[03:51] Chihaya
I don't know anyone else in western Japan,
[03:54] Chihaya
so I'd need Arata to tell me.
[03:56] Chihaya
Well? Are you doing your best,
[03:59] Chihaya
Arata? Taichi?
[04:06] Chihaya
The battery!
[04:07] Michiru
Here.
[04:09] Chihaya
Michiru-chan, why...
[04:11] Michiru
I thought I came on this class trip with you!
[04:14] Michiru
Why aren't you here?!
[04:17] Michiru
I don't even know anything
about the Hundred Poets!
[04:19] Michiru
That's why I brought us here!
[04:21] Michiru
Because you know about
these poems and karuta and all that!
[04:26] Michiru
And I'll never understand them
if you don't teach me!
[04:31] (Flashback) Michiru
Let's wear junihitoe
together at Shigureden.
[04:36] Chihaya
I'm sorry, Michiru-chan!
I'm sorry! I was stupid!
[04:39] Chihaya
But I don't know that much about
poems and karuta and stuff!
[04:42] Michiru
Huh?!
[04:43] Guy
What the heck? Why are they
having a youth moment here?
[04:43] Chihaya
I'm so stupid! Stupid! Stupid! Stupid!
[04:46] Guy
Who gets that worked up in
a somber place like this?
SIGN Girls are amazing
[04:48] Michiru
O-Okay, I get it!
[04:50] Michiru
Then we should get Heian costumes.
[04:53] Michiru
We can dress up like royalty!
Let's go put them on!
[04:55] Chihaya
Michiru-chan...
[04:57] Chihaya
You're right, Michiru-chan.
[04:59] Chihaya
I came here to Kyoto for my class trip.
[05:04] (Flashback) Chihaya
I want to be a high school teacher!
[05:07] (Flashback) Chihaya
What kind of teacher would I be
if I've never been on a class trip?!
[05:12] Chihaya
This is once-in-a-lifetime.
[05:15] Chihaya
I'll never have a second chance.
[05:18] Chihaya
The second floor was so big!
[05:21] Chihaya
I have heard that the women's
championships are held here.
[05:23] Michiru
You should take part!
[05:25] Chihaya
Well, with how much it costs to get here...
[05:28] Chihaya
Huh?
[05:29] Chihaya
It's Kana-chan!
[05:30] Chihaya
Kana-chan, your group also came to...
[05:32] Chihaya
Wait, what's wrong?
[05:34] Kanade
N-Nothing! I'm not crying!
SIGN Waaah
[05:37] Kanade
All of the exhibits are just too amazing!
[05:40] Kanade
Especially this reproduction of the
Tentoku Imperial Palace Poetry Contest!
[05:43] Chihaya
Tentoku Imperial Palace Poetry Contest?
[05:46] Kanade
I won't let you tell me
you don't know about it!
[05:48] Chihaya
Yeah, I know about it. It was
a contest with poems, right?
[05:52] Kanade
Ahem.
[05:54] Kanade
Poetry contests were held about
500 times during the Heian period,
[05:58] Kanade
but the most famous one was
the Tentoku Imperial Palace Poetry Contest
[06:02] Kanade
held in the year 960 by Emperor Murakami.
[06:05] Kanade
The judge was Fujiwara no Saneyori,
[06:08] Kanade
but it's said that he followed
the wishes of the emperor.
[06:11] Kanade
The twelve top poets of the time
came together and composed poems
[06:14] Kanade
about themes such as mist, cherry blossoms,
Japanese yellow roses, and love.
[06:18] Kanade
Mibu no Tadamine's "As my love" and Taira
no Kanemori's "Since I could not hide"
[06:21] Kanade
were composed then, and they were
the top poems of their time.
SIGN There are several others, of course...
[06:25] Kanade
The judge, the reader, and even the court
ladies struggled to choose a winner.
SIGN Wow
This is it!
This is the expansive knowledge
I wanted to hear!
[06:29] Kanade
When I was young,
[06:31] Kanade
I thought that composing love poems
just for a contest was wrong...
SIGN When you
were young?
Like when?
[06:38] Kanade
I was such a child.
[06:42] Kanade
"Since I could not hide..."
[06:44] Kanade
It's said that Emperor Murakami declared
the winner by whispering those words.
[06:49] Kanade
They were competing with the goal
of moving people's hearts.
[06:55] Chihaya
Competing...
[06:59] Chihaya
At the Yoshino Tournament,
[07:01] Chihaya
Taichi's feelings were laid bare
right in front of me.
[07:06] Chihaya
He was hoping to become the Master?
[07:08] Taichi
I want to beat Chihaya.
[07:10] Chihaya
No...
[07:11] Taichi
I want to beat Chihaya.
[07:13] Chihaya
No...
[07:14] Chihaya
The reason Taichi isn't on this class trip...
[07:16] Taichi
I want to win!
SIGN as my concern this morning is as tangled as my black hair
[07:26] Girl
Mashima-kun...
[07:28] Shusaku
Koishikawa Shusaku of
the KU Karuta Society.
[07:31] Shusaku
With a nimble play style that
balances offense and defense,
[07:34] Shusaku
I was the runner-up in the All Japan
Championship this past April.
[07:38] Shusaku
My nickname is Kosaku.
[07:39] Girl
Kosaku-senpai's amazing!
He's already up by nine!
[07:42] Guy
Kosaku's been on a roll since
the beginning of the year.
[07:45] Guy
Landing that job at the Ohishi Tengudo
Karuta Corporation made a big difference.
[07:50] Shusaku
I'm going to be...
[07:53] Shusaku
a walking advertisement for Oishi Tengudo!
SIGN Company president
Huh? No one expects you to do that...
[07:58] Taichi
I'm down by ten...
[08:00] Girl
Wasn't that boy the runner-up
at the Yoshino Tournament?
[08:04] Girl
He's not doing well today.
[08:05] Guy
Against Koishikawa-kun...
[08:07] Girl
He must've tried harder then because he
was playing someone in his own society.
[08:10] Girl
He's trying to attack, but...
[08:14] Taichi
This guy is good.
[08:17] Taichi
But I have to attack! Attack!
[08:21] Taichi
Go get cards from his side!
[08:24] Taichi
Yes!
[08:26] Guy
A double fault!
[08:28] Guy
He did it again!
[08:29] Girl
It's kicked in!
[08:30] All
Goofsaku!
SIGN Goofsaku
[08:34] Taichi
A double fault.
SIGN before this short summer night fully breaks
SIGN Double Fault
The player can send two cards,
one for the card they took
and one for the fault
SIGN I recall how my own efforts were in vain
[08:43] Shusaku
It's fine.
[08:45] Shusaku
It's fine!
[08:46] Shusaku
I'm still me, including my goof-ups!
[08:52] Girl
The double fault didn't faze him at all.
He's playing more freely now.
SIGN Stupid Goofsaku!
[08:56] Girl
At the All Japan, he committed twenty faults
in six rounds and was still the runner-up.
SIGN Stupid Goofsaku!
[09:00] Girl
Even when he goofs up, he's strong!
SIGN Stupid Goofsaku!
[09:03] Sumire
He pulled ahead again.
[09:04] Sumire
Eight cards now.
[09:09] Sumire
Mashima-senpai...
[09:11] Sumire
He's working hard to be
what he wants to be!
[09:21] Taichi
Me...
[09:22] [POEM] Reader
as my sleeves are wet with dew
[09:34] Girl
His opponent's defending now.
[09:36] Guy
He was attacking before.
[09:38] Taichi
There's a definite difference
in the number of cards.
[09:44] Taichi
So my side will be read!
[09:47] Taichi
I don't want to ditch my offensive karuta.
[09:49] Taichi
That's Dr. Harada's karuta.
[09:52] Taichi
But...
[09:54] (Flashback) Harada
It goes without saying, but in my mind...
[09:57] (Flashback) Harada
Offensive karuta is the way to go!
[10:00] (Flashback) Taichi
R-Right...
[10:03] (Flashback) Harada
But your skilled defense against Murao-kun,
made possible because you were tired...
[10:12] (Flashback) Harada
It suited you.
[10:19] Harada
Defensive karuta.
[10:20] Sumire
S-Seven in a row!
[10:23] Sumire
He's just one card behind now!
[10:29] [POEM] Reader
So the flower petals are scattered
like the snow by the passing storm,
[10:32] All
A-A semi-double fault now, of all times?!
SIGN Not again, Goofsaku!
[10:35] Shusaku
My own mistake cost me my lead!
SIGN Semi-Double Fault
A type of double fault in which the
faulting player is sent a card that,
coupled with the one that was taken,
results in a two-card reduction on
the opponent's side
SIGN How embarrassing
SIGN the red that is the Tatsuta River
[10:42] Tsukuba
He's leading for the first time, at 5 to 7!
[10:44] Tsukuba
He can do this!
[10:45] Both
He can do this!
[10:46] Sumire
He can do this!
[10:47] [POEM] Reader
yet it is I who withers and wilts
[10:57] [POEM] Reader
Impassionate gods have never seen
[11:00] Girl
Yes!
[11:01] Both
Huh?!
[11:03] Sumire
Mashima-senpai lost "Impassionate"?
[11:06] Taichi
It was on his side again!
[11:08] Taichi
My switch between offense
and defense was too slow!
[11:10] Taichi
Calm down.
[11:12] Taichi
Calm down.
[11:14] Taichi
Don't let him widen the gap.
[11:15] Taichi
Keep up with him.
[11:17] Taichi
Calm down.
[11:19] Taichi
Keep up with him!
[11:21] Taichi
Keep up with him!
[11:23] Taichi
Keep up with him!
[11:25] Taichi
A one-card gap is enough!
[11:27] [Messenger] ---
Made it past the first round.
I'll be the one to represent
East Japan, so you'd
better represent the West, Arata.
[11:33] Sumire
They each have one left!
SIGN Long
SIGN I feel that
[11:37] Taichi
Luck of the draw...
[11:39] Taichi
I know Arata will win the West Japan Qualifiers.
[11:44] Taichi
I have to win in the East!
[11:48] [POEM] Reader
Long last we meet...
[11:56] Both
Thank you very much.
[11:58] Both
Thank you very much.
[12:02] Girl
He couldn't have helped that.
It was luck of the draw.
[12:05] Girl
He came within one card of Koishikawa-kun.
[12:07] Girl
That's incredible!
[12:11] Girl
He was so close...
[12:22] Sumire
S-Senpai...
[12:23] Tsukuba
Hanano!
[12:25] Sumire
What, Tsukuba?!
[12:26] Tsukuba
Don't go to him!
[12:27] Tsukuba
I wouldn't want that.
[12:29] Tsukuba
I wouldn't...
[12:31] Tsukuba
want you coming after me right now!
[12:40] Taichi
Gust... A mountain stream... So the flower has...
After I heard... The hazed early dawn...
[12:43] Taichi
The night... The sound of people...
The sky may... In order for... Said bed...
[12:47] Taichi
I was counting.
[12:53] Taichi
While I... The sight of Mount... May the time...
Rain... Swift... The sight of the...
[12:56] Taichi
I was counting!
[13:00] Taichi
I counted all of them!
SIGN for I could not recognize you, like the moon hidden behind the clouds
[13:08] Taichi
The hundredth one...
[13:10] Taichi
It was never read!
[13:12] Taichi
And there were no dead cards!
[13:14] Taichi
How was I supposed to get "Long"
from his side, damn it?!
[13:23] Taichi
Impassionate... on his side...
SIGN the red that is the Tatsuta River
[13:27] Taichi
I needed to take that one.
[13:29] Taichi
Just that one!
[13:30] Taichi
No matter where it was...
even with my eyes closed!
[13:37] Taichi
I'm an idiot.
[13:42] Guy
The male and female semifinal
competitors have been decided!
[13:45] Guy
Dr. Harada took down Tamaru-kun!
[13:50] Girl
Dr. Harada!
[13:52] Tsutsumi
We're behind schedule.
[13:54] Tsutsumi
Please take your seats in ten minutes.
[13:56] Girl
That soon?!
[13:59] Harada
Bathroom...
[14:15] Tsutsumi
Harada-san, where are you?
[14:17] Tsutsumi
You need to get to your spot.
[14:20] Tsutsumi
Harada-san?
[14:22] Kitano
Hey!
[14:23] Kitano
Just wait until he comes out.
[14:25] Tsutsumi
But there's no time...
[14:26] Kitano
You can't rush the human body!
It's ready when it's ready!
[14:29] Kitano
Don't be so stingy over a minute or two!
[14:31] Tsutsumi
But...
[14:32] Guy
He's right, Tsutsumi-kun.
SIGN Huh?
[14:34] Guy
Give him a minute.
[14:36] Guy
No one's going to complain.
SIGN Huh?
[14:38] Guy
Yeah.
[14:50] [Messenger] ---
From: Hanano Sumire
The line-up for the semifinals is set.
Dr. Harada vs. Koishikawa-san
Tsuboguchi-san vs. Sudo-san
Yamamoto-san vs. Sakurazawa-san
Inokuma-san vs. Yamashiro-san
[15:01] Guy
Dr. Harada's knees can't take any more.
[15:04] Lady
His students are picking
up his cards for him.
[15:07] Shusaku
I'll be fine. As long as
I stay calm, I'll be fine.
[15:10] Shusaku
Even if I goof up, I'll be fine.
SIGN Whew
[15:15] Harada
I'm sure Koishikawa-kun has
never experienced knee pain.
[15:20] Harada
At this point, I can't remember the times
when my knees didn't hurt.
[15:26] Harada
That's right.
[15:29] Harada
I'm good friends with this body by now.
[15:32] [POEM] Reader
The sky is the road home...
[15:33] Harada
Whoops!
[15:35] Kitano
He swung at nothing!
[15:37] Guy
But he ended up in a position that looks
like he's guarding against Koishikawa-kun.
[15:49] Guy
Wow...
[15:50] Guy
Dr. Harada isn't falling behind Kosaku-kun.
[15:56] (Flashback) Harada
Eyelashes, you've been going for the
opponent's side in luck-of-the-draw matches.
[16:01] (Flashback) Harada
Why is that?
[16:02] (Flashback) Taichi
I once prayed that I wouldn't mind if my side
wasn't read in a luck of the draw ever again.
[16:08] Harada
Oops, sorry about that!
But I didn't touch anything!
SIGN It's like he's tempting me into moving
SIGN Dead card
[16:12] Harada
You might not believe it, but...
[16:15] Harada
When you spend a lot of time
concentrating in practice,
[16:19] Harada
you can kind of tell which cards
aren't going to be read.
SIGN What?
[16:24] Taichi
What?
[16:25] Harada
The few people who can tell
call them the "Eternal Maids."
SIGN Heh heh heh heh heh
[16:28] Harada
Yes! Gotcha!
[16:30] Shusaku
He got inside?!
[16:31] Harada
And since you're able to tell...
SIGN my body burns like the seaweed drying on the shores of Matsuho
[16:35] Harada
you can spend the second half preparing.
[16:39] Girl
Kosaku has one card left!
[16:41] Guy
Dr. Harada has four.
[16:42] Guy
Don't be Goofsaku again now!
[16:47] Harada
You send the cards that won't
be read to your opponent...
[16:53] Harada
in preparation for luck of the draw.
[16:56] Kitano
He didn't know?
[16:59] Kitano
The look Harada gets on his face when his
opponent has one card left is pure madness.
[17:05] Kitano
But in truth...
[17:08] Kitano
he's calmer than anyone else.
[17:13] All
Luck of the draw...
[17:14] All
It's down to the luck of the draw!
SIGN that you pine for me as the Inaba mountain pines, I shall return to you
SIGN my body burns like the seaweed drying on the shores of Matsuho
[17:19] [POEM] ---
widening into a river
as it descends Mount Tsukuba.
[17:21] Tsukuba
Be his!
[17:22] Sumire
Be Dr. Harada's card!
[17:24] Both
Be his!
[17:25] All
Be his!
[17:27] All
Be his!
[17:31] [POEM] Reader
Note that though...
[17:33] Harada
Eyelashes, the cards that aren't read
SIGN my body burns like the seaweed drying on the shores of Matsuho
[17:38] Harada
are never, ever read.
[17:49] Harada
A luck-of-the-draw match isn't about luck.
[17:55] Harada
When you spend a lot of time
concentrating in practice,
[18:00] Harada
you can kind of tell which cards
aren't going to be read.
[18:04] Harada
And I've spent a lot of time...
[18:07] Harada
To be exact, 45 years.
[18:10] Guy
Dr. Harada did it!
[18:12] Girl
He really hung in there against
such a strong young player!
[18:15] Kitano
That's no big deal.
[18:17] Kitano
Don't underestimate a guy
just because he's older.
[18:19] Guy
That's right. Youth isn't
everything in karuta.
[18:27] Harada
Is Tsuboguchi-kun...
[18:34] Guy
The final round in the East Japan
Master qualifiers will be
[18:37] Guy
Harada-san versus Sudo-kun.
[18:40] Guy
The final round in the
Queen qualifiers will be
[18:42] Guy
Inokuma-san versus Yamamoto-san.
[18:44] Guy
We will begin in ten minutes.
[18:54] Shinobu
I saw these people at
the summer tournament.
[18:58] Shinobu
Who's going to make it all the way to me?
[19:01] Shinobu
And I'm pretty sure
she's from the Myojo Society.
[19:07] Guy
Wataya-kun's down to one card
[19:10] Guy
against Takemura-kun, the guy
who beat him last year.
[19:13] Guy
He's solid this year!
[19:16] Shinobu
That's not like Arata.
[19:18] Shinobu
He's leading seven cards to one,
[19:20] Shinobu
and he's pushing himself to
go for his opponent's cards?
SIGN Gurgle Gurgle
[19:28] Shinobu
I'm sorry.
[19:31] Shinobu
Crap. I'm starving.
[19:33] Shinobu
Arata'll still win the final round,
even if he's not at his best.
[19:36] Shinobu
I'll just go.
[19:37] Ise
Shinobu-chan!
[19:40] Shinobu
Coach Ise.
[19:41] Ise
You were watching the semifinals?
[19:43] Ise
What did you think of our Yuikawa?
[19:46] Ise
She's a college first-year,
and her game's been improving lately.
SIGN Growl
SIGN Gurrrrrrgle
[19:52] Ise
What's wrong? You're hungry?
[19:54] Shinobu
Nah, I'm fine.
[19:57] Ise
I know I've asked before, but why don't
you come to a Myojo Society practice?
[20:02] Shinobu
Oh, no. All I ever do is get in the way.
[20:05] Ise
Mrs. Wakamiya was worried about you.
[20:09] Ise
She was saying her granddaughter
didn't have any friends.
[20:13] Ise
How about our Yuikawa?
[20:16] Ise
I think she'd be a great
practice partner for you.
[20:19] Shinobu
Even if I crush her?
[20:23] Ise
W-Wait, Shinobu-chan!
[20:27] Ise
Take this.
[20:33] Ise
Shinobu-chan!
[20:35] Ise
Feel free to contact me anytime!
[20:43] Shinobu
It's none of your business.
[20:46] Shinobu
None of your business!
SIGN Snowmaru Dorayaki
[20:56] Kuri
Arata-kun!
[20:58] Kuri
Just one more!
[20:59] Arata
Yeah.
[21:00] Kuri
I wonder who your opponent
in the finals will be!
[21:03] Arata
What's this?
[21:05] Kuri
Oh, that's info on the
East Japan qualifiers.
SIGN East Japan Semifinals Master Harada vs. Koishikawa Tsuboguchi vs. Sudo Queen Sakurazawa vs. Yamamoto Inokuma vs. Yamashiro
[21:09] Kuri
I heard everything up through the
semifinals on the phone earlier.
[21:12] Arata
Taichi didn't make it.
[21:19] Arata
Why did I just sigh?
[21:23] Kuri
Murao-kun!
[21:25] Guy
The finalists are decided!
[21:27] Guy
It's Murao Shinichi versus Wataya Arata!
[21:31] Guy
It's a final between Nagumo Society members!
E10 - Scarlet kadsuras
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[00:01] Kuri
The final round in the West Japan
Master Qualifiers...
[00:05] Kuri
Murao Shinichi versus Wataya Arata.
[00:07] Kuri
It's a showdown between
Nagumo Society members.
SIGN Hee Hee Hee
[00:11] Guy
That's truly a match-up worthy of the finals.
[00:13] Guy
Murao-kun was in a slump for a while,
but he's back on his feet.
[00:16] Bros
Shinichi-niichan!
[00:19] Yoshioka
Murao-kun has really been showing off
his experience and finesse lately.
[00:24] Yoshioka
But...
[00:26] Yoshioka
The one who seems more likely to prevent
Master Suo's fifth win in a row is...
SIGN Chihayafuru 3
SIGN Chihayafuru 3
SIGN Verse 10
SIGN Scarlet
kadsuras
[01:54] ---
You have fifteen minutes of memorization time.
[01:57] ---
The match will begin at 6:10.
[02:05] Arata
E-Excuse me...
[02:13] Arata
I'm never eating Yuu's cooking again.
[02:15] Arata
But what's causing this?
The katsu? The katsuobushi?
SIGN East Japan Semifinals
Master
Harada vs. Koishikawa
Tsuboguchi vs. Sudo
Queen
Sakurazawa vs. Yamamoto
Inokuma vs. Yamashiro
[02:26] Arata
Why did I feel relieved earlier?
[02:29] Arata
Why did knowing Taichi lost make me sigh?
[02:33] Arata
I'm sorry about that.
[02:37] Arata
Even in the final,
[02:39] Arata
Murao-san is the same as always.
[02:42] Arata
I should be, too.
[02:43] Arata
Just play karuta like I always do.
[02:47] Guy
It's time.
[02:49] Arata
Do the usual.
[02:55] Arata
Visualize that room.
[02:59] [POEM] Kyoko
All alone...
[03:00] Kuri
Murao-kun's fast!
[03:02] Kuri
He went for a one-syllable card
on Arata-kun's side!
SIGN I never asked to be treated colder than the winds of Mount Hatsuse
[03:10] Kuri
He split up his "Though I" and "Though my"
[03:13] Kuri
to counter Arata-kun's strong cross stroke.
[03:16] Arata
Murao-san is the same as always.
[03:20] [POEM] Kyoko
Would this old...
[03:22] [POEM] Kyoko
As this trip...
[03:25] Arata
And yet...
[03:28] Arata
Why am I...
[03:32] Arata
You're getting in my way, Taichi!
[03:34] Arata
Why are you there?
[03:37] Arata
Taichi has a way of being unfair.
[03:42] Arata
And he's not particularly talented,
like Chihaya is.
[03:46] Arata
Maybe I...
[03:49] Arata
always looked down on Taichi in karuta.
[03:55] Arata
On my own friend...
[04:05] [POEM] Kyoko
The hazed early dawn light
comes not from the moon
[04:09] Kuri
Arata-kun's cover came too late?
[04:14] Murao
What's wrong with him?
[04:16] Murao
Arata's seemed off since the Yoshino Tournament.
SIGN now white robes hang to dry on Mount Amanokagu
[04:21] Murao
This is my chance.
[04:23] Murao
Arata's gotten a lot stronger.
[04:25] Murao
If he came into this in top form,
I'd be in trouble.
[04:29] Murao
But with him playing this poorly, I can win.
[04:32] [POEM] Kyoko
I wish I could...
[04:34] Murao
This year is my chance.
[04:37] (Flashback) Suo
After I win my fifth consecutive title,
I'm going to retire.
[04:41] Murao
My last chance!
[05:01] Murao
Just a moment, please.
[05:07] Murao
Yamashiro-san is reading for us.
We can't waste that.
[05:10] Murao
Come back to us, Arata.
[05:39] [POEM] Kyoko
have been so—
[05:41] Girl
Who was that?
[05:42] Guy
The Queen again?
[05:45] Kuri
Re...
[05:46] Kuri
Really? At a time like this?!
[05:48] Kuri
Arata-kun?!
[05:49] Arata
S-Sorry... Excuse me!
[05:53] Guy
He left his seat!
[05:54] Guy
The bathroom?!
[05:55] Guy
In the middle of a match?!
[05:57] Daisuke
Coach, what happens now?
What about the match?
[06:01] Kuri
Nothing happens.
[06:03] Kuri
Cards will continue to be read,
even if his opponent's not there.
[06:07] [POEM] Kyoko
Note that though...
[06:09] Arata
Unbelievable!
[06:10] Arata
Running to the bathroom during a match?!
[06:12] Arata
How many cards am I missing?
[06:13] Arata
I have to hurry! Hurry!
[06:15] Arata
Seriously, I'm never eating
Yuu's cooking again!
[06:18] Arata
Never again, Yuu, you idiot!
[06:20] Arata
You idiot!
[06:21] (Flashback) Yuu
My mom made it.
[06:23] (Flashback) Yuu
I wouldn't mind joining your karuta club.
[06:26] (Flashback) Arata
What kind of puny reward
for winning is that?
[06:29] Arata
I was such a jerk.
[06:32] Arata
Sorry, Yuu.
[06:34] Arata
I'm nothing special at all.
[06:40] Arata
I'm sorry about that.
[06:50] Arata
Four cards have gone
while I was in the bathroom.
[06:52] Arata
I'm behind by eleven now.
[06:54] Arata
How many dead cards were there?
[06:56] Arata
What was read?
[06:58] Arata
I'm losing to Murao-san by eleven cards...
[07:07] Arata
I've never visualized myself coming
back from a place like this to win.
[07:11] Arata
But... what is this?
[07:13] Arata
What is it?
[07:15] Arata
I can't let this match go.
[07:19] Arata
Even if I'm embarrassed,
even if I'm nothing special...
[07:23] Arata
I can't run away.
[07:26] Yoshioka
He's down by eleven.
[07:27] Yoshioka
It'll be tough to recover from that,
even for Wataya-kun.
[07:30] Kuri
And it's more than just the differential at play.
[07:33] Kuri
The rule is that no one can tell him
what was read while he was out.
[07:38] Kuri
He doesn't know how many dead cards were read
in addition to the four on the board,
[07:42] Kuri
or how the unique syllables have changed.
[07:47] Kuri
This handicap goes far beyond
just the differential.
[07:50] Kuri
I'm sure Arata-kun will
do all he can, but...
[07:53] Yoshioka
This match is already...
[07:55] Arata
I'm going to move my cards.
[08:06] Murao
Arata...
[08:07] Murao
He hasn't given up.
[08:12] Arata
Considering the amount of time I was away,
[08:15] Arata
there must've been two or three dead cards.
[08:17] Arata
It's no use thinking about it.
[08:19] Arata
I just have to keep going
with what I do know.
[08:22] Arata
Should I attack?
[08:24] Arata
I'm afraid of faults and
double faults, though.
[08:26] Arata
I just have to do this.
[08:28] Arata
Everyone's watching.
[08:30] Arata
I can't make any more
embarrassing mistakes.
[08:32] Arata
I have to do this!
[08:35] [POEM] Kyoko
Gust of wind...
[08:38] Guy
What a time for a one-syllable
card on his own side!
[08:41] Guy
That was lucky!
[08:44] Arata
It must be nice to have
28 one-syllable cards, Suo-san.
SIGN hence the name fall leaves
[08:50] Arata
Wait, was it 27?
[08:57] Arata
Even the Master says some
random stuff sometimes.
SIGN Munch Munch
SIGN Fine
Confections
Kogetsuan
[08:59] Arata
I don't care if I embarrass myself anymore.
[09:03] [POEM] Kyoko
For you, I head out to the
fields to pick spring greens
[09:05] Girl
He jumped into the opponent's side
to cover "For you"!
[09:08] Guy
No hesitation at all!
[09:09] Kuri
That's the usual Arata-kun.
[09:12] Murao
A multi-syllable card right
after a one-syllable card?
[09:15] Murao
You're lucky, Arata.
[09:18] Murao
But it won't last.
[09:21] Murao
I have an overwhelming advantage
when it comes to two- and three-syllable cards.
SIGN Sone no Yoshitada Like a boatsman adrift at the mouth of the Yura, I do not know where this love will take me
[09:24] [POEM] Kyoko
Like a boatsman...
[09:26] Kuri
Murao-kun's fast!
[09:28] Arata
Did he...
[09:30] Arata
take that one after just hearing "Like"?
[09:34] Arata
One of the dead cards was "Like the"!
[09:37] Arata
Now there are only two dead cards
I don't know about, at most.
[09:41] Hajime
Arata, visualize it.
[09:46] Arata
The cards will tell me...
[09:50] Arata
how to visualize myself winning.
SIGN Click Click Click
SIGN Silent Mode
SIGN Click Click Click
[09:56] Yuube
How are the Master qualifiers going?
[09:59] Yuube
I figured Wataya-kun would
come out on top...
SIGN Not interested
[10:03] Yuube
But this is a tight match.
[10:05] Yuube
Megumu, Yuikawa-san's a
tough opponent to play.
[10:10] Megumu
She's tough to play.
SIGN I never asked to be treated colder than the winds of Mount Hatsuse
[10:13] Megumu
She's unnaturally fast
with her own left side.
[10:15] Yuikawa
I'm moving my cards.
[10:20] Megumu
She keeps moving more cards
over from her right side.
[10:24] Megumu
She's hoping to take them
all from her left!
[10:27] Megumu
A southpaw who excels
in defending her left side!
[10:31] Megumu
Sheesh... Another southpaw,
just like the Queen?
[10:37] Megumu
I can't lose!
SIGN Click Click Click Click Click Click Click
SIGN Ba-dump
[10:41] [POEM] Kyoko
The tail feathers...
[10:42] [POEM] Kyoko
As I wait...
[10:44] [POEM] Kyoko
My only thought as the boat takes me...
[10:50] Kuri
Eleven cards versus eighteen...
He's closing the gap.
[10:53] Guy
Murao-san is staying calm.
[10:55] Girl
He's attacking the opponent's side,
which is standard when you have a big lead.
[10:59] Bros
But he looks really stressed out.
[11:01] [POEM] Kyoko
the cresting waves almost look
like clouds in the skies
[11:06] Kuri
What...
[11:08] Kuri
is he worried about?
[11:10] [POEM] Kyoko
My fear is that you will forget...
[11:12] Guy
He landed a clean cross on "My own home"
and "My fear is that"!
[11:15] Kuri
"My fear is that" is the card Murao-kun
sent him in the first half.
[11:19] Kuri
Of course!
[11:20] Kuri
He built an unbelievable lead over Arata-kun.
[11:24] Kuri
He was forced to send him cards he normally
never would have sent in the first half.
[11:29] Kuri
That meant giving "My own" and "My fear"
to Arata-kun, who has a strong cross stroke.
[11:34] Kuri
That's what's bothering Murao-kun now.
[11:36] Kuri
And he lost "My fear is that," too.
[11:40] Kuri
When you take a big lead over someone
who's just as good as you,
[11:43] Kuri
it just stresses you out, even if you win.
[11:46] Arata
Seventeen cards versus eleven...
[11:48] Arata
I'm down by six.
[11:50] Arata
It's not impossible. I can catch him.
[11:53] Arata
I have to take this one card at a time.
[11:56] [POEM] Kyoko
After I heard you say...
[11:58] Guy
He's attacking!
[11:59] Girl
That was fast!
[12:02] Murao
Of course I'm gonna be stressed out.
[12:05] Murao
You're Wataya Arata, after all.
[12:09] Murao
Ten versus seventeen.
I'm still seven cards ahead of Arata.
[12:14] Murao
I couldn't ask for better.
I'm gonna keep attacking!
[12:20] Arata
Murao-san...
[12:22] Arata
The other dead card...
[12:25] Arata
was "After I determined," wasn't it?
[12:31] Arata
I like how Murao-san plays karuta.
[12:35] Arata
He's not swayed by what unfolds during a match.
[12:38] Arata
His karuta is diligent and consistent.
[12:41] [POEM] Kyoko
Said world grants no escape
[12:44] Kuri
Arata-kun crossed over both "Said world grants
no escape" and "Said world grants no change,"
[12:49] Kuri
but Murao-kun was guarding it from the side
opposite where Arata-kun's hand came from!
[12:53] Kuri
"When there are two cards,
I'll hold one down."
[12:56] Kuri
You can't make a move like that
unless you make that decision.
[12:59] Kuri
That's how Murao-kun counters Arata-kun!
[13:02] Arata
Murao-san's definitely a tough opponent.
[13:30] Murao
All right!
[13:32] Murao
My offense is working.
I'm getting cards from his side.
[13:34] Murao
I can still move. I'm just fine.
[13:40] Murao
My lead is down to four?
[13:42] Murao
Already?
[13:48] Yoshioka
It's down to which cards are read.
[13:51] Yoshioka
Both of them are attacking
the opponent's side,
[13:53] [POEM] Kyoko
Nothing can be worse...
[13:54] Yoshioka
but most of the cards read
are on Murao-kun's side.
[13:57] Yoshioka
In terms of probability, more of the cards
being read should be on Arata-kun's side,
[14:01] Yoshioka
yet he's attacking Murao-kun's side
with no fear whatsoever.
SIGN as my sleeves are wet with dew
[14:07] Arata
Once he has a lead of more than ten cards,
[14:10] Arata
even Murao-san would only put his
best cards closest to his hands.
[14:15] Arata
Especially...
[14:16] [POEM] Kyoko
Swift waters parted...
[14:16] Arata
on his right side!
[14:20] Kuri
Arata-kun usually plays with a
balance of offense and defense,
[14:24] Kuri
but he's attacking hard.
[14:27] Kuri
He's calling the momentum to him.
SIGN East Japan Qualifiers Dr. Harada (Winner)
[14:33] Kuri
The momentum to fight
[14:36] Kuri
East Japan's number one,
the king of offensive karuta.
[14:43] [POEM] Kyoko
Impassionate gods have never seen
[14:47] Guy
Murao-kun's fast, too!
[14:48] Girl
He's keeping up!
[14:50] Yoshioka
Arata-kun was targeting
"Impassionate," too!
[14:52] Bros
Keep that lead, Shinichi-niichan!
[14:53] Murao
I want to beat Master Suo.
[14:57] Murao
He's beaten so many people on talent alone.
[15:00] Murao
This is my last chance to
beat him through hard work!
[15:08] Arata
Murao-san...
[15:10] Arata
The last dead card that was read...
[15:13] Arata
was "Impassioned vows"?
[15:19] Murao
Hard work...
[15:21] Murao
Talent...
[15:23] Murao
Hard work...
[15:25] Murao
Talent...
[15:28] Murao
Hard work...
[15:31] Murao
Talent...
SIGN banish any lingering memories of the past
[15:46] Both
Thank you very much.
[15:50] Both
Thank you very much.
[16:04] Murao
Arata.
[16:10] Murao
Smile, Arata.
[16:11] Murao
If you don't smile,
I'm gonna get depressed.
[16:21] Arata
Ow!
[16:22] Murao
Don't actually smile, moron.
[16:23] Murao
You'll make me even more depressed.
SIGN Ha!
[16:27] Guy
The winner of the final round,
by two cards, is Wataya Arata-kun!
[16:31] Arata
I really like Murao-san.
[16:38] Murao
You'd better win, Arata.
[16:42] Murao
You've got both hard work
and talent on your side.
SIGN Certificate of Recommendation for Wataya Arata The above is hereby recommended to represent West Japan in the playoff to decide the challenger for the 59th Master match. All Japan Karuta Association Chairman Mashita Yoshiaki
[16:50] Arata
If I believe I do, I'll probably lose,
[16:54] Arata
so I'm going to see someone who doesn't.
[16:59] Guy
In the challenger play-offs
to be held in November,
[17:02] Guy
the representatives from West Japan will
be Wataya Arata-kun for the Master title
[17:06] Guy
and Ousaka Megumu-san for the Queen title.
SIGN Kyoto
[17:17] Chihaya
Revolution!
[17:18] Girl
Counter-revolution!
[17:19] Miyauchi
Go to sleep right now!
[17:23] Girl
Is she gone? Is the Empress gone?
[17:25] Michiru
As if we could sleep. It's only eleven.
[17:27] Girl
Think we could sneak out?
[17:29] Chihaya
To go where?
[17:30] Girl
Class 3 made a game of sneaking out
to go to the convenience store.
[17:34] Girl
They got caught and had to sit in the hall.
[17:36] Chihaya
Wow!
[17:40] Michiru
Sorry, Chi-chan! I still
have your phone battery!
[17:44] Michiru
Here.
[17:47] Chihaya
It's fine.
[17:48] Chihaya
Keep it until morning, Michiru-chan.
[17:50] Chihaya
I'll look if I have it.
[17:53] Michiru
Chihaya-chan's a lot more considerate
of others than everyone realizes.
[17:59] Michiru
She's really trying to
focus on this class trip,
[18:02] Michiru
even though she has other
things on her mind.
SIGN Zzzz
[18:06] Girl
You're sleeping? What about girl talk?
[18:08] Michiru
I don't think Chi-chan is capable of that.
[18:09] Girl
Jeez, just change your good looks!
They're going to waste!
[18:11] Michiru
Thanks, Chihaya-chan.
[18:13] Chihaya
I'm gonna go buy some tea.
[18:15] Girl
Isn't the teacher standing out there?
[18:17] Girl
They should at least let her get a drink.
[18:32] Chihaya
Ta... Ta—
[18:33] Miyauchi
Shh!
[18:34] Miyauchi
Keep it down!
[18:39] Taichi
I felt better, so here I am.
[18:41] Taichi
I didn't want to be at school taking
supplementary lessons alone.
[18:48] Miyauchi
Wh-What? Is she angry? Sad? Confused?
[18:51] Miyauchi
A-Anyway, the Class 1
boys are in that room.
[18:55] Taichi
Okay.
[18:56] Miyauchi
Ayase-san, go to bed.
[18:58] Chihaya
But... tea...
[18:59] Miyauchi
I'll buy one for you.
[19:01] Miyauchi
You stay in your room.
[19:02] Taichi
Night, Chihaya. You should
get some sleep yourself.
[19:09] Chihaya
Don't you tell me to sleep!
[19:11] Taichi
What the heck, Chihaya?
The teacher's gonna come back!
[19:13] Chihaya
Taichi!
[19:14] Chihaya
Tai... Ea...
[19:16] Chihaya
Ea... Ea... Ea... Ea... Ea...
[19:21] Taichi
It's Dr. Harada.
[19:29] Taichi
He's representing East Japan.
[19:34] Taichi
And for West Japan—
[19:36] Chihaya
Michiru-chan! I need my battery back!
Where's my phone?!
[19:39] Michiru
What?!
[19:41] Chihaya
R-Really?
[19:44] Chihaya
Really?
[19:47] Chihaya
D-Did Dr. Harada really...
[19:53] Taichi
Which one are you going to
root for in the play-off?
[19:58] Chihaya
Which one? Dr. Harada, obvio—
[20:03] Taichi
He's amazing, isn't he?
[20:07] Chihaya
The West Japan representative is... Arata?!
[20:12] Chihaya
Dr. Harada and Arata are gonna
compete to be the challenger?!
[20:25] Guy
Yo, Mashima! What just
happened with Ayase-san?
[20:29] Guy
You just had to draw attention to
yourself, coming here late...
[20:33] Guy
Huh?!
[20:34] Guy
M-Mashima?!
[20:36] Guy
Hey!
SIGN Uh, guys, he's all right.
SIGN He's just sleeping.
SIGN He's a hundred times more tired than any of us after today.
SIGN There we go.
[20:50] Guy
Desktomu's such a manly man.
[20:52] Guy
We'll help.
[20:53] Guy
Lay out a futon.
[20:56] Tsutomu
Mashima... It would've been great
if you'd come here victorious.
[21:01] Tsutomu
I know karuta isn't that simple.
[21:04] Tsutomu
But...
[21:07] Tsutomu
It would've been great if you'd won.
[21:17] [Messenger] ---
Mailbox
Sender: Hanano Sumire
Here are the match-ups for the challenger play-offs.
Master: Harada - Wataya
Queen:
E11 - Leaving a hovering mist above the trees and grass
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[00:01] Teacher
All right, now that the
class trip is behind us...
[00:05] Teacher
Ayase-san, since you want
to become a teacher...
[00:09] Teacher
Exactly what subject
are you hoping to teach?
[00:19] Teacher
Well, if we go by your grades,
[00:21] Teacher
you're far more suited to
PE than anything else.
[00:25] Teacher
But Ms. Miyauchi...
SIGN PE
[00:27] Miyauchi
Make sure she picks a subject
where students don't die!
[00:30] Teacher
...said that to me.
[00:36] Teacher
Well, let's take a little more time
to think about it, shall we?
SIGN Chihayafuru 3
SIGN Chihayafuru 3
SIGN Verse 11
SIGN Leaving a
hovering
mist
above the
trees and
grass
SIGN Competitive
Karuta Club
New members always welcome!
[02:02] Nishida
Mashima's clearly been off his game
since the qualifiers,
[02:06] Nishida
and Ayase's still riding the momentum
from her win at the Yoshino Tournament.
[02:10] Nishida
She's not holding anything back, either.
[02:14] Both
Thank you very much.
[02:16] Nishida
She won by 20 cards!
[02:18] Nishida
Ayase! He's never gonna
bounce back that way!
[02:29] Chihaya
I don't know what I'm supposed to do,
[02:32] Chihaya
or how to make him feel better.
[02:35] Chihaya
But if I hold anything back...
[02:38] Chihaya
If I don't play with my full strength...
[02:40] Chihaya
I get the feeling he'll
just stop playing karuta.
[02:46] Chihaya
I'll be the reader next.
[02:48] Chihaya
We'll start in ten minutes.
[02:51] Nishida
By the way, Ayase,
did you call Wataya Arata?
[02:54] Chihaya
Huh? No.
[02:56] Nishida
Well, call him!
[02:57] Nishida
He's the youngest male West
representative ever! That's a big deal!
[03:12] Chihaya
No. I'll call him later.
[03:15] Nishida
Speak of the devil! Is that
a message from Wataya?
[03:19] Sumire
Oh, I got one, too.
[03:20] Tsukuba
Me, too.
SIGN From Wataya?
[03:23] [Messenger] ---
To all Shiranami Society ML members
Notice of emergency
Shiranami Society meeting
[03:38] Chihaya
Taichi?
[03:40] Taichi
Nah, it's nothing. Let's go.
[03:45] Taichi
Do I have to go?
[03:48] Taichi
I don't want to.
[03:50] Taichi
I can't face Dr. Harada right now.
[03:56] Harada
I called you all here today for one reason:
[04:00] Harada
to announce my plan for producing
the Shiranami Society's first Master,
[04:02] Harada
my greatest dream since the day
this society was founded!
SIGN Announce...
[04:06] All
Announce?
[04:07] Harada
We have one month until
the East-West Playoff!
[04:10] Harada
We can't waste a single day!
[04:13] Harada
First, you Class A kids!
[04:15] Harada
You will participate more
proactively than ever in practice
[04:18] Harada
and challenge me as if you were competing
to be Master or Queen yourself!
[04:23] Harada
Those of you in Class B and below
[04:24] Harada
will devote yourselves to strategy
formulation and self-discipline
[04:28] Harada
and heighten the competitive
atmosphere of our practices!
[04:31] Harada
For my sake!
[04:34] Guy
Dr. Harada's finally letting
his true motives take over.
SIGN Bam
[04:38] Harada
I started the Shiranami Society so
that I could become Master one day.
[04:43] Harada
It's to make myself stronger
that I guide the younger players, too!
[04:47] Harada
Tsuboguchi-kun, you're free
to coach your own students,
[04:50] Harada
but you have to come here
at least twice a week!
[04:52] Hiroshi
Wow, that'll be rough.
[04:54] Harada
As for you, Eyelashes...
SIGN Wataya Arata's Preferred Layout
[04:56] Harada
Tsuboguchi-kun and Hanano-san made me
this chart of Glasses' card layout.
[05:01] Harada
Use this to play against me!
SIGN Wataya Arata's Preferred Layout
[05:04] Taichi
Arata's card layout?
[05:06] Taichi
I'm supposed to be a virtual Arata?
[05:10] Taichi
I... I can't do that.
[05:12] Taichi
Suddenly playing with someone else's layout
won't make me a good training dummy.
[05:16] Taichi
I won't.
[05:17] Harada
What are you talking about?!
[05:18] Harada
You still played well after changing
your own placement like that!
SIGN You're versatile enough
[05:22] Harada
You're the only one who can do this!
[05:23] Taichi
Even if I copy Arata,
I can't play like him!
[05:26] Taichi
I won't!
[05:28] Harada
You're the one who made me
the East Japan representative!
[05:38] (Flashback) Sudo
I yield this match.
[05:39] Harada
He claimed he'd jammed his finger,
[05:42] Harada
but the reason Sudo-kun
yielded to me in the finals
[05:45] Harada
was clearly because of his wager with you!
[05:48] Harada
Of course, I would've
won if I'd played him,
[05:51] Harada
but I got out of hurting
my knee any further!
[05:54] Harada
The fight Tsuboguchi-kun put up
in the semifinals helped,
[05:57] Harada
but your strength at the
Yoshino Tournament saved me, too!
[06:02] Harada
I want...
[06:03] Harada
to fight with the help of everyone
in the Shiranami Society!
[06:07] Harada
Being on the receiving end of
that help makes me stronger!
[06:20] Chihaya
Full strength...
[06:23] Chihaya
Dr. Harada's full strength...
[06:27] Chihaya
pulls in everything around
him to move him forward.
[06:33] Chihaya
Dr. Harada, I'll memorize a layout, too.
[06:36] Harada
You don't need to do that.
SIGN You're not that versatile
[06:38] Harada
You'll wreck your own play style.
[06:40] Chihaya
Not Arata's layout.
[06:42] Chihaya
Master Suo's.
[06:45] (Flashback) Tsutomu
You have twenty!
[06:47] (Flashback) Tsutomu
Twenty one-syllable cards!
[06:51] Harada
A virtual Suo Hisashi...
[07:00] Kuri
He's good.
[07:03] Kuri
He's able to relax again,
and he's tenacious on top of that.
[07:08] Kuri
Nobody can call this the dumb luck of youth.
[07:12] Kuri
Okay, break time.
[07:22] Arata
Hello?
[07:23] Chihaya
Congrats on becoming
the West Japan representative!
SIGN Riiiing
[07:29] Arata
Chihaya... That seriously
threw my senses off.
[07:33] Chihaya
What?! Really?!
[07:35] Arata
Nah. I'm fine.
[07:37] Chihaya
Arata!
[07:38] Chihaya
The Shiranami Society's going
to do all it can to beat you!
[07:41] Chihaya
The one who's going to Omi Jingu as
the challenger is Dr. Harada for sure!
[07:46] Chihaya
He's 100% not gonna lose!
SIGN Win Win
[07:47] Chihaya
He's going to beat you!
Dr. Harada's going to win!
[07:50] Chihaya
He won't lose! He'll win for sure!
[07:53] Chihaya
The Shiranami Society's
the best! We won't lose!
[07:56] Taichi
Chihaya, you're such a pest.
[07:57] Chihaya
We're gonna win! The Shiranami
Society's the best—
[08:01] Taichi
You do your best too, Arata.
[08:15] [POEM] Kyoko
When I must hide...
[08:17] Guy
For most players, there are only
[08:19] Guy
seven one-syllable cards: "Rain, Silent,
Long, Gust, All, Look, Swift."
[08:22] Guy
But in our interview, the
Master had this to say.
SIGN Suo Hisashi's Preferred Layout
[08:26] Guy
There are 28 one-syllable cards for him.
[08:34] Chitose
Come on, Chihaya! Give it a rest already!
[08:37] Chitose
Let me check out the late
night drama I was... in...
SIGN Suo Hisashi's Preferred Layout
[08:55] Chihaya
There are 28 one-syllable cards.
[09:00] Chihaya
28 cards...
[09:05] [POEM] Reader
For the cold nights...
[09:10] [POEM] Reader
I wish I could show...
[09:15] [POEM] Reader
have been soaked red with tears of blood
[09:21] [POEM] Reader
The storm blasts...
SIGN Orange
SIGN 100% Fruit Juice
[09:25] Haruka
This brings back memories.
[09:28] Haruka
But you haven't gotten rusty
at all, Sakurazawa-san.
[09:30] Haruka
I guess practicing with high school kids
every day helps, huh?
[09:34] Sakura
What are you talking about?
[09:36] Sakura
I'm hopeless. I've lost my tenacity.
[09:39] Sakura
I practice too much.
[09:42] Sakura
For veterans, one real match is
more important than ten practice games.
[09:46] Haruka
You just beat me, though!
SIGN You got me good
[09:50] Sakura
Any game I play against you
is a "real match" for me.
[09:57] Sakura
Okay, you're next, Rion. Go on.
[10:02] Sakura
Hyuga-kun, you're the reader.
[10:03] Hyuga
Got it!
[10:04] Rion
That's just mean, Coach Sakurazawa!
