# Season 3
# E1 - May it be that I find
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GRG5EN4DR/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.
# E2 - The hazed early dawn light comes not from the moon
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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
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/G6W4WD50R/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
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GYXJGJ9P6/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
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GRP5MP35R/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
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GREXG14GY/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
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/G6QWDQD16/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
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/G6KE4JP36/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
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GYNVNE0XR/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
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GY4PEW286/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
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/G65P77GD6/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
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GR8D4EPJR/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
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GR3KQ44ER/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
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GR4P52XQY/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
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GYXJP9K76/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
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GYP5488KY/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
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GYW434ZG6/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
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/G6QW1W916/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
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GR0XPX19Y/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
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GR2484576/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
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GR7909716/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
# E24 - When winds send waves crashing
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GRZJ8J4V6/when-winds-send-waves-crashing)
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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](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GY8DEQ5GY/behind-the-scenes-of-chihayafuru)
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Chihayafuru tells the story of Chihaya,
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a high school girl who dreams of
becoming the Queen of Karuta,
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a traditional Japanese card game.
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She forms the karuta club in school
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and together with
her two childhood friends,
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Their journey begins.
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Everyone here
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is a karuta lover
through and through!
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I'm Toshio Nakatani of Nippon TV.
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I'm the producer for Chihayafuru.
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Television network producers are in
charge of the broadcast time slot,
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funding, making necessary adjustments,
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decisions involving the original
work, and rights to the title,
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as well as the production side and staffing.
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All of that is my job as the producer.
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Um... How does this work?
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Line up 25 cards in 3 rows.
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When the first verse
of a poem is read,
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you grab the card
with the second verse.
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My name is Morio Asaka. I've been
directing Chihayafuru since season 1.
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These are the episode 1 storyboards...
well, half of the episode.
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I draw them myself, as the director,
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but I can't do them all myself, so it's
divided up among some other staff, too.
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And when they're finished, I check
them and make revisions as needed.
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Well, the storyboards are sort of
like the blueprint for the episode.
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They indicate how the scenes should
be acted out, using these layouts.
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They indicate how the scenes should
be acted out, using these layouts.
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We have the layout of the overall image,
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camerawork directions, acting directions...
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And these are the lines.
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And this also indicates how
many seconds each cut is.
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Of course, the final video
won't look exactly like this,
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but the animators create the art,
layouts, and key frames,
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which are then cleaned up for the final
product. Same for the backgrounds.
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I doubt we'll ever
see each other again.
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Why?
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As long as we have karuta,
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we'll see each other again, right?
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As long as we keep playing,
we'll see each other again!
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I just know it!
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Doing this job, I've gotten
all kinds of questions,
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and I wonder how many people realize that ultimately
it's still just people drawing with pencils.
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That's one thing that doesn't
change with digital.
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I don't think so.
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But working on Chihayafuru 3, we do have some
people who work primarily in digital now...
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The thing is, it doesn't look as good.
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It doesn't?
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Yeah. I think so.
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Lines that are drawn digitally... granted,
individual execution is a factor, too,
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but it still doesn't look as good as when
Hamada or Imamura do it with a pencil.
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You mentioned Hamada, you've been
teamed with him a lot, right?
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That's true, yes.
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That was the case on Sakura and Nana.
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Is there a part of you that
prefers to always work with him?
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There are other talented artists out there,
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but Hamada is an amazing
artist, and can work quickly,
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I'm Kunihiko Hamada.
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My job is to do final artistic
revisions on the video.
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We start with what's called storyboards.
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Directions for what we should
do are written on these.
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Like here, in shot 280...
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This is how Chihaya's face is drawn.
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The key animator consults with the producer
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about how to create the art based on this.
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And this is the resulting drawing.
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Then we trace over that
to make the animation.
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We scan this, then add
colors and backgrounds,
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Then we check it over within the video,
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and if there's anything that needs
revision, it comes back to me,
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and I fix it.
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Why do they use those two cards?
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Well, because...
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I can understand
"The fall paddy shacks,"
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since Emperor Tenji wrote it and
he's enshrined at Omi Jingu.
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Yeah, and "May the scarlet..."
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The first characters in its first and second
verse form "meijin," the word for "Master."
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This contains a cut of
animation from the opening.
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So it's got the layouts, the
key frames, the animation...
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So it's got the layouts, the
key frames, the animation...
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Here's the timing sheet.
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And how much footage does this cover?
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Six seconds worth.
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So this much art for
six seconds of footage?
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So this much art for
six seconds of footage?
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That's right.
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And here's the storyboard.
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So this is what gives you the outline?
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From the moment Chihaya
sends the karuta flying,
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the camera turns around her face...
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the camera turns around her face...
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We put a lot of effort into that.
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Here we have the poses...
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And the white pages you see here
were done by our key animators,
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while the blue ones were done by our
animation director, Hamada, at my direction.
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And based on that Hamada, does the art.
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Once that's done, we've got the layout.
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Then, based on that...
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We have the key frames.
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It's really something.
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So these are the frames
for the key animation.
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In terms of the timing sheet...
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This is where the key frames are.
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The ones you can see that have
circles. Those are all key frames.
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And you'll see some with dots,
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those are where we'll have animators handle
the in-between frames for those sections.
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And once all the animation is
drawn up, we get this chunk here.
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And once all the animation is
drawn up, we get this chunk here.
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Something unique is that the eyes are
being done on a separate set of cels.
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And the reason we're doing that
is to make the hair transparent.
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So we have the eyes done separately and then layer
them, and they're visible through the hair.
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So we have the eyes done separately and then layer
them, and they're visible through the hair.
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It's a gorgeous cut of animation.
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It is.
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And you can see here, the
cards in front of Chihaya...
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Those will be done in 3D, and animated.
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Based on the layout, we'll have
a CG animator handle that part,
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and, ultimately, it's all composited
together for the final product.
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And this is just for the movement in the
foreground, of Chihaya and these people,
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without the actual background, right?
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That's right.
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And then at the very end of the
process, it's all put together.
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Right.
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And you did the storyboard
for this part, right?'
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Right, I drew that.
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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.