[10:07] Rion
I lost big time in the East Japan qualifiers!
[10:10] Rion
I couldn't make up for that minuscule
difference in our game senses!
[10:13] Haruka
With Hyuga-kun's sloppy reading,
you might be able to beat me, Rion-chan.
[10:19] Haruka
Though I wouldn't lose if we had
the grade 7 Yamashiro as reader.
[10:25] Rion
Excuse me.
[10:37] Both
Thank you for the game.
[10:39] [POEM] Hyuga
Naniwa Bay, now the flower
blooms, but for winter
[10:42] Guy
Cheers, you suck at this!
[10:45] Sakura
Way to egg her on, Inokuma-san.
[10:49] Sakura
My Yamashiro's a fine raw
gemstone, isn't she?
[10:52] Sakura
You can tell she'll only go
up from here, can't you?
[10:58] Sakura
I noticed it earlier, too...
[11:00] Sakura
but Inokuma-san's game sense isn't the same
as when she was in her prime.
[11:06] Sakura
It peaks in a player's teens
and early twenties.
[11:12] Sakura
It's all downhill from there.
[11:19] Haruka
Thanks for the ride, Sakurazawa-san.
[11:21] Sakura
It can't be easy,
taking the bullet train here.
[11:24] Sakura
Will you make it back next week?
[11:25] Haruka
Sure, if you don't mind.
[11:32] Haruka
Shoot...
[11:33] Haruka
Breast pump time. I'm tight as a drum.
[11:36] Haruka
I guess nursing babies and their mommies
are made to never be apart.
[11:45] [Messenger] ---
From: Inokuma Satoshi
Jin came down with a fever of 39 degrees.
Where was the medicine we got for fevers last time?
Should I give him that?
He had 200 mL of milk earlier.
He's fine, but he's crying for his mama.
Try to come home soon.
[11:45] Haruka
What?!
[11:46] Haruka
Jin... has a fever?
SIGN He's fine, but he's crying for his mama. Try to come home soon.
[12:12] Haruka
The West representative,
Ousaka-san, is 18 years old.
[12:15] Haruka
The current Queen is 17.
[12:19] Haruka
How am I supposed to win at the age of 34?
[12:27] Haruka
Is that... more important than my children?
[12:33] Mom
Chihaya! Your mom's serious now!
[12:36] Mom
I'm serious about supporting your dream!
[12:40] Mom
This is your cousin, Shinji-kun!
SIGN Tweak Tweak
[12:41] Mom
He stopped by on his way home
from work to help you study!
[12:46] Shinji
I helped with your high school
entrance exams, too.
[12:48] Shinji
I hope you're grown a bit since...
[12:51] Shinji
...then?!
SIGN Ba dump
[12:52] Chihaya
I appreciate your help, Shinji.
[12:57] Shinji
Has your voice gotten quieter, Chihaya-chan?
[12:59] Chihaya
This is just how it is.
SIGN Tweak Tweak Tweak Tweak
[13:01] Shinji
I-Is it... a signal to move closer?
[13:05] Shinji
O-Okay, then. I'll have to sit next to you.
[13:08] Chihaya
Would you like some sweets?
[13:11] Shinji
Is this... a sign of love?!
[13:17] Kanade
Dr. Harada told President Mashima to
memorize Wataya-san's card placement?!
[13:21] Kanade
That's just rubbing salt in his wound!
[13:25] Nishida
I know, right?
[13:26] Nishida
And Mashima's just as messed up
for actually doing it!
[13:28] Nishida
Not that I didn't know it,
but he's a total masochist!
[13:31] Both
Stop talking about the Shiranami Society!
SIGN Trying to memorize this
[13:33] Nishida
What's up with you guys?
[13:37] Taichi
He generally keeps similar cards separated.
[13:40] Taichi
He keeps "Long" and "Rain" split
between left and right, too.
[13:44] Hiroshi
His cross is incredible.
[13:47] Taichi
Cross...
SIGN Okay, today's first matches are...
SIGN Mashima and Ayase, Tsukuba and Kana-chan, and Hanano-san and me.
SIGN Porky will be the reader.
SIGN Manju
[13:59] Tsukuba
What? You're giving that to me?
[14:01] Chihaya
I can't, because you're not in Class A.
[14:03] Tsukuba
Huh?!
SIGN Shock
SIGN Whaaaa...
[14:04] All
She's imitating Suo Hisashi?!
[14:07] Tsutomu
What do we do about this?
[14:09] Nishida
We have an idiot among us!
[14:11] Chihaya
Are you in Class A?
[14:13] Sumire
No, I'm not!
[14:17] Taichi
L-Let's play some karuta, eh?
[14:19] Nishida
And another idiot!
SIGN What?!
[14:23] Tsutomu
How will this go, though?
[14:25] Tsutomu
One's trying to be Suo Hisashi,
and one's trying to be Wataya Arata.
[14:30] [POEM] Nishida
...now the flower blooms
[14:37] [POEM] Nishida
Feel sorrow wash over me...
[14:40] Tsutomu
She put "Feel love" and "Feel sorrow"
beside each other
[14:42] Tsutomu
and held them down together.
[14:45] Tsutomu
If someone with good game sense pulls that
on you, there's nothing you can do.
[14:49] Kanade
She's even imitating how often
he holds cards down.
[14:53] Nishida
Same for everything else.
[14:54] Nishida
She put the cards she's
confident in close together
[14:57] Nishida
so she can win them before
they're even read.
[15:00] Nishida
That's not easy, even if you
understand the concept!
[15:02] Nishida
You're amazing, Ayase!
[15:06] Chihaya
Pursue the world seen
through Suo-san's eyes.
[15:11] Chihaya
Seen? Heard?
[15:16] Taichi
Damn it!
[15:17] Taichi
It must be nice to be able to do that.
[15:20] Taichi
It's taking all I have just
to not feel discouraged.
[15:24] Taichi
Wait, no...
[15:25] Arata
It's taking all I have.
SIGN He'd never say that
[15:29] Taichi
Arata would never say that.
[15:33] Arata
It's difficult to achieve a
similar level of game sense,
[15:36] Arata
but there are plenty of other
ways to take cards faster.
[15:40] [POEM] Nishida
Would this old...
[15:43] Nishida
That was pretty ugly, Mashima.
SIGN Ugly?!
[15:45] Nishida
But you used a cross to take that!
[15:47] Nishida
Ayase went straight for
the "Would this" card,
[15:50] Nishida
but you were prepared to take both
"Would this" and "Would the"
[15:53] Nishida
so you could win it on the first syllable!
SIGN Is the cross stroke a way to play on equal footing as players with good game sense?
[16:00] Nishida
With some refining, it is.
[16:02] Taichi
What Arata refines...
[16:07] Taichi
He does this at such insane
speeds right from the start.
[16:10] Taichi
It's not like the fundamental rule
of listening with your hands.
[16:15] Taichi
This is hard. It's a weapon
of a different type.
[16:20] Chihaya
But after one "Would" card is read,
you can't do it again!
[16:22] Chihaya
I'll get the next one! Just watch!
SIGN Ah...
SIGN Ah... She's back...
[16:26] Chihaya
I'll... get the next one.
SIGN Is that how
Suo-san acts?
[16:29] Chihaya
And after I win my fifth
consecutive title, I'll retire.
SIGN Fuchu City Katamachi Cultural Center
SIGN Wataya Arata's Preferred Layout
[16:41] Harada
So Glasses keeps "Since the" and "Since I"
split up between left and right
[16:45] Harada
and always uses a cross for them...
[16:48] Taichi
Even if they're separated, I think he'd
put them here to make you aim for them.
[16:52] Taichi
Especially "Since the," in this case.
[16:55] Taichi
But I think that means he's sure he can
always take them, no matter what.
[16:59] Harada
That definitely makes me
want to take them myself.
[17:02] Harada
And Suo-kun?
[17:03] Chihaya
He moves forward softly
and takes cards swiftly.
[17:06] Chihaya
He holds cards down a lot.
[17:07] Harada
Yes, I can see that much by watching him.
SIGN Everyone
knows that
[17:13] Harada
Okay, that's it for today.
[17:18] Chihaya
The challenger playoff is
already this weekend...
[17:22] Harada
Thank you both, Eyelashes and Chihaya-chan.
[17:26] Harada
This has been great practice.
[17:28] Chihaya
Um, Dr. Harada... Could
it be that Master Suo...
[17:34] Chihaya
N-Never mind.
[17:36] Harada
You're an odd girl, Chihaya-chan.
SIGN And a-hup
[17:39] Chihaya
What's that you're doing?
SIGN November 24th Otsuka Karuta Memorial Hall
SIGN Master and Queen Challenger Playoffs
[17:58] Yuube
Megumu's so cute!
SIGN Click Click Click Click Click
[18:00] Guy
Megumu-tan, you're cosmically cute!
[18:03] Yuube
You guys busted out the headbands...
[18:07] Haruka
It's been ages since I wore a hakama.
[18:10] Satoshi
I'd love to cheer you on, but Aki
and Jin would make too much noise.
[18:14] Satoshi
I'll take them to the park or something.
[18:17] Jin
Will you come to the park with us, Mommy?
[18:19] Jin
Will you?
[18:26] Satoshi
What's wrong, Jin? Need to nurse?
[18:28] Haruka
Nurse?! I can't! I'm already in my hakama!
[18:31] Haruka
Milk... I'll make some milk.
[18:33] Haruka
Just hold on... Milk, milk...
[18:37] Haruka
The hot water!
[18:39] Haruka
The hot water...
SIGN Gone...
[18:41] Satoshi
I'll ask for some more.
[18:53] Haruka
J-Jin...
[18:59] Haruka
Aki...
[19:03] Haruka
Is karuta... more important
than my children?
[19:11] Haruka
I'm sorry, Jin and Aki.
[19:14] Haruka
I'm sorry.
[19:16] Rieko
Oh!
[19:17] Rieko
You could go ahead and nurse him.
[19:20] Haruka
Huh?
[19:20] Haruka
B-But...
[19:22] Rieko
Why do you think the kimono
is open at the sides?
[19:26] Rieko
Of course, it's not specifically
for breastfeeding, but...
[19:29] Rieko
Pardon me.
[19:31] Rieko
Ah, they're so nice and soft.
[19:33] Rieko
This should work just fine.
Feed him through the opening.
[19:40] Rieko
See? It's just fine.
[19:42] Rieko
It won't even get wrinkled.
[19:47] Rieko
Aren't kimonos convenient?
[19:50] Rieko
They're a mother's best friend.
[19:56] Haruka
U-Um... You are...
SIGN Oe Traditional Clothing
Celebrating 120 years
thanks to our customers
[20:05] Rieko
Feel free to call us whenever you need one!
SIGN Sh-She's a pro... A kimono pro...
[20:09] Kanade
There you are, Mom! Where have you been?
[20:12] Rieko
Oh, around.
[20:13] Kanade
There's a girl in the Suihoku Society
who has her coming-of-age soon.
[20:16] Rieko
A business opportunity!
[20:18] Kanade
You're fast!
[20:19] Kanade
Mom!
[20:23] Haruka
I'm sorry, Aki and Jin.
[20:26] Haruka
Wait for me.
[20:28] Haruka
I'm going to go become a queen.
SIGN Master and Queen Challenger Playoffs
Sponsored by the National Karuta Association
[20:35] Chihaya
This is the day the challenger
to the queen will be decided.
[20:41] Tsukuba
Ayase-senpai?!
SIGN Griiiiind
[20:42] Chihaya
I suddenly have intense regrets!
[20:45] Chihaya
Why am I not here as a competitor?!
[20:48] Chihaya
Mom! You might not remember
my first dream,
[20:52] Chihaya
but it wasn't to be a teacher!
Not a teacher! Not a teacher!
[21:07] (Flashback) Arata
My dream...
[21:09] (Flashback) Arata
I'm going to be a karuta master.
[21:22] Harada
It's time.
[21:24] Harada
All will be decided in a best-of-three.
E12 - So the flower petals are scattered like the snow by the passing storm
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SIGN Chihayafuru 3
SIGN Chihayafuru 3
SIGN Verse 12
SIGN So the flower
petals are
scattered like
the snow by
the passing
storm
[01:16] Chihaya
The Master and Queen challenger playoffs
[01:19] Chihaya
are a best-of-three, where whoever
takes two matches is declared the winner.
[01:26] Chihaya
The Queen playoff will be between
Inokuma-san and Megumu-chan.
[01:29] Chihaya
Two people I played recently
will be going at it in the playoff.
SIGN Stomach hurts
out of regret
SIGN Ugh
[01:36] Chihaya
And the Master playoff...
[01:45] Rieko
So much fidgeting...
He's not used to the kimono.
[01:49] Rieko
But the kimono certainly looks right at home.
[01:51] Rieko
High schoolers are so slender...
[01:53] Guy
A young boy like that is
the West representative?
[01:56] Guy
Dr. Harada still hasn't shown up.
[01:58] Guy
Is he using the Miyamoto Musashi strategy?
[02:00] Guy
A young talent versus a seasoned veteran...
[02:03] All
Who's going to win?
[02:10] Chihaya
I have mixed feelings about all this,
[02:12] Chihaya
so it'll be hard to back anyone 100 percent.
[02:18] Chihaya
I guess I've grown up.
[02:21] Chihaya
If I were still in grade school...
[02:24] Chihaya
Arata, you're amazing!
[02:25] Chihaya
You're so close to the Master match!
[02:27] Chihaya
You can totally do this! Keep it up!
[02:31] Chihaya
Will it be Arata after all?
[02:34] Chihaya
Will he be the first to reach the stage
of the dream we talked about that day?
[02:40] Kitano
Go get 'em, Wataya-kun!
[02:43] Kitano
Knock that big bear right off his feet!
[02:45] Kitano
It's simple, really.
[02:47] Kitano
People only lose to him because they think
he's an Asian black bear. It's pathetic.
[02:51] Kitano
Think of him as a teddy bear instead!
[02:54] Chihaya
Hey, Porky, why is Coach Kitano
so hostile toward Dr. Harada?
[02:59] Nishida
Not sure, but I heard something happened
a long time ago that pissed him off.
SIGN Dazaifu Karuta Society Certified Reader Makino Midori, Grade 6
[03:08] Kitano
Midori-chan! You're reading today?
[03:11] Makino
Kitano-san! It's been ages!
[03:13] Kitano
Doing the first match?
[03:14] Makino
I'm doing the third one today.
[03:16] Kitano
Oh, that's too bad.
[03:19] Kitano
I sure would love to hear you read,
[03:21] Kitano
but I'm sure Wataya-kun will
finish it in two matches.
[03:24] Makino
Really? And I came all the way from Kyushu...
[03:28] Makino
But...
[03:30] Makino
I do hope you're right.
[03:32] Chihaya
What did Dr. Harada do?!
[03:37] Girl
Again?
[03:47] Chihaya
It's already begun.
SIGN Master and Queen Challenger Playoffs
Sponsored by the National Karuta Association
[03:51] Guy
We will now begin the first match
of the Challenger Playoffs.
[03:56] All
Thank you for the game.
[03:58] Chihaya
It's so tense...
[04:02] Harada
You know, I never thought
[04:04] Harada
the day would come when I'd
be playing you, Glasses.
[04:08] Harada
When I was younger, I did play your grandpa,
[04:12] Harada
Eternal Master Wataya Hajime, just once.
[04:16] Harada
He was good.
[04:18] Harada
It's a great memory.
[04:20] Harada
You probably can't understand yet
since you're still young,
[04:24] Harada
but it brings me the greatest joy
that I get to play you.
[04:29] Harada
I'll be giving these matches all I've got.
[04:33] Haruka
Good.
[04:34] Haruka
I'm starting to remember what wearing a
hakama and being in a match feels like.
[04:38] Haruka
Now I just need to focus.
SIGN Good Luck, Megumu
[04:44] Megumu
All right.
SIGN Ba dump
SIGN Click Click Click Click
[04:45] All
She usually wears it with the writing inside,
but she's showing it off today!
SIGN Good Luck, Megumu
[04:53] Haruka
Good luck, Megumu...
[04:56] Haruka
Good luck, Megumu...
[04:59] Haruka
No! Every time I look up at her,
I want to say "Good luck, Megumu"!
[05:02] Guy
Time to begin.
[05:03] Haruka
What? Already?!
SIGN First Match Reader Serizawa Kyoji, Grade 6
[05:04] All
Thank you for the game.
[05:07] All
Thank you for the game.
[05:12] [POEM] Kyoji
Naniwa Bay, now the flower
blooms, but for winter
[05:14] Kanade
Everyone loves Serizawa-san!
[05:16] Kanade
His pitch is so precise!
[05:19] [POEM] Kyoji
Here comes spring, now the flower blooms
[05:20] Chihaya
It's starting.
[05:26] Chihaya
The first match.
[05:27] Harada
Wait a moment, please.
[05:31] Harada
I think the air conditioner is still on.
[05:34] Harada
Could you turn it off?
[05:35] Guy
O-Of course!
[05:37] Guy
I'm sorry.
[05:39] Kitano
Harada!
[05:41] Kitano
Don't wait until the reading starts!
[05:43] Kitano
Are you that determined to
take control of this match?!
SIGN Say that sooner!
[05:47] Guy
Typical Dr. Harada.
[05:49] Girl
Typical Dr. Harada.
SIGN Saw that coming
[05:51] Hiroshi
Typical Dr. Harada.
[05:53] Chihaya
Was this a strategy, Hiroshi-san?
[05:55] Hiroshi
Yeah.
[05:59] Hiroshi
What worries me is that he might have
done too much research on Wataya-kun.
SIGN Unflappable
SIGN Master and Queen Challenger Playoffs Sponsored by the National Karuta Association
[06:10] [POEM] Kyoji
Naniwa Bay, now the flower
blooms, but for winter
[06:17] [POEM] Kyoji
Here comes spring, now the flower blooms
[06:27] [POEM] Kyoji
Here comes spring, now the flower blooms
[06:36] [POEM] Kyoji
The hazed field of reeds conceals
clumps of bamboo shoots,
[06:38] Kuri
He lunged that far on a dead card?!
[06:40] Tsukuba
S-Scary!
SIGN As if nothing even happened
[06:47] [POEM] Kyoji
May the scarlet kadsuras...
SIGN Dead card
SIGN He's lunging with his whole body! Scary!
[06:50] [POEM] Kyoji
Look for the sound...
SIGN Dead card
[06:51] Kanade
Scary!
[06:52] [POEM] Kyoji
The sight of the lonely
moon in the early morning
[06:53] Harada
Yes! Gotcha!
[06:56] Girls
There it is! Dr. Harada's "Yes! Gotcha!"
[06:59] Kuri
He'd moved toward Arata-kun's
lower right side,
[07:03] Kuri
but smoothly changed course toward the left.
[07:09] (Flashback) Chihaya
Arata's karuta...
[07:12] (Flashback) Chihaya
is like flowing water.
[07:14] (Flashback) Chihaya
Like, even though he's fast,
his movements aren't excessive.
[07:17] (Flashback) Harada
Flowing...
[07:22] (Flashback) Harada
I'll just stop his flow, then.
[07:27] Harada
Launch my entire upper body over to his side,
[07:30] Harada
restraining my opponent...
[07:33] Harada
and seizing aerial superiority!
[07:38] Murao
He used a minimal amount of force...
[07:41] Kuri
...to take that from Arata-kun's right side!
[07:43] Dad
As spirited as he is, he can
still take cards lightly?
[07:48] Chihaya
Dr. Harada took consecutive cards from Arata!
[07:53] Arata
Wow.
[07:56] Arata
He's so hard to play against.
[07:59] Arata
I'm moving my cards.
[08:05] Harada
He moved "Since the" and
"When I" to the left?
[08:09] Harada
He's changing his layout
this early in the game?
[08:13] Harada
I thought his karuta style
was all about balance,
[08:16] Harada
but he's weighed down his left side.
[08:19] [POEM] Kyoji
When I must hide these burning feelings,
[08:22] Murao
The card he moved was read immediately!
[08:24] Kuri
It's looking good!
[08:32] [POEM] Kyoji
...on fire with Ibuki mugwort
[08:38] [POEM] Kyoji
The hazed early dawn mist over the Kawagiri
SIGN The hazed early dawn light The hazed early dawn mist The hazed field
[08:41] Taichi
That's right! "The hazed field"
was already read!
[08:45] Harada
He got a multi-syllable card
on the second syllable...
[08:48] Harada
With a cross?
[08:50] Harada
At that speed?
[08:53] Hiroshi
Dr. Harada has studied Wataya-kun in depth.
[08:58] Hiroshi
But he only studied the old Wataya-kun.
[09:02] Hiroshi
How will he handle seeing a new side of him?
[09:11] Arata
Dr. Harada...
[09:14] Harada
You probably can't understand yet
since you're still young...
[09:18] Arata
Dr. Harada, you can't understand
how I feel, either.
[09:27] Arata
When I moved to Tokyo,
[09:28] Arata
I didn't know if I'd be able to
make friends or even play karuta.
[09:34] (Flashback) Harada
You're welcome here!
[09:35] (Flashback) Harada
I don't care what anyone else says!
You're welcome here!
[09:39] Arata
It was like being told that
I could live life true to myself.
SIGN You can do it!
[09:52] Lady
He's so young,
but his movements are so efficient.
[09:55] Guy
He arranges his cards quickly, too.
[09:57] Lady
He's also been going to pick up the cards
that Dr. Harada sends flying.
[10:03] Guy
It's definitely clear...
[10:05] Guy
...whether or not a player
shows respect to his elders.
[10:12] Arata
I'm moving my cards.
[10:17] Harada
He moved "The hazed early dawn light"
to his left, too...
[10:20] Harada
Is this his response to the pressure
I've been putting on his lower right side?
[10:24] Harada
He's more flexible than I realized.
[10:28] Arata
Dr. Harada plays true offensive karuta.
[10:33] Arata
He positions himself slightly left of center
[10:36] Arata
so he can reach straight
for my lower right side.
[10:40] Arata
He intends to take every single card.
[10:45] Arata
In that case, I'll split them up more.
[10:49] Arata
And then...
[10:54] [POEM] Kyoji
All alone...
[10:57] All
He...
[10:57] All
He's fast!
[10:59] Lady
Dr. Harada hasn't been paying
attention to his own side...
[11:02] Hiroshi
There it is!
[11:03] Taichi
The incredible acceleration that none
of us could reproduce in practice!
[11:10] Arata
I'm happy.
[11:13] Arata
I'm happy I get to play Dr. Harada.
[11:16] Arata
I'm happy he's so strong.
[11:20] Arata
But...
[11:23] Arata
I'll be the one to win.
[11:30] [POEM] Kyoji
When the misty bridge of magpie
feathers comes into sight,
[11:35] Murao
Dr. Harada's upper left side...
[11:37] Kuri
You're playing a good,
calm offense, Arata-kun.
[11:40] Taichi
Dr. Harada attacked "When winds blow,"
in Arata's upper right, on "When."
[11:45] Taichi
Arata stayed calm and took "When the"
only after hearing the unique syllable.
[11:50] Taichi
He's making Dr. Harada target his right side
[11:53] Taichi
while keeping his own focus
on the other three areas.
[11:56] Taichi
And since he keeps moving his cards,
there aren't many left on his right side.
[12:02] Nishida
And now he sends "When winds blow,"
the one Dr. Harada was targeting!
[12:06] Taichi
He's good.
[12:08] Taichi
There's no doubt...
[12:11] Taichi
The one who has the best shot
to take down Suo Hisashi
[12:13] Taichi
is Wataya Arata.
[12:17] Chihaya
Dr. Harada's really sweating.
[12:20] Chihaya
It's only the middle of the match...
[12:22] Kitano
Very good! Very good!
[12:24] Kitano
Attack him more, Wataya-kun!
Don't let him take any!
[12:28] Kitano
Stop that old fool right here and now!
[12:30] Makino
Agreed. Agreed.
[12:33] Kitano
I'll never forget it.
[12:36] Kitano
It was at the Yoshino Tournament
31 years ago...
[12:39] Chihaya
31 years ago?!
SIGN Me
[12:42] Kitano
I was 26 years old.
[12:43] Chihaya
Wait, what? We're going
into a flashback now?!
[12:44] Kitano
Harada and I had both won our way to the
top with the force of a rising dragon.
SIGN Harada
[12:49] Kitano
Finally, we faced each other in the finals.
[12:52] Kitano
And the original reader
[12:54] Kitano
had something else come up, so he
was replaced at the last minute
SIGN I appreciate it. Thanks.
[12:58] Kitano
by Kawai Midori-chan.
[13:00] Kitano
Back then, she was my Madonna.
SIGN Of course
[13:02] (Flashback) Kitano
I swear I'll win!
[13:06] (Flashback) Harada
I'm sorry. I yield the match.
[13:08] (Flashback) Kitano
Huh?
[13:10] (Flashback) Kitano
H-Hey!
[13:12] (Flashback) Kitano
What's your deal, Harada? Play the—
[13:15] (Flashback) Harada
I don't want Kawai-san's reading
to throw me off-kilter.
[13:18] (Flashback) Harada
Not with the Master qualifiers coming up.
[13:24] Kitano
Midori-chan later married the man
who had comforted her that day
[13:28] Kitano
and moved to Kyushu.
[13:29] Kitano
No!
[13:31] Kitano
And Harada, after making it as far
as the position of challenger,
[13:35] Kitano
was soundly defeated in the Master match.
SIGN Serves you right!!
[13:39] Kitano
And Midori-chan, who was such a sweet girl,
[13:42] Kitano
was driven by her bitterness toward him to
train rigorously to become a certified reader.
[13:47] Kitano
An egoist who can change someone's life
that easily ought to lose here and now!
[13:52] Both
Lose! Lose! Lose!
SIGN Lose
SIGN Lose Lose
[14:05] Chihaya
It's clear from the way Arata's playing.
[14:10] Arata
I'll be the one to win.
[14:14] [POEM] Kyoji
Nobody wishes to see the
beautiful cherry blossoms
[14:16] All
Good luck, Megumu! Good luck,
Megumu! Good luck, Megumu!
SIGN Click Click Click Click Click Click
[14:19] Haruka
Good luck, Megumu...
[14:22] Haruka
No, no! I can't let her play her game!
[14:26] Haruka
She doesn't forget many cards.
[14:28] Haruka
Since she doesn't rely on game sense,
she's well-balanced.
[14:32] Haruka
And above all...
[14:33] Haruka
Serizawa-san reads with the precision of
a metronome, and her tempo matches his.
[14:40] Haruka
It's not that Serizawa-san's reading
is difficult for me,
[14:42] Haruka
but it's a bit too robotic.
[14:46] Guy
I thought Inokuma would have
the advantage against a high schooler,
[14:49] Guy
but I guess not.
[14:50] Lady
She lost at the Yoshino Tournament, didn't she?
[14:52] Lady
And a high schooler beat her then, too.
[14:57] Haruka
A fault...
SIGN the red that is the Tatsuta River
[15:06] Haruka
She sent me "Impassionate"?
Is she mocking me?
SIGN the red that is the Tatsuta River
[15:11] Haruka
No... She doesn't know
[15:14] Haruka
that my maiden name is Chihara.
[15:19] Haruka
Does that mean... my time has passed?
[15:23] Girls
Go, go, Megumu! Go, go, Megumu!
[15:25] Guys
Push, push, Megumu! Push, push, Megumu!
[15:30] Sakura
Haruka-san lost several times when
she came to practice with Fujisaki, too.
[15:36] Sakura
Could it be that she's gotten used to losing?
[15:38] Sakura
When she was once an invincible Queen?
[15:40] [POEM] Kyoji
Long last we meet, only for
me to leave hurriedly,
[15:42] Chihaya
He instantly took a one-syllable
on the other side!
[15:45] Kuri
That's to be expected.
[15:47] Kuri
Arata-kun's ultimate goal is Suo Hisashi.
[15:50] Kuri
He'll be up against a guy who claims
he has 27 or 28 one-syllable cards.
[15:56] Kuri
He's been practicing to be able to
take all the one-syllable cards.
[16:01] Kuri
That speed is the result of that practice!
You've got this, Arata-kun!
[16:08] Both
Dr. Harada...
[16:10] Arata
My body's moving well.
[16:13] Arata
I reacted perfectly.
[16:15] Arata
But still...
[16:17] Arata
I just barely got it.
[16:21] Harada
He sent one from his right side again...
[16:30] Arata
Excuse me. I'm moving my cards.
[16:34] Chihaya
He's moving them again because there
aren't many left on the right?
[16:37] Chihaya
He's so flexible!
[16:39] Chihaya
If I did that, Dr. Harada
would bite my head off.
[16:42] (Flashback) Harada
Chihaya-chan!
[16:44] (Flashback) Harada
Don't change your placements!
[16:46] (Flashback) Harada
If you want to move your cards,
it has to be for a reason!
[16:49] (Flashback) Harada
You'll be able to take more of them
if you don't move them.
[16:52] Chihaya
It's the opposite for Arata.
[16:58] [POEM] Kyoji
Nothing can be worse than
living a moment longer
[17:03] Nishida
That was good.
[17:04] Nishida
He guarded against Wataya while going
for the "None are" on Wataya's side,
[17:07] Nishida
but went back to "Nothing."
[17:09] [POEM] Kyoji
While the autumn leaves of Mount Ogura
would never understand human emotion,
[17:13] Kitano
His upper body reacted to "While it brings"
on Wataya's lower right,
[17:16] Kitano
but his hand smoothly reached
for "While the" on his own side!
[17:21] [POEM] Kyoji
The fall wind parts...
[17:23] Nishida
Dr. Harada's defense on his
own side is incredible, too!
[17:26] Kitano
There's no doubt he's attacking
his opponent's lower right side.
[17:31] Kitano
But he's only leaning
toward that right side,
[17:34] Kitano
which makes it possible
for him to change course.
[17:38] Kitano
If his arm was also reaching for that side,
he couldn't move that way.
[17:42] Kitano
He's...
[17:44] Kitano
moving his arm as little as possible
to avoid building up inertia!
[17:49] Kitano
So on the unique syllable...
[17:52] Kitano
he can move freely!
[17:55] Harada
Hup...
[17:57] Kitano
It's a type of karuta that youngsters
with active bodies can't play.
[18:05] Kitano
Wataya-kun may have the momentum,
but he can't pull far ahead.
[18:12] [POEM] Kyoji
When winds blow oak leaves in the twilight,
[18:14] Harada
He nailed "When winds blow,"
the card he sent me.
[18:17] Harada
He really is fast.
[18:20] Harada
But even Glasses...
[18:23] Harada
can't take every single card at that speed.
[18:30] Chihaya
Dr. Harada...
[18:33] Chihaya
Dr. Harada...
[18:35] Both
Dr. Harada...
[18:37] Tsukuba
Dr. Harada...
[18:41] Harada
I've been a mentor for a long time.
[18:46] (Flashback) Harada
You'll be able to take more of them
if you don't move them.
[18:50] Harada
I have a duty to prove that to you!
[18:53] Harada
All right! I got in!
[19:01] Both
Thank you very much.
[19:04] Both
Thank you very much.
[19:07] Chihaya
The first match goes to Dr. Harada!
[19:17] All
Good luck, Megumu! Good luck, Megumu!
[19:20] All
Good luck, Megumu! Good luck, Megumu!
[19:22] Haruka
Good luck...
[19:25] Haruka
Good luck, me!
[19:29] Guy
Inokuma-san just barely won by two cards!
[19:31] Lady
The veterans took both games!
[19:32] Guy
Amazing!
[19:34] Harada
Karuta is not about youth or momentum.
SIGN Master and Queen Challenger Playoffs Sponsored by the National Karuta Association
[19:43] Guy
The second match will begin at 12:30,
after the lunch break.
[19:46] Guy
Participants, please be in
your seats by that time.
[19:51] Guy
I knew Dr. Harada could do it.
[19:53] Guy
It feels good to see a veteran
showing his strength.
[19:57] Kitano
I don't want to admit it,
[19:59] Kitano
but there's no one else past age fifty
with the will and stamina
[20:03] Kitano
to go for the Master title.
[20:05] Kitano
Not that I'm ever going to cheer for him.
[20:09] Harada
Oh, excuse me.
[20:11] Harada
I'd like to withdraw from the second match.
[20:14] All
What?!
[20:16] Harada
I'll be back for the third match.
[20:18] Harada
Pardon me.
[20:32] Harada
You're reading for the third match,
right, Makino-san?
[20:36] Harada
Right now, rather than Igarashi-san,
who's doing the second match...
[20:41] Harada
I much prefer your reading.
[20:49] Kitano
I swear I will never cheer you on!
Drop dead, Harada!
[20:55] Murao
Withdrawing?
[20:57] Kuri
Does that mean he gets a win
without even doing anything?
[21:05] Kuri
He's toying with you, Arata-kun!
[21:09] Chihaya
Arata.
E13 - Yet it is I who withers and wilts
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[00:00] Harada
Yes! Gotcha!
[00:03] Haruka
Good luck, me!
[00:05] Lady
The veterans took both games!
[00:07] Harada
I'd like to withdraw from the second match.
[00:10] Kuri
He's toying with you!
[00:13] Chihaya
Arata.
[00:37] Taichi
What did you tell him, Chihaya?
[00:39] Chihaya
Just something I thought of
when I was watching him.
[00:42] Taichi
Hey!
[00:43] Taichi
The entire Shiranami Society was
all gung-ho about beating Arata!
[00:47] Taichi
Do you want him to win now?
SIGN Master and Queen Challenger Playoffs Sponsored by the National Karuta Association
[00:52] Chihaya
That's not it.
[00:55] Chihaya
Only the one who gives their
all to win can reach the top.
[00:57] Chihaya
Isn't that what the playoffs are about?
SIGN Chihayafuru 3
SIGN Chihayafuru 3
SIGN Verse 13
SIGN Yet it is
I who
withers
and wilts
[02:12] Lady
I can't believe what Harada-san did.
[02:14] Guy
I've never seen anyone
withdraw during a playoff.
[02:17] Guy
He's honestly unbelievable.
[02:21] Guy
But depending on how you look at it,
this could be the ultimate strategy.
[02:24] Guy
It doesn't change the fact that he
needs one more victory to win it all.
[02:28] Guy
Rather than play consecutive
games against a young opponent,
[02:30] Guy
he's taking a loss for a chance to recover
his strength for the third match.
[02:35] Guy
If the next reader is one
favorable for him,
[02:37] Guy
that makes his choice even better.
[02:38] Kitano
Hey, you two! Don't defend what he's doing!
[02:42] Kitano
He's just stringing everyone
along out of pure ego!
[02:44] Guy
O-Of course...
[02:47] Guy
I hope Igarashi-san, the next reader,
wasn't offended...
SIGN Tweet Tweet
[02:51] [Messenger] ---
About to start reading for the second match
in the challenger playoffs. The joy of being
able to read just for Haruka-chan and
Megumu-chan in the Queen challenger
playoffs... Priceless!
[02:55] [Messenger] ---
About to start reading for the second match
in the challenger playoffs. The joy of being
able to read just for Haruka-chan and
Megumu-chan in the Queen challenger
playoffs... Priceless!
[02:55] Haruka
It's just us two in the second match.
[03:00] Megumu
What the heck? What the heck?!
[03:02] Megumu
I was wearing it like this the whole time?!
SIGN She figured it out
[03:04] Megumu
You're kidding!
[03:15] Aki
F-For you, queen!
[03:21] Haruka
A-Aki...
[03:23] Haruka
I'm not a queen yet.
[03:46] Megumu
Let me borrow your headbands!
[03:53] Guy
She tied them together!
[04:00] Haruka
We're both so blessed, aren't we?
[04:03] Guy
What's the deal with this year's playoffs?
[04:06] Lady
This is a first in all kinds of ways...
[04:08] Guy
None of the players are
concerned about how they look.
[04:13] Chihaya
Lucky... They're so lucky...
[04:18] Chihaya
You too, Taichi.
[04:20] Chihaya
If you had won, you'd be playing here, too.
[04:24] Chihaya
Wouldn't that be amazing?
I wish we could have played here.
[04:28] Chihaya
Even if you don't care
about being the Master...
[04:38] Guy
It's time to begin.
[04:40] [POEM] Igarashi
Naniwa Bay, now the flower
blooms, but for winter
[04:51] [POEM] Igarashi
Here comes spring, now the flower blooms
[04:58] [POEM] Igarashi
The emotions experienced after
a long-awaited reunion
[05:00] Lady
She's fast.
[05:01] Lady
Even faster than last year.
[05:04] Sakura
This is her second challenger playoff,
[05:07] Sakura
and she only lost to Inokuma-san
by two cards in the first match.
[05:12] Sakura
You don't want to take her
too lightly, Haruka-san.
[05:17] Megumu
She has exams to study for,
[05:19] Megumu
but Yu-chan still entered
the West Japan qualifiers with me.
[05:23] Megumu
She even came all the way
out here to cheer me on.
[05:26] Guy
You don't need to worry
about that, Megumu-tan!
[05:30] Megumu
If I lose after putting these
things on, I'll be humiliated.
[05:34] Guy
Yes! That's it!
[05:37] Sakura
She's lunging more slowly.
[05:40] Sakura
Did her fear of faulting dull her reflexes?
[05:43] Sakura
This isn't like you, Haruka-san.
[05:46] Sakura
You'll lose if you get rid
of your best weapon.
[05:49] (Flashback) Haruka
You can just take cards after you hear them!
[05:55] Haruka
Sakurazawa-san...
[05:57] Haruka
That was such an arrogant
thing to say to you.
[06:01] [POEM] Igarashi
Rain takes longer to dry...
[06:04] Yuube
That was fast!
[06:05] Yuube
"Rain" is a one-syllable card.
That's Inokuma-san for you.
[06:09] Sakura
She heard the half-tone? No...
SIGN for I could not recognize you,
like the moon hidden
behind the clouds
SIGN leaving a hovering
mist above the
trees and grass
[06:13] Sakura
She waited because "Long" is still in play,
[06:16] Sakura
despite reacting instantly
to those sounds all this time...
[06:19] Sakura
Is the girl who said she takes cards
once she hears them
[06:21] Sakura
suddenly conscious of the sound that
comes before the unique syllable?
[06:26] Haruka
I don't want to commit another
fault by acting on a gut feeling.
[06:29] Haruka
I've lost that way too many times.
[06:33] Haruka
And when I lost, I thought...
[06:36] Haruka
I can be even better.
[06:41] Haruka
If people never lose, they never change.
[06:44] Haruka
They never grow stronger.
[06:47] Haruka
By losing, you can change!
[06:48] Haruka
You can become stronger!
[06:52] Sakura
She always had naturally good game sense,
[06:56] Sakura
and now she's even greedier for sound...
[07:01] Sakura
and more careful.
[07:07] Both
Thank you very much.
[07:11] Guy
With two wins in a row, the challenger to
the Queen will be Inokuma Haruka, grade 6!
[07:18] Taichi
W-Wow, Inokuma-san was really good.
[07:21] Taichi
How did that compare to
when you played her?
[07:25] Taichi
Chi...
[07:26] Taichi
Chihaya?
[07:30] Lady
Dr. Harada...
[07:31] Lady
The second match is over.
[07:33] Lady
Inokuma-san won, and the third
match is starting soon.
[07:39] Harada
I'm starving...
[07:41] Lady
Do you need to eat something?
[07:42] Lady
I have some rice balls and chocolate...
[07:44] Harada
No, that's all right.
[07:46] Harada
I don't know how much I'll have.
[07:49] Both
Huh?
[07:50] Harada
I don't know how many calories
I'll have when I celebrate later.
[07:55] Murao
Arata-kun, where'd you go? Arata-kun...
[07:59] Mom
He said he was going for a little walk.
[08:01] Dad
Did he get lost?
[08:02] Mom
Arata!
[08:04] Murao
Oh, here he comes.
[08:21] Guy
Now Wataya-kun's the one who's late.
[08:23] Guy
They both have one win and one loss.
[08:27] Guy
They may both have one win and one loss,
[08:29] Guy
but Wataya-kun's win came from a forfeit.
[08:32] Guy
Harada-san's tactics are truly brutal.
[08:37] Taichi
Come on, Chihaya! Where'd you go?
[08:40] Kitano
One more win.
[08:42] Kitano
Who's going to snatch it?
SIGN Third Match Reader Makino Midori, Grade 6
[09:18] Harada
I like the way Makino-san's
been reading lately.
[09:22] Harada
The weird idiosyncrasies she had
when she was young are gone.
[09:25] Harada
The length of her reverberation
[09:26] Harada
and her speed leading up to
unique syllables has stabilized.
[09:30] Harada
And above all...
[09:33] [POEM] Makino
Naniwa Bay, now the flower
blooms, but for winter
[09:41] [POEM] Makino
Here comes spring, now the flower blooms
[09:47] Harada
Her nasal tone is beautiful.
[09:50] [POEM] Makino
Here comes spring, now the flower blooms
[09:59] [POEM] Makino
When winds send waves crashing
against the rocks in vain,
[10:00] Harada
Yes!
[10:01] Lady
Yes!
[10:02] Taichi
Yes, Dr. Harada!
[10:31] Chihaya
...is like flowing water.
[10:35] Arata
Hup...
[10:39] Mom
That's... his grandpa's kimono...
[10:45] Mom
And the way the metal fittings on the heel
of his sandal brush the floor as he walks...
[10:55] (Flashback) Chihaya
Arata.
[10:57] (Flashback) Chihaya
No matter how far we go, Dr. Harada
will always be a mentor to all of us.
[11:03] (Flashback) Chihaya
You can't beat him as just Arata.
[11:29] Suo
Want another one?
SIGN Kyoiku no Mori Park
[11:33] Chihaya
Kyoiku no Mori Park in Bunkyo Ward
[11:36] Chihaya
is a place not far from the karuta hall
[11:38] Chihaya
where locals can relax among
the water and greenery.
[11:42] Chihaya
Snowmaru dorayaki
[11:44] Chihaya
began with a mascot from the Kinki
region that gained a following
[11:47] Chihaya
and is now a huge hit in dorayaki form.
[11:50] Chihaya
I thought it was about as
obscure as Daddy Bear,
[11:54] Chihaya
but it's clearly starting
to leave him in the dust.
[11:56] Chihaya
And it's so good,
[11:58] Chihaya
with the tapioca in its red bean paste
that looks like snow!
[12:03] Suo
Are you sure you should be out here
eating dorayaki, Class A girl?
SIGN Shock
[12:12] Chihaya
Why am I not here as a participant?!
[12:15] Chihaya
They're so lucky...
[12:17] Chihaya
Inokuma-san and Megumu-chan are so lucky!
[12:22] (Flashback) Chihaya
I came here to Kyoto for my class trip.
[12:26] (Flashback) Chihaya
I'll never have a second chance.
[12:28] Chihaya
It's fine.
[12:30] Chihaya
I'll be in the Queen match next year.
[12:36] Chihaya
I want to ask him...
[12:39] Chihaya
U-Um, why do you always hand out pastries?
[12:43] Chihaya
...so many things.
[12:44] Suo
Japanese pastries are full of vitamins.
[12:47] Chihaya
Vitamins? That's unexpected!
[12:51] Chihaya
Wh-Why do you always speak so quietly?
[12:57] Suo
Is that all you want to ask me?
[13:03] Chihaya
Suo-san! Do you—
[13:06] Kid
I'm so sorry!
[13:08] Chihaya
A-A-A-Are you okay?!
[13:09] Kid
I'm sorry!
[13:11] Kid
You should've ducked, man!
[13:12] Chihaya
Don't just tell him to duck!
[13:17] Suo
Thanks.
[13:22] Chihaya
What I want to ask Suo-san...
[13:27] Chihaya
is about his extraordinary game sense.
[13:33] Chihaya
Suo-san...
[13:35] Chihaya
Will you play a match with me sometime?
[13:45] Suo
Isn't there something else?
[13:51] Suo
I...
[13:52] Suo
I don't have a girlfrie—
[13:55] Chihaya
The time! It's already 2:00!
[13:57] Chihaya
The third match is starting, Suo-san!
[13:59] Chihaya
Hurry, Suo-san! Hurry!
[14:03] Suo
I don't have a girlfrie—
[14:04] Chihaya
Suo-san, hurry!
[14:08] Suo
I don't have... a girlfriend.
[14:10] Chihaya
The light's green!
SIGN Press button to activate at night
[14:11] Suo
I... I don't...
[14:13] Suo
Listen to me! I don't have a girlfriend!
[14:15] Chihaya
Neither do I!
[14:22] Chihaya
Suo-san, hurry!
[14:25] Suo
My bride...
[14:26] Chihaya
He's skipping?!
[14:36] Harada
What is this atmosphere?
[14:43] [POEM] Makino
I feel as though...
[14:44] Harada
Yes!
SIGN burning brightly by night, yet extinguished by day
[14:50] Hiroshi
With "I feel as" gone,
he sent "I feel that."
[14:53] Hiroshi
That's in line with Dr. Harada's theory.
[14:56] Hiroshi
Most people would put it
where "I feel as" was,
SIGN Wataya Arata's Preferred Layout
[14:58] Hiroshi
but with Wataya Arata's preferred layout,
it'll be in the lower left row...
[15:06] Harada
The center left row?
[15:08] Arata
I'm moving my cards.
[15:11] Harada
And he moved "So spring nights"
to the center right...
[15:15] Harada
What is he thinking?
[15:19] [POEM] Makino
Would the mountain cherry blossoms...
[15:20] Lady
Dr. Harada got two in a row!
[15:21] Lady
All right!
[15:22] Lady
But unlike in the first match,
Wataya Arata's not picking up cards for him.
SIGN be as dear now, those were the good old days
[15:30] Taichi
Dr. Harada took "Would the"
and sent "Would this."
[15:33] Hiroshi
That card often comes down
to a contest of speed.
[15:35] Hiroshi
Surely Wataya-kun will put
it in his preferred spot...
SIGN Would this
[15:39] Hiroshi
The center right?!
SIGN So spring nights
[15:41] Taichi
And he moved "So spring nights"
back to where it was before!
[15:47] Harada
What is he thinking?
SIGN Sheesh
[15:53] Harada
No matter how much the cards move,
I have to check them over carefully.
[15:56] Harada
Make a note of every last point...
SIGN While it brings
SIGN While it may
[16:00] Harada
Glasses has "While it brings" and
"While it may" side-by-side.
[16:04] Harada
Is he thinking of aiming
for my "While it pains"
[16:07] Harada
and being able to take them on the return?
[16:10] Harada
I won't let him!
[16:11] [POEM] Makino
While some dodge...
[16:13] Taichi
He easily went for "While some" before
even reaching for "While it pains"?
[16:17] Taichi
Dr. Harada had "While it brings" and
"While it may" marked, but he was too slow.
[16:22] Kuri
I have no idea what he's thinking.
[16:25] Murao
What is this awful, awful style of karuta?
[16:31] [POEM] Makino
I feel that my love...
[16:36] Kitano
"I feel as" ended up back
in its original position.
[16:39] Hiroshi
Dr. Harada went so far as to memorize
Wataya-kun's preferred layout.
[16:44] Hiroshi
It hurts when his guesses are off.
[16:46] Hiroshi
How can a high school kid who's only
17 come up with such tactics?
[16:52] Arata
Oh, thanks.
[16:56] Arata
Wait... was that Taichi?
[17:03] Arata
Grandpa...
[17:06] Arata
What would you say if you'd been
watching me in the first match?
[17:12] Arata
"You're trying, but you're
not there just yet."
[17:15] Arata
"You're still young."
[17:19] Arata
And what would he say to Dr. Harada?
[17:24] Arata
"You're still young, too."
[17:35] [POEM] Makino
My own sleeves are like...
[17:41] Kitano
What is this?
[17:44] Kitano
Even Harada's playing
is starting to look...
[17:51] Harada
The only time I played
against Master Wataya...
[17:55] Harada
It was an invitational tournament,
when I was 19.
[18:00] Harada
He was 15 years older than me,
and already the Master.
[18:03] Harada
The Alain Delon of the karuta world...
[18:06] Harada
My role model!
[18:14] Arata
I'm moving my cards.
[18:18] Both
He put all the one-syllable
cards in the lower right!
[18:22] Kuri
He's determined to make him aim there!
[18:24] Murao
That's a trick Master Wataya often used
against offensive karuta players!
[18:29] Harada
Master Wataya's play style...
[18:35] Harada
I'll break through it!
[18:36] Harada
I'll make you regret putting all your
one-syllable cards in your lower right!
[18:43] Harada
No big deal!
[18:44] Harada
Next time!
[18:49] Kuri
From the way he handles his
cards to his expression...
[18:53] Kuri
It's like I'm looking at Master Wataya.
[18:55] (Flashback) Hajime
Envision your own victory.
[18:58] Kuri
All the things Master Wataya was
always saying to Arata-kun
[19:02] Kuri
are coming to life now, in this form...
[19:07] Kuri
The one thing Arata-kun lacked was
experience on a major stage,
[19:12] Kuri
and the image of Master Wataya
is filling that void.
[19:15] [POEM] Makino
So spring ends...
[19:17] Lady
Dr. Harada double faulted!
[19:19] Harada
I was baited by the "So spring nights"
that he kept moving around!
[19:23] Harada
Damn it!
SIGN Double Fault The player is sent two cards: one for the card taken from them, and one for the fault
[19:36] Taichi
Arata has ten cards,
[19:37] Taichi
and Dr. Harada has fifteen.
[19:39] Taichi
The gap is growing.
[19:42] Kitano
Harada looks like he's enjoying this...
[19:48] Kitano
Harada...
[19:51] Kitano
Isn't this enough already, Harada?
[19:54] Kitano
He's such a promising talent, such a
treasure for the future of karuta.
[20:01] Kitano
Just burn out already, Harada.
[20:06] Harada
I'm so happy.
[20:08] Harada
So happy...
[20:12] Harada
I never thought I'd get to feel like
a teenager playing karuta again!
[20:19] Harada
This is fun.
[20:21] Harada
I have to give all I have.
[20:24] Harada
And even if I lose after that...
[20:31] Harada
My knee...
[20:54] Chihaya
He's down seven to thirteen.
[20:56] Chihaya
Dr. Harada!
[20:58] Taichi
Is his knee hurting again?
[21:00] Kitano
Don't push yourself, Harada!
[21:02] Guy
Now his knee...
[21:04] Guy
Wataya-kun has a clear advantage now.
[21:11] Suo
Dr. Harada's great.
[21:14] Suo
He's exciting.
[21:18] Suo
If I...
[21:21] Suo
could pick who I face in
the Master match,
[21:24] Suo
I'd want it to be Dr. Harada.
E14 - The emotions experienced
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SIGN Chihayafuru 3
SIGN Chihayafuru 3
SIGN Verse 14
SIGN The
emotions
experienced
[01:11] Suo
If I could pick who I face in
the Master match,
[01:15] Suo
I'd want it to be Dr. Harada.
[01:20] Harada
Suo...
[01:26] Harada
Suo Hisashi...
[01:28] Harada
The current Master...
[01:31] Harada
If he defends his title one more time,
he'll be an Eternal Master.
[01:44] Harada
Slowly...
[01:47] Harada
I can take this slowly.
[01:49] Harada
Just get up.
SIGN on a long September night, and then I saw a dawn moon
[01:52] Harada
The great thing about karuta
[01:54] Harada
is that there are no time limits.
[01:57] Harada
I can take it slowly.
[01:59] Harada
Just get up.
SIGN Master and Queen Challenger Playoffs Sponsored by the National Karuta Association
[02:02] Harada
I just kept playing with no strategy
and no concern for my knee.
[02:08] Harada
Was I dreaming or something?
[02:11] Harada
I was sucked in.
[02:13] Harada
I never expected to find a 17-year-old like him.
[02:17] Harada
Sheesh...
SIGN Swoosh...
[02:20] Harada
Sheesh.
SIGN Gulp
[02:24] Suo
It's getting cold.
SIGN My bride...♥
[02:26] Suo
Use this.
[02:33] Harada
Sheesh.
[02:35] Harada
Even when I'm not moving,
I can hear my knee throbbing.
[02:40] Harada
Give me a break!
[02:41] Harada
Too much outside noise could be fatal...
[02:45] Harada
to my comeback!
[02:46] [POEM] Makino
The sky may hold the same moon
[02:50] Guy
He gets to his opponent's right side that fast
when his play style isn't even that offensive?
[02:54] Harada
A young man imitating a great predecessor...
[02:58] Harada
I thought I could get away
with seeing him that way.
[03:01] Harada
But he's not.
[03:03] Harada
He's the real deal.
[03:04] Harada
No matter where the cards are moved to,
he's flexible and balanced enough to take them.
[03:10] Harada
How can I beat him?
[03:14] Harada
How?
[03:15] Taichi
Dr. Harada...
[03:17] Taichi
How can you put so much into this?
[03:20] (Flashback) Harada
"Put your entire youth into it
without becoming stronger"?
[03:24] (Flashback) Harada
Say that after you've actually done it.
[03:27] Taichi
I've already put my youth into it.
That's why it scares me.
[03:31] Taichi
What if there's nothing left at the end?
[03:34] Taichi
What if I end up with nothing but regrets?
[03:39] Kitano
Harada...
[03:41] Kitano
Thirty-one years ago,
[03:43] Kitano
when he challenged the Master
for the first time,
[03:46] Kitano
Harada was definitely strong.
[03:49] (Flashback) Guy
You almost had him, Harada-kun!
[03:51] (Flashback) Guy
With a lucky break or two,
you might've had a chance.
[03:53] (Flashback) Guy
You probably didn't have time to practice,
what with your med school residency.
[03:57] (Flashback) Harada
I'll take the Master title next time!
[04:00] (Flashback) Guy
That kind of big talk suits you!
[04:02] Kitano
No one doubted the momentum he had.
[04:06] Kitano
At age 26, he had the ultimate talent for karuta,
[04:09] Kitano
and his game sense was unmatched.
[04:12] Kitano
And yet...
[04:14] Kitano
His first posting as a doctor was in Okinawa.
[04:17] (Flashback) Harada
The ocean's blue, but there's
no one to play karuta with!
[04:20] Kitano
His next posting was in Hokkaido.
[04:23] (Flashback) Harada
All they have here are wooden cards!
SIGN Harada Internal Medicine/Pediatrics
[04:26] Kitano
And by the time he finally opened
his own practice in Tokyo...
[04:35] Kitano
he was 37 years old and no longer had
his youthful hearing and reflexes.
[04:41] Kitano
His natural game sense had
begun to grow clouded.
[04:48] [POEM] Makino
The tail feathers...
[04:49] Arata
Dead card!
[04:50] [POEM] Makino
Said night was young when
the false rooster's crow,
[04:52] Arata
Another one!
[04:53] Lady
Lunging like that on dead cards...
[04:54] Guy
Just like in the first round.
[04:56] Lady
No, this was even stronger than that.
[04:59] Lady
Thrusting at the opponent's lower right side
in a way that can't be called a false start...
[05:03] Lady
He's playing offense.
[05:05] Arata
In the first round, I was extra careful
[05:08] Arata
and put fewer cards on my right side.
[05:10] Arata
But Grandpa wouldn't do that.
He placed more emphasis on balance.
[05:15] Arata
Besides all that...
SIGN the red that is the Tatsuta River
SIGN hence the name fall leaves
SIGN in my dreams, I creep closer to you
[05:17] Arata
The cards remaining on my right side...
SIGN the red that is the Tatsuta River
SIGN hence the name fall leaves
[05:20] Arata
I can take them.
[05:21] Arata
I will take them!
[05:23] [POEM] Makino
As the first frost...
[05:26] Kitano
H-He's being crazy again!
[05:29] Kitano
He launched his whole body toward
his opponent's right side,
[05:31] Kitano
and only his arm reached for the left!
[05:33] Guy
That'd make anyone fall over.
[05:35] Harada
I got it, though!
SIGN as my concern this morning is as tangled as my black hair
[06:03] [POEM] Makino
May my sighs be blamed upon the moon,
[06:05] Taichi
Dr. Harada went for "May I see"
but returned to "May my sighs"!
SIGN Again...!
[06:08] Hiroshi
And he kept blocking
Wataya-kun the whole time!
[06:10] Kitano
I've never seen so much slamming
and crashing in a match!
[06:13] Kitano
Are you a grade school kid?!
What a disgrace!
[06:36] Harada
Thanks, Glasses.
[06:41] Harada
Not everyone is blessed with
such abundant talent.
[06:45] (Flashback) Harada
Fine hairs inside the ear
vibrate when air hits them.
[06:50] (Flashback) Harada
Continuous vibrating over time
[06:52] (Flashback) Harada
wears down these fine hairs,
making it harder to hear higher pitches.
[06:56] (Flashback) Harada
This is how ears age.
[06:58] (Flashback) Harada
Once lost, the fine hairs in
the ear never regenerate.
[07:02] (Flashback) Harada
So I can never go back to being
a player with good game sense...
[07:07] (Flashback) Kid
Dr. Harada! Dr. Harada!
[07:10] (Flashback) Kid
Let's play karuta, Dr. Harada!
[07:12] (Flashback) Kid
Yeah! Let's play!
[07:13] (Flashback) Kid
Dr. Harada! I came in third
at my school's tournament!
[07:16] (Flashback) Kid
Hey, as a member of the Shiranami Society,
you should've won, Yuta!
[07:21] Harada
Not everyone has good game sense.
[07:25] Harada
I need to find a different weapon!
[07:35] Suo
Huh? Where are you going?
[07:38] Harada
The Shiranami Society teaches karuta that
makes players with poor game sense stronger!
[07:44] [POEM] Makino
Impassioned vows exchanged over
many a tear shed to last
[07:45] Guy
Dead card!
[07:46] Guy
He attacked again, but did he stop himself?
[07:48] Guy
Wait, did he?!
[07:50] Arata
Uh... You touched that, didn't you?
[07:53] Harada
Nope.
[07:54] Arata
B-But... I think you did...
SIGN You touched "Impassionate" a little...
[07:56] Harada
If that's what you think,
then send me a card.
[08:00] All
Nasty...
[08:11] Kuri
He lost one!
[08:13] Kuri
Arata-kun lost a one-syllable
card on his own side!
SIGN the sight of a midnight moon
[08:30] Kuri
He's putting the card he was sent
on the right side for balance.
[08:34] Kuri
Even though he knows it'll be targeted...
[08:37] Arata
This is what Grandpa would do, even if
his right side was being targeted.
[08:42] Arata
I'll fight for all the cards.
[08:45] Arata
I'll take them wherever they are.
[08:47] Harada
Ten to six...
[08:50] Harada
If there's any way to win from here, it's...
[08:54] Harada
to attack without hesitation,
even if it breaks my personal style!
[08:58] Guy
H-He got four in a row!
[09:00] Chihaya
Excuse me.
[09:03] Chihaya
Sorry.
[09:07] Taichi
Chihaya?
[09:18] Arata
The momentum isn't favoring me.
[09:20] Arata
All the cards being read
are on my right side.
SIGN the red that is the Tatsuta River
SIGN hence the name fall leaves
[09:25] Arata
Should I abandon that side?
[09:29] Chihaya
If I were still in grade school...
[09:32] Chihaya
Arata, you're amazing!
[09:33] Chihaya
You can totally do this!
[09:35] Chihaya
Keep it up!
[09:37] Chihaya
If I were still in middle school...
[09:40] (Flashback) Harada
You're joining the track team?
[09:42] (Flashback) Harada
You won't be able to play in
most karuta tournaments, then.
[09:45] (Flashback) Chihaya
Everything is for karuta.
[09:48] (Flashback) Harada
I see. I'll be waiting for you anytime.
[09:54] Chihaya
And in high school... I...
[09:58] (Flashback) Harada
Stop concentrating on speed.
[10:01] (Flashback) Harada
No matter how upset you are,
[10:03] (Flashback) Harada
you must thank your opponent.
[10:06] (Flashback) Harada
Feels like a team match, doesn't it?
[10:08] Harada
This year, I will be the challenger!
[10:15] Chihaya
Dr. Harada...
[10:16] Chihaya
You can do it!
[10:18] Taichi
Dr. Harada!
[10:20] Taichi
Dr. Harada!
[10:22] All
You can do it!
[10:30] Harada
Glasses...
[10:32] Harada
I'm sure you have people on your side.
[10:34] Harada
You'll always have Master Wataya
standing beside you, too.
[10:39] Harada
But in the very end...
[10:58] Harada
No matter how many people are on your side,
[11:01] Harada
no matter who taught you,
[11:03] Harada
in the very end...
SIGN when I cannot bear growing any weaker than I already have
[11:15] Kitano
It's a dead card!
[11:16] Guy
A mistake!
[11:17] Guy
Who hit it?
[11:19] Guy
Who was it?!
[11:23] Kuri
Which one...
[11:25] All
...is the winner?!
[11:32] Both
Thank you very much.
[11:43] Chihaya
Dr. Harada!
[11:45] Guy
The winner of the Master challenger playoff is...
[11:48] Chihaya
It's Dr. Harada!
[11:50] Guy
...Harada Hideo, grade 6!
[12:08] Chihaya
He did it!
[12:11] Chihaya
He did it!
[12:13] Nishida
Coach Kitano? Where are you going?
[12:15] Kitano
What difference does it
make?! Don't follow me!
[12:20] Harada
In the very end, you're all alone...
[12:24] Harada
No.
[12:26] Harada
In karuta, it's you and the reader.
[12:32] Harada
Thank you.
[12:33] Harada
Makino-san, your nasal tones...
[12:35] Makino
Can't you stand up? What a sad sight.
[12:39] Harada
...resonated deeply within me.
[12:43] Harada
Thank you.
[12:48] Chihaya
Dr. Harada...
[12:50] Chihaya
You did it!
SIGN Master and Queen Challenger Playoffs Sponsored by the National Karuta Association
[12:54] Guy
The awards ceremony will
begin in ten minutes.
SIGN Master and Queen Challenger Playoffs Sponsored by the National Karuta Association
[12:57] Guy
Would the four competitors please
line up at the front once more?
[13:05] Taichi
Hey.
[13:07] Taichi
Did you have a scarf on before?
[13:10] Taichi
Where'd you get that?
[13:12] Chihaya
Uh...
SIGN Come to think of it...
[13:14] Chihaya
Master Suo lent it to me.
[13:16] Taichi
Huh?!
[13:18] Taichi
Don't get yourself indebted to the Master!
[13:20] Taichi
I'll take it back to him!
[13:21] Chihaya
Th-Thanks...
[13:33] Arata
In the end, I lunged at a
dead card and faulted.
[13:37] Arata
Dr. Harada's hand went in
the same direction...
[13:41] Arata
But he had the skill to dodge it.
SIGN the red that is the Tatsuta River hence the name fall leaves
[13:53] Arata
"Gust" and "Impassionate"...
[13:55] Arata
I was determined to be
the one to take those.
[13:58] Arata
I never get that attached to
specific cards, but today...
SIGN the red that is the Tatsuta River
[14:03] (Flashback) Chihaya
This one! I memorized this one today!
[14:07] (Flashback) Chihaya
And then there's the
"chihaya furu" card!
[14:09] (Flashback) Chihaya
Wataya-kun said that the card
has the same name as me!
[14:13] Arata
I shouldn't have gotten fixated on those.
[14:15] Arata
Is that why I lost?
[14:19] Arata
Grandpa...
[14:24] Arata
No.
[14:26] Arata
I'm not Grandpa.
[14:29] Arata
For me to win as myself...
[14:33] Chihaya
Arata...
[14:35] Arata
Oh... Chihaya.
[14:37] Chihaya
Arata, um...
[14:39] Chihaya
Th-That was close!
[14:41] Chihaya
It was an incredible match!
[14:44] Arata
Yeah...
[14:46] Chihaya
You and Dr. Harada play in completely
different ways. It was so interesting to see!
[14:59] Arata
What would you have done, Chihaya?
[15:02] Chihaya
Huh?
[15:03] Arata
At the end...
[15:08] Chihaya
I play offensive karuta,
[15:11] Chihaya
so I think I would've sent both
"Gust" and "Impassionate."
[15:15] Chihaya
Because they're special.
[15:23] Chihaya
The more I want a card,
the faster I let it go.
[15:27] Chihaya
Then I go in determined to take it.
[15:45] (Flashback) Chihaya
I wouldn't want to talk to people who kept
taking notes just so they could laugh at me.
[15:49] (Flashback) Chihaya
Wataya-kun!
[15:52] (Flashback) Chihaya
Arata!
[15:53] (Flashback) Chihaya
Let's play karuta together forever!
[16:06] Arata
I love you, Chihaya.
[16:25] Arata
Taichi might have told you this,
[16:28] Arata
but I'm planning to go to college here.
[16:32] Arata
If you want...
[16:35] Arata
let's play karuta together.
[16:54] Sumire
What?!
[17:02] Taichi
Suo—
[17:05] Jin
I'm sorry!
[17:07] Jin
Thank you!
[17:11] Taichi
Suo-san...
[17:13] Suo
What?
[17:14] Taichi
Thank you for lending this to her.
[17:19] Suo
Where is she?
[17:20] Taichi
I'm here in her place.
[17:22] Suo
And what are you to her?
[17:27] (Flashback) Harada
"Put your entire youth into it
without becoming stronger"?
[17:32] (Flashback) Harada
Say that after you've actually done it.
[17:35] Taichi
Dr. Harada...
[17:37] Taichi
Dr. Harada put in more than just his youth.
[17:41] Taichi
I'm her boyfriend.
[17:43] Taichi
Please don't try anything with her.
SIGN Shock!
SIGN Divorce...
[17:46] ---
Divorce...
[17:53] Haruka
Is it about time for the awards ceremony?
[17:56] Taichi
Oh... Yes, it is... I think.
[18:00] Haruka
That was very manly of you.
SIGN Master and Queen Challenger Playoffs Sponsored by the National Karuta Association
[18:23] Nishida
Hey, where's Ayase?
[18:27] Murao
I don't think you fall short
in either effort or talent,
[18:34] Murao
but did you figure out anything you lack?
[18:37] Arata
Meanness.
SIGN What?!
[18:39] Arata
Experience.
[18:41] Arata
Passion.
[18:43] Arata
Love.
[18:45] Arata
Love...
[18:47] Arata
Love...
[18:50] Murao
Well, don't lose next time!
[19:01] Nishida
Ayase! Where are you?!
[19:13] Shinobu
Hello, Wakamiya residence.
[19:14] Suo
Hello—
[19:16] Suo
Hel—
[19:17] Suo
He—
[19:19] Shinobu
What do you want, Suo-san?
[19:23] Shinobu
If it's something worth hearing after
I hung up on you three times, I'll listen.
[19:28] Suo
Shinobu-chan, do you know who
won the challenger playoffs?
[19:33] Shinobu
Arata lost?
[19:35] Suo
Yeah.
[19:38] Suo
The veteran player won as
the Queen challenger, too.
[19:41] Shinobu
How? Was Arata feeling under the weather?
[19:44] Suo
He didn't look that way to me.
[19:47] Suo
It's like how a fresh apple loses
in sweetness to a dried persimmon.
[19:52] Shinobu
Huh? What does that mean?
[19:55] Suo
Be careful in the Queen match.
[19:57] Suo
I think you're a fresh apple, too.
[20:07] Girl
Bye, Teach.
[20:12] Girl
What a dork!
[20:18] Suo
My bride...
[20:19] Girl
That's the first time I've seen
Mr. Suo without his sunglasses on.
[20:22] Girl
Well, it is nighttime.
[20:24] Guy
I heard he's skipping the final prep camp
the week before the center exam, too.
[20:28] Guy
I can't believe that guy!
In more ways than one!
[20:31] Guy
But his classes are easy to follow!
[20:34] Chihaya
I'll be in the Queen match next year.
[20:45] Shinobu
Apples? Dried persimmons?
[20:48] Shinobu
Whatever.
SIGN High School National Ogura Hundred Poets
Karuta Championship
[20:54] Guy
Even Wakamiya Shinobu isn't invincible.
[20:56] Guy
Wataya-kun grew up with proper instruction.
He's a true thoroughbred.
[21:00] Guy
Maybe he's pulled ahead of
Wakamiya-san, who plays alone.
[21:03] Guy
How long can she stay the Queen?
[21:07] Suo
Be careful in the Queen match.
[21:16] Old Person
Madam, the kimono maker is here.
[21:22] Mom
Shinobu! I told you not to
play in the reception room!
[21:25] Mom
You'll damage the tatami!
[21:27] Mom
Also, that hairdo is really strange!
[21:31] Suo
I think you're a fresh apple, too.
E15 - As helpless autumn leaves are caught against the flow
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[00:01] (Flashback) Arata
Chihaya...
[00:03] (Flashback) Arata
Chihaya...
[00:06] (Flashback) Arata
Chihaya...
[00:12] Chitose
Eek! What is this?!
[00:14] Chitose
Is this the magic of smartphones?!
SIGN It's a late-night show,
but I'm a regular in it
[00:16] Girl
Don't miss the next episode of
Smartphone Magic: XL Love!
[00:16] Mom
What... kind of role is this, Chitose?
[00:19] Chitose
I'm playing the friend of a high school girl
who gets a phone app that makes people fat!
[00:23] Mom
You won't have that "fat" makeup
in every episode, will you?
[00:25] (Flashback) Arata
Chihaya...
[00:27] (Flashback) Arata
Chihaya...
[00:33] (Flashback) Arata
I love you.
SIGN Chihayafuru 3
SIGN Chihayafuru 3
SIGN Final Exams Study Week
SIGN Verse 15
SIGN As helpless
autumn
leaves
are caught
against
the flow
[01:59] Arata
I love you.
[02:04] Taichi
Hey, Chihaya...
[02:05] Taichi
Why have you had that shocked look
on your face all this time?
[02:07] Kanade
P-Pres—
[02:08] Sumire
Oe-senpai!
[02:08] Sumire
Come with me a sec!
I have a literature question!
[02:11] Nishida
She's sure enthusiastic.
[02:14] Sumire
Oe-senpai, what were you
going to tell him?!
[02:17] Kanade
N-Nothing, honest.
[02:19] Kanade
I wouldn't talk about that stuff
in the club room.
[02:24] Sumire
You're not going to tell him, are you?
[02:26] Sumire
That Wataya-san confessed
his love to Ayase-senpai?
[02:33] Kanade
No one except the people involved
has any right to butt in.
[02:36] Kanade
But...
[02:38] Kanade
If President Mashima could become involved...
[02:41] Kanade
I might say something.
[02:44] Sumire
Don't!
[02:45] Sumire
It's something Ayase-senpai
has to think about!
[02:47] Sumire
If you tell Mashima-senpai,
it'll put incredible pressure on him!
[02:51] Sumire
Just let them be!
[02:52] Kanade
Y-You're just saying that
[02:55] Kanade
because it'd be convenient for you
if Chihaya-chan dated someone else.
[02:58] Sumire
That is part of it!
[03:00] Sumire
But that was a hurdle Mashima-senpai
couldn't get over,
SIGN Soar
[03:03] Sumire
and Wataya-san cleared it with ease!
[03:05] Sumire
Don't you think they'd be perfect
for each other?
[03:11] Kanade
Well—
[03:12] Sumire
Yes, they would!
[03:13] Sumire
And outsiders shouldn't interfere!
[03:15] Sumire
Let's just watch over them! Okay?!
[03:17] (Flashback) Arata
If you want...
[03:19] (Flashback) Arata
let's play karuta together.
[03:21] Kanade
Wataya-san is really something.
[03:24] Kanade
To people who take karuta
as seriously as they do,
[03:28] Kanade
"let's play karuta together" must mean...
[03:31] Kanade
Prez!
[03:39] Taichi
Chihaya... you know, Arata...
[03:44] Chihaya
Huh? What, Taichi?
[03:46] Taichi
Uh, nothing.
[03:48] Chihaya
Hey, by the way, Taichi...
you knew, didn't you?
[03:51] Taichi
Huh? Knew what?
[03:52] Chihaya
A—
[03:54] Chihaya
A...
[03:55] Chihaya
A-Ah... A... A... A...
[04:02] Chihaya
Ara... Arata... said he wants
to go to college here...
SIGN Ayase!
SIGN If you're not going to study, just leave. You're distracting me.
SIGN Rustle Rustle
[04:17] Chihaya
S-S-Sorry, Desktomu-kun!
[04:18] Chihaya
I'm gonna get a drink of water!
SIGN Zoom
[04:20] Tsutomu
Maybe the rest of them have forgotten,
[04:23] Tsutomu
but I'm still aiming for
the top of our grade!
SIGN Always top of the national science curriculum
[04:26] Tsutomu
I'll take down Mashima Taichi!
[04:29] Tsutomu
But...
SIGN 1st in grade
SIGN 2nd
SIGN Whoosh
SIGN Since Mashima's striving for the pinnacle of the karuta world,
SIGN being top of our grade is a matter of course.
SIGN What keeps Mashima going is the pressure of having to quit karuta if his grades drop.
SIGN The stage for strong
karuta players
SIGN Oh ho ho ho!
SIGN It's all right if you fall, you know!
SIGN I don't have that urgency pushing me.
[04:43] Sumire
I'm back. Oe-senpai's in the bathroom.
[04:46] Tsutomu
If I do make it to the top of our grade...
[04:48] Tsutomu
maybe I'll tell Kana-chan...
[04:51] Tsutomu
that I like her.
SIGN Ah!
[04:53] Tsutomu
But it's wrong to treat Kana-chan
as bait to get me to the top!
SIGN Ah!
[04:58] Tsutomu
Also, that is way too lenient!
[05:00] Tsutomu
I'd have to make it so I can "never, ever"
tell her that if I don't come in first!
SIGN Ah!
[05:03] Tsutomu
Never, ever?! I don't think I want that...
[05:06] Nishida
Argh!
[05:08] Nishida
Let's think about something fun instead!
[05:10] Nishida
What should we do for Christmas?
[05:11] Nishida
It's not like any of us have
boyfriends or girlfriends, right?
[05:14] Nishida
So let's do something together!
[05:15] Sumire
Darn it, Porky-senpai!
[05:17] Sumire
That's a live landmine you're stepping on!
[05:18] Nishida
Couldn't we hang out at
your house, Mashima?
[05:21] Taichi
Uh, I don't think so.
[05:26] Sumire
What's wrong with you, Tsukuba?!
[05:29] Tsukuba
My little brothers are saying they
want to meet Santa Claus...
SIGN February
Bean-throwing
Festival
SIGN I even wore a muscle suit...
[05:34] Bro
Hey, Bro! I don't think
that ogre's an ogre!
[05:36] Bro
Those are the socks Dad was wearing!
[05:40] Tsukuba
My family... We can't keep their dreams
alive by ourselves anymore...
[05:44] Sumire
That couldn't possibly
matter less right now!
[05:54] Kanade
Is something out there?
[05:56] Chihaya
Yeah. That pigeon.
[05:58] Kanade
Oh, I see it. It's a white one.
[06:01] Kanade
Those are rare.
[06:02] Chihaya
It's pretty.
[06:04] Chihaya
It almost seems like it's shining.
[06:09] Chihaya
I wonder... is it pregnant?
[06:11] Chihaya
Is it happy?
[06:13] Chihaya
Is it shining because it's happy?
SIGN Fujiwara no Atsutada The emotions experienced after a long-awaited reunion banish any lingering memories of the past
[06:17] (Flashback) Kanade
Mom, does this poem mean
[06:19] (Flashback) Kanade
that after a tryst, the author realized that
he'd been completely naïve in the past?
[06:24] (Flashback) Rieko
That's right.
SIGN What a question for a seven-year-old...
SIGN Age 7
[06:26] (Flashback) Rieko
But I think there's a much
more special meaning to it.
SIGN A "tryst," she says...
[06:30] (Flashback) Rieko
When my gynecologist told
me I was pregnant,
SIGN With you, of course
[06:35] (Flashback) Rieko
I felt like that, too.
[06:37] (Flashback) Kanade
Huh? Really?
[06:39] (Flashback) Rieko
What I mean is...
[06:40] (Flashback) Rieko
There are moments when you
learn something so life-altering
[06:44] (Flashback) Rieko
that it turns you into a different person.
[06:47] (Flashback) Rieko
On my way home from the hospital that day,
[06:49] (Flashback) Rieko
the world I saw was shining bright,
and so, so beautiful.
[06:53] (Flashback) Rieko
And I thought, "I'm not who
I used to be anymore."
[06:58] (Flashback) Rieko
"A new chapter has just begun."
[07:09] Chihaya
Kana-chan...
[07:11] Chihaya
I want...
[07:14] Chihaya
to play a match like that one
at the challenger playoffs.
[07:20] Kanade
Huh?! Chihaya-chan, I think
you're conflating something here!
[07:23] Kanade
You're mixing up your emotional response to
Dr. Harada's play and Wataya-san's confession!
[07:27] Kanade
I know they were both
epoch-making events, but...
SIGN Bye-bye
Hngh...
[07:30] Kanade
As a young girl, shouldn't the
confession be your main focus?!
[07:34] Kanade
Chihaya-chan!
[07:37] Nishida
Man, the leaves are really falling.
[07:40] Kanade
It's even been said
that newly fallen autumn leaves
[07:42] Kanade
are such a vivid red that they might
be emitting their own light.
[07:47] Sumire
They're so pretty.
[07:48] Sumire
I don't even want to step on them.
[07:54] Sumire
That was a hurdle Mashima-senpai
couldn't get over,
[07:57] Sumire
and Wataya-san cleared it with ease!
[08:00] Sumire
Don't you think they'd be
perfect for each other?
[08:04] Sumire
I'm hoping that things work out
between Ayase-senpai and Wataya-san.
[08:11] Sumire
If she rejects Mashima-senpai,
[08:13] Sumire
I actually believe he'd
be mine for the taking.
[08:16] Taichi
I would rather choose the
girl I devote myself to.
[08:18] Taichi
I'm going to beat Chihaya.
[08:22] Sumire
I'm wishing for someone
who's trying so hard
[08:25] Sumire
to have his heart crushed to bits.
[08:29] Sumire
I don't want to step on them,
but I do anyway.
[08:33] Sumire
This red so vivid that it seems to burn...
[08:38] Sumire
Mashima-senpai, what are you going to do?
[08:40] Sumire
Wataya-san came out and said it!
[08:43] Sumire
It's already begun!
[08:46] Sumire
And it might be ending for you!
[08:54] Chihaya
Oh, that's mine.
[08:56] Chihaya
Who's that? I don't know this number.
[08:58] Sudo
It's me, Sudo.
[09:00] Chihaya
Wh-Wh-Wh-Which Sudo-san might you be?
[09:03] Sudo
You didn't save that contact
under my name?
[09:05] Chihaya
How do you know my number?
[09:07] Sudo
We traded contact info last year, remember?
[09:10] Sudo
It's not that I had anything to talk about.
SIGN I don't...
[09:12] Sudo
But someone from my college
karuta club does.
[09:15] Sudo
Well, I only just found out
he was in my club...
[09:19] Suo
This is Suo.
[09:21] (Flashback) Chihaya
Will you play a match with me sometime?
[09:26] Suo
Since you asked me the other day...
SIGN Hold the phone closer!
[09:29] Suo
How about a match with me?
[09:34] Chihaya
A m-match...
[09:37] Chihaya
with Suo-san...
[09:40] Chihaya
With the current Master...
[09:42] Chihaya
I'll—
[09:42] Taichi
We'll do it!
[09:49] Fukasaku
Well, now that final exams are over...
SIGN Cough Cough
[09:54] Fukasaku
Do you have a clearer idea on
which subject you want to specialize in?
[10:00] Chihaya
I've...
[10:01] Chihaya
I've been trying to improve all-around
so I can choose any of them!
SIGN Bang
SIGN Dash
[10:04] Chihaya
I'll keep thinking about it!
[10:07] Fukasaku
So you can choose any of them?
[10:10] Fukasaku
I'm not so sure...
SIGN Science and math are out...
[10:13] Fukasaku
Ah, she still shines as much as ever in PE!
SIGN Classical Literature Japanese History
[10:17] Fukasaku
And her social studies grades are up.
[10:20] Fukasaku
Which doorknob will she choose?
[10:24] Miyauchi
Mr. Fukasaku, what are you
muttering to yourself about?
[10:28] Fukasaku
Well, you see, I think
of advancing to college
[10:31] Fukasaku
as the last chance to choose
a door with a knob.
[10:36] Miyauchi
Huh? Knob?
[10:38] Fukasaku
It's something I heard long ago.
[10:40] Fukasaku
Most doors leading to opportunities
don't have a knob.
[10:45] Fukasaku
You can't open them yourself.
[10:47] Fukasaku
It becomes a matter of whether or not
you can dive in when it's opened to you,
[10:54] Fukasaku
and whether or not
you can seize that opportunity.
SIGN Tokyo University
[11:00] Chihaya
What the heck is this, Taichi?!
SIGN I don't know why I'm crying...
[11:02] Taichi
I know Sudo-san said last year that
he wanted to go to a national university...
[11:06] Chihaya
But Tokyo U?!
[11:08] Chihaya
Not only that...
[11:09] Chihaya
but Suo-san, too?!
[11:11] Taichi
Suo-san's karuta society profile
doesn't list his university.
SIGN Out of consideration to Tokyo U, maybe...
[11:15] Chihaya
Suo-san had to repeat a year here four times?!
[11:18] Chihaya
Is he smart or stupid?!
[11:21] [Messenger] ---
From: Sudo Akihito
Subject: Idiot
Did you see the Yasuda Auditorium?
That should make a nice memory.
[11:23] [Messenger] ---
Did you see the Yasuda Auditorium?
That should make a nice memory.
We actually practice at Hakusan Hall
in Bunkyo Ward, you idiot.
[11:25] [Messenger] ---
We actually practice at Hakusan Hall
in Bunkyo Ward, you idiot.
[11:27] Chihaya
Curse you, Double Su!
[11:28] Taichi
What's that mean?!
[11:28] Chihaya
They're Suo and Sudo, so they're Double Su!
[11:31] Chihaya
Is this it?
[11:32] Chihaya
Are they in the back?
[11:34] Sudo
Hey.
[11:35] Sudo
Been a while.
[11:37] Sudo
Why'd you two come together?
SIGN Chill
[11:39] Sudo
Nothing better to do? You dating?
[11:41] Sudo
Huh? Huh?
[11:41] Chihaya
S-Sudo-san...
[11:42] Shusaku
Hey, it's you.
[11:43] Taichi
Goo— Kosaku...
[11:45] Taichi
Koishikawa-san?
[11:47] Taichi
Aren't you in KU's karuta club?
[11:49] Shusaku
Oh, yeah, I am.
[11:51] Shusaku
But I came back here since it's fall again.
SIGN Like fall salmon, kinda?
[11:54] Shusaku
It's the fall Suo season.
SIGN Fall Suo...
[11:56] Shusaku
Suo-san only practices for
about two months each year,
[11:58] Shusaku
from November up until the Master match.
[12:01] Both
Huh?!
[12:02] Shusaku
I mean, he does show up
at other times, too.
[12:05] Shusaku
He actually looks out for his club mates,
[12:07] Shusaku
so he drops in now and then and
serves snacks instead of practicing.
[12:08] Suo
Are you in Class A?
[12:10] Girl
I'm still in Class B.
[12:12] Suo
You get three rice dumplings, then.
[12:14] Suo
Keep at it.
[12:15] Suo
And you?
[12:16] Girl
I'm in Class C.
[12:17] Suo
You get two.
[12:18] Girl
Hey, Suo-san, did you hear?
[12:20] Girl
NHK BS isn't going to broadcast
the Master match live this year.
[12:24] Girl
I can't believe it.
SIGN Bubble Bubble
[12:31] Guy
Oh... But it'll be streamed
live on Niconico.
[12:34] Suo
Nico?!
[12:35] Guy
Ow! That's hot!
[12:36] Girl
Wow, that startled me.
[12:37] Guy
Suo-san!
[12:37] Girl
I've never heard Suo-san yell before.
[12:40] Girl
His enthusiasm just visibly dropped, didn't it?
[12:42] Girl
I think the live nationwide broadcast was
a major source of motivation for him.
[12:47] Suo
Ni... Nico...
[12:48] Suo
Clap, clap, clap, clap, clap...
[12:50] Suo
Are you in Class A?
[12:52] Chihaya
Yes!
[12:52] Both
We're in Class A!
SIGN Empty...
SIGN Filled to the brim...
[12:55] Chihaya
Whoa, they're gonna fall out...
SIGN Nothing but beans...
SIGN Nothing but beans... Gotta eat it fast
[12:58] Taichi
I'm her boyfriend. Please don't
try anything with her.
[13:02] Suo
I hate him!
[13:09] Girl
Wait, don't tell me...
[13:10] Girl
You don't have a hair tie, Suo-san?
[13:13] Girl
He forgot it?
[13:14] Girl
Anyone have one?
[13:14] Girl
I only have scrunchies.
[13:17] Chihaya
I always thought Suo-san was more
of a lone wolf that nobody liked,
[13:23] Chihaya
but it's more like everyone's
doting on him.
[13:26] Sudo
No one wants to play a
match with him, though.
SIGN Super persistent type
[13:29] Sudo
Partly because he's too good,
but that's not all.
[13:32] Sudo
Koishikawa-san and I are the only ones
who ever want to challenge him again.
SIGN The type that never learns
[13:35] Sudo
There aren't enough Class A
practice partners for him.
[13:38] Sudo
That's probably why he asked for you.
[13:41] Sudo
Go get turned to mincemeat.
[13:55] Suo
You're too far away.
[13:55] Chihaya
Sorry!
[13:58] Sudo
No hope for her.
[13:59] Sudo
You just gonna watch?
[14:00] Taichi
Uh...
[14:01] Shusaku
Come play me!
[14:03] Sudo
Koishikawa-san, he says
he'd rather watch Ayase.
[14:06] Taichi
No, let me play you, Sudo-san.
[14:09] Taichi
I came to get some practice of my own.
[14:14] Chihaya
This tightness in my chest isn't
because of those rice dumplings.
[14:19] Chihaya
But...
[14:21] Chihaya
it feels like a bunch of them are
stacked up in my esophagus.
[14:26] Chihaya
What should I do?
[14:28] Chihaya
I can't look up.
[14:29] Chihaya
It's hard to breathe... What do I do?
[14:33] (Flashback) Arata
Chihaya...
[14:34] (Flashback) Arata
I love you.
SIGN Blush
[14:39] Chihaya
Oh, right! This is the Master!
[14:42] Chihaya
The one Dr. Harada and Arata wanted
so badly to play against!
[14:55] Chihaya
My belly's full, and my body's moving well.
[15:00] Chihaya
Suo-san, I...
[15:03] Chihaya
haven't really imagined
myself playing you before,
[15:08] Chihaya
but I've tried harder to become you
in practice than anyone here.
[15:13] [POEM] Reader
Since the dew atop the blades of grass
has been scattered by the winds,
[15:16] Chihaya
He knew exactly where the card was
and held it down,
[15:19] Chihaya
taking a two-syllable card on the first.
[15:21] Chihaya
I've watched him over and over.
Don't be surprised.
[15:28] [POEM] Reader
When I must hide...
[15:30] Chihaya
It's like magic... It almost
stops my breathing.
[15:33] [POEM] Reader
May the time spent...
SIGN Go ahead.
[15:37] Chihaya
He really isn't going for
multi-syllable cards.
[15:41] [POEM] Reader
The hazed early dawn light...
[15:44] Chihaya
He has his eyes on the match as a whole.
[15:46] Chihaya
He only needs to get to 25 cards first.
[15:49] Chihaya
He has 28 one-syllable cards.
[15:52] Chihaya
If he just takes all the cards he sees
as one-syllable cards, he wins.
[15:56] Chihaya
How can I throw him off his gameplan?
[15:58] [POEM] Reader
Gust of wind leaves...
[15:59] Chihaya
Yes!
[16:02] Chihaya
My game sense is working!
I heard the first syllable coming!
[16:06] Chihaya
But this isn't it.
[16:08] Chihaya
It's not the actual one-syllable cards
that I should worry about.
[16:13] Chihaya
Where I really need to break
Suo-san's pace is...
[16:17] [POEM] Reader
Feel love deepen...
[16:19] Chihaya
Got it!
[16:20] Chihaya
A two-syllable card on the first syllable!
[16:22] Chihaya
My weapon, the one Desktomu-kun
told me about!
[16:25] Chihaya
I can do this! I can fight him!
[16:37] Chihaya
Concentrate.
[16:38] Chihaya
If I lose focus, this won't
even be a match anymore.
[16:41] Chihaya
Concentrate!
[16:44] [POEM] Reader
When winds send waves...
[16:45] Chihaya
Shoot! A fault!
[16:48] Chihaya
Concentrate. One more time.
[16:52] [POEM] Reader
As this trip takes...
[16:54] Chihaya
Another fault!
[16:55] Chihaya
But Suo-san cleanly avoided it!
[16:59] Chihaya
Come to think of it, when Takemura-san
was in the Master match,
[17:02] Chihaya
he wasn't out of his league.
[17:04] Chihaya
He just had a lot of faults.
[17:06] [POEM] Reader
Feel sorrow wash...
[17:08] Chihaya
When I try not to take the bait,
I move too late!
[17:12] Chihaya
A semi-double!
[17:13] Chihaya
No! Concentrate!
[17:15] Suo
Pff...
[17:20] Sudo
Ayase...
[17:22] Sudo
Suo-san has no intention
of taking 25 cards.
[17:25] Sudo
He always comes in under 20.
[17:27] Sudo
His opponent could take
30 cards and still lose.
[17:30] Chihaya
He moves knowing full well
that these are dead cards!
[17:34] Sudo
No one else plays karuta
the same nasty way he does.
[17:37] Chihaya
A trap.
[17:38] Chihaya
It's not to win.
[17:40] Chihaya
A trap.
[17:41] Chihaya
What's it for?
[17:42] Chihaya
A trap.
[17:44] TV
The differentials of 5 and 13 cards are the
same as in the Queen matches, aren't they?
[17:50] Chihaya
To take control over karuta itself.
[17:54] Chihaya
I thought it was a fluke.
[17:56] Chihaya
If he's aiming to win by
the same number of cards,
[17:59] Chihaya
that means there are cards
he could take, but won't.
[18:02] Chihaya
He lures his opponent into making
mistakes to make the numbers match.
[18:05] Chihaya
I had no idea anyone played like that...
[18:09] Sudo
An honest idiot like Ayase
will just get sucked right in.
[18:13] Sudo
He drags his opponents into his pace.
[18:16] Sudo
That's why he's the Master.
[18:18] Sudo
Whoops... I should be worrying
about my own game.
[18:22] Sudo
Did he...
[18:25] Sudo
always play karuta like this?
[18:27] Sudo
He was always able to utilize
all kinds of different techniques,
[18:30] Sudo
but he was really a jack of all
trades and master of none.
[18:32] Sudo
Now he's settled down.
[18:34] Taichi
I'm in the place where Sudo-san,
Koishikawa-san, and even Master Suo practice.
[18:39] Taichi
You'd have to be positive
to last in here.
[18:42] Taichi
Especially...
[18:43] Taichi
Koishikawa-san.
SIGN D'oh
SIGN He goofed again Same old Goofsaku-san
SIGN Flip
[18:46] Shusaku
But that's who I am!
SIGN He bounced back
That was quick
[18:48] Shusaku
Including all my goof-ups!
[18:50] Taichi
I want to be like that.
[18:53] Taichi
And that's...
[18:56] Taichi
something I can never be.
[18:58] Taichi
Keep my hands lower.
[19:00] Taichi
I can get underneath to take
multi-syllable cards.
[19:01] Taichi
Take a position where it's
easy to make a pull-back.
[19:04] Taichi
Check the "My" and "No" cards.
[19:05] Taichi
I'll lose if I rush on "I,"
"So," and "Would" cards, too.
[19:06] Chihaya
Taichi... you knew, didn't you?
[19:07] Taichi
Guard...
[19:10] Chihaya
Arata said he wants to
go to college here...
[19:16] Taichi
Huh?
[19:18] Taichi
I-It's 27 to 13?
[19:20] Taichi
The differential's bad enough, but 27?!
[19:22] Taichi
That's only possible if you
commit a ton of faults.
[19:25] Taichi
What kind of spell has he cast on her?
[19:31] Taichi
That kind of spell...
[19:34] [POEM] Reader
As I wait for someone...
[19:37] Reader
I'm sure she was fast to begin with,
[19:39] Reader
but her game sense is making it easier
for him to bait her into faulting.
[19:42] Chihaya
I'm so afraid of faulting that I'm not
going all-in on either offense or defense.
[19:46] Chihaya
My body feels heavy.
[19:48] Chihaya
Excuse me.
[19:53] Chihaya
When I tried to become Suo-san before,
[19:55] Chihaya
what did I feel?
[19:57] Chihaya
He speaks quietly so that others
will lean closer to hear him.
[20:01] Chihaya
To learn to live with quiet sounds.
[20:03] Chihaya
Know exactly where the cards are...
[20:05] Chihaya
To hold them down...
[20:08] Chihaya
To become someone who's nothing but ears!
[20:10] [POEM] Reader
Like the sound of someone
knocking on my door,
SIGN That scared me!
[20:13] Chihaya
My missed swing made him
hold down the wrong card!
[20:15] Chihaya
But I got it! Talk about luck!
[20:19] Chihaya
If nothing else, with my eyes closed,
[20:21] Chihaya
I can't be misled by his movements.
[20:24] Chihaya
I need to be in that mindset
even without closing my eyes.
[20:28] Chihaya
Listen closely to the sounds...
[20:31] Chihaya
and aim for one point!
[20:34] Chihaya
I missed again!
[20:35] Chihaya
I even practiced aiming at a single point!
[20:37] Chihaya
It clearly wasn't enough!
[20:44] Chihaya
Okay, once more on this next one.
[20:47] Reader
Her back shows no sign of resignation...
[20:50] (Flashback) Sudo
Go get turned to mincemeat.
[20:53] Chihaya
Even if I'm turned to mincemeat,
I'll never hate karuta!
[21:03] Both
Thank you very much.
[21:06] Reader
She lost by 14 cards...
SIGN Gloom
[21:08] Reader
But she showed some good moves
in the second half.
[21:10] Reader
She's going to get better.
[21:14] Suo
Oh, sorry.
[21:16] Suo
Sorry.
[21:19] Suo
You're very interesting.
[21:21] Chihaya
Oh... uh... n-no...
[21:22] Suo
You're pretty, positive,
and you never lose heart.
[21:26] Suo
You have friends, and even a boyfriend.
[21:28] Suo
And you want to be Queen, too?
[21:34] Suo
You can't.
E15.5 - So I wish for a memory
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SIGN Chihayafuru 3
SIGN Chihayafuru 3
SIGN The Players'
Lack of
Presence
Is an Issue
SIGN My romance with Retro-kun keeps me busy,
but I'm not opposed to appearing, y'know
[01:17] Sumire
It's all matches!
[01:19] Sumire
Are they that bent on
undermining our sex appeal?!
[01:21] Tsukuba
You can't blame them.
[01:22] Sumire
But why?!
SIGN Take a look
SIGN Love Element in Chihayafuru
SIGN Take a look
at this chart.
[01:24] Tsukuba
70 percent of the love element
in this anime
[01:26] Tsukuba
depended on your love story,
[01:28] Tsukuba
but lately, even you've
been focusing on karuta.
SIGN He's right!
[01:31] Tsukuba
For the next 20 percent, the only ones
we can count on are Retro and Porky's sister.
[01:36] Sumire
Them?!
SIGN The remaining 10 percent is just barely the main character...
SIGN Verse 15.5
SIGN So I wish
for a
memory
[01:44] Miyauchi
Everyone! I have terrible news!
SIGN 21 59th Master/57th Queen East Japan Qualifiers 21 59th Master/57th Queen West Japan Qualifiers
[01:47] Taichi
What?!
[01:49] Taichi
The Master and Queen qualifiers overlap
with the dates of our class trip!
SIGN Mizusawa High School Second-Year Class Trip Schedule
October 20-23
[01:53] Taichi
Why is it on the 21st?!
It's usually a week earlier!
[02:03] Harada
Feels like a team match, doesn't it?
[02:06] Harada
Four Shiranami Society players
made it to the quarterfinals.
[02:10] Harada
That's a first!
[02:12] Harada
This is a four-on-four
team match in every way!
[02:16] Harada
And of course, our goal is...
[02:18] Harada
four wins for the Shiranami Society!
[02:23] [POEM] Hirota
Look for the sound...
[02:25] [POEM] Hirota
In the sleepy spring...
[02:28] Sudo
Wait, did you really get that?
[02:30] Taichi
Huh?
[02:31] Sudo
Okay, then. If that's what you think.
[02:34] Sudo
Keep it.
[02:35] Hiroshi
This is why I hate playing high schoolers.
[02:39] [POEM] Hirota
Impassionate gods have never seen
[02:50] Sakura
She lost it!
[02:52] Sakura
She really lost one!
[02:54] Sakura
And it was "Impassionate"!
[02:55] [POEM] Hirota
Impassioned was your...
[02:58] Chihaya
She took—
[02:58] Harada
Got there in time!
[03:04] Hiroshi
Dr. Harada's "Got there in time"...
[03:11] Both
Thank you very much.
[03:13] Hiroshi
Yes!
[03:15] Both
What?!
[03:16] [POEM] Hirota
Impassioned vows...
[03:18] Both
Thank you very much.
[03:20] Taichi
Murao-san won?
[03:25] Taichi
Whether they win or lose...
[03:27] Chihaya
They give us strength.
[03:32] [POEM] Hirota
for the night would drag on
when I thought of my beloved
[03:42] [POEM] Hirota
Since I could not hide my love,
SIGN people would always ask if I was pining for someone
[03:49] Taichi
Chihaya isn't here.
[03:51] Taichi
Arata is watching.
[03:53] Taichi
And...
[03:55] Taichi
Dr. Harada is weighing him down.
[04:03] Arata
There's no way Murao-san will lose.
[04:09] Arata
There's no way.
[04:12] Harada
Maybe the best way Eyelashes
can improve is actually...
[04:21] Harada
with defensive karuta!
SIGN The Players'
Overwhelming
Presence
Is an Issue
SIGN Personally, I wish they would wear tabi or
socks when on tatami... Please?
[04:28] Rieko
From the Fujisaki training camp
to the Yoshino Tournament...
[04:31] Rieko
It's definitely karuta season.
[04:33] Kanade
I don't even know which
match I should watch.
[04:36] Sudo
I don't care who watches who!
Just show more of my matches!
[04:40] Mochida
I lost to Ririka-chan at some point, too!
[04:42] Retro
And don't ignore me just
because I'm Class B!
[04:44] Harada
If they'd animate my thought process
when I set up matches,
[04:48] Harada
it'd be highly educational to
karuta players all over Japan.
[04:51] Makoto
They made it look like I was
soundly defeated, but I wasn't!
[04:55] Harada
No, my match should take higher priority.
[04:58] Kuri
Murao-kun and Arata-kun's match
was worth watching, too!
[05:00] Kitano
You fools should be watching Yumin play!
[05:03] Harada
My match!
[05:04] Kitano
Yumin!
[05:04] Kuri
Arata-kun's match!
[05:04] Kanade
I feel... so full...
SIGN The Career Path and the Karuta Path
[05:12] Narrator
Satoshi, the husband of
Inokuma Haruka, grade 6,
[05:15] Narrator
is a producer at a TV station.
[05:16] Narrator
He's a very busy man who works on
a popular daily morning show.
SIGN Waaaah
SIGN 3 AM: Wake up 6 AM: Program airs 8 AM: Review meeting 10 AM: Briefing 12 PM: Lunch break 1 PM: Preparing next day's episode 3 PM: Planning meetings, etc. 6 PM: Meetings with cast members (drinks)
SIGN Aww, there, there...
Sheesh...
[05:21] Haruka
Daddy gets up early and
works hard all day long.
[05:24] Haruka
Just look at that schedu—
SIGN 6 PM: Meetings with cast members (drinks)
SIGN Off I go!
SIGN Drinking is an important part of my job...
[05:27] Haruka
Thanks for taking the kids!
[05:28] Haruka
I'll be sure to say on TV that
I got stronger
[05:30] Haruka
and came back as Queen because
you turned down your drinking parties!
[05:34] [POEM] Reader
While some dodge...
[05:35] [POEM] Reader
As the years pass...
[05:37] [POEM] Reader
Since the dew...
[05:38] Miyauchi
Tasuki!
[05:40] Taichi
E-Excuse us for a moment!
[05:43] Chihaya
The Yoshino Tournament Class A final...
[05:48] Both
Okay.
[05:50] Chihaya
That's where we are, together.
[05:52] [POEM] Reader
The night breaks to day...
[05:55] Chihaya
It's hard to take anything!
[05:56] Chihaya
He's able to take cards in that
long top row with thrusts!
[05:59] [POEM] Reader
May the scarlet kadsuras...
SIGN Alas, another autumn has passed in vain
[06:04] Chihaya
This is hard...
[06:06] Chihaya
It's hard to breathe...
[06:09] (Flashback) Sakura
Maintain your posture.
[06:15] Chihaya
Don't close off my chest.
[06:17] Chihaya
Raise my eye level.
[06:22] Chihaya
Oh... It's you, Taichi.
[06:24] Taichi
Huh?
[06:25] Taichi
Uh, yeah, it's me.
[06:27] Chihaya
He's playing like someone I don't know,
[06:29] Chihaya
but he's Taichi.
[06:30] [POEM] Reader
Impassioned was your promise...
[06:33] Chihaya
He's Taichi. I don't have to be afraid.
[06:37] Chihaya
But I don't want to lose.
[06:40] Chihaya
There's no "his side" or "my side."
[06:42] Chihaya
Here I come, Taichi!
[06:43] Taichi
Chihaya, you idiot! I have a plan!
[06:46] Taichi
I won't play along with
your contest of speed!
[06:49] Arata
What...
[06:52] Arata
is this?
[06:58] Arata
What is it?
[07:02] Arata
What is this?
[07:05] Arata
Why did I lose?
[07:08] Arata
Why...
[07:10] Arata
Why aren't I the one
[07:12] Arata
playing against Chihaya right now?
[07:17] Guy
The Yoshino Tournament Class A winner is
[07:20] Guy
Ayase Chihaya-san of the Shiranami Society.
[07:25] Arata
You might laugh at this,
[07:27] Arata
but for whatever reason,
[07:29] Arata
I always thought of Chihaya as yours.
[07:34] Arata
But Chihaya doesn't really belong
to anyone, does she?
[07:42] Mom
Chihaya!
[07:43] Mom
I'm sorry I ran late!
[07:51] Mom
So, how'd your match go?
[07:53] Mom
Did you do the best you could?
[07:55] Mom
Was it fun?
SIGN Huh?
[07:59] Both
Huh?
[08:00] Chihaya
M-Mom... I...
[08:05] Chihaya
I want to go on the class trip!
[08:09] Mom
Huh? O-Of course you can go!
[08:12] Chihaya
I want...
[08:14] Chihaya
to be a high school teacher!
[08:18] Chihaya
What kind of teacher would I be
if I've never been on a class trip?!
[08:23] Chihaya
I want to be Queen, too,
[08:26] Chihaya
but I want to be an advisor and coach,
like Ms. Miyauchi and Coach Sakurazawa!
[08:35] Chihaya
But today was this hakama's first match,
[08:40] Chihaya
and I wanted to win!
[08:43] Chihaya
I did win!
[08:46] Chihaya
Taichi and I worked so hard!
SIGN My Path
SIGN Self-made flash cards
SIGN I can memorize nucleic acid sequences, but I still can't get the Hundred Poets down...
[08:54] Nishida
It's kinda surprising, though.
[08:57] Nishida
I didn't know Ayase had already decided
what she wanted to do after graduation.
[09:00] Kanade
Huh? Well, of course. We only have
one year of high school left.
SIGN That's right.
[09:05] Kanade
I really want to take Professor Mutsu's
classical literature class at WU!
SIGN My family runs a drugstore, so I'm thinking of being a pharmacist,
SIGN but I could just stay in college as a professional researcher.
[09:19] Nishida
Huh?
[09:20] Kanade
What about you, Porky?
Something in economics? Law?
[09:23] Nishida
U-Uh, well... m-maybe something overseas?
SIGN Fourth Future Plans Questionnaire
Year 2 Class 9
Name: Nishida Yusei
College | Department | Reasons
First Choice: How can I become a Michelin inspector?
Second Choice:
Third Choice:
SIGN Studying abroad? That'd be amazing!
SIGN What?!
[09:31] Suo
After I win my fifth consecutive title,
I'm going to retire.
[09:37] Arata
What?
[09:39] Arata
The Master... is retiring?
[09:42] Nishida
Ayase...
[09:44] Nishida
I just asked my senpai in the Suihoku Society
who's helping at the qualifiers,
[09:48] Nishida
and he said his name's on the list!
[09:50] Nishida
Mashima's name is on the list
of registered participants
[09:53] Nishida
in tomorrow's East Japan qualifiers
[10:01] Sumire
Mashima-senpai...
[10:03] Sumire
He's working hard to be
what he wants to be!
[10:10] Taichi
Me...
[10:13] [POEM] Reader
Long last we meet...
SIGN East Japan Semifinals
Master
Harada vs. Koishikawa
Tsuboguchi vs. Sudo
Queen
Sakurazawa vs. Yamamoto
Inokuma vs. Yamashiro
[10:19] Arata
Taichi didn't make it.
[10:26] Arata
Why did I just sigh?
[10:28] Arata
Why did knowing Taichi lost make me sigh?
[10:31] [POEM] Reader
Would this old...
[10:33] [POEM] Reader
As this trip...
[10:36] Arata
Why am I...
[10:40] Arata
You're getting in my way, Taichi!
[10:42] Arata
Why are you there?
[10:46] Arata
Taichi has a way of being unfair.
[10:50] Arata
And he's not particularly talented,
like Chihaya is.
[10:53] Arata
Maybe I...
[10:56] Arata
always looked down on Taichi in karuta.
[11:02] Arata
On my own friend...
[11:09] Murao
Just a moment, please.
[11:15] Murao
Yamashiro-san is reading for us.
We can't waste that.
[11:19] Murao
Come back to us, Arata.
[11:36] [POEM] Reader
Gust of wind...
[11:38] [POEM] Reader
Swift waters parted...
[11:41] Kuri
Arata-kun usually plays with a
balance of offense and defense,
[11:46] Kuri
but he's attacking hard.
[11:49] Kuri
He's calling the momentum to him.
SIGN East Japan Qualifiers Dr. Harada (Winner)
[11:55] Kuri
The momentum to fight
[11:57] Kuri
East Japan's number one,
the king of offensive karuta.
SIGN Katsugi Books
Is Open for
Business
SIGN Huh?! If I take off my glasses,
I'll be more popular?
SIGN Why don't you try it?
[12:04] Guy
Arata-kun hasn't been coming in to work lately.
SIGN Siiigh
SIGN Arata-kun ain't here today, either?
[12:09] Guy
The old local lady who's a
fan of his is sighing hard.
SIGN Where can I find Ultimate Facts Theory: 30 Lectures?
[12:12] Guy
Day after day, I'm unable to answer deep
questions about which books are where.
[12:18] Guy
But I'll still be cheering him on!
SIGN Arata
[12:22] Guy
But if Arata-kun does well,
Fukui and the Fukui dialect
SIGN Loves his hometown
[12:26] Guy
will show up in more anime!
SIGN Huh?
SIGN That's what you're hoping for?!
SIGN The Secret
Number One
SIGN Welcome to Awara!
Chihayafuru Week in Awara
SIGN Don't act
embarrassed!!
[12:34] Kuri
Murao Shinichi of the Nagumo Society is
somewhat famous in certain circles.
SIGN No.1 in Men
People Secretly
Wish They
Could Marry
[12:39] Kuri
He's an honest man who
works at Awara City Hall.
[12:42] Kuri
He was blessed with talent
in karuta from a young age
SIGN No.1 in Men Who Secretly Care About Their Little Brothers
[12:45] Kuri
and has been No. 1 in Japan in
elementary, middle, and high school.
[12:47] Kuri
He graduated from a prestigious university
in Kansai with high grades,
[12:51] Kuri
and the only misfortune in his life...
SIGN Giant Wall Loser
[12:53] Kuri
is being the same age as Suo Hisashi!
SIGN No.1 in Men
People Secretly Wish
Would Be the Master
[12:56] Guy
Things would be so much easier for us
if Murao-kun was the Master.
[12:59] Guy
It would be so much better for our karuta
lectures if Murao-kun was the Master!
[13:04] Kuri
The bigger a loser the Master is,
the greater the pressure!
[13:07] Kuri
You can do it, Murao-kun!
[13:10] Harada
You know, I never thought
[13:12] Harada
the day would come when I'd
be playing you, Glasses.
[13:16] Harada
When I was younger,
I did play your grandpa,
[13:19] Harada
Eternal Master Wataya Hajime, just once.
[13:23] Harada
He was good.
[13:25] Harada
It's a great memory.
[13:27] Harada
You probably can't understand yet
since you're still young,
[13:31] Harada
but it brings me the greatest joy
that I get to play you.
[13:36] [POEM] Kyoji
The hazed field of reeds conceals
clumps of bamboo shoots,
[13:38] Kuri
He lunged that far on a dead card?!
[13:39] [POEM] Kyoji
May the scarlet kadsuras...
SIGN Dead card
[13:41] Tsutomu
He's lunging with his whole body!
[13:42] [POEM] Kyoji
Look for the sound...
SIGN Dead card
[13:43] Kanade
Scary!
[13:44] [POEM] Kyoji
The sight of the lonely moon...
[13:45] Harada
Yes! Gotcha!
[13:47] Girls
There it is! Dr. Harada's "Yes! Gotcha!"
[13:49] [POEM] Kyoji
The hazed early dawn mist over the Kawagiri
[13:53] [POEM] Kyoki
All alone...
[13:56] All
He...
[13:56] All
He's fast!
[13:59] Lady
Dr. Harada hasn't been paying
attention to his own side...
[14:02] Hiroshi
There it is!
[14:03] Taichi
The incredible acceleration that none
of us could reproduce in practice!
[14:06] Arata
I'm happy.
[14:08] Arata
I'm happy I get to play Dr. Harada.
[14:12] Arata
I'm happy he's so strong.
[14:14] Arata
But...
[14:16] Arata
I'll be the one to win.
[14:19] [POEM] Kyoji
The fall wind parts...
[14:21] Chihaya
Dr. Harada...
[14:23] Taichi
Dr. Harada...
[14:24] Tsukuba
Dr. Harada...
[14:25] Harada
I've been a mentor for a long time.
[14:30] Harada
You'll be able to take more of them
if you don't move them.
[14:34] Harada
I have a duty to prove that to you!
[14:37] Harada
All right! I got in!
[14:44] Chihaya
The first match goes to Dr. Harada!
[14:46] Harada
I'd like to withdraw from
the second match.
[14:56] Arata
Hup...
[15:00] Mom
That's... his grandpa's kimono...
[15:07] Mom
And the way the metal fittings on the heel
of his sandal brush the floor as he walks...
[15:15] (Flashback) Chihaya
Arata.
[15:17] (Flashback) Chihaya
No matter how far we go, Dr. Harada
will always be a mentor to all of us.
[15:23] (Flashback) Chihaya
You can't beat him as just Arata.
[15:27] Arata
I'm moving my cards.
[15:29] Both
He put all the one-syllable
cards in the lower right!
[15:34] Harada
Master Wataya's play style...
[15:39] Harada
I'll break through it!
[15:41] Harada
I'll make you regret putting all your
one-syllable cards in your lower right!
[15:47] Harada
No big deal!
[15:50] Kitano
What is this?
[15:52] Kitano
Even Harada's playing
is starting to look...
[16:02] Suo
Dr. Harada's great.
[16:05] Suo
He's exciting.
[16:08] Suo
If I...
[16:11] Suo
could pick who I face in the Master match,
[16:14] Suo
I'd want it to be Dr. Harada.
[16:18] Kuri
He lost one!
[16:19] Kuri
Arata-kun lost a one-syllable
card on his own side!
[16:37] Chihaya
Dr. Harada!
[16:38] Guy
The winner of the Master
challenger playoff is...
[16:42] Chihaya
It's Dr. Harada!
[16:44] Guy
...Harada Hideo, grade 6!
[16:52] Chihaya
Arata...
[16:54] Arata
Oh... Chihaya.
[16:56] Chihaya
Arata, um...
[16:58] Chihaya
Th-That was close!
[17:00] Chihaya
It was an incredible match!
[17:04] Arata
Yeah...
[17:05] Chihaya
You and Dr. Harada play in completely
different ways. It was so interesting to see!
[17:16] Arata
What would you have done, Chihaya?
[17:19] Chihaya
Huh?
[17:20] Arata
At the end...
[17:25] Chihaya
I play offensive karuta,
[17:28] Chihaya
so I think I would've sent both
"Gust" and "Impassionate."
[17:32] Chihaya
Because they're special.
[17:40] Chihaya
The more I want a card,
the faster I let it go.
[17:45] Chihaya
Then I go in determined to take it.
[17:59] (Flashback) Chihaya
Arata!
[18:00] (Flashback) Chihaya
Let's play karuta together forever!
[18:12] Arata
I love you, Chihaya.
[18:26] Arata
Taichi might have told you this,
[18:28] Arata
but I'm planning to go to college here.
[18:32] Arata
If you want...
[18:35] Arata
let's play karuta together.
[18:41] Sumire
You're not going to tell him, are you?
[18:43] Sumire
That Wataya-san confessed
his love to Ayase-senpai?
[18:47] Kanade
No one except the people involved
has any right to butt in.
[18:50] Kanade
But...
[18:52] Kanade
If President Mashima could become involved...
[18:56] Kanade
I might say something.
[19:03] Kanade
Is something out there?
[19:05] Chihaya
Yeah. That pigeon.
[19:07] Kanade
Oh, I see it. It's a white one.
[19:10] Kanade
Those are rare.
[19:11] Chihaya
It's pretty.
[19:14] Chihaya
It almost seems like it's shining.
[19:18] Chihaya
I wonder... is it pregnant?
[19:20] Chihaya
Is it happy?
[19:22] Chihaya
Is it shining because it's happy?
[19:30] Chihaya
Kana-chan...
[19:33] Chihaya
I want...
[19:35] Chihaya
to play a match like that one
at the challenger playoffs.
[19:41] Kanade
Huh?! Chihaya-chan, I think
you're conflating something here!
[19:44] Kanade
You're mixing up your emotional response to
Dr. Harada's play and Wataya-san's confession!
[19:49] Kanade
I know they were both
epoch-making events, but...
[19:52] Kanade
As a young girl, shouldn't the
confession be your main focus?!
SIGN Bye-bye
Hngh...
[19:56] Kanade
Chihaya-chan!
[20:00] Suo
This is Suo.
[20:02] (Flashback) Chihaya
Will you play a match with me sometime?
[20:06] Suo
Since you asked me the other day...
SIGN Hold the phone closer!
[20:09] Suo
How about a match with me?
[20:13] [POEM] Reader
When winds send waves...
[20:15] Chihaya
Shoot! A fault!
[20:16] [POEM] Reader
As this trip takes...
[20:17] Chihaya
Another fault!
[20:19] Chihaya
But Suo-san cleanly avoided it!
[20:21] Suo
Pff...
[20:25] Chihaya
...and aim for one point!
[20:28] Chihaya
I missed again!
[20:30] Chihaya
I even practiced aiming at a single point!
[20:38] Suo
Oh, sorry.
[20:40] Suo
Sorry.
[20:43] Suo
You're very interesting.
[20:45] Chihaya
Oh... uh... n-no...
[20:46] Suo
You're pretty, positive,
and you never lose heart.
[20:50] Suo
You have friends, and even a boyfriend.
[20:52] Suo
And you want to be Queen, too?
[20:58] Suo
You can't.
SIGN You're running bonus
clips, and I'm not
even in them?!
SIGN Timidness
and
Sadness
SIGN Chitosefuru
SIGN Bonus clips...
I haven't actually talked yet...
[21:06] Sumire
This is the end of the bonus clips?!
[21:08] Sumire
That's a lazy approach to a recap episode!
[21:11] Nishida
The viewers aren't gonna
want to watch this.
SIGN Was there even a point in doing it?
[21:15] Kanade
It seems they were told that there's no point in
a Chihaya recap episode without bonus clips,
[21:20] Kanade
so they're worried about that.
[21:21] All
Who's "they"?
[21:23] Kanade
Uh...
[21:25] Kanade
Heaven?
SIGN See you next week!
SIGN I actually got to
appear this season...
SIGN We never even got to speak
in the bonus clips...
E16 - Takes me away in haste
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[00:00] Suo
You're pretty, positive,
and you never lose heart.
[00:04] Suo
You have friends, and even a boyfriend.
[00:06] Suo
And you want to be Queen, too?
[00:11] Suo
You can't.
[00:19] Taichi
Please play me next, Master!
[00:25] Shusaku
Sudo-kun, did you lose?
[00:27] Sudo
I won! Two to nothing!
[00:29] Sudo
But just barely, damn it.
[00:32] Suo
No. I have no reason to.
[00:34] Suo
In fact, I hate you.
[00:39] Guy
He's gonna go places!
He knows how to climb the ladder!
SIGN For you
[00:41] Girl
You don't see many high school
second-years with that knack!
SIGN Super persistent type
SIGN The type that never learns
[00:49] Sudo
Ayase, would you rather play me
or Koishikawa-san now?
[00:54] Sudo
Ishida-san, play a match with her.
[00:56] Ishida
Okay.
SIGN Chihayafuru 3
SIGN Chihayafuru 3
SIGN Verse 16
SIGN Takes me
away in
haste
[02:16] Taichi
Why did you say that to Chihaya?
[02:21] (Flashback) Suo
You can't.
[02:24] Suo
When I see someone as straight as
an arrow, I want to bend them.
[02:28] Taichi
Don't verbally bend someone who didn't
bend to you during your match!
[02:37] Reader
I'm going to start now.
[02:39] [POEM] Reader
Naniwa Bay, now the flower
blooms, but for winter
[02:49] Both
Thank you very much.
[02:51] Chihaya
I lost! I lost again... again...
SIGN Class B
[02:54] Taichi
Thank you very much.
[02:59] Reader
Suo-san won by 14 cards.
[03:02] Reader
That was his target number.
SIGN He's as nasty as ever
[03:04] Reader
But that kid didn't commit
a single fault against him.
[03:07] Reader
How long has it been since that happened?
[03:10] Reader
Suo-san was made to take 25 cards the legit way.
[03:17] Taichi
Thanks a lot. We appreciate your help.
[03:20] Guy
You two really are good.
[03:22] Girl
This was fun! We should—
[03:23] Suo
Give Dr. Harada my regards.
[03:26] Suo
And...
[03:28] Suo
Don't come again.
[03:39] Taichi
Crap, sorry.
[03:40] Taichi
I forgot something.
[03:42] Taichi
I'll be a while,
so go ahead and grab a train.
[03:45] Chihaya
Oh, okay.
[03:46] Taichi
And be careful!
[03:57] Girl
Bye!
[03:58] Girl
I don't even need dinner.
I had too much red bean soup.
[03:58] Guy
See ya.
[04:02] Taichi
Suo-san!
[04:07] Taichi
Can we do a review of our match?
[04:10] Girl
A review?
[04:12] Girl
Like when go and shogi players
analyze a match in depth by re-enacting it?
[04:15] Girl
Not many karuta players do that, right?
[04:17] Suo
No. I have no reason to.
[04:20] Suo
In fact, I hate you.
[04:22] Suo
Go home with your girlfriend.
[04:25] Taichi
She's not actually my girlfriend.
[04:28] Taichi
I was bluffing. I'm sorry.
[04:32] Suo
Grab.
[04:33] All
He's gonna go places...
SIGN He's gonna go places...
[04:40] Chihaya
Ow...
[04:43] Chihaya
His music's so loud, I can hear it
in the middle of a packed train.
[04:47] Chihaya
I'll never use earbuds.
[04:49] Chihaya
And if I ever need headphones,
I'll keep them at the minimum volume.
[04:52] Chihaya
My ears are my life.
[04:56] (Flashback) Suo
You're pretty, positive,
and you never lose heart.
[04:58] (Flashback) Suo
You have friends, and even a boyfriend.
[05:00] (Flashback) Suo
And you want to be Queen, too?
[05:03] (Flashback) Suo
You can't.
[05:05] Chihaya
What boyfriend?
[05:06] Suo
You can't.
[05:09] (Flashback) Suo
You can't.
[05:15] Chihaya
The Master...
[05:17] Chihaya
His game sense is extraordinary.
[05:20] Chihaya
He's a genius.
[05:25] Harada
Chihaya-chan? What brings
you here at this hour?
[05:29] Chihaya
Dr. Harada, I think I figured it out!
[05:34] Chihaya
Suo-san's weakness!
[05:54] Harada
Did you really feel that?
[05:57] Harada
But is that a weakness?
Considering it's Suo-kun...
[06:02] Harada
it could also be a strength.
[06:06] Harada
I'll take you home.
[06:09] Harada
I'm surprised Suo-kun played a
practice match with you, though.
[06:13] Harada
What's the world coming to?
[06:16] Harada
I hear he's been hanging
around Queen Wakamiya, too.
[06:18] Harada
You'd better stay alert.
[06:20] (Flashback) Suo
And you want to be Queen, too?
[06:26] Harada
Chihaya-chan.
[06:28] Harada
Don't tell anyone what
you just told me, okay?
[06:31] Chihaya
You don't think it would be helpful?
[06:34] Harada
For the time being...
[06:36] Harada
I want to make sure it only helps me!
[06:40] Chihaya
Goodnight, Dr. Harada!
[06:49] (Flashback) Suo
You can't.
SIGN Tsusaki Private
High School
[06:54] Teacher
Let's see... Wakamiya-san.
[06:56] Teacher
For now, you plan to move on
to Tsusaki University,
[07:00] Teacher
and for now, you'll be
studying the humanities.
[07:04] Teacher
Well, I'm sure you won't be
the Queen of karuta forever.
[07:07] Teacher
It wouldn't hurt to think about
what sort of career you'd like...
SIGN Interview Notes
[07:11] Teacher
But you come from a respectable family,
so I'm sure there's no need to worry.
[07:15] Girl
Oh, Wakamiya-san, you had your
interview today, right?
[07:18] Girl
The teacher isn't putting much
thought into these, is she?
[07:21] Girl
She just thinks we're all little rich girls.
[07:23] Girl
But you've got it good, Wakamiya-san.
You're the Queen of karuta!
[07:27] Girl
I heard they're not broadcasting
this year's match on TV.
[07:30] Girl
Too bad. Not that I ever watched it.
[07:32] Girl
I don't know much about it,
but I'll be rooting for you!
[07:35] Shinobu
I couldn't enter any fall tournaments
because I always had a cold.
[07:39] Shinobu
I haven't had enough practice
in actual matches.
[07:43] Shinobu
The challenger in the Queen match
is Inokuma Haruka, grade 6,
[07:47] Shinobu
a former Queen who defended
her title several times.
[07:50] Shinobu
I met her once.
[07:52] Shinobu
The air she had about her wasn't normal.
[07:54] Shinobu
It was so easy to make the
assumption that she was good.
SIGN Grr
[08:02] Shinobu
I haven't been up to par since
I lost to Arata in the summer.
[08:06] Shinobu
And then Arata went on to lose
in the challenger playoff...
SIGN That smiling four-eyes is pathetic
SIGN Snowhime is here!!
[08:13] Shinobu
Fujioka's kimono shop has
Japanese-style Snowmaru goods!
[08:16] Shinobu
I want!
[08:17] Shinobu
Money pouches! Folding fans! Sachets!
SIGN Snownokomachi
[08:19] (Flashback) Mom
Only two Snowmaru purchases per month!
[08:22] (Flashback) Mom
You've gotta stop buying
all these silly things!
SIGN You're not even making your own money!
SIGN Mom doesn't
make that
much money,
either
[08:28] Shinobu
Well, if I lose the Queen match,
[08:31] Shinobu
I'll have nothing left.
[08:38] Nishida
Oh, come on...
[08:40] Nishida
She's been doing so well over the fall,
and now she's in a slump?
[08:44] Nishida
She's not concentrating.
[08:47] Nishida
It's about to get dark,
so let's call it a day.
[08:49] Nishida
Start cleaning up.
SIGN Competitive
Karuta Club
New members always welcome!
[08:52] Kanade
Chihaya-chan, are you heading
to the Shiranami Society now?
[08:56] Chihaya
Yeah, to play some matches with Dr. Harada.
[09:00] Kanade
Are you doing the same, President Mashima?
[09:02] Taichi
Huh? Uh, no...
[09:04] Taichi
I'm...
[09:10] Chihaya
Hey, Taichi...
[09:11] Chihaya
How did playing against
Suo-san feel to you?
[09:14] Taichi
Huh? I guess it felt...
[09:18] Taichi
like a struggle.
[09:22] Taichi
In the seven minutes we spent
walking to the station...
[09:27] (Flashback) Suo
There are only four outcomes in karuta, right?
[09:31] Taichi
The four outcomes...
[09:33] Taichi
You take cards, your opponent takes cards,
[09:37] Taichi
you make mistakes, or your
opponent makes mistakes.
[09:42] Taichi
Dr. Harada uses some tricky techniques,
[09:44] Taichi
but his offensive karuta means his style
is to be the one taking cards.
[09:48] Taichi
That's the same for most players.
[09:51] Taichi
Chihaya and Arata, too.
[09:55] (Flashback) Suo
You had zero faults today.
[09:59] (Flashback) Suo
You...
[10:00] (Flashback) Suo
give me a bad feeling.
[10:05] Taichi
Making your opponent mess up...
[10:08] Taichi
There's a style which focuses on that alone,
[10:11] Taichi
and there's a part of me that finds it appealing.
[10:17] Nishida
People!
[10:18] Nishida
Karuta is important, but there's more
important stuff we need to think about now!
SIGN December 24th
Tsukuba
Household
[10:28] Mom
Sorry, there's not very much space.
[10:30] Sumire
There's lots of space!
And there are lots of people!
[10:32] Sumire
Tsukuba's mom is gorgeous!
[10:35] Sumire
Hey, little brothers! Let's eat!
[10:38] Sumire
Come on down!
[10:39] Bro
No!
[10:40] Bro
This year, we're waiting up here
until Santa comes!
[10:43] Bro
We're not going to sleep until
he gives us our presents in person!
[10:47] Sumire
The three little brothers
are in their room.
[10:49] Sumire
Just as planned.
SIGN Roger.
SIGN MCS... Mizusawa Claus Squad
SIGN MCS Team A, follow the script...
SIGN and climb up!
[10:58] Bro
Do you think he'll come?
[11:01] Bro
I know he will.
[11:02] Bro
But the ogre was totally Dad.
[11:04] Bro
If Santa doesn't come...
[11:10] Chihaya
Merry Chri—
[11:16] Bro
Someone's here!
[11:17] Bro
It's Santa!
[11:18] Bro
I'm scared!
[11:19] Nishida
What? Santa's here?
[11:21] Kanade
That's wonderful!
[11:22] Tsukuba
Why did you run away?
[11:24] Bro
Huh?
[11:25] Tsukuba
Go on, get back in there.
[11:27] Tsukuba
He might have something for you.
[11:29] Bro
O-Okay...
[11:30] Tsukuba
Go on.
[11:38] Bro
A tiny music player...
[11:40] Bro
A CD of Igarashi-san's reading...
[11:42] Bro
New karuta cards...
[11:45] Bro
Thanks, Santa-san!
[11:48] Bro
Sorry we ran away! Come on back!
[11:51] Bro
There's one for you too, bro!
SIGN To Akihiro-kun, who loves his brothers From Santa
SIGN Protect Your Knees Supporter DX
SIGN To Akihiro-kun, who loves his brothers From Santa
[11:59] Bro
This is awesome, guys!
[12:01] Bro
If we put Igarashi-san's reading
on this player and randomize it,
[12:04] Bro
we won't have to take
turns reading anymore!
[12:07] Bro
We can practice two-on-two at home!
[12:10] Bro
We're gonna get so much better!
[12:13] Bro
We'll see him next year for sure!
[12:14] Tsukuba
Next year, too?!
[12:15] Bro
You were eating chicken!
[12:17] Bro
I want chicken, too!
[12:18] Bro
I'm hungry!
[12:20] Tsukuba
Thank you, Santa-san.
SIGN You okay, Ayase? We actually pulled it of—
SIGN Sob Sob Sob Sob Sob Sob Sob
SIGN Stop crying, Ayase.
[12:37] Chihaya
But...
[12:38] Chihaya
The makeup tricks my sister
used to make me look fat
SIGN MCS Script
SIGN I put in blue colored contacts and even used white mascara on my eyelashes...
[12:41] Chihaya
and the script you wrote that I actually
memorized were made useless in one second!
SIGN No, that actually went great.
SIGN If Porky had done it, they would've known instantly.
SIGN You were the one least likely to dress as Santa, which is why it worked.
[12:53] Chihaya
I actually memorized all of Santa's lines!
SIGN Y'know, since you have such sharp hearing, your pronunciation sounded almost native!
[13:00] Chihaya
You don't feel disappointed at all?!
[13:02] Chihaya
You wrote out the entire scene,
right up to the tearful goodbye!
SIGN The Heisei literary master...
SIGN Uh, yeah, I guess...
SIGN But...
SIGN They were really happy.
SIGN And Tsukuba's little brothers are basically our little brothers.
SIGN Anyway, you look scary, so could you lose the makeup now?
[13:21] Chihaya
Oh... Yeah.
SIGN She even stuffed her nostrils?!
SIGN Ayase, you know...
SIGN At Christmas last year, we all had our own class parties, right?
SIGN That was fun too,
SIGN but since I didn't have many friends, I realize even more now...
SIGN that for me,
SIGN spending it with everyone is like a dream.
[13:45] (Flashback) Tsutomu
They say the people you
wish were there with you
[13:49] (Flashback) Tsutomu
are your family.
[13:51] (Flashback) Tsutomu
How long you've known each other
and how close you are don't matter.
SIGN Ayase, look!
[13:58] Nishida
Tsukuba's mom is amazing!
[14:00] Nishida
I thought this was gelatin,
but it's agar jelly noodles!
[14:02] Chihaya
Guys...
[14:03] Chihaya
Who wants to go see
the Master and Queen matches?
[14:07] Tsukuba
H-Huh?
[14:08] Kanade
If we can be back the same day.
[14:12] Chihaya
Sure! Let's save our New Year's money
so we can make it a day trip!
[14:16] Chihaya
Arata...
[14:18] Chihaya
Arata...
[14:21] Chihaya
Arata...
[14:25] Shinobu
I'm a bit off.
[14:27] Shinobu
Be more...
[14:28] Shinobu
more precise!
[14:32] Maid
Shinobu-san is even
practicing on Christmas?
[14:35] Mom
Don't say anything to her.
[14:36] Mom
And don't serve cake after
dinner or anything.
[14:40] Mom
It'll just make her feel even sadder.
[14:42] Maid
Yes, of course.
[14:45] Shinobu
I'm not sad, though.
[14:47] Shinobu
I don't know why, but Mom doesn't*
really feel like family to me.
[14:52] Shinobu
Yeah, it looks best when the princesses
on platforms are side by side.
[14:56] Shinobu
Gotta be careful when I take them.
[14:58] Shinobu
When I practice aiming for corners,
I can go a lot harder on the monks.
[15:04] Shinobu
The karuta cards feel a lot more
like family to me.
[15:08] Shinobu
The cards are my only family.
[15:15] Shinobu
Welcome home.
[15:17] Grandma
You've been doing this for
a long time now. Why?
[15:22] Shinobu
I'm sorry. I'll clean up right away.
[15:25] Grandma
It's all right.
[15:26] Grandma
It's nearly time to replace
the tatami mats, anyway.
[15:28] Shinobu
Thank you.
[15:35] Shinobu
What I'm doing is...
[15:37] Shinobu
I need to be able to take
cards from anywhere,
[15:39] Shinobu
but this is practice for taking cards
[15:41] Shinobu
that are the farthest away on the playing field
by covering the shortest possible distance.
[15:46] Shinobu
I've had trouble with that lately.
[15:50] Mom
Sh-Shinobu!
[15:51] Mom
You're playing karuta in the reception
room again! I told you not to!
SIGN Bit late for that
[15:54] Mom
Do that in your own room!
[15:56] Shinobu
I don't like playing on carpet.
[15:57] Mom
That doesn't mean you can't!
[15:59] Grandma
The shortest possible distance?
[16:03] Grandma
You mean this?
[16:08] Grandma
I've already ordered your kimono for
the next match from Hidakaya-san.
[16:13] Grandma
Oh...
[16:15] Grandma
We received dried persimmons from
Yamanashi. Shall we have some?
SIGN Dried persimmons on Christmas?
[16:20] Shinobu
I-I'll have some.
[16:21] Grandma
Also, that hairdo looks quite strange.
SIGN Such refined taste...
SIGN January 10th
SIGN Shiga Prefecture: Omi Jingu
[16:31] Chihaya
I'm so tired!
[16:32] Chihaya
Even the earliest train
barely got here in time!
[16:34] Nishida
Dr. Harada's staying at the
Lake Biwa Hotel, right?
[16:37] Nishida
He's lucky!
SIGN Be the challenger, and you can stay there too!
[16:42] Chihaya
The players are about to
do their pre-game prayer!
[16:48] Taichi
His hair's gotten longer!
[16:50] Chihaya
The facial hair, too!
[16:55] Nishida
She's thin this year!
SIGN And her hair's weird!
[16:57] Kanade
Why is she wearing long sleeves with
hand-painted Yuzen silk to play karuta?!
SIGN 57th Queen Match
SIGN Ogura Hundred Poets Karuta
Master and Queen Matches
[17:09] Nishida
I got us seats! Really good ones!
[17:11] Nishida
This way!
[17:12] Kanade
We can't!
[17:13] Kanade
We're young and inexperienced,
[17:15] Kanade
so we should watch it on
the TV in the first floor hall.
[17:17] Chihaya
Huh?!
[17:19] Kanade
Oh... You can stay, Chihaya-chan.
[17:21] Kanade
You're representing the Shiranami cheer squad.
[17:24] Chihaya
Th-Thank goodness...
[17:26] Chihaya
I brought my best outfit today.
[17:27] Kanade
Your best outfit?
[17:29] Chihaya
A handkerchief autographed by Daddy Bear,
for when Dr. Harada wins!
[17:34] Kanade
A-Autographed?
[17:36] Chihaya
He had a signing event! Only the
first 50 people to apply got in!
[17:39] Nishida
Don't say anything, Kana-chan.
[17:40] Nishida
That's a bog too deep to wade into.
SIGN 57th Queen Match
SIGN Ogura Hundred Poets Karuta
Master and Queen Matches
SIGN 59th Master Match
[17:43] Nishida
It's a bit different from the way
it looked on TV last year, though.
SIGN Yeah, since there's no TV broadcast this year,
SIGN they apparently changed the setup.
[17:52] Tsukuba
How could they stop the live broadcast
of the biggest event in karuta?!
[17:55] Tsukuba
Is karuta on the decline?!
[17:57] Tsukuba
It can't decline! It can't decline!
[17:58] Sumire
Tsukuba, be quiet.
SIGN I don't think that's why.
SIGN It's not just the Master and Queen matches.
SIGN A lot of the other major tournaments have been streamed online lately,
SIGN Competitive Karuta
59th Master Match
57th Queen Match
The event will begin soon. Please wait.
SIGN Starting yet? I'm naked and ready Can't wait Good morning
SIGN and that's drawn increased attention to the sport overall.
SIGN The number of viewers has skyrocketed, too.
SIGN The times are changing.
[18:17] Kitano
Hah!
[18:17] Kitano
And the Master of that age is
gonna be either Suo or Harada?
[18:20] Kitano
What a joke! It's unbelievable!
[18:23] Kitano
Especially Harada! Unbelievable!
[18:25] Kanade
Did something happen with
Coach Kitano again?
[18:25] Kitano
Unbelievable! Absolutely unbelievable!
[18:27] Nishida
He's bitter because he didn't get a
New Year's card from Dr. Harada.
[18:29] Kitano
I can't believe that Harada!
[18:34] Chihaya
Arata...
[18:36] Chihaya
That's weird. There's no way he'd miss this.
[19:00] Arata
Yeah... hello?
[19:02] Chihaya
Arata?! You're sick?!
[19:05] Arata
Oh... Chihaya. It's not that seri—
[19:10] Arata
I've been at my uncle's house
in Kyoto since yesterday.
[19:15] Arata
I was gonna go to Omi Jingu from here,
[19:17] Arata
but I woke up with a fever...
[19:20] Chihaya
W-Well, take care...
[19:22] Arata
Y-Yeah. I'll be watching online.
[19:34] (Flashback) Arata
I love you.
[19:40] Guy
Everyone, please take your seats.
[19:42] Guy
The competitors will be entering shortly.
[19:44] Chihaya
Oh! I need to turn off my phone!
[19:46] Chihaya
Power off, power off...
[19:59] Chihaya
Ever since he told me he loved me,
[20:01] Chihaya
my stomach and fingers feel warm
all the time. It's just weird.
[20:05] Chihaya
Arata's making me all weird.
[20:09] Chihaya
If I see him, my whole body might catch fire.
[20:18] Guy
It's Dr. Harada!
[20:19] Lady
He really makes an impression.
[20:21] Guy
He's a challenger, but he looks like
he's defending his title for the tenth time!
[20:25] Chihaya
Dr. Harada!
SIGN His aura's intense Damn lolol He looks crazy strong lol He's basically already won lol Way too much impact Looks like a sure bet to win! Ooooh! Whoooaaa Expectations rising He's definitely strong The confidence of the strong That presence though ...he's a challenger? lol He already has the air of a Master
[20:27] Arata
Dr. Harada's looking strong.
[20:29] Arata
I'm glad.
[20:31] Arata
All this text is making it hard to see...
[20:36] Lady
There's the Queen!
[20:37] Guy
Will this be her third year?
[20:39] Guy
Inokuma-san looks serious, too!
[20:42] Chihaya
Shinobu-chan and Inokuma-san!
SIGN Cute is justice Such a pretty mom Good luck, Mamakuma! That goofy hair lolol They look great in kimono Her hair lolololololololol Oooooooooooh! Cute! I'll be her fan
[20:46] Arata
A-Are online streams really this relaxed?
SIGN Not that surprising...
Not sure what kind of comment to make...
Doesn't look trustworthy...
Looks tough
Hmm...
Uhhh...
Not sure...
Wha
[21:14] Chihaya
My first time at Omi Jingu in the winter...
[21:17] Chihaya
It looks completely different
than in the summer.
SIGN 57th Queen Match
SIGN Ogura Hundred Poets Karuta
Master and Queen Matches
SIGN 59th Master Match
[21:20] Chihaya
The Master and Queen matches
[21:23] Chihaya
set the holy land of karuta on fire
for this one midwinter day.
E17 - As my sleeves are wet with dew
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SIGN Chihayafuru 3
SIGN Chihayafuru 3
SIGN Verse 17
SIGN As my
sleeves
are wet
with
dew
[01:12] Guy
We will now begin the 59th Master
and 57th Queen matches.
[01:18] Guy
First, you will draw sides.
[01:20] Guy
For the Master match,
these two envelopes contain
[01:23] Guy
"The fall paddy shacks"
and "May the scarlet."
SIGN Emperor Tenji The fall paddy shacks have rough thatching as my sleeves are wet with dew
SIGN Minister of the Right Sanjo May the scarlet kadsuras of Mount Afusaka live up to their name and allow us this secret rendezvous
[01:26] Guy
You will add the card you
draw to your layout.
[01:29] Guy
In the second match, you will switch.
SIGN Minister of the Right Sanjo May the scarlet kadsuras of Mount Afusaka live up to their name and allow us this secret rendezvous
SIGN Emperor Tenji The fall paddy shacks have rough thatching as my sleeves are wet with dew
[01:36] Chihaya
Why do they use those two cards?
[01:38] Taichi
Well, because...
[01:39] Kanade
I can understand "The fall paddy shacks,"
[01:42] Kanade
since Emperor Tenji wrote it and
he's enshrined at Omi Jingu.
[01:45] Nishida
Yeah, and "May the scarlet..."
[01:46] Nishida
The first characters in its first and second
verse form "meijin," the word for "Master."
SIGN Mei
SIGN Jin
SIGN Master
[01:52] Chihaya
That's a good omen!
[01:54] Kitano
It's just some silly wordplay!
[01:56] Chihaya
Then what do they use in
the Queen match?
SIGN Councilor Sei
SIGN Lady Murasaki
SIGN Ohhhh! Ahh, right Makes sense now Okay! That's easy to understand I get it Uh-huh, uh-huh Ooooh Huh Rival female poets I get it!! Even an amateur can understand that! Got it Feels like a rivalry Ooh Two ladies who shine bright in literary history That makes sense
[02:03] Arata
It's hard to see what's going on,
but this is kinda fun in its own way.
[02:12] Sumire
But why is Queen Wakamiya-san
wearing her hair like that?
[02:15] Sumire
It's so out of place.
[02:16] Chihaya
What are you talking about, Sumire-chan?!
[02:19] Chihaya
That's the hairstyle of Snowmaru's girlfriend,
Snowhime! She's the hottest thing right now!
SIGN Maybe I'll try it, too
[02:23] Chihaya
Shinobu-chan's so stylish!
[02:26] Judge
Please lay out your cards.
SIGN Of course, her pouch is also a new release
[02:29] Chihaya
Shinobu-chan is serious.
[02:32] Chihaya
She really means to defend her title.
[02:35] Shinobu
This is heavy.
[02:37] Shinobu
Can I really take cards with
these sleeves weighing me down?
[02:41] Shinobu
But...
[02:43] Shinobu
Grandma chose it for me.
[02:55] Shinobu
Her face is so calm and gentle...
[02:59] Guy
Inokuma-san certainly looks like
she belongs here.
[03:02] Guy
There's a dignity to her, whereas
Wakamiya-san looks a bit out of place.
[03:07] Guy
Of course...
[03:08] Guy
The same could be said about
the Master match, too.
[03:11] Guy
What? Where's the Master?
[03:14] Guy
Where's Suo-kun?
[03:17] Chihaya
I'm going to the restroom.
[03:18] Taichi
You should've gone before
memorization time started.
[03:20] Chihaya
Sorry. I'm just nervous.
[03:26] Suo
What? You don't know how?
[03:28] Suo
But you at least know how to
use a computer, don't you?
[03:31] Suo
Go next door and ask Mr. Imamichi-san to...
[03:36] Suo
What? He's at the New Year's bonfire?
[03:37] Guy
Two minutes of memorization time remaining.
[03:39] Suo
Forget it.
[03:45] Suo
You...
[03:47] Chihaya
What's he thinking? Talking on the
phone during memorization time?
[03:50] Chihaya
I hate this!
[03:52] Chihaya
Dr. Harada's taking it
so seriously, and he...
[03:54] Chihaya
I hate this!
[03:56] Chihaya
I hate that someone like him is the Master!
[03:59] (Flashback) Suo
And you want to be Queen, too?
[04:01] (Flashback) Suo
You can't.
[04:04] (Flashback) Suo
After I win my fifth consecutive title,
I'm going to retire.
[04:08] Chihaya
If Dr. Harada wins, or even if he loses,
[04:11] Chihaya
Suo-san will retire.
[04:13] Chihaya
I'm glad.
[04:16] Chihaya
I'm glad...
[04:19] Chihaya
I'm... glad?
[04:22] Chihaya
I hate that I'm having these thoughts
at Omi Jingu, of all places.
[04:28] Chihaya
I hate it!
[04:31] Chihaya
Oh... Hiroshi-san...
[04:33] Sakura
Oh?
[04:34] Sakura
You're here, Ayase-san?
[04:36] Chihaya
Coach Sakurazawa!
[04:37] Sudo
Out of the way!
[04:45] Chihaya
They're this year's card boys and card girls!
SIGN What's that about? Coach! What are they doing? Those are some big cards... Teammates? This year's card boys and card girls They set up the cards there, too? Sakurazawa-san's a card girl! Someone explain what's happening
SIGN Large cards with the unique syllables on them are set up on display boards to make it easier for the audience to follow what's happening in the match. They're added, removed, and relocated as the match plays out. Friends or younger members of the competitors' karuta societies are usually asked to do it.
SIGN That makes sense Nice of you to explain it Thanks Long comment, wtg I see! Thanks for the clear explanation or younger members of the competitors' karuta societies are usually asked to do it. Are you a karuta player? Thanks!! That helps a lot! Now I can follow the match! I can see the card layouts... Thanks!
SIGN Kinda happy
[05:06] Chihaya
Tsuboguchi-san is handling
Dr. Harada's cards,
[05:09] Chihaya
and Sudo-san's doing the Master's.
[05:10] Chihaya
Coach Sakurazawa has Inokuma-san's cards,
[05:12] Chihaya
and Shinobu-chan's cards are...
[05:15] Chihaya
Who is that?
SIGN Yesterday, pre-match party
[05:18] Ise
If you haven't asked anyone
to be your card girl yet,
[05:22] Ise
mind if I have someone from
the Myojo Society do it?
SIGN Kyoto Myojo Society Yuikawa Momo, Grade 4
[05:25] Momo
Coach Ise said this was one
way to gain experience,
[05:28] Momo
but instead of Wakamiya-san...
[05:30] Momo
I wanted to handle grade 6 Inokuma's cards!
[05:32] Momo
And I can't believe grade 6
Sakurazawa is so close to me!
[05:35] Momo
Two people I admire so much!
[05:37] Momo
My favorite match between the two of them
was the 49th Queen match.
SIGN Not a poetry nerd or even a karuta nerd
A karuta player nerd
[05:42] Momo
After Sakurazawa-san won the first round,
the second round went to Inokuma-san...
[05:45] Momo
Oh, yeah. She was Chihara-san at the time.
[05:47] Momo
She started with a semi-double fault,
[05:48] Momo
but bounced back and took five in a row,
starting with "Impassionate"!
[05:51] Momo
Sakurazawa couldn't keep up with the way
she took cards, so the gap widened,
[05:55] Momo
and then she committed a semi-double fault, too!
[05:56] Momo
Just when I thought it was over, she—
[05:58] Sakura
Hurry up with those cards, Yuikawa-san.
[06:00] Momo
O-Of course, Sakurazawa-san!
[06:02] Chihaya
If I...
[06:04] Chihaya
If I were the challenger,
who would I ask to do that?
SIGN Leave it to me!
[06:07] Chihaya
Kana-chan?
[06:08] Chihaya
Sumire-chan?
[06:10] Chihaya
Could I pick a boy?
SIGN Yeah!
SIGN I'll do it!
SIGN Too small!
[06:11] Chihaya
Porky, Desktomu, Tsukuba-kun...
[06:16] Chihaya
Taichi?
[06:19] Chihaya
Taichi might be in the Master match, though.
[06:33] Chihaya
It's my dream... my wish.
[06:36] Chihaya
This place...
SIGN First Match Reader Komine Kazumitsu, Grade 8
[06:38] Guy
Time's up. We will now begin.
[06:41] Sumire
He's tiny!
[06:42] Tsukuba
Are we sure he's not sitting down?
[06:45] Tsukuba
Isn't the box too high for him?
SIGN Anxious
SIGN Anxious
[06:48] [POEM] Komine
Naniwa Bay, now the flower
blooms, but for winter
[06:56] Kanade
Certified reader Komine, grade 8.
[06:56] [POEM] Komine
Here comes spring, now the flower blooms
[06:58] Kanade
With his beautiful voice that no one
would expect from such a tiny body
[07:01] Kanade
and his expansive resonance,
[07:02] Kanade
he's likened to a luxury line of speakers
from a famous audio brand
[07:06] Kanade
and known to some as "Everest Komine"!
[07:06] [POEM] Komine
Here comes spring, now the flower blooms
[07:08] Sumire
He's so tiny, and they call him Everest?!
[07:16] [POEM] Komine
While the autumn leaves...
[07:17] Harada
Yes!
[07:20] Chihaya
I hope what we see here
[07:22] Chihaya
is the best karuta possible.
SIGN Geh!
SIGN Gaaaaaaaahhhhh Daaaamn What the heck lololol That's so wild Whoooooaaaaa they're faaaaaaaast Wow I can't see it Let's see it in slow-mo What the heck lol They're too fast What happened??? Fwoooo!!!! They're not human lolol I need a slow-mo replay lol Holy cow
[07:28] Chihaya
Only the best!
[07:34] Taichi
None...
[07:36] Sudo
It's the Master match, and yet...
[07:39] Taichi
He has no desire to win.
[07:42] Uozumi
Once again this year,
[07:43] Uozumi
the pinnacle of competitive karuta,
the Master and Queen matches, have begun.
[07:47] Uozumi
Our commentator for the first match
won thirteen titles over her storied career.
[07:52] Uozumi
She is Eternal Queen Watarai Tomoe.
[07:55] Watarai
I thought it was twelve times...
[07:57] Uozumi
It was thirteen.
[07:58] Nishida
The notoriously airheaded Watarai-san!
SIGN Have there ever been any Queens in karuta who weren't airheads?
[08:04] Nishida
Yeah, but nearly all of the ones who defended
their title lots of times have been oddballs.
[08:08] Nishida
Watarai-san in particular
is the king of airheads!
[08:10] Watarai
Oh! Twelve was the record for
consecutive rounds won in Queen matches!
[08:14] Uozumi
That record was actually twenty matches.
[08:17] Uozumi
With all the records you hold,
what would you say we should watch for
[08:20] Uozumi
in this year's Queen match?
SIGN Oddball She's a ditz? Dude lolol Speed lol We know The airhead's good Watarai-san lololol lolololol Speed lolol lolol Can't take your eyes off of Watarai-san lolol We know that Watarai-san lolol lololololololol No kidding lolololololololololol
[08:23] Watarai
The thing to watch will be their speed!
[08:26] Nishida
She sent them flying with
those huge sleeves!
[08:29] Kanade
Seriously, why is she wearing that?!
[08:31] Chihaya
But her fingers went straight
to the right card.
SIGN I'm gonna have to put all
these back every time...
[08:34] Chihaya
She's the same old Shinobu-chan.
[08:42] [POEM] Komine
May I live to see...
[08:44] Watarai
See? That speed!
[08:45] Watarai
That's Haruka-chan for you!
[08:47] Lady
Watarai-san, that was...
[08:49] Watarai
It was just as you saw.
[08:51] Watarai
Or rather, it was as you heard.
[08:53] Watarai
She can distinguish "May I see" from
"May I live" on the "I" sound!
[08:58] Uozumi
With good game sense and accurate hearing,
[09:01] Uozumi
Inokuma, grade 6, has won
the Queen title four times.
[09:04] Uozumi
You wouldn't know she's been away
from the game for years.
[09:09] Shinobu
I heard the rumors,
[09:11] Shinobu
but she really isn't moving
her cards together.
[09:14] Shinobu
Never seen anyone like that.
[09:16] [POEM] Komine
In the sleepy...
[09:18] Watarai
If accuracy and speed of movement
are Shinobu-chan's guardian spirits...
[09:22] Uozumi
Guardian spirits? Do you
mean guardian deities?
[09:24] Watarai
Then the sense to distinguish
sounds faster than anyone else
[09:27] Watarai
is Haruka-chan's guardian... deity?
[09:30] Watarai
And they both play defensive karuta
with a focus on their own side.
[09:33] Shinobu
Huh...
[09:34] Watarai
The goddess of victory won't know how to
call this match until the very last card.
[09:40] Shinobu
Interesting.
[09:42] Guy
There's the Queen's smile!
[09:43] Guy
There it is!
[09:44] Guy
There it is!
[09:45] Guy
Scary... But...
SIGN Press
[09:47] All
This is how the Queen match should be.
SIGN I can't!!!! They're beyond human Hurry up Too fast lolol
What the heck? Can't can't can't can't can't can't can't lolololol
Can't see lolol Godly skills!! Can't(lol) see(lol) any(lol) thing(lololol)
Damn lol Slow-mo now, please
We need a slow-motion replay
[09:50] Sumire
No way!
[09:51] Sumire
No matter how hard I try, I don't think
I'll ever be able to compete with them!
[09:59] Sumire
This isn't about how amazing
or impossible it is.
[10:02] Sumire
We're way past that stage.
[10:05] [POEM] Komine
The storm will soon...
[10:07] Uozumi
Inokuma-san took that one.
[10:08] Watarai
Only Haruka-chan could distinguish
between "The" sounds so quickly.
SIGN Here's the slow-mo They move too fast Thanks for the slow-mo, staff Thanks Thanks
Ooooooh The slow-mo makes it much easier to see Thanks Thank you
Incredible Way easier to see Wish we had constant slow-mo <--I feel ya lol
Whoa Slow-mo at last
[10:12] Uozumi
The Queen match is tied at 17 cards each.
[10:16] Arata
Are they only going to show the Queen match
for the entire first round?
[10:20] Arata
How's the Master match going?
[10:27] Arata
Dr. Harada...
SIGN ??????????????? What's up... Master lolol
Master? Fwah... What?
[10:33] Guy
What?
[10:34] Guy
What was the Master looking at?
[10:37] Harada
Even against me...
[10:39] [POEM] Komine
As the first frost...
SIGN I can no longer tell which chrysanthemums to pluck
[10:40] Harada
Is he trying to control the number
of cards we end up with?!
[10:42] Harada
That little brat!
[10:44] Hiroshi
It's 15 to 20... Dr. Harada's in the lead!
[10:47] Kitano
You have to play three matches at a minimum...
[10:49] Kitano
Your knees won't last if you
keep lunging like that!
[10:53] Kitano
But I guess just the fact that he made
it here means he can die happy...
[10:57] Kitano
Harada!
[10:59] Harada
No problem.
[11:01] Harada
My cushion today is a high-performance memory
foam cushion my wife gave me for Christmas!
[11:07] Harada
Do you have any idea how much trouble
I've caused her to get this far?
SIGN Oh?
You could tell?
[11:11] Harada
I'm going to play until I win, Suo-kun!
[11:19] Suo
This one might be...
[11:21] Suo
a little difficult.
[11:24] [POEM] Komine
None are left...
[11:26] [POEM] Komine
Since the dew atop the blades...
[11:31] Uozumi
It's back and forth between
Wakamiya and Inokuma.
[11:33] Uozumi
Neither is giving an inch.
[11:35] Uozumi
The crowd seems to be buzzing.
[11:37] Watarai
Do you know how they're able to play
such an evenly-matched game, Uotani-san?
[11:41] Uozumi
It's Uozumi.
[11:42] Uozumi
How is that, Watarai-san?
[11:44] Watarai
Because they're playing
karuta their own way.
[11:46] Uozumi
Huh?
[11:47] Watarai
Haruka-chan is more than just a challenger.
[11:50] Watarai
She's been Queen four times.
[11:54] Guy
I was sure Wakamiya would
have the advantage, but...
[11:57] Lady
There's no telling now.
[11:59] Watarai
It's said that the air at Omi Jingu
weakens challengers
[12:03] Watarai
and gives strength to the Master and Queen,
[12:07] Watarai
but look.
[12:08] Watarai
Which one has the eyes that say,
"I'm the Queen"?
SIGN Her eyes are huge!
Shinobu-chan's eyes look so intimidating!
Those intense eyes... Mommy!
Haruka-chan lol
[12:14] Sakura
They're both keeping a tight
defense on their own side.
[12:17] Sakura
The crucial point will be when one
of them goes for the other's side.
[12:20] Chihaya
I would go on the attack.
[12:22] Chihaya
But could I even do that?
[12:24] Chihaya
Inokuma-san's placement makes
her cards hard to take.
[12:28] [POEM] Komine
So spring nights...
[12:30] Guy
She attacked!
[12:30] Guy
She got one from Inokuma's side!
[12:32] [POEM] Komine
The sky may hold...
[12:34] Chihaya
Inokuma-san's defense has been
so strong. What happened?
[12:38] Chihaya
Shinobu-chan is farther
away, but she was faster.
[12:41] Sakura
In a match as close as this,
even a few centimeters matter.
[12:46] Sakura
They both listen closely and accelerate
their hands to take cards.
[12:50] Sakura
The hand that has farther to
travel can accelerate more.
[12:53] Sakura
Haruka-san is faster at taking cards
on her outside.
[12:57] Sakura
She loses the cards on her inside
to Wakamiya-san.
[13:02] Shinobu
Does her placement really
make cards harder to take?
[13:05] [POEM] Komine
As friends and strangers...
SIGN they all exchange hellos and goodbyes at the famous gates of Afusaka
[13:07] Shinobu
I just need to bring the monks home,
even if I get a little rough.
[13:10] Sakura
And...
[13:11] [POEM] Komine
Rain takes longer...
SIGN leaving a hovering mist above the trees and grass
[13:13] Sakura
No matter how much
Inokuma-san has practiced
[13:15] Sakura
to get closer to her personal prime,
[13:18] Sakura
nothing she can do will help her take a
one-syllable card from the young Queen.
[13:25] Haruka
She's fast.
[13:26] Haruka
Wakamiya-san really is good.
[13:28] Haruka
I can't get past her.
[13:30] Haruka
But...
[13:32] [POEM] Komine
Impassionate gods have never seen
SIGN the red that is the Tatsuta River
[13:36] Watarai
One of Inokuma-san's best cards!
[13:38] Watarai
And we saw her fist clench in victory!
[13:40] Shinobu
Seriously? This is pissing me off.
[13:42] Shinobu
There are too many players who
wig out over "Impassionate."
[13:50] Shinobu
Too many...
[13:53] Uozumi
As you said, Watarai-san,
[13:55] Uozumi
the goddess of victory couldn't
make a call until the very end.
[13:57] Uozumi
It's come down to luck of the draw.
[13:59] Uozumi
This is Wakamiya-san's first
luck-of-the-draw in an official match.
[14:04] Uozumi
How's this going to end?
Who will Lady Luck smile upon?
[14:07] Shinobu
"How will it end"?
[14:09] [POEM] Komine
Since I could not hide...
[14:11] Shinobu
There's no chance these cards...
[14:15] Shinobu
wouldn't choose me.
SIGN people would always ask if I was pining for someone
[14:17] Uozumi
The Queen wins the first match!
[14:19] Uozumi
But she was forced into a luck-of-the-draw.
[14:22] Uozumi
There's still no telling what'll
happen in the remaining matches.
[14:25] Chihaya
Shinobu-chan and Inokuma-san
both played well.
[14:28] Chihaya
How would I have played that match?
[14:30] Chihaya
How would I...
[14:33] Chihaya
What about Dr. Harada?
[14:34] Guy
Nasty!
[14:35] Guy
Nasty!
[14:36] Hiroshi
He's nasty! And stupid, too!
[14:38] Kitano
That idiot!
[14:40] Chihaya
No way...
[14:41] Chihaya
It's luck of the draw there, too?!
SIGN Look
SIGN May the scarlet
[14:46] [POEM] Komine
May the scarlet kadsuras
of Mount Afusaka...
[14:50] Uozumi
The Master match is also settled
with a luck-of-the-draw!
[14:53] Uozumi
But the winner here is the
challenger, Harada, grade 6.
[14:57] Uozumi
Master Suo's record of
consecutive wins ends at 12
[14:59] Uozumi
as his 57-year-old challenger
scores the first win!
[15:03] Suo
I expected no less.
[15:05] Suo
When you end up in a luck-of-the-draw,
[15:07] Suo
your card is always the one read.
[15:09] Harada
What are you trying to pull?
[15:15] Guy
Suo-kun's tasteless humor
just backfired on him.
[15:18] Guy
He was trying to end with the same card
differential as the Queen match,
[15:22] Guy
but who knew it would end
in a luck-of-the-draw?
[15:25] Guy
Even Suo-san can't predict which card
will be read in a luck-of-the-draw.
[15:29] Guy
I bet he never expected to lose, though.
[15:33] All
Serves him right!
[15:35] Sudo
No...
[15:37] Taichi
That's not it... Dr. Harada...
[15:41] Taichi
Dr. Harada, Suo-san...
[15:45] Suo
Nothing. When I realized
this might be the last time,
[15:49] Suo
I just wanted to sit here longer.
[15:52] Taichi
He's planning to control
even the number of wins
[15:54] Taichi
so he can drag this out to five matches!
[15:58] Guy
The second match will begin
after lunch, at 12:45 PM.
[16:04] Guy
Your numbered tickets will be...
SIGN Challenger
Harada Hideo's
Green Room
[16:07] Nishida
Check out Dr. Harada.
[16:09] Nishida
He's got so many people rooting for him.
[16:12] Chihaya
So where is he?
[16:13] Taichi
Recovering from his fatigue, as usual.
[16:18] Taichi
Want to talk to him?
[16:20] Chihaya
Nah, that's okay.
[16:22] Chihaya
I'm gonna check out somewhere else.
[16:24] Lady
What was it again?
SIGN Master
Suo Hisashi's
Green Room
[16:25] Lady
I think it was in Harajuku...
[16:27] Sudo
Suo-san's more popular than you'd think.
[16:30] Girl
Being around Suo-san means
sweets are always close by!
[16:33] Girl
You're nicer than people
think too, Sudo-kun.
[16:36] Girl
Card boy!
[16:37] Sudo
I am not!
[16:38] Sudo
I'll be here as the challenger next year!
[16:40] Suo
What? You got into the Nico stream,
but it kicked you out?
[16:44] Suo
There's a premium membership?
[16:47] Suo
Pre... P...
[16:50] Suo
Forget it.
SIGN Challenger
Inokuma Haruka's
Green Room
[16:51] Haruka
You know, Jin, we need to
start weaning you soon.
[16:55] Aki
Mommy, you have to win the next game!
[16:57] Aki
Eat a rice ball!
[16:59] Husband
Mommy sure is tough.
[17:01] Haruka
Oh, I need to change your diaper!
[17:03] Husband
I'll do that...
[17:04] Aki
Eat it! Eat it!
[17:07] Haruka
Thanks, Aki.
[17:13] Rion
Hello.
[17:14] Sakura
Rion? I thought you weren't going to come.
[17:17] Haruka
Rion-chan! You came all this way?
[17:20] Rion
Well, um...
[17:22] Rion
My grandma's reading at the Prince
Takamatsu Memorial Cup tomorrow, so...
SIGN She'll be doing some commentating, too
[17:26] Sakura
And you're playing?
[17:27] Haruka
Impressive! You've got a lot of drive.
[17:29] Rion
Oh, n-not really...
[17:31] Rion
I need to work hard, too.
[17:33] Sakura
If Makoto knew you were playing in
the Prince Takamatsu Memorial Cup,
[17:36] Sakura
I bet he'd be here, too.
[17:38] Rion
Huh?
[17:38] Haruka
Oh, I doubt that.
[17:40] Haruka
He has his center exam next week.
[17:43] Rion
I didn't tell anyone I was coming here
for the Prince Takamatsu Memorial Cup.
[17:47] Rion
I just stopped by on the way...
[17:48] Rion
But you were amazing, Haruka-san!
[17:51] Rion
The first match was great,
and I'm sure the second...
[17:54] Haruka
Rion-chan.
[17:57] Haruka
Watch me, okay?
[18:00] Haruka
Watch closely.
[18:03] Haruka
Because this will probably be
my last Queen match.
SIGN Queen
Wakamiya Shinobu's
Green Room
[18:15] Mom
I know it's nothing new,
[18:18] Mom
but it sure is quiet in h—
[18:22] Shinobu
That was so interesting...
[18:24] Shinobu
So interesting...
[18:26] Shinobu
Even that weird placement...
[18:29] Shinobu
Next time, I'll do this.
[18:30] Mom
Don't swing when you're holding chopsticks!
[18:31] Shinobu
I'll bring them home this way.
[18:34] Shinobu
That placement may be
incomprehensible to most,
[18:36] Shinobu
but it's interesting.
[18:38] Shinobu
It's a chance to see just how
connected I am to the cards.
[18:43] Shinobu
She's interesting... and strong.
[18:46] Shinobu
And fun!
[18:49] Mom
Oh, look! What did I tell you?
[18:51] Mom
Stop doing swings with
those long sleeves on!
[18:54] Shinobu
I'm sorry.
[18:57] Mom
A kimono with long sleeves...
[18:59] Mom
Mom really doesn't understand
karuta at all.
[19:02] Shinobu
I hope that doesn't stain.
[19:04] Shinobu
I'll have to talk to the maker later...
[19:06] Mom
And you were awfully obedient
about wearing it.
[19:09] Shinobu
It doesn't bother me.
[19:10] Shinobu
I'm good, anyway.
[19:12] Mom
And you need to be.
[19:14] Mom
Hidakaya-san is watching, you know.
[19:16] Mom
The Kyoto Textile Association that
Hidakaya-san is the chairman of
[19:19] Mom
is one of Mom's valuable constituents.
[19:23] Shinobu
What?
[19:24] Mom
What's that look for?
[19:26] Mom
You know she wouldn't buy her granddaughter
a fancy kimono like that just to show support.
[19:31] Mom
She's a politician, and you're
an attractive advertisement.
[19:43] Chihaya
Excuse me.
[19:45] Mom
Who might you be?
[19:47] Chihaya
Oh, I'm here...
[19:48] Chihaya
as support for Shinobu-chan,
sort of. I brought a gift.
[19:52] Shinobu
Chihaya, sit!
[19:53] Mom
"Chihaya"?
[19:54] Chihaya
Uh... Th-Thanks.
[19:56] Shinobu
You came all the way from Tokyo?
Must have a lot of time on your hands.
SIGN Here
[19:59] Chihaya
Dr. Harada is my karuta coach.
[20:02] Shinobu
Shouldn't you be giving
him your support, then?!
[20:04] Chihaya
Huh? But I couldn't help it!
[20:06] Chihaya
Dr. Harada has my total support,
[20:08] Chihaya
but you and Inokuma-san are both my rivals!
[20:12] Shinobu
Huh?
[20:13] Chihaya
You couldn't even win the East Japan qualifier,
and you call yourself my rival?
[20:14] Mom
Is she a friend?
[20:16] Mom
Shinobu's actually talking to her
without saying anything mean.
[20:16] Chihaya
So, what? You don't want
any Snowmaru dorayaki?
[20:19] Shinobu
I do!
[20:20] Shinobu
I'm having one!
[20:24] (Flashback) Chihaya
Let's play karuta again!
[20:26] (Flashback) Shinobu
When?
[20:29] (Flashback) Chihaya
The Queen match!
[20:31] Chihaya
I wanted to win and come
here as the challenger,
[20:34] Chihaya
but the East Japan qualifier was
on the same day as my class trip.
[20:40] Chihaya
Oh, also, my friend and I were talking...
[20:44] Chihaya
It might be easier to
play if you use tasuki.
[20:47] Mom
Tasuki?
[20:48] Mom
She has long sleeves.
That would look sloppy.
SIGN We don't have tasuki, anyway
[20:52] Chihaya
But...
[20:53] Shinobu
A class trip?
[21:03] Guy
It's time.
[21:05] Guy
Competitors, please assemble
in the Urayasu room.
[21:15] Mom
Honestly, that girl!
What a terrible attitude!
[21:18] Mom
But she does have a match
to play. Forgive her.
E18 - The storm will soon carry me
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[00:01] TV
...Airport saw a rush of...
SIGN A Rush of Travelers Returning Home After the Long Holiday
[00:03] TV
...by the minute...
SIGN New Year's Documentary 2-hour Special
SIGN Sun Flares and Auroras Seen from the South Pole
SIGN Kamakura Strolling Without a Plan
SIGN In search of the famous Komachi Street shop with the legendary rice balls
[00:04] TV
The most popular...
[00:05] TV
...is our first guest of the new year!
[00:07] TV
Happy New Year!
[00:07] Grandma
Hasn't the broadcast started yet?
[00:09] TV
Thanks for having us! We're—
SIGN Chihayafuru 3
SIGN Chihayafuru 3
SIGN Verse 18
SIGN The storm
will soon
carry me
[01:23] Uozumi
Both players continue to take cards
with agility in the second match.
[01:27] Uozumi
Our commentator is the head of
the Kyoto Myojo Society, Coach Ise.
SIGN Classy Like Ise lobster? Is he good at karuta? Crap, he's kind of my type But Watarai-san was so funny
SIGN I feel at ease with him
[01:32] Uozumi
So the Queen reached Class A
when she was in the Myojo Society?
[01:35] Ise
Yes, City Councilwoman Wakamiya
brought her to us,
[01:40] Ise
and she was always a bit special.
[01:42] (Flashback) Guy
She's good!
[01:43] (Flashback) Guy
A ten-year-old kid won in Class B?!
[01:45] (Flashback) Guy
She's the youngest Class A player in history!
[01:47] (Flashback) Grandma
Coach Ise told me that you reached Class A?
[01:51] (Flashback) Mom
It's true! That's an incredible
achievement in the world of karuta!
[01:56] (Flashback) Grandma
It seems you had a knack for it. Good for you.
[02:00] Shinobu
There's never been any warmth
in anything my grandma said.
[02:04] (Flashback) Mom
You're an attractive advertisement.
[02:06] Shinobu
I'm not even disappointed.
[02:09] Chihaya
My class trip...
[02:11] Shinobu
Nothing... I feel nothing.
[02:16] Uozumi
Inokuma has 10, and the Queen has 15.
[02:19] Uozumi
Isn't a five-card differential
unusual for the Queen?
[02:22] Ise
It could be that more of
Inokuma-san's cards have been read,
[02:26] Ise
but the momentum does seem to favor her.
[02:31] Haruka
One card at a time...
[02:33] Haruka
Wakamiya-san doesn't use cross strokes.
[02:36] Haruka
"May I see" and "May I live,"
with Reader Hirota reading them...
[02:40] [POEM] Hirota
May I see you...
[02:41] Haruka
I can take them on "I."
[02:42] Uozumi
She's widening her lead!
Her speed is incredible!
[02:43] Chihaya
Shinobu-chan...
[02:46] (Flashback) Haruka
Because this will probably be
my last Queen match.
[02:50] (Flashback) Haruka
I wish I could say I've yet to reach my peak,
[02:55] (Flashback) Haruka
but right now...
I think "right now" might be all I have.
[02:58] (Flashback) Haruka
So right now, I'm going to give my all.
[03:03] (Flashback) Haruka
This will sound cocky,
[03:05] (Flashback) Haruka
but I want to make a miracle happen.
[03:08] (Flashback) Haruka
For the girls who want to love
karuta all their lives...
[03:14] (Flashback) Haruka
I want them to know that even if they
have three kids, they can be Queen.
[03:21] (Flashback) Chihaya
Let's play karuta again!
[03:24] (Flashback) Chihaya
The Queen match!
[03:27] Shinobu
A class trip?
[03:31] Chihaya
Shinobu-chan...
[03:33] Chihaya
I...
[03:38] Chihaya
I broke my promise.
[03:42] Uozumi
That was close!
[03:44] Uozumi
She just can't seem to turn things around.
[03:45] Shinobu
Something's wrong. Something's wrong.
[03:48] Uozumi
This is a tough turn of events
for Queen Wakamiya.
[03:52] Shinobu
Coach Ise...
[03:54] (Flashback) Ise
The more isolated she is,
the stronger she will become.
[03:58] Shinobu
Coach Ise, you're such a liar.
[04:04] Uozumi
Could it be... Is the Queen really going to...
SIGN I do not know where this love will take me
[04:10] Shinobu
If I'm stronger the more isolated I am,
[04:16] Shinobu
then shouldn't I be at
my strongest right now?
[04:20] Uozumi
For the first time ever, Wakamiya Shinobu
has dropped a round in the Queen match.
[04:24] Uozumi
Her long winning streak is over.
[04:27] Arata
What happened, Shinobu-chan?
SIGN After the match, each player counts
their cards to make sure there are 50
[04:44] Shinobu
The cards...
[04:47] Shinobu
I have to...
[04:59] Shinobu
Wait...
[05:01] Shinobu
Wait.
[05:03] Shinobu
Which cards did I have left at the end?
[05:07] Shinobu
Which card did she take that made me lose?
[05:11] Shinobu
Wait...
SIGN Taking all the cards
and turning them in...
[05:12] Shinobu
Wait.
SIGN is the winner's job
[05:15] Shinobu
Everyone...
[05:16] Shinobu
Don't leave.
[05:24] Harada
Inokuma won, huh? Drama, indeed...
[05:33] [POEM] Hirota
In the sleepy...
[05:34] Uozumi
The Master match is still continuing.
[05:36] Uozumi
Harada, grade 6, is leading.
[05:37] Kitano
Now, hang on...
[05:38] Sudo
Is the Master in his right mind?
[05:41] [POEM] Hirota
Said night was young...
[05:43] Uozumi
A-And here, too...
[05:45] Uozumi
In the Master match, unbelievably,
[05:47] Uozumi
the challenger wins!
[05:49] Uozumi
Both Master and Queen will lose
their titles with one more loss.
[05:52] Uozumi
They're both in check!
[05:55] Taichi
Chihaya!
[05:57] Chihaya
Shinobu-chan!
[05:58] Chihaya
Shinobu-chan!
[06:00] Chihaya
Shinobu-chan!
[06:02] Chihaya
Kana-chan, help me!
[06:04] Kanade
What's going on, Chihaya-chan?
You're in your socks—
[06:05] Chihaya
Kana-chan, you have to help me
with Shinobu-chan!
[06:10] Guy
Who do you think will win?
[06:12] Guy
I don't know anymore.
[06:13] Guy
They weren't very focused toward the end.
[06:15] Lady
Intriguing...
[06:16] Lady
Who's your money on?
[06:17] Guy
It'll be incredible if Inokuma-san wins.
[06:18] Guy
I want to see the strong Wakamiya.
[06:19] Chihaya
It's too much noise.
[06:20] Guy
She has the momentum, too.
[06:21] Chihaya
The support, the expectations... all of it.
[06:26] Mom
Shinobu, open the door! Shinobu!
[06:39] Haruka
I'm fine. I just need to lie down.
[06:42] Aki
Mommy's awesome! Mommy's awesome!
[06:42] Sakura
Want to eat something? You missed lunch.
[06:44] Husband
Aki!
[06:45] Aki
Hey, Mommy won! Were you watching?
[06:45] Haruka
No... I'll feel sick whether I eat or not.
[06:48] Dad
Come outside!
[06:49] Aki
No! I'm staying with Mommy!
[06:52] Haruka
But...
[06:52] Aki
No! I wanna stay with Mommy!
[06:53] Haruka
During the match, I felt so light,
it didn't seem real.
[06:56] Haruka
Thank you.
[06:57] Aki
Mommy! I'm staying with Mommy!
[06:59] Haruka
Can I keep trying a little longer?
[07:00] Aki
No! I wanna stay here!
[07:03] Haruka
Just one more...
[07:05] Aki
Mommy!
SIGN No! I'm staying here! Mommy!
SIGN Mommy needs to rest!
[07:06] Sakura
This is good.
[07:08] Sakura
When the first two rounds
in a Queen match are split,
[07:11] Sakura
it goes on break while
the Master match has its third round.
[07:14] Sakura
You have almost two hours to rest.
[07:16] Rion
Is Haruka-san all right?
[07:18] Sakura
I think she's fine.
[07:21] (Flashback) Haruka
I didn't have this much morning
sickness with Aki or Jin...
SIGN Wobble
[07:24] (Flashback) Haruka
I bet that means this is
the girl I've been hoping for!
[07:27] Sakura
That's what she said earlier.
[07:29] Rion
Huh?!
[07:30] Sakura
It'll be fine.
[07:32] Sakura
Of all the people I've played against,
she's the strongest.
[07:37] Sakura
That goes for her mind, her body,
[07:41] Sakura
and her feelings toward this.
[07:49] Suo
So you're able to watch it now?
[07:52] Suo
You're drinking, Tadashi-niichan?
[07:56] Suo
Wh-What about Yukiko-chan?
[07:59] Tadashi
She's at home, just watching TV.
[08:02] Tadashi
We bought a 60-inch, y'know!
[08:04] Suo
Whatever.
[08:04] Tadashi
We bought a 60-inch, but it's only about
the 30 square centimeters in the middle
[08:09] Tadashi
that Yukiko-chan can see.
[08:14] Uozumi
For the third match,
[08:16] Uozumi
our commentator is All Japan Karuta
Association Chairman Mashita, grade 10.
SIGN The chairman... What a relief...
[08:20] Uozumi
Since the Queen match is on break at this time,
SIGN Couldn't get floor seats, stuck watching on the first floor
[08:22] Uozumi
our focus will be on the Master match.
[08:25] Uozumi
The challenger, Harada, grade 6, has two wins.
SIGN So dull-looking lolol Soooo dull... All old dudes I like that, though Not much to look at Too dull lololol
[08:28] Uozumi
One more win will make him the Master.
[08:31] Uozumi
It all comes down to this third match.
[08:33] Uozumi
What sort of karuta will
the two of them play?
SIGN Third Match Reader
Certified Reader Igarashi
[08:36] [POEM] Igarashi
The hazed early dawn mist
over the Kawagiri River
[08:38] Igarashi
Wh-What?!
[08:38] Uozumi
Harada, grade 6, protected the first card!
[08:41] Uozumi
Huh?
[08:42] Mashita
I've never seen that before...
[08:45] Mashita
I've never seen the Master
try to cover a card before.
[08:48] Uozumi
That was a first?
[08:49] Mashita
He's awful at it!
[08:51] Guy
What was that?
[08:52] Arata
What was that?
[08:53] Taichi
What was that?
[08:55] [POEM] Igarashi
Feel love deepen...
[08:56] Uozumi
So fast!
[08:57] [POEM] Igarashi
When the misty bridge of magpie
feathers comes into sight,
[08:57] Uozumi
Unlike in the first two matches,
[08:59] Uozumi
the Master is playing very aggressively!
[09:01] Mashita
He was playing rather lazily,
[09:03] Mashita
but perhaps because the cameras
are on the Master match now,
[09:06] Mashita
he's turned on the turbo that
he normally doesn't use.
[09:10] Arata
Chairman Mashita's too frank...
[09:13] Chihaya
Dr. Harada...
[09:49] Shinobu
I guess...
[09:51] Shinobu
I love my grandma a lot
more than I realized.
[09:56] Shinobu
But...
[09:58] Shinobu
But...
[10:28] (Flashback) Kanade
You're not supposed to
walk down the center!
[10:31] (Flashback) Kanade
The center of the path leading up to a shrine...
[10:34] (Flashback) Kanade
is exclusively for the gods to walk on.
[10:55] [POEM] Igarashi
May the time we spend apart
from one another be
[10:57] Mashita
Oh!
[10:57] Mashita
The Master managed to take
that one by covering it.
[11:01] Uozumi
The Master is even going for
the multi-syllable cards in this third match.
[11:05] Uozumi
The gap has widened to 9 versus 20.
[11:07] Uozumi
Perhaps he's more determined now
than in the first two matches?
[11:11] Mom
Shinobu! Where in the world were you?
[11:14] Mom
Why aren't you wearing your kimono?
[11:17] Shinobu
I'm putting it on now.
[11:18] Shinobu
I can do it myself, so don't come in.
[11:21] Mom
Honestly, that girl!
[11:24] Hidakaya
Now, now.
[11:25] Hidakaya
Nothing wrong with letting out
your inner child now and then.
[11:28] [POEM] Igarashi
All alone...
[11:29] Uozumi
So fast!
[11:30] Mashita
He's looking to finish it quickly this time.
[11:34] Uozumi
C-Can he even pace himself like that?
[11:36] Mashita
Yes, as despicable as it is.
[11:39] Mashita
That's why he's the Master.
[11:42] Suo
Shinobu-chan...
[11:45] Suo
Shinobu-chan, let's show them
[11:48] Suo
our strength.
[11:52] Suo
The ones being controlled...
[11:56] Suo
will not be us.
[11:59] Uozumi
A 17-card differential!
[12:00] Uozumi
The Master wins the third match
by a wide margin!
[12:02] Taichi
17 cards...
[12:03] Uozumi
He's strong!
[12:04] Uozumi
The Master has awakened,
and he's after his fifth consecutive title!
[12:04] Taichi
When he's not goofing around,
he can do this anytime.
[12:06] Sudo
He got that far ahead of Dr. Harada?
[12:19] Guy
It's the Queen!
[12:20] Guy
How does she look?
[12:21] Guy
Inokuma has the momentum, right?
[12:22] Guy
How will the third match go?
[12:23] Guy
If she plays naively, she'll lose!
[12:25] Guy
She doesn't look too great...
[12:26] Guy
What's gonna happen?
[12:27] Chihaya
Shinobu-chan!
[12:28] Chihaya
I made tasuki!
[12:29] Shinobu
Huh?
[12:30] Chihaya
Can I put them on you? They work
the same on long sleeves!
SIGN There's no difference
SIGN Sh-Shinobu's letting her do whatever she wants...
[12:42] Shinobu
Chihaya...
[12:44] Shinobu
What were you praying for at the shrine?
[12:48] Chihaya
I prayed that Dr. Harada would be
able to play at his full strength.
[12:51] Shinobu
That's who you're rooting for?!
[12:58] Shinobu
Well... As for me...
[13:04] Shinobu
I said I'd be coming to bring you all home.
[13:11] Guy
Competitors, please enter the hall.
[13:19] Harada
Hey, could you get me that?
SIGN Wife
[13:21] Wife
You're going to use it?
SIGN Poof
[13:29] Harada
All right, everyone... let's go!
SIGN Master Match
Fourth Round
SIGN Queen Match
Third Round
[13:32] Harada
One match to go!
[13:34] Uncle
You should be sleeping. Don't you
have your tournament tomorrow?
[13:40] Chihaya
Dr. Harada...
[13:41] Taichi
He really did throw the third match.
[13:44] Kitano
The damn bear's actually using his head.
[13:47] Kitano
Considering his stamina...
[13:49] Chihaya
The fourth match is the time to make it count.
SIGN Wife:
Doesn't understand the game well
[13:53] Suo
Why?
[13:54] Uozumi
Our commentator is a former Queen
and current certified reader,
[13:58] Uozumi
Yamashiro Kyoko-san.
SIGN She's beautiful♥
[14:00] Kyoko
Thank you for having me.
[14:01] Suo
Why aren't you reading, Kyoko-tan?!
[14:04] Uozumi
We're glad to have you.
[14:04] Suo
But I still love you.
SIGN They bow to each other
[14:07] Guy
We will now begin the fourth match.
SIGN They bow to the judge
SIGN They bow to the reader and referees
[14:15] Sakura
What connection...
[14:18] Sakura
does the Queen have to the cards?
SIGN Certified Reader Komine Kazumitsu, Grade 8 Second Time Reading Today
[14:21] [POEM] Komine
Naniwa Bay, now the flower
blooms, but for winter
SIGN Harada's side Suo's side
[14:24] Chihaya
Dr. Harada's placement...
[14:26] Taichi
...is different from the previous matches.
[14:28] Arata
How will this play out?
[14:29] [POEM] Komine
Here comes spring, now the flower blooms
[14:33] Chihaya
This match has more on the line
than any of the others today.
[14:37] [POEM] Komine
When I must hide...
[14:38] Chihaya
Dead card.
[14:39] [POEM] Komine
The night breaks to day...
[14:40] Chihaya
Dead card.
[14:41] [POEM] Komine
After I determined to...
[14:42] Chihaya
Another dead card!
[14:44] Harada
Excuse me. I'm moving
"Said world grants no escape."
[14:48] Arata
The viewers are starting to see this
the way an aficionado would.
[14:51] [POEM] Komine
As I wait for someone...
[14:51] Chihaya
Another dead card!
[14:53] Harada
I'm moving "Impassioned was."
[14:55] Judge
Breach of etiquette...
[14:57] [POEM] Komine
Rain takes longer...
[14:58] Harada
Yes! Gotcha!
[14:59] Judge
Breach of etiquette!
[15:01] Judge
B-But...
[15:02] Chihaya
He got it!
[15:03] Taichi
He got a one-syllable card from Suo-san!
[15:06] Kitano
Taking that first card builds momentum.
[15:09] Kitano
That's what he was after.
SIGN Took his sweet time, too
[15:11] Kitano
It's worth three cards alone.
[15:20] [POEM] Komine
When the misty bridge...
[15:22] Chihaya
Which one?!
[15:23] Taichi
Which one got it?!
[15:25] Taichi
They're only showing the Queen match.
[15:27] Taichi
No slow-motion replay, then.
[15:29] Judge
To the naked eye, it looked like a stalemate.
[15:31] Judge
If they request a judgment,
I'd call it the Master's card, but...
[15:36] Guy
Dr. Harada got it!
[15:37] Guy
Again!
[15:38] Guy
The Master's not contesting it?
[15:40] Guy
I've never seen him argue for a card.
[15:42] Chihaya
Wow!
[15:44] Taichi
He caught up with a high-speed sweep
that'd be far faster than covering it!
SIGN for there is no one else out here
[15:49] Kitano
This goes beyond taking the first card!
[15:52] Kitano
That vindictiveness he has
toward his opponent...
[15:56] Judge
He's attacking the opponent's side and
sending cards meant to confuse him...
[16:00] Judge
He's moving his own cards a lot, too.
[16:02] Sumire
I'd never want to play an opponent like that!
[16:04] Tsukuba
It'll throw off your memorization!
[16:06] Sumire
Memorization!
[16:07] Tsukuba
Just like he always said...
[16:08] (Flashback) Harada
If you don't have the cards
memorized, you can't compete!
[16:11] (Flashback) Harada
Memorize every card well
before going into battle!
[16:13] (Flashback) Harada
You must memorize the cards flawlessly
so they'll jump out at you!
[16:18] Harada
I can't say I'm really aiming
for his lower right side.
[16:20] Harada
Take all the cards on his lower right side.
[16:23] Harada
Take all the cards on his lower right side!
[16:26] Harada
If I don't take the one-syllable cards
on his lower right,
[16:29] Harada
I can't say I'm really aiming for it.
[16:33] Taichi
He's not just talk.
[16:35] Taichi
Dr. Harada's trying to physically show us...
[16:38] Taichi
the real deal.
[16:47] (Flashback) Chihaya
Dr. Harada, I think I figured it out!
[16:51] (Flashback) Chihaya
Suo-san's weakness!
[16:54] Arata
Jeez... The stream's been showing
nothing but the Queen match.
[16:58] Arata
What's happening in the Master match?
[17:01] Arata
I'm concerned about Shinobu-chan, of course,
SIGN Mamakuma...! How's this gonna end? This is too hot lolol Ooooooh! You can do it!
[17:04] Arata
but it seems like she's back on her feet.
[17:07] Uozumi
Queen Wakamiya's play in the early going
is calm and collected.
[17:11] Uozumi
She's wearing tasuki in this third match.
[17:13] Uozumi
Which card will she send?
[17:16] Uozumi
She's taking her time deciding.
[17:21] Shinobu
Got it.
SIGN the stag cries longingly for the doe
SIGN Inokuma's side
SIGN Wakamiya's side
[17:27] Sakura
"While autumn."
SIGN While autumn
[17:28] Sakura
Theoretically, she'd want to send "While some"
or "While it brings" from her left side.
SIGN While some While autumn
SIGN While it Brings While some While autumn
[17:34] Sakura
Several of her choices of cards
to send have been unique.
[17:37] Sakura
The way she seems to talk to them, too...
[17:41] Sakura
The art?!
[17:42] Sakura
She's making these connections
based on the card art?
SIGN Lady Kii
While some dodge the famous
waves of Takashi shore to avoid
getting wet, I deflect your artful
words to keep my sleeves dry
SIGN Lady Koshikibu
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
[17:46] Sakura
It does seem like Lady Koshikibu and
Lady Kii would get along well...
SIGN Men are just awful
SIGN I wish they
wouldn't
mock women
so much
SIGN Sarumaru Dayu
While autumn leaves crunch under deer
footsteps, the stag cries longingly for the doe
[17:51] Sakura
Sarumaru Dayu is from a different age, too.
SIGN Ugh...
[17:54] Sakura
It makes sense he'd be sent.
[18:03] Uozumi
That was fast! The Queen took that
with her typical precision!
[18:06] Kyoko
It seems she's back on her game.
[18:09] Sakura
If I were a card,
[18:12] Sakura
I'd want to be taken with that
kind of clean precision.
[18:16] Sakura
Sharp, yet gentle, so it
doesn't even make a sound...
[18:21] Momo
Coach Sakurazawa?
SIGN Put this on your board, please
[18:24] Sakura
Sorry.
[18:26] Sakura
I'm such a fool, taking so long
[18:29] Sakura
to realize how different I am
from the people who become Queen...
[18:33] Sakura
Wakamiya-san, how long have you spent
playing among those cards?
[18:38] Sakura
How lonely were you?
[18:41] Yukihira
You can send me.
I'll come right back to you.
[18:44] Ryosen
No! I can't bear it! No!
[18:46] Sudawara
I can live no matter where I am.
[18:48] Henjo
I don't care what we do, but I want
to be near Komachi-chan sometimes!
[18:51] Koshikibu
Men really are useless!
[18:52] Sei
They sure are.
[18:53] Tenji
You're all so noisy.
SIGN Ignored...
[18:54] Izumi
I miss you so much, I could die...
SIGN What's wrong? Inokuma-san doesn't look so good Truuuuuue This is a great match
[19:04] Uncle
You have such passion.
[19:06] Uncle
I guess if you'd won one more match,
you'd be the one sitting there.
[19:10] Uncle
But didn't the Master say
he'd retire after this tournament?
[19:14] Uncle
That'll make next year a little easier.
[19:17] Uozumi
While the Queen match has remained close,
[19:19] Uozumi
in the Master match, Harada has 17 cards,
[19:22] Uozumi
and the Master has 23 cards,
giving Harada a 6-card lead.
SIGN Too scary The brown bear's amazing!!! Uuueeeegh So cooooool He just looks so powerful
[19:27] Arata
Dr. Harada...
[19:29] Arata
He's left the Master's side a mess
with his attacks and the cards he's sent,
[19:32] Arata
as well as his own by moving cards.
[19:35] Arata
It's a desperate strategy
with no room for error.
[19:37] Arata
But...
[19:39] Arata
His focus is intense.
[19:42] Harada
Attack.
[19:44] Harada
I'm moving my cards.
[19:46] Harada
Confuse.
[19:47] Harada
Attack.
[19:48] Harada
Confuse.
[19:49] Harada
Attack.
[19:50] Harada
Confuse.
[19:54] (Flashback) Chihaya
Dr. Harada, I think the Master's weakness
[19:58] (Flashback) Chihaya
is his eyes.
[20:00] (Flashback) Chihaya
I thought he just had poor vision at first,
[20:04] (Flashback) Chihaya
but it's not that.
[20:06] (Flashback) Chihaya
I can't really explain it,
[20:09] (Flashback) Chihaya
but it's like he can't see things
at the edges of his vision.
[20:17] Harada
I spent so long thinking about it.
[20:19] Harada
How should I fight you?
[20:22] Harada
His eyes are his weakness...
[20:23] Harada
How should I fight you?
SIGN Clinical
Ophthalmology
SIGN Neuro-Ophthalmology
[20:26] Harada
His eyes are his weakness...
[20:28] Harada
But you're the strongest Master yet.
[20:32] Harada
So long as I'm sitting in this seat,
[20:34] Harada
I will take advantage of
all your idiosyncrasies.
[20:39] Harada
I've studied your placement.
[20:42] Harada
Send cards that are likely to be
placed on the right or left edges.
[20:46] Harada
Move cards frequently,
and don't let him narrow down his targets.
[20:50] Harada
The answer I found was...
[20:54] Harada
To play karuta that no one likes!
[20:56] Harada
To attack!
[21:10] Harada
Unlike you,
[21:13] Harada
I have someone I want to please.
[21:17] Harada
I'll be taking the Master's throne!
SIGN Nostalgic Theme Parks of the World
[21:26] TV
...Ferris wheel is still...
SIGN Fly the Friendly Skies
SIGN Today's Weather
[21:28] TV
...enjoying a break in the weather,
SIGN Ohagi
[21:29] TV
but clouds coming from the west this evening...
[21:33] Grandma
The broadcast still hasn't started?
E19 - Bring a life of everlasting love
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[00:00] Uozumi
Harada, grade 6, has been attacking
fiercely from the get-go.
[00:02] Uozumi
His momentum is strong!
[00:04] Harada
I'll be taking the Master's throne!
[00:09] Chihaya
Dr. Harada...
[00:12] Chihaya
Dr. Harada...
[00:14] (Flashback) Chihaya
I think the Master's weakness
[00:18] (Flashback) Chihaya
is his eyes.
SIGN Chihayafuru 3
SIGN Chihayafuru 3
SIGN Nagasaki Prefecture
SIGN Omura City
SIGN Verse 19
SIGN Bring a
life of
everlasting
love
[01:35] Tadashi
I'm home.
[01:36] Tadashi
Man, that was a rough time.
[01:38] Tadashi
I went looking for Mr. Imamichi,
but got dragged into a fire brigade party.
[01:43] Tadashi
But I know how to watch stuff on Nico now!
[01:46] Tadashi
Aunt Yukiko? I'm back!
[01:49] Yukiko
Tadashi, I couldn't find
the karuta match on BS.
[01:51] Tadashi
Whoa, whoa, whoa!
[01:53] Yukiko
Maybe a cord came loose somewhere?
[01:56] Yukiko
BS is satellite, right?
Did it crash or something?
[01:59] Tadashi
No, it didn't!
[02:01] Yukiko
Is Hisashi's Master match not happening?
[02:03] Tadashi
It is!
[02:05] Tadashi
See? Right here.
[02:07] Tadashi
You can see it on the computer this year.
[02:09] Yukiko
Huh?
[02:10] Tadashi
See? Hisashi's right there.
SIGN This is pretty funny It'd be interesting to know what he's thinking Is the Master scared? lololololololololol Eeek Go, Harada-san!!!!!
SIGN Hang in there, Master I love you I love you I can't read his expression I prefer Harada-san Love his whiskers I love Suo-san!!!!♥ Love him I love you!!
[02:18] Yukiko
Here, Hisashi! I have ohagi and daifuku!
[02:21] Yukiko
Dumplings, too!
[02:22] Tadashi
Don't say it like you're making
offerings at a grave.
[02:24] Uozumi
I've heard that Master Suo paid you
a personal visit, Yamashiro-san.
[02:30] Uozumi
What did you talk about?
[02:31] Kyoko
That was before Suo-san became the Master.
[02:36] Kyoko
He asked to make a recording of my reading.
[02:40] Kanade
What? Of all one hundred poems?
[02:42] Kyoko
I had never seen anyone
as insistent as he was.
SIGN Daifuku
[02:46] (Flashback) Suo
Please let me record you reading.
[02:51] Kyoko
He had passion, but I couldn't
discern his motive.
[02:55] Kyoko
It didn't seem as though
he particularly liked karuta.
[02:59] Kyoko
So I asked him...
[03:02] (Flashback) Kyoko
Why do you play karuta?
SIGN Munch
SIGN Munch
SIGN Munch Munch Munch Munch Munch
SIGN Munch Munch Munch Munch
SIGN Empty
[03:12] (Flashback) Suo
I'm sorry... I ate the entire box.
SIGN I wasn't paying attention
[03:14] (Flashback) Kyoko
It's all right.
SIGN The way you eat
remidns me of someone
[03:16] (Flashback) Kyoko
So, why do you play karuta?
[03:22] Kyoko
He said he hoped that in karuta,
he could make something of himself.
[03:32] Suo
Twenty years ago...
[03:35] Suo
I was taken from my probably deadbeat parents
and brought to the main family home,
[03:40] Suo
which was big, but entirely hollow.
[03:49] (Flashback) Boy
Want some toramaki?
[03:51] (Flashback) Boy
Or steamed bread?
[03:52] (Flashback) Girl
There's castella cake, too.
[03:55] (Flashback) Boy
Tadashi-niichan, you took too many!
[03:57] (Flashback) Tadashi
I let you read my manga!
[03:58] Girl
I will protect this world!
Precure Expecto Patronum!
[04:01] (Flashback) Girl
You're mixing up a bunch of things there, Keiko.
[04:03] Girl
Hisashi, let's play Othello!
[04:05] Suo
Home was filled with many
aunts, uncles, and cousins,
[04:08] Suo
and it was always lively and noisy.
[04:10] (Flashback) Yukiko
Hey, kids!
[04:12] Yukiko
Come help me pick blueberries!
SIGN Make Learning Fun Guide to Insects
[04:13] (Flashback) Kid
Later!
[04:14] Girl
Later!
[04:14] Kid
Later!
[04:16] Suo
But...
[04:21] (Flashback) Yukiko
Hisashi, you came!
[04:25] Suo
Yukiko-chan...
[04:27] (Flashback) Suo
You work part-time at the sweets factory
[04:30] (Flashback) Suo
and help out in the fields, too.
[04:32] (Flashback) Suo
Isn't it hard?
[04:33] (Flashback) Yukiko
Well, I have to work.
[04:35] (Flashback) Yukiko
I'm an old lady with no kids,
and a divorcee at that.
[04:40] (Flashback) Yukiko
I'll give you the biggest one I found today.
[04:45] Suo
Somehow...
[04:47] (Flashback) Yukiko
Don't read books in the dark!
[04:50] (Flashback) Yukiko
Hisashi, you're holding it too close!
[04:51] (Flashback) Yukiko
Make sure you brush well!
[04:53] (Flashback) Yukiko
For three minutes!
[04:53] Suo
Even in that big house...
[04:58] (Flashback) Boy
Wow! Check out the fireworks! Awesome!
SIGN Boat of the Spirits
SIGN Namo Amitabhaya Buddhaya
SIGN Suo Family
[05:01] (Flashback) Tadashi
Let's go!
[05:07] Suo
Yukiko-chan was less like family...
[05:10] (Flashback) Yukiko
Be careful.
[05:11] (Flashback) Yukiko
The Lantern Festival here is very loud.
[05:13] (Flashback) Yukiko
It's bad for your ears.
[05:15] Suo
...and more like my caretaker.
[05:21] Suo
Yukiko-chan had poor eyesight.
[05:23] (Flashback) Yukiko
For goodness' sake, Tadashi!
[05:25] (Flashback) Tadashi
Sorry!
[05:26] (Flashback) Tadashi
I won it in a lottery! How cool is that?
[05:29] Suo
Her illness causes her field of vision
to shrink with time,
[05:31] Suo
eventually leading to blindness.
[05:34] Suo
She was important to me...
[05:38] Suo
But I didn't see it as my concern.
SIGN Card that was read
SIGN What the heck was that?!
[05:42] Kitano
They both missed!
[05:44] Kitano
Damn that Harada... I can't believe
how often his swings miss!
SIGN Damn, that was fast So fast lolololol Whoa Swing and a miss lololololol Yesss lololololol That force lololol lololololol Too much force lololol Whoooa...
[05:48] Arata
He followed up well, though.
[05:52] Chihaya
Suo-san missed a few swings
when I played with him, too.
[05:57] Harada
If his eyes are his weakness,
[05:59] Harada
a few mistakes are going to be inevitable.
[06:03] Harada
But he's worse than I am at
following up after such errors.
[06:06] Harada
That's what happens when
you're not trying hard enough.
[06:09] Harada
I won't lose!
[06:12] Suo
Wow. He's really pushing.
[06:14] Suo
You want it that badly, Dr. Harada?
SIGN Nnnngh
[06:20] Suo
Dr. Harada's great.
[06:22] Suo
He's exciting.
[06:25] Suo
You want to be Master that badly?
[06:28] Uozumi
With 12 and 20 cards,
the differential is now 8 cards.
[06:31] Uozumi
Harada, grade 6, is leading
as we approach the midpoint.
SIGN Admired piano teacher
Took piano for a year
SIGN Admired tennis team senpai
Played tennis for a year
[06:36] Suo
She let me try lots of
different things in school,
SIGN Swimming (etc.)
SIGN Table Tennis (etc.)
[06:39] Suo
but I was just satisfactory at all of them.
[06:42] Suo
I excelled at my studies, though.
[06:44] (Flashback) Girl
I can't believe you're going
to Tokyo U, Hisashi!
[06:47] (Flashback) Guy
I hope you'll find some girls who like you!
[06:49] (Flashback) Tadashi
Don't eat too many sweets.
[06:51] (Flashback) Yukiko
Hisashi, whatever you decide to do...
[06:55] (Flashback) Yukiko
Just be sure to make something of yourself.
[07:05] Hisashi
"Hold books at a distance when reading."
[07:08] Hisashi
"Brush your teeth well."
[07:11] Hisashi
"Protect your ears from loud noises."
[07:17] (Flashback) Girl
Hey, are you interested
in the Hundred Poets?
SIGN Karuta Club
Have you heard of
competitive karuta?
[07:21] (Flashback) Girl
Do you have a favorite poem?
[07:23] (Flashback) Girl
My favorite is "The emotions experienced."
[07:26] (Flashback) Girl
It's a love poem.
[07:28] Suo
My bride...
[07:29] Suo
Since I've always been adaptable,
I got good at it pretty quickly.
[07:33] (Flashback) Guy
He's good.
[07:35] (Flashback) Guy
He made Class A in a yearr?
[07:37] (Flashback) Girl
Suo-kun, I got a boyfriend!
[07:40] Suo
D'oh!
[07:41] Suo
Divorce...
[07:42] (Flashback) Girl
He's a fourth-year at WU.
SIGN Simplified Eye Chart (use at 3m)
[07:52] (Flashback) Suo
Yes, I've heard of it.
[07:55] (Flashback) Suo
My aunt has the same disease.
[07:58] (Flashback) Doctor
It's said that half of the cause is genetics.
[08:02] (Flashback) Doctor
You should avoid bright lights and
wear sunglasses when outside.
[08:06] Suo
It's a disease that causes the photo-receptor
cells to age faster than the body.
[08:11] Suo
What you can see narrows from the periphery
to the center of your field of vision.
[08:17] Suo
It progresses slowly and
can end in blindness.
[08:22] Suo
Senpai, that poem...
SIGN Fujiwara no Atsutada The emotions experienced after a long-awaited reunion banish any lingering memories of the past
[08:24] Suo
is a poem about knowledge that can
fill you with either light or darkness.
[08:33] Suo
I see...
[08:35] Suo
What now, then?
[08:36] Suo
How should I live my life?
[08:38] (Flashback) Yukiko
Just be sure to make something of yourself.
[08:41] Suo
How can I make something of myself?
[08:45] Suo
As a man who's going to
go blind someday, what can I do?
[08:53] [POEM] Komine
Swift waters parted by the jagged rocks
SIGN are joined at river's end
[08:58] Chihaya
The opponent's lower right side that
Dr. Harada's been targeting...
[09:01] Kitano
That was too fast! He moved
before it was even read!
[09:04] Kitano
Isn't that a false start?!
[09:05] Judge
It's the right card, though!
The Master knew what it was!
[09:10] Harada
He knew from the air expelled
before any sound was made...
[09:13] [POEM] Komine
No more can we hear the
sounds of the waterfall
[09:15] Uozumi
Master Suo is starting to bounce back.
[09:18] Uozumi
What's changed since the first half?
[09:20] Kyoko
As more cards are read,
[09:22] Kyoko
it lowers the time taken to reach
the unique syllables of the remaining cards.
[09:26] Kyoko
Technique plays a bigger role
the longer it takes to reach them.
[09:31] Kyoko
But later in the game,
when they start to come quicker,
[09:33] Kyoko
is when Master Suo has the advantage.
[09:37] Harada
I know that.
[09:38] Harada
That's why I turned on
the turbo in the first half.
[09:42] Harada
I won't let him catch up!
[09:43] [POEM] Komine
Feel sorrow wash over me
when I see the moon,
SIGN though autumn is not mine alone
[09:53] Suo
"Game sense" is a remarkable little phrase.
[09:57] Suo
It felt as if the sound was a shining
light in complete darkness.
[10:02] Suo
I sense a different light from each one.
[10:07] Suo
The world where that was more
important than anything
SIGN 53rd Queen Match
[10:10] Suo
was competitive karuta.
SIGN Master and Queen Matches
[10:12] Suo
This is it. This is where
I'll become number one.
SIGN 55th Master Match
[10:16] Suo
This is where I'll make something of myself!
[10:20] Suo
But...
[10:21] (Flashback) Girl
No way! He's too strong for me!
[10:24] (Flashback) Boy
I don't wanna play him!
[10:25] (Flashback) Guy
You're the Master.
Isn't playing with us boring for you?
[10:28] (Flashback) Suo
Yeah...
SIGN Has brown hair now
[10:28] (Flashback) Guy
He agreed! Harsh!
[10:32] Suo
Then I'll try to win by
20 cards instead of 25.
[10:37] Suo
Boring.
[10:39] Suo
I'll try winning by 17 today.
[10:41] Suo
Boring.
[10:42] Suo
Okay, I'll make my opponent
commit four faults today.
[10:47] Suo
Boring.
[10:49] Suo
It's not that I like karuta.
[10:52] Suo
I'm hollow.
[10:55] Suo
I have to feed on other people's passion.
[10:59] Suo
I'm hollow.
[11:01] Uozumi
Master Suo's taken control!
[11:03] Uozumi
He took three cards in a row and,
following a dead card, just took his fourth!
[11:06] Uozumi
The gap is shrinking!
[11:08] Uozumi
His speed is incredible!
[11:10] Kitano
Harada...
[11:19] Suo
I have to feed on other people's passion...
[11:24] Suo
if I want to keep going.
[11:26] [POEM] Komine
The storm blasts autumn leaves...
[11:28] Sudo
He guarded it!
[11:29] Hiroshi
Smooth!
[11:31] Sudo
Again!
[11:37] Harada
I bet you expect me to get
caught up in your pace.
[11:40] Harada
I bet you think that speed and
game sense are everything.
[11:46] Harada
The fact that you're the Master
makes the game of karuta cry.
[11:50] Harada
I won't back down!
[11:51] Harada
I'll be the one to perform your last rites!
[11:59] Uozumi
The Master has 10, and Harada 9.
[12:02] Uozumi
The Master has made a fierce comeback.
[12:04] Uozumi
He's nearly evened the score.
[12:06] Uozumi
Does Harada, grade 6,
have the strength to fight him off?
[12:11] [POEM] Komine
Would the mountain cherry blossoms...
[12:13] [POEM] Komine
Since the dew...
[12:15] Taichi
He's in trouble.
[12:17] Taichi
He's hurting now that the
two-syllable cards are one-syllable.
[12:20] Taichi
This is how the Master
plays when he's serious!
[12:22] (Flashback) Suo
After I win my fifth consecutive title,
I'm going to retire.
[12:27] Uozumi
The Master takes the lead for
the first time this match.
[12:30] Uozumi
Can he widen it even further?
[12:32] Chihaya
Dr. Harada...
[12:36] Chihaya
Dr. Harada...
[12:39] Harada
If you ask me, your karuta
style is very simplistic.
[12:42] Harada
You're just fortifying your own side
with cards that are easy for you to take.
[12:48] Harada
That's why...
[12:49] [POEM] Komine
As the first frost...
[12:50] Kitano
His hand was low on that cover! Smart!
[12:52] Kitano
That's normal, though...
[12:54] [POEM] Komine
The hazed early dawn light comes not...
[12:55] Harada
Even with my offensive style,
defending against you is easy!
[12:58] Sumire
He attacked, then pulled back and covered!
[13:00] Tsukuba
Just like always!
[13:03] Chihaya
Being in a tight spot makes
it all the more important
[13:08] Chihaya
to stick to the basics.
[13:10] Harada
Memorize thoroughly.
[13:12] Harada
Confirm and re-confirm the cards
whose unique syllables have changed.
[13:15] Harada
Confirm as many times as time allows!
[13:18] Harada
Take that card this way. Move toward
that card this way to take it.
[13:22] Harada
And...
[13:23] Harada
Chant millions of times over the words...
[13:25] Harada
"Be read!"
[13:30] Guy
Oh, man, so close! The Master got that one?
[13:33] Guy
It would've been amazing if he'd taken it!
[13:35] Guy
He really came close, though.
[13:36] Chihaya
He lost it by a hair!
[13:40] Suo
I'm impressed, Dr. Harada.
[13:43] Suo
You still have so much mental and
physical strength in the fourth match.
[13:47] Harada
You haven't noticed, Suo-kun?
[13:51] Harada
You've stopped paying attention to how
many cards are left in the Queen match.
[13:55] Harada
Instead of moving in annoying ways
that make me mess up,
[13:58] Harada
you're focusing on taking cards.
[14:02] Harada
And instead of holding down cards to take them,
[14:05] Harada
you're taking them with a sweep.
[14:07] [POEM] Komine
I wish I could show the
people how my sleeves
[14:10] Uozumi
Oh! His swing missed again!
[14:12] Uozumi
Harada doesn't miss a
beat in picking it up.
[14:17] Kitano
The Master's getting tired!
[14:21] Harada
This is the first time you've gone
four rounds in a Master match.
[14:24] Harada
This is much harder on you
than it is on me!
[14:30] Harada
It's certainly hard on me, too...
[14:33] Harada
But to earn points for
the Shiranami Society,
[14:36] Harada
I've played five or even six
matches in a row at tournaments,
[14:39] Harada
for as long as I could keep winning.
SIGN bring a life of everlasting love
[14:54] Uozumi
Harada, grade 6, sends
"May the time spent."
[14:57] Kyoko
"May the time we" hasn't been read yet,
[15:00] Kyoko
and "May the scarlet" is also still in play.
[15:02] Kyoko
He should want to keep that card close
to himself so he can protect it.
SIGN bring a life of everlasting love
[15:06] Kyoko
We should keep a close eye on the cards
Dr. Harada sends at this late stage.
[15:13] Suo
A card with a chance of going unread
[15:16] Suo
in the event of a luck-of-the-draw...
SIGN bring a life of everlasting love
[15:20] Suo
A card that would normally never be sent...
[15:28] [POEM] Komine
While it pains me...
[15:29] Uozumi
A cross!
[15:30] Uozumi
He cleanly crossed over to "While it pains"
from "While the" on the first syllable!
[15:35] Harada
Suo-kun, that card is just
noise to you, isn't it?
[15:43] Suo
Wait...
[15:45] Suo
I might be in danger... a little.
[15:55] Harada
I want to focus.
[16:01] Harada
I want to focus. Me.
[16:07] Harada
Memorize...
[16:09] Harada
Memorize one more time...
[16:13] Harada
Focus...
[16:17] Harada
Memorize...
[16:20] Harada
Focus...
[16:24] All
A cushion?!
SIGN Like nothing
SIGN even happened
[16:36] (Flashback) Harada
I'm gonna become Master first!
[16:38] (Flashback) Kitano
You idiot! It's gonna be me!
[16:40] (Flashback) Harada
No, me!
[16:41] (Flashback) Kitano
Don't be dumb! It's obviously gonna be me!
[16:44] (Flashback) Harada
I'm better!
[16:45] (Flashback) Kitano
No, I am!
[16:46] (Flashback) Harada
I am!
[16:47] Kitano
I am!
[16:47] Harada
I am!
[16:48] Kitano
I am!
[16:49] Harada
I am!
[16:52] Kitano
You are.
[16:57] Uozumi
Um, ah...
SIGN lololol A cushion!!!?? Is that allowed? Oh, it switched to the Queen match It just flew in lololol Hilarious It's the Queen match Who the heck is that? lolololololololololol The Queen match lololololololololololololol Who's that old dude lololol What brought that on? lolol lololololololololol A cushion just flew in lolololololol
[16:59] Uozumi
Oh! The Queen match is
reaching its climax as well.
[17:04] Uncle
Arata?
[17:05] Arata
Sorry, Uncle! I'm borrowing your tablet!
[17:08] Uncle
Huh?
[17:09] Uozumi
Queen Wakamiya has two cards left,
[17:12] Uozumi
and Challenger Inokuma has five.
[17:14] Uozumi
The Queen switched to offensive
mode partway through,
[17:16] Uozumi
and now leads as we near the end.
[17:18] Sakura
The idea that Wakamiya-san sees
the pictures on the cards as her friends
[17:23] Sakura
does explain several things.
[17:26] Sakura
Somewhere in the middle,
they must have started calling to her.
SIGN Come over here, too!
[17:35] Shinobu
But...
SIGN I beseech them to wait for the Emperor's return before falling
SIGN I like this married woman, too!
SIGN Lord Teishin
While the autumn leaves of Mount Ogura would never understand human emotion, I beseech them to wait for the Emperor's return before falling
[17:40] Uozumi
Inokuma-san hasn't let her
concentration break, either.
[17:43] Uozumi
She's not letting her chance to reclaim
the title of Queen slip away!
[17:45] Uozumi
We won't know how this match
will end until it's done!
[17:49] Shinobu
I figured as much, Inokuma-san.
[17:51] Shinobu
The cards seem to like you, too.
SIGN Alas, another autumn
has passed in vain
SIGN may the wind bring
clouds to extend their stay
SIGN a whirlwind of flower
petals descends
[17:54] Shinobu
They're all antsy.
SIGN What shall I do?
SIGN What shall I do?
SIGN Oh, dear...
[18:01] Shinobu
They're very fickle, you know.
[18:06] Shinobu
There's no guarantee they'll take my side.
[18:09] Shinobu
I can't let it come down
to luck of the draw.
[18:13] Shinobu
Still, this is fun.
[18:16] Shinobu
Not like the second match at all.
[18:20] Shinobu
I feel lighter, and so do my shoulders.
[18:31] Haruka
I want to be at my strongest
in the current moment.
[18:35] (Flashback) Aki
Queen!
[18:38] Haruka
I want to be a queen.
[18:41] Haruka
It's there.
[18:43] Haruka
It's right within my reach...
[18:45] Haruka
The queen's throne!
[19:02] Both
Thank you very much.
[19:04] Uozumi
In the very end,
[19:05] Uozumi
Inokuma committed a fault!
[19:08] Uozumi
The double fault ends the match.
[19:12] Sakura
A double fault at a time like this...
[19:15] Uozumi
Zero to four...
[19:16] Uozumi
This was an ending nobody expected,
wasn't it, Yamashiro-san?
[19:19] Kyoko
Yes.
[19:20] Kyoko
It's somewhat of a shame after
they were so evenly matched,
[19:23] Kyoko
but that last card Wakamiya-san took
[19:26] Kyoko
was a particularly splendid move.
[19:29] Kyoko
Since she's left-handed, that card
was the farthest away from her,
[19:33] Kyoko
yet she moved straight toward it.
[19:37] Uozumi
The title of Queen is granted
to Wakamiya-san once again!
[19:53] Shinobu
Inokuma-san...
[19:55] Shinobu
Please count the cards.
[19:59] Shinobu
They like you. That's why
they let you take them.
[20:08] Chihaya
Shinobu-chan...
[20:14] Uozumi
The Queen match has ended,
cementing Queen Wakamiya's three-peat!
SIGN Is he in trouble? The Master must be stressing now The second half's getting hot again What'll happen? What'll happen? Hang in there, Harada-san
[20:20] Uozumi
Let's take a look at the Master
match as it continu—
[20:25] Arata
Eh? What? What happened?!
[20:27] Arata
A tunnel? Seriously?!
[20:31] [POEM] Komine
Impassioned was your...
[20:32] Both
Dr. Harada guarded it!
[20:34] Both
He guarded it!
[20:37] Suo
Whenever I try to take something on his side,
I can't get through his defense.
SIGN bring a life of everlasting love
[20:41] Suo
But I want to send this...
[20:44] Harada
Do you know why?
[20:47] Harada
Because your karuta is too simplistic.
[20:50] Harada
Because you keep sending me
your worst cards!
SIGN My heart's pounding What's gonna Hang in there, bear The Master's I'm getting nervous
[20:54] Uozumi
Unbelievable! It's a luck—
[20:55] Arata
It's back!
[20:57] Arata
What? Again?!
[20:58] Arata
Luck?! Did she just say "luck"?!
[21:00] Arata
Luck?!
SIGN May the time we May the time spent May the scarlet As my Since I
[21:07] Taichi
There are five cards that
haven't been read yet.
[21:10] Taichi
"Since I," "As my," "May the scarlet,"
"May the time spent," and "May the time we."
[21:15] Taichi
And the ones still on the field are...
[21:17] Taichi
"May the scarlet" and "May the time spent."
E20 - May the scarlet kadsuras
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[00:01] Director
Get the camera back on the match.
Front and center.
SIGN Broadcast Van
[00:03] Director
Get one on the reader, too. That's it.
[00:07] Director
Zoom in on each player.
[00:08] Director
Master first, then challenger.
[00:13] Director
I don't know much about karuta,
[00:17] Director
but I know this is a really
important, critical stage.
SIGN and allow us this secret rendezvous
SIGN bring a life of everlasting love
SIGN Chihayafuru 3
SIGN Chihayafuru 3
SIGN Verse 20
SIGN May the
scarlet
kadsuras
[01:51] Guy
I can't believe Harada-san
has the Master in check!
[01:54] Guy
Just one more card, and he'll
have the three wins he needs.
[01:57] Guy
Even if he loses, there's still the fifth match.
[01:59] Guy
The Master's got his back to the wall.
[02:01] Guy
Is Suo-kun finally going down?
[02:03] Guy
What a relief! That weirdo
was such a headache.
[02:07] Guy
But then again...
[02:11] Guy
There's no doubt Master Harada
would be quite a headache, too...
SIGN Now that I have this, I'm not giving it to anyone!!
[02:23] Harada
The only cards left are "Since I," "As my,"
[02:26] Harada
"May the time we," "May the time
spent," and "May the scarlet."
[02:32] Harada
Think hard.
[02:35] Harada
I definitely have a feeling that
SIGN bring a life of everlasting love
[02:37] Harada
the "May the time spent"
I sent to Suo-kun won't be read.
[02:40] Harada
But...
SIGN and allow us this secret rendezvous
[02:41] Harada
The "May the scarlet" that I still have...
[02:44] [POEM] Komine
May the scarlet kadsuras...
[02:46] Harada
...is the card I took to win our
luck-of-the-draw in the first match.
[02:52] Harada
Would the same thing happen twice?
SIGN Minister of the Right Sanjo May the scarlet kadsuras of Mount Afusaka live up to their name and allow us this secret rendezvous
[02:55] Harada
It's the card known as the Master's card
SIGN Master
[02:58] Harada
because it contains the two characters
in the word for "Master."
[03:01] Harada
Is my desire to be the Master
making me believe that it will be read?
[03:08] Harada
And "May the time spent" and
"May the time we" aside,
[03:12] Harada
could Master Suo recognize "May the scarlet"
on the "the" and come after it?
[03:21] Harada
Excuse me.
SIGN Swoosh...
SIGN Gulp
[03:34] Chihaya
That thing Dr. Harada used
to do all the time...
SIGN Gulp
[03:38] Harada
I've been through a lot
of things in my life.
[03:41] Harada
Of course I have a lot to think about.
[03:44] Kitano
He seriously has no regard
for the rules at all!
[03:46] Kitano
What a disgrace!
SIGN bring a life of everlasting love
[03:48] Harada
It's in karuta's nature
to have a lot going on.
[03:50] Harada
No matter what kind of feeling I have,
SIGN and allow us this secret rendezvous
[03:53] Harada
either card is just as likely to
be read in a luck-of-the-draw.
[03:58] Harada
Sorry about that.
[04:03] Harada
So let's just take all of it in...
[04:06] Harada
and have a good time here,
[04:08] Harada
Suo-kun.
[04:14] [POEM] Komine
I beseech them to wait for the
Emperor's return before falling
[04:23] [POEM] Komine
Since I could not hide my love,
[04:27] Chihaya
Dead card...
[04:28] Taichi
The Master...
[04:30] Taichi
didn't even move.
[04:32] Harada
But what...
[04:34] Harada
did I just sense coming this way?
[04:37] Chihaya
Taichi, Taichi. I think we can
move up to the front.
[04:40] Chihaya
There's some space.
[04:42] Kitano
Harada has the advantage with his two wins?
[04:45] Kitano
Does he really?
[04:47] Kitano
Given his physical condition, he might
not make it through a fifth match.
[04:50] Kitano
He's the one with his back to the wall!
[04:54] Kitano
If he doesn't take the win here,
[04:56] Kitano
his chances of becoming the Master are...
[05:00] [POEM] Komine
As my love first...
[05:01] Chihaya
Again... the Master didn't move.
[05:04] Chihaya
How can he be so calm about this?
[05:06] Chihaya
Is he that confident in his hearing?
[05:09] Harada
Still, he's moving this way.
[05:12] Harada
His heart...
SIGN and allow us this secret rendezvous
[05:14] Harada
His heart is with this card.
SIGN and allow us this secret rendezvous
[05:20] Harada
This must mean I'm not the only
one fixated on being the Master.
[05:33] Harada
It's me.
[05:35] (Flashback) Harada
Being on the receiving end of
that help makes me stronger!
[05:39] Harada
It has to be me.
SIGN and allow us this secret rendezvous
[05:43] [POEM] Komine
May the...
[05:47] [POEM] Komine
...time we spend apart from one another be
SIGN and allow us this secret rendezvous
[05:55] Harada
Fault...
[05:58] Judge
The winner of the fourth Master match,
by two cards, is Master Suo.
[06:04] Guy
That was close!
[06:04] Guy
Harada-san almost had it!
[06:06] Guy
I can't believe he faulted...
[06:08] Taichi
Did Suo-san actually... now, of all times...
[06:14] Taichi
use his usual style and lure
Dr. Harada into messing up?
SIGN Attendant to Empress Koka May the time spent in our one night together bring a life of everlasting love
SIGN Minister of the Right Sanjo May the scarlet kadsuras of Mount Afusaka live up to their name and allow us this secret rendezvous
[06:29] Komine
Card 99 was "May the scarlet,"
[06:32] Komine
and card 100 was "May the time spent"...
[06:35] Komine
This is what it came down to?
SIGN and allow us this secret rendezvous
[06:38] Komine
Harada-san is to be commended for guessing
that "May the scarlet" would come first,
SIGN bring a life of everlasting love
[06:43] Komine
as is the Master for knowing he would
lose if he simply protected his card
[06:47] Komine
and turning the situation around.
[06:50] Guy
The fifth match will begin
in twenty minutes.
[06:54] Lady
Twenty minutes?
[06:55] Guy
Can Dr. Harada's knees handle that?
[06:58] Chihaya
I'm going out for some fresh air.
[07:06] Mom
Shinobu!
[07:07] Mom
It's time for your interview
about defending your title!
[07:10] Mom
What are you doing? And you
still have your tasuki on!
[07:16] Mom
You can just give them a
quick greeting like always.
[07:20] Shinobu
What happened in the Master match?
[07:22] Mom
I'm not sure...
[07:23] Guy
Numbered tickets for the fifth
match are distributed here.
[07:26] Shinobu
If they're having a fifth match,
that means the Master won.
[07:30] Shinobu
Where were you even looking, Mom?
[07:32] Mom
I don't care about that.
[07:34] Mom
And I know you don't, either.
[07:38] Mom
Goodness, what an unsightly tasuki.
[07:42] Mom
Let's make sure you have
a proper one next time.
[08:00] Chihaya
Why...
[08:02] Chihaya
Why couldn't I have been born male?
[08:06] Chihaya
I want... I want to teach him a lesson.
[08:10] Chihaya
I want to beat him.
[08:11] Chihaya
I can't accept the fact that
someone like him is the Master!
[08:15] Chihaya
The idea that he's the strongest person
[08:18] Chihaya
in the entire world of the karuta I love!
[08:22] Lady
Now, let's hear Wakamiya-san's
impressions of the Queen match,
[08:25] Lady
where she just defended her title.
[08:28] Lady
Congratulations!
[08:30] Shinobu
Thank you.
[08:32] Lady
You did drop your first ever round
in a Queen match.
[08:35] Shinobu
That's true.
[08:37] Nishida
Another mindless comment with
no thought put into it!
[08:41] Nishida
I'll never forget her comments
after playing Yumin!
[08:44] Shinobu
Inokuma Haruka-san has a strength that
makes me glad I played against her.
[08:52] Shinobu
That one loss was tough...
[08:59] Shinobu
But it's like you announcers always say.
[09:01] Lady
Huh?
[09:02] Shinobu
Every victory is thanks to
the people beside you.
[09:05] Lady
You've said that every year yourself...
[09:08] Shinobu
I was just winging it.
[09:10] All
Huh?!
[09:11] Shinobu
This year, I did feel a bit like I won
because of who was beside me.
[09:21] Shinobu
I'm kind of looking forward to
next year's Queen match.
[09:28] (Flashback) Chihaya
Let's play karuta again!
[09:30] (Flashback) Shinobu
When?
[09:31] (Flashback) Chihaya
The Queen match!
[09:38] Chihaya
The one I have to fight
[09:41] Chihaya
is the one other player who's the
strongest in the world of the karuta I love.
[09:46] Chihaya
That's all.
[09:49] Chihaya
That's all I need!
[09:51] Taichi
Chihaya?
[09:53] Chihaya
As for the Master,
[10:00] Chihaya
I can leave him to...
[10:08] Taichi
Arata?!
[10:09] Chihaya
Don't you have a cold?
[10:09] Arata
I do!
[10:12] Taichi
Are you okay? Shouldn't you be resting?
[10:20] Arata
I came to ask you, Chihaya...
[10:22] Arata
for your answer.
[10:24] Chihaya
My answer?
[10:25] Chihaya
I can't... I can't answer you yet, Arata.
[10:29] Taichi
Damn it, Arata, don't sneak
around behind my back!
[10:35] Arata
Where's Dr. Harada?!
[10:36] Taichi
Sleeping in his green room!
[10:37] Chihaya
Wanna go?!
[10:41] Both
Sob, sob...
SIGN Master
Suo
Hisashi's
Green
Room
SIGN He finally finished them!!
[11:13] Suo
Anyone have a hair tie?
[11:15] Girl
Huh?
[11:16] Girl
Uh...
[11:17] Girl
I do!
[11:19] Suo
Thanks.
[11:21] Suo
I'm using the washroom, too.
SIGN Challenger
Harada
Hideo's
Green
Room
[11:38] Chihaya
There are plenty of numbered tickets
left for the Urayasu room.
[11:41] Arata
I'll watch it downstairs.
[11:42] Chihaya
But why? You came all this way.
[11:44] Arata
I mean—
[11:51] Arata
I'll watch it downstairs.
[11:55] Chihaya
How do you think the fifth match will go?
[11:57] Arata
It depends on Dr. Harada's
condition and spirit.
[12:00] Chihaya
And his knees...
[12:01] Taichi
If the Master plays lazily,
like he did in the first two matches...
SIGN Omi Jingu
[12:07] Guy
Competitors, please assemble in the hall.
SIGN Master
Tournament
Fifth
Match
SIGN Final Round
[12:27] Harada
You look a lot younger
without the whiskers.
[12:31] Harada
I forgot you were only 26.
[12:35] Harada
I envy you.
[12:49] Chihaya
Five matches in ten hours,
starting at 10:00 AM...
[12:53] Chihaya
Even the people who were just
watching started to burn out
[12:57] Chihaya
as the cards were read one after another,
[13:01] Chihaya
but Dr. Harada never gave up.
[13:04] Uozumi
Master Suo looks quite
different from earlier.
SIGN Fifth Match Commentary
[13:08] Uozumi
Part of it is that he's shaved, but also...
[13:11] Kitano
I don't like this at all.
SIGN Is the Master gonna run away with the win? The Master's finally getting serious in the fifth match?! The Master looks like a different person now!! What'll happen? Who's gonna win?? Don't lose, bear! So polite... Harada-saaaaaan! Don't loooooose!! Good luck, Master
[13:14] Kitano
Impolite guys aren't scary.
[13:18] Kitano
They'll always get careless.
[13:20] Kitano
But...
[13:22] Kitano
People who behave politely
are harder to deal with.
[13:26] Kitano
A show of respect is also a show of fear.
[13:28] Kinano
Suo-kun won't be showing Harada
any further weakness.
SIGN What's the differential now? What'd he do with his whiskers lolol The Master's so fast Is he finally gonna finish this now?
[13:32] Kitano
Just look at his bearing.
[13:35] Kitano
It looks like Harada has made
the Master truly be the Master.
[13:42] Harada
It's not over yet.
[13:44] Harada
I still have a chance. If I just
play each card carefully...
[13:51] Harada
I'll get closer than anyone
to where you currently are!
[13:55] Harada
What kind of karuta will you play in
the last stages of the fifth match?
[14:00] Harada
I'll figure it out!
[14:03] Chihaya
Dr. Harada...
[14:05] Suo
You can't.
[14:08] Chihaya
Dr. Harada, I...
[14:11] Harada
What sort of person are you?
[14:13] Harada
What can you do, and what can't you do?
[14:17] Chihaya
I got hurt by Suo-san's words,
[14:20] Chihaya
so I ran and tattled to you about his eyes.
[14:24] Chihaya
Every thought of Suo-san has been
accompanied by dark feelings.
[14:29] Uozumi
Harada, grade 6, is playing well.
[14:31] Uozumi
He's really hanging in there.
[14:34] [POEM] Komine
Rain takes longer...
[14:35] Chihaya
Harada, grade 6, defended
a one-syllable card!
[14:39] Harada
Did you think I wouldn't notice?
[14:42] Harada
You reacted on "-in takes."
[14:45] Harada
When you start to get tired,
your game sense falters.
[14:54] Harada
If only I were still young, too...
[15:00] Chihaya
Dr. Harada is facing every
moment of this fight head-on.
[15:07] Harada
But it's fine.
[15:10] Harada
Someone young will take
what's happened today...
SIGN I long for the agony I feel now
[15:17] Both
Thank you very much.
[15:20] Harada
...and make it work for them.
[15:26] Judge
The winner of the fifth match,
by twelve cards, is Master Suo.
[15:32] Judge
With three wins and two losses,
Master Suo has defended his title.
[15:39] Guy
So the Master is still Suo-kun...
[15:42] Guy
That really kept me on edge, though.
[15:44] Guy
But the Master's retiring now, right?
[15:47] Guy
That's a relief.
[15:48] Taichi
A relief... That's true.
[15:53] Taichi
Even Dr. Harada's tenacity
couldn't knock him off his throne.
[15:58] Taichi
He'd better...
[16:00] Taichi
become a legend of the past sooner than later.
[16:04] Wife
You must be tired after all that, dear.
[16:07] Harada
Well... yeah. I'm tired, all right.
[16:13] Harada
Sorry, I couldn't become the Master.
[16:17] Wife
I don't need any of that.
SIGN Shock
[16:20] Wife
I've never once wished for that.
[16:26] Wife
What I wanted was to see you smile.
[16:29] Wife
Nothing more.
[16:34] Lady
We will now interview the Master.
[16:36] Lady
Congratulations on your
fifth consecutive win.
[16:39] Suo
Thank you.
[16:40] Lady
Your win streak was snapped today,
[16:43] Lady
and you were taken all the way
to the final round.
[16:46] Lady
How do you feel?
[16:51] Suo
I'm tired.
[16:52] Lady
And your impressions after
facing Harada-san?
[16:57] Suo
I'm tired.
[16:59] Lady
Um, can you be more specific?
[17:05] Suo
It was fun.
[17:07] Suo
Playing karuta was fun.
[17:19] Suo
It was fun.
[17:22] Lady
You declared that you would retire
after your fifth consecutive win.
[17:25] Lady
Is that still how you feel?
[17:31] (Flashback) Yukiko
Just be sure to make
something of yourself.
[17:36] Suo
Yes...
[17:38] Suo
It is.
[17:39] Suo
My retirement—
[17:41] Arata
Master!
[17:44] Guy
You... Wait a—
[17:45] Arata
Master!
[17:49] Hiroshi
What are you doing, Wataya-kun?! Come on!
[17:52] Arata
Wait!
[17:52] Hiroshi
He's being interviewed!
It's a live broadcast!
[17:54] Arata
But... Master...
[17:55] Arata
Master...
[17:56] Arata
Suo-san!
[17:57] Hiroshi
Wataya-kun!
[17:58] Arata
Don't quit, Suo-san!
[18:00] Arata
Don't quit!
[18:01] Arata
Stay the Master!
[18:05] Arata
I'll come here to beat you!
[18:17] Suo
Okay. I'll give you one
more year... for free.
SIGN Gasp
SIGN ...still in it! For real? Wooooow For free? For free lolol Oooooh Who's the kid? Aaaaaand he's still in the game Is this a shonen manga now?
[18:58] Sakura
So it's finally over.
[19:00] Haruka
Thanks for everything, Sakurazawa-san.
[19:04] Sakura
I didn't do anything.
[19:08] Haruka
I really think the baby
inside me now is a girl.
[19:13] Haruka
I prayed to god earlier.
[19:15] Haruka
"Even if it means I have a boy,
please let me win."
[19:19] Haruka
If you want to call it silly,
just don't say anything.
[19:21] Haruka
You can't imagine the resolve it takes
to be a mother of three boys.
[19:27] Haruka
But since I lost...
[19:29] Haruka
my challenge ends here.
[19:32] Kyoko
My, Inokuma-san! You're expecting?
[19:35] Kyoko
Your third?
[19:36] Kyoko
Are you feeling all right?
[19:38] Kyoko
Goodness, dear, you pushed yourself
so hard! You're so tough!
[19:42] Haruka
Yes, I guess I managed...
[19:44] Kyoko
So will you be going on
maternity leave again?
[19:47] Kyoko
My, you will certainly be busy!
[19:51] Haruka
I'm not sure I'll make it back, though...
[19:56] Kyoko
I thought so when the Queen
lost the second match too,
[20:01] Kyoko
but when you get to be my age,
[20:04] Kyoko
when a young person stops and stands still,
you see it as them planting a seed.
[20:10] Kyoko
From my perspective, you are still young.
[20:15] Kyoko
You will come back.
[20:33] Chihaya
Quick! Hurry up!
SIGN If we miss the next Nozomi, we won't get home until really late!
[20:38] Nishida
Wait! Food! Souvenirs!
[20:40] Kanade
You can buy those on the train!
[20:43] Nishida
Man, what an intense day this was.
[20:45] Nishida
I'm exhausted just from watching.
[20:48] Nishida
I feel bad for Dr. Harada,
[20:50] Nishida
but so much crazy stuff happened,
like the Master calling off his retirement!
[20:57] Nishida
Chow time!
SIGN !noos ooT
[20:58] Kanade
You're eating that already?
[21:00] Nishida
Yep. I'm gonna eat one at
each station we stop at.
[21:02] Nishida
The first one's for Kyoto!
[21:04] Chihaya
Wait, why isn't Taichi here?
[21:07] Chihaya
He was with us at the station...
[21:10] Chihaya
Did he miss the train?!
[21:10] Nishida
Goof.
SIGN Goof, indeed.
[21:12] Kanade
Actually...
[21:13] Kanade
He told me earlier.
[21:16] Kanade
He's staying behind to play in the
Takamatsu Memorial Cup tomorrow.
[21:23] Chihaya
Taichi's getting the jump on me!
E21 - To restore my faith
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[00:04] Chihaya
He's staying behind alone to play
in the Takamatsu Memorial Cup?!
[00:07] Chihaya
Taichi's getting the jump on me again!
[00:22] Kanade
Ch-Chihaya-chan...
SIGN Skree!
[00:23] Chihaya
Why?!
[00:24] Chihaya
Why didn't he say anything?!
Why'd he go alone?!
[00:27] Chihaya
Why?! Why?!
[00:37] Chihaya
He...
[00:39] Chihaya
He's Taichi. Of course
he couldn't tell me.
[00:43] Chihaya
Taichi got the jump on me!
[00:46] (Flashback) Taichi
I'm here to practice.
[00:47] (Flashback) Sumire
Practice?!
[00:48] (Flashback) Sumire
Why?!
[00:52] Kanade
Exactly. He couldn't tell you
because it's who he is.
[00:56] Kanade
But if you rationalize it like that,
you'll stop thinking.
[01:00] Kanade
So keep thinking, Chihaya-chan.
[01:03] Kanade
Think about why he does this.
[01:08] Chihaya
Why...
[01:10] Chihaya
Why? Why, why?
[01:13] Chihaya
Why does Taichi always go off on his own?
SIGN Chihayafuru 3
SIGN Chihayafuru 3
SIGN Verse 21
SIGN To restore
my faith
[02:36] Guy
Mashima-sama, yes?
We've been expecting you.
[02:44] TV
We'll see stormy weather across
Japan starting tomorrow...
SIGN High
[02:48] TV
In the Master and Queen karuta matches
that were held today,
[02:52] TV
Wakamiya Shinobu-san,
a high schooler from Kyoto,
[02:54] TV
successfully defended her crown as Queen
in her third consecutive title win.
SIGN Still the Best Competitive Karuta Player in Japan
The Queen Wins Her Third Consecutive Title!!
[02:59] Taichi
How should I fight?
[03:01] Shinobu
I'm kind of looking forward to
next year's Queen match.
[03:05] Taichi
How should I fight?
SIGN Karuta
SIGN Master retracts his retirement declaration!! Wins fifth consecutive title!!
[03:07] Suo
Okay. I'll give you one
more year... for free.
[03:13] Taichi
I can't even think about next year.
[03:16] Arata
I'll come here to beat you!
[03:20] Taichi
Dr. Harada is my mentor.
[03:24] Taichi
I should have been the one to say that.
[03:51] Taichi
I don't think I could face Arata
and keep a cool head.
[03:57] Taichi
How should I fight?
[03:59] Taichi
Against Arata...
[04:02] Taichi
Against myself?
SIGN January 11th
SIGN Otsuka Karuta Memorial Hall, Tokyo
SIGN New Year's Karuta Tournament (Classes A, B, C)
SIGN Class D Tournament Held at Bunkyo Sports Center
[04:13] Nishida
Dang, Mashima's entered in this one, too.
[04:16] Nishida
It was so he could play in either?
He really had all the bases covered.
SIGN Rich, too...
[04:20] Nishida
He's a lot more serious
about karuta than I realized.
SIGN Both have entry fees
[04:25] Nishida
Kana-chan's serious, too!
A kimono so early in the new year!
SIGN So serious!
[04:29] Kanade
It's because it's so early in the new year!
SIGN And here's another one who's serious...
[04:40] Kanade
In my mind,
[04:42] Kanade
"last year" ended with the
Master and Queen matches,
[04:45] Kanade
and "this year" starts with
the New Year's Tournament.
SIGN Oh, I get that!
[04:50] Nishida
Me, too!
SIGN Ayase Chihaya
[04:51] Kanade
We'll be in our third year of high school soon.
[04:54] Kanade
Our last year.
[04:57] Kanade
Everything is too precious to waste.
[04:59] Kanade
Every match, every moment,
[05:02] Kanade
is too precious not to take seriously.
[05:06] Tsukuba
Oe-senpai's right!
SIGN Here for support
[05:08] Sumire
Why are you in a kimono, too?!
[05:10] Tsukuba
Not that you're any match for me,
since you're in Class D.
[05:12] Sumire
Huh?!
[05:12] Tsukuba
To secure my position as the next
president of the Mizusawa Karuta Club,
[05:17] Tsukuba
I'm going to win today
and advance to Class B!
SIGN You can do it, bro!!
SIGN Here for
support
[05:20] Sumire
The next president?!
[05:23] Sumire
The next president...
[05:26] Sumire
That's right. Our club won't
stay the same forever.
[05:30] Sumire
It's going to change.
[05:32] Sumire
We'll all go our separate ways, just like today...
[05:40] Chihaya
Why?
[05:42] Chihaya
Why, Taichi?
[05:45] Chihaya
Why?
[05:46] Chihaya
Taichi is...
[05:48] Chihaya
Why?
[05:49] Chihaya
...fighting his own battles.
[05:52] Chihaya
Why?
[05:53] Chihaya
Why?
[05:57] Chihaya
I'll have to go into this without answers.
[05:59] Guy
Class A competitors will now be
matched up. Gather, please.
[06:03] Chihaya
I'll fight my own battles.
[06:08] Guy
Class B competitors,
[06:09] Guy
please take your assigned seats.
SIGN This is the year! Class A
[06:10] Retro
I'll fight my own battles!
SIGN Retro-kun?!
[06:12] Nishida
I haven't seen you in ages!
SIGN Same Day Shiga Prefecture Omi Jingu
SIGN Takamatsu Memorial Cup at the Learning Center
[06:18] Lady
That's him! The one we saw on Nico!
[06:21] Lady
Oh!
[06:22] Lady
I saw that! What he said
was pretty crazy, huh?
[06:24] Lady
You know who he is, right?
The grandson of Eternal Master Wataya!
[06:29] Yoshika
Oh, Wataya-kun, Wataya-kun!
[06:31] Arata
Mr. Yoshioka.
[06:32] Yoshioka
You really surprised me yesterday.
[06:35] Yoshioka
I've never seen you so proactive.
[06:39] Yoshioka
You can't afford to lose
any tournaments now, huh?
SIGN Bluuuuush
[06:46] Arata
Right... Right...
[06:50] Yoshioka
I know you're a strong player,
[06:52] Yoshioka
and I believe you have room to grow, too.
[06:55] Yoshioka
As long as you maintain the fortitude
to win one match at a time,
[06:57] Yoshioka
you'll make it.
[06:59] Yoshioka
Go get 'em.
[07:03] Yoshioka
Oh...
[07:04] Yoshioka
If there's anything I hope for,
[07:06] Yoshioka
it's that you have someone
like Sato Kiyohiko, grade 9.
[07:09] Arata
Huh?
[07:22] Taichi
I'm the only one who stayed.
[07:29] Taichi
I'm looking forward to today.
[07:33] Taichi
There's a reason why I...
[07:36] Arata
...can't...
[07:38] Retro
...lose!
[07:40] Retro
To become, in my vast popularity,
the (obvious choice for the) next club president!
SIGN Retro can probably do it
SIGN Probably
SIGN This is the year!
Class A
[07:47] Retro
But I'm still Class B.
[07:48] Retro
I have the skill, but bad luck
has thwarted my rise to Class A!
[07:52] Tamaru
Oh, I got that one, right?
[07:54] Retro
Huh? Er, but...
[07:55] Tamaru
No, I think I touched it
faster from this angle.
[07:59] Retro
Huh? Which one?
[08:00] Tamaru
Oh, we're starting there?
[08:02] Tamaru
You couldn't tell? Oh, okay.
[08:04] Tamaru
Never mind, then.
SIGN Confused...
SIGN This is the year! Class A
[08:10] Tamaru
Uh...
[08:11] Chihaya
Huh? What?
[08:13] Tamaru
Oh, uh... just... hmm...
[08:17] Tamaru
Yeah, never mind.
[08:19] Tamaru
We can sort all that out later.
Let's just keep going.
[08:22] Lady
The Tamaru siblings are
as annoying as ever.
[08:25] Guy
They'd be good enough if
they just played normally.
[08:27] Guy
Isn't that what makes them so strong?
[08:29] Guy
It ticks you off and throws you off-pace.
[08:32] Chihaya
He's an unusual type...
[08:34] Tamaru
Oh, sorry.
[08:36] Tamaru
Does the way I move my cards
make it hard to play?
[08:38] Tamaru
Sorry. I get that a lot.
[08:43] Chihaya
No, it's fine.
[08:47] Tamaru
What? She's such a frail girl, and yet...
[08:52] Tamaru
her core is sturdier than mine?
[08:55] [POEM] Reader
After I determined...
[08:56] Tamaru
And light!
[09:00] Chihaya
The sight of Shinobu-chan crumbling to pieces,
[09:03] Chihaya
and when she recovered...
[09:06] Chihaya
Dr. Harada's passion,
[09:09] Chihaya
and Suo-san's strength...
[09:12] Chihaya
Arata's determination,
[09:15] Chihaya
and Taichi's challenge...
[09:18] Chihaya
By clashing together, they change.
[09:21] Chihaya
Can I make my own beginning, too?
[09:28] Chihaya
I forgot my tasuki again!
[09:30] Chihaya
Ms. Miyauchi's tasuki!
[09:36] Chihaya
A new year, a new day...
[09:50] Sumire
Mashima-senpai's the only
one who's not here.
[09:53] Sumire
I wonder why... A new year has begun...
[09:59] Sumire
But it's the end that I'm more concerned about.
SIGN Omi Learning Center
[10:07] Guy
Master Suo!
[10:08] Suo
Excuse me. I was hoping I could
have my trophy sent home.
[10:12] Guy
Oh... Head to the staff room.
[10:15] Guy
The Takamatsu Memorial Cup's
going on right now,
[10:17] Guy
so be quiet, okay?
[10:19] Guy
Man, the Nagumo Society's tough! That's just nasty!
[10:22] Guy
Four of them have made it to the quarters.
[10:25] Guy
We're drawing the fourth round match-ups.
SIGN Murao Shinichi
Yuikawa Momo
[10:37] (Flashback) Suo
Okay. I'll give you one
more year... for free.
[10:42] Suo
A one-year extension.
SIGN Mashima Taichi
SIGN Wataya Arata
[10:50] Suo
In one year,
[10:53] Suo
364 days later...
[11:03] Suo
who's going to have the last laugh?
SIGN Mashima Taichi Wataya Arata
SIGN Nagumo Society
[11:17] Guy
The Nagumo Society's black T-shirts
SIGN Hehehehehe
[11:20] Guy
look pretty intimidating
in a scenario like this.
[11:22] Guy
Is everyone except the black-shirts
gonna end up eliminated?
[11:35] Taichi
I can't look him in the eye.
[11:38] Taichi
Damn it.
[11:40] Taichi
I know I need to keep a cool head, but I'm...
[11:43] Taichi
Arata's looking at me.
[11:45] Taichi
He's acting normal.
[11:47] Taichi
Damn it.
[11:49] Murao
Arata, you had an even number, right?
[11:51] Murao
You should be on the side nearest the wall.
[11:54] Arata
Huh?
[11:55] Arata
Oh... Sorry. I got mixed up.
[11:58] Taichi
Same.
[12:09] Guy
Please place your cards.
[12:16] Guy
The Master!
[12:17] Guy
What's he doing here?
[12:21] Taichi
I've seen this before...
SIGN Wataya Arata's Preferred Layout
[12:26] (Flashback) Taichi
Arata's card layout?
[12:28] (Flashback) Taichi
I'm supposed to be a virtual Arata?
[12:37] (Flashback) Tsutomu
One's trying to be Suo Hisashi,
and one's trying to be Wataya Arata.
[12:51] Suo
Are those two... friends?
[13:01] (Flashback) Arata
Let's play karuta!
[13:08] Arata
No, that was mine!
[13:09] Taichi
I took that one!
[13:10] Arata
No way! I swept that one!
[13:12] Kuri
That's unusual. Arata-kun is arguing.
[13:15] Taichi
I swept it, too!
[13:17] Arata
Well, I touched it first!
[13:19] Arata
Anyway,
[13:20] Arata
even if we hit it at the
same time, I get the card!
[13:25] Suo
Oh?
[13:27] Suo
He moved for his opponent's
lower right side,
[13:30] Suo
then changed course to the opponent's left.
[13:33] Suo
Then he got him to agree that
they hit it at the same time.
[13:37] Suo
Yeah, anyone would find him
annoying to play against.
[13:41] Suo
He's definitely a Shiranami Society member.
[13:44] Suo
That's definitely Dr. Harada's offensive karuta.
[13:49] Taichi
I can't let him take even one card easily.
[13:52] Taichi
I have to play dirty karuta against Arata.
[13:55] Taichi
Pressure him to fight hard against
someone he sees as beneath him...
[14:08] [POEM] Reader
Long last we meet...
[14:10] Kuri
Oh, nice one.
[14:20] (Flashback) Chihaya
...like flowing water.
[14:22] Taichi
He was like this when he played
the Queen in the summer, too.
[14:25] Taichi
That face...
[14:29] Taichi
That aura...
[14:31] Arata
Right... Take them like that, move like this.
[14:34] Arata
I can visualize it.
[14:36] Arata
Send "As this," cross over between
"Would the" and "Would this"...
[14:40] Arata
More...
[14:42] Arata
Maybe I...
[14:44] Arata
always looked down on Taichi in karuta.
[14:50] Arata
I thought it'd be difficult
to play against Taichi.
[14:55] Arata
But it's like I can feel
my heart growing bigger.
[15:02] Arata
I'm that happy!
[15:04] Yoshioka
Atta boy!
[15:11] [POEM] Reader
Would the mountain cherry blossoms...
[15:15] Kuri
His opponent used a cross
against him, too?!
[15:18] Kuri
Wait, no.
[15:20] Kuri
He was covering "Would this" to block him,
[15:22] Kuri
which killed the speed
of Arata-kun's swing.
[15:25] Kuri
He then went on to swipe "Would the" away.
[15:28] Suo
He set out to defeat his cross.
[15:38] Taichi
Arata, did you...
[15:41] Taichi
say something to Chihaya back in the fall?
[15:47] Arata
Uh... Yeah. I did.
SIGN the red that is the Tatsuta River
[15:59] Taichi
I see.
[16:03] (Flashback) Chihaya
I play offensive karuta
[16:05] (Flashback) Chihaya
The more I want a card,
the faster I let it go.
[16:08] (Flashback) Chihaya
Then I go in determined to take it.
[16:26] Tamaru
Oh, shoot! I was just testing
my luck! Is this okay?!
SIGN Class B Winner
SIGN I didn't mean to do that
[16:29] Tamaru
Is it okay for me to win?!
[16:31] Guy
The Tamaru sister won in Class B? For real?
[16:35] Guy
She's gonna be even more insufferable now.
[16:37] Guy
Those other guys need to get it together!
[16:50] Retro
"In order to... "
[16:52] Yuka
Huh?
[16:53] Retro
"In order to restore my
faith in this world... "
[16:58] Yuka
Huh?
SIGN Emperor Gotoba In order to restore my faith in this world, I have learned to both love and hate my fellow man
[17:00] Retro
The last card that was taken from me today.
[17:03] Retro
It's exactly how I feel right now...
[17:06] Retro
What a miserable poem for
Emperor Gotoba to leave behind...
[17:10] Retro
You've gotta keep this a secret,
[17:12] Retro
but all of the "In" cards
are my worst ones.
[17:15] Retro
Not only the ones that start with "In," but
the ones with "in" in the second verse, too!
[17:19] Retro
They always confuse me for a second,
and there are so many of them...
[17:23] Retro
I've been doing this for
ten years, and still...
[17:27] Retro
I'm not cut out to play karuta!
SIGN Class A Finals
[17:35] Retro
I wanted to be a club president
[17:37] Retro
who had talent and could be trusted,
just like Sudo-san...
[17:53] Yuka
Retro-kun, did you know?
[17:55] Retro
Huh?
[17:57] Yuka
Emperor Gotoba's poem is number 99,
[18:00] Yuka
and his son, Emperor Juntoku,
wrote number 100.
SIGN Emperor Juntoku Would this old palace courtyard and the eaves strewn with weeds be as dear now, those were the good old days
[18:04] Yuka
It's the last poem in the Hundred Poets,
[18:07] Yuka
and it's packed with deep, genuine feelings
about the end of noble society.
[18:13] [POEM] Kanade
Weeping ferns grow on the roof of the
once-prosperous imperial palace.
[18:18] [POEM] Kanade
Memories of the good old days, too dear and
numerous to recollect, are yet brought to mind.
[18:24] Yuka
Do you understand?
[18:26] Yuka
It's nothing like your petty frustration
over being stuck in Class B!
SIGN Shock
[18:33] Guy
Hey, Retro.
[18:34] Guy
Retro-senpai.
[18:35] Guy
What're you doing?
[18:37] Guy
Sudo-senpai's gonna kill you if
you're not in there to root for him.
[18:40] Guy
He said he's gonna treat us all later.
[18:42] Guy
If he wins, it'll be yakiniku,
and if he loses, it's beef bowls.
[18:46] Retro
I'm sorry, guys... I lost...
[18:50] Retro
I'm the next club president,
and I'm still in Class B...
[18:52] Both
Huh?
[18:54] Guy
That doesn't matter.
[18:55] Guy
I mean, you in Class A?
[18:57] Guy
We never expected that.
SIGN Shock
[19:01] Guy
Let's go!
[19:02] Guy
Think we'll get yakiniku?
[19:03] Guy
Maybe beef bowls...
[19:05] Retro
Meat... If I eat some meat...
[19:08] Yuka
Maybe what I said was mean,
but I won't let go of his hand.
[19:13] Yuka
Up we go!
[19:16] Yuka
What should I make next time?
[19:18] Yuka
Actually, what prefecture will
the next tournament be in?
[19:22] Yuka
It's like I'm on tour!
[19:33] Sudo
When was the last time I played Ayase?
[19:36] Sudo
Quite a while?
[19:40] Sudo
Was it then? Tch, what a lousy memory.
[19:46] Sudo
Back then, she was relying on game sense
and only cared about taking cards quickly.
[19:50] Sudo
But now, she's grown in a lot of ways.
[19:54] Sudo
She's grown, and yet...
SIGN Ahhh!
[20:03] Sudo
Crap! Damn it!
[20:07] Sudo
Thank you very much.
[20:09] Chihaya
Th-Th...
[20:11] Chihaya
Thank you very much.
[20:16] Sudo
I had a feeling about it before...
[20:18] Sudo
But you really can make yourself totally empty.
[20:22] Sudo
Even when you keep
absorbing stuff from around you...
[20:25] Sudo
How do you do it?
[20:28] Sudo
I guess sounds resonate
better in emptiness.
SIGN Zzzz
[20:40] Sudo
Hey!
[21:02] Suo
Want one?
SIGN January 11th Bunkyo New Year's Karuta Tournament
SIGN Winner Ayase Chihaya
SIGN Omi Jingu Takamatsu Memorial Cup Runner-Up Wataya Arata
SIGN Winner Murao Shinichi
SIGN 4th Prize (Quarterfinalist)
SIGN Mashima Taichi
E22 - Just as my beauty has faded
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[00:00] Fuka
This concludes the material that will
be covered on the final exam...
[00:05] Fuka
I wish you all the best of luck.
[00:08] Nishida
What're you doing, Ayase?
[00:10] Nishida
That's not gonna be on the test.
[00:13] Nishida
You've been top of your game
in karuta since that last win.
[00:16] Nishida
Mashima should be the only one
feeling all gloomy.
[00:19] Nishida
I think losing to Wataya Arata and getting
fourth prize is pretty darn good, myself...
[00:25] Chihaya
Taichi...
[00:29] [POEM] Chihaya
In the sleepy...
[00:31] [POEM] Chihaya
Said bed was cold...
[00:34] Chihaya
It looks like he's just... playing karuta.
[00:38] Chihaya
Taichi...
[00:40] Chihaya
Why did you enter
the Takamatsu Memorial Cup alone?
[00:44] Chihaya
What happened in your match with Arata?
[00:47] Chihaya
I'm so close to you all the time,
[00:49] Chihaya
so why can't I ask you
these things anymore?
SIGN Do Not Open!
Girls Changing Inside
Don't you dare!! Don't!
[00:59] Kanade
Chihaya-chan, Hanano-san...
[01:02] Kanade
Don't you feel like we need to do
something about the mood around here?
[01:07] Kanade
Finals are coming up, the summer
tournament's still far off,
[01:10] Kanade
and the president's feeling down.
[01:12] Kanade
We should do something.
[01:14] Sumire
L-Like what?
[01:16] Chihaya
And how?
[01:18] Kanade
I-It needs to be something fun.
[01:22] Kanade
February...
[01:23] Kanade
is when Valentine's Day is!
[01:25] Kanade
We girls should all make chocolates
[01:26] Kanade
to bring this club's vitality back!
SIGN Chihayafuru 3
SIGN Chihayafuru 3
SIGN Verse 22
SIGN Just
as my
beauty
has
faded
[02:44] Dad
Something smells good!
[02:47] Dad
What're you up to, Chihaya?
[02:48] Chihaya
Don't come in here, Dad!
[02:50] Dad
O-Okay... Good luck, then.
SIGN Chocolate Recipes Starting with the Most Delicious Bases
[02:52] Chihaya
"Enrobe the balls of ganache."
[02:55] Chihaya
Enrobe them? Like this?
[02:57] Kanade
Roll the ganache into
balls in your hands...
[02:59] Chihaya
Enrobe...
SIGN It started out this big
SIGN Melted Off
[03:03] ---
Roll...
SIGN Dissolved to Nothing
[03:08] Chihaya
What now?!
[03:10] Chihaya
We're gonna run out of ingredients
before Sumire-chan gets here!
[03:13] Kanade
Hanano-san did say she'd
be about an hour late!
[03:16] Kanade
I'll go buy chocolate bars
from the convenience store!
[03:18] Sumire
What are you two doing?
[03:20] Sumire
I told you not to start before I got here!
[03:26] Sumire
I've been making chocolates
since I was in second grade.
[03:29] Sumire
I make tons of it to give
my friends every year,
[03:32] Sumire
so I have plenty of wrapping
and other tools, too.
[03:34] Sumire
You can ask me anything.
SIGN Such a girl!!
SIGN All I can cook is rice...
[03:36] Sumire
In fact, I'd venture to say that
chocolate-making for beginners
[03:39] Sumire
is all about making something far removed
from chocolate and presenting it as chocolate.
[03:44] Chihaya
What does that mean?
[03:45] Sumire
If a beginner just melts chocolate bars
and reforms them into different shapes,
[03:50] Sumire
you can't temper it, so it'll just
separate and drop in quality.
SIGN Te... Temper ...?
[03:53] Sumire
If you stick close to the original chocolate,
[03:55] Sumire
it'll never match up to the
stuff you can buy in stores.
[03:58] Sumire
In my experience, the best chocolates
that leave the best impression
[04:01] Sumire
are the ones made with flour and cocoa!
[04:04] Kanade
Flour and cocoa?
[04:05] Chihaya
Not chocolate?
[04:06] Sumire
Today we'll be making chocolate waffles,
cocoa marshmallows,
[04:11] Sumire
and black cocoa shortbread cookies.
[04:13] Sumire
They're filling, perfect for boys,
and don't need refrigeration.
[04:17] Kanade
Wow... Hanano-san really does
calculate everything in life!
[04:22] Sumire
Ayase-senpai!
[04:23] Sumire
Proportions are everything in baking,
so measure properly!
[04:26] Kanade
I didn't know sweets and Valentines
could make someone shine so bright!
SIGN Oe-senpai, you need
to measure, too!
[04:30] Three
Let's start the Valentine's cooking!
SIGN Valentine's Cooking!!
SIGN Knead the dough well to produce plenty of gluten
SIGN Add the butter in three separate portions and knead well to make it shine
SIGN Chocolate Waffles
SIGN Let the dough rise to 1.5x the original size
SIGN Add chocolate chips and fold
SIGN After proofing, cook on low heat
SIGN 3-4 minutes on both sides
[04:44] Chihaya
W-W...
[04:45] Chihaya
Wow!
[04:46] Chihaya
It's so good!
SIGN Smells great!
[04:47] Sumire
No eating! We're moving on!
SIGN Mix corn syrup, sugar, cocoa, and water in a small pan, warm to 125°C, then add gelatin
SIGN Break up egg whites in a bowl over ice water, add sugar and beat until stiff peaks form
SIGN Cocoa Marshmallows
SIGN Combine the two mixtures and beat at high speed with a handheld mixer
[04:53] Chihaya
Handheld mixers are incredible!
[04:55] Sumire
I bet you could manage with your
hands alone, Ayase-senpai.
SIGN Pour into a mold and allow to set gradually
SIGN You can make a box out of baking sheets, too.
SIGN Cut into small pieces with a knife coated in corn starch
SIGN Black Cocoa Shortbread Cookies
[05:02] Chihaya
They're so good!
[05:03] Kanade
And so cute!
[05:04] Kanade
Hanano-san, you're amazing!
[05:05] Chihaya
The boys are going to be so happy!
SIGN Cocoa Marshmallows
[05:10] Sumire
I wonder what kind of chocolate
Mashima-senpai likes.
SIGN Black
Cocoa
Shortbread
Cookies
SIGN Chocolate
Waffles
[05:13] Kanade
I can't even imagine.
[05:15] Kanade
Do you know, Chihaya-chan?
[05:16] Chihaya
Oh, Taichi?
[05:18] Chihaya
He got tons of chocolates
every year as a kid, so...
SIGN Fermented Squid Guts
[05:22] Chihaya
He'd probably be happier to
get fermented squid guts!
[05:27] Sumire
Are you serious?!
[05:28] Sumire
Everything we just did was a total waste, then!
[05:30] Chihaya
Oh... Sorry.
[05:32] Kanade
There are lots of boys like that, though.
[05:35] Kanade
Should we make some fermented squid guts?
[05:36] Sumire
What?!
[05:37] Sumire
Right here? Right now?
Fermented squid guts?!
[05:39] Sumire
Cocoa and fermented squid guts?!
[05:41] Chihaya
Nah, no way!
[05:43] Sumire
Obviously not! Even a nice
guy like him would barf!
[05:47] Kanade
The ribbons are so cute.
[05:49] Sumire
If we're all eating them together in the
club room, why not prepare it as a picnic?
[05:52] Chihaya
Good idea! Let's have fun with it!
[05:54] Chihaya
Lots of fun!
[05:55] Kanade
I like that color!
[05:58] Sumire
Even a nice guy like him...
[06:02] Chihaya
Someone so nice,
[06:05] Chihaya
so strong,
[06:08] Chihaya
who tries so hard...
[06:15] Chihaya
This...
[06:17] Chihaya
This is fun.
[06:20] Chihaya
Doing things together
with everyone is fun...
[06:25] Chihaya
So why?
[06:27] Chihaya
Why...
[06:30] Chihaya
does Taichi seem so stressed out?
[06:33] Chihaya
So in pain?
[06:36] Chihaya
S... Sm...
[06:40] Chihaya
Smile...
[06:42] Chihaya
I want you to smile!
[06:51] Sumire
Thanks for having us.
[06:53] Kanade
Chihaya-chan, make sure you don't
forget to bring them tomorrow.
[06:56] Chihaya
Okay.
[06:58] Kanade
It's pretty late, but I'm glad
we got everything done.
[07:03] Kanade
Hanano-san, is that...
[07:05] Kanade
Couverture chocolate, the kind they say
has a 100 percent chance of success?!
[07:09] Sumire
Oh...
[07:11] Sumire
Th-This is, um...
[07:14] Kanade
Were you late because you were buying that?
[07:17] Kanade
Chocolates for real love?
[07:20] Kanade
You're giving him those
instead of homemade ones?
[07:24] Sumire
W-Well, they say it has a
100 percent chance of success...
[07:29] Sumire
Chance of success?
[07:32] Sumire
I know I don't even have one.
[07:34] Sumire
I know it's zero... but still...
[07:41] Kanade
No matter what you give him,
even if it's not on Valentine's Day,
[07:47] Kanade
I think you can get your feelings
across whenever you want.
[07:51] Kanade
Karuta was so far removed from you,
but you've worked hard at it this entire year.
[07:56] Kanade
Your feelings have already taken shape.
SIGN Bubaigawara Station
[08:01] Kanade
I'm headed this way. Bye, Hanano-san.
[08:04] Sumire
Bye.
[08:10] Kanade
Everyone's thinking about you
on various levels,
[08:14] Kanade
so President... President...
[08:17] Kanade
Please cheer up.
[08:19] Taichi
Thanks... a lot.
[08:21] Girl
Take mine too, Senpai!
[08:22] Girl
Mine, too!
[08:23] Girl
Please accept mine!
SIGN He gets that many during every break.
[08:25] Nishida
Mashima's been down lately,
but I'm having trouble sympathizing.
SIGN Badump Badump
[08:29] Sumire
I can't catch him alone...
[08:31] Girls
Senpai!
SIGN Badump Badump
[08:32] Sumire
I can't catch him alone!
[08:33] Girl
Eat these!
SIGN Badump Badump
[08:35] Sumire
I can't catch him alone!
[08:38] Sumire
Hot guys...
[08:40] Sumire
are never alone...
[08:42] Guy
Crap! There's the bell!
[08:45] Sumire
I don't absolutely have
to give him these today.
[08:48] Sumire
I'll see him after school in the club room,
[08:51] Sumire
and I have no chance, anyway.
[08:53] Sumire
And he already knows how I feel...
[09:05] Sumire
Mashima-senpai!
[09:08] Sumire
Here!
SIGN Heavy
[09:14] Taichi
Wha—
[09:15] Taichi
H-Huh?
SIGN Fermented Squid Guts
[09:18] Taichi
Huh?
[09:26] Sumire
I like you, Senpai!
[09:28] Sumire
I really like you!
[09:34] Sumire
I want you
[09:36] Sumire
to tell the person you like
how you feel, too!
[09:39] Sumire
Please tell them!
[10:09] Teacher
Hey! Get to your classroom!
[10:17] Sumire
Senpai... My dear Senpai...
[10:20] Sumire
I love you.
[10:21] (Flashback) Chihaya
I want you to smile!
[10:25] Sumire
I know
[10:26] Sumire
Ayase-senpai does, too.
[10:28] Sumire
I know it!
SIGN Competitive
Karuta Club
New members always welcome!
SIGN Karuta Club Chocolate Festival
SIGN Karuta Club Chocolate Festival
[10:39] Nishida
Wh-Wh-What is all this?!
[10:41] Nishida
What's going on in our sacred club room?!
[10:45] Sumire
Oh, will you leave, then?
[10:46] Tsukuba
No!
[10:47] Tsukuba
In fact, I'm calling my brothers!
[10:48] Chihaya
Kana-chan, Sumire-chan, and I made them yesterday.
SIGN They're homemade?!
[10:52] Nishida
Awesome!
[10:53] Kanade
Hanano-san's amazingly good at it.
[10:55] Kanade
She brought all kinds of really
heavy tools for us to use.
[10:57] Taichi
Yeah?
[10:59] Nishida
I couldn't even picture
Hanano cooking rice!
[11:02] Tsukuba
She's the type that can only
make sweets! Totally!
[11:04] Sumire
Yeah, that's right. So what?
[11:08] Chihaya
Smile.
[11:10] Chihaya
Smile, Taichi.
[11:12] Chihaya
Smile, everyone!
[11:15] Chihaya
So today we're taking a break from karuta.
[11:17] Chihaya
We have chocolate waffles,
[11:19] Chihaya
cocoa marshmallows, and black
cocoa shortbread cookies!
SIGN They were delicious♥ But you made too many♥ Dad
[11:29] Chihaya
Our tremendous failure of a
Valentine's Day ended...
[11:31] Chihaya
Dad!
[11:32] Dad
Chihaya! Thanks so much for the chocolates!
[11:35] Dad
I know it's early, but I bought
you something in return!
SIGN It's the night of
February 14th,
but still!
[11:36] Chihaya
D... Da...
[11:38] Chihaya
D-Da...
[11:38] Dad
I got some for your friends, too!
[11:41] Chihaya
And now it's March.
[11:47] Sumire
Oe-senpai, I've been thinking
about some things.
[11:51] Sumire
What do you think about lash extensions?
[11:53] Kanade
What do you mean?
[11:55] Sumire
You know, eyelash extensions.
[11:56] Sumire
They're transplanted directly
into your eyelashes.
[11:59] Kanade
Transplanted?!
[12:00] Sumire
But if you only have three
eyelashes to begin with,
SIGN Her commitment to beauty is intense...
[12:02] Sumire
it'd just give you three
or four times as many...
[12:05] Sumire
I also have some eyelash growth serum.
[12:08] Sumire
I'll bring it next time.
[12:13] Chihaya
I need to ask you two something.
[12:16] Chihaya
Spring.
[12:18] Chihaya
The season when everything
moves up one stage.
SIGN Shizuoka Prefecture
SIGN Fujisaki High School Graduation Ceremony
[12:21] Girls
Makoto-senpai!
SIGN Beautiful Boobs
Collection
[12:23] Girl
Eromu-senpai, let me take a picture!
[12:24] Girl
Masata-senpai!
[12:24] Girl
Kanata-senpai!
[12:25] Girl
Mitsuki-senpai!
[12:26] Girl
Pose for us!
[12:26] Girl
Come visit the karuta club again!
[12:28] Girl
Senpai, look over here!
[12:29] Girl
Look this way, please!
[12:30] Girl
Emuro-senpai, don't do
that with your hands!
[12:32] Girl
Cheers, you're in the way!
[12:32] Rion
E-Everyone, don't stand here.
[12:33] Girl
Your hair's curled too tight!
[12:33] Girl
That's too forced!
[12:35] Rion
You're blocking the way...
[12:37] Girl
Makoto-senpai!
[12:37] Rion
People!
[12:40] Makoto
Say...
[12:41] Makoto
I thought the karuta club we created
was more beautiful than this.
[12:50] Makoto
What are you going to do, Rion?
[12:51] Rion
Huh?
[12:52] Makoto
I'm going to college in Tokyo,
and I'll be living on my own.
[12:56] Rion
Oh...
[12:57] Makoto
I mean, like, which karuta
tournaments will you be in?
[13:01] Makoto
West or east?
[13:01] Rion
Oh, excuse me. I got a message.
[13:04] Makoto
Both are pretty easy to get
to from Shizuoka, right?
[13:07] Makoto
So it doesn't matter which ones you go with...
[13:09] Makoto
But if possible, I hope you pick Tokyo.
[13:12] Makoto
Then it'll be easy for us to see—
SIGN Ayase-san?
[13:14] Rion
That's true... For starters, I'll go
to the eastern tournament in April.
[13:17] Makoto
Y-Yeah? Well, why not, right?
SIGN I wonder where this is...
SIGN Tokyo
SIGN Homei High School
Graduation Ceremony
[13:21] Teacher
You're so composed, Mr. Tsuboguchi...
SIGN Year 3
homeroom
teacher
[13:24] Hiroshi
Well, if I were a class teacher for third-years,
I might cry, too.
[13:28] Hiroshi
Most of the kids in my karuta
club were second-years,
SIGN Homei High School Karuta Club
[13:32] Hiroshi
so I guess next year is when I'll cry.
[13:34] Teacher
That's true. All of the current
generation graduates next year.
SIGN Since the school added
more courses aimed at
boys, there are currently
only eight first-year girls!
It's projected there'll be
ten next year and 250 boys...
[13:39] Teacher
Soon enough, there won't be a single
girl left in the karuta club.
[13:44] [Messenger] ---
New Message
Chihaya-chan
SIGN Tokyo
SIGN Hokuo Academy
Graduation Ceremony
[13:46] Nayuta
Whew, thank goodness!
SIGN Congratulations on Graduating
[13:49] Nayuta
I won't be flicked in the
forehead by Sudo-san anymore!
[13:52] Nayuta
That's honestly what's
on my mind right now.
SIGN Hokuo Academy Karuta Club Farewell Party
[13:55] Nayuta
If I'm being even more honest,
[13:56] Nayuta
I don't know if I'll keep
playing karuta in college.
[13:59] Nayuta
Being in a karuta club
at an all-boys school,
[14:01] Nayuta
I've constantly been asked,
"Why the karuta club?"
[14:03] Guy
I get that!
[14:05] Nayuta
I've been playing since seventh grade,
and I'm tired of explaining myself.
[14:09] Nayuta
I feel like I've done all I could, anyway.
[14:11] Nayuta
I guess you could say I've seen my limits.
[14:19] Nayuta
But...
[14:20] Nayuta
Hokuo's capable of so much more!
[14:23] Nayuta
It always has been!
[14:25] Nayuta
And that...
[14:27] Nayuta
makes me feel really frustrated.
[14:29] Nayuta
With the third-years gone, Shiroyama
is the only Class A player left.
[14:34] Nayuta
Retro, as the new president,
you might be feeling a lot of pressure...
[14:38] Nayuta
But your passion and pride
[14:43] Nayuta
are unmatched in all of Tokyo, all of Japan.
Everyone here knows that.
[14:47] Nayuta
So knock 'em dead!
[14:52] Guy
S-Someone, get some water!
[14:54] Guy
Wait, not a drink! He might need an IV!
[14:56] Guy
Retro won't stop crying! He's gonna dry up!
[14:59] [Messenger] ---
Incoming Message Ayase Chihaya
SIGN Tokyo Mizusawa High School
[15:02] Miyauchi
I've just handed out
[15:04] Miyauchi
the results of this school year's
final term exams.
[15:07] Miyauchi
In April, you'll start studying
for college entrance exams.
SIGN Year: 2 Class: 1 Number: 10 Name: Komano Tsutomu Class Rank | Science Curriculum Rank
[15:11] Miyauchi
But don't jump the gun just yet.
[15:14] Miyauchi
Only when study becomes a habit
can you call yourself an "exam student."
[15:19] Miyauchi
You study, ask questions,
gain an understanding, and practice.
[15:24] Miyauchi
Has this become habitual for you?
[15:27] Miyauchi
Have you taken an interest in society?
[15:29] Miyauchi
College entrance exams test
not only textbook knowledge,
[15:32] Miyauchi
but everything you've
learned in your lives.
[15:37] Chihaya
Everything in my life?!
[15:39] Chihaya
Yikes...
[15:41] Chihaya
Th-The Empress said that as
Class 1's homeroom teacher!
[15:44] Taichi
You think so?
SIGN The advanced placement class...
[15:45] Chihaya
She wouldn't say that to Class 9!
[15:48] Taichi
Kind of makes you think it'll be impossible
to balance studying and club stuff, huh?
SIGN Bubaigawara Station
[15:55] Chihaya
Let's think about that
when we're third-years!
[15:57] Taichi
You're not even listening, are you?
[15:59] Chihaya
For starters, on the first Saturday in April,
we'll go see the cherry blossoms!
[16:03] Taichi
Huh? Cherry blossoms?
[16:04] Chihaya
I'm gonna visit the bookstore
before going home!
[16:06] Taichi
Er, then I'll come with—
[16:07] Chihaya
Don't! I'm buying a book
I can't tell anyone about!
[16:12] Hiroshi
Eyelashes?
[16:14] Taichi
Hiroshi-san?
[16:15] Taichi
Huh? Hiroshi-san?
[16:19] Taichi
Wait, wait, wait!
[16:20] Taichi
This isn't right, Hiroshi-san!
SIGN Took
off his
uniform
necktie
[16:22] Hiroshi
What's not? Kids come to izakaya
all the time nowadays.
[16:25] Hiroshi
Keep me company.
[16:27] Hiroshi
Here! Cheers!
SIGN Ordered 5 glasses to start
[16:29] Hiroshi
Hurry up and turn twenty, would you?
SIGN °Drinks them all to start
SIGN More!
[16:37] Hiroshi
Whew... I've been wanting to
ask this for a long time.
[16:42] Hiroshi
How'd your match with Wataya-kun go?
[16:54] Miyauchi
Everything you've learned in your lives...
[17:00] Taichi
It was like being an exam student.
[17:04] Hiroshi
What does that mean?
[17:06] (Flashback) Miyauchi
He studies, asks questions,
gains an understanding, and practices.
[17:12] (Flashback) Miyauchi
This has become habitual for him.
[17:16] Taichi
It was like he'd spent his
entire life preparing
[17:20] Taichi
in order to become the Master...
[17:24] Taichi
And like he was enjoying it.
[17:28] (Flashback) Chihaya
He's gonna be the Master!
[17:34] Waitress
Here you go.
[17:38] Hiroshi
You're really something, Eyelashes.
[17:40] Hiroshi
You think the two of you
are that different,
[17:43] Hiroshi
but you can still feel frustrated.
[17:48] Hiroshi
Sorry to make you keep me company.
[17:51] Taichi
It's okay.
[17:52] Hiroshi
I should've tried to talk to you sooner.
[17:54] Taichi
No, it's not a problem.
[17:57] Taichi
Goodnight.
[18:00] Hiroshi
Chihaya-chan asked me.
[18:05] Hiroshi
She asked me to get you to talk.
[18:13] Taichi
I bet she just wanted to
know about Arata, right?
[18:17] Hiroshi
That's what you think? You sure are dumb.
[18:21] Hiroshi
Goodnight.
[18:25] Girl
You're so lucky!
SIGN March 14th Class Duty Yuino Yamai
[18:27] Girl
You got a gift in return for
Valentine's Day? A wallet?
[18:29] Sumire
Wow, must be nice to have a boyfriend.
[18:32] Girl
You still haven't given up
on Mashima-senpai, Sumire?
[18:35] Girl
It's never gonna happen.
[18:36] Girl
Plenty of fish in the sea.
[18:37] Girl
I mean, a guy with his looks named
"Taichi"? It just feels wrong.
[18:40] Girl
Yeah, it means "the fattest"!
[18:42] Sumire
What's wrong with being fat?!
[18:45] Sumire
S-S-Senpai!
[18:46] Sumire
I'm sorry! I'm sorry!
[18:48] Taichi
Nah, I've wondered why I got stuck with
this name ever since I was a kid.
[18:52] Sumire
Taichi's a great name! It's totally fine!
SIGN I figured a mom like her would've come up with a flashier name
[18:55] Taichi
Here.
[18:56] Taichi
It's not much, but it's in return
for the fermented squid guts.
[19:01] Taichi
Thanks.
[19:03] Sumire
I really like you!
[19:05] Sumire
I want you
[19:06] Sumire
to tell the person you like*
how you feel, too!
[19:10] Taichi
I think... I'm gonna go tell her.
[19:14] Sumire
What?! Tell her what?!
[19:16] Taichi
What... you...
[19:16] Sumire
Right now?!
[19:17] Taichi
Well, not this very—
[19:18] Sumire
Don't do it!
[19:19] Taichi
Huh?
[19:20] Sumire
J-Just wait two more weeks!
[19:21] Taichi
Huh?
[19:22] Sumire
I-I need to go see Oe-senpai!
[19:24] Sumire
I promised to give her
eyelash growth serum!
SIGN You can't tell her right now!
[19:25] Taichi
Huh?!
[19:26] Sumire
Just wait two weeks, please!
SIGN Don't! Don't you dare!
[19:28] Taichi
Eyelash growth?
[19:30] Sumire
Sorry I'm late!
[19:31] Kanade
You certainly are late, Hanano-san!
[19:33] Kanade
We need to be in the club room getting
ready every day of spring break!
[19:35] Kanade
Chihaya-chan's been working hard, too.
SIGN As fast as an old-school flip phone allows
[19:37] Kanade
She's gotten really fast
at typing messages!
[19:40] Chihaya
Mr. Mochida said we can borrow cards from
the High School Cultural Federation if we ask.
[19:44] Chihaya
I sent messages out to everyone.
[19:45] Chihaya
I asked Porky's sister to
make T-shirts for us, too.
[19:49] Chihaya
Kana-chan, how much should we make
the entry fee to even out the budget?
[19:52] Kanade
Just a second. I'm almost
done working it out.
[19:56] Sumire
Oe-senpai, here.
[19:58] Kanade
Huh?
[19:58] Sumire
The eyelash growth serum.
[20:00] Kanade
Huh?!
[20:01] Sumire
It works okay-ish, but I don't need it anymore.
[20:08] (Flashback) Taichi
I think... I'm gonna go tell her.
[20:15] Sumire
I wanted to be pretty.
[20:18] Sumire
I wanted to be pretty...
[20:21] Sumire
But I was wrong.
[20:24] Sumire
Okay! I'm ready to work, too!
[20:27] Nishida
Make a roster!
[20:28] Sumire
Give me the data!
[20:30] Kanade
Who made this design for the T-shirts?!
[20:33] Nishida
My sister's already started making them!
[20:36] Sumire
That's not what it means to like someone.
[20:37] Nishida
This design's fine, right?
[20:39] Kanade
What?!
[20:40] Sumire
It's greedy, tenacious, and...
[20:42] Chihaya
I want to make Taichi happy!
[20:45] Taichi
So where are we going to
look at cherry blossoms?
[20:48] Taichi
Where should we reserve a spot?
[20:51] Chihaya
Put this T-shirt on, Taichi!
[20:52] Taichi
Huh? What the heck is—
[20:56] Chihaya
Because I didn't fulfill my goal on Valentine's
Day, my desire grew even more intense.
SIGN Fuchu City Katamachi Cultural Center
[21:01] Taichi
Wait, this is...
[21:03] Chihaya
Taichi, today's your birthday, right?
[21:06] Chihaya
Happy birthday!
[21:11] Chihaya
On April 2nd,
[21:13] Chihaya
at the Fuchu City Katamachi Cultural
Center in Bubaigawara...
SIGN The Taichi Cup
[21:19] Chihaya
the volunteer-operated Taichi Cup
is about to begin.
SIGN The Taichi Cup
Star
[21:26] Taichi
What... the... heck?!
E23 - Like a boatsman adrift
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SIGN Fukui
Prefecture
Awara City
SIGN Awara-Yunomachi Station
Bus Stop for Eiheiji, Tojinbo, Echizen Matsushima Aquarium
[00:05] Kuri
Since Murao-kun won the
Takamatsu Memorial Cup,
[00:09] Kuri
I thought the age of the
twin four-eyes was upon us,
[00:12] Kuri
but Arata-kun's playing well, too.
[00:15] Kuri
Youth is a force to be reckoned with.
[00:17] Girl
Coach, you're thinking out loud.
We can hear everything.
SIGN Twin
SIGN Twin Four-Eyes
[00:27] Murao
Man, you got me.
[00:29] Murao
Even physically, you're showing
no signs of weakness now, Arata.
[00:36] Murao
But when I won the Takamatsu Memorial Cup,
[00:38] Murao
I guess it wasn't because I exploited
a physical weakness anyway, huh?
[00:45] Arata
After that match...
[00:46] Arata
I couldn't manage to re-focus.
[00:49] Arata
Taichi...
[00:51] Taichi
How can I catch up to Arata?
[00:56] Taichi
How can I win?
[01:00] Arata
He was really trying to dive deep.
SIGN the red that is the Tatsuta River
[01:07] Arata
"Impassionate" ended up not
being read in that match.
[01:12] Arata
What would've happened if it was?
[01:15] Arata
That was the card Taichi was
targeting the whole time.
[01:20] Arata
If it had been read,
could I have defended it?
[01:24] Arata
Or would Taichi have taken it
and changed the flow?
[01:31] Arata
I want to play him again.
[01:32] Arata
As many times as I can...
[01:36] Shun
Arata-niichan!
[01:37] Arata
Shun, stop... that tickles...
[01:40] Arata
Stop!
[01:41] Kuri
Shun's gonna be a high schooler soon,
but he's still such a kid.
[01:46] Shun
Arata-niichan, Hiro and
I got into Fujioka East!
[01:51] Shun
We're going to the same school as you!
[01:54] Shun
Let's start a karuta club!
[01:57] Arata
Huh?
SIGN Chihayafuru 3
SIGN Chihayafuru 3
SIGN Verse 23
SIGN Like a
boatsman
adrift
[03:12] Chihaya
The All Japan Karuta Association's
unofficial tournament,
[03:15] Chihaya
the Taichi Cup.
[03:17] Chihaya
Any karuta player who's willing to celebrate
Taichi's birthday is allowed to participate.
[03:21] Chihaya
(All classes welcome.)
[03:23] Chihaya
We managed to pull together 36 participants.
SIGN The Taichi Cup
Star
[03:27] Taichi
Why is this happening?!
[03:30] Chihaya
Okay, I will now explain the rules.
[03:33] Chihaya
First, the format will be a Genpei
matches between teams of three.
[03:36] Taichi
Genpei matches?!
[03:38] Chihaya
However, the goal is not
just for your team to win,
[03:41] Chihaya
but also to take the most cards individually.
[03:43] Chihaya
The player who takes the most cards
in four matches is the winner.
SIGN Taichi Cup Rules ・Team lineups will be determined by lottery ・The cards each player takes are counted as that player's points ・You will earn 5 points each time your team wins.
[03:48] Taichi
This is...
[03:50] Taichi
They're three-on-three team match-ups,
and one-on-five battles at the same time.
[03:53] Taichi
But if my teammates don't play well enough,
I won't get points for team wins...
[03:57] Taichi
And if my teammates play too well,
I won't get enough individual points.
[04:02] Girl
Question! What's the prize for winning?
[04:05] Chihaya
We threw around some ideas,
but we didn't have the budget, so...
[04:08] Chihaya
The prize is a kiss from Taichi!
SIGN I don't care what it is. I won't lose!
[04:11] Girl
Oh, my!
[04:12] Taichi
W-Wait...
[04:14] Sumire
Oh, my!
[04:15] Taichi
Wait!
[04:17] Taichi
Aren't I the star here?!
[04:19] Taichi
Why am I the one giving out the prize?!
[04:22] Taichi
A kiss... is just...
[04:24] Chihaya
Sorry, Taichi. We really didn't
have money for anything else.
[04:27] Chihaya
But...
[04:28] Chihaya
All these people are here
because they like you,
[04:30] Chihaya
so I think a kiss would make them happy!
[04:32] Taichi
No way! There are some people here
who definitely wouldn't want that!
[04:32] ---
I thought this was going
to be a legit tournament
[04:35] Kanade
Chihaya-chan, do you have a moment?
[04:37] Chihaya
Sure.
[04:39] Sumire
How do we decide the team positions?
[04:40] Chihaya
We use...
SIGN Kondo Mirai
[04:43] Chihaya
these name cards to determine the teams!
SIGN Kondo Mirai Hirota Takiko Inagaki Noriko
[04:48] Girl
They're handmade! Cute!
[04:49] Girl
Did you make them, Chihaya-chan?
SIGN Suzuki Yuri Harano Miho
[04:54] Chihaya
We'll shuffle these to decide the teams.
SIGN First Match Team Lineups
SIGN Team Pheasant
[05:01] Hiroshi
We've got a great balance!
[05:03] Machida
I had nothing else to do, so I came!
SIGN Team Magpie
[05:05] Nayuta
I had nothing else to do, so I came!
SIGN Team Plover
SIGN Second brother Third brother
SIGN Team Cuckoo
[05:08] Nishida
We've got a good balance, too!
SIGN First Brother
SIGN Fourth Brother
SIGN Team Deer
[05:10] Sumire
Really? You guys?!
SIGN Who are you?
SIGN I will take 50
SIGN Team Katydid
[05:13] Hyuga
Cheers!
[05:15] Harada
Taking on new challenges, no matter how old
you are, is the path to becoming the Master.
[05:20] Harada
Whatever happens, I won't lose!
SIGN Team Double-Flowered Cherry Blossom
[05:21] Retro
I won't lose!
[05:22] Taichi
The worst teammates I could've gotten!
[05:25] Sudo
This tournament is a farce.
[05:27] Sudo
All it's going to do is mess up
everyone's play styles.
[05:30] Taichi
S-Sudo-san, you're here, too?!
[05:31] Sudo
I'm not playing!
[05:33] Sudo
I refuse to wear this stupid shirt,
and I don't feel like celebrating your birthday!
SIGN Thanks, Sudo-kun
[05:36] Sudo
But Mr. Mochida asked me to come...
[05:40] Sudo
and be the reader.
[05:43] Taichi
How did this turn into such a huge deal?!
[05:47] Sudo
Let's begin.
[05:48] [POEM] Sudo
Naniwa Bay, now the flower
blooms, but for winter
[05:53] Chihaya
The Taichi Cup, a series of Genpei matches
involving 12 teams and 36 participants.
[05:56] [POEM] Sudo
Here comes spring, now the flower blooms
SIGN Grrrr
[06:06] [POEM] Sudo
Here comes spring, now the flower blooms
[06:16] [POEM] Sudo
So spring ends...
[06:18] [POEM] Sudo
No more can we hear...
[06:21] Chihaya
When all 100 cards are in play,
memorization isn't easy,
[06:24] Chihaya
and a lot of them read will be out of my reach.
[06:26] Chihaya
This is nothing like how we usually play.
[06:30] Harada
Upsy-daisy...
[06:31] Taichi
This is nothing like how we usually play.
[06:33] Taichi
Even my allies aren't my allies at all.
[06:41] Both
We're all rivals.
[06:45] Retro
This brings back memories.
[06:49] Retro
I haven't played a Genpei match...
[06:51] Retro
since then.
[06:54] (Flashback) Retro
It's Hiro!
[06:55] (Flashback) Retro
Kinashi Hiro!
[06:56] Retro
Only five cards...
[07:01] Retro
Have I changed since then?
[07:07] Taichi
I'm in the same room we were in back then,
[07:11] Taichi
surrounded by karuta players.
[07:15] Taichi
Have I gotten stronger since then?
[07:21] Taichi
I turned 18 today.
[07:25] Chihaya
All four matches are complete!
SIGN Harada Hideo Tsuboguchi Hiroshi Mochida Amakasu Nayuta Mashima Taichi Ayase Chihaya Ishikawa Kaori Sasa Suzuka Nanami Megumi Takei Eita Mori Kenjiro Komano Tsutomu Oe Kanade
SIGN Match Results Point Totals
Name 1 2 3 4 Win pts. Total
[07:32] Harada
I can't believe it!
[07:33] Harada
Even if you have a high individual score,
you can miss out due to team win points?!
[07:36] Nishida
So the final point totals say...
[07:39] Nishida
it's a tie for first between Ayase
and Mashima, with 105 each?!
[07:43] Taichi
Huh?
SIGN Anxious Nervous
[07:45] Taichi
S-So... the prize for the winner...
[07:50] Chihaya
I won't accept a tie!
[07:51] Chihaya
Taichi, we're having a play-off!
[07:53] Hiroshi
Okay, we're out of time.
[07:55] Hiroshi
We only have this place until four.
[07:57] Hiroshi
You can have your play-off on club time.
[07:59] Mochida
Right, start cleaning up!
[08:00] All
Okay!
[08:01] Guy
That was fun!
[08:01] Girl
Taichi-niichan was really good!
[08:03] Girl
I'm so hungry.
[08:03] Girl
We all need to clean up together.
[08:05] Guy
Someone grab the vacuum cleaner!
[08:07] Makoto
I suppose that was a nice change of pace.
[08:09] Makoto
I hadn't played any matches for a while.
[08:11] Makoto
Want to get something to eat, Rion?
SIGN Shoop
Thanks!
[08:13] Hyuga
I do!
[08:14] Makoto
You...
[08:15] Girl
Let's all go see the cherry blossoms
before we leave!
[08:17] Girl
Join us, Taichi-kun!
[08:21] Taichi
Everyone, thanks so much
for doing this today!
[08:25] Girl
Since our coach is always telling us to
set goals and have a theme in mind,
[08:31] Girl
I thought karuta was really
tough and not much fun.
[08:33] Boy
Today was ridiculously fun!
[08:35] Girl
It was a blast!
[08:38] Girl
I guess there's more than
one way to play karuta!
[08:40] Boy
Let's play with weird rules
like this again sometime!
[08:42] Girl
Let's take a picture!
[08:50] Taichi
Have I...
[08:53] Taichi
managed to get stronger?
[08:56] Guys
Fight! Fight! Fight!
SIGN Let's start a competitive karuta club!
Please come see Ayase Chihaya in class 2-9!
[09:19] Chihaya
Oh... Taichi.
[09:23] Chihaya
What are you doing here?
[09:25] Chihaya
There's no practice today, right?
[09:27] Taichi
I just... wanted to do some studying.
[09:30] Chihaya
Wow, so studious!
[09:32] Taichi
What about you?
[09:33] Chihaya
Well, I'm...
[09:36] Chihaya
gonna replace these worn-out curtains!
[09:45] Chihaya
It's too long! Why? How?!
[09:47] Taichi
It's amazing how you try to do this
stuff even though you suck at it.
SIGN Waaaah
[09:51] Chihaya
Well, the new school year's starting,
[09:53] Chihaya
and we'll have new members,
so I wanted to make the club room nice!
SIGN Probably
[10:12] Chihaya
Wanna do the Taichi Cup run-off now?!
[10:16] Taichi
You dork. We don't have to.
[10:17] Chihaya
Why? Why? Why?!
[10:19] Chihaya
I played my best...
[10:21] Taichi
But you know, I never thought
you'd play so well under those rules.
[10:25] Chihaya
Well, I realized something.
[10:27] Chihaya
With those rules, there are no dead cards, right?
[10:30] Chihaya
So we could lunge at cards without
holding back. I thought that helped.
[10:34] Chihaya
I knew you'd be good at it, though.
[10:36] Chihaya
Most people couldn't deal with
memorizing all 100 cards.
[10:40] Chihaya
You were amazing!
[10:44] Taichi
The Genpei matches we played there...
[10:48] Taichi
The first team I was part of...
[10:58] Taichi
When we were in sixth grade...
[10:59] Chihaya
Huh?
[11:00] Taichi
We played in the school
karuta tournament, remember?
[11:03] Chihaya
Oh, yeah! We did! I remember that!
[11:08] Taichi
Remember when Arata lost
his glasses that day?
[11:12] Chihaya
Oh, that's right! He did!
[11:14] Chihaya
I really do think a crow took them.
[11:16] Chihaya
He said he found them in the hallway, though.
[11:19] Taichi
Actually...
[11:21] Taichi
I was the one who took them and hid them.
[11:27] Chihaya
What?! Wait, really?
[11:30] Taichi
Yeah.
[11:31] Chihaya
B-But why?!
[11:34] Taichi
I didn't want to lose to Arata.
[11:40] Chihaya
T-Taichi... It was you?
[11:43] Chihaya
That was wrong! It wasn't fair!
[11:45] Taichi
Yeah.
[11:49] (Flashback) Arata
Mashima, you're a coward.
[11:55] (Flashback) Taichi
Don't tell Chihaya.
[11:59] (Flashback) Taichi
I don't want her to hate me.
[12:05] Taichi
Yeah.
[12:09] Taichi
I always... always...
[12:13] Taichi
wanted to be someone who wasn't a coward.
[12:22] Taichi
I love you, Chihaya.
[12:39] Chihaya
Why?
[12:42] Chihaya
Why, Taichi? Why?
[12:45] Chihaya
Why did you do everything alone?
[12:48] Chihaya
Why?
[12:49] Chihaya
Why?
[12:53] Taichi
I love you, Chihaya.
[13:07] Taichi
"I'm just kidding, Chihaya."
[13:10] Taichi
"That was just a joke."
[13:11] Taichi
"Just a joke."
[13:14] Taichi
I love...
[13:17] Taichi
the fingernails that you never grow out...
[13:21] Taichi
Your fingers...
[13:23] Taichi
Your hair...
[13:26] Taichi
The mouth that you always
open wide like an idiot...
[13:29] Taichi
Your face when you laugh...
[13:33] Taichi
Ever since we were little...
[13:54] Taichi
But...
[13:57] Taichi
Not everything about you.
[14:00] Taichi
I don't like who you become
when you think about Arata.
[14:05] Chihaya
Arata said...
[14:10] (Flashback) Arata
If you want...
[14:11] (Flashback) Arata
let's play karuta together.
[14:13] Chihaya
Arata said...
[14:15] (Flashback) Arata
Let's...
[14:19] (Flashback) Arata
live our lives together.
[14:24] Guys
Fight! Fight! Fight!
SIGN Let's start a competitive karuta club!
Please come see Ayase Chihaya in class 2-9!
[14:36] Teacher
Hey, you two. You need to head home.
[14:57] Taichi
Yeah.
[15:07] Taichi
What the heck am I doing?
[15:11] Taichi
I never accepted anyone else's feelings, either.
[15:17] Taichi
I didn't know Chihaya was capable of speaking
quietly enough to be drowned out by the bell.
[15:25] Taichi
My game sense sucks, so I couldn't hear you.
SIGN I do not know where this love will take me
[15:31] Chihaya
I'm sorry.
[15:48] Both
Thank you very much.
[16:08] Kanade
Once the new school year starts
and proficiency tests are over,
[16:11] Kanade
it's straight to the entrance ceremony,
and then club demos.
[16:13] Sumire
What should we do for
our club demo this year?
[16:16] Tsukuba
The fact that we won the national
championship should be front and center!
[16:19] Nishida
We don't want the club to seem too competitive.
[16:22] Nishida
We should make it look fun.
SIGN Proficiency Test
[16:24] Kanade
To make people understand why karuta is fun,
[16:26] Kanade
maybe we need to take a literary approach.
[16:28] Nishida
You never learn, Kana-chan.
[16:30] Nishida
We'll just get people who want
to play bozu mekuri again.
[16:33] Sumire
As long as we don't push
President Mashima too hard,
[16:35] Sumire
we won't get too many fangirls.
[16:36] Nishida
So let's focus more on the girls...
SIGN New Class 3-1 Homeroom Teacher Shinkai Taichi
[16:40] Shinkai
For those who improved their scores
as well as those who didn't,
[16:44] Shinkai
these third-year proficiency tests
[16:46] Shinkai
will be indispensable in guiding
you through the coming year.
[16:49] Shinkai
Use them to identify your weaknesses
[16:50] Shinkai
and make them work for you.
[16:58] Nishida
Three melon buns and two
chocolate twist buns, please!
[17:01] Lady
You need to take in a little more protein!
[17:04] Nishida
Uh, okay, then a yakisoba b—
SIGN Here's a hot dog!
SIGN Porky, you're the only one I can talk to about this...
[17:16] Nishida
Number one overall in maths and sciences?
[17:19] Nishida
Whoa, you did it, Desktomu!
SIGN Is Mashima gonna be okay?
SIGN Is Mashima gonna be okay?
SIGN His mom won't make him quit the karuta club, will she?
SIGN Once-in-a-lifetime
chance!!
SIGN Can't stand her
[17:32] Nishida
W-Well, Desktomu, if that happens,
the whole club will oppose her!
[17:38] Nishida
Whether it means going on
strike or groveling or...
[17:40] Taichi
Hey, you two.
[17:42] Taichi
Can I talk to you about something?
SIGN Club Demonstrations for New Students
1. Greetings from the head of each year
2. Introduction of clubs
Tennis club Soccer club
Archery club Competitive karuta club
Mountain climbing club Table tennis club
Baseball club Broadcasting club
Badminton club Basketball club
Gymnastics club Swimming club
[17:48] Kanade
It'll be fine.
[17:50] Kanade
Let's just stay calm and follow the script.
[17:52] Sumire
Right.
SIGN So beautiful...
[17:56] Chihaya
Wait... where's Taichi?
[17:59] Miyauchi
Oh, Ayase-san, one moment.
[18:05] Miyauchi
I'm sorry to do this right now,
[18:08] Miyauchi
but I need to revise your script.
SIGN The Mizusawa Karuta Club was formed three years ago. We have five third-year and two second-year members. Last year, we fought our way through a tough battle to win...
SIGN The Mizusawa Karuta Club was formed three years ago.
We have four third-year and two second-year members.
Last year, we fought our way through a tough battle to win...
SIGN four third-year
[18:19] Miyauchi
Mashima-kun submitted a
request to leave the club.
[18:23] Miyauchi
He said he wants to focus on
studying for entrance exams.
[18:29] MC
And that was the soccer club's demo!
[18:32] Soccer Club Member
We're looking for a female manager!
[18:33] MC
Next up is the club that has won the club
relay at our athletic festival two years in a row,
[18:34] Kanade
He requested to leave?
[18:37] Sumire
Mashima-senpai...
[18:39] MC
the club that leads the school in its
balance of academics and athletics...
[18:42] MC
The competitive karuta club!
[18:43] Nishida
Ayase, we'll take your place!
SIGN Just stay there!
[18:48] Chihaya
We're the competitive karuta club!
[18:50] Guy
She's cute...
[18:50] Girl
She's gorgeous!
[18:52] Chihaya
He just described us as
both academic and athletic,
[18:54] Chihaya
but if anything, I'd say we're
lacking a bit on the academic side.
[18:58] Chihaya
Competitive karuta is a sport that
emphasizes explosiveness and fast reflexes.
[19:02] Chihaya
Last year, we actually won
the national championship.
[19:06] All
Wow, awesome!
[19:08] Chihaya
Our six second-year and third-year
members are still working hard...
[19:25] Crowd
Huh?
[19:26] Crowd
What's wrong?
[19:33] Kanade
I'll continue.
[19:35] Kanade
The true appeal of competitive karuta
[19:37] Kanade
is its focus on the Ogura Hundred Poets.
[19:41] Kanade
Poems that have survived
for a thousand years,
[19:43] Kanade
that sing of joy, sorrow, and love...
[19:47] Kanade
are laid out before you in all their glory.
[19:51] Kanade
We would love to share their
magnificence with you.
[20:02] Chihaya
Taichi!
[20:04] Chihaya
Taichi!
[20:05] Chihaya
Don't, Taichi!
[20:07] Chihaya
Don't do it! Don't quit the club!
[20:09] Chihaya
Don't do it, Taichi!
[20:11] Chihaya
Taichi!
[20:38] Taichi
Chihaya...
[20:40] Taichi
Do you think...
[20:43] Taichi
I'm made of stone or something?
[20:58] Taichi
I can't play karuta.
[21:01] Taichi
Right now...
[21:03] Taichi
all hundred cards
[21:06] Taichi
look pitch-black to me.
[21:12] Taichi
All of them.
[21:16] Taichi
All of them.
[21:20] Taichi
All of them.
SIGN I do not know where this love will take me
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SIGN Minamoto no Shigeyuki When winds send waves crashing against the rocks in vain, I recall how my own efforts were in vain
[00:01] Chihaya
Echoing...
[00:03] Chihaya
It keeps echoing around in my head.
[00:06] (Flashback) Taichi
I love you.
[00:09] (Flashback) Taichi
Do you think...
[00:10] (Flashback) Taichi
I'm made of stone or something?
SIGN Verse 24
SIGN When winds
send waves
crashing
SIGN Class 3-9 Homeroom Teacher Koda Yoshio
[00:24] Koda
I know you said you want to
be a high school teacher,
[00:27] Koda
but if the main reason for that is because
you want to be a club advisor...
[00:33] Koda
Frankly, I'm not sure you could handle
the job with a motive like that.
[00:36] Koda
Teaching is a tremendously
complex profession.
[00:39] Koda
Have you ever considered how difficult
it is to deal with real people?
[00:44] Chihaya
U-Uh...
[00:45] Koda
I mean, being a teacher has made me such a
lady-killer that female students scare me now!
SIGN Just when I thought he was giving sound advice...
[00:51] Koda
Being loved and being hated
are two sides of the same coin!
[00:55] Koda
Well, you can always be a regular officer worker
even with a teaching certification.
[00:59] Koda
And you don't have to go to teachers college.
You could get a literature degree and then...
SIGN The Mashima Residence
[01:10] Taichi
I'm home.
[01:10] Mom
Taichi!
SIGN Proficiency Test Results Class 3-1 Mashima Taichi
[01:11] Mom
What's the meaning of this?!
Why aren't you number one?!
[01:14] Mom
Were you slacking off on the
first test of your third year?!
[01:17] Mom
What have I always told you?
[01:18] Mom
You're the type to hold things in,
so you need to exhale constantly!
[01:23] Mom
Focus on breathing everything out...
[01:26] Taichi
I quit the karuta club,
[01:29] Taichi
so the next one will be better.
[01:32] Mom
Huh?
[01:34] Miyauchi
Mashima-kun, the president and central
pillar of the karuta club...
[01:38] (Flashback) Taichi
I've decided to quit.
[01:40] Miyauchi
I can't believe he quit the club.
[01:42] Nishida
You traitor! I always knew
you were that kind of guy!
SIGN Maybe I should concentrate on my studies, too...
[01:47] Sumire
I'm quitting, too.
[01:48] Chihaya
Why?! Why?! I'm bringing
him back! Why, Taichi?!
[01:50] Tsukuba
What do we do? What do we do?
[01:51] Kanade
What can we do? What can we do?
[01:53] Miyauchi
And this is the time of year when
new members join... What will we do?
SIGN Competitive Karuta Club Seeking New Members
SIGN Please come see Ayase Chihaya in class 3-9!
[01:57] Miyuchi
What will we...
[02:00] Miyauchi
Everyo—
[02:03] Sumire
I'm second-year Hanano Sumire, and I'll
be in charge of guiding all of you.
[02:06] Sumire
I'd like to thank all of you first-years
for your interest in joining.
[02:11] Sumire
Our third-years have entrance
exams to study for,
[02:14] Sumire
and I'm sure some of you are beginners,
[02:17] Sumire
so I'll provide guidance and
explanations of the basics.
[02:17] Miyauchi
When did Hanano-san become so reliable?!
[02:20] Tsukuba
Why you?! I'll do the
guiding and explaining!
[02:22] Sumire
Shut up, Tsukuba!
[02:24] Sumire
I'm quitting, too!
[02:26] Kanade
I was sure that was what she'd say...
[02:29] Nishida
We're not even needed here.
[02:31] (Flashback) Taichi
Take care of the karuta club after I quit.
[02:35] (Flashback) Taichi
Please.
SIGN Hara Miku Class D
SIGN And maybe because we stressed that we were national champions,
SIGN Hashidate Sota Class D
SIGN we got a great balance of new members, two boys and two girls!
SIGN Namida Togo Beginner
[02:43] Midori
I'm Tamaru Midori from Class 1-5!
SIGN Tamaru Midori Class A
[02:45] Midori
You know how some people make it
to Class A on sheer momentum?
[02:49] Midori
I guess that's what I did!
[02:49] Nishida
The Tamaru sister?!
[02:50] Midori
Oh, I don't have much experience,
but I'm in Class A!
SIGN What?! At our school?!
[02:55] (Flashback) Taichi
I love...
[02:58] (Flashback) Taichi
the fingernails that you never grow out...
[03:01] (Flashback) Taichi
I love... I love... I love...
[03:08] (Flashback) Taichi
I can't play karuta.
[03:11] (Flashback) Taichi
All hundred cards
[03:14] (Flashback) Taichi
look pitch-black to me.
[03:15] [POEM] Kanade
When winds send waves crashing...
[03:43] Chihaya
Mr. F-Fukasaku...
[03:46] Fukasaku
Yes?
[03:46] Chihaya
Mr. Fukasaku... Th-The "When winds send" poem...
[03:51] Fukasaku
The one by Minamoto no Shigeyuki?
[03:54] Chihaya
Y-Yes. That poem...
SIGN Minamoto no Shigeyuki When winds send waves crashing against the rocks in vain, I recall how my own efforts were in vain
[03:59] Chihaya
I-I...
[04:02] Chihaya
I...
[04:04] Chihaya
was the rock.
[04:05] Chihaya
I was the rock, and I...
c-crushed them into pieces.
[04:11] Chihaya
Taichi's feelings... all these years...
[04:14] Chihaya
All that time, I... I...
[04:20] Fukasaku
"When the winds are at their strongest,
[04:22] Fukasaku
the waves crash into the rocks,
only to fall apart themselves.
[04:28] Fukasaku
Just like those waves, my own heart
is in danger of breaking apart,
[04:32] Fukasaku
as I continue to pine endlessly for you."
[04:36] Fukasaku
The Hundred Poets are truly
remarkable, aren't they?
[04:40] Chihaya
Huh?
[04:41] Fukasaku
They give you the words,
the metaphors, to express yourself.
[04:45] Fukasaku
I thought it was the coming of spring
[04:48] Fukasaku
that made you seem so blurry
around the edges of late.
[04:55] Fukasaku
You seem about to fall
apart yourself, but...
[04:59] Fukasaku
perhaps the Hundred Poets have
been holding you together.
[05:03] Fukasaku
Oh, dear...
[05:07] Fukasaku
Thank you.
SIGN Essential Modern & Classical Literature Problems 2013
[05:08] Chihaya
B-But... Mr. Fukasaku...
[05:12] Chihaya
I'm scared of karuta now...
[05:14] Chihaya
I-I can't play!
[05:24] Fukasaku
Learn something.
[05:26] Fukasaku
It doesn't matter what.
[05:29] Fukasaku
Just learn something.
[05:33] (Flashback) Guy
Your aptitude test results
will come back soon.
[05:35] (Flashback) Guy
Tomorrow will be the opening
ceremony and orientation for...
[05:37] (Flashback) Guy
Don't worry. We have a great
med school placement course.
[05:41] Girls
Squee!
[05:41] Girl
Hi. Taking the entry test today?
[05:44] Taichi
Uh, yeah.
[05:44] Girl
Me, too. So we'll have
the same orientation. Literature?
[05:47] Taichi
Science.
[05:48] Girl
I heard he's applying to med school.
[05:50] Girl
What branch of medicine?
[05:51] Girl
They're so attentive to lesson schedules here.
It makes it even harder to choose.
[05:54] Girl
English Grammar B...
[05:55] Girl
I want to go for a high-level class.
[05:57] Girl
Yeah? Wow!
[05:58] Taichi
Nobody here's talking about
[05:58] Girl
Isn't the break room here gorgeous?
[06:00] Taichi
stuff like school clubs
[06:03] Taichi
or karuta.
[06:09] Girl
Over here, sir!
[06:11] Girl
Me, too!
[06:12] Girl
Mr. Suo!
[06:17] Suo
Huh?
[06:19] Suo
Are you...
[06:21] Suo
in Class A?
SIGN Impassionate gods have never seen
the red that is the Tatsuta River
Like a boatsman adrift at the
mouth of the Yura, I do not know
where this love will take me
SIGN Fukui Prefecture
Awara City
SIGN Fujioka East High School
[06:31] Kanno
Let's see... You want to
start a karuta club?
[06:34] Kanno
You can only start a club if you
have at least five members.
SIGN Jeez!
[06:37] Shun
Man, how did I know you would say that?
[06:39] Hiro
It happens in manga all the time!
SIGN You just won't get any funding
[06:42] Kanno
But you can still enter tournaments
with just the three of you.
[06:46] Shun
That's too lax.
SIGN Matsubayashi Shun (16) Older brother, born in April Class B
[06:48] Shun
I know we have the right to enter
the high school championship,
[06:51] Shun
but we can't be so lax about it.
SIGN Matsubayashi Hiro (15) Younger brother, born in March Class B
[06:52] Hiro
I think it'd be fine.
[06:54] Hiro
There were only four schools in
the Fukui tournament last year.
[06:57] Hiro
I bet the three of us could win.
[06:59] Hiro
We could practice with the Nagumo Society.
[07:02] Hiro
Arata-niichan would be able to concentrate
on individual tournaments, too.
[07:05] Shun
Yeah, since your main focus is
individual tournaments,
[07:08] Shun
and the Master match.
[07:12] Girl
Who's entering the Hyogo
and Sagamino tournaments?
[07:15] Guy
Who's going to Hiroshima in May?
[07:17] Murao
There's so much to do. I might
miss the Fukui tournament.
[07:21] Murao
I have to handle the administrative side.
[07:23] Kuri
You can't! Nagumo has to win
all the local tournaments!
[07:26] Guy
I'll take over as administrator for Kyoto!
[07:29] Murao
Make sure you enter whatever
tournaments you can, Arata.
[07:32] Murao
I'll do my best as an administrator for
the high school championship again.
[07:36] Murao
You really don't have a very long time
to be just a karuta player.
[07:40] Murao
I've played long enough to know.
SIGN Awaraonsen Station
[07:42] Murao
So do everything you want to do now.
[07:46] Arata
I have people protecting me,
[07:48] Arata
helping me.
[07:52] (Flashback) Chihaya
Don't say that you're not
interested in teams!
[08:00] Shun
Huh? Arata-niichan?
[08:03] Arata
Sorry to interrupt your lunch.
[08:05] Arata
I'm Wataya Arata from Class 3-2.
[08:09] Arata
I'm here to recruit members for
our competitive karuta club.
[08:12] Girl
Huh?
[08:14] Arata
We're still an association for now,
[08:15] Arata
but we're seeking members to
participate in team matches.
[08:18] Arata
Anyone who did their best to memorize
the hundred poems as a kid,
[08:21] Arata
anyone who ever took a card at a school
tournament and had fun doing it...
[08:25] Arata
If you work hard for the next three months,
[08:27] Arata
you'll be able to compete
with Class A players.
[08:30] Arata
I want to build a karuta club
that can play to win
[08:33] Arata
at the high school championship
at the end of July.
[08:37] Arata
You can talk to Matsubayashi Shun
for more details.
[08:41] Shun
Huh? Me?!
[08:45] Arata
Excuse me!
[08:46] Guy
Now he's gone to Class 2.
[08:48] Girl
He's going all-out.
[08:49] Guy
A national championship, though?
[08:50] Girl
I don't know...
[08:51] Guy
Not possible.
[08:52] Shun
I-It is possible!
[08:54] Shun
The winner last year was a Tokyo school
[08:56] Shun
whose karuta club had only
been active for two years!
[08:59] Girl
I was in a karuta society
when I was little.
[09:02] Girl
Me, too!
[09:03] Guy
I'm a ranked player.
[09:04] Girl
That third-year was kind of hot, wasn't he?
[09:05] Shun
There are people here who've played.
[09:07] Shun
But I didn't expect Arata-niichan
to be so serious about this...
[09:11] Guy
Was that Wataya?
[09:12] Guy
What the heck is he doing?
[09:14] Guy
He was trying to recruit
people last year, too.
[09:14] Arata
The third-year classrooms are tough...
[09:16] Arata
Too tough for me.
[09:19] Yuu
What are you doing, Arata?
And now, of all times?
[09:22] Arata
Yuu...
[09:22] Yuu
You're a third-year now. You don't
have time to start a new club.
[09:26] Yuu
You expect to find members to
play in team tournaments now?
[09:31] Arata
I don't know.
[09:33] Arata
But right now...
[09:36] Arata
I feel like I have to build a team.
[09:43] Arata
When my grandpa was still alive,
[09:46] Arata
you helped us out a lot, remember?
[09:49] Arata
To me, we were a team.
[09:54] Arata
Thanks, Yuu.
[09:57] Yuu
A team...
[10:00] Arata
What others have done for me...
[10:02] Yuu
A team...
[10:05] Arata
And what I want to do...
[10:08] Yuu
If...
[10:09] Yuu
If you don't get anyone else, I'll joi—
[10:17] Arata
A-Any of you have the
hundred poems memorized?
[10:20] Guy
I-I do.
[10:21] Girl
I think so.
[10:22] Arata
Any of you know the unique syllables?
[10:24] Both
I do!
[10:25] Girl
I think so!
[10:26] Arata
A-Any of you love karuta?
[10:28] Guy
Uh...
[10:29] Girl
I-I'm not sure, but you
really seem to love it.
[10:35] Shun
We already have people wanting to join?!
[10:37] Hiro
Crap! It'll be a battle to
decide who the starters are!
[10:40] Arata
I have to gather the wind toward me.
[10:43] Arata
Like Chihaya and Taichi did.
[10:46] Arata
I can do this, too.
SIGN Fukui Prefectural Fujioka East High School
[10:49] Arata
This is Fukui, after all.
SIGN So you started a karuta club? Now?
[10:52] Kuri
I went ahead and arranged some
practice matches for you!
[10:54] Arata
What?
[10:56] Kanno
Wataya...
[10:57] Kanno
What the heck kind of
connections do you have?
SIGN May
SIGN Shizuoka Prefecture Fujisaki High School
[11:00] Arata
Thank you for letting us participate in
this joint practice with you today!
[11:05] Arata
We're the Fukui Prefectural Fujioka
East High School Karuta Club,
SIGN Worn out from driving for four hours
SIGN Don't fall asleep
[11:08] Arata
and I'm third-year Wataya Arata!
[11:10] Guy
Wow, so that's Wataya Arata?
[11:12] Guy
I saw him on Nico!
[11:13] Girl
So that's him?
[11:14] Guy
He's crazy good, right?
[11:15] Sakura
Welcome, Wataya-kun.
[11:17] Sakura
We'll be sure take a real
close look at your game today.
[11:20] Arata
Coach Sakurazawa...
[11:22] Arata
Sorry to impose when regional
preliminaries are coming up.
[11:25] Sakura
It's all right. We do this often.
[11:28] Sakura
The kids from Hokuo in Tokyo
were here just last week.
[11:32] Sakura
Speaking of which, you're friends with
the kids in Mizusawa's club, aren't you?
[11:36] Arata
Oh... I am.
[11:38] Sakura
Did you hear, then?
[11:40] Sakura
One of the Hokuo kids told me...
SIGN Salute
[11:42] (Flashback) Retro
With Ayase and Mashima gone,
Mizusawa's karuta club is no match for us!
[11:47] Sakura
Mashima-kun and Ayase-san
quit their karuta club.
[11:52] Arata
Chihaya and Taichi...
[11:54] Arata
quit the karuta club?
[11:57] Arata
That can't be right... Those two quit?
[12:02] Arata
It can't be...
[12:03] Rion
Excuse me...
[12:05] Rion
Could you place your cards, please?
[12:08] Arata
Oh... Sorry.
[12:11] Arata
Focus. I'm playing a match.
[12:14] Arata
I can tell just by looking at her layout
[12:17] Arata
that she's confident in her game sense.
[12:20] [POEM] Reader
So the flower has wilted...
[12:21] [POEM] Reader
For the cold nights...
[12:22] Arata
She's fast.
[12:23] Arata
The two multi-syllable "For you, I"
cards are still in play,
[12:25] Arata
but she didn't even hesitate.
[12:27] Arata
She really is confident.
[12:32] Arata
Right.
[12:34] Arata
Let's do this just like always.
[12:36] Hyuga
All right, Rion! Two in a row!
That's the way!
[12:38] Hyuga
Okay, guys, we'll get the next
one, too! Ride this wave!
[12:40] Hyuga
Don't feel bad, Motoki!
SIGN You didn't get two in a row...
[12:42] Arata
What?
[12:42] Hyuga
All right, we're doing great, guys!
[12:44] Hyuga
Keep taking cards, one at a time! Fight!
[12:46] All
Fight!
[12:51] Rion
Rain, Silent, Look, Swift, Feel sorrow,
Would this, Would the, Since I, After I...
[12:53] [POEM] Reader
Rain takes longer...
[12:58] Arata
Stop. I need to focus.
[13:01] Arata
Just like always...
[13:02] Hyuga
Yay! You're awesome, Rion!
SIGN Yay!
[13:04] [POEM] Reader
A house left to the weeds...
[13:07] Risa
Fujisaki really is strong, huh?
SIGN Matsubayashi Hiro Matsubayashi Shun Mochizuki Chiemi Yamamoto Risa Won by 2 cards Lost by 8 cards Lost by 15 cards Lost by 13 cards
[13:10] Risa
And we don't have much experience
with actual matches.
[13:13] Chiemi
Even Matsubayashi-kun lost, though.
[13:15] Chiemi
And he's a Class B Nagumo Society member.
SIGN I lost to Cheers...
[13:18] Hiro
Arata-niichan...
SIGN Wataya Arata Won by 7 cards
[13:19] Hiro
What should we do in the afternoon?
[13:21] Arata
Is it true that they quit?
[13:24] [Messenger] ---
Compose Message
To: Mashima Taichi, Ayase Chihaya
Subject: I started a karuta club
[13:24] Arata
I need to at least find that out for sure.
[13:27] Arata
If it's true, that would mean
they're feeling really lost right now.
[13:31] Arata
Chihaya and Taichi both.
[13:33] Hyuga
Cheers, Wataya-kun!
SIGN Damn it!
[13:35] Arata
His karuta is surprisingly
aggressive and heavy.
SIGN Nnngh
SIGN Nnnngh
[13:42] Rion
Okay...
[13:43] Rion
Okay! One card!
[13:44] Rion
Let's take one card at a time!
[13:47] Sakura
You need to be louder, Rion.
[13:50] Sakura
It looks like we'll manage, though.
[13:53] Sakura
Unfortunately, Fujisaki currently lacks students
who have both talent and leadership.
[14:00] Sakura
Rion is better at karuta,
[14:02] Sakura
but Cheers has better leadership ability.
SIGN That's why I'm president!
[14:05] Sakura
If there's no one who can keep
an eye on the team as a whole
[14:07] Sakura
while also playing great karuta,
[14:10] Sakura
then we need to have double leaders.
SIGN Nnnnnnngh
[14:12] Sakura
To face excessively strong
players like Wataya-kun,
[14:15] Sakura
one should be an egoist
who prioritizes to winning,
[14:17] Rion
Miyagawa-san, good job taking that one!
[14:18] Sakura
while the other should be a leader
who'll call out loudly to the others.
[14:19] Rion
Akira-kun, you'll get the next one!
SIGN Not that she's doing that...
[14:21] Sakura
Mizusawa was a team with an extreme
egoist and an extreme leader.
[14:27] Sakura
I'm not that kid from Hokuo...
[14:28] Retro
I'm Retro!
SIGN I'm Retro!
[14:29] Sakura
But I wonder how Mizusawa will fare
without the two of them.
[14:32] All
Thank you for the game.
[14:33] Hyuga
I lost... Wataya-kun was too good...
SIGN Hyuga Yoshihiko
Lost by 12 cards
SIGN Ugh...
[14:35] Girl
Cheers-senpai pulled his own hair so
much, it went back to being straight.
[14:39] Girl
Don't worry. He'll curl
it back up soon enough.
[14:40] Shun
All of us except Arata-niichan
got clobbered!
SIGN Mochizuki Chiemi Tsuchiya Kenichi Matsubayashi Hiro Matsubayashi Shun
Lost by 10 cards Lost by 15 cards Lost by 5 cards Lost by 7 cards
[14:44] Arata
H-How?
[14:46] Arata
I'm not surprised about the rest,
[14:47] Arata
but Shun and Hiro are good
enough to be in Class A.
[14:51] Sakura
Miyagawa-san, what was the
main problem in your match?
[14:51] Arata
Yet they went down so easily...
[14:53] Miyagawa
I didn't memorize well enough, which slowed
my attacks on the opponent's side.
[14:57] Sakura
And you, Kawashima-kun?
[14:58] Kawashima
My double fault halfway
through messed me up.
[15:00] Sakura
What messed you up was failing
to move on from it.
[15:02] Sakura
Hyuga-kun?
[15:03] Girl
He went to curl his hair.
[15:05] Sakura
Is he stupid?
[15:06] Sakura
All of you, take notes on this
for your future selves.
[15:10] Sakura
The third match will begin
in fifteen minutes.
[15:12] All
Yes, ma'am!
[15:13] Arata
An adviser who gives solid guidance...
[15:16] Arata
That's not all, though.
[15:18] Arata
They're taking notes on other
players' shortcomings.
[15:19] Hyuga
Sorry I'm late!
SIGN Curly
[15:20] Sakura
Are you stupid?
[15:23] (Flashback) Sakura
It's on you to make sure that we don't
lose a single match next summer.
[15:27] Rion
After Coach Sakurazawa gave me
that vote of confidence,
[15:30] Rion
I'm stuck sharing responsibility with Cheers...
[15:33] Rion
Hey.
[15:34] Rion
Did you learn anything from
your match with Wataya-kun?
[15:36] Hyuga
Nope, nothing. I'm not good enough
to get anything like that from him.
[15:40] Hyuga
But we can still win as a club.
[15:41] Hyuga
We'll all win this next one! Cheers!
[15:44] All
Right!
SIGN Third Match
[15:48] Arata
Coach Sakurazawa keeps putting
me up against third-years.
[15:54] Arata
I'm the only third-year in Fujioka East's club.
[15:56] Arata
It's my job to keep an eye on
the others and encourage them.
[16:01] Arata
Should I talk to them?
[16:03] Arata
I've never tried rallying cries before...
SIGN Let's go?
Let's do this?
[16:05] Arata
What should I say?
[16:07] Arata
Can I even do it when I never have before?
SIGN Ahem
[16:10] [POEM] Reader
The storm blasts autumn leaves...
[16:12] Rion
If I beat Wataya-kun,
[16:14] Rion
it would be the best boost
I could give this team.
[16:17] Rion
I have to focus on winning!
[16:21] Arata
When up against someone
with good game sense,
[16:24] Arata
in a way, it comes down to speed.
[16:26] Arata
I need to focus, and yet...
[16:28] Arata
Rallying cries?
SIGN I never asked to be treated colder than the winds of Mount Hatsuse
[16:30] Arata
Watching my team?
[16:31] Arata
How much attention can
I afford to give them?
[16:34] Arata
If I lose too, it won't even matter.
[16:36] Hiro
W-We lost that one, but we'll get 'em next time!
[16:40] Shun
Huh? Hiro, are you talking to yourself?
[16:42] Shun
Huh? Huh?
[16:45] Shun
That was a rallying cry?!
[16:46] Chiemi
No one could tell! If you're
gonna do that, be louder!
[16:50] Arata
Oh, right...
[16:52] Arata
These guys are thinking about the team, too.
[16:55] Arata
I thought I needed to do something,
but I was wrong.
[17:00] Arata
Okay...
[17:01] Arata
I'm not used to talking in a match,
but I'm going to practice now.
[17:07] Arata
Fujioka East, let's talk to each other!
[17:09] Chiemi
Right!
[17:09] Shun
Y-Yeah!
[17:09] Hiro
Let's do it!
[17:09] Risa
O-Okay!
[17:10] Both
They're all over the place.
SIGN Wataya-kun's not
very loud, either
[17:12] Arata
Sorry, we were all over the place,
so can we try again?
SIGN You're doing it over?
[17:15] Arata
We'll come together on "All right."
[17:17] Both
"All right"?
[17:18] Arata
That's the go-to for stuff like this, right?
[17:21] Arata
Let's do this, Fujioka East!
[17:23] All
Right!
[17:25] Arata
Oh, it kinda feels like we're a team.
SIGN I told them to use "All right"...
[17:28] Arata
But talking to each other is just
one of the things we need.
[17:31] Arata
There are lots more things that
are important for a team.
[17:34] Arata
We'll have to learn how to
stretch before matches, too.
[17:37] Sakura
He's even more sincere about
this than I realized.
[17:41] Sakura
He's good enough to be considered
the strongest high school player,
[17:44] Sakura
but he's reverting to a beginner's
perspective in order to play as a team.
[17:48] Sakura
Why go that far to play in team matches?
[17:51] Sakura
It's the Master match you
should be working toward.
[17:54] Sakura
Why?
[17:56] Arata
There's so much more
[17:59] Arata
that I need to learn to help this team.
[18:08] Arata
We want to thank all of you at
Fujisaki for letting us join you.
[18:11] Arata
We've learned a lot from this.
[18:13] Sakura
Let's face off again at the nationals.
[18:15] Kanno
Coach Sakurazawa, we brought this for you.
[18:16] Sakura
We wish you the best
at your regional preliminary.
[18:20] Shun
Fujisaki really is a good team!
SIGN They really do have 50 members!
[18:22] Hiro
They have a good coach, above all!
[18:24] Kanno
I agree with that!
[18:27] Arata
I need to start with rallying cries.
[18:29] Arata
They can change the flow of a match.
[18:32] Arata
Then there's our team composition,
deciding our order...
[18:34] Arata
These are all things I've
never thought about before.
[18:37] Arata
I'm glad we came to Shizuoka.
[18:40] Arata
That's the kind of thing
I need to say to them!
[18:43] Arata
E-Everyone...
[18:50] Arata
Was Mizusawa like this at first, too?
[18:54] Arata
And they beat Fujisaki like that?
[18:57] Arata
That's hard to believe.
How did they practice?
[19:01] Arata
That's an incredible thing, Taichi, Chihaya.
[19:06] Sakura
They quit their karuta club.
[19:10] Arata
What happened?
[19:13] Arata
What happened?
[19:16] Arata
What happened?
[19:18] Arata
Why am I always
[19:20] Arata
so far away?
[19:22] Kanno
No! Don't you fall asleep
on me too, Wataya!
[19:24] Kanno
Don't leave me alone!
[19:25] Arata
I'm awake!
[19:31] Yuu
Why a team?
[19:34] Arata
I don't know.
[19:35] Arata
But I feel like I have to build a team.
[19:44] Shun
Why didn't you wake us up, Mr. Kanno?!
[19:46] Shun
We almost missed it!
[19:48] Kanno
You already saw it on the way here.
[19:49] Hiro
But the sunset's different!
[19:51] Risa
It's so pretty!
[19:51] Kenichi
And red!
[19:52] Chiemi
Did you get a picture? Send it to me!
[19:54] Kenichi
I gotta show my parents!
[19:58] [Messenger] ---
Look, Arata. These are my teammates.
Come watch us at Omi Jingu! -Chihaya
[19:59] Arata
I was pretty late starting my team.
[20:04] Arata
I have to return what Chihaya
and Taichi gave to me.
[20:08] Arata
I want to see the same
scenery with them again.
SIGN Impassionate gods have never seen the red that is the Tatsuta River Like a boatsman adrift at the mouth of the Yura, I do not know where this love will take me
[20:17] Koda
Ayase is in the library on a day off?
SIGN Anxious
SIGN Anxious Anxious
SIGN Ancient Civilizations and the Universe
[20:20] Miyauchi
I'm so worried, I can't watch!
[20:25] Fukasaku
She has more power than
she knows what to do with.
SIGN Whoa... Bottoms up...
SIGN Gasp
[20:34] Guy
Wrong pipe.
[20:36] Guy
Yep.
[20:39] Chihaya
It's not enough.
[20:40] Chihaya
No matter how much I drink...
[20:43] Chihaya
No matter how much I study...
[20:54] Chihaya
Suddenly, like an explosion,
[20:56] Chihaya
the words Taichi said to me in
our first year came back to me.
[21:02] (Flashback) Taichi
Arata will come back someday for sure.
[21:04] (Flashback) Taichi
Let's get stronger and wait for his return.
[21:04] [Messenger] ---
New Message
16:41
From: Wataya Arata
I made a karuta club
[21:04] [Messenger] ---
Hope to see you at Omi Jingu
[21:07] [Messenger] ---
New Message
16:41
From: Wataya Arata
I made a karuta club
Hope to see you at Omi Jingu
[21:13] Suo
What's wrong?
[21:15] Taichi
Nothing.
[21:19] Taichi
I'm coming.
SIGN Wataya Arata
To: Mashima Taichi, Ayase Chihaya
Subject: I made a karuta club
Body: Hope to see you at Omi Jingu
[21:22] Arata
Taichi will come back someday for sure.
[21:25] Arata
Let's get stronger and wait for his return.
SIGN Chihayafuru 3
E-EX - Behind the Scenes of Chihayafuru
Source: Crunchyroll
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(Please feel free to edit the speaker names if incomplete or inaccurate. Names are handled on a best-effort basis depending on the info on the source file. Dialogue is left as is.)
[00:02] ---
Chihayafuru tells the story of Chihaya,
[00:05] ---
a high school girl who dreams of
becoming the Queen of Karuta,
[00:08] ---
a traditional Japanese card game.
[00:10] ---
She forms the karuta club in school
[00:12] ---
and together with
her two childhood friends,
[00:15] ---
Their journey begins.
[00:19] ---
Everyone here
[00:21] ---
is a karuta lover
through and through!
[00:26] ---
I'm Toshio Nakatani of Nippon TV.
[00:29] ---
I'm the producer for Chihayafuru.
[00:33] ---
Television network producers are in
charge of the broadcast time slot,
[00:40] ---
funding, making necessary adjustments,
[00:45] ---
decisions involving the original
work, and rights to the title,
[00:49] ---
as well as the production side and staffing.
[00:55] ---
All of that is my job as the producer.
[01:02] ---
Um... How does this work?
[01:05] ---
Line up 25 cards in 3 rows.
[01:09] ---
When the first verse
of a poem is read,
[01:11] ---
you grab the card
with the second verse.
[01:14] ---
My name is Morio Asaka. I've been
directing Chihayafuru since season 1.
[01:19] ---
These are the episode 1 storyboards...
well, half of the episode.
[01:24] ---
I draw them myself, as the director,
[01:30] ---
but I can't do them all myself, so it's
divided up among some other staff, too.
[01:37] ---
And when they're finished, I check
them and make revisions as needed.
[01:44] ---
Well, the storyboards are sort of
like the blueprint for the episode.
[01:50] ---
They indicate how the scenes should
be acted out, using these layouts.
[01:54] ---
They indicate how the scenes should
be acted out, using these layouts.
[01:57] ---
We have the layout of the overall image,
[01:59] ---
camerawork directions, acting directions...
[02:02] ---
And these are the lines.
[02:03] ---
And this also indicates how
many seconds each cut is.
[02:08] ---
Of course, the final video
won't look exactly like this,
[02:12] ---
but the animators create the art,
layouts, and key frames,
[02:17] ---
which are then cleaned up for the final
product. Same for the backgrounds.
[02:22] ---
I doubt we'll ever
see each other again.
[02:28] ---
Why?
[02:31] ---
As long as we have karuta,
[02:33] ---
we'll see each other again, right?
[02:40] ---
As long as we keep playing,
we'll see each other again!
[02:42] ---
I just know it!
[02:44] ---
Doing this job, I've gotten
all kinds of questions,
[02:51] ---
and I wonder how many people realize that ultimately
it's still just people drawing with pencils.
[02:57] ---
That's one thing that doesn't
change with digital.
[03:00] ---
I don't think so.
[03:01] ---
But working on Chihayafuru 3, we do have some
people who work primarily in digital now...
[03:09] ---
The thing is, it doesn't look as good.
[03:12] ---
It doesn't?
[03:14] ---
Yeah. I think so.
[03:15] ---
Lines that are drawn digitally... granted,
individual execution is a factor, too,
[03:23] ---
but it still doesn't look as good as when
Hamada or Imamura do it with a pencil.
[03:28] ---
You mentioned Hamada, you've been
teamed with him a lot, right?
[03:34] ---
That's true, yes.
[03:36] ---
That was the case on Sakura and Nana.
[03:39] ---
Is there a part of you that
prefers to always work with him?
[03:43] ---
There are other talented artists out there,
[03:45] ---
but Hamada is an amazing
artist, and can work quickly,
[03:56] ---
I'm Kunihiko Hamada.
[03:58] ---
My job is to do final artistic
revisions on the video.
[04:08] ---
We start with what's called storyboards.
[04:15] ---
Directions for what we should
do are written on these.
[04:19] ---
Like here, in shot 280...
[04:22] ---
This is how Chihaya's face is drawn.
[04:24] ---
The key animator consults with the producer
[04:27] ---
about how to create the art based on this.
[04:30] ---
And this is the resulting drawing.
[04:32] ---
Then we trace over that
to make the animation.
[04:36] ---
We scan this, then add
colors and backgrounds,
[04:40] ---
Then we check it over within the video,
[04:45] ---
and if there's anything that needs
revision, it comes back to me,
[04:50] ---
and I fix it.
[04:57] ---
Why do they use those two cards?
[04:59] ---
Well, because...
[05:01] ---
I can understand
"The fall paddy shacks,"
[05:04] ---
since Emperor Tenji wrote it and
he's enshrined at Omi Jingu.
[05:06] ---
Yeah, and "May the scarlet..."
[05:07] ---
The first characters in its first and second
verse form "meijin," the word for "Master."
[05:14] ---
This contains a cut of
animation from the opening.
[05:18] ---
So it's got the layouts, the
key frames, the animation...
[05:22] ---
So it's got the layouts, the
key frames, the animation...
[05:24] ---
Here's the timing sheet.
[05:26] ---
And how much footage does this cover?
[05:28] ---
Six seconds worth.
[05:29] ---
So this much art for
six seconds of footage?
[05:30] ---
So this much art for
six seconds of footage?
[05:34] ---
That's right.
[05:35] ---
And here's the storyboard.
[05:38] ---
So this is what gives you the outline?
[05:41] ---
From the moment Chihaya
sends the karuta flying,
[05:45] ---
the camera turns around her face...
[05:49] ---
the camera turns around her face...
[05:51] ---
We put a lot of effort into that.
[05:55] ---
Here we have the poses...
[06:02] ---
And the white pages you see here
were done by our key animators,
[06:09] ---
while the blue ones were done by our
animation director, Hamada, at my direction.
[06:14] ---
And based on that Hamada, does the art.
[06:18] ---
Once that's done, we've got the layout.
[06:22] ---
Then, based on that...
[06:24] ---
We have the key frames.
[06:31] ---
It's really something.
[06:32] ---
So these are the frames
for the key animation.
[06:35] ---
In terms of the timing sheet...
[06:37] ---
This is where the key frames are.
[06:39] ---
The ones you can see that have
circles. Those are all key frames.
[06:45] ---
And you'll see some with dots,
[06:49] ---
those are where we'll have animators handle
the in-between frames for those sections.
[06:58] ---
And once all the animation is
drawn up, we get this chunk here.
[07:01] ---
And once all the animation is
drawn up, we get this chunk here.
[07:06] ---
Something unique is that the eyes are
being done on a separate set of cels.
[07:15] ---
And the reason we're doing that
is to make the hair transparent.
[07:21] ---
So we have the eyes done separately and then layer
them, and they're visible through the hair.
[07:22] ---
So we have the eyes done separately and then layer
them, and they're visible through the hair.
[07:27] ---
It's a gorgeous cut of animation.
[07:29] ---
It is.
[07:30] ---
And you can see here, the
cards in front of Chihaya...
[07:33] ---
Those will be done in 3D, and animated.
[07:36] ---
Based on the layout, we'll have
a CG animator handle that part,
[07:42] ---
and, ultimately, it's all composited
together for the final product.
[07:45] ---
And this is just for the movement in the
foreground, of Chihaya and these people,
[07:49] ---
without the actual background, right?
[07:52] ---
That's right.
[07:54] ---
And then at the very end of the
process, it's all put together.
[07:57] ---
Right.
[08:03] ---
And you did the storyboard
for this part, right?'
[08:06] ---
Right, I drew that.
[08:07] ---
So this is his art.
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And when you draw it, you're anticipating the
eyes being done on a different layer, right?
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That's right, yes.
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So then based on that, comes the art from the
key artists, that you give direction on...
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Hamada does the corrections on that, and
then comes the in-between animation,
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and then another corrective pass.
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All those people for
six seconds of footage.
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That's a good point.
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Karuta is a traditional
Japanese card game
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which involves 3 people:
The reader and the two players.
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The reader reads from
an old Japanese waka poem
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from a collection of poems
called "Ogura Hyakunin Isshu."
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While the reader reads the poem,
on the ground there are cards
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called "torifuda" which has the finishing
phrases of the said poems written.
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called "torifuda" which has the finishing
phrases of the said poems written.
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Now, while the reader
is reading the poems,
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The players must search
quickly the torifudas and literally
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slap away the cards that corresponds
with the final phrase of the poem.
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The world of karuta is
just really interesting.
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And it's a setting that didn't
have a lot of notoriety.
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So depicting that in an anime for the first
time, raising its profile in the world,
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and being able to depict the kind of depths it
has was a fascinating part about working on it.
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Right.
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And when we went to first check out
karuta competitions for Chihayafuru,
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there weren't a lot of players,
or people in the audience.
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But then thanks to Chihaya, a lot
more people are participating, right?
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Well, the original manga
is a big factor there, too,
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Of course.
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But when the anime started airing, the amount of people
competing at the high school level really jumped.
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Right?
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It's pretty remarkable how much
has changed from when we started.
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Yeah, you're right about that.
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They might call me greedy...
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But the title of Queen is
what I've been striving for.
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After I heard you say...
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Yeah, y'know, I don't think either of us
approached it being as simple just a karuta story.
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I don't even think the readers of the
manga think that it's just a karuta manga.
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There are elements of romance
at the core, and human drama,
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along with sort of a down to
Earth self-improvement element.
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And the fact that it takes place
in the world of karuta is just
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the stage that it plays out on. I think
that's part of the reason people like it.
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When we went to Omi Jingu, one thing
that really stuck in my memory...
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I remember that.
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There was a player who was
crying when they lost.
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Just collapsed while crying...
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and that drove home to me how karuta is the
embodiment of your whole life for these people.
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I think that goes for Chihayafuru
too, the romance is through karuta,
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the self improvement is through karuta,
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karuta is how everything is expressed.
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So getting the depiction of karuta right is a
big part in the entire story coming together.
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Like how when Sumire is trying to romance
Taichi, karuta is her path to doing it.
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While it brings me no joy...
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I-I took a card...
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My first card.
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That was great, Kana-chan!
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Nice job!
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I'm so happy!
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Well, our goal now is to improve
the quality as much as possible,
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so even at this moment, we're
working our hardest on retakes.
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We're doing our best to create a
product worthy of showing to you,
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so I hope you'll look forward to seeing it.
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Arata, I have people
to play with now.
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I'm not alone.
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I'm helping to pass on
what you passed to me